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Black ≠ Inferior

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  Poetry Date Published: January 1 2021 Publisher: The Roaring Lion Newcastle LTD Black ≠ Inferior is a collection of poems divided into 2 parts. The first part is a collection of thematically linked poems exploring Blackness and the myriads of issues it attracts. The second part oscillates themes— talking about consent, a query of death, a celebration of love among others. In his usual stylistic, this collection deals with weighty matters like race and colourism with simple and clear language. In Black ≠ Inferior, we see Tolu’ Akinyemi reacting in response to the world, to issues that affect Black people. Here, we see a poet shedding off his burdens through his poems; hence, the beauty of this collection is in the issues it attempts to address. In this collection, Tolu’ wears a coat of many colours – he is a preacher, a prophet, a doctor and a teacher. We see Tolu’ the preacher in these lines: ‘ I wish you can rise through the squalor of poverty and voices that waterc

Pierre the Peacock

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  Children’s Book Date Published: Dec. 11, 2017 Publisher: Jan-Carol Publishing, Inc. Pierre the Peacock is delightfully illustrated with a valuable message. It is about acceptance, friendship and a valuable lesson in how we should treat people. Come with us as we meet Pierre, a peacock who thinks that he will get friends just from his pretty looks. When he meets Jerry, a colorblind little boy, he teaches Pierre that what matters is how you treat people, not what you look like. A lesson for all of us! About the Author Jocelyn Mooneyhan Lacey is a native of Johnson City, TN, where she graduated from Science Hill High School and East Tennessee State University with a B.A. in Mass Communications. She met her husband, Steven Lacey, at ETSU, and they have since lived in Maine, Rhode Island, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and now have settled in New Jersey for the time being. She also shares her home with two dogs, a cat, and three fish. Contact Links Goodreads Ins

Path of Treasures by Gail Meath

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    Historical Western Romance, Historical Romance Published: December 2020 On Sale for Only $.99 until January 1st!! He was hired to kill her, but he’s not alone. Will he risk his life to save her instead? Sara grew up on the Erie Canal with Jeremiah Streeter, owner of Streeter’s Ark, and Sam, the Ark’s bully. She never cared about who her parents were or where she came from, not until their helmsman is murdered and they hire a replacement. Wolfe McKay and his partner have another job to do...kill the leader of the Canaller’s Coalition and his crew, then collect their bounty from the railroad magnate who hired them. But Wolfe soon discovers this job is far more complicated. As Streeter’s Ark travels from Albany to Buffalo, Wolfe’s purpose takes a drastic turn when he and the crew find themselves the target of a deadly plot and a race against time to stop it. A beautiful mule driver, the champion fighter who raised her, a half-breed Indian without a heart and an eas

The Last Humans: A New Dawn

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  Post-apocalyptic Thriller Published: December 2020 Penny Castro survived the biowarfare apocalypse and created a family. Her post-apocalyptic idyll on their citrus ranch is interrupted by the US government’s plan to stop another attack…and get some revenge. Penny and husband Alex, along with others, are drafted to carry out the plan—in their case, forced to do so by the government’s kidnapping of their young children. But the enemy has surprises awaiting them when a submarine delivers them to that foreign shore. About The Author Steven M. Moore was born in California and has lived in various parts of the US and Colombia, South America. He always wanted to be a storyteller but had to postpone that dream to work in academia and R&D as a physicist. His travels around Europe, South America, and the US, for work or pleasure, taught him a lot about the human condition and our wonderful human diversity, a learning process that started during his childhood in California

Ravensong by Melissa Riddell

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Ravensong Ravenlight Cycles Book 2 by Melissa Riddell Young Adult Fairy Tales  Pre-Order Today Amazon: https://amzn.to/3arirts   Blurb A woman determined to protect her heart, and a man willing to test its limits. Will his secret break her curse or doom them for eternity? Imala Chogan From the day my tribe was cursed by a rival shaman two hundred years ago, my life has been nothing but a dreary, loveless existence. The one day I can shed my raven form, I am reminded all over of the pain and loss of those I had to leave behind. I’ll never subject myself to that kind of agony again—even if it swaggers in with a ridiculous Stetson hat and talks with a cute, southern drawl. Besides, what man would want to be with me when they learn my secret? Jaggar Martin A fresh start sounded good, especially after the horror I’d witnessed—and created—while in the military. Keeping a steady job working for Revan Chogan, having a roof over my head, and putting an end to the blood-soaked nightmares is my v

Silent Lee and the Oxford Adventure

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  Young Adult Fantasy Date Published: August 2020 Publisher: Webster Press As either a stand-alone magical mystery adventure or a follow-up to The Adventure of the Side Door Key, this story will keep teens and all fantasy fans on the edge of their seat as Silent and Raahi dodge lightning bolts and unravel layers of deceit in their quest to save the world and be home in time for tea with Silent's Great Aunt Generous! The Lee Family Key--safely hidden on a string around Sie's neck--turns out to be universal: It can open other doors to parallel worlds too. They'll need that ability and much more as they face off against old enemies and new in this fast-paced ad venture that takes them all the way to a magical version of Oxford and back to Boston again. Other Books in the Silent Lee YA Fantasy Series: Silent Lee and the Adventure of the Side Door Key Published: April 2019 As if life isn’t already complicated when you have to sneak out a magic

Asteroidea by Stephanie A. Smith

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    Literary Fiction, Fiction Published: November 2020 Publisher: Adelaide Books ASTEROIDEA is about regeneration: personal, professional, cellular. Marine biologist Claire Holt is at a frustrating crossroads. Having spent her career experimenting on asteroidea, commonly called star-fish, and trying, without success, to transfer their regenerative capabilities to mammals, she’s grown frustrated and depressed. With her grants running dry, time running out, and her two grown daughters facing their own life changes, Claire feels defeated. To cope, she takes a journey back to her childhood home, only to discover several startling and destabilizing facts about her past. As she tries to handle the resulting intergenerational and emotional fall-out, a graduate student arrives at her lab with a newly discovered, promising species of asteroidea. Juggling emotional and familial upheaval, as well as this fresh direction for her research challenges Claire to re-engage in both he

Parallel by James M. Corkill

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    The Alex Cave Series, Book 7 Science Fiction Release Date: December 25, 2020 Some experiments should never be attempted! Ex-CIA operative and geophysicist Alex Cave searches for the source of seismic activity in the Pacific Ocean and discovers an ancient alien laboratory. Getting inside is the easy part. Getting out of an alternate reality might be impossible. Excerpt AREA 51. GROOM LAKE, NEVADA: A knot forms in Alex Cave’s stomach as the special jet swings around on final approach to the top-secret facility. He was visiting his family in Washington State when his boss, Director Holly Blake, called and ordered him to return to the base immediately. Her tone of voice indicated she was upset, but she wouldn’t go into details over a non-secure connection. He immediately caught a flight to Las Vegas, where he boarded this private jet for a ride to the base. He looks out the window as the plane levels out on final approach, and the gray concrete runway rushe