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These 16 true stories about dogs and love will warm the hearts of dog lovers and grinches alike. Some will bring a smile to your lips, others may bring a tear to your eye, but all will bring you to a closer appreciation of man's best friend. Perhaps you will recognize some of the dogs you have loved as you hear about the pain of losing a faithful pet, or laugh about the absurdity of dressing a little dog in a corduroy coat. From the dog blinded by an acid-throwing neighbor, to the abandoned hound that made a family whole, these stories are about the importance of dogs.

Breaking away from the historically dominant narrative that White females make the best teachers, this book contends that effective teachers can be both "windows" and "mirrors" for students. Teachers should reflect the student population in racial and cultural terms while also serving as windows for students to see opportunities that lie outside of their immediate circumstances.

Here is a riveting story of seeking safety in another land. Here is a gripping journey of loss, alienation, and belonging. In The God Who Sees, immigration advocate Karen González recounts her family's migration from the instability of Guatemala to making a new life in Los Angeles and the suburbs of south Florida. In the midst of language barriers, cultural misunderstandings, and the tremendous pressure to assimilate, González encounters Christ through a campus ministry program and begins to follow him.

Against the backdrop of America's escalating urban rebellions in the 1960s, an unexpected cohort of New York radicals unleashed a series of urban guerrilla actions against the city's racist policies and contempt for the poor. Their dramatic flair, uncompromising vision, and skillful ability to link local problems to international crises riveted the media, alarmed New York's political class, and challenged nationwide perceptions of civil rights and black power protest. The group called itself the Young Lords. 

In democracies, citizens must accept loss; we can’t always be on the winning side. But in the United States, the fundamental civic capacity of being able to lose is not distributed equally. Propped up by white supremacy, whites (as a group) are accustomed to winning. Black citizens, on the other hand, are expected to be political heroes whose civic suffering enables progress toward racial justice. In this book, Juliet Hooker, a leading thinker on democracy and race, argues that the two most important forces driving racial politics in the United States today are Black grief and white grievance.

Embrace the strategic mindset that has shaped leaders for centuries and win your campaign before it even starts. In "Ancient Wisdom for Modern Campaigns," Caitlin Huxley, a seasoned campaign strategist with 15 years of experience, offers a unique take on Sun Tzu's ancient wisdom. Huxley blends her personal stories from the campaign trail with timeless tactics, providing real-life lessons and strategic insights that are essential for today's political landscape.

One in three American children will be arrested by the time they are 23, and many will spend time locked inside horrific detention centers that defy everything we know about what motivates young people to change. Nell Bernstein argues that there is no right way to lock up a child. A landmark book, Burning Down the House sparked a national conversation about our inhumane and ineffectual juvenile prisons, and ultimately makes the radical argument that the only path to justice is for state-run detention centers to be abolished completely.

To the average person trying to lose weight or become healthier, it is hard to decide what regime would be best to follow, and this combination lifestyle allows you to mesh two popular regimes. So, if you cannot decide between intermittent fasting and the ketogenic diet, this book will show you how to safely combine them. Whether you have just started exploring the keto world or if you are simply seeking new to gain more from either the ketogenic diet or intermittent fasting, then this book will give you a solution to your problems.

Every relationship has moments when it faces problems. For many they are fleeting and are solved with patience and a willingness to cooperate with one another in a positive way. But often the problems are more serious and harder to solve, becoming so deeply ingrained that they can appear to be insurmountable. When you are faced with such a situation, it can be easy to give up and move on, but there are ways to deal with things like jealousy and conflict that can save a relationship.

Are you currently on a keto journey but find that you just aren’t breaking through to your goals? What about intermittent fasting; are you currently doing a fasting regime? Have you ever considered combining the two? To the average person trying to lose weight or become healthier, it is hard to decide what regime would be best to follow, and this combination lifestyle allows you to mesh two popular regimes. So, if you cannot decide between intermittent fasting and the Ketogenic diet, this book will show you how to safely combine them.

Do you know what chakra is? The term chakra comes from Sanskrit and literally means disk or wheel and refers to wheel of energy throughout the body. There are seven main chakras, which align the spine, starting from the base of the spine through to the crown of the head. To visualize a chakra in the body, imagine a swirling wheel of energy where matter and consciousness meet. This invisible energy, called Prana, is vital life force, which keeps us vibrant, healthy, and alive.

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Morcant and Blake Korrigan own a little shop of horrors, where witches congregate and people ending up dead isn't rare. When Karen Hiltzman joins their coven, she has no idea what she's getting into. Drawn in, the group convinces her to recruit her best friend, Sarah Matthews, after discovering that she bears a very special birthmark; one that indicates she's the girl they've been waiting for.

Set over the course of one Sunday, The Slow Midnight on Cypress Avenue is a collection of interconnected vignettes that takes the listener through the streets and across the sidewalks of Cypress Avenue - an unkempt afterthought, just a place that sits at the neighborhood border edge of Ridgewood Queens, New York.

When she refused to take a pay cut, Marie Cosgrove was cut loose. So she started her own business, and a few years later, she bought the company that had fired her. She didn't give up - she became greater. And you can, too. Whether it's everyday problems or seemingly insurmountable challenges, we all face hardships in our personal and professional lives. In Greater Fortune, business mastermind and motivational speaker Marie Cosgrove guides you in discovering how to use these hardships to propel you forward.

To the average person trying to lose weight or become healthier, it is hard to decide what regime would be best to follow and this combination lifestyle allows you to mesh two popular regimes. So, if you cannot decide between Intermittent Fasting and the Ketogenic Diet this book will show you how to safely combine them. Why? It’s simple, the benefits they offer together is more than what each of these programs can provide on their own. 

 My Favorite Girlfriend Was a French Bulldog is a novel told in 15 stories, linked by the same protagonist, our narrator, who - in her own voice and channeling the voices of others - creates an unsparing, multigenerational portrait of her native Cuba.  

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