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  Stand Up! A Message to the Black...

  Alan D. Benson

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  Stand Up! A Message to the Black Man" is a powerful and inspiring book by Alan D. Benson that serves as "A Message of Hope and a Call to Action" for Black men. Benson, who holds an MBA and MPA, draws upon his own life experiences and extensive research to address the unique challenges and opportunities Black men face in America. 
  Key themes and insights in "Stand Up! A Message to the Black Man" include: 
  ●      Manifesting Purpose and Action Planning: Benson introduces his "PLOT" system (Purpose, Limitations, Opportunities, and Traps) as a self-reflection tool to help individuals align with their purpose and develop actionable strategies for success in various aspects of life, including education, career, finance, and health. 
  ●      Building Economic Foundation: A significant portion of the book is dedicated to the critical need for Black men to create their own economic foundation through investing in stocks, assets, and businesses, highlighting historical Black entrepreneurs and discussing wealth-creating strategies. 
  ●      Resilience and Forward Movement: The book consistently emphasizes faith, perseverance, and the importance of learning from setbacks, urging readers to "Keep Going Forward at All Costs". It highlights successful Black figures who have overcome significant adversity as an inspiration. 
  "Stand Up! A Message to the Black Man" is an urgent and empowering message for Black men to take control of their narratives, build strong foundations for themselves and their communities, and strive for their God-given potential in a constantly evolving society.

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  Assassinating Adolf Hitler and...

  Editors Charles River

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  Like other totalitarian regimes, the leader of the Nazis kept an iron grip on power in part by making sure nobody else could attain too much of it, leading to purges of high-ranking officials in the Nazi party. Of these purges, the most notorious was the Night of the Long Knives, a purge in the summer of 1934 that came about when Hitler ordered the surprise executions of several dozen leaders of the SA.  
  	Though the concept of tyrannicide remained so foreign to German culture that the word only appeared in the national language after World War II, as the war progressed and Germany's fortunes faltered, more individuals and groups plotted the death of Hitler. Through it all, Hitler eluded many of the attempts on his life, often without ever realizing his risk. Most plotters escaped undetected, baffled by the randomness and secretive nature of Hitler's movements. The Fuhrer frequently canceled prearranged engagements, arrived at other locations with only a few minutes' advance notice, used different trains than originally planned, and generally proved constantly unpredictable. Beyond all his precautions, the Fuhrer sometimes almost appeared protected by incredible luck.  
  	During the early stages of the war, Heydrich often walked the streets of Prague alone or with just one or two escorts, and he also favored an open-topped Mercedes 320-C convertible, which left him fully exposed to snipers, bomb throwers, and the like. That would be all the good fortune a British-trained team of Czech assassins would need on May 27th, 1942. Even though the assassination attempt was mostly botched (to the extent that the assassins initially assumed they had failed), shrapnel from an anti-tank grenade caused the top Nazi official severe injuries, killing him a little over a week later. 

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  How to Care About Animals - An...

  Porphyry

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  An entertaining and enlightening anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings on animals—and our vital relationships with them 
   
   
   
  How to Care about Animals is a fascinating menagerie of passages from classical literature about animals and the lives we share with them. Drawing on ancient writers from Aesop to Ovid, classicist and farmer M. D. Usher has gathered a healthy litter of selections that reveal some of the ways Greeks and Romans thought about everything from lions, bears, and wolves to birds, octopuses, and snails—and that might inspire us to rethink our own relationships with our fellow creatures. Presented in lively new translations, these pieces are filled with surprises—anticipating but also offering new perspectives on many of our current feelings and ideas about animals. 
   
   
   
  Here, Porphyry makes a compelling argument for vegetarianism and asserts that the just treatment of animals makes us better people; Pliny the Elder praises the virtuosity of songbirds and the virtuousness of elephants; Plutarch has one of Circe's pigs from the Odyssey make a serio-comic case for the dignity of the beasts of the field; Aristotle puts the study of animals on par with anthropology; we hear timeless Aesopian fables, including "The Hen That Laid the Golden Egg" and "The Fox and the Grapes"; and there is much, much more.

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  Dark Web of Deceit: Unmasking...

  Elias Thornwood

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  Dark Web of Deceit: Unmasking Lies and Hidden Threats 
  ⭐⭐ Simplified Audio Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐ 
  Are you ready to deepen your understanding of the dark web and uncover its hidden dangers? 
  Looking for a comprehensive guide that provides all the essential knowledge to navigate and expose the threats lurking in the shadows of the Dark Web? 
  Your search ends here! 
  This audiobook serves as your definitive companion for expanding your knowledge, applying your skills, and engaging in practical exercises. With this, you're geared for success. 
  Updated to reflect the latest insights and developments in dark web analysis. 
  Key features of this enriched guide: 
  - Profound insights into the dark web and its hidden threats 
  - Detailed explanations of how to expose lies and deceit within the dark web 
  - Effective strategies for preparing and tackling dark web investigations 
  Our guide distinguishes itself through comprehensive coverage, which is essential for uncovering dark web threats. Concepts aren't merely skimmed; they are delved into with precision. 
  Designed with a clear structure and easy-to-understand language, our Dark Web Guide ensures smooth transitions between topics. Say goodbye to dense jargon and welcome clear, precise, and technically accurate content. 
  So, why wait? Click the BUY NOW button, secure your guide, and begin your journey to unmasking the lies and hidden threats of the dark web! 
  Get ready to dive deep into the Dark Web of Deceit: Unmasking Lies and Hidden Threats and empower yourself with the knowledge to expose the concealed dangers that lie beneath.

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  Persia and Islam: The History of...

  Editors Charles River

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  As the Persian Empire’s power makes clear, Persia has been a crucial area throughout history, and thus it has been fought over incessantly, watching empires rise and fall. For most of the past 1,400 years, Islamic powers have struggled for supremacy in the region.  
  The split between the two forms of Islam was already in the process of forming upon the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Muhammad had constructed around himself not only a potent new religious movement but also a powerful young state called the Ummah (the "Community" for lack of a better translation). Belonging to the Islamic faith also meant belonging to the Ummah, which was governed by its own laws and had many of its own institutions. 	Amid the upheaval in the Islamic world following Muhammad’s death, the Umayyad Caliphate lasted for less than a century, but in that time it managed to become one of the most influential of the major caliphates established following him. Its official existence was from 661-750, and the rulers were the male members of the Umayyad dynasty, roughly translated from Arabic as the “Sons of Umayyah.” Its primary base of power was in Syria following the creation of a dynastic, hereditary rule headed by one of Syria’s long-lasting governors, Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan. 
  	The Ottoman Empire and Safavids would also vie for power in Persia after the caliphates, and the Ottomans in particular spent several centuries expanding their empire’s size, power, and influence, bumping up against Eastern Europe and becoming one of the world’s most important geopolitical players. It was a rise that would not truly start to wane until the 19th century.  Preserving its mixed heritage, coming from both its geographic position rising above the ashes of the Byzantine Empire and the tradition inherited from the Muslim Conquests, the Ottoman Empire lasted more than six centuries.

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  The Future Is Disabled -...

  Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

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  In The Future Is Disabled, Leah Laksmi Piepzna-Samarasinha asks some provocative questions: What if, in the near future, the majority of people will be disabled—and what if that's not a bad thing? And what if disability justice and disabled wisdom are crucial to creating a future in which it's possible to survive fascism, climate change, and pandemics and to bring about liberation? 
   
   
   
  Building on the work of her game changing book Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice, Piepzna-Samarasinha writes about disability justice at the end of the world, documenting the many ways disabled people kept and are keeping each other—and the rest of the world—alive during Trump, fascism, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Other subjects include crip interdependence, care, and mutual aid in real life, disabled community building, and disabled art practice as survival and joy. 
   
   
   
  Written over the course of two years of disabled isolation during the pandemic, this is a book of love letters to other disabled QTBIPOC (and those concerned about disability justice, the care crisis, and surviving the apocalypse); honor songs for kin who are gone; recipes for survival; questions and real talk about care, organizing, disabled families, and kin networks and communities; and wild brown disabled femme joy in the face of death.

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