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  Short Nonfiction Collection Vol 016

  Various Various

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  A collection of short nonfiction works in the public domain.  The selections included in this collection were independently chosen by the readers, and the topics encompass history, science, literature, sports, education, humor, philosophy, nature and religion. (summary by J. M. Smallheer)

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  Love at First Bite - Tales from...

  Dr Yair Ben Ziony

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  Four legged Patients and Two Legged Masters 
  In this collection of stories from his life, Israeli veterinarian Dr. Yair Ben Ziony shares his fascinating experiences with animals that moo, bark, bay, and purr. Whether describing days in his private small-animal clinic, his travel in the newly independent state of Israel tending to farm animals, or his four years in pre-revolutionary Iran managing a dairy farm, Ben Ziony writes with precision, wit, and charm. 
  His sensitive eye reveals the beauty and nuance in every situation, as he evinces empathy not only for his four-legged patients but also for their two-legged masters, who often prove as intriguing and unpredictable as their charges. Each tale—be it amusing, sad, shocking, or simply strange—gives the listener fresh insight into the intricacies of the human-animal relationship.

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  That Other World - Nabokov and...

  Azar Nafisi

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  The foundational text for the acclaimed international best seller Reading Lolita in Tehran“Empathetic, incisive. . . . A sweeping overview of Nabokov's major works. . . . Graceful [and] discerning.”—Kirkus ReviewsThe ruler of a totalitarian state seeks validation from a former schoolmate, now the nation’s foremost thinker, in order to access a cultural cache alien to his regime. A literary critic provides commentary on an unfinished poem that both foretells the poet’s death and announces the critic’s secret identity as the king of a lost country. The greatest of Vladimir Nabokov’s enchanters—Humbert—is lost within the antithesis of a fairy story, in which Lolita does not hold the key to his past but rather imprisons him within the knowledge of his distance from that past.In this precursor to her international best seller Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar Nafisi deftly explores the worlds apparently lost to Nabokov’s characters, their portals of access to those worlds, and how other worlds hold a mirror to Nabokov’s experiences of physical, linguistic, and recollective exile. Written before Nafisi left the Islamic Republic of Iran, and now published in English for the first time and with a new introduction by the author, this book evokes the reader’s quintessential journey of discovery and reveals what caused Nabokov to distinctively shape and reshape that journey for the author.

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  The Daily Telegraph Airmen's...

  Graham Pitchfork

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  The acclaimed chronicler of RAF history has compiled ninety-one obituaries of outstanding aviators covering the period from 2007 to the end of 2017. 
   
  With a focus on personnel from a range of air forces, including the RAF, USAF, RCAF, RNZAF and SAAF, there are a number of fascinating and distinguishable lives to read about. Those featured include MRAF Sir Michael Beetham, the longest-serving Chief of Air Staff in the RAF (apart from its founder Lord Trenchard); Brigadier General Paul Tibbets who commanded the USAAF bomber Enola Gay, which dropped the atom bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945; and Wing Commander “Dal” Russel, a highly decorated wartime Canadian fighter pilot, whose logbook recorded kills in the Battle of Britain and the Normandy invasion. There is also Lettice Curtis, the first woman qualified to fly a four-engine bomber and who by the end of the Second World War had flown over 400 heavy bombers, 150 Mosquitos and hundreds of Hurricanes and Spitfires as part of her role in the Air Transport Auxiliary. The book includes a foreword written by former Chief of Air Staff, Sir Richard Johns.

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  Learn Portuguese: Learning...

  Language Academy

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  Don’t Learn Portuguese The Wrong Way! 
  This Learn Portuguese audiobook-series takes away the agony of learning, making it a fun and interactive experience. In this series, you will learn the most frequently used words, verbs, and phrases first, before proceeding to learn Portuguese grammar. 
  This easy and highly effective structure, will hijack your learning curve effectively as you will learn the Portuguese language in the same way you learned your native language as a child. 
  If you think about it, you learned your native language by listening to your parents communicating. You had no clue what grammar was, and yet you learned rapidly! And the words you learned first, were the ones your parents used most frequently. 
  By following the same logical principle you will learn the Portuguese language fast and in an easy manner. 
  In this second book you will:Learn the two secrets to answer any questionLearn 200 questions and answersLearn 1000 common phrasesRehearse with fun and engaging exercisesLearn how you should pronounce words with a pure Brazilian accent. 
  If you are serious about learning Portuguese, then make it easier for you and hijack your own learning curve effectively by following the same principles you used as a child. 
  Don’t wait any longer, scroll up and purchase this audiobook now!

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  Against Football - One Fan's...

  Steve Almond

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  In Against Football, Steve Almond details why, after forty years as a fan, he can no longer watch the game he still loves. Using a synthesis of memoir, reportage, and cultural critique, Almond asks a series of provocative questions:Does our addiction to football foster a tolerance for violence, greed, racism, and homophobia?What does it mean that our society has transmuted the intuitive physical joys of childhood-run, leap, throw, tackle-into a billion-dollar industry?How did a sport that causes brain damage become such an important emblem for our institutions of higher learning?There has never been a book that exposes the dark underside of America's favorite game with such searing candor.

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