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Charlene Charlemagne was no stranger to danger and a hard partying lifestyle. With her best friend, Gwendolyn, close to her and her boyfriend, Dylan, beside her, she's got all the family she needs in life. With her dark past behind, Charlene is living her life to the fullest until her life took an unexpected turn forever when one small request turned into something life changing.

Childhood sexual abuse leaves invisible marks that carry into adulthood and stop you from doing, dreaming, and achieving. The root of shame keeps you feeling undervalued, even in your own eyes. You lose years living in safe mediocrity instead of purposeful intention. This is not God's plan for you .Author Andrea S. Jones understands this all too well. Her authentic sharing of some hard truths will walk you through the steps a predator takes in grooming his victim. You will see how he becomes a loved member of the family while targeting his prey.

Martha S. Jones grew up feeling her Black identity was obvious to all who saw her. But weeks into college, a Black Studies classmate challenged Jones’s right to speak. Suspicious of the color of her skin and the texture of her hair, he confronted her with a question that inspired a lifetime of introspection: “Who do you think you are?” Now a prizewinning scholar of Black history, Jones delves into her family’s past for answers. In every generation since her great-great-great-grandmother survived enslavement to raise a free family, color determined her ancestors’ lives.

Michelle “Shelley” Farley was homeless on the streets of San Francisco for a decade before finally getting help to get off the streets. With no family and no place to go, she learned how to fend for herself and make a life out of navigating the rough San Francisco streets among her fellow homeless. Now, she must navigate trying to live life as a sheltered citizen of society, but after being on the streets for so long, can she learn how to live a normal life, or will she be pulled back in to the life she had before?

Victoria Kingston is the homecoming queen in high school. When she heads off to college, she’s going to need to learn that you can’t get everything (and everyone) you want in life.

Brooklyn Appleby is the world's most famous pop star and she's living a life of fame and fortune until it all comes crashing down when an unexpected conservatorship traps her in a nightmare that she can't soon get out of. A decade later, Brooklyn manages to break free but she needs to flee the bright lights of Hollywood. Will she be stuck in the shadow of her mistakes or will she be able to find a life outside of the City of Angels?

Stacy Lowe had as close to an idealistic life as one could imagine: she had a loving husband and a baby on the way. When a tragedy strikes her and her husband though, she struggles with it. By the time she has her little girl, she can’t seem to handle anything in her life, so she flees.

Addie Edwards was just trying to get home. That’s all. When she boarded flight 393, the direct flight she had booked from Seattle, Washington to Nashville, Tennessee, she was relieved to finally be going home after an exhausting week of helping her sister with her wedding but when the plane unexpectedly reroutes to Hawaii, her relief quickly turns to panic. After that, the plane gets rerouted again to another destination after a passenger gets hurt and needs immediate attention. Addie can’t help but wonder what’s going on, is her life in danger and will she ever make it home?

Three university philosophy professors provide analysis of each and every Coen brothers film, in chronological order.