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Shattered: The Sectarian Divide and Start of the Feminist Revolution in Islam
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Fatima is the daughter of Mohammad. She waged a battle for women's rights in a land where women had no rights. Her stand is remarkable. Shattered reads like a history of the Muslim world. The Middle East extremist...
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Shining Moments: Finding Hope in Facing Death
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We all face death and our attitudes vary. Do we fear death? Do we accept it as the end of our existence? Or do we see it as rebirth?
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Smelling Land
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Smelling Land begins with the parable of a cabin boy warning his captain to turn about for he smells land. In spite of the reprimand, the boy again warns the captain, “I smell land sir please turn about.” In anger, the captain hung the boy; a short time later the ship run aground…
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Social Development: Concerns for Humans, Systems, Strategies, Skills, and Social Change
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Social Development: Concerns for Humans, Systems, Strategies, Skills, and Social Change by Chike C. Udemezue, PhD reminds of the research studies I read in a Sociology class in college. Udemezue shares his research and findings with readers…
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The Imperial Cruise: A Secret History of Empire and War
 | In 1905 President Theodore Roosevelt sent a large group of officials on a diplomatic mission to Hawaii, Japan, Philippines, China and Korea. With Roosevelt’s approval Secretary of War, William Howard Taft made a series of secret agreements with the... |
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The Last Byzantine
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The story begins in 1444 Mystras with the birth of the narrator, John IX Palaeologus. He was abandoned by his mother and adopted by Emmanuel and Diana, a baron couple. It is obvious he was loved. They secretly...
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The Learners Of Owamboland: The Children of Twaalulilwa School
 | Gina Hutchins Inman is a German-American citizen. In her desire to give to those less fortunate than herself, she traveled to Owamboland, Namibia, Africa where she spent 8 weeks with the children of the Twaahililwa School. She enjoyed the simplicity of their life. “The greatest... |
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Then I Came Home
 | This is a book with unrealized potential. As a memoir, the author takes the reader through a deprived childhood that he escapes when the author joins the Marines. His expectations are dramatically violated with a tour of duty in Viet Nam; the author comes home... |
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There Goes My Everything
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Sokol's approach was unique, for his focus is on the ordinary white southerners. Sokol is a doctoral candidate in American history at the University of California, Berkeley…
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True Cow Tales Literary Sketches and Stories by Farmers, Ranchers, and Dairy Princesses
 | This book transported me back to my childhood. Although my grandparents did not have cattle on their farm, I had plenty of friends that did. Being born in Nebraska put me in the middle of the dairy cattle farming. It was so refreshing to dwell on each... |
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