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  Say It Loud I'm Black And I'm...

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  In this unique inspirational audiobook, together we take a deep dive and celebrate the almost superhuman contributions of the greatest black leaders from the 20th century. Each of them educating, liberating, and freeing untold millions of souls from the heartless bondage they were forced to endure at the hands of a cruel largely racist selfinterested exclusionary society. Fighting a Goliath of ignorance with little chance of success each, in their own way, overcoming incredible obstacles to implement the finer attributes of justice, truth, and freedom in the troubled unfair often brutal world around them. Painstakingly put together over two years by author Geoffrey Giuliano here is a unique inside look at the lives, loves, tragedies, and triumphs of our most precious black heroes of justice. An absolute must for any educational system, those interested in black studies, and everyone who counts themselves as a lover and defender of freedom everywhere. Featuring the histories and inspirational words of Huey P. Newton, Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Rosa Parks, Stokely Carmichael, Jimi Hendrix, Tupac Shakur, Congressman John Lewis and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. With a timely moving contribution from Richie Havens and iconic singer Ben E. King.

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  Indian Territory - Surviving 160...

  Tatianna Keblish Duncan

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Indian Territory: Surviving 160 Acres of Betrayal is the true story of a Mvskoke family’s dispossession and the larger story of Tulsa, Oklahoma—once known as Tvlse—and the corruption that built it. 
   
  Written as a historical memoir, this book journeys through the Allotment Era to reveal how so-called “progress” stripped a young Indian family of land, language, wealth, and culture.Shrouded by the mysterious deaths of family members, the narrative centers on two full-blood Mvskoke sisters—still only pre-teen girls—forced to shoulder a battle no child should face as their Creek-speaking father struggled to defend them.Together they were trapped in a system that purposely ignored them and nullified the very decisions they made to protect their home and future. 
   
  Guardians and Tulsa County courts seized the land they owned, the house their father built and the wealth they had begun to build—funneling it into guardianships that left the family impoverished. 
   
  This is both an intimate family history and an unflinching indictment of the laws and institutions that turned survival itself into a legal battleground. 
   
  A true story of dispossession, survival, and generational trauma told from the bloodline who endured it. This is an Indian story experienced by many Indian families across Indian Territory of all different tribal affiliations.

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  Robert F Kennedy - A Life from...

  Hourly History

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  Compared to other more long-lived political figures, Robert F. Kennedy’s career was brief. He first emerged on the national stage as attorney general under his brother, President John F. Kennedy. In this role, he became a vigorous advocate for civil rights and cracked down on organized crime by going after mob bosses and high-profile Mafia families. Following his brother’s assassination in 1963, RFK transitioned to a role in the Senate, representing New York. As a senator, he continued his crusade for social justice, and his concern and empathy for the marginalized endeared him to many Americans. 
  In 1968, RFK launched his own presidential campaign. His ability to connect with diverse groups of people—African Americans, Hispanics, working-class whites, and young people—set him apart as a unifying figure during a time of great division in the United States. More great things were likely to come had RFK’s life not been tragically cut short by an assassin’s bullet at age 42. Even so, with his drive and energy, Robert F. Kennedy had already become a major agent of change. This is his life—this is his story.

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  The Match of the Century -...

  Matt Clough

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  On 25 November 1953, the footballing landscape was altered forever. In a mist-shrouded Wembley Stadium, the beautiful game's historic dominant force, England, met the most exciting team of the 1950s, Hungary. What followed sent shockwaves through the very foundations that the sport was built upon.
  
  
  After years of crumbling decline, the British Empire seemed to be enjoying a resurgence with the coronation of the popular young Elizabeth II. As such, England played with the crushing weight of expectation upon their shoulders, defending their proud, unbeaten home record and protecting the reputation of the nation. Hungary, meanwhile, took on football's most venerated team in the knowledge that they had the opportunity to make history by emerging victorious – anything less would not be tolerated.
  
  
  The newspapers called it the Match of the Century before it had even begun. By the time it was over, writers, players and fans were wondering if such a lofty billing had in fact undersold the contest. Now, over sixty years later, the match is imbued with meaning and symbolism far beyond the football pitch. This is the story of a match that would change the course of football history forever.

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  Joker and Philosophy - Why So...

  George A. Dunn, Jason T. Eberl,...

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  A diabolically sinister but clownish villain, Joker is a symbolically rich and philosophically fascinating character. With his enigmatic motivations, infectious irreverence, and selfless devotion to evil, Joker never fails to provoke a host of philosophical questions. 
   
   
   
  Bringing together essays by a diverse panel of acclaimed scholars and philosophers, this engaging book delves into the motivations, psychology, and moral philosophy of the character for whom mayhem and chaos are a source of pure delight. 
   
   
   
  Joker and Philosophy offers deep insights into moral and philosophical questions such as: What is a sane response to a mad world? Can laughter be liberating? Is civilization a thin veneer over our natural lawlessness? Can violence ever be justified in response to an unjust social order? Is one bad day really all it takes to create a villain? 
   
   
   
  Exploring a broad range of timeless issues of human nature, the metaphysics of freedom, the nature of identity, good and evil, political and social philosophy, aesthetics, and much more, Joker and Philosophy: Why So Serious? is a must-listen for all fans of one of the most fascinating villains in the DC comics universe.

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  La Maison - Inside a Berlin...

  Emma Becker

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  In this bold and intimate semi-autobiographical novel, La Maison, Emma Becker transports the reader behind the closed doors of a Berlin brothel, where she worked for two years not only to earn a living, but to immerse herself in a world she wanted to understand – and to write about with unflinching honesty. What emerges is a deeply personal, unsentimental, and often surprising account of life inside the brothel, where Becker explores not just the physical aspects of sex work, but the emotional, psychological, and social complexities that shape it.
  With frankness and literary insight, she recounts her encounters with clients, her growing self-awareness, and, most poignantly, the friendships and solidarity she finds among the other women who work there. Far from reducing sex work to cliché or voyeurism, Becker gives space to the quiet routines, shared laughter, private pain, and hard-won dignity of a profession often misunderstood and rarely written about from the inside.
  Part memoir, part sociological study, and wholly literary, La Maison challenges preconceptions about sex, agency, and femininity, offering a provocative and compassionate exploration of what it means to inhabit multiple identities—as worker, writer, woman, and witness.

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