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The real Prince in the words of those who knew him best—from award-winning author Touré.“...one of the rare oral histories I’d recommend as an introduction to its subject. The author’s interview skills and his trusted status in the Prince orbit mean that his book—based on decades of interviews—is full of revealing insights into Prince’s life and work.”—Jay Gabler, The Current Nothing Compares 2 U is an oral history built from years of interviews with dozens of people who were in Prince’s inner circle—from childhood friends to band members to girlfriends to managers to engineers to photographers, and more—all providing unique insights into the man and the musician. This revelatory book is a deeply personal and candid discussion of who Prince really was emotionally, professionally, and romantically. It tackles subjects never-before-discussed, including Prince’s multiple personalities, his romantic relationships, his traumatic childhood and how it propelled him into his music career, and how he found the inspiration for some of his most important songs, including “Purple Rain,” “Starfish and Coffee,” and the unheard “Wally.” Nothing Compares 2 U paints the most complete picture yet written of the most important and most mysterious artist of his time.

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For many progressives, racial identities are the engine of American history, and by extension, contemporary politics. They, in short, want to separate race from class. While policymakers and pundits find an almost metaphysical racism, or the survival of an ancient and primordial tribalism at the heart of American life, these inequities are better understood when traced to more comprehensible forces: to the contradictions in access to New Deal era welfare programs, to the blinders imposed by the Cold War, to Ronald Reagan's neoliberal assault on the half-century long Keynesian consensus. As Touré Reed argues in this rigorously constructed book, the road to a more just society for African Americans and everyone else, the fate of poor and working-class African Americans is inextricably linked to that of other poor and working-class Americans.

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Your life began as a brilliant thought in God's mind. Your purpose, therefore, is the awakening to that thought. This new way of perceiving the meaning of purpose emphasizes that you don't find purpose; purpose finds you. Purpose conceived you. It was the catalyst for your birth. It is not the destination but an awareness. And that awareness determines the destinations and locations. It's not about where you go but Who guides you.PURPOSE AWAKENING will facilitate growth in important areas of the reader's life: Faith, Spiritual Growth, Personal Development, Overcoming Separation, and Walking Out Purpose. The reader will discover the impact their life can have-that their life is supposed to mean something, and, ultimately, that life exists to affect change.

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