We Are the Change We Seek
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“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we have been waiting. We are the change we seek.”
In his speeches as president, Barack Obama had the power to move people fro all over the world as few leaders before him. We are the change we seek is a collection of twenty seven of Obama’s greatest speeches, covering the issues most important to our time: war, inequality, race relations, gun violence and human rights. With brief introductory remarks explaining the context for each speech, this is a book to inform, illuminate and inspire, providing invaluable insight into a groundbreaking and era defining presidency.
Author: Barack Obama
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Author: Siya Khumalo
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Author: Vusi Mavimbela
We are no longer at ease is a collection of personal articles, essays, speeches and poetry mainly from voices of young people who were part of the student led protest movement known as #FeesMustFall, which began in 2015. It tells the journey of the youth who participated in a movement that redefined politics in post apartheid South Africa and is evidence of a ‘born free’ generation telling their own story and leading the discourse and action in transforming South Africa.
Young people are not at ease. They are refusing to coexist with coloniality, sexism, democratic indifference and inequality. We need to acknowledge and take heed to their calls. This collection includes works by former student leaders turned researchers such as David Maimela and Asanda Luwaca, student newspaper journalists who covered the protests, like Natasha Ndlebe and Nkateko Mabasa; public intellectuals whose aim was to inform broader society of the key aspects of the movement, like Sisonke Msimang lectures who assisted the students to articulate and find clarity in voicing their ideas such as Sabelo J Ndlovu Gatsheni and most importantly the foot soldiers on the ground who led the students through the police brutality of rubber bullets and pepper spray, like Mcebo Dlamini, Ntokozo Qwabe and Sarah Mokweba.
Authors: Wandile Ngcaweni & Busani Ngcaweni
Queen, ascension season is here. It’s time to return to your throne… You cannot hold back any longer. IT IS TIME. It is time to speak your truth… It is time to face your deepest fears… It is time to get out of your own way… It is time to heal the pains of your past…. It is time to release who you’ve learned to be and give birth to who you really are. There’s a feminine evolution happening in the hearts of women all around the globe. We are beginning to awaken to the truth that this is our season. We’re here for a reason. We are Queens, born for such a time as this. In Unlocking the Queen Code, Molesey Crawford shares divinely inspired simple truths that serve as a daily guide to help you rediscover your Divine Feminine essence, power, and gifts. This book is designed to support you in your ascension process so that you are not alone as you trace your royal roots and fulfill your life’s purpose.
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The long-awaited sequel to his multimillion-copy bestselling classic features ten new Vows of Success as well as “the end of the story” of the now legendary Hafid. Answers all the questions raised in Mandino’s first bestseller but offers his fresh new inspiration and motivation for a new era.
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You are holding in your hands an almost impossible dream, finally becoming reality . . . the sequel to the inspirational classical that has touched more lives in the past two decades than any other motivational work in the world. More than nine million people continue to find solace and hope in The Greatest Salesman in the World, the gripping tale of a little camel boy, Hafid, who becomes the greatest salesman in the world through following the principles in the ten special scrolls of success. And now, at las, the world will discover what happens to the greatest salesman when he finally emerges from his lonely retirement to commence a new career. At first he finds failure–until he receives a special gift from someone he has not seen in half a century. He then returns triumphantly to his homeland to write his own Ten Vows of Success to be shared with all who seek a better life–including you.
The Greatest Salesman in the World–Part II: The End of the Story will touch the hearts of those millions who already know Hafid as a beloved friend–and introduce his wisdom to a vast new generation.
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Perhaps the best written of all the slave narratives, Twelve years a slave is a harrowing memoir about on of the darkest periods in American history. It recounts how Solomon Northup, born a free man in New York, was lured to Washington, DC., in 1841 with the promise of fast money, then drugged and beaten and sold into slavery. He spent the next twelve years of his life in captivity on a Louisiana cotton plantation.
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‘An optimistic, accessible way to start thinking about change’ – Financial Times
Who Moved My Cheese? offered millions of readers relief for an evergreen problem: unanticipated and unwelcome change.
‘An optimistic, accessible way to start thinking about change’ – Financial Times
Who Moved My Cheese? offered millions of readers relief for an evergreen problem: unanticipated and unwelcome change. Now its long-awaited sequel digs deeper, to show how readers can adapt their beliefs and achieve better results in any field.
Johnson’s theme is that all of our accomplishments are due to our beliefs: whether we’re confident or insecure, cynical or positive, open-minded or inflexible. But it’s difficult to change your beliefs – and with them, your outcomes. Find out how Hem, Haw, and the other characters from Who Moved My Cheese? deal with this challenge.
Authors: Spencer Johnson
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Afrika Mhlophe turns us back to the true definition of godly leadership, reminding leaders that their purpose is to serve.
All too often, leaders pursue materialism and a title, instead of concentrating on God’s specific mandate for their lives. In A Passion for Position, Afrika Mhlophe tackles the timely issue of leadership and how it can be misused in today’s society. He turns us back to the true definition of godly leadership, reminding leaders that their purpose is to serve. Their value is not defined by their number of Facebook followers or how many congregants attend their church, but by fulfilling the role God ordained for them, no matter how seemingly insignificant.
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