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The Pro-Black Compendium: A definitive resource for African self-knowledge and self-empowerment

“The Pro-Black Compendium” is an activity guide for Africans who seek to develop their consciousness and the consciousness of their Brothers and Sisters. Within these pages are over 300 curated proverbs, quotations and poems from all over Africa and its diaspora, short biographies on many African authors, warriors and sages, and instructive descriptions of African wars, civilizations, books, films and pro-black business ideas.

The compendium also has rewritten and exclusive content from its editor including the insightful “The Four Stages of African Consciousness,” a preview of the groundbreaking “Zuberi; and the Maroons of Maa,” a Pan-African Nationalist Curriculum template and Marcus Garvey’s secret epic poem “Tragedy of White Injustice.”

A must-have for Africans seeking self-knowledge and self-empowerment.

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Advice to Writers: A Compendium of Quotes, Anecdotes, and Writerly Wisdom from a Dazzling Array of Literary Lights

In Advice to Writers, Jon Winokur, author of the bestselling The Portable Curmudgeon, gathers the counsel of more than four hundred celebrated authors in a treasury on the world of writing. Here are literary lions on everything from the passive voice to promotion and publicity: James Baldwin on the practiced illusion of effortless prose, Isaac Asimov on the despotic tendencies of editors, John Cheever on the perils of drink, Ivan Turgenev on matrimony and the Muse. Here, too, are the secrets behind the sleight-of-hand practiced by artists from Aristotle to Rita Mae Brown. Sagacious, inspiring, and entertaining, Advice to Writers is an essential volume for the writer in every reader.”The only way to write is well and how you do it is your own damn business.” –A.J. Liebling

There are at least as many theories about writing as there are writers to expound them. In Advice to Writers Jon Winokur has collected some of the best bons mots ever penned on the literary life. In chapters covering such diverse topics as agents, publishers, critics, and process, Winokur lets writers speak for themselves–and often the advice is contradictory: “The professional guts a book through–in full knowledge that what he is doing is not very good. Not to work is to exhibit a failure of nerve,” John Gregory Dunne opines. “It would be wisest not to worry too much about the sterile periods. They ventilate the subject and instill into it the reality of daily life,” André Gide ripostes. There is advice on grammar and style, on dialogue, plot, and character, and also on topics such as occupational hazards and drink (surely a subset of those hazards). “Write first, drink later,” Patrick McGrath suggests. “To write you must be warm, fed, loved and sober.” (Poet and essayist Philip Larkin, on the other hand, advises, “Get stewed: Books are a load of crap.”)

Novices looking for practical information on the nuts and bolts of the business may not find it here. On the other hand, advice from the likes of David Remnick, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Toni Morrison, Maxwell Perkins, Isaac Asimov, Samuel Johnson, Calvin Trillin, P.D. James, and many, many other professional scribes can serve to inspire. At the very least, this potpourri of words to the wise will keep the incipient writer amused between drafts. –Alix Wilber

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The Llewellyn Complete Book of Psychic Empowerment: A Compendium of Tools & Techniques for Growth & Transformation (Llewellyn’s Complete Book Series)

Embark on the journey of a lifetime—master the psychic tools and techniques required to develop your highest potential and enjoy success beyond your wildest dreams.

Psychic empowerment is a continuous process of growth and self-discovery. When we are psychically empowered, we become increasingly aware of the boundless power within ourselves and the unlimited possibilities and opportunities around us and beyond. Through psychic empowerment, we can unleash vast inner sources of new growth potential and achieve new levels of personal fulfillment. We can lift our consciousness to a higher plane and add depth and greater meaning to our lives.

Written by Carl Llewellyn Weschcke and Joe H. Slate, Ph.D., this is the most comprehensive psychic development guide available anywhere. It is richly supported by detailed tables, charts, and developmental exercises. Incorporating the latest discoveries in quantum physics, it organizes the concepts of psychic empowerment into a progressive, cohesive plan that features straightforward instruction on a wealth of psychic empowerment methods and practices:

ESP • ASTRAL PROJECTION • AURA READING • THE CHAKRA SYSTEM  
CLAIRVOYANCE • REMOTE VIEWING • PRECOGNITION  • SIGILS 
DREAM INTERPRETATION/INTERVENTION  • PSYCHOKINESIS    
REMEMBERING PAST LIVES AND LIFE BETWEEN LIVES 
TELEPATHY AND SELF-TALK • VISUALIZATION 
DIVINATION  •  CRYSTAL GAZING • DOWSING • GEOMANCY
HANDWRITING ANALYSIS  •  I CHING  •  SPIRIT COMMUNICATION
RUNES • SAND READING • TAROT  •  SELF- HYPNOSIS 
TEA LEAF AND COFFEE GROUND READING  • MEDITATION 
MAGIC RITUALS AND SHAMANISM

Each technique strengthens the divine spark of greatness existing in everyone—and leads to better health, happier relationships, greater financial success, and enhanced spiritual growth.

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The Cat Lover’s Compendium: Quotes, Facts, and Other Adorable Purr-ls of Wisdom

Cats can be playful, nonchalant, cunning and coy. This book, which brings together stories, tips, trivia, quotations and poetry celebrating all the curious characteristics of the cat, is for anyone who purrs with delight at the thought of relaxing with a good read and a sweet, furry feline curled up on their lap.