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Talking about race means naming the reality of white privilege and hierarchy. How do we talk about race honestly, then, without making our children feel bad about being white? Most importantly, how do we do any of this in age-appropriate ways? While a great deal of public discussion exists in regard to the impact of race and racism on children of color, meaningful dialogue about and resources for understanding the impact of race on white children are woefully absent. Raising White Kids steps into that void.

Listeners will learn how to work through the four steps of The Invention Cycle: Imagination (envisioning things that do not yet exist), Creativity (applying your imagination to address a challenge), Innovation (applying creativity to generate unique solutions), and Entrepreneurship (applying innovation to bring ideas to fruition, where our ideas then gain the power to inspire the imaginations of others). Using each step to build upon the last, you can create something complex, interesting, and powerful.

On a remote island off the coast of Maine lies a secluded estate. There, behind wrought iron gates and rock walls, sits Halcyon Hall. Today, it is an exclusive spa catering to wealthy elites and pampered celebrities. But once, it had another name - and a terrifying reputation.... Rosemary Tulle has come to Halcyon Hall desperate to find her younger sister. Seventeen-year-old Genevieve left a brief, troubling message on Rosemary's phone, begging to be picked up. But Rosemary is not on the visitor list, and no one will let her in....

In Dear Irene, intrepid investigative reporter Irene Kelly begins receiving letters from a psychotic pen pal. It seems someone is bent on creating a real life Greek tragedy - and in this play, everyone is supposed to die.

What Did You Worry About Today? Chances Are, You Didn't Need to . . .Paranoid Parents take heart: You're not alone in your sleepless nights. When surveyed by Paranoid Parents founder Christie Barnes, 75 percent of moms and dads said they worried about "everything" when it came to their kids. Things like: Is this really the right school? Will she get kidnapped at the mall? Are those car seats safe? Will he be bullied at camp? Is that splinter infected? Does he really have ADD or is he just hyper?

Winner of the Edgar, Macavity and Agatha Awards, Jan Burke is one of the most admired mystery writers in America. The intense sequel to the best-seller Goodnight, Irene, Sweet Dreams, Irene revisits Irene Kelly, an intrepid Las Piernas, California, newspaper reporter.

As our ability to pay attention in a world of distractions vanishes, it's no wonder that our ability to be heard and understood - to convey our messages - is also threatened. Whether working with our teams and customers or communicating with our families and friends, it is increasingly difficult to break through the digital devices that get in the way of communication.

Als Wiedergutmachung für die Unbill, die ihnen seine Todesmaschine bereitete, lädt Verrocchio die Helden zu einem Besuch der örtlichen Arena ein, in welcher der sadistische Graf Guildenstern Gladiatorenkämpfe abhalten lässt. Ein Attentat auf den Gastgeber und das Wiederauftauchen alter Feinde sorgen dafür, dass der Tag wahrlich nicht langweilig wird.

Ist Cliff Belford der Mörder seiner Frau? Tony glaubt seinen Beteuerungen, dass er unschuldig zum Tode verurteilt wurde, und will dessen Unschuld beweisen. General Mayne bringt in Erfahrung, dass es ganz ähnliche Morde gab, und Noel und Tony beginnen mit der Jagd auf einen Mörder mit stählernen Händen.

In einer folgenschweren Nacht wird ein kleiner Junge vom Schicksal dazu auserkoren, die Welt in den Untergang zu führen. Doch das lebenslustige Waisenkind Adran denkt überhaupt nicht daran, einem vorbestimmten Schicksal zu folgen. Gemeinsam mit seinen Freunden Artur, Maria und Michael gaunert er sich liebenswert durchs Leben, bis ihn aber das Schicksal eines Tages doch noch einholt. Graf Guildenstern, das Oberhaupt der Guildensternbank, verfolgt ganz eigene, finstere Pläne vor dem Hintergrund des drohenden Weltuntergangs.

Named one of Time Magazine International's 30 most important people of 2005, Maud Fontenoy presents us with a terrific, entertaining adventure story on the high seas as she challenges the Pacific Ocean - a feat no woman before her ever accomplished. Already the first woman to row alone across the North Atlantic, Maud raised the bar to defy the elements, the daunting solitude, and the circling sharks of the South Pacific on her second solo voyage.

The first time evil walked across the old bridge in Mississippi was 1918. When forensic psychologist Elizabeth Monroe crosses the midpoint on the bridge in search of her daughter’s killer, there is no turning back. Elizabeth makes the connection between a heinous crime that happened in 1918 and the recent death of a college student. Old families. Old money. A new vendetta. And the only one who's standing in the way is Elizabeth Monroe.

Eleven writers largely unknown outside Cuba depict a world that veers from a hyper-real Havana in decay, against a backdrop of oblivious drug-toting German tourists, to a fantasy land (or is it?) where vigilant Cubans bar the door to zombies masquerading as health inspectors. Sex and knife-fights, stutterers and addicts, losers and lost literary classics: welcome to a raw and genuine island universe closed to casual visitors.

Ginsburg and Amanda Tyler, Berkeley Law professor and former Ginsburg law clerk, bring together RBG's most penetrating opinions - many previously unpublished - sharing details from Justice Ginsburg's family life and long career.

We have been led to believe that the most private and secure possession we own is our thoughts. What if that isn't true? When police call in forensic psychology professor Elizabeth Monroe to consult in a series of strange murders, for the first time in her stellar career, she's not sure where to begin. Elizabeth sifts through clues that will lead to a psychological profile of the killer. But when the murders are being committed by average people with no criminal history, she must investigate a place where evidence hides.

Written by leading medical intuitive and energy healer, Christine Lang, this practical and accessible guide goes beyond the “trust your gut” trope so often associated with tapping into your intuition by teaching listeners how to converse directly with their enlightened spirit. It's like having your spirit on speed dial.

Amerika in den 1860er Jahren: Ein junger Deutscher, dem sein Faustschlag den Beinamen Old Shatterhand einbringt, beginnt als Landvermesser für den Eisenbahnbau zu arbeiten. Im Indianergebiet geraten er und sein Begleiter Sam Hawkens schon bald in einen blutigen Konflikt zwischen Eisenbahnern und den verfeindeten Indianerstämmen der Kiowas und Apachen.

Auf der Suche nach dem jungen Small Hunter geraten Old Shatterhand, Winnetou und Emery Bothwell in Tunesien zwischen die Fronten eines Konflikts zwischen zwei Beduinen-Stämmen und den von Krüger Bei kommandierten Truppen El-Sadok Paschas. Im Lager der Uled Ayar stehen die Helden ganz unerwartet Thomas Melton und dessen Sohn Jonathan gegenüber, die ihren teuflischen Plan gegen Small Hunter bereits in die Tat umgesetzt haben. Es entbrennt eine Verfolgungsjagd von der Wüste Tunesiens über Southampton, New Orleans und Alboquerque bis tief in die Jagdgründe der Yuma-Indianer.

Romantic. Funny. Sexy. Professor Stephen Worthington has been taught a lesson by the emancipated Miss Julia Wilde. But what started out as a one night stand has turned into something more – at least when it comes to Stephen who is crazy about Julia and wants more than just sex and secret dates. Julia on the other hand seems less involved in their relationship and not as committed as Stephen but perhaps her unresponsive attitude is just a façade? It’s now up to Stephen to prove to Julia that the sexual chemistry between them can easily be mixed with romance and true love.

Now that her live-in boyfriend Tom has abruptly left her for his old girlfriend (he went out one night to buy a jar of mustard and didn't come back), and given that Gil-the-homosexual, her previous boyfriend, wasn't really that interested in her anyway, Alison is finally free to find her Big Love.