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Bystander intervention is simply overcoming that “freeze” instinct and getting back to the very human desire to take care of one another. It’s not about being the hero, strapping on spandex, and saving the day. And it certainly isn’t about sacrificing your own safety. From the nonprofit organization Hollaback!, I’ve Got Your Back teaches listeners the ins and outs of bystander intervention using Hollaback!’s methodology: the 5D’s of bystander intervention—distract, delegate, document, delay, and direct.

Someone was trying to kill Malcolm X, and he knew who it was. From his troubled youth to his days as spokesman for the Nation of Islam, Malcolm X had much to say about race and civil rights. But when he split with the Nation of Islam, the charismatic Black leader made one powerful enemy. Join him on his life-altering pilgrimage to Mecca where he discovers the power of brotherhood and the cost of racial divides.

Dal giorno dell'incidente in cui ha salvato suo cugino Jasper, Maurice Treherne ha riportato gravi ferite che lo costringono sulla sedia a rotelle. Accolto nella vecchia villa familiare e trattato con affetto e gratitudine per il suo atto di eroismo, Maurice spera un giorno di conquistare l'amore di sua cugina Octavia, la cui madre però ostacola l'unione, sperando in un matrimonio più favorevole per la figlia. Quando durante le vacanze di Natale la famiglia invita un potenziale pretendente di Octavia, Maurice sembra aver ormai perso ogni speranza.

Kara Ben Nemsi und Hadschi Halef Omar reisen über das Mittelmeer, um endlich auf die Spur der Waffenhändler um Le Febre zu kommen. Sie verfolgen einen Verdächtigen und geraten in die unwirtliche Gegend des Gilf el-Kebir, wo sie alte Bekannte und neue Feinde treffen.

Die Spur des Mädchenhändlers führt Kara Ben Nemsi und Hadschi Halef Omar nach Mossul. In dem dort angrenzenden Ruinenfeld von Ninive stößt Anton durch Zufall auf das Versteck einer Räuberbande. Bei der Untersuchung des unterirdischen Verstecks werden die drei Gefährten entdeckt und eingesperrt.

Ambientato in Inghilterra durante l'età vittoriana, questo thriller psicologico ricco di suspense racconta le vicissitudini della ricca famiglia Coventry in seguito all'arrivo di una giovane donna di nome Jean Muir, assunta come istitutrice della sedicenne Bella. Jean si mostra come una ragazza dall'aria ingenua e gentile, ma allo stesso tempo porta con sé un'aura di mistero che attira da subito la curiosità dei giovani rampolli di casa e insospettisce gli osservatori più attenti.

This book contains 200 positive daily affirmations for BIPOC women for self-esteem and self-love. These are affirmations that generate positive thinking, motivation, confidence, and success.

Un'eredità maledetta e un segreto mai svelato perseguitano la moglie e la figlia di un ricco uomo, morto dopo la visita di un misterioso sconosciuto. Quale orribile notizia può aver portato il visitatore per causare la morte improvvisa dell'uomo? E chi è quel ragazzo che è apparso dal nulla e ha iniziato ad avvicinarsi alla famiglia del defunto? Louisa May Alcott è stata una scrittrice e poetessa americana, nota soprattutto in quanto autrice del romanzo "Piccole donne" (1868) e dei suoi sequel "Piccoli Uomini" (1871) e "I Ragazzi di Jo" (1886).

Be prepared to fight, it's the only option. The world keeps turning...careful not to fall out of step. When the Kreo settlement falls under attack, Evie and her friends are spirited away to the last place in the world they'd ever want to be...a vampire prison. With the fate of the kingdoms hanging in the balance, they bind themselves to an unlikely ally, sealing a covenant they might give their lives to keep. The prophecy is waiting. A silent adversary is moving in the dark. Can the friends recover the lost stone?

First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a huge B&B renovation … or if you are engaged couple Virginia and Tristan, instead of being rational, you try to juggle them all at the same time. As Virginia plans her upcoming wedding, her sister Samantha wanders into a love triangle, and her fiancé Tristan’s family drama comes back to haunt him. Will they all make it to the chapel in one piece? Follow along as a lovable cast of characters work together to try and renovate their lives by designing new beautiful elements and working to patch up the old broken parts.

Beth Burnham is in trouble. She's broke, underemployed, and her house is falling down around her. Down to the last $20 bill in her grocery jar, she approaches the local law firm, hoping that they'll hire her as a part-time attorney. But when she finds that the new managing partner is the man she jilted eight years ago, and when she realizes that he still loves her, her world is turned upside down. What's more, a handsome young tattoo artist is in town, ready to sweep her off her feet.

Discover powerful affirmations and self-talk techniques to attract your best life, even if you think it's impossible now. Are you ready to reclaim your mind and make it work for you? Whether you realize it or not, you are constantly affirming something, but if you're like most people, you probably unconsciously keep affirming what you don't want. It's time to say "no" to all those hidden limiting beliefs and self-sabotage and finally empower your self-talk, reprogram your subconscious mind, and become the conscious creator of your reality with positive affirmations.

As an insidious darkness sweeps across the land, Evie and her friends find themselves in a race to fulfill the prophecy. Instead of arriving at their destination, the friends find themselves stranded on the shores of a distant land. A land where the rules don't matter and nothing is as it seems. In the quest to band together, powers are tested and relationships are strained. No matter how hard they try to move forward, it always seems like they're falling several steps behind. Will they find the stone and stop the darkness in time?

When feisty twin Anna-Jane Wyatt moves back to her hometown to take up her position in the new family business, she doesn’t quite know what to expect. But AJ, as she’s lovingly known, is an artist and has never been afraid to face a brand-new blank canvas. What she doesn’t expect to find in her little mountain town of Serenity Falls, Colorado, is a heavenly cappuccino served at a great new coffee spot…or her adorable former classmate, Cody Woods, running the place.

Odysseus’s thrilling adventures continue in the gripping third instalment of the historical Greek fantasy, the Olympus Series. Prince Odysseus and the daemon Bria must penetrate the haunted caverns beneath Dodona, seeking a way to save their doomed nation, Achaea, from the might of Troy. The startling revelation that follows will set Odysseus on his most daunting mission yet, as he seeks to reunite the divided Achaean kingdoms before the rapacious Trojans strike.

Crafting gourmet donuts, hanging out with her sister, and maintaining her slightly off-kilter relationship have become the epicenter of Virginia’s life. But when she looks in the mirror, she knows better than anyone that her self-esteem is shot. So when she inherits her beloved Aunt’s house in the quaint neighboring island town of Sweetwater, she’s elated. That is, until her longtime boyfriend Jason convinces her to sell it so that they can pocket the money. The catch is, there are substantial fixes that need to be made before that can happen.

Klug, scharf und provokativ. Sie ist Ende fünfzig, Literaturprofessorin an einem kleinen College an der amerikanischen Ostküste und beliebt bei ihren Studierenden. Seit dreißig Jahren mit John verheiratet, der am selben College unterrichtet wie sie, war sie immer stolz darauf, eine offene Beziehung zu führen, intellektuell und finanziell unabhängig zu sein. Doch dann strengt eine Studentin, mit der John eine Affäre hatte, ein Verfahren gegen ihn an und auch die Welt der Ich-Erzählerin gerät aus den Fugen.

When Fran Goode kissed me goodbye four years ago, he took my heart with him. Sure, there were reasons we broke up, but they all seem silly now. And I know I should have moved on long ago, but the man's burned into my memory: his smile, his kiss, those long, unforgettable nights in his bed. So instead, I find myself driving up a mountain, on the eve of an O'Leary blizzard, to Fran's remote cabin. I need to see him again, to look into those gorgeous dark eyes.

Cygnus Loop is the soundtrack to an imaginary planetarium show. Told in compact episodes and bathed in synthesizer music reminiscent of 1970s-era space programming, what begins as an astronomy lecture gradually devolves into a curious autopsy of theoretical math, confirmation bias, biological tendencies, and humankind’s search for meaning. As the scale of measurement expands, a story emerges of isolation and chance encounters.

I will fight to the death for those I love. What if you could freeze a moment in time? Katerina Damaris thought her problems were finally over when she took her rightful place on the throne. But she had no idea of the trouble that was waiting when she got there. When a mysterious curse freezes the palace and everyone inside, the young queen and her friends find themselves in a race against time to find out who's behind it.