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Reed Eastwood ist arrogant, zynisch und fordernd. Niemand weiß das besser als seine Assistentin Charlotte Darling. Und doch ist sie sich sicher, dass er auch eine andere Seite hat, denn der romantische Liebesbrief, den sie zufällig gefunden hat, stammt von ihm. Deshalb versucht sie jeden Tag, seine Fassade zum Einsturz zu bringen. Doch Reed hat ein Geheimnis, das eine Liebe zwischen ihnen unmöglich macht. Und so tut er alles, um Charlotte auf Abstand zu halten - und scheitert dabei kläglich.

Martin Robison Delany (1812-1885) was an African-American abolitionist, journalist, physician, and author. He was one of the first three black people admitted to Harvard Medical School. Delany dreamed of establishing a settlement in West Africa and visited Liberia, a United States colony founded by the American Colonization Society. He was a prolific writer, and his book The Origin and Objects of Ancient Freemasonry, Its Introduction Into the United States, and Legitimacy Among Colored Men was published 1853.

Seit Ariana, Ronny, Carl und Elinn die rätselhaften blauen Türme entdeckt haben, ist der Mars in aller Munde: Wer hat die Türme erbaut und wozu? Wissenschaftler und Journalisten reisen an, um dem Geheimnis auf den Grund zu gehen. Die Marssiedlung wächst rasant und mit den Raumschiffen von der Erde kommen nicht nur Freunde des Marsprojekts. Die vier Freunde kommen einem Saboteur in die Quere - und finden Hilfe von unerwarteter Seite.

In his 1920 book The Jews of Africa, Mendelssohn attempts to chart the separate and progressive histories of the Jews in the different parts of Africa where they lived since their expulsion from the land by the Romans. He succeeds in compiling a narrative of a large part of the histories of the Jews of Africa during the centuries following the Romans’ destruction of Jerusalem.

Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832-1912) was a diplomat, educator, writer and politician. Born in the West Indies, he migrated to Liberia in 1851. Blyden’s writings on pan-Africanism were influential in Liberia and Sierra Leone, the two countries founded in the time of slavery for the resettlement of free blacks from the United Kingdom and the United States. Blyden believed that Zionism was a model for what he termed Ethiopianism, and that African-Americans could return to Africa and redeem it.

The Mysterious and Prophetic History of Esau Considered (1837) by J H Heath examines the numerous biblical prophecies on Edom and Esau. Drawing on the books of Exodus, Daniel, and Revelation, the author first looks at the history of the Patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and their families, to identify Ishmael and Esau with Edom.

"Nils, Retter der Galaxis" ist eine neue Hörbuchserie für Kinder ab neun Jahren. Geschrieben wurde sie exklusiv für Audible von Jens Baumeister, der kleine Hörbuchfans diesmal auf eine abenteuerliche Reise in die Weiten des Weltalls mitnimmt. Was für ein Dilemma! Die Zerstörung der Erde steht kurz bevor - und nur der elfjährige Nils kann die drohende Katastrophe verhindern. Ganz allein ist er zum Glück nicht: Zur Hilfe kommen ihm Stella, die Besserwisserin aus der Parallelklasse, und der interstellare Agent Arktus, der dummerweise im Körper eines schwarzen Katers feststeckt.

Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was an orator of Black Nationalism, and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. He advanced a Pan-African philosophy which inspired a global movement, known as Garveyism. This book, The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (1923) was compiled by his wife, Amy Euphemia Jacques Garvey, mainly from his speeches. Promoting unity between Africans and the African diaspora, he campaigned for an end to European colonial rule in Africa and encouraged the political unification of the continent.

The Jamaican orator and entrepreneur Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (1887-1940) preached success to the African diaspora. He believed that attaining economic, cultural, and political success would free African Americans in this life. Identifying integrity of character as the first step toward achievement, Garvey promoted capitalism as the means to establish African Americans as an independent group.

Garnet’s 1848 address to the Female Benevolent Society of Troy, New York, was published as The Past and the Present Condition and the Destiny of the Colored Race. In it, he elaborated on his convictions that the ancient Egyptians were Africans, that the Nubian warriors of Kush were celebrated by Homer, that the Song of Solomon was addressed to an African woman, that Moses’ wife was Nubian, and that Hannibal, Euclid, Origen, and Augustine were of African ancestry.

Benjamin Tucker Tanner (1835-1923) was an editor, historian, and prominent theologian of his time who founded The Christian Recorder, an early African American newspaper. In his 1895 book The Color of Solomon, he contends that King Solomon of the Bible did not belong to the white race.

Reverend Richard A. Morrisey (born 1858) was an African-American biblical scholar, a Doctor of Divinity, and the pastor of a number of churches in the South and in Pennsylvania. In 1915, he published Bible History of the Negro, with the hope of inspiring a greater desire to read the Bible which he describes as giving "the Negro a place among the foremost races of the world, in wealth, in education, in honor and in religion, a history to which every member of the race may point with great pride and profound gratitude to Almighty God today”.

Ariana, Ronny, Carl und Elinn sind auf dem Roten Planeten geboren und aufgewachsen. Doch im Jahr 2086 sollen sie plötzlich gemeinsam mit allen Marssiedlern zur Erde zurückkehren. Die vier Jugendlichen jedoch sind fest entschlossen, auf dem Mars zu bleiben. Besonders Elinn, die aus medizinischen Gründen auf der Erde nicht überleben könnte. Gemeinsam hecken die Freunde einen Plan zur Rettung der Marskolonie aus und machen dabei eine unglaubliche Entdeckung.

Den ganzen Sommer über haben die Bolzplatzhelden hart für den diesjährigen City Cup trainiert - schließlich wollen sie ihn diesmal gewinnen! Anfangs läuft es richtig gut, doch dann scheitern sie am FC Dreckerrode und müssen sich geschlagen geben. Doch irgendwas stimmt da nicht. In der ersten Halbzeit waren ihre Gegner noch ziemlich müde, aber nach der Pause waren sie wie ausgewechselt. Super schnell und stark im Zuspiel. Als Pepe sich einen Tipp vom Stürmer abholen will, macht er eine gefährliche Entdeckung. Können die Bolzplatzhelden das Geheimnis aufklären?

The Rev. Calvin Dill Wilson (1857-1946) was an author and Presbyterian minister. In Black Masters of 1904, he discusses the little-known history of the free African-Americans that bought and sold slaves just like Southern white planters. Free colored men and women could own their families and in this way protect them against oppressive local laws. There was also the desire to attain a position of superiority over other blacks, an ambition to rise to the class of the masters and to be on the same level as white men.

Drusilla Dunjee Houston (1876-1941) was a teacher, journalist, and self-taught historian. Inspired by the works of WEB DuBois, Houston undertook a quest to discover African history from an African American perspective. In Wonderful Ethiopians of the Ancient Cushite Empire, Houston identifies the Kushite civilization of Sudan, with its capital city Meroe, to be the cradle of humanity.

Marcus Mosiah Garvey Jr. (1887-1940) was a Jamaican political activist, publisher, journalist, entrepreneur, and orator. The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (1923) is a collection of his speeches, setting out his vision of a united Africa. As an early proponent of the Back-to-Africa movement, he encouraged a sense of pride and self-worth among Africans and the African diaspora. Garvey deplored the view of poverty as a virtue and encourages Blacks to be empowered in every sphere of their lives.

The Moors in Spain is an overview of the Moorish conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. Stanley Edward Lane-Poole (1854 - 1931), the author, was a noted British archaeologist.

De sprookjes van de gebroeders Grimm, voor het eerst gepubliceerd onder de titel Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812-1822), is een verzameling sprookjes. De eerste editie bevatte 86 verhalen, de zevende en laatste 221. De eerste edities van de sprookjes van de gebroeders Grimm konden rekenen op felle kritiek vanwege hun kindonvriendelijke inhoud terwijl ze kinderverhalen werden genoemd. Veranderingen volgden. De kwaadaardige moeders van Sneeuwwitje en Hans en Grietje werden bijvoorbeeld later stiefmoeders.

Dr. William Lucius Hunter, MD (1850-1915) was a clergyman of the African Methodist-Episcopal Church and a physician who graduated at the University of Buffalo in 1890. In his 1901 book Jesus Christ Had Negro Blood in His Veins, Dr. Hunter researches scripture in order to fight segregation and abuse. He identifies Canaanites as being black and claimed that several important Jewish figures and ancestors of Jesus had children by this group of people. Hunter came to the conclusion that Jesus had black ancestry dating back to Ham, the son of Noah.