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"1937. Naomi Vargas is Mexican American. Wash Fuller is Black. These teens know the town's divisive racism better than anyone. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive. Naomi and Wash dare to defy the rules, and the New London school explosion serves as a ticking time bomb in the background. Can their love survive both prejudice and...
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Dragon Kingdom of Wrenly volume 10
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2023.
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The Legion of Lava has stirred worry and fear among the regions of Wrenly, and now Ruskin and his dragon friends must wage a war on two fronts: one on the battlefield and one for the very soul of the kingdom.
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Out of Darkness Until you decide to deal with the pain, it sits inside of you like a cancer and devours your soul. It paralyzes you to the point that your life is not worth living. My sunshine has left. I am dying inside. My world is dark and dreary. This was my life for eight long years after my son, Michael, committed suicide. I finally got the courage to face the truth and heal my wounds. Sharing my pain was the hardest thing I have ever done....
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Darkness always gives way to light... eventually. Darkness consumes the world. Eating away at the foundations of society, crumbling our resolve and gaining power by the moment. Yet it isn't unstoppable. Contained here are ten tales of coming out of darkness from apocalypse to abuse, fantasy to SF to romance, these stories show the indomitable will of those breaking free and finding a new way free from evil. Contains ten short stories by Meyari McFarland...
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While Zev Porter was releasing magic from stories, Kiara Glennshire was trying to figure out a way forward.
Kiara's whole life has been spent with Thane, the leader of the group Gemini. He has promised to help her find her missing brother, but recently, things have taken a turn for the worse. Violence, murder, theft, these aren't what Gemini is supposed to be about. Kiara still believes in what she is fighting for, but at what cost?
Kiara makes...
10) Out of Darkness
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Brian Porter is obese. Not plump, not overweight, not even fat-obese. He's struggled with his weight and its consequences all his life. School is a nonstop stream of aggressive bullying by both his peers and teachers. To top it off, his embarrassed family barely acknowledges Brian's presence.
When bully Chris Miller challenges Brian to enter the neighborhood's scariest house, Brian can't say no. Not only has Chris promised to leave Brian alone all...
11) Out of Darkness
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We all have darkness hidden inside. Secrets locked away that whisper lies about who we are and our value. As hard as it is, we need to confront this darkness and bring the Light into these dark places. We need to come face to face with our past and break the hold it has on our future.
We are loved, beautiful and full of God given potential. It is time for us to stop hiding from who we are and to start confronting that which is holding us back from...
12) Out of Darkness
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Out of Darkness is a full-length three-part documentary examining the untold history of African people, the African cultural contribution to the nations of the world, and the events that have contributed to the condition of African people today. Narrated by Kaba Kamene. Co-starring Dr. Umar Johnson, Tony Browder, Dr. Claud Anderson, Tim Wise, Prof. James Small, and Dr. Joy DeGruy.
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The Kordolians are loose on the asteroid mining station Fortuna Tau, and first-rank mechanic Jia Morgan has gotten caught up in the thick of things. Under the careful watch of these steely-eyed silver warriors, Jia and her team have been tasked with repairing the hull of the Kordolians' Alpha-Class battle cruiser, Silence. The problem is, their alien technology is far, far beyond anything she's seen before, and whatever they try to weld to Silence's...
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Gappah's powerful novel of exploration and adventure in 19th-century Africa is the captivating story of the loyal men and women who carried explorer and missionary Dr. Livingstone's body, his papers, and maps, 1,500 miles across the continent of Africa, so his remains could be returned home to England and his work preserved there.
"This is how we carried out of Africa the poor broken body of Bwana Daudi, the Doctor, David Livingstone, so that he...
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The New York Times bestselling author of A History of God delivers the gripping, inspirational story about her own search for God.
“A story about becoming human, being recognized, finally recognizing oneself…. It fills the reader with hope.” —The Washington Post Book World
In 1962, at age seventeen, Karen Armstrong entered a convent,...
“A story about becoming human, being recognized, finally recognizing oneself…. It fills the reader with hope.” —The Washington Post Book World
In 1962, at age seventeen, Karen Armstrong entered a convent,...
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Where are the voices? Where is the rumbling of cars, the chatter of TV's and radios? You forget. The pulse of life. The thrumming heart of the world that used to be. The heart has ceased to beat, but the bodies move on. Em laid her heavy head upon her arms. She sat in the silent office of a dead man. The picture of his wife and kids looked vacantly at the black hat covering her head. She thought of them; the blonde woman and her two little boys. They're...
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What if you were told all of your life "you gone have to develop a personality because you're the ugly duckling"? Sticks and stones have nothing on words spoken to a young girl who simply wanted to play and enjoy life. What happens when the ugly duckling grows up? A LOT. Author Bertrille Williams takes you on a deep and painful adventure of how she learned that what they say does not determine whom she will become. Out of the darkness, light and opportunity...
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