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The story of Mohandas Gandhi, one of the world's best-loved and most important promoters of freedom and justice, fascinates every generation. Thrown off a South African train for sitting in a "whites only" compartment, Gandhi resolved to oppose injustice wherever he encountered it. His life of resistance led him to a remarkable philosophy of nonviolence that culminated in the freedom struggle in India.

The Earth is alive, and we are utterly and totally dependent upon its remaining vitality and self-regulation if we have any hope of surviving as a species. Current approaches to doing the right or useful ecological actions are necessary but not sufficient. We need more than window dressing and superficial action. We have to get deeper into causes of how we got to where we are. The audiobook focuses on that deeper understanding and the transformation needed to really address the ills that affect Gaia.

John Woodward suffers from one of the strangest afflictions the world has ever seen: whenever he is caught in the rain he quite literally begins to melt. His parents used that affliction to gain widespread media attention, claiming it was "for his own good". For 17 years he sheltered inside, terrified of being caught in the rain, but one day the outside world comes to him in the form of a beautiful young girl. She seems too good to be true, and he has to struggle to trust her. But what does she really want with him? And why is it that he melts in the rain?

As a soon-to-be high school graduate, Ashley Carter has endured several things no one should have to face. She has a loving big brother and his best friend, the dreamy knight in shining armor, Joey. Then, there's her boyfriend - for lack of a better word, a jerk! Johnathan continuously wreaks havoc on Ashley's day-to-day life. Will she ever escape and have a chance at a normal, happy life again?

The Destroyer of Earth did not set out to be one. A perfect storm of catastrophes, a touch of hubris, and a lot of human ingenuity, and you get yourself deeper than ever. The button has been pressed, the world is in ruins. Will humanity figure out how to survive? What is Antigravel? What did you think was the road-stop for man to explore the empty reaches of space? Faster than light travel? Interstellar navigation? Time dilation? Puh. We beat all that by sheer force of will. No. It was micrometeoroids. Rocks. F--king space rocks.

Gordon Harding didn't ask for the life he has. He didn't ask to be orphaned. He didn't ask to go through life with cancer. And he certainly didn't ask to be pulled into a future world without warning - a world where every human being is controlled by means of a medical implant. And when he learns that he's the only one who can destroy the base of operations, he's faced with an impossibly painful choice.

Build your own hydroponics growing system and eat organic vegetables! Do you want to grow your own organic vegetables and make the most of your space? Learn the fundamentals of hydroponics with techniques and methods to start your successful grow. Simple techniques to hydroponic growing! Whether you just want to learn more about how to grow with hydroponics or already understand it and want extra help becoming an hydroponics growing superstar, this book is for you.

Cameron Royal is a careful man, avoiding drama and entanglements on the open range, but as the years slip by the idea of something more permanent starts to have an appeal. Aquila Adams, the oldest daughter of the Rocking A range is book smart, determined, and willing to put herself at risk to save the ranch. When the two meet will a careful cowboy and an amateur accountant add up or will the whole thing go bust? Find out if a peppermint loving bull, a sneaky little sister, and some nosy neighbors can save the day, in this sweet historical western romance.

An unforgettable, breathless debut fiction by author Vann Chow, The Pachinko Girl is the winning selection of an international book award online with over 140,000 submissions. While the book appears to be a murder mystery, the author explores and exposes a slew of human rights issues such as gender inequality, hyper-sexualization of teens, homosexual discrimination, racial discrimination, and workplace bullying among others in Japan through the eyes of a foreigner with his friends from different walks of lives and professions in her seminal debut fiction series.

Leaving behind the only home he’s ever known and trusting his little brothers to providence, Titus Smith strikes out on his own to find a way to pull his family back together. Desperate for work, he falls in with a cattle outfit that shows him the ropes but when rustlers threaten the drive he could lose everything.

This anthology presents a new vision that recovers and reframes the literature produced by the people targeted by the actions of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress to deny Americans of Japanese ancestry any individual hearings or other due process after the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor. From nearly seventy selections of fiction, poetry, essays, memoirs, and letters emerges a shared story of the struggle to retain personal integrity in the face of increasing dehumanization—all anchored by the key government documents that incite the action.