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Let's face it, having a lack of social skills can make your life more challenging. You feel like an awkward failure every time an important social event or outing presents itself. Evidently, there are social hacks that anyone can discover. Imagine being able to turn any lifeless and boring conversation into a colorful and enriching experience. You could make more friends easily, connect with more people, and feel more confident in everyday social situations.

The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter Godwin Woodson (1933), addresses important economic and social issues that were faced by African Americans. Woodson criticises education in American schools and the emphasis on the history of the Greeks, Romans, and British. He explores the legacy of slavery and the economic situation of Blacks in the time of depression. In each chapter, he considers the results of miseducation on the church, business, politics, and leadership.

Have you ever wondered why some people grow so fast, using their mind intelligently and others lag way behind their entire life. Do you want to explore and hack the power of your mind? If your answer is yes, you are going to find inspirational, real stories and actionable advice in this short guide. Hack Your Mind is loaded with actionable advice to get you going faster on your mind hacking journey.

Josiah Henson (1789-1883) was an author, abolitionist, and minister. He was born into slavery in Maryland, and escaped to Canada in 1830, where he founded a settlement for fugitive slaves in Ontario. Henson's autobiography, The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself (1849), is thought to have inspired the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin. The autobiography was written down by the abolitionist Samuel Atkins Eliot, a former mayor of Boston and state legislator.

This is an exploration of a classic description of the "Zen mind". It ranges far afield into space exploration and early Christianity but comes back to the simple Zen reality that "the Great Way is not difficult for those with no preferences". 

Stepping Beyond Intention is a transformational life tool that enable you to break through the stuck states and the mental and emotional blocks between you and living a joyful life of purpose. Developed from years of personal experience and refined by my fellow dreamers around the globe over years of mentoring, sharing, and, indeed, achieving personal growth, the paradigm augments a range of modalities as a framework for effecting deliberate, real, and lasting change in your life.

David Walker (1796-1830) was an abolitionist and anti-slavery activist. In 1829, he published An Appeal to the Coloured Citizens of the World, a call for black unity and resistance against slavery. Walker challenged the racism of his time, specifically targeting the American Colonization Society, an organization which sought to deport all free and freed Blacks from the United States to a colony in Africa.

Author Byron Williams has written one of the most compelling books of 2023. Through the use of short stories and nonfiction essays, Our American Experiment offers a searing exploration of present-day America, while allowing room for the listener to draw his or her own conclusions.

Nobody likes to be in an awkward moment of silence where everyone is just sitting at the table and doesn’t know what to talk about. That’s exactly when your trivia knowledge comes to play. Impress your friends with some insane facts, and you will find yourself in a heavy discussion within a few seconds. Not only will you feel like the smartest person in the room, but also will everyone be excited to enjoy your company as you always know something interesting to talk about.

At the age of 68, Dr. Zeev Gilkis, a cancer survivor, decided to gift himself an unusual present for his 70th birthday - to run his first full marathon. In his previous book Running Back in Time, the author, writing at the time at age 69, told the story of the first half of his journey. The Beautiful Addiction relates the second part of his journey, through which Zeev gradually increases the distance of his runs from 21 kilometers to 42 kilometers while sharing his thoughts about life and becoming ageless, all the way to the surprising ending.

Conquer Your Fear of Failure is written to peel the onion of human psychology and get deeper into your inner world to expose all your fears about failing and your imaginary world of failure. This book has all the tools to upgrade your belief system, teach you the fundamentals of success, and empower you to take massive action.

Joseph Julius Jackson was an African-American preacher who published The History of the Black Man (1921). The book discusses the influence of African civilization upon ancient history, and covers the black kingdoms of Ghana, Sudan, Melle, Hausa, Songhay, as well as the Moorish dynasty of Spain in some detail.

The Radical Declaration offers a timely series of thought-provoking essays that challenges the nation to look beyond contemporary political orthodoxies in order to recapture the ideals of the nation’s founding creed. Rev. Williams is one of the leading public theologians in the nation. He is a columnist, author, and the former pastor of the Resurrection Community Church in Berkeley, CA. His weekly column appears in the popular Huffington Post along with selected publications in North Carolina and California.

Eat like a Local - Portland Jamaica by Monique Oates offers the inside scoop on food, what to eat and the plethora of places to eat when travelling around Portland, Jamaica. This compilation features a brief history of various Jamaican foods, cooking methods, and recipes for you to, as we say in Jamaica, “try your hand” at preparing them.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Portsmouth. Greater Than a Tourist- Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA by Kerry L Fay offers the inside scoop on all the wonderful things Portsmouth has to offer. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

A very close brush with death as a student pilot in his early 30s greatly changed Reinhard's outlook on life. This experience, where letting go literally saved his life, began a process of weeding out those things that had been holding him back and trusting God in any circumstance he would encounter. This book will challenge you to reflect upon and let go of whatever is holding you back. It is the author's hope that it will help you begin the process of excavating your heart and mind. You may be surprised at what you have been carrying around.

If you really want to escape the things that harass you, what you're needing is not to be in a different place, but to be a different person. Until we have begun to go without them, we fail to realize how unnecessary many things are. We've been using them not because we needed them, but because we had them. Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Do you want to get more form life? Do you want to get ahead? Do not let anyone take advantage of you. Be the predator. If you are not the hunter, you will fall prey to others and be the victim of circumstance: the hunted. Understand how and why people act as they do. Take the power that is rightfully yours for the taking. Grip your destiny in your hands. Know the secrets of collecting intel on your enemies. Know when to be vague and not give your enemies too much information.

John Baldoni’s new book on the power of grace is a must-listen for all of us, particularly for anyone seeking to serve in a leadership role. In a world where good manners and courtesy sometimes seem to have gone out of style, this audiobook is a practical guide for bettering relationships in all types of human connections. In a spiritual sense, grace is unearned, and as such, it is yours to use for the betterment of self and others. Grace as a gift is a catalyst for positive change to enable the greater good.

In the first few weeks of the new year, you count your calories religiously or go to the gym every day, without fail. But by February, you are cheating on your diet or skipping more workouts than you are doing. You try to get back on track, but you can’t seem to. By March, you’ve given up on your resolution completely. You feel guilty and like a failure. What seemed like an attainable goal was completely beyond your ability to achieve it. You blame yourself, your genetics, or some other factors.