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The first hundred years of the American Mafia's existence would come to be seen as a golden age. From small-town Sicily to glittering Las Vegas, the mob had carefully expanded and consolidated their power until their influence touched almost every aspect of American society. But in the 1960s, everything changed. In CLASH OF TITANS, the second volume of former Mafia associate Louis Ferrante's groundbreaking Borgata trilogy, we discover for the first time the true scale of the conflicts that rocked the organisation between 1960 and 1985.

Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) has been called the Father of African American Studies. In The Education of the Negro Prior to 1861 (1919), he documents the ways that education took place among African Americans from the beginning of slavery to the Civil War.

Professor Louis Moore’s audiobook about the history of African Americans in sports in the United States educates listeners about the fascinating social and cultural history of the nation. For example, integration of major league and professional sports broke a major color barrier for one of the first times in the early years of the Civil Rights Movement. African American athletes competed in America long before the 20th century - in fact, they even competed during the years of slavery.

Brendan Behan is widely remembered as a hard-drinking, wise-cracking writer who turned up roaring drunk for interviews and cared little for authority. But he was more than just a hell-raising celebrity. His wit, expressive use of language and understanding of human nature made his writing famous around the world, and his masterpieces The Quare Fellow, Borstal Boy and The Hostage rank among the greatest works of 20th century Irish literature. Dramatisations of all three appear here, alongside a short interview with Behan himself and a fascinating biographical programme celebrating his genius.

James Pierson Beckwourth (1798-1866) was a fur trader and explorer born into slavery in Virginia. He moved to the West, and as a fur trapper, he lived with the Crow for years. He is credited with the discovery of Beckwourth Pass through the Sierra Nevada Mountains during the California Gold Rush era.

The Word of Promise™ The Easter Story allows the listener to experience the sacrifice and triumph of our Savior.

Look around you - what do you see? You may discover to your surprise that the people who are most at peace with money are the ones who walk nimbly between having too little and having too much. They have found a balance between indulgence and austerity; between success and happiness; between motivation and inspiration; and between any number of other poles we tend to think of as either/or choices, but which in reality are simply posts on either side of a doorway through which we must pass.

James Morris Webb argues that the Black man was the father of civilization, born in the land of Egypt, and that the different branches of science and art were simply transmitted to other races, which, as the ages have rolled by have only been enlarged - and to some extent improved upon. The narrative is rich in quotes from the Bible.

Learn to make every moment a once-in-a-lifetime experience with this definitive guide to the Japanese art of ichigo ichie, from the best-selling authors of Ikigai. Every moment in our life happens only once, and if we let it slip away, we lose it forever - an idea captured by the Japanese phrase ichigo ichie. Often spoken in Japan when greeting someone or saying goodbye, to convey that the encounter is unique and special, it is a tenet of Zen Buddhism and is attributed to a 16th-century master of the Japanese tea ceremony.

Increasingly, leaders recognize the benefit of multi-ethnic organizations and are compelled to hire diverse individuals, who will help them reflect a new America. In his address at a Global Leadership Summit, Bryan Loritts challenged leaders to have a vision that is about more than the stuff that perishes - to have a vision for making sacrifices that make a difference and help to bring about transformation in the lives of others.

When Caylin Louis Moore was a young child, his mother gathered her three young children and fled an abusive husband, landing in poverty in a heavily policed, gang-ridden community. When Moore’s father was convicted of murder and his mother was sexually assaulted in the hospital while recovering from open-heart surgery, Moore was forced to enter adulthood prematurely.

"Ich bin nicht deine Geliebte. Ich bin dein Untergang" – Band 2 der Romantasy-Trilogie von TikTok-Star Lauren Roberts endlich auf Deutsch! Nachdem ein Hinterhalt den Säuberungsspielen ein vorzeitiges Ende bereitet und den König das Leben gekostet hat, versinkt das Reich Ilya im Chaos. Paedyn – nunmehr ein Symbol des Widerstands gegen die mächtigen Eliten – gelingt die Flucht in die ferne Stadt Dor. Doch jemand ist ihr auf den Fersen. Prinz Kai wurde beauftragt Paedyn zu finden und aus dem Weg zu räumen. Aber kann er die Frau, für die sein Herz schlägt, wirklich töten?

The autobiography of Louis Hughes serves as a window on the daily lives of slaves before and during the Civil War. Born into slavery near Charlottesville, Virginia in 1832, the narrative charts his life through Pontotoc, Mississippi to Memphis where he met his wife Matilda Morgan, to Tombigbee, Alabama and escape from slavery in Mississippi in 1865. Hughes provides unique historical insight into slavery in the Confederacy during the Civil War and concludes with the family living as free people in Milwaukee.

Eine Fake-Beziehung, die echte Gefühle weckt Dana Dixon hat diesen Sommer viel zu tun. Sie probt für einen Tanzwettkampf, jongliert mit zwei Jobs und muss mit ihrem Ex-Freund fertigwerden. Zu allem Überfluss ist der Eishockeyspieler und Playboy Shane ihr neuer Nachbar geworden. Deshalb stellt sie einige Regeln auf: keine Partys in ihrer Wohnung, Finger weg von ihrem Cheerleader-Team und - das Wichtigste - er soll sie auch in Ruhe lassen. Doch Dana weiß nicht, dass Shane One-Night-Stands satt hat. Und als seine Ex auftaucht, will er sie eifersüchtig machen - mit Dana.

In this captivating, easy-to-follow audiobook, Edwin Louis Cole uncovers immutable principles that govern success. Join successful people worldwide who have discovered these keys to prospering at a higher level: The only thing that makes our life smaller and how to avoid it; choices determine conduct, character, and destiny; what three things do successful people master?; how to create an environment that attracts success; and the one principle that will always make you a leader.

Seit Jahren versucht die erfolgreiche True-Crime-Podcasterin Jula Ansorge die Wahrheit über das Schicksal ihres unter mysteriösen Umständen verschwundenen Bruders herauszubekommen. Moritz wurde von der Polizei erst eines abscheulichen Verbrechens beschuldigt und später von den Behörden für tot erklärt. Matthias Hegel, der berühmte forensische Phonetiker, behauptet Beweise zu haben, dass Moritz noch lebt. Doch der ebenso zwielichtige wie skrupellose Experte, der nur eine Stimmprobe braucht, um die Psyche eines Täters zu analysieren, hat Jula schon oft belogen und manipuliert.

Trickle Up Poverty is your best defense against the Obamanomics that are dragging the middle class, and everyone else, into a Marxist-Socialist death spiral. The Savage manifesto you hold in your hands shows how Obama is circumventing the Constitution to push through his radical agenda - and, most important, how we can restore our country to the power and prestige that Barack Obama and his corrupt and degenerate "czars" are trying to destroy.

"The Heroic Slave" is the only work of fiction by the eminent abolitionist Frederick Douglass. The narrative was inspired by Madison Washington, a slave on the Creole who led a rebellion on the ship in November 1841, and had it sail to Nassau in the Bahamas instead of New Orleans. The short story appeared in the collection Autographs for Freedom (1852).

In Count It All Joy, you will be encouraged to lean into suffering when it comes your way, stand alongside others who suffer, and believe that God will repurpose your suffering according to his good plan. God doesn’t intend your life to be free of all suffering. Instead, he wants you trust him in the midst of it and discover the unexpected joy that trials can produce.

At the strategic level, listeners of Bullseye Marketing will learn the three-phase Bullseye Marketing Framework that prioritizes the fastest, most cost-effective ways for B2B companies to grow faster. Louis then goes into detail on what it takes to successfully implement close to two dozen marketing tactics, providing hundreds of tips, best practices, and examples for successfully executing B2B marketing campaigns.