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Redwood is a gripping true story of a once successful and popular Baltimore restaurant known for its great cuisine, vivacious musical entertainment, radiant atmosphere, and lavish celebrity events. So what happened to the Redwood Grill? What caused its demise? The book dives into the incredible story of three young entrepreneurs who bought the business and worked tirelessly to make this restaurant the pinnacle dining experience.

Now is the winter of their discontent. It is Christmas, 1898, and Prescott House on Beacon Hill is ready to receive the visitors from England, which includes their son Andrew and his wife Jessica, Lord and Lady Burden, and their son, Trevor. Aurora Prescott leaves for New York, recovering from a recent tragedy, and Robert has a final confrontation with Miss Logan. Charles Prescott is now the President of a new Railroad company - however he soon discovers that while his financial empire is building at an extraordinary rate, his family is falling apart. This audio drama contains four episodes from the series by Colonial Radio Theatre. BEACON HILL contains adult subject matter and language. Parental discretion is advised.

A well-meaning American diplomat in South Africa tries to pacify his ferociously combative wife and anti-apartheid activist son by being reassigned to The Hague. But peace is hard to come by and, at an elegant New Year's Eve party, a harrowing betrayal is revealed. Judith Ivey recreates her acclaimed performance from the Lincoln Center production in this masterful drama from the author of The Substance of Fire.

In the early 1850s, Henry David Thoreau took many meditative walks along the coast. In Cape Cod he reflects on these beach-combing trips and the powerful forces of the sea.

"La notte ci vestiva. In un altro mondo, si sarebbe detto che era piena di attenzioni per noi. Nessunissima luce. Mai il benché minimo filo di luce. Ma i nostri occhi, pur avendo perso lo sguardo, si erano adattati. Vedevamo nelle tenebre, o credevamo di vedere." Il 10 luglio 1971 un commando militare irrompe nella residenza estiva del re a Skhirate, in Marocco. Ma il colpo di Stato fallisce. I soldati che hanno preso parte alla missione vengono rinchiusi in una prigione sotterranea, sepolti nelle tenebre per diciott'anni.

Truth spoken plainly and powerfully is difficult to dismiss and impossible to ignore. Edited with purpose by A. Gregory Frankson, AfriCANthology: Perspectives of Black Canadian Poets brings together some of Canada's most influential dub, page, and spoken word poetic voices and gives them space to speak freely about their personal journeys in piercing verse and unapologetic prose. Just as individual experiences of Blackness are diverse across Canada, each contributor recounts aspects of navigating their unique personal, professional, and artistic paths in Black skin.

Con más de cuatro millones de ejemplares vendidos y traducida a más de cuarenta idiomas, Upile Chilsala está considerada por Elle, Vogue y el Huffington Post como una de las voces revelación de la prosa poética. Este es el primer audiolibro de prosa poética de la escritora malaui Upile Chisala. En él, la autora explora el yo, la alegría, el género, los asuntos del corazón, la experiencia de la diáspora, la espiritualidad y, sobre todo, aquello que nos hace sobrevivir. Una prosa poética que se convierte en un viaje de sanación compartido.

"Where does all the grief go when it's not tugging at your wrist?" Enyegue's debut collection is an ode to girlhood, to Blackness, to generational trauma, sexual assault, and mental health. This collection does not aim to heal anyone who listens to it, but instead help them confront their own healing. Rather than sugar-coated bullets that enter you lightly, these poems are designed to hurt.

Black Woman Your Body Belongs to You describes the pressure a Black woman experiences from men to have children at the height of her career.

انتقام بلقيس هذه المجموعة تناقش قضايا مجتمعية معقدة، منها الحلم بالثراء بين شباب مجتمعنا وهل تتحقق هذه الأحلام أم أنها فقط تظل تحمل صفة الأحلام، وتناقش

كذلك مفهوم الخيانة فكل منا يحمل في داخله تفسيرا للخيانة، فقد يبرر البعض الخيانة وقد يرفضها البعض الآخر ولكن.

Als sein kleiner Bruder verschwindet und alles darauf hindeutet, dass er die gefährliche Reise nach Europa angetreten hat, macht sich Ibrahima auf die Suche.

In Opened Doors, author Artie Bryant passionately delves into love, pain and the whirlwind of emotions in between through a profound collection of poetry, intricately penned to propel listeners into the author's transparent, visual feast of confessions.

Its events revolve around an orphan from Upper Egypt who is involved in the crime of excavating and selling Pharaonic antiquities, which leads to a bloody conflict. The novel explores in detail the process of excavating graves and the Egyptian culture’s reliance on the jinn (spirits) to fight the jinn, the guardian of the treasure. The story takes place in an atmosphere of suspense and excitement as different characters become involved in the crime, leading to a violent and destructive conflict that claims the lives of many people.

Beautiful Minds is empathetically filled with emotions we can all identify with. It is a collection of poems that take us on a sequential journey and our personalised interpretations lead us to arrive at individualised destinations. If you desire to sojourn within pages of multiculturalism and poetic beauty then Beautiful Minds is where you must begin.

Biracial Woman Says Aren’t I a Black Woman Too details a biracial woman contemplating her identity regarding issues of race and society.

Endless Seasons is a collection of poems about oil, the Niger Delta, and emotions. Oppression, pain, corruption, exploitation and injustice are themes that run through the poems. There is the recurrent theme of female subjugation, as well as the deep personal struggles of the African woman. In diverse ways, the poems poignantly portray the sufferings of the women, men, and children of Africa.

From Addict to Advocate is a series of poems that dive into the mind and emotions of Abdirahman Warsame throughout his journey through recovery....

Persévère partage avec vous des pensées édifiantes sur l'amour, la solitude et les relations humaines. Vous serez inspirés. Vous vous sentirez moins seuls et vous serez encouragés à approcher la vie avec une rare confiance en soi.

Pilgrimage into the Womb of a Bantu Dynasty is an epic poem that explores the philosophical and traditional religious system of a 14th-century Dynasty that was fractured by many factors, including the triangular slave trade. It's a story about a teenage boy whose greatness was prophesied on his circumcision. He was born preterm and ended up in the hands of an extended family member who passed away, leaving him at a teenage age as his mother did during his birth.

This book will make you laugh, cry, and feel all the emotions of times with your mom as you listen. A beautiful collection of 46 heartwarming and inspirational stories of mothers and motherhood. Brand new out of Africa. The book comes to celebrate moms across the globe!