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"I have a dream." When those words were spoken on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, the crowd stood, electrified, as Martin Luther King, Jr. brought the plight of African Americans to the public consciousness and firmly established himself as one of the greatest orators of all time. Behind the Dream is a thrilling, behind-the-scenes account of the weeks leading up to the great event, as told by Clarence Jones, co-writer of the...
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How can one fight through to transform the overcast of life's tribulations or the stigma of being a Black man in America? The Shadow Behind the Dream is an amazing novel which documents a young man's right of passage in his teenaged years.
Seventeen-year-old Jamari Picand is growing up in Williston, North Dakota. Life for him has not always been easy, and it seems to only get worse. In addition to being one of the few African Americans in a predominantly...
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This intimate, fascinating biography of Quaker visionary Charles Walker illuminates his struggles for racial justice and his role in promoting the teachings of nonviolence within the American Civil Rights Movement. Volume 2 focuses on his contribution to the movement of the 1960s and his relationships with Dr. King and other civil rights leaders.
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"Martin Luther King, Jr., delivered his powerful "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28, 1963. Fifty years later, The Speech endures as a defining moment in the Civil Rights movement. It continues to be heralded as a beacon in the ongoing struggle for racial equality. This gripping book unearths the fascinating chronicle behind The Speech and the revealing events surrounding the march on Washington"--
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The Zenobian’s land on Earth after a natural disaster has left floodplains, atmospheric radiation, and other effects all over the globe. Zerera and the other Zenobians from Andromeda are multidimensional beings, which is a problem for Zer, who turns ghostly and/or invisible when not accepted or acknowledged by Earthlings. It's also taboo to influence other peoples.
The first Earthling Zer meets is a cougar then her human Earthling contactee, Ian....
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The Carter Chronicles is a story of the unfolding romance between two ambitious, dynamic people based in Miami, a city where beauty lives and jealousy thrives. Rhys Carter is the key to its next great story. His looks, youth, intelligence, creativity, and most importantly, his love for Adriana are the necessary ingredients to the ultimate happy ending he seeks. As Rhys' dream comes to life, another one unfolds. Adriana Charles is the new dream. But...
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Indian Americans own about half of all the motels in the United States. Even more remarkable, most of these motel owners come from the same region in India and-although they are not all related-seventy percent of them share the surname of Patel. Most of these motel owners arrived in the United States with few resources and, broadly speaking, they are self-employed, self-sufficient immigrants who have become successful-they live the American dream....
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THE KEYS TO BUILD A DREAM PRACTICE
There are two keys to unlock a dream practice for both dentists and their teams. The first key is to remove yourself as participating members in those dental insurance plans you dislike the most. Do this slowly, over an extended period of time. Explain to your patients that as a participating member in their dental plan, you are handcuffed regarding the procedures you can offer them. The second key is to implement...
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FOLLOW THE GLOBAL SAILING ADVENTURES OF JULIA AND HER CREWAS THEY DISCOVER THE WORLD AND THEMSELVES With his first mate and crew, amateur sailor Larry Jacobson embarked on a lifelong goal to circumnavigate the globe. The namesake boy behind the gate is a passionate romantic who, since childhood, yearned to discover what's out there.... How do some people overcome fears and insecurities to manifest their dreams? What are the characteristics that allow...
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"When Julie skips school and sets off with her best friend and some local boys for a camping trip in the desert, she finds herself the target of unwanted, drug-fueled sexual attention. Running away in fear, she takes a dangerous fall down the shaft of a vast underground cave, and it takes two days for her to be rescued. Lying unconscious in her hospital bed, Julie hovers between life and death as she travels in a seductive parallel universe inspired...
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After fleeing to California to start a new life, Danny Ryan must decide whether he is going to do the FBI a favor that may make him a fortune or kill him.
Danny Ryan, a young widower and mob underboss, has left the East Coast and settled in California with his young son in tow. The move has been good for Danny; in his new base of operations, his power, influence, and wealth have grown. Now he's heading up to Hollywood to rein in two of his crew,...
16) Dream Killing 2
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It's time to pray that dreams don't come true.
It was game over for the criminals behind the Dream Killings, but just when Drew and Max thought it was safe to fall asleep, someone wants to play with them once more.
Having solved the mysterious Dream Killing case, Drew and Max get married and then take the trip of a lifetime on an Alaskan cruise. Just when everything seems to be perfect, Drew's dreams start to take another sinister turn and the life...
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Nights usher Diana Lorenz from modern city life into a bygone era of horse-drawn coaches, elegantly gowned ladies, and gentlemen as adept with social graces as they are with swords. Scars, mysteriously present since her infancy, bleed with no discernable cause. Vivid dreams intensify, filling her with terror. Haunting, penetrating eyes peer at her through confused images. Meanwhile, Kendra Porter, Diana's best friend, employs training in psychology...
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Clarence B. Jones, close King advisor and draft speechwriter, has done much to reinforce a conservative hijacking of King's image with the publication of his controversial books What Would Martin Say? (2008) and Behind the Dream (2011). King emerges from Jones's books not as a prophetic radical who attacked systemic racial injustice, economic exploitation, and wars of aggression, but as a fiercely conservative figure who would oppose affirmative action...
19) Dark Master
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Sean Sinclair is handsome, brilliant, and completely self-centered, so it is no surprise that his main ambition is to succeed as Master of one of England's oldest and most prestigious universities-St. Thaddeus's College. And while working his way up the academic ladder, he is more than happy to fill his days with as many sexual conquests the life of a successful gay university fellow can throw his way. But when an embittered former lover goes missing...
20) Four from Peoria
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Jim has experienced intensely realistic dreams for as long as he can remember. But when he dreams about murdering a man in cold blood, a mystery unfolds that takes Jim right to the scene of the crime, where he discovers shocking truths with the potential to forever change his life. A successful career as a Wall Street stock broker hasn't done anything to help Jim escape from the things he sees when he's asleep. In a desperate bid for help, he turns...
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