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Say goodbye to dreary shades of black and white and start seeing the world for the prism of color it is with this refreshing and creative guide! In a unique combination of art, activities, and uplifting anecdotes, 21 Ways to a Happier Depression leads you on a hands-on journey to personal growth. Getting you out of one of "those moods" can be as simple as: Making the bed; Nurturing a plant; Painting shapes in loops and colors; Breaking down your...
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Missy DuBois's Louisiana hat studio is the destination for Southern brides who want to make a fashion statement. But designing headpieces isn't her only talent, she's also got a head for solving murders...
It's not uncommon for folks to live it up a little too much on New Year's Eve. But when Missy walks into her parking lot at Crowning Glory on New Year's Day and discovers professional wedding planner Charlotte Deveraux inside a whiskey barrel,...
23) Soft Money
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Even the best cops burn out. 23 Shades of Black's Filomena Buscarsela returns, having traded in her uniform for the trials of single motherhood. Once a cop, always a cop. She may have left the department, but Filomena's passion for justice burns as hot as ever. And when, the owner of her neighborhood bodega is murdered-just another "ethnic" crime that will probably go unsolved and unavenged-Filomena doesn't need much prodding from the dead man's grieving...
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Tuttwyler, Ohio, is the perfect Midwestern town. Beautiful square. Gazebo dripping with gingerbread. Leafy streets lined with big white houses. Even the town's annual summer festival is perfect. It commemorates the unfortunate clubbing death of the Indian princess Podewedka, by the town's founding fathers, John and Amos Tuttwyler, back in 1803. The only thing that's not perfect is Howie Dornick's house. It's right on the parade route and it...
25) Such A Witch
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No one suspects that straight-laced witch Aurora Rhonelle comes from a family of powerful necromancers-a fact they never let her forget. So what if she prefers Anne Klein over Anne Rice and pastels over shades of black? That shouldn't make her any less respectable. Unfortunately, never having raised a dead human does damage her street cred.
With her new job as a Junior Investigator at Othercross Judiciary, Aurora is more desperate than ever to prove...
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Alkebu-lan is the Dark Continent, known for its many traditions and various shades of Black and Brown people. There an old wanderer travels the wilderness, his eyes gazing upward during the bright sunny days, and when the stars cascade throughout the blanket of darkness. The Ancient communities called him Imhotep "The Wise Man," and he lived for many centuries watching many young, transition into elders.
For years, his travels led him all across...
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The call of the night is rising . . .
Since the beginning, when the first skinwalker ancestors--the lupines--shed their skins and transformed from wolves into men, shifters have roamed the earth as both man and wolf. As the first people, they watched the evolution of humankind and were soon named the guardians of earth and the watchers of mankind. But the shifters soon discovered they shared something in common with humankind: an infinity for both...
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Atria/37Ink
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2014.
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"Right out of college, Justin Simien wrote a screenplay about the nuanced experiences of four black students on a predominantly white college campus ... Channeling the sensibility of the film into this book, Simien will keep you laughing with his humorous observations if you haven't seen the satiric film, [including quizzes to determine whether you've become the Token Black Friend]"--Amazon.com.
31) Greatest hits
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XL Records
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pc2012
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This CD/DVD set includes 20 of Adele's greatest hits on audio CD and her live, recorded performance from the Royal Albert Hall in London, Sept. 22, 2011.
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"Experiencing ominous dreams four months after the events of A Darker Shade of Magic, Kell watches Red London excitedly preparing for the Element Games international magic competition only to realize that the threat of Black London is returning."--Provided by publisher.
34) Book of night
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"#1 New York Times bestselling author Holly Black makes her stunning adult debut with Book of Night, a modern dark fantasy of shadowy thieves and secret societies in the vein of Ninth House and The Night Circus. One of Publishers Weekly's top ten most anticipated books of 2022! Charlie Hall has never found a lock she couldn't pick, a book she couldn't steal, or a bad decision she wouldn't make. She's spent half her life working for gloamists, magicians...
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"A transparent first-hand account of a Black officer maneuvering through three terrifying yet rewarding decades of policing, all while seeking reform in law enforcement. Sixteen-year-old Keith Merith finds himself pulled over, berated, and degraded by a white police officer. He's done nothing wrong -- he was only looking for a parking spot. But the officer has the power, and he doesn't. Keith never wants to be in that position again. From that day...
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In the 21st century, the god Horus, known as Rama, discovers that his covenant has been broken. The once-protected Secret Falcon Society is now vulnerable, as the Sacred Book of Scrolls has fallen into the possession of Rama's evil brother. This brother seeks to claim the 'Fruitful Throne' and crown himself king, but in doing so, he puts Rama and his home at risk. The fate of the Good Eye of Horus hangs in the balance.
With only one scroll left,...
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In 2008, CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan candidly speculated about the human side of the war in Iraq: "Tell me the last time you saw the body of a dead American soldier. What does that look like? Who in America knows what that looks like? Because I know what that looks like, and I feel responsible for the fact that no one else does . . ." Logan's query raised some important yet ignored questions: How did the remains of American service...
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White Shade: A Real-World Primer for the Black Professional Woman is a text for the experienced and aspiring Black professional woman. It serves as a guide to mental and emotional stability within the professional arena, while also empowering her to continue to exhibit the excellence she has worked her entire life to achieve.
This primer strives to bring an awareness to the real experiences of so many Black women and the societal obstacles she faces...
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2024.
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"From the author of the definitive biography of Frank Sinatra, the story of how jazz arrived at the pinnacle of American culture in 1959, told through the journey of three towering artists-Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans-who came together to create the most famous and bestselling jazz album of all time, Kind of Blue The myth of the 60s depends on the 1950s being the before times of conformity, segregation, straightness-The Lonely Crowd...