YOU possess talent, wisdom, and experiences that are truly yours alone. It is my hope that as you read the true episodes shared in this book, you will be inspired to review your own life, finding stones of truth along the way. Hopefully, you've disc…
This is a collection of stories about ministry, marriage, raising children and everything in between.
Born into slavery on a Virginia plantation, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) educated himself tirelessly in the years after the American Civil War. In 1881, he was appointed head of the Tuskegee Institute, a teacher-training college for African Amer…
In 1856, Washington was born into a family of slaves in Virginia. From there it seemed that his fate had been sealed to live out his life as a worker in Virginia. But, this was not the case for Washington, whose impoverished childhood and undying de…
Nineteenth-century African American businessman, activist, and educator Booker Taliaferro Washington's "Up from Slavery" is one of the greatest American autobiographies ever written. Its mantras of black economic empowerment, land ownership, and sel…
This edition includes 111 letters and a brief note. Written by Miss Carter, they date from October 1737 to May 1804, less than two years before her death, they have not been published before and are a very small portion of the thousands of letters t…
From a veteran of the trade, a provocative and entertaining voyage into the turbulent heart of modern money that sheds new light on the rise of our threatening and complicated financial system, how money became our adversary, and why finding a new c…
This biography of John Bailie and his family, based on the extensive research of Mrs M.D. Nash, an authority on the British Settlers, tells the story of an adventurous life inextricably linked with the colonial history of South Africa during the fir…
This book is an attempt to document some of the lessons and experiences I've had as a father, son, husband, student, CEO, Christian, and Nigerian. My hope is that you will get an insight into part of what an average Nigerian entrepreneur goes throug…
This riveting and uplifting memoir by Vanessa O'Brien, record-breaking American-British explorer, takes you on an unexpected journey to the top of the world's highest mountains. Long before she became the first American woman to summit K2 and the f…
Was James - rather than Peter - the true Spiritual heir to Jesus? In this profound and provocative work of scholarly detection, eminent biblical scholar Robert Eisenmann introduces a startling theory about the identity of James - the brother of Jesu…
Nachtst cke Erz hlungen von E.T.A. Hoffmann INHALT: Der Sandmann Ignaz Denner Die Jesuitenkirche in G. Das Sanctus Das de Haus Das Majorat Das Gel bde Das steinerne Herz
A truly remarkable person, Caroline Macdonald (1874-1931) was a Canadian woman who spent almost her entire working life in Japan and who played a significant role there in both the establishment of the YWCA and in prison reform. A native of Wingham,…
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Theref…
Walter F. White of Atlanta, Georgia, joined the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1918 as an assistant to Executive Secretary James Weldon Johnson. When Johnson retired in 1929, White replaced him as head of the N…
Rosa Luxemburg is revered as one of the leading socialists of the early 20th century, whose vision for justice and equality continues to resonate throughout workers movements today. Paul Frelich was one of the founding members of the German Communis…
The word Armageddon conjures up images of fear and ultimate cataclysm. The bloody 4,000-year history of the Valley of Armageddon, today known as the Jezreel Valley, reinforces these beliefs. There is, however, another much quieter reality very much…
