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REV UP YOUR ENGINE, TURN UP YOUR AM RADIO, AND TAKE A SPIN INTO THE 1960s. CRUISE DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS, PARK ON THE LAST ROW OF DRIVE-IN THEATERS, AND ENJOY POP MUSIC ALONG THE WAY. GRAB A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT IN GREENSBORO, N.C. AND LEARN SOME INTERESTING TWISTS OF HISTORY. BUT, IF YOU ARE A MALE BETWEEN 18 AND 26, KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE OVER YOUR SHOULDER. YOU JUST MIGHT BE NEXT ON UNCLE SAM'S LIST FOR AN INVITATION TO VIETNAM. "Through a combination of anecdote and reflection, this coming-of-age story tells a lot about how attitudes and thinking about race changed during the last years of segregation and the first flush of desegregation in Greensboro, North Carolina. Bill Slawter's memoir, the work of a decade, makes often charmingly personal and immediate what many have read in headlines and history books. Episodes from R & B concerts and the Vietnam era, barbecue pits and hamburger joints, road trips and beach weekends provide rich background and context while demonstrating how racial etiquette, understandings and relations began to alter." David Moltke-Hansen, Past Director of UNC-Chapel Hill's Southern Historical Collection and Founding Co-Director, Cambridge Studies on the American South "In the spring of 1963, I was 17 years old. The Crystals and I were on a nationwide tour with Sam Cooke, Jerry Butler, The Drifters, Dionne Warwick, Dee Clark, Solomon Burke, and other recording artists. There were four of us girls in The Crystals at that time. We had recently released 'Da Doo Ron Ron, ' our hit song about a boy named Bill. One of the first stops on the tour was Greensboro, North Carolina. It was a welcome beginning to a long road trip during uncertain times. In Sit-Ins, Drive-Ins and Uncle Sam, the author has vividly captured the experience of that night." Dolores/Dee Dee Kenniebrew, The Crystals

We take our memory for granted. Dementia will steal it in ways most of us could never imagine.Winter Solstice by Diana Howard burrows deep into the heart-rending poetic journey of a daughter trying to love and help her mother who is slowly losing her memory.Through poems and vignettes written over a period of 15 years, the reader will enter a world of denial, confusion, shame, fear, humor, sacrifice, patience and love - finding solace and empathy with an experience many of us go through, yet struggle to find words to describe.

The heart always tops the head. Or does it?In Heartheaded by Constantina Pappas, society solely revolves around what Zodiac sign each individual is born under. Everything from where one can live, to whom one can spend the rest of their life with is determined the minute they're born. Fifteen-year-old Cancer Coral Ray never had an opinion regarding the love restriction until now.She has fallen madly in love with an Aries named Deimos Polnz, and finds herself at high tide. Cross elemental relationships are illegal, but no amount of laws can prevent her emotions from running wild. She knows the situation she's about to get herself into could result in her being locked up for many years, but her heart is willing to risk it for the guy she loves most. There's something about him that draws her nearer that she's longing to explore. However, her consciousness keeps holding her back.In this story, we experience firsthand what it's like for a teenage girl to undergo this internal tug of war that not only strains their mental health, but also the relationships in their life.

A cherished interracial friendship under threat. A creepy imposter conjured from the past. Where do you turn when you don't know who to trust? Fourteen-year-old Annie Cahill has been subjected to her father's rage one too many times. When she accidentally drops a glass milk bottle and chips the white porcelain surface of the kitchen sink in her father's brand-new suburban house, he erupts in fury and gives her the beating of her life.The next day, crying bitter tears, Annie sets out to look for a place of her own. Exploring a steep, rocky wash that ascends a nearby mesa, she finds the perfect place: an abandoned lean-to sheltering the entrance to a shallow cave. She names it "Annie's Place."All is well until Annie discovers that a destitute Black girl by the name of Clydeen has taken over her secret hideout. Longing to make friends with someone her own age, Annie welcomes the traumatized girl and risks everything to provide for her. Stealing from her family's larder, Annie is perpetually aware of the dire consequences she will face should her violent, racist father get the slightest whiff of what she's up to.Against all odds, Annie and Clydeen establish an unbreakable bond - or so they think. But as their time on the mesa comes to an end, old fears, suspicions, and misunderstandings resurface, and their hard-won friendship begins to unravel.Until . . .. . . from out of nowhere, a bizarre stranger invades their secret encampment. Why has this stranger come, and what will it mean for Annie and Clydeen? To find out buy a copy of the book today. Dive into an engrossing tale of a forbidden friendship arising in the midst of the white supremacist ethos that existed in the early years post-World War II.

When Letty Marquez discovers an elegant-but-decrepit Victorian mansion not far from school, she and her friends decide to keep it a secret and make it their own.As the Vietnam war escalates, the nation reels from protests, riots, and a drug epidemic. Letty and her friends pit themselves against forces that want the land beneath the house. At the same time, boys, friends, and permissive American culture constantly clash with Letty''s Mexican upbringing and her Catholic religion. In A Very Fine House by Rose Molina, we experience the turmoil of an era where political awareness and social change engulf the lives of young people struggling to come of age. Interwoven in this difficult phase of life, culture clashes exacerbate the struggle in the search for an identity. The story sheds light on these complex issues with both humor and warmth.

Learn the reasons why your company always seems to be playing compliance catch up!Chasing Corporate Compliance by John C. Vescera explains why compliance programs fail to accomplish what was intended and provides guidance on how to develop a strategically proactive compliance program rather than being trapped in a continuous loop of reactive maintenance.This book provides on the job application, not just theoretical discussions. It draws on the experience of a compliance officer who worked through the compliance chaos at many organizations and emerged as a leader in bringing companies into alignment with regulatory expectations and best industry practices.

How do we help a five-year-old identify and fearlessly speak up to stop abuse? How do we help parents, guardians, families, and communities sustainably interrupt the pattern of child-trauma before it becomes a tragic and systemic cost of youth and adult mental and physical illnesses, including suicide?In a time where mouths are told to keep shut and shame stigmatizes plenty, Charmaine finds her voice. From child abuse to domestic and sexual assault, from high-level media success to bankruptcy, from homeless to heavenly homes, through two marriages and living a bisexual life, along with a riveting battle against three of the largest systems, Charmaine still had no idea what was in store for her on the horizon -- proving to be her greatest and literal fight of her life!In God? WTF?! by Charmaine Loverin we experience a raw vulnerability rarely seen as a social norm -- an intriguing true story that relentlessly tests one woman''s life-long loyal grit and grace with trauma, faith, and spirituality. It is Charmaine''s hope that through sharing her story you are left touched, moved, and inspired to take on every struggle like it''s a new opportunity."If I didn''t believe past impossibility, I wouldn''t have lived such a rich life!" -Charmaine Loverin

...I cannot not say his name, and Trumpius Maximus came about. It seems to fit the times.It seems to fit his hair.... So begins the diary of verses written during the reign of Trumpius Maximus.Fifty poems explore the surreal four years of the Trump Presidency: filled with rage, sadness, irony, and satires, responding to actual events. Written in a collage of many styles, each poem stands out on its own: accessible, thought provoking, and often hysterically funny. Reflections in the Time of Trumpius Maximus by Mark Fishbein is an original historical record. Of all the testaments written, few capture the mood, the political reality, and the very soul of the majority of traumatized Americans as does this collection. It is poetry in its purest mission, from the very personal to the prophetic.

Out of the mist of prehistory emerges Li. He is a superior man, a success at everything he tries, destined to lead his tribe to greatness. Unfortunately, Li is the only one who knows this.Li is with his tribe when their coastal village is struck by disaster, and as they search for a new home. He loses them when they encounter a new threat, and he is driven to find them again to seize this opportunity to improve his standing and take a step towards greatness. He is joined by many others on his journey, including his estranged daughter Su. Together they meet many people in different lands as Li uncovers more about his people, his clan and himself.Ciaran McLarnon's New Shores takes us to this mysterious era, joining Li as he finds threats and treasures, exploring superstition and wonder in his prehistoric realm. His life and his world are there to behold as Li dives into what it is to be human.

Daddy Bear's terminal cancer shatters Jenny Bear and Mommy Bear's world, but together they find a way forward. Their life felt nearly perfect until the discovery of Daddy Bear's cancer. Despite Jenny Bear and Mommy Bear's hope and the treatments the doctors try, the cancer simply won't go away. Mommy Bear and Daddy Bear both help Jenny Bear process this incredibly difficult situation. Together, Mommy Bear and Jenny Bear take steps to cherish Daddy Bear while he is alive, which will help them grieve much more effectively after his death. Grieving the death of a loved one is one of the most difficult journeys we will embark on in life. It brings with it a broad variety of emotions, questions, and lessons which can be difficult to cope with, even for an adult. This book will serve as a helpful resource to guide you as a caregiver, and the children under your care, to grieve together in a much more transparent and productive manner.