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Opal is an eighteen-year-old Black woman working as a housekeeper in a small Southern town in the 1930s—and then the Klan descends. A moving story that confronts America’s tragic past, When Stars Rain Down is both heartwarming and heart-wrenching. The summer of 1936 in Parsons, Georgia, is...

Sometimes family is found in the most unlikely of places . . . In the small college town of Troy, Alabama, amidst the backdrop of 1967, Katia Daniels lives a life steeped in responsibility. At the Pike County Group Home for Negro Boys, she pours her heart into nurturing the young lives under her...

Based on research from over 1,200 companies, including WalMart, Google, and JPMorgan Chase, this book follows real-world cases from companies where employees evolved from silent contributors to masterminds steering corporate strategies. These cases are the vanguard of a vibrant era in which workers will be the architects of their destinies, shaping not just their own careers but the entire trajectories of their organizations. 

A look back at the cultural and political force of Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, in celebration of her hundredth birthday Artist–Rebel–Pioneer Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks is one of the great American literary icons of the twentieth century, a protégé of...

DESCUBRE LAS 9 ESTRATEGIAS PARA CREAR MEJORES LUGARES DE TRABAJO En una época caracterizada por la escasez de talento, la falta de compromiso de los empleados y la presión por obtener un retorno de la inversión cuantificable, este innovador libro sobre liderazgo ofrece una respuesta audaz...

As 1947 opens, Eva Cardon is the twenty-four-year-old owner of Washington, D.C.’s, most famous Black-owned restaurant. When her path crosses with Courtland, a handsome white senator from Georgia, both find themselves drawn to one another—but the danger of a relationship between a Black woman...

In the vastness of the human experience, we sometimes overlook the relationships most precious to our hearts. That of our sacred privilege and responsibility to nurture all children. Conscious Brain Training from your heart is a key to cultivating happiness.

1978. The year I turned 10 and the year my mama killed herself. She was 35, and dying is the last thing that should have been on her mind. After the death of her mother, Sylvia Butler's father, a man she knows only from an old photo, takes her from Louisville, Kentucky to Ozark, Alabama to live with his family. But his wife resents everything about this intruder. When the wife's younger brother Charles returns from Vietnam, Sylvia thinks she has found a friend and confidante, only to be hurt again, but this time, in a manner she never could have imagined.

Women in Sports: A look at the game inside the game.

Sharing the Magic podcast leads you down secret paths, uncovering tales of daring heroes, legendary places, and whimsical wonders that make Disney unique. Be enchanted, delighted, and transported to places where dreams dance and magic is real through amazing guests.

The country is changing, and her own world is being turned upside down. Nothing—and no one—will ever be the same. Georgia, 1962. Rose Perkins Bourdon returns home to Parsons, GA, without her husband and pregnant with another man’s baby. After tragedy strikes her husband in the war overseas...

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Summer a intégré un prestigieux orchestre new-yorkais. Grâce aux multiples talents de Simón, son charismatique chef d'orchestre, la carrière de Summer décolle. Mais à nouveaux succès, nouvelles tentations. La jeune femme cède une fois de plus aux attraits d'un monde sensuel et dangereux qu'elle croyait avoir laissé derrière elle. Tout change encore lorsque Dominik, le séduisant professeur de littérature rencontré à Londres, découvre qu'il ne peut vivre sans elle et s'installe à New York.

Prisonnière d'une relation en demi-teinte, Summer, violoniste passionnée, trouve refuge dans la musique. Elle passe ses après-midis à interpréter Vivaldi dans le métro londonien. Quand son instrument est détruit, elle reçoit le message d'un admirateur secret. Dominik, séduisant professeur d'université, se propose de lui offrir un violon en échange d'un concert... très privé. Dominik et Summer se jettent alors à corps perdu dans une liaison sulfureuse aussi imprévisible qu'excitante.