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  Purposeful Leadership for Africa...

  Lumkile Wiseman Nkuhlu

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  Leaders of the African liberation movements proclaimed ambitious objectives and promised swift dismantling of colonial policies and practices. It was believed that poverty and underdevelopment were consequences of the exploitative policies of the colonial masters, who had no interest in improving living conditions for local communities. Independence and freedom were anticipated to eradicate poverty, ignorance and disease, and the new leadership would accelerate economic development and prosperity.
  However, after more than 50 years of independence, most African countries are still poor and underdeveloped and this poses a few questions:
  Have African leaders abandoned their ambitions?
  Are African challenges more complex than in other regions?
  Has the political leadership failed to rise to the challenge?
  In his relentless pursuit of African excellence and development, Professor Lumkile Wiseman Nkuhlu offers profound insights and solutions to the challenges Africa has faced and continues to encounter. He wrestles with the vexing question of how a continent with such a rich history and heritage, as well as potential, remains an underperforming region of the world and offers insights into potential pathways and strategies for breaking free from the vicious cycle of underdevelopment.
  Africa can become the world's production powerhouse in the second half of this century, provided that intentional and purposeful leadership emerges. Purposeful Leadership for Africa in the 21st Century delves into the leadership strategies, qualities and policies needed for an African renewal, aiming to reposition the continent as a strategic and competitive global player.

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  Space Trek

  Raphael Terra

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  This audiobook has been recorded using Text to speech (TTS). 
   
  For decades we have all grown up watching science fiction movies and TV shows. And we have all dreamed of going where no man has gone before. That time is here and now. We are on the very edge of a new era in humanity. Within the next few years mankind will be not only journeying to other planets, we will be inhabiting them. Our ultra-high technology robots are even now walking upon the surface of Mars, sending back information and preparing the ground for our coming. 
   
  This is not science fiction. This is science fact. And just as before in the history of humanity, the process is being led by several unique, intelligent and talented individuals such as Elon Musk. 
   
  Rocket ships take off vertically and return to Earth vertically. Humans are shuttled to the International Space Station as if they're travelling from New York to Los Angeles. Supersonic space craft fly mankind around the globe virtually in space, just to make things faster. 
   
  But what does the future hold for us? We cannot maintain peace on Earth. How can we do so in space? NASA, SpaceX and Virgin are not the only ones with eyes upon the stars. Russia and especially China, also have desires in that direction. 
   
  The race for space is on and all bets are off.

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  Kidnapped at Sea - The Civil War...

  Andrew Sillen

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  THE TRUE STORY OF DAVID HENRY WHITE, A FREE BLACK TEENAGE SAILOR ENSLAVED ON THE HIGH SEAS DURING THE CIVIL WAR, WHOSE LIFE STORY WAS FALSELY AND INTENTIONALLY APPROPRIATED TO ADVANCE THE LOST CAUSE TROPE OF A CONTENTED SLAVE, HAPPY AND SAFE IN SERVILITY. 
   
  David Henry White, a free Black teenage sailor from Lewes, Delaware, was kidnapped by Captain Raphael Semmes of the Confederate raider Alabama on October 9, 1862, from the Philadelphia-based packet ship Tonawanda. White remained captive on the Alabama for over 600 days, until he drowned during the Battle of Cherbourg on June 19, 1864. 
   
  In a best-selling postwar memoir, Semmes falsely described White as a contented slave who remained loyal to the Confederacy. In Kidnapped at Sea, archaeologist Andrew Sillen uses a forensic approach to describe White’s enslavement and demise and illustrates how White’s actual life belies the Lost Cause narrative his captors sought to construct. 
   
  Kidnapped at Sea is the first book to focus on White’s actual life, rather than relying on Semmes and other secondary sources. Until now, Semmes’s appropriation of White’s life has escaped scrutiny, thereby demonstrating the challenges faced by disempowered, illiterate people—and how well-crafted, racist fabrications have become part of Civil War memory. 
   
  “In this fast-paced narrative, Andrew Sillen uncovers the astounding story of David Henry White, a free Black teenager kidnapped from a US ship and forced to accompany the Confederate raider Alabama. Through a haunting account, Sillen restores White’s humanity and, in doing so, provides a timely examination of the necessity for addressing historical crimes.”—Caroline E. Janney, author of Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox

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  Intrepid Spirit

  David Tunno

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  In an ironic twist of fate, past and present cross swords. USS Constitution, “Old Ironsides,” must foil a world-wide jihadist plot by the descendants her historic foes, the Barbary Coast pirates in this multiple-award-winning, swashbuckling and cinematically explosive blend of action, history, romance, humor and the supernatural.Following is the full review by Charla White, Audiobookreviewer.com."Action-Packed & Vividly Realistic!""Moses Redding, a Navy man known for his decisive actions was reassigned to the USS Constitution for a goodwill tour of the Mediterranean because of this earlier move disobeying orders. This decision places him in an ideal setting with little chance of sparking an international incident. In an unexpected turn of events, terrorists underestimated the military’s ability to implement, be resourceful, and use antiquated weaponry! This miscalculation leads to an epic battle between Moses and the terrorists.""The author, David Tunno, crafts an exciting tale, interwoven with authentic historical details and military maneuvers. The action-packed narrative achieves realism through well-crafted dialogue and vivid descriptions. Tunno also expertly crafts vivid characters and skillfully executes plot twists.""As the narrator, he delivers an ardent performance, infusing the story with depth of emotion, excitement, and subtle nuances only the author can provide. He speaks clearly and concisely.""Overall, this is a great thriller to hear whether or not one enjoys military-based books. Tunno’s skill at bringing a book to life and captivating the listener takes many shapes!""There were no issues with the quality or production of this audiobook."

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  Totemism Tattoo and Fetishism as...

  Gerald Massey

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  So ancient was Totemism in Egypt that the Totems of the human Mothers had become the signs of Goddesses, in whom the head of the beast was blended with the figure of the human female. The Totems of the human Mothers had attained the highest status as Totems of a Motherhood that was held to be divine, the Motherhood in Nature which was elemental in its origin. –from “Totemism, Tattoo and Fetishism as Forms of Sign Language” It goes unappreciated by modern Egyptologists, but it is embraced by those who savor the concept of a “hidden history” of humanity, and those who approach all human knowledge from the perspective of the esoteric. Gerard Massey’s massive Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World–first published in 1907 and the crowning achievement of the self-taught scholar–redefines the roots of Christianity via Egypt, proposing that Egyptian mythology was the basis for Jewish and Christian beliefs. Here, Cosimo proudly presents Book 2 of Ancient Egypt, in which Massey reads the prehistoric story of human civilization that can be studied in the language of ceremonial rites, ancient customs, and ritual dance, and consequently explores the resultant concept that religion evolved out of expressions of human fertility and sexuality–particularly as embodied in the primeval symbols of blood, sacrifice, and motherhood–and formed the first influences on Judeo-Christianity. Peculiar and profound, this work will intrigue and delight readers of history, religion, and mythology. British author GERALD MASSEY (1828-1907) published works of poetry, spiritualism, Shakespearean criticism, and theology, but his best-known works are in the realm of Egyptology, including A Book of the Beginnings and The Natural Genesis.

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  50 Masterpieces you have to read...

  George Eliot, Charles Dickens,...

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  This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!
  Novels
  Jerome, Jerome K.: "Three Men in a Boat"
  Joyce, James: "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
  Joyce, James: "Ulysses"
  Kingsley, Charles: "The Water-Babies"
  Kipling, Rudyard: "Kim"
  La Fayette, Madame de: "The Princess of Clèves"
  Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de: "Dangerous Liaisons"
  Lawrence, D. H.: "Sons and Lovers"
  Lawrence, D. H.: "The Rainbow"
  Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan: "In a Glass Darkly"
  Lewis, Matthew Gregory: "The Monk"
  Lewis, Sinclair: "Main Street"
  London, Jack: "The Call of the Wild"
  Lovecraft, H. P.: "At the Mountains of Madness"
  Mann, Thomas: "Royal Highness"
  Maugham, W. Somerset: "Of Human Bondage"
  Maupassant, Guy de: "Bel-Ami"
  Melville, Herman: "Moby-Dick"
  Poe, Edgar Allan: "The Fall of the House of Usher"
  Proust, Marcel: "Swann's Way"
  Radcliffe, Ann: "The Mysteries of Udolpho"
  Richardson, Samuel: "Clarissa"
  Sand, George: "The Devil's Pool"
  Scott, Walter: "Ivanhoe"
  Shelley, Mary: "Frankenstein"
  Sienkiewicz, Henryk: "Quo Vadis"
  Sinclair, May: "Life and Death of Harriett Frean"
  Sinclair, Upton: "The Jungle"
  Stendhal: "The Red and the Black"
  Stendhal: "The Chartreuse of Parma"
  Sterne, Laurence: "Tristram Shandy"
  Stevenson, Robert Louis: "Treasure Island"
  Stoker, Bram: "Dracula"
  Stowe, Harriet Beecher: "Uncle Tom's Cabin"
  Swift, Jonathan: "Gulliver's Travels"
  Tagore, Rabindranath: "The Home and the World"
  Thackeray, William Makepeace: "Vanity Fair"
  Tolstoy, Leo: "War and Peace"
  Tolstoy, Leo: "Anna Karenina"
  Troloppe, Anthony: "The Way We Live Now"
  Turgenev, Ivan: "Fathers and Sons"
  Twain, Mark: "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
  Verne, Jules: "Journey to the Interior of the Earth"
  Wallace, Lew: "Ben-Hur"
  Wells, H. G.: "The Time Machine"
  West, Rebecca: "The Return of the Soldier"
  Wharton, Edith: "The Age of Innocence"
  Wilde, Oscar: "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
  Xueqin, Cao: "The Dream of the Red Chamber"
  Zola, Émile: "Germinal"

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