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Social justice matters because we-each of us-matter. Unless we learn to co-exist as equals, we will never live optimally. To denigrate any one of us is to demean all of us. Absent the wholesale embrace of social justice, we risk succumbing to human tendencies to stereotype, "otherize," and scapegoat. Those tendencies, left unchecked, lead to horrific ends.When we see ourselves in others, we understand that our shared humanity eclipses all else. Through our disagreements, we must never doubt the dignity and worth of the other. Certain facts and factors that cause misalignments in the social order-inequality and inequity-social injustice-but there are ways to intervene and interrupt them. This book offers 10 ways we can advance social justice. We pay a cost for failing to internalize and act upon history's lessons. For example, our history teems with examples of fractious relations among racial, ethnic, and cultural groups and an overarching white supremacist ideology that places some at an advantage at the expense of others. Recognizing our shared humanity-and the power of "we"-and rectifying disparities and inequities are among the chief aims of social justice initiatives. Through critical thinking, we best position ourselves to tackle seemingly overwhelming social justice issues. To be ready, we must know, care, and act: know-look at ourselves, others, events, and institutions; care-reflect on recurring inequalities and inequities; and act-work on solutions to effect and advance meaningful, measurable, maintainable solutions. Critical thinking animates the three core activities necessary for social justice advancement: introspection, engagement, and advocacy. Achieving social justice is an aspirational pursuit-an ongoing journey that can be fraught with peril and disappointment. It is nonetheless an odyssey worth taking-a quest so many of us have no choice but to embrace. Introspection, engagement, and advocacy are essential stops along the way. Examine yourself. Plug in. Speak truth.

"Friends Like Dust is a paranormal page-turner that will haunt you to the last page." Pamela K. Kinney, author of Werewolves, Dogmen, and Other Shapeshifters and the YA fantasy, Demon Memories. Even ghosts have secrets-and Vivien learns those secrets can be deadly. Vivien Brewer doesn't make friends easily. She loves to read and enjoys her own company. But when she moves to France with her military family, she meets Mignon, who soon becomes her best friend. The only problem? Mignon is a ghost who died when she was the same age Vivien is now. At first, it's wonderful having a friend, especially one who helps Vivien learn the French language. But an elderly woman warns her that Mignon has a dark secret. For the third time in her young life, Vivien finds herself befriending a ghost-but this time, the friendship may prove fatal. Can Vivien learn the secret in time to save herself and everyone else in this haunted home? Can she conquer the forces of darkness once more swirling around her and find some measure of peace for her newfound friend? And why do these spirits always speak to her? Friends Like Dust is the most spellbinding visitation yet in the sensational Army Brat Hauntings series.

In the ruins of North America, the Laws and Ways of the Sentinel control everyone and everything. The Sentinel's rule is enforced by The Black Sentry, his ominous ever-present police force. Every aspect of the villagers' lives is dictated by the Sentinel's orderly inescapable plan--including the Winnowing, the armed combat each boy is required to undergo on his sixteenth birthday. Daman Adkins is worried about his impending Winnowing, but he's even more troubled by everyone's blind acceptance of the Sentinel's inflexible regime. With the help of Brita, the brilliant girl he admires, and a slave, Xander, he tries to learn more about the fabled Resistance--the only people brave enough to stand up against the Sentinel. When Daman meets a Rebel on the run, he is forced to choose between the dull but predictable life he has known all his life--and the slim chance for a better world.

Bobby Beresford and Mark Szasz, the self-appointed "Knights Templar of the Code of Buddyhood," are undergraduates at the University of Oklahoma in 1979. There couldn't be a more unlikely pair of best friends. Bobby's cautious, social ineptitude and romantic fumblings offset Mark's flamboyant, devil-may-care attitude, his irrepressible pranks, and his prowess with shapely coeds. But the cardinal rule of the Code--"A buddy does not move in on another buddy's girl"--requires Bobby to watch quietly as Mark makes time with Annie, the woman of Bobby's dreams. Mark and Bobby's college exploits include crashing frat parties, arranging elaborate double dates (that, at least for Bobby, go disastrously and hilariously wrong), and shuttling a decomposing corpse across campus. But inevitably, the girl they both love becomes a wedge that divides the buddies not only during their college days, but well into the future...

It's not whether you live or die, it's how you play the game.While in Vegas for the American Poker Grand Slam, BB Thomas-the Game Master-is suddenly arrested by the FBI and taken to a top-secret laboratory. A scientist has been murdered in a bizarre manner, and BB's daughter has been kidnapped. Reluctantly joining forces with his ex-wife, Linden, BB plunges into a labyrinthine mystery incorporating the world's oldest and best-known games and taking them to Paris, Dubai, Pyongyang, and Alexandria. Pursued by a relentless FBI agent and an unknown assailant who wants him stopped at any cost, BB races to uncover an insidious plot involving secret societies, ancient cover-ups, and savage vengeance. Someone is playing a deadly game, and the object is the destruction of every government on the face of the earth-no matter how many people die in the process.

The Grim Reaper is coming to the courtroom-where Daniel Pike and Ben Kincaid may face their final judgment.In Florida, defense attorney Daniel Pike is stunned when his legal files are ransacked and his lover, Maria Morales, disappears. In Oklahoma, semi-retired attorney Ben Kincaid is horrified when his connection to this apparent abduction endangers the people he loves most. Desperate for help, Pike seizes Kincaid and hauls him on a cross-country road trip to discover what happened to Maria...and why a killer is so interested in a California murder case.During the journey, Dan and Ben encounter Roswell aliens, San Diego cosplay, snowstorms, barroom brawls, assassination attempts, a cartel rubout, and an old acquaintance now behind bars. But someone dressed as the Grim Reaper is leaving a bloodstained trail of victims from one coast to the other. Every new clue points to a West Coast murder conviction-and a pending motion that might prevent a major injustice. Reluctantly, Dan and Ben agree to represent the defendant who might hold the answers they seek-or might make them the next victims. Will this be the capstone to their distinguished careers-or the final ride into the sunset?Enthralling for newcomers and fans, Partners in Crime launches a new Daniel Pike series and also features Ben Kincaid, the author's first fictional attorney returning after more than a decade. If you like spellbinding courtroom drama, unexpected revelations, and jaw-dropping action, you'll love William Bernhardt's thrill-packed legal road trip.

Evil has come to paradise. Can Keone and Angela stop the murderous rampage?Now partners, Keone Boyd and Angela Beyers investigate the brutal murder of a minor minion in the Maui drug scene. Echoes of their former cases inform suspect lists and punctuate their personal and professional interactions. Two private people find themselves discussing vital personal issues while pursuing an explosive trail of murder and mayhem. Keone and Angela are challenged by a tangled web of intersecting investigations populated with multiple perpetrators, allies, and targets. Keone's grandmother warns him that the most powerful of the Hawaiian gods, Pele, is waking from her slumber to confront an ancient evil threatening their beautiful island home.From Italy and Greece to Oahu and the Big Island of Hawaii, a mysterious murderer stalks victims on land and sea--a murderer so formidable that even the combined skills of sergeants Beyers and Boyd, Europol, and the FBI might not be enough to stop the killing.

In the near future, a few young women manifest extraordinary abilities called "Shine." Each girl's ability is different. Some develop extraordinary mental abilities. Some become physically strong. Others have powers that defy description. But the world does not embrace these Shines. It fears them. Cassandra's life was turned upside-down by the destruction of Seattle. She had to escape from "St. Augustine's Home for the Mentally Deranged," where Florida's Shines were being incarcerated. But the escape only gives her a new and even more dangerous set of problems. She meets a boy, a cat, and an alleged Shine school, and they all claim they want to help her. But can she trust any of them? Or does she need to escape again, before the malevolent forces searching for her make escape--or life--impossible

A splintered government ...The United States Government lay in ashes. The president declares martial law. The National Guard round up citizens who are never heard from again. Amongst the fear and chaos, a small band of revolutionaries rise up to resist...An untried girl ...Lacy Monroe, fresh out of high school, has never considered herself a leader. All that changes after the Big Crash. When her family flees to California, she remains behind, guarding the last piece of free land in Oklahoma. Holding out against the hostile military police proves harder than she ever imagined. Then an old friend turns her world upside-down...And a secret that could destroy everything ...Jace Cooper's life is crumbling around him. His parents have been murdered, his older brother is acting sketchy as hell, and his best friend's sister, Lacy, is living alone on her family farm. He's hidden his true feelings for Lacy for years. As their world teeters on a razor's edge, all he wants to do is protect her and stay with her.With the National Guard circling ever closer, hunger and sickness taking a toll, and betrayal and jealousy threatening to destroy the group from within, the struggle to hold onto the farm pushes them to the brink. Lacy is keeping a secret so devastating it could drive Jace to do the unthinkable. Is the farm a safe asylum-or will the fight for freedom destroy them?

Lauren Grayson has investigated Bigfoot, the Mayan apocalypse, even UFOs. But she never expected to find herself at the mercy of pirates...When the Oceanic Channel's newest research vessel, the Explorer of the Deep, goes missing on its maiden voyage to the Bermuda Triangle, television investigator Dr. Lauren Grayson and the Veritas Codex Crew are asked to investigate. Paired with oceanographer Trevor Thorpe and his crew from sister-show Expedition: Nautilus, they set off to find the network's missing million-dollar ship. Soon after they embark, a mysterious storm descends and the Nautilus is fired upon by what appears to be a seventeenth-century pirate ship. Lauren is taken prisoner by the infamous Captain James "Jackdaw" Childers-who looks disturbingly like her husband. But there couldn't be any connection between this wicked monster and her husband. Right? Lauren learns that the ship and its crew have been damned by powerful forces that blame Childers for the abduction of a beloved mermaid-and want revenge. Can Lauren survive the pirate's curse? Or will she be lost in the Bermuda Triangle forever? "In the sixth book of the Veritas Codex series, The Pirates Curse, author Betsey Kulakowski takes her readers and her characters to times and places they have never been before. The perils of time travel have never been so vivid or fraught with consequences. Even the nicest gods have a limited amount of patience with humans infringing in their domain, and the other kind can be downright nasty. Find a safe place to cuddle up and read this fascinating and frightening adventure. I might even suggest a cup of hot tea to complete the experience- with or without brandy." Rick Ludwig, author of Eyes of the Beholder "The Pirate's Curse is a thoroughly enjoyable addition to the Veritas Code series. I have enjoyed reading each book in the series, and the author does a wonderful job of building on previous stories without the repetitive retelling of the series' story arcs. Lauren and Rowan Pierce's family continues to grow, and with it, each member plays a part in their next adventure. And if you like pirate stories, this is a nice one with plenty of twists and turns, plus the protagonists must take significant risks to come back together as a family-great story, a great author, and highly recommended. I'm looking forward to the next." Mark Edward Jones, author of Peculiar Activities and Shadowed Souls

During the hot and humid summer of '57, Vivien Brennan's father is sent to France to protect the free world during the Cold War. Vivien lives on a remote farm in Middle Tennessee with her grandma, mother, and sister. Compared to her earlier encounter with the nurse's ghost last summer, life is idyllic. School is out and down the road from the farm, the ford of Little Duck River offers cool water. But rivers can be dangerous-even deadly. For the second time in Vivien's life, a ghost seeks her help. But this is the specter of a Japanese girl unjustly imprisoned during WWII. The spirit never speaks. Does she want help? Does she seek transition? Resolution? Something else? Were her contemporaries-now adults-involved in her death? In this breathtaking sequel to Herwig's award-winning The Ghost's Daughter, Vivien once again risks everything in a quest for justice and peace. But can she she conquer the forces of darkness circling around her? Read The World Ends at the River for a truly haunting experience.

When her worst fears come true, Sabine must fight to save the only world she calls home. Six months after a deadly solar flare threatened to destroy Earth, Sabine is sent back to the mysterious world of Ithical, where a mysterious civilization lives hidden under a dome. She's tasked with discovering who is stealing cerecite-a rare ore with extraordinary capabilities. While cerecite can be used for healing and energy, Sabine suspects someone is using it for sinister purposes.After one of Ithical's shield generators is destroyed, Sabine and her friends investigate. When they locate the shattered generator, they make a shocking discovery. The saboteur who demolished it also plans to destroy the other three, which would completely eradicate Ithical. Worse, the saboteur may be closer than she realizes-close enough to kill if she gets too near the truth.The countdown has started and there's no time to waste! Get this riveting sequel to the Rone-award winning fantasy novel The 7th Lie.

"This book sparkles like a jewel in a cosmic clockwork-an uplifting gift to readers everywhere." - Dan Millman, author of Way of the Peaceful WarriorWhy are the churches closed on Christmas Eve in Florence's San Frediano district? This mystery perplexes an acclaimed American poet who journeys to the fabled city seeking inspiration. The proprietor of his hotel, raconteur Alberto Giannotti, reveals that it has nothing to do with the holiday-and everything to do with poetry.With charm and Tuscan flair, Giannotti relates the story of Pietro Begnini, who was blessed with the sign of the sonnet. He wants to become a poet and marry his beloved Sophia-but a devastating blow from a jealous enemy, the Grand Inquisitor for the Academy of Poetic Arts, sends him reeling throughout Italy and beyond. Pietro meets the great genius Leo (from Vinci), the doomed beauty Lucy (eventually a Borgia), the publishing pioneer Aldus Manutius, the poetry instructor Vito (the Vituperative), and the renowned pirate Jean-David Neu, the Italian Flail. He is even tempted by The Evil One. But eventually, Pietro returns to Florence for one last chance to achieve his dreams.If you cherish passion, perseverance, or poets, you'll be enthralled by this enchanting story of what one man can achieve for love. The Florentine Poet is bestselling author William Bernhardt's most personal and unique work, illuminated by Brian Call's delightful illustrations.

My father, Jack Friedman, CPA (even if he made the diploma himself), and Purple Heart recipient (even if lifted it from the guy in the bed next to him in a Tokyo Army hospital), moved to Las Vegas from Atlantic City when he was 78.He bought a house at 84. The bank gave him a thirty-year mortgage.This is that story. The early years-and by early, I mean his 80s. I spent more time with him at this point in his life than any other. I am a comedian. I had time.This is the first volume of my conversations, arguments, buffets, and philosophical musings with my father from the years 2004-2014. There was "The Mob," the survivor's group of those who buried their spouses, the bowling, the possible death of Bernie, the coupons, the long-suffering Jeannette "who buried two husbands. Did you ever? Two!" And always the toupees, many kept in boxes in the bedroom, garage, and sometimes out on the dinner table. My father, though in his 80s, thought he looked 40, and had the energy of a twenty-year-old."I was 16 two weeks ago, Ba. Where did it all go?"As he entered his eighth and ninth decades, he couldn't hear, didn't listen, had no short-term memory, and mostly didn't care.It was the perfect scenario for a son trying to understand his father.As my sister, whose name he couldn't always remember, once said about his approach to life, "He's been like that for as long as I've known him."I should have started this book sooner.

They called us vampires. If only that were the truth.My name is Amaya De la Vega. I'm a former patient at Crimson Hollow, an institute for those infected with the vampire virus. After the virus was cured, we thought our problems were over. Now we realize they're just beginning. Lucian Vidraru was branded with many labels. But he's desperate to save me-and everyone once infected with the virus. The cure wasn't what we'd expected. We need a solution before our newfound powers possess us. People fear us-and for good reason. They called us vampires. Now, the world will finally know the full extent of our abilities, which could destroy us all...

The Devil is on the march and only one woman has the power to stop him-if she makes an unbearable sacrifice.Television investigator Lauren Grayson's life is shattered when a Prague professor discovers an ancient document known as the Devil's Codex-with Lauren's name embedded in the text. She's forced to travel to Europe, where she's abducted, drugged, grilled, and threatened. A string of gruesome murders terrify the city, and police consider Lauren the prime suspect. Ancient texts reveal a supernatural plan to raise an army from Hell to conquer the world. Lauren searches for the key to preventing an apocalypse in the Monk's Grimoire, only to find critical pages have been removed. In the midst of the unearthly chaos, Lauren's arcane powers intensify, at the same time that her young son Henry also exhibits strange abilities. Lauren is faced with the impossible burden of solving the murders, clearing her name, and stopping the devil himself-while a prophecy foretells that she will be forced to make a terrible sacrifice.If you like supernatural suspense, pulse-pounding action, relentless twists and turns, and Old World mythology brought to life, you'll love The Monk's Grimoire.

It waits in dark corners. In your closet. Under your bed.It hides in the cellar. Waiting, waiting until you least expect- Mick Winters spent three summers as a child with his aunt in a small, rural town, where everyone is your neighbor. He hasn''t been back in twenty years. But when his aunt passes and leaves her house to him with the note "and you know why," he finds the old town exactly the way he remembers. Everything is the same-including the thing in the cellar he tried so hard to forget.  Except the rules have changed. What once lurked in the dark, hiding, only to disappear again if you looked closely, is now more powerful than ever before. And no longer content to lure its victims in. Or to simply scare the hell out of them. Certain the bizarre deaths in town are tied to his arrival, Mick sets out to fight his childhood fears. Only now, they have a face...