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  My America - Langston Hughes on...

  Randal Maurice Jelks

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  Best known as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance, the celebrated poet and writer Langston Hughes believed in the power of art as resistance. What can we learn from his works today? 
  Randal M. Jelks delivers this revelatory portrait of the celebrated poet, essayist, playwright, and American artist Langston Hughes. My America traces Hughes's journey from a child captivated by the wonder of Kansas City to cosmopolitan witness in Paris, New York, Mexico City, and Madrid. We encounter Hughes as a young man discovering the pulse of modern life in a world on the verge of exploding metaphorically and literally. His experiences informed his work and his thinking on art, democracy, and activism. 
  Langston Hughes is one of the few American writers who consistently wrote about democracy from a joyous perspective, and My America explores how his works speak to the political anxieties and crises we face today. Jelks deftly examines the themes in Hughes's work, including creative expression, communal dignity, class struggle, and human suffering and what they mean for our inner well-being as democratic persons and political participants. 
  With care and no-holds-barred insight, My America removes the veneer of respectability often placed on Hughes's work and life to reveal his political adeptness. In a world threatened by fascism, Hughes's writing wasn't afforded the luxury of subtlety. He made a spiritual and political decision to stand on the side of the oppressed. He believed art should be practiced for the sake of justice. And democracy can be practiced with joy.

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  Innocent Child An

  Toni Maguire, Georgia Turner

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  From bestselling author, Toni Maguire, comes a new story of trauma and survival. 
   
   
   
  Set against a backdrop of East End London, Georgia experienced a childhood few of us could imagine. Though brought up in a loving family, she watched her family break apart through deceit and her mother descend into heroin addiction. 
   
   
   
  Escaping into what she felt was a loving sanctuary, Georgia ended up trapped in a violent relationship with a man who would beat and abuse her. After having her three children by him, she knew she had to escape to finally find safety. 
   
   
   
  Now Georgia is sharing her story of survival to help others and prove there is hope even after trauma and heartache. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Extraterrestrial Prophecies &...

  Various Ancient Writers, Tim...

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  What if a distant roar in the heavens is the sound of destiny approaching? 
  The Extraterrestrial Prophecies & End-Time Warnings audiobook delivers immersive narration layered with subtle atmospheric effects—thunder, distant choirs, and whispering winds—to bring each nightmare-or-hope vision to life: 
  •	2 Baruch & 3 Baruch – Lamentations over ruins, then soaring through stellar vaults. 
  •	4 Ezra (2 Esdras) – A prophet’s dialogue with the Most High and the appearance of a flying mountain-ship. 
  •	Apocalypse of Abraham – Fiery chariots, vigilant seraphim, and a foretaste of judgment. 
  •	The Vision of Ezra – Stations of the afterlife guarded by beings “whose faces flame like copper.” 
  •	Sibylline Oracles – Poetic orations of cosmic upheaval and renewal. 
  Brief scene-setting commentaries link the prophecies and highlight parallels to today’s extraterrestrial speculations—perfect for late-night listening or stargazing.

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  Montesquieu - The Spirit of Laws...

  Hector Davidson

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  Montesquieu, a French philosopher of the Enlightenment, is best known for his seminal work The Spirit of Laws (De l’esprit des lois), published in 1748. His insights into the relationship between law, society, and government laid the foundations for modern political science and deeply influenced subsequent political thought, particularly in the development of constitutional design and theory. Montesquieu’s work was groundbreaking, challenging prevailing ideas about governance, liberty, and the rule of law, offering a complex framework that would shape political thought for centuries. 
  Born in 1689, Montesquieu came from a noble family and was educated in law. His early career included service as a magistrate, which exposed him to the workings of the legal system and provided firsthand experience with the exercise of power. This practical knowledge informed his later philosophical work, as he sought to understand the connections between law and society, as well as the impact of political structures on individual liberty. 
  In The Spirit of Laws, Montesquieu examined a wide variety of political systems, including republics, monarchies, and despotisms, and their corresponding legal frameworks. His most famous contribution to political thought was his theory of the separation of powers, in which he argued that to prevent tyranny, government power should be divided into distinct branches—executive, legislative, and judicial—each with separate functions and the ability to check the other branches. This framework has become a central tenet of modern democratic systems, including the U.S. Constitution.

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  Work Less Teach More - How to be...

  Daniel Jackson

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  Are you working too hard and struggling to find time for life outside of school? 
  Do you wish you could spend more time with your loved ones but feel the need to give your all to your students? 
  You are not alone. Teachers are working more hours than ever before and are struggling to find a balance between school and life outside of it. 
  Dan has been there. After resigning midyear because he was burnt out, Dan came back to teaching and worked his way up to deputy principal. He did this while running two businesses and still being effective for the school and his students. 
  In this book, Dan lays out a process to help you get your time back and live a life you love. He highlights the importance of focusing on your effectiveness as a teacher and not just your efficiency. In this book you will learn how to:increase your personal effectivenessidentify what really mattersfocus on what mattersset goals, plan, and achieve them, andreduce your workload but maintain your impact

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  The Gods of Egypt

  Raphael Terra

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  This audiobook has been recorded using Text to speech (TTS). 
   
  Ancient and mysterious. Powerful and deadly. All-knowing and generous. The Gods of Egypt were many things. 
   
  They originated many thousands of years ago in a land far away from Egypt. Over time they evolved, changed, adapted and grew in mystery. 
   
  Their stories are filled with great battles and vengeance. Of cycles of nature and the balance of the very universe. Their tales a real game of thrones. 
   
  From the gods of the underworld such as Osiris and Anubis, to the gods of light such as Amun-Ra and Horus, the lives and actions of the Gods of Ancient Egypt explain our very existence and our place in the universe. The mysteries of all that is and ever shall be were explored in their lives. 
   
  Isis immaculately conceived the son of God. Horus and Set did battle again and again as light and dark. Maat was the fundamental order of the universe itself. Ra was the rising sun. Osiris was God of the underworld. Thoth created writing, science and more. All of this as a mirror to the observable world and even more to explain that which cannot be observed. 
   
  Their influence has travelled across continents and across time. Our own so-called religions are full of them under different names. 
   
  This is the fascinating story of the Real Gods of Egypt.

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