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The day Archie lost his thirty-one year job as a laborer at a meat packing company, he was forced to confront the secret he had held so closely for most of his life: at the age of fifty-four, he couldn't read. For all his adult life, he'd been able to skirt around the issue. But now, forced to find a new job to support his family, he could no longer hide from the truth. The Last Reader Standing is the story of Archie's amazing-and often painfu...

From his insight as a black police officer, community leader and church minister in a volatile urban setting, Terrell Carter offers a constructive approach to addressing racism, societal divisions, the politics of oppression, improving police-community interaction-and points the way to a more hopeful future.

Dr. Greg Hunt had devoted nearly 30 years to congregational ministry, helping people experience God and find their way in life. Then came his crisis of faith and calling: He turns to God for guidance, but is unable to "find" God. Neither his education-a Ph.D. in theology-nor his religious involvements-senior pastor of a multi staff congregation, civically and denominationally engaged leader-could protect him against the disorienting impact of ...

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Concise and straightforward, The Aspiring Actor's Handbook is written for curious and aspiring actors to make informed decisions about pursuing an acting or voice-over career. Veteran actresses Molly Cheek and Debbie Zipp have culled the wit and wisdom of a wide array of successful actors from Beth Grant to Dee Wallace. Readers will learn from personal stories that range from how to get your foot in the door to becoming a career actor. Get the...

Masterful Storytelling! An Action-packed thriller, an electrifying read! Off the coast of Central America, the Sea Diva, a tuna boat, sinks. Members of the crew are missing and what happens remains a mystery. Anthony Darren, a renowned and wealthy lawyer at the top of his game, knows the boat's owner and soon becomes involved in the case. As the case goes to trial, a missing crew member is believed to be at fault, but new evidence comes to lig...

In the course of history, Prince Dmitri Kantemir-also the Prince of Moldavia, Prince of the Russian Empire, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire and Imperial Chancellor to Peter the Great of Russia-lived in forced exile for 22 years. He became a great writer, statesman, scientist, and composer of Ottoman music. His children were prominent in Russian history: Antioch Kantemir became Russia's first satirist and Maria Kantemir was the last love of Pet...

A universal principle describing how we can find balance between our competitive drives and our cooperative drives so that we can operate at the highest possible level. It shows how nature relates to these traits and how they both tie into order and chaos, teaching the universal law of co-opetition--which means to synthesize cooperation with competition--which can vastly improve the interrelationships of our lives and build even greater libert...

Success is the result of your own mindset-HOW and WHY the Law of Attraction works.... We are the makers of ourselves-knowingly or unknowingly, and this book shows you an exact way to ATTRACT exactly what YOU want. Be it finding your calling, having happy and successful relationships or living the life you were destined to enjoy-from the school room to the boardroom to the bedroom-success, fame and fortune is within YOUR control, the result of ...

In an epic tale of identity and the indomitable human spirit. An incredibly powerful memoir. "I'd grown up in the land of TRANSYLVANIA, homeland to Dracula, Vlad the Impaler, and, worse, the Communist dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu-who turned Romania into a land of gray-clad zombies who never dared to show their individuality, and where neighbors became informants, and the Securitate made people disappear. Daylight empowered the regime to encircl...