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2023
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SYNOPSIS FOR 'INCIDENTS of SLAVERY'. (Word Count: 102,946)In a dramatic and wide mix of interesting characters, the story wanders across continents, from green luxurious jungles to the dark underworld of big cities. It weaves together the vile and unthinking actions of those involved and how they entered that world and one that still today remains a curse in our world.But where evil lurks, so does love. Redemption and forgiveness together with the ill results of justice fin...
The Rays of Sun
An Adventure of Mind and Spirit
2019
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In the southwestern corner of the country once known as France, the future looks bleak for Earth’s survivors. Without any borders or countries, there are only tribes trying to stay alive.Following numerous disasters, the remaining people have established themselves as hunters and gatherers. They are also warriors, ready to defend and kill when necessary.Garr, together with her brother, were once fearsome warriors. After meeting a wise older man who guides her into maturity, Garr’s life is ...
2024
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Synopsis: 'Garrtellia'.Above all else, 'Garrtellia' is a romantic adventure story including the endless twists and turns of life, the battles, loves, happiness, confusion and sorrow.The story begins in a corner of the country once known as France. There, the future looks bleak for the meagre amount of Earth's survivors after the 'Big Death' and endless global disasters. Without any borders remaining, there are now only tribes and families trying to stay alive.The re...
2019
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With The Entire Universe At His Feet God Chose To Have A Personal Relationship With Us. This is the premise of Breathless Mercy. To many, including Christians, God seems too far away to touch and too holy for us to approach. In the book of Hebrews, chapter 4, verses 15 and 16 the writer encourages us with these words. "For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us draw near...
2023
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Synopsis for, 'Incidents of Slavery'.In a dramatic and wide mix of characters, the story wanders across continents, from green luxurious jungles to the dark underworld of big cities. It pulls together the vile actions and disasters that still remain a curse in our world. But where evil lurks, so does love. Redemption and forgiveness together with the ill results of justice find their way into every corner of the characters' lives and ultimately a kind of fairness becomes the result...
2017
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If we can't be honest with ourselves, how can we be honest with God. HONEST TO GOD is a clear and unvarnished look at faith as we know it, in light of the realities of daily life. Hope and disappointment, struggles, defeats and victories, fear and faith, all play a part in who we are and who we will become. It is too often taught that good things always come to the faithful, leaving those who stumble or are knocked from their feet to feel as if they are some how unworthy. Too many of those...
2025
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A story about passion, commitment and protest, turning to direct action.
Once in Golconda
The Great Crash of 1929 and its aftershocks
2020
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Once in Golconda "In this book, John Brooks-who was one of the most elegant of all business writers-perfectly catches the flavor of one of history's best-known financial dramas: the 1929 crash and its aftershocks. It's packed with parallels and parables for the modern reader."Once in Golconda is a dramatic chronicle of the breathtaking rise, devastating fall, and painstaking rebirth of Wall Street in the years between the wars. Focusing on the lives and fortunes of some of the era'...
2018
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God chose to give us life and to grant us the gift of free will……..knowing long before our first breath was drawn that the time would come when we would choose to selfishly turn our backs on him……..and He still chose grace. His love for us is immeasurable and I believe, unable to be fully understood by our finite minds. We simply have to accept it on faith alone. Not a moment passes, nor is a breath taken…….. the sun does not rise or set, the world does not turn on its axis, and the univer...
Once in Golconda
A True Drama of Wall Street 1920-1928
- Narrated by
- Johnny Heller
Unabridged
11 hours 5 min
2014
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Once in Golconda "In this book, John Brooks-who was one of the most elegant of all business writers-perfectly catches the flavor of one of history's best-known financial dramas: the 1929 crash and its aftershocks. It's packed with parallels and parables for the modern reader." -From the Foreword by Richard Lambert Editor-in-Chief, The Financial TimesOnce in Golconda is a dramatic chronicle of the breathtaking rise, devastating fall, and painstaking rebirth of Wall...
2021
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Journey with John by John Brooks__________________________________
The Racial Unfamiliar
Illegibility in Black Literature and Culture
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- Literature Now
2022
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The works of African American authors and artists are too often interpreted through the lens of authenticity. They are scrutinized for “positive” or “negative” representations of Black people and Black culture or are assumed to communicate some truth about Black identity or the “Black experience.” However, many contemporary Black artists are creating works that cannot be slotted into such categories. Their art resists interpretation in terms of conventional racial discourse; instead, they ...











