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Hollywood Myths

The Shocking Truths Behind Film's Most Incredible Secrets and Scandals

by Joe Williams ...

A film journalist's insider account of the truth behind some of the movie industry's biggest legends and scandals—a perfect gift for film buffs.Hollywood exists to create and sell myth. Often, however, the myths created on screen are secondary to the rumors, half-truths, and lies that circulate through studio back lots and the press. Discover the real stories behind Hollywood's greatest myths, as ... Read more

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A film journalist's insider account of the truth behind some of the movie industry's biggest legends and scandals—a perfect gift for film buffs.Hollywood exists to create and sell myth. Often, however, the myths created on screen are secondary to the rumors, half-truths, and lies that circulate through studio back lots and the press. Discover the real stories behind Hollywood's greatest myths, as
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Practical Model-Driven Enterprise Architecture

Design a mature enterprise architecture repository using Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect and ArchiMate® 3.1

by Mudar Bahri, Joe Williams ...

Bridge the gap between theory and reality by implementing real-world examples using the Sparx EA tool and ArchiMate® 3.1 specification to develop sophisticated enterprise architecture models serving every unit in your organizationKey FeaturesDiscover the various artifacts that enterprise architects need to develop for stakeholders to make sound decisionsBuild a functional enterprise architecture ... Read more

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Bridge the gap between theory and reality by implementing real-world examples using the Sparx EA tool and ArchiMate® 3.1 specification to develop sophisticated enterprise architecture models serving every unit in your organizationKey FeaturesDiscover the various artifacts that enterprise architects need to develop for stakeholders to make sound decisionsBuild a functional enterprise architecture
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Cheating Our Kids

How Politics and Greed Ruin Education

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Journalist Joe Williams shows how parents can use consumer power to put children first, shining light on the special interests controlling our schools, where politics and pork infuse everything and our children's education is compromised. He argues that increased accountability and choice are necessary, and shows how the people can take back the education system, enhancing responsibility inherent ... Read more

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Journalist Joe Williams shows how parents can use consumer power to put children first, shining light on the special interests controlling our schools, where politics and pork infuse everything and our children's education is compromised. He argues that increased accountability and choice are necessary, and shows how the people can take back the education system, enhancing responsibility inherent
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Washing Our Hands in the Clouds

Joe Williams, His Forebears, and Black Farms in South Carolina

by Robert Bo Petersen, Joe Williams ...

The history of a region reflected through the life and struggles of one Black farmer and his ancestorsIn Washing Our Hands in the Clouds, Bo Petersen masterfully crafts a reflection on the Civil War, emancipation, Jim Crow, and the civil rights movement in the personal story of how it affected one man's life in a specific South Carolina locale. Petersen's accomplishment is that, in studying the ... Read more

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The history of a region reflected through the life and struggles of one Black farmer and his ancestorsIn Washing Our Hands in the Clouds, Bo Petersen masterfully crafts a reflection on the Civil War, emancipation, Jim Crow, and the civil rights movement in the personal story of how it affected one man's life in a specific South Carolina locale. Petersen's accomplishment is that, in studying the
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Defying The Enemy Within: How I silenced the negative voices in my head to survive and thrive

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How I silenced the negative voices in my head to survive and thrive -- Foreword by Johnny Lewis'Joe Williams has been into the darkest forest and brought back a story to shine a light for us all. He's a leader for today and tomorrow.' -- Stan Grant'In telling his powerful story, Joe Williams is helping to dismantle the stigma associated with mental illness. His courage and resilience have inspired ... Read more

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How I silenced the negative voices in my head to survive and thrive -- Foreword by Johnny Lewis'Joe Williams has been into the darkest forest and brought back a story to shine a light for us all. He's a leader for today and tomorrow.' -- Stan Grant'In telling his powerful story, Joe Williams is helping to dismantle the stigma associated with mental illness. His courage and resilience have inspired
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Blues Boy: The B. B. King Story

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Illustrated by Carl Joe Williams ...

From his childhood in the Jim Crow South to his triumphant reign as the King of Blues, Blues Boy tells the aspirational story of American music icon B.B. King. For readers of Trombone Shorty, When Marian Sang, and Drum Dream Girl. Includes a timeline, author’s note, and suggestions for reading and listening.At twelve years old, Riley B. King borrowed fifteen dollars from his boss to buy a used ... Read more

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From his childhood in the Jim Crow South to his triumphant reign as the King of Blues, Blues Boy tells the aspirational story of American music icon B.B. King. For readers of Trombone Shorty, When Marian Sang, and Drum Dream Girl. Includes a timeline, author’s note, and suggestions for reading and listening.At twelve years old, Riley B. King borrowed fifteen dollars from his boss to buy a used
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Black Urban History at the Crossroads

Race and Place in the American City

Edited by Leslie M. Harris, Clarence Lang, Rhonda Y. Williams, Joe William Trotter Jr. ...

Drawing on significant recent scholarship on African American urban life over three centuries, Black Urban History at the Crossroads bridges disparate chronological, regional, topical, and thematic perspectives on the Black urban experience beginning with the Atlantic slave trade. Across ten cutting-edge chapters, leading scholars explore the many ways that urban Black people across the United ... Read more

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Drawing on significant recent scholarship on African American urban life over three centuries, Black Urban History at the Crossroads bridges disparate chronological, regional, topical, and thematic perspectives on the Black urban experience beginning with the Atlantic slave trade. Across ten cutting-edge chapters, leading scholars explore the many ways that urban Black people across the United
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From Enslavement to COVID-19

A History of African American Health and Labor

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, commentators opined that the high concentration of African Americans in dangerous and unsafe work and living environments exposed them to the virus at higher and deadlier rates than their Euro-American counterparts. In From Enslavement to COVID-19, Joe William Trotter Jr. delves into the historical context of this phenomenon.Focusing on four historical periods ... Read more

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During the COVID-19 pandemic, commentators opined that the high concentration of African Americans in dangerous and unsafe work and living environments exposed them to the virus at higher and deadlier rates than their Euro-American counterparts. In From Enslavement to COVID-19, Joe William Trotter Jr. delves into the historical context of this phenomenon.Focusing on four historical periods
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Building the Black City

The Transformation of American Life

by Joe William Trotter Jr. ...

A new way of seeing Black history—the sweeping story of how American cities as we know them developed from the vision, aspirations, and actions of the Black poor.Building the Black City shows how African Americans built and rebuilt thriving cities for themselves, even as their unpaid and underpaid labor enriched the nation's economic, political, and cultural elites. Covering an incredible range of ... Read more

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A new way of seeing Black history—the sweeping story of how American cities as we know them developed from the vision, aspirations, and actions of the Black poor.Building the Black City shows how African Americans built and rebuilt thriving cities for themselves, even as their unpaid and underpaid labor enriched the nation's economic, political, and cultural elites. Covering an incredible range of
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Every Ocean

Legends of the Mermaid

by Joe Williams ...

Every Ocean Legends of the Mermaid About the Book Inspired by true events Open your hearts and souls, as you travel Wayne’s unique and magical journey through his powerful and true journals. Unfolding all across the peninsula of Florida and in the warm water of every ocean. As Wayne works spear fishing, he finds the ocean will soon provide more than just a living. Keeping this secret since 1976, ... Read more

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Every Ocean Legends of the Mermaid About the Book Inspired by true events Open your hearts and souls, as you travel Wayne’s unique and magical journey through his powerful and true journals. Unfolding all across the peninsula of Florida and in the warm water of every ocean. As Wayne works spear fishing, he finds the ocean will soon provide more than just a living. Keeping this secret since 1976,
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Mardi Gras Almost Didn't Come This Year

by Kathy Z. Price ...

Illustrated by Carl Joe Williams ...

In this gorgeous and lyrical picture book, a family finds hope and healing in a Mardi Gras celebration after Hurricane Katrina changed their world.That zany beat in our feet is ‘cause of Pop-Pop, our pa. He sure loved himself some Mardi Gras! “It’s Mardi Gras weather!” he’d shout out whenever, blaring his horn, tilting it high. Mamma’d laugh ‘til she cried. Hands on hips, she’d sashay barefoot, ... Read more

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In this gorgeous and lyrical picture book, a family finds hope and healing in a Mardi Gras celebration after Hurricane Katrina changed their world.That zany beat in our feet is ‘cause of Pop-Pop, our pa. He sure loved himself some Mardi Gras! “It’s Mardi Gras weather!” he’d shout out whenever, blaring his horn, tilting it high. Mamma’d laugh ‘til she cried. Hands on hips, she’d sashay barefoot,
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African American Workers and the Appalachian Coal Industry

by Joe William Trotter Jr ...

This collection brings together nearly three decades of research on the African American experience, class, and race relations in the Appalachian coal industry. It shows how, with deep roots in the antebellum era of chattel slavery, West Virginia’s Black working class gradually picked up steam during the emancipation years following the Civil War and dramatically expanded during the late ... Read more

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This collection brings together nearly three decades of research on the African American experience, class, and race relations in the Appalachian coal industry. It shows how, with deep roots in the antebellum era of chattel slavery, West Virginia’s Black working class gradually picked up steam during the emancipation years following the Civil War and dramatically expanded during the late
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