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Trafficked

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**A courageous young woman finds herself in a world of deception, danger, and human trafficking in this riveting story of human survival.“Gritty, realistic, and eye-opening.”—Booklist“Chillingly credible and unflinchingly revealed.”—Kirkus Reviews**When the American Dream becomes a nightmare . . .Ever since her parents were killed and her beloved uncle vanished, Hannah has struggled to support ... Read more

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**A courageous young woman finds herself in a world of deception, danger, and human trafficking in this riveting story of human survival.“Gritty, realistic, and eye-opening.”—Booklist“Chillingly credible and unflinchingly revealed.”—Kirkus Reviews**When the American Dream becomes a nightmare . . .Ever since her parents were killed and her beloved uncle vanished, Hannah has struggled to support
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Write a Novel in 100 Days

The Busy Writer's Guide to Finishing Your Book Fast

by Kim Purcell ...

For those with countless ideas but not enough time, this invaluable guide shows even the busiest people how to finally finish the book they’ve always dreamed of.Do you dream of writing a novel but can’t seem to find the time? Maybe you’ve started and stalled, or you’ve been waiting for the “perfect” moment that never comes.With humor, proven strategies, and inspiration from your favorite authors, ... Read more

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For those with countless ideas but not enough time, this invaluable guide shows even the busiest people how to finally finish the book they’ve always dreamed of.Do you dream of writing a novel but can’t seem to find the time? Maybe you’ve started and stalled, or you’ve been waiting for the “perfect” moment that never comes.With humor, proven strategies, and inspiration from your favorite authors,
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The New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion to Georgia Literature

by Alan Jackson, Alex Lichtenstein, Alexander Macaulay, Angela Pulley, Anna Holloway, Barbara Wade, Brian Ferguson-Avery, Bruce Clayton, Carey Olmstead Shellman, Carl Weeks, Carlos Dews, Carmine Palumbo, Carol Andrews, Catherine Badura, Charlotte Pfeiffer, Clayton Morton, Craig Lloyd, Dana F. White, Darren Grem, David B. Parker, David Des Jardines, David Payne, David Rachels, Dede Yow, Derrick P. Alridge, Don Rhodes, Edna Acosta-Belen, Edwin T. Arnold, Francis Ticknor Mallard, Gary Kerley, Gary M Fink, Greg Lisby, Herbert Denmark, Herbert Shippey, Hubert H. McAlexander, Jacqueline Miller Carmichael, James C. Cobb, James J. Lorence, James Murphy, Jan Whitt, Jane Thomas, Janet Gabler-Hover, Jarrod Atchison, John Kirk, John Mcleod, Joy Mallard, June Seese, Kay Beck, Keith Hulett, Kelly Gerald, Kenneth Janken, Kim Purcell, Lamar York, Leonard Ray Teel, Lesa Corrigan, Mae Claxton, Matthew Mancini, Megan Kate Nelson, Michael E. Price, Michael Jordan, Michael O'Dwyer, Miriam Terry, Philip Lee Williams, Qiana Whitted, R. Bruce Bickley Jr., Renee Pearman, Robert Hamblin, Robin Ogier Warren, Sam Prestridge, Sandra Hughes, Sarah Gordon, Scott Romine, Stephen Corey, Steven Harvey, Susan Henry, Suzanne Sowinska, Ted Spivey, Ted Wadley, Thomas Cooksey, Thomas L. McHaney, Valerie Frazier, Valerie Levy, Wayne Mixon, William Starr, Yi-Hsuan Tso ...

Georgia has played a formative role in the writing of America. Few states have produced a more impressive array of literary figures, among them Conrad Aiken, Erskine Caldwell, James Dickey, Joel Chandler Harris, Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, Jean Toomer, and Alice Walker.This volume contains biographical and critical discussions of Georgia writers from the nineteenth century to the present ... Read more

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Georgia has played a formative role in the writing of America. Few states have produced a more impressive array of literary figures, among them Conrad Aiken, Erskine Caldwell, James Dickey, Joel Chandler Harris, Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, Jean Toomer, and Alice Walker.This volume contains biographical and critical discussions of Georgia writers from the nineteenth century to the present
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For those with countless ideas but not enough time, this invaluable guide shows even the busiest people how to finally finish the book they’ve always dreamed of.Do you dream of writing a novel but can’t seem to find the time? Maybe you’ve started and stalled, or you’ve been waiting for the “perfect” moment that never comes.With humor, proven strategies, and inspiration from your favorite authors, ... Read more

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For those with countless ideas but not enough time, this invaluable guide shows even the busiest people how to finally finish the book they’ve always dreamed of.Do you dream of writing a novel but can’t seem to find the time? Maybe you’ve started and stalled, or you’ve been waiting for the “perfect” moment that never comes.With humor, proven strategies, and inspiration from your favorite authors,
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Rescuing Hope

A Story of Sex Trafficking in America

by Susan Norris ...

Every two minutes, evil strips innocence from a child and sells her into slavery for sex. Not in a third-world country, but in the United States of America. Before you take another breath, the next victim will be tricked or taken from her family by a profit-hungry criminal. She could be a neighbor. A friend.Your sister. Your daughter. You. At fourteen, Hope Ellis is the all-American girl with a ... Read more

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Every two minutes, evil strips innocence from a child and sells her into slavery for sex. Not in a third-world country, but in the United States of America. Before you take another breath, the next victim will be tricked or taken from her family by a profit-hungry criminal. She could be a neighbor. A friend.Your sister. Your daughter. You. At fourteen, Hope Ellis is the all-American girl with a
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Secrets of the Henna Girl

by Sufiya Ahmed ...

Life as Zeba knows it could be over for good . . .Zeba Khan is like any other sixteen-year-old girl: enjoying herself, waiting for exam results . . . and dreaming of the day she'll meet her one true love.Except her parents have other plans.In Pakistan for the summer, Zeba's world is shattered. Her future is threatened by an unthinkable - and forced - duty to protect her father's honour.But does ... Read more

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Life as Zeba knows it could be over for good . . .Zeba Khan is like any other sixteen-year-old girl: enjoying herself, waiting for exam results . . . and dreaming of the day she'll meet her one true love.Except her parents have other plans.In Pakistan for the summer, Zeba's world is shattered. Her future is threatened by an unthinkable - and forced - duty to protect her father's honour.But does
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Slave

My True Story

by Mende Nazer, Damien Lewis ...

Mende Nazer lost her childhood at age twelve, when she was sold into slavery. It all began one horrific night in 1993, when Arab raiders swept through her Nuba village, murdering the adults and rounding up thirty-one children, including Mende.Mende was sold to a wealthy Arab family who lived in Sudan's capital city, Khartoum. So began her dark years of enslavement. Her Arab owners called her ... Read more

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Mende Nazer lost her childhood at age twelve, when she was sold into slavery. It all began one horrific night in 1993, when Arab raiders swept through her Nuba village, murdering the adults and rounding up thirty-one children, including Mende.Mende was sold to a wealthy Arab family who lived in Sudan's capital city, Khartoum. So began her dark years of enslavement. Her Arab owners called her
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Shabanu

by Suzanne Fisher Staples ...

Series series Shabanu Series
The Newbery Honor winner about a heroic Pakistani girl that The Boston Globe called “Remarkable . . . a riveting tour de force.”Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. The second daughter in a family with no sons, she’s been allowed freedoms forbidden to most Muslim girls. But when a tragic encounter with a wealthy and ... Read more

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The Newbery Honor winner about a heroic Pakistani girl that The Boston Globe called “Remarkable . . . a riveting tour de force.”Life is both sweet and cruel to strong-willed young Shabanu, whose home is the windswept Cholistan Desert of Pakistan. The second daughter in a family with no sons, she’s been allowed freedoms forbidden to most Muslim girls. But when a tragic encounter with a wealthy and
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The N Word

Who Can Say It, Who Shouldn't, and Why

by Jabari Asim ...

A renowned cultural critic untangles the twisted history and future of racism through its most volatile word.The N Word reveals how the term "nigger" has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America over the four hundred years since it was first spoken on our shores. Jabari Asim pinpoints Thomas Jefferson as the source of our enduring image of the "nigger." In a seminal but now ... Read more

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A renowned cultural critic untangles the twisted history and future of racism through its most volatile word.The N Word reveals how the term "nigger" has both reflected and spread the scourge of bigotry in America over the four hundred years since it was first spoken on our shores. Jabari Asim pinpoints Thomas Jefferson as the source of our enduring image of the "nigger." In a seminal but now
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A Shining Thread of Hope

The History of Black Women in America

by Darlene Clark Hine, Kathleen Thompson ...

At the greatest moments and in the cruelest times, black women have been a crucial part of America's history. Now, the inspiring history of black women in America is explored in vivid detail by two leaders in the fields of African American and women's history.A Shining Thread of Hope chronicles the lives of black women from indentured servitude in the early American colonies to the cruelty of ... Read more

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At the greatest moments and in the cruelest times, black women have been a crucial part of America's history. Now, the inspiring history of black women in America is explored in vivid detail by two leaders in the fields of African American and women's history.A Shining Thread of Hope chronicles the lives of black women from indentured servitude in the early American colonies to the cruelty of
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Zora Neale Hurston

A Life in Letters

by Carla Kaplan Ph.D. ...

“ I mean to live and die by my own mind,” Zora Neale Hurston told the writer Countee Cullen. Arriving in Harlem in 1925 with little more than a dollar to her name, Hurston rose to become one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance, only to die in obscurity. Not until the 1970s was she rediscovered by Alice Walker and other admirers. Although Hurston has entered the pantheon as one of the ... Read more

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“ I mean to live and die by my own mind,” Zora Neale Hurston told the writer Countee Cullen. Arriving in Harlem in 1925 with little more than a dollar to her name, Hurston rose to become one of the central figures of the Harlem Renaissance, only to die in obscurity. Not until the 1970s was she rediscovered by Alice Walker and other admirers. Although Hurston has entered the pantheon as one of the
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Miss Anne in Harlem

The White Women of the Black Renaissance

by Carla Kaplan ...

Celebrated scholar Carla Kaplan’s cultural biography, Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance, focuses on white women, collectively called “Miss Anne,” who became Harlem Renaissance insiders.The 1920s in New York City was a time of freedom, experimentation, and passion—with Harlem at the epicenter. White men could go uptown to see jazz and modern dance, but women who embraced ... Read more

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Celebrated scholar Carla Kaplan’s cultural biography, Miss Anne in Harlem: The White Women of the Black Renaissance, focuses on white women, collectively called “Miss Anne,” who became Harlem Renaissance insiders.The 1920s in New York City was a time of freedom, experimentation, and passion—with Harlem at the epicenter. White men could go uptown to see jazz and modern dance, but women who embraced
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