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Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream

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An unsparing, incisive, yet ultimately hopeful look at how we can shed the American obsession with self-reliance that has made us less healthy, less secure, and less fulfilled

The promise that you can "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" is central to the story of the American Dream. It's the belief that if you work hard and rely on your own resources, you will eventually succeed. However, time and again we have seen how this foundational myth, with its emphasis on individual determination, brittle self-sufficiency, and personal accomplishment, does not help us. Instead, as income inequality rises around us, we are left with shame and self-blame for our condition.

Acclaimed journalist Alissa Quart argues that at the heart of our suffering is a do-it-yourself ethos, the misplaced belief in our own independence and the conviction that we must rely on ourselves alone. Looking at a range of delusions and half solutions--from "grit" to the false Horatio Alger story to the rise of GoFundMe--Quart reveals how we have been steered away from robust social programs that would address the root causes of our problems. Meanwhile, the responsibility for survival has been shifted onto the backs of ordinary people, burdening generations with debt instead of providing the social safety net we so desperately need.

Insightful, sharply argued, and characterized by Quart's lively writing and deep reporting, and for fans of Evicted and Nickel and Dimed, Bootstrapped is a powerful examination of what ails us at a societal level and a plan for how we can free ourselves from these self-defeating narratives.

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Born Reading

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Once books kick-start their brains, girls change history. Discover the foundation of reading that empowered some of the world's most influential women in this informative and inspirational illustrated middle grade collection of twenty biographies.

What do Cleopatra, Audre Lorde, and Taylor Swift have in common? They're all influential women who grew up doing one very important thing: reading.

This collection of short-form biographies tells the story of twenty groundbreaking women and how their childhood reading habits empowered them to change the world. From Cleopatra to Sally Ride to Amanda Gorman, the women featured in this collection are from all throughout history and all kinds of backgrounds. They are women who have and who continue to change the game in STEM, literature, politics, sports, and more. Most importantly, they are women who were born to read.

For some, reading was forbidden, but they taught themselves to read anyway. For some, reading was a struggle, but they practiced and grew to love it. For some, reading was an escape from difficult realities. For all, reading was empowering.

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Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs: A Journey Through the Deep State

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A wild, humane, and hilarious meditation on post-privacy America--from the acclaimed author of Thrown

"At 25, [Reality] Winner--yoga teacher, beloved sister, AR-15 owner--was sentenced to five years in prison for leaking classified documents about a Russian election attack. Howley deftly analyzes the brutal, surreal conditions that underlie this drama and the way that they implicate all of us."
--Glamour


Who are you? You are data about data. You are a map of connections--a culmination of everything you have ever posted, searched, emailed, liked, and followed. In this groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction, Kerry Howley investigates the curious implications of living in the age of the indelible. Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs tells the true story of intelligence specialist Reality Winner, a lone young woman who stuffs a state secret under her skirt and trusts the wrong people to help. After printing five pages of dangerous information she was never supposed to see, Winner finds herself at the mercy of forces more invasive than she could have possibly imagined.

Following Winner's unlikely journey from rural Texas to a federal courtroom, Howley maps a hidden world, drawing in John Walker Lindh, Lady Gaga, Edward Snowden, a rescue dog named Outlaw Babyface Nelson, and a mother who will do whatever it takes to get her daughter out of jail. Howley's subjects face a challenge new to history: they are imprisoned by their past selves, trapped for as long as the Internet endures. A soap opera set in the deep state, Bottoms Up and the Devil Laughs is a free fall into a world where everything is recorded and nothing is sacred, from a singular writer unafraid to ask essential questions about the strangeness of modern life.

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Boys Will Be Human: A Get-Real Gut-Check Guide to Becoming the Strongest, Kindest, Bravest Person You Can Be

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A New York Times bestseller!

From filmmaker, actor, and author Justin Baldoni comes a real-talk, self-esteem-building guidebook that helps boys ages 11 and up embrace their feelings and fears instead of repress them.

Highly designed and filled with activities, sidebars, and inspirational quotes, this book is the perfect social-emotional learning tool for parents and educators to jump-start conversations about masculinity with the boys in their lives.

WARNING: THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST HONEST BOOK YOU'VE EVER READ

Have you ever noticed that there are unwritten rules that tell boys how to act, think, and feel? Nobody knows where they came from, but one day--BAM!--you suddenly feel these invisible forces, pushing you to follow the rules of masculinity, even if they don't make you happy.

This book isn't about learning the rules of the boys' club, it's about UNLEARNING them. It's a get-real guidebook that will show you how to be:

Brave enough to reveal who you really areSmart enough to ask questionsCool enough to feel all your emotionsConfident enough to know your worthStrong enough to speak your truth

--and much, much more.

Be prepared: This book is raw and surprising. There is no subject off-limits or lies detected. Sometimes things might get a little uncomfortable, but that's an important part of getting to know--and believe in--yourself.

Don't worry, you're not on this journey alone, so let's jump in together to become the smartest, bravest, strongest HUMANS we can be!

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Breathe Escape Journal

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Find a relaxing getaway and look forward to new adventures in this guided journal from Breathe magazine.

Filled with interactive writing prompts, simple exercises, and inspiring quotes, these pages will offer ideas for you to slow down and venture away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, whether it is to a far-flung place or an unexpected destination inside your home. You'll discover ideas for a getaway that will nurture your connection to nature, take a nostalgic voyage through time by rediscovering a favorite children's book, and learn how to fearlessly confront the unknown. Journeys of all kinds are just a page-flip away with this journal on your nightstand.

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Breathe Resilience Journal

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Cultivate and celebrate your inner strength with the help of this interactive journal from Breathe magazine.

When it comes to weathering the storms of everyday life, your resilience is the quality that will help you persevere, grow, and thrive, no matter what comes your way. This specially curated collection of essays and writing prompts from Breathe magazine celebrates this special trait and offers practical advice on how to build resilience in your everyday life. In these beautifully illustrated pages, you'll reflect on moments when your inner courage has served you well, celebrate small wins, and recall how you've successfully confronted challenges, big or small.

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Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier

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You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of your lifetime.

In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. Drawing on cutting-edge science and their years of helping people translate ideas into action, they show you how to improve your life right now instead of waiting for the outside world to change.

With insight, compassion, and hope, Brooks and Winfrey reveal how the tools of emotional self-management can change your life―immediately. They recommend practical, research-based practices to build the four pillars of happiness: family, friendship, work, and faith. And along the way, they share hard-earned wisdom from their own lives and careers as well as the witness of regular people whose lives are joyful despite setbacks and hardship.

Equipped with the tools of emotional self-management and ready to build your four pillars, you can take control of your present and future rather than hoping and waiting for your circumstances to improve. Build the Life You Want is your blueprint for a better life.

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Buzzkill: A Wild Wander Through the Weird and Threatened World of Bugs

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The praying mantis is the only animal on Earth with one ear--and it's in the middle of its chest. Aphids are born pregnant. Moths can't fly during an earthquake. If you didn't know these things, you soon will. Packed full of jaw-dropping facts, Buzzkill presents the big picture on bugs. You might think ew, gross. Insects are icky. Or scary. Or dangerous. They can be. But there's so much more you need to know.

Insects play a critical role on our planet, from sustenance to pollination to medicines and more. Brenna Maloney tackles both the wacky and weird, as well as threats to insects and their habitats, their possible extinction, and ways that everyday people, like you, can prevent their decline.

Find out what all the buzz is about!

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Call of the Tribe

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The intellectual autobiography of Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

From its origins, the liberal doctrine has represented the most advanced forms of democratic culture, and it is what has most defended us from the inextinguishable "call of the tribe." This book hopes to make a modest contribution to that indispensable project.

In The Call of the Tribe, Mario Vargas Llosa surveys the readings that have shaped the way he thinks and has viewed the world over the past fifty years. The Nobel laureate, "tireless in his quest to probe the nature of the human animal" (Marie Arana, The Washington Post), maps out the liberal thinkers who helped him develop a new body of ideas after the great ideological traumas of his disenchantment with the Cuban Revolution and his alienation from the ideas of Jean-Paul Sartre, the author who most inspired Vargas Llosa in his youth.

The works of Adam Smith, José Ortega y Gasset, Friedrich A. Hayek, Karl Popper, Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, and Jean-François Revel helped the author enormously during those uneasy years. They showed him another school of thought, one that placed the individual before the tribe, nation, class, or party and defended freedom of expression as a fundamental value for the exercise of democracy. The Call of the Tribe documents Vargas Llosa's engagement with their work and charts the evolution of his personal ideology.

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Can You Escape the Theme Park?

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Can You Escape the Video Game?

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You are trapped inside a video game! Can you make your way through the levels and escape? Use the contents of this pack to help you find your way through six progressively more fiendish game levels: along the way you'll explore a futuristic city, mine and craft your way through a blocky world, try to survive an action-adventure level, puzzle through a super-cute platform level, and more.This pack lets you create your very own escape room experience at home. Create objects from the die-cut card sheets you'll find in the wallet, then use them to solve a series of video-game-inspired levels inside the book. Your job is to work out which items are needed to solve which puzzle, and gather information from multiple sources as you crack secret codes and tackle tricky problems to escape the video game. It provides hours of entertainment for avid escape room and gaming fans to enjoy individually or in teams.
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Can You Find the Knights Templar Treasure?: An Interactive Treasure Adventure

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After years of study, you know as much as anyone about the Knights Templar. The mysterious order of religious warriors grew to have great power and wealth in Europe in the 1100s. But in the 1300s, the organization dissolved and scattered. Nobody is sure what happened to the knights' secrets or the gold and artifacts they may have left behind. Now it's up to you to find out! With dozens of choices and clues to investigate, which path will YOU choose to uncover the rich treasures left behind by the mysterious Knights Templar?
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Cassandra Speaks: When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes

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What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her? What if women had been the storytellers?

Elizabeth Lesser believes that if women's voices had been equally heard and respected throughout history, humankind would have followed different hero myths and guiding stories--stories that value caretaking, champion compassion, and elevate communication over vengeance and violence.

Cassandra Speaks is about the stories we tell and how those stories become the culture. It's about the stories we still blindly cling to, and the ones that cling to us: the origin tales, the guiding myths, the religious parables, the literature and films and fairy tales passed down through the centuries about women and men, power and war, sex and love, and the values we live by. Stories written mostly by men with lessons and laws for all of humanity. We have outgrown so many of them, and still they endure. This book is about what happens when women are the storytellers too--when we speak from our authentic voices, when we flex our values, when we become protagonists in the tales we tell about what it means to be human.

Lesser has walked two main paths in her life--the spiritual path and the feminist one--paths that sometimes cross but sometimes feel at cross-purposes. Cassandra Speaks is her extraordinary merging of the two. The bestselling author of Broken Open and Marrow, Lesser is a beloved spiritual writer, as well as a leading feminist thinker. In this book she gives equal voice to the cool water of her meditative self and the fire of her feminist self. With her trademark gifts of both humor and insight, she offers a vision that transcends the either/or ideologies on both sides of the gender debate.

Brilliantly structured into three distinct parts, Part One explores how history is carried forward through the stories a culture tells and values, and what we can do to balance the scales. Part Two looks at women and power and expands what it means to be courageous, daring, and strong. And Part Three offers "A Toolbox for Inner Strength." Lesser argues that change in the culture starts with inner change, and that no one--woman or man--is immune to the corrupting influence of power. She provides inner tools to help us be both strong-willed and kind-hearted.

Cassandra Speaks is a beautifully balanced synthesis of storytelling, memoir, and cultural observation. Women, men and all people will find themselves in the pages of this book, and will come away strengthened, opened, and ready to work together to create a better world for all people.

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Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back

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A call to action for the creative class and labor movement to rally against the power of Big Tech and Big Media

Corporate concentration has breached the stratosphere, as have corporate profits. An ever-expanding constellation of industries are now monopolies (where sellers have excessive power over buyers) or monopsonies (where buyers hold the whip hand over sellers)--or both.

In Chokepoint Capitalism, scholar Rebecca Giblin and writer and activist Cory Doctorow argue we're in a new era of "chokepoint capitalism," with exploitative businesses creating insurmountable barriers to competition that enable them to capture value that should rightfully go to others. All workers are weakened by this, but the problem is especially well-illustrated by the plight of creative workers. From Amazon's use of digital rights management and bundling to radically change the economics of book publishing, to Google and Facebook's siphoning away of ad revenues from news media, and the Big Three record labels' use of inordinately long contracts to up their own margins at the cost of artists, chokepoints are everywhere.

By analyzing book publishing and news, live music and music streaming, screenwriting, radio and more, Giblin and Doctorow deftly show how powerful corporations construct "anti-competitive flywheels" designed to lock in users and suppliers, make their markets hostile to new entrants, and then force workers and suppliers to accept unfairly low prices.

In the book's second half, Giblin and Doctorow then explain how to batter through those chokepoints, with tools ranging from transparency rights to collective action and ownership, radical interoperability, contract terminations, job guarantees, and minimum wages for creative work.

Chokepoint Capitalism is a call to workers of all sectors to unite to help smash these chokepoints and take back the power and profit that's being heisted away--before it's too late.

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Choreography of Everyday Life

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A renowned choreographer explores the dance of everyday life and reveals that art-making is as natural as walking down the street

In this sparkling, innovative, fully-illustrated work, world-renowned choreographer Annie-B Parson translates the components of dance--time, proximity, space, motion and tone--into text. As we follow Parson through her days--at home, reading, and on her walks down the street--and in and out of conversations on everything from Homer's Odyssey to feminist art to social protest, she helps us see how everyday movement creates the wider world. Dance, it turns out, is everything and everywhere.

With the insight and verve of a soloist, Parson shows us how art-making is a part of our everyday lives and our political life as we move, together and apart, through space.

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City of Refugees: The Story of Three Newcomers Who Breathed Life into a Dying American Town

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A gripping portrait of refugees who forged a new life in the Rust Belt, the deep roots they've formed in their community, and their role in shaping its culture and prosperity.

"This is an American tale that everyone should read. . . . The storytelling is so intimate and the characters feel so deeply real that you will know them like neighbors."--Jake Halpern, author of Welcome to the New World


War, persecution, natural disasters, and climate change continue to drive millions around the world from their homes. In this "tender, intimate, and important book--a carefully reported rebuttal to the xenophobic narratives that define so much of modern American politics" (Sarah Stillman, staff writer, The New Yorker), journalist Susan Hartman follows 3 refugees over 8 years and tells the story of how they built new lives in the old manufacturing town of Utica, New York. Sadia, a Somali Bantu teenager, rebels against her mother; Ali, an Iraqi interpreter, creates a home with an American woman but is haunted by war; and Mersiha, a Bosnian baker, gambles everything to open a café.

Along the way, Hartman "illuminates the humanity of these outsiders while demonstrating the crucial role immigrants play in the economy--and the soul--of the nation" (Los Angeles Times). The 3 newcomers are part of an extraordinary migration over the past 4 decades; thousands fleeing war and persecution have transformed Utica, opening small businesses, fixing up abandoned houses, and adding a spark of vitality to forlorn city streets. Utica is not alone. Other Rust Belt cities--including Buffalo, Dayton, and Detroit--have also welcomed refugees, hoping to jump-start their economies and attract a younger population.

City of Refugees is a complex and poignant story of a small city but also of America--a country whose promise of safe harbor and opportunity is knotty and incomplete, but undeniably alive.

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Classes

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'Class' and 'classes' are terms that are used with promiscuity in the social sciences, yet their precise meaning is rarely explored with great rigour or care, and, in fact, the meaning varies according to the theoretical background of the person using the term. Even Marxist social theory, which builds its explanatory framework around the concept of class, has, all too often, failed to systematically disarticulate and interrogate the nature of the term. Erik Olin Wright's research constitutes an ongoing project, which dates back to the 1970s, to address these gaps and weaknesses in the Marxist account, at both the theoretical and the empirical levels. In Classes, Wright presents a complete reformulation of the Marxist concept of social class, one which seeks to bridge the gap between abstract structural accounts and the description of class actors in particular historical situations. Moving beyond the argument developed in his classic Class, Crisis and the State, Wright draws on John Roemer's work on the theory of exploitation to construct an audacious new general framework for thinking about class which he then subjects to statistically-based analysis.
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Cleopatra Tells All!

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What would happen if the famous people of ancient Egypt were given the opportunity to tell their version of historical events--in their own words? It would be incredible! In this highly entertaining and comically illustrated book, Cleopatra is brought back to life to tell her own version of history.

The politically savvy, multilingual, cosmopolitan ruler of Alexandria, Cleopatra reveals herself to be the world's first influencer. Finally able to tell her own version of events, readers will reel at her amazing story, including how she created an army of mercenaries to counter her bullying brother and how she secured the support of two of the world's most powerful men--Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. Witty, contemporary, and full of sass, this is Cleopatra #nofilter.

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Climate Action Handbook: A Visual Guide to 100 Climate Solutions for Everyone

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"What can I do, personally, about the climate crisis? [Readers] often ask us a version of this question....[Roop] says that civic engagement is one of the most effective ways for individuals to make a difference and to avoid feeling overwhelmed by the climate crisis....Ask yourself, what are you passionate about? Using this passion may motivate you to help shape the future of your community."
--The New York Times Climate Forward newsletter

This must-have book shows us WHY we need to take action now to combat climate change and then, critically, HOW, through easy-to-understand language and fascinating infographics that offer each of us varied and doable solutions to the overwhelming challenges facing our planet.

As more focus is put on climate science, there is a need for each of us to learn how we can change our habits in our home, communities, and government to save our planet. Enter The Climate Action Handbook.

A visually stunning guide, it does what no other climate change book manages to do: it's approachable, digestible, and offers the average person ideas, options, and a roadmap for action. It also offers hope--often overlooked in climate change conversations. Climate actions can create near-instantaneous improvements in air quality and can offer ways to address societal inequities, green our communities, save money, and build local economies. Stunning and creative infographics help anyone easily grasp the many challenges facing our planet, as well as how every action--be it on the individual, local, or government level--matters.

From food and fashion choices, rethinking travel, greening up our homes and gardens, to civic engagement and championing community climate planning, Dr. Heidi Roop shares 100 wide-ranging ways that readers from all walks of life can help move the needle in the right direction.

Actions include:
- Cutting down on food waste
- Reducing your driving speed
- Voting in every election
- Using the cold-water cycle on your washing machine
- Supporting healthy soils in your gardens and community green spaces
- Engaging in local climate action planning
- Preparing an emergency kit for your home
- Deleting unused emails and online accounts
- Swapping out milk for nondairy alternatives like oat milk
- Opting for slower shipping whenever possible
- Regularly maintaining and clean your heating and cooling systems
- Engaging in climate conversations at work and at home
And many more!

Return to this invaluable resource again and again to discover a roadmap for action and much-needed hope. What will your climate journey look like?

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Complete Book of Cat Names (That Your Cat Won't Answer to, Anyway)

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Reader, beware! A cat's name will set the tone for the rest of their personal and professional life. Recent studies from dubious cat blogs have shown that 80 percent of cat owners regret the name they gave their feline friends. The number one reason: it became too popular. Fear not. Whether the goal is a name to carry on family tradition or to find something new and different, The Complete Book of Cat Names is packed with options, along with all-new, cat-themed cartoons by Eckstein, making this crucial step in owning a pet a pleasure.

Here, you will find the most popular cat names (to avoid), bookstore cat names (Homer or Pip), cat names for foodies (S'more or Capers), James Bond villain cats (Golden Paws or Jinx), and many more. In addition, Eckstein provides handy charts for identifying a cat's type (inside or outside, sassy or sweet). It's the perfect gift for any cat owner.

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Crystal and Gems

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Discover the history of precious, semi-precious, and organic gemstones, their scientific properties, their mythical powers, and their traditional uses.

Humans have been beguiled and fascinated by gemstones and crystals since prehistory, and made use of them for everything from currency and ceremonial decoration to tokens of love or power. But why have some been considered more significant than others - rare or otherwise?

Learn all about the key characteristics of precious and semi-precious stones, and discover the science behind some of their more unusual and mysterious properties, and the various ways in which they have taken on powerful symbolic meanings.
How did the Vikings use iolite to help them steer their ships, for example? And why did the Ancient Greeks and Romans believe that sardonyx could protect them in battle?

Inside this magical book of crystals, you will find:

- A quirky and compelling angle on the subject of crystals and gems - combining science with culture and history.
- Definitions for the key properties of precious, semi-precious, and organic stones.
-An exploration of their traditional uses in healing and manifesting, and the powers they have been ascribed through the centuries.
-The stories of famous gems and jewels throughout history

Encounter the fascinating stories of some of the most famous or celebrated gemstones and jewels along the way - from a turquoise-studded pectoral worn during Aztec ceremonies, to the diamond necklace that helped to bring about the French Revolution - in this glorious celebration of precious, semi-precious, and organic stones in all their beauty and variety.

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Daily Dad: 366 Meditations on Parenting, Love, and Raising Great Kids

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"Life is short. Do not forget about the most important things in our life, living for other people and doing good for them."--Marcus Aurelius

Becoming a parent is more than just a biological process - it's a lifelong commitment to sacrifice, service, and most importantly, love. It's a challenge to get up every day and put your kids first. You will experience moments of heroic compassion and humiliating failure, sometimes within the same day.

But you don't have to do it alone. From Ryan Holiday, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the smash hit The Daily Stoic, The Daily Dad provides 366 timeless meditations on parenting in a few manageable paragraphs a day - useful for even the most sleep deprived new parent.

Drawing on his own experience as a father of two as well as lessons from the lives of legends such as Theodore Roosevelt, Bruce Springsteen, Queen Elizabeth II, Marcus Aurelius, and Toni Morrison, this daily devotional provides wisdom and guidance on being the role model your child needs. Whether you're expecting your first or already a grandparent, The Daily Dad offers encouragement, perspective, and practical advice for every stage of your child's life.

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Dark Sky Rising: Reconstruction and the Dawn of Jim Crow (Scholastic Focus)

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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presents a journey through America's past and our nation's attempts at renewal in this look at the Civil War's conclusion, Reconstruction, and the rise of Jim Crow segregation.

This is a story about America during and after Reconstruction, one of history's most pivotal and misunderstood chapters. In a stirring account of emancipation, the struggle for citizenship and national reunion, and the advent of racial segregation, the renowned Harvard scholar delivers a book that is illuminating and timely. Real-life accounts drive the narrative, spanning the half century between the Civil War and Birth of a Nation. Here, you will come face-to-face with the people and events of Reconstruction's noble democratic experiment, its tragic undermining, and the drawing of a new "color line" in the long Jim Crow era that followed. In introducing young readers to them, and to the resiliency of the African American people at times of progress and betrayal, Professor Gates shares a history that remains vitally relevant today.
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Dictator's Handbook: Why Bad Behavior Is Almost Always Good Politics

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A groundbreaking new theory of the real rules of politics: leaders do whatever keeps them in power, regardless of the national interest.
As featured on the viral video Rules for Rulers, which has been viewed over 3 million times.
Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith's canonical book on political science turned conventional wisdom on its head. They started from a single assertion: Leaders do whatever keeps them in power. They don't care about the "national interest"-or even their subjects-unless they have to.
This clever and accessible book shows that democracy is essentially just a convenient fiction. Governments do not differ in kind but only in the number of essential supporters, or backs that need scratching. The size of this group determines almost everything about politics: what leaders can get away with, and the quality of life or misery under them. The picture the authors paint is not pretty. But it just may be the truth, which is a good starting point for anyone seeking to improve human governance.
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Dictionary of Difficult Words: 5000 English Words

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5000 Difficult English Words and their Meanings. Advanced Words in the English Language. Letter A. 275 Words --- Letter B. 242 Words --- Letter C. 438 Words --- Letter D. 321 Words --- Letter E. 238 Words --- Letter F. 233 Words --- Letter G. 171 Words --- Letter H. 149 Words --- Letter I. 266 Words --- Letter J. 51 Words --- Letter K. 19 Words --- Letter L. 132 Words --- Letter M. 175 Words --- Letter N. 66 Words --- Letter O. 109 Words --- Letter P. 393 Words --- Letter Q. 22 Words --- Letter R. 303 Words --- Letter S. 787 Words --- Letter T. 205 Words --- Letter U. 172 Words --- Letter V. 98 Words --- Letter W. 112 Words --- Letter XYZ. 23 Words ----- Sample This ----- 01. abandon (v.). to discard; to dump; to leave sb/sth permanently; related words: abandoned (adj.), abandonment (n.) --- 02. abase (v.). to do sth that makes people have less respect for you; to degrade; related word: abasement (n.) --- 03. abashed (adj.). ashamed in a social situation; embarrassed --- 04. abate (v.). to become very weak; to fade away; to subside; related word: abatement (n.) --- 05. abdicate (v.). to step down from the position of being king; to renounce; to give up; related word: abdication (n.) --- 06. aberrant (adj.). abnormal, unsocial or weird; nonstandard; related word: aberration (n.) --- 07. abet (v.). to assist, encourage or support sb in doing sth illegal, immoral, etc. --- 08. abhor (v.). to extremely hate or dislike sb/sth for ethical reasons; to detest; related words: abhorrent (adj.), abhorrence (n.) --- 09. abide (v.). to reside somewhere --- 10. abiding (adj.). (of feelings, ideas, etc.) long-lasting --- 11. abject (adj.). having no hope or self-esteem; miserable; related word: abjectly (adv.) --- 12. abjure (v.). to give up a belief or idea publicly; to renounce --- 13. ablaze (adj.). on fire; afire --- full of strong feelings, bright lights, etc. --- 14. ablutions (n.). an action of cleaning or washing yourself --- 15. abnegate (v.). to reject sth that you like; to renounce; related word: abnegation (n.) --- 16. abode (n.). the place where you reside/live; residence --- 17. abolish (v.). to get rid of a law, rule, etc. officially; to eliminate; related words: abolition (n.), abolitionist (n.) --- 18. abominate (v.). to hate intensely; related words: abominable (adj.), abomination (n.) --- 19. aboriginal (adj.). primitive --- 20. abortive (adj.). (of an action) unsuccessful --- 21. abound (v.). to be plentiful --- 22. about-turn (n.). a reversal of a plan or opinion, etc. --- 23. above board (adj./adv.). honest or genuine / honestly or genuinely --- 24. abrasion (n.). cut or scratch --- 25. abrasive (adj.). rough --- rude; related words: abrasively (adv.), abrasiveness (n.) --- 26. abreast (adv.). side by side --- 27. abridge (v.). to shorten a book, etc.; related words: abridged (adj.), abridgment (n.) --- 28. abrogate (v.). to officially cancel a law; related word: abrogation (n.) --- 29. abrupt (adj.). sudden --- impolite; related words: abruptly (adv.), abruptness (n.) --- 30. abscond (v.). to run away; to escape --- 31. abseil (v.). to descend a steep cliff --- 32. absolution (n.). forgiveness --- 33. absolutism (n.). rule by dictator; autocracy; related word: absolutist (adj./n.) --- 34. absolve (v.). to officially forgive somebody --- 35. abstain (v.). to give up or stay away from sth bad, illegal or immoral --- to decide not to cast your vote in the election; related words: abstainer (n.), abstention (n.) --- 36. abstemious (adj.). self-disciplined --- 37. abstinence (n.). restraint from eating or drinking because of ethical reasons --- related word: abstinent (adj.) --- 38. abstracted (adj.). absentminded; related word: abstractedly (adv.) --- 39. abstruse (adj.). that cannot be understood easily; obscure --- 40. abundant (adj.). plentiful; related word: abundantly (adv.) --- 41. abut (v.). to be next to sth; to adjoin --- 42. abysmal (adj.). extremely bad; related word: abysmally (adv.)
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