In Defending Rumba in Havana, anthropologist and dancer Maya J. Berry examines rumba as a way of knowing the embodied and spiritual dimensions of Black political imagination in post-Fidel Cuba. Historically a Black working-class popular dance, rumba, Berry contends, is a method of Black Cuban struggle that provides the community, accountability, sustenance, and dignity that neither the state nor the expanding private market can. Berry’s feminist theorization builds on the notion o...

The Witch's Guide to Herbal Spells Love Potions & Protective Brews unveils the magic of herbal witchcraft with 40 enchanting spells crafted for love, protection, prosperity, and more. This beautifully illustrated guide leads readers through the art of potion-making and spellcasting, empowering them to harness the potent energies of herbs to transform their lives. Whether you're seeking to attract romance, foster security, or cultivate abundance, each spell...

The book "Manifestation Through Spiritual Power" by Jerimiah Molfese is focused on the art of transforming the inner world to manifest reality outwardly. It delves into understanding and experiencing altered states of consciousness through meditation or lucid dreaming and applying these experiences for manifestation in the waking world. It ties Egyptian philosophy of manifestation with the dream state, aiming to bridge the gap between dreams and reality through conscious manifestation, dir...

This book is about the events that happened when Covid-19 was unfolding in the United States of America. Reflecting through the eyes of an E.R. Doctor, a public school teacher, and frontline workers, the book shines light on what was going on and how it changed lives.

On one frigid night, Max discovers his life is in danger when he is made a target for an evil demon-like faction who siphon the soul out of those who are hopeless. In order to stop them , Max will need to find a crystal which renews the hope within a human. Can he find the crystal? Or will he succumb to a life of despair and despondency?

Willow Campbell is fed up. Sales on her cosmetics counter are worse than ever and her insufferable boss is breathing down her neck.So when dashing New Yorker Rick Delgado breezes into her life and sweeps her off her Repetto-clad feet, Willow finds him difficult to resist.Ignoring the warnings of her colleagues on the beauty hall floor, Willow headed off into the sunset with Rick...but his “Manhattan” loft is a bedsit in Queens and his ex, Isabella, appears to be in residenc...

A personal, provocative, and boundary-breaking volume on the power relations that racialized, gendered, and sexualized researchers grapple with while conducting activist research.Fugitive Anthropology is a transnational, intergenerational engagement that extends feminist theory, activist research methodologies, and the discipline of anthropology in new directions. Contributors examine the tensions that arise from conducting politically engaged, collaborati...

This irresistible first novel tells the story of a quiet boy who embarks on a dangerous quest in order to fulfill his destiny -- and find his father -- in a strange world beneath New York City. When Gregor falls through a grate in the laundry room of his apartment building, he hurtles into the dark Underland, where spiders, rats, cockroaches coexist uneasily with humans. This world is on the brink of war, and Gregor's arrival is no accident. A prophecy foretells that Gregor has a role to p...

Discover the New York Times bestselling series from Jennifer L. Armentrout.Starting over sucks.When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring...until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.And then he opened his mouth.Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant...

In the third installment of The Underland Chronicles, Gregor must stop a plague from spreading through the Underland. Book Two left off with Gregor reading the Prophecy of Blood: a prophecy that calls for Gregor and Boots to return to the Underland to help ward off a plague. But this time, Gregor's mother refuses to let Gregor return to the Underland ...until the rat Ripred assures the family that Gregor and Boots are needed only for a short meeting, which the crawlers will attend only if ...

Shade has been left all, but shattered. Travelling to the Ice kingdom, along with her 'body guard' Dylan-who continues to be bound to her-to where the holder of her magic dwells. The war of Faerie amplifies and her only chance to save it will be to resist the enchantments of the Ice King, one of the Ancient rulers of Faerie. But, he has his own agenda and will do anything to stop her from making it to the Summer Kingdom, with her family, to claim back her throne.These Ancients of F...

GRAVE FORCES ARE converging to seize control of the Book of Thoth, a hidden artifact whose pages hold the key to creating—or unraveling—the very threads of existence. Under the care and tutelage of Cooper, Rowan’s most lethal Agent, Max McDaniels and David Menlo embark on a quest to protect the book from the demon Astaroth, who would exploit its secrets with dire consequence. And with Astaroth free after centuries of imprisonment, the world outside Rowan’s gates has already become hostile....