National Book Critics Circle 2021 Biography Finalist 53rd NAACP Image Award Nominee: Outstanding Literary Work - Biography/Autobiography “[A] riveting and timely exploration of Hamer’s life. . . . Brilliantly constructed to be both forward and backward looking, Blain’s book functions simultaneously as a much needed history lesson and an indispensable guide for modern activists.”—New York Times Book Review Ms. Magazine “Most Anticipated Reads for the Rest of Us – 2021” · KIRKUS STARRED REVIEW · BOOKLIST STARRED REVIEW · Publishers Weekly Big Indie Books of Fall 2021 Explores the Black activist’s ideas and political strategies, highlighting their relevance for tackling modern social issues including voter suppression, police violence, and economic inequality. “We have a long fight and this fight is not mine alone, but you are not free whether you are white or black, until I am free.” —Fannie Lou Hamer A blend of social commentary, biography, and intellectual history, Until I Am Free is a manifesto for anyone committed to social justice. The book challenges us to listen to a working-poor and disabled Black woman activist and intellectual of the civil rights movement as we grapple with contemporary concerns around race, inequality, and social justice. Award-winning historian and New York Times best-selling author Keisha N. Blain situates Fannie Lou Hamer as a key political thinker alongside leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Rosa Parks and demonstrates how her ideas remain salient for a new generation of activists committed to dismantling systems of oppression in the United States and across the globe. Despite her limited material resources and the myriad challenges she endured as a Black woman living in poverty in Mississippi, Hamer committed herself to making a difference in the lives of others. She refused to be sidelined in the movement and refused to be intimidated by those of higher social status and with better jobs and education. In these pages, Hamer’s words and ideas take center stage, allowing us all to hear the activist’s voice and deeply engage her words, as though we had the privilege to sit right beside her. More than 40 years since Hamer’s death in 1977, her words still speak truth to power, laying bare the faults in American society and offering valuable insights on how we might yet continue the fight to help the nation live up to its core ideals of “equality and justice for all.” Includes a photo insert featuring Hamer at civil rights marches, participating in the Democratic National Convention, testifying before Congress, and more.

Linda Langs journey to peace has not been an easy one. In their childhoods, she and her four siblings entered the social welfare system and endured what many would consider to be unbearable circumstances, shunted from orphanage to orphange. In Now I Am Free, Lang invites you into her long and hard-fought journey for understanding, forgiveness, healing, and hope, as she struggled to create her own identity. Hers childhood was stolen from her, as she and her siblings experienced what she calls soul enslavement. Candidly and honestly, she describes a life of powerlessness and abuse, of private emotions and painful secrets, and of lies and misconceptions that have haunted her. She traces a journey up her personal and intimate ladder of enlightenment and inspiration, as she slowly discovers her own truthempowerment can set you free. Her hope is that her story will resonate with others who have survived difficult childhoods as well. She seeks to inspire and empower, to provide the base courage for you to start your own journey of discovery. All it takes to get started is one small step at a time, upwards towards freedom. She encourages you to make the effort to step outside the box, ask questionsand never settle for less than the very best. Even if you have never lived in fear and powerlessness, her story of survival will inspire you to appreciate and strive for your personal truth and empowerment.

This book is not that big but is about what many people struggle with. It shows from God's word that a believer should not struggle with the devil any more. Christ has destroyed the devil and his works, I am free. God cannot allow him to test nor sift anyone anymore, there is rest. Everyday God provides for His beloved and has blessed them. He has given the Holy Spirit to be in and with the believer all the time - where the Spirit ... is there is freedom. This book is written in the first person "I" - to help the reader make biblical affirmations into his/her life as he/she reads. There is power in the word of God.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The story of Fannie Lou Hamer, a Black woman from Mississippi, illustrates the contributions of a Black woman with limited material resources and little formal education, but an all-consuming passion for social justice. #2 Hamer was a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, a civil rights organization, in 1962. That year, she learned about her constitutional rights as a citizen of the United States for the first time. She began working with SNCC to expand voting rights for Black people in the South. #3 Fannie Lou Hamer was a black woman who was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1964, and then to the US House of Representatives in 1965. She was unafraid to publicly condemn those who perpetuated injustice, and she demanded more from public officials. #4 Hamer was a radical black woman who dedicated her life to fighting for the rights and liberation of black people. She was fearless and honest, and she challenged America’s hypocrisy head-on.

Mr. Fine Mr. Fine is about a man who thought he was the best thing since apple pie. He got five of his employees pregnant, and he cut off each one of their pinky toes. He kept them as souvenirs. Carla was a new hire, and he tried to come on to her, but she was not having it. She showed him that she was not fit to be messed with. The Maple Tree Killer The Maple Tree Killer started killing when her mother left her to die, tied to a maple tree. She did not want to kill anyone, but each person she killed wanted all her $400,000. I Am Free “I Am Free” is about Princess Mary. Princess Mary lived on St. Samuel’s Island. The queen was jealous of Princess Mary. The queen sold her to the captain who lived in another country. The only way that she could become free is with her great-great-mother turning her into a beautiful white bird. The bird’s beak was a poisonous weapon.

The first readable and accurate translation of twenty of the most authoritative Hindu documents pertaining to ascetic ideals and the ascetic way of life, this text opens to students a major source for the study of the Hindu ascetical institutions and of the historical changes they underwent during a period of a thousand years or more. Beginning with an analysis of the historical context that gave rise to Indian ascetical institutions and ideologies, Patrick Olivelle moves on to elucidate the meaning of renunciation—the central institution of holiness in most Hindu traditions—and the function and significance of the various elements that constitute the rite of renunciation. The Samnyasa Upanisads will be an unparalleled source of information and insight for students of Hinduism and Indian asceticism, mysticism, and holiness.

Do you eat without thinking? Appease your emotions with food? Find it hard to push away from the table? Struggle to stay on a diet plan? If so, this book is for you! It is designed to help you manage your thoughts, reshape your beliefs, and change the way you eat by the WORDS OF YOUR MOUTH. Journey through the inspirational readings, testimonies, prayers, and prophetic affirmations and learn how to empower yourself by speaking words that align with the scriptures. These are the words that can help you to overcome negative thinking, low self-esteem, self-indulgent behaviors, and every kind of food addiction. SPEAK THE WORD and walk away from junk food. USE YOUR VOICE and say goodbye to mindless eating. SAY WHAT GOD SAYS and change your eating habits for good!