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"The current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America, Meacham shows us how what Lincoln called the "better angels of our nature" have won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, and others, and illuminating the courage of such influential citizen activists...
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A vivid snapshot of America's journey from Victorian-era propriety to 20th-century modernity. Step into the perfumed parlors of the Everleigh Club, the most famous brothel in American history--and the catalyst for a culture war that rocked the nation. Operating in Chicago at the dawn of the 20th century, the Club welcomed moguls and actors, senators and athletes, foreign dignitaries and literary icons into a stately double mansion, and the Everleigh...
4) Coraline
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A young girl walks through a secret door that she has found in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life. On the surface, this parallel reality is eerily similar to her real life, but much better. When her adventure turns dangerous, and her counterfeit parents, including the Other Mother, try to keep her forever, Coraline must count on her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to get back home - and save her family.
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"A product of the complicated history of the American South, James Brown was a cultural shape-shifter who arguably had the greatest influence of any artist on American popular music. Brown was long a figure of fascination for James McBride, a noted professional musician as well as a writer. When he received a tip that promised to uncover the man behind the myth, McBride set off to follow a trail to better understand the personal, musical, and societal...
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In a glass-enclosed city of perfectly straight lines, ruled over by an all-powerful "Benefactor," the citizens of the totalitarian society of OneState are regulated by spies and secret police; wear identical clothing; and are distinguished only by a number assigned to them at birth. That is, until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. He can feel things. He can fall in love. And, in doing so, he...
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"A scorching memoir of a love affair with an addict, weaving personal reckoning with psychology and history to understand the nature of addiction, codependency, and our appetite for obsessive love. "The disease he has is addiction," Nina Renata Aron writes of her boyfriend, K. "The disease I have is loving him." Their love affair is dramatic, urgent, overwhelming-an intoxicating antidote to the long, lonely days of early motherhood. Soon after they...
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Let's face it, humanity is suffering. The pendulum of our collective soul has swung too far in the direction of darkness. We need more positivity. We need to move toward the direction of light and focus on the good in our hearts.
Motivated to write this book by the ever-worsening times we live in, Rick Ornelas shares an uplifting story of hope for humanity. 12 Hours of Heaven is an inspirational guide to positive change through lessons for a better...
10) Soul of Stone
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I'm Gabriel Stone. The Dark Bearer's guardian angel. Poker king on the highway to Hell.
Ex-Prince of Hell, Draxil, has been reawakened, triggering an old beef with the Horsemen of the Apocalypse. They've given Heaven an ultimatum. Hand Draxil over or they'll scorch Earth.
But things can never be that simple.
Draxil is now connected to the Dark Bearer. If he dies, Aurora dies, unleashing Hell on Earth. As Heaven is siding with the horsemen, I've...
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Whether you are a fan of hip hop or you are just curious about it, you will not have to look further after finding Eric Reese's The History of Hip Hop. This concise but in-depth book explores all the distinguishing traits of what is not only a genre of music but a lifestyle. Reese traces the history of hip hop from its beginnings in the 1970s and reveals how it changed in the next decades until it became a worldwide phenomenon. The author gives attention...
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Stanley was a kind and compassionate man killed by HIV. His soul went somewhere far away from Earth. He was judged for his good and bad deeds. His main purpose on Earth was to serve humanity, to free the world from social evils such as poverty, child abuse, AIDS, and other problems that he encountered in life. With much sacrifice, he helped a lot to people around the world, but he also encountered challenges among greedy and cruel people. Stanley...
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The Soul of America: The Battle for Our Better Angels by Jon Meacham: Conversation Starters
Pulitzer Prize award-winning biographer Jon Meacham takes us back to a critical time in the history of America and explains how it relates to today's American politics. The Soul of America discusses the time when hope was more powerful than fear and division. Today's political climate of division and partisan fury has been around even at the time of the great...
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Be a Magickal Force For Good—The World Needs All It Can Get
Something is very wrong in the world today.
We've lost our connection to others and live more isolated and selfishly than ever. It's a dark and lonely way to exist.
However, things don't have to be like this.
There's a better, brighter path for spiritual seekers ready to take a journey of blessings, compassion,
...16) War Origin
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A duck, a motorcycle gang and a voodoo princess walk into a bar in Hell... No punchline, just life in The Nine.
Gabe's soul is leaking like the head gasket on an old Ford and every Demon in the underworld is out to slurp up his oozing essence.
He barely has the energy to walk down the street and now his partner, Alex plans to instigate a war between the street gangs in L.A.. When a voyeuristic angel arrives, things get out of hand and Gabe and Alex...
17) Diablo
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Meet the Texans--rough-hewn heroes as bold and rugged as the Lone Star State itself--in a sweeping new series only Georgina Gentry could bring to heart-pounding, hard-riding life. . .
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They call him "Devil," and with good reason. The half-breed Santee Sioux bears the twisted scars that made him the fastest, deadliest gunfighter in Texas. Diablo will never forget the kind cattleman who once took him in, but it is his torturer who haunts his...
18) The empty ones
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1977 was a bad year for Carey: The NYC summer was brutally hot, he barely made rent on his apartment, and most of his friends were butchered by a cult that worships the quantum angel he helped give birth to. He needs a vacation. You know where there's supposed to be a killer punk scene? London. Oh, plus the leader of the aforementioned murderous cult is building an army there in an attempt to solve the world, once and for all. Time to mix business...
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Whether you are a new Christian, a long-time follower of Christ, or just someone who is curious about God, you will find Angel in White an inspiring and engaging book that you won't want to put down. It is a true story about a young woman from the same hometown in western Pennsylvania that David Wilkerson was from, and a similar calling to New York City to be a part of Times Square Church, the church that he founded there. It's a story that takes...
20) Book of Life 365 Day Devotional Self-Mastery Guide and Life Coaching Secrets to Ascension Practic
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This book is inspired by God's Holy Spirit and a dream. This dream included me as a passenger (messenger) with a massive bed sized Holy Bible and Holy Qur'an then I saw this huge mushroom cloud in a difference. The Almighty's power rests in the word of God. Each verse was done via bibliomancy. Bibliomancy is the art of knocking on one's inner self using scriptures and opening the book to any passage then reading the message. Guaranteed your life will...
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