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  Kentucky Y'all - A Celebration...

  Blair Thomas Hess, Cameron M....

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  When people think of Kentucky, three things usually come to mind: bourbon, Colonel Sanders's secret chicken recipe, and the glamorous Kentucky Derby. Add college basketball to that list, and you have yourself a superfecta. Looking beyond these time-honored traditions, however, visitors will find in Kentucky a diverse patchwork of faces and places, each as unique as the state's geography.Kentucky, Y'all is an entertaining and informative compilation of the state's favorite oddities, cultural quirks, traditions, and rites of passage. Authors and proud Kentuckians Blair Thomas Hess and Cameron M. Ludwick share the best stories from their experiences as writers, travelers, and residents in this ode to the Commonwealth. From the iconic to the obscure, the book reveals vital knowledge that every Kentuckian―whether by birth, residence, or simply in mind and heart―should know. What is beer cheese? Who was Bill Monroe? Where can you get a hemp hot dog? Listeners are introduced to the brilliant minds behind the Louisville Slugger, the Bowie knife, and pioneering work in genetics. The book also includes a handy list of dos and don'ts of tailgating, a Kentucky sayings glossary, and bucket lists of things to do, drink, read, and eat. Kentucky, Y'all is an insightful and exuberant guide to the Bluegrass State―for Kentucky natives and visitors alike.

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  Taming the Octopus - The Long...

  Kyle Edward Williams

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  The untold story of how efforts to hold big business accountable changed American capitalism. 
   
   
   
  In this vivid and surprising history, we meet twentieth-century activists, investors, executives, and workers who fought over a simple question: Is the role of the corporation to deliver profits to shareholders, or something more? On one side were "business statesmen" who believed corporate largess could solve social problems. On the other were libertarian intellectuals such as Milton Friedman and his oft-forgotten contemporary, Henry Manne, whose theories justified the ruthless tactics of a growing class of corporate raiders. But Kyle Edward Williams reveals that before the "activist investor" emerged as a capitalist archetype, Civil Rights groups used a similar playbook for different ends, buying shares to change a company from within. 
   
   
   
  As a rising tide of activists pushed corporations to account for societal harms from napalm to environmental pollution to inequitable hiring, a new idea emerged: that managers could maximize value for society while still turning a maximal profit. This elusive ideal, "stakeholder capitalism," still dominates our headlines today. Williams's necessary history equips us to reconsider democracy's tangled relationship with capitalism.

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  The Emerald Tablets of Thoth -...

  Thoth

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  Are you ready to unlock the most guarded secrets of the ancient world? This audiobook is your gateway to the legendary Emerald Tablets of Thoth, a text of profound esoteric wisdom said to originate from the lost city of Atlantis. Authored by Thoth the Atlantean, this masterwork has been a source of fascination for mystics, alchemists, and seekers of forbidden knowledge for centuries. 
  Journey back through millennia to uncover the thirty-six thousand-year-old secrets of reality, consciousness, and the cosmos. This text provides a blueprint for spiritual ascension, revealing the mysteries of the Halls of Amenti, the path of the soul through reincarnation, and the fundamental principles of Hermeticism. It is the foundational text for understanding spiritual alchemy—the transmutation of the lower self into a being of higher light and vibration. 
  This powerful audiobook edition, delivered with a clear and reverent narration, makes these profound and complex teachings accessible to the modern seeker. It is a tool for deep meditation and personal transformation. 
  In this audiobook, you will unlock the secrets to: 
  The Halls of Amenti: Journey to the heart of the world and discover the seat of life and death. 
  Spiritual Alchemy: Learn the process of inner transformation and the path to raising your personal vibration. 
  The Law of Vibration: Master the Hermetic principle that "nothing rests; everything moves; everything vibrates." 
  Ancient Mysteries: Explore the lost history of Atlantis and the secret wisdom brought to ancient Egypt. 
  Cosmic Consciousness: Understand your place in the universe and learn to connect with the All-Mind. 
  The Principle of "As Above, So Below": Grasp the ultimate key to mastering your own reality. 
  This audiobook is an essential listen for students of: Hermetic philosophy, The Kybalion, the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus, Gnosticism, Rosicrucianism, Theosophy, and the works of Manly P. Hall.

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  Testing Education - A Teacher's...

  Kathy Greeley

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  Since the 2002 implementation of No Child Left Behind, the American public education system has been fundamentally changed. Excessive testing, standardized curriculums, destructive demands on children, corporate-­style evaluations, and top-­down mandates have become the norm. In response, record numbers of demoralized educators have quit, and millions of students have been left educationally impoverished. This troubling transformation has been exhaustively critiqued by scholars and commentators. Yet one crucial voice has been missing. 
   
   
   
  In Testing Education, Kathy Greeley recounts the impact of education reform from a teacher's point of view. Based on a teaching career ranging nearly forty years, Greeley details how schools went from learning communities infused with excitement, intellectual stimulation, and joy to sterile spaces of stress, intimidation, and fear. In this ultimately hopeful memoir, Greeley asks us to learn from the past to reimagine the future of public education.

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  The Timeline of Intelligent Life...

  Martin K. Ettington

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  I’m fascinated with Ancient History because there are continuous new discoveries which push back the dawn of civilization by thousands of years. In the last couple of decades, the discoveries at Gobekli Tepe in eastern Turkey pushed back man-made structures to the time period of 9,000-11,000 B.C. Thousands of years before the next know civilizations existed. 
  This book includes my research on ancient sites around the world, underground structures, giants, the destruction of civilization about 10,500 B.C., the real Atlantis, and out of place objects which can be millions of years old. 
  Yes-I’m saying intelligent life has existed on Earth that long, and since humanity and even primates don’t exist in those times at all, aliens must have lived on the Earth at that time. 
  There are three parts to this book: 
  Part One - Millions of Years Ago 
  This includes stories of aliens existing on Earth in our history, and many out of place objects made by intelligent beings, and the fossil record which provides supporting evidence that intelligent life did exist at those times. 
  Part Two - The Unknown Civilizations of Man 
  Here we have evidence of structures built by man but way before any accepted records that civilization or man made constructions existed. Some of these things may go back 100,000 years ago. 
  Part Three – Post Ice Age Civilizations 
  This part includes evidence that the Younger Dryas event was actually comets striking the Earth which caused major disasters and probably the destruction of civilizations about 10,500 B.C. 
  My intention is that this timeline will provide a skeleton of mankind and intelligent life’s early history on Earth which can be filled in overtime to become much more detailed and prove the truth of this point of view to skeptics worldwide. 
   

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  Forgiveness is a Choice - A...

  PhD Robert D. Enright

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  Forgiveness Is a Choice is a self-help book for people who have been deeply hurt by another and caught in a vortex of anger, depression, and resentment. As a creator of the first scientifically proven forgiveness program in the country, Robert D. Enright shows how forgiveness can reduce anxiety and depression while increasing self-esteem and hopefulness toward one's future. 
   
   
   
  This groundbreaking work demonstrates how forgiveness, approached in the correct manner, benefits the forgiver far more than the forgiven. Filled with wisdom and warm encouragement, the book leads the listener on a path that will bring clarity and peace. 
   
   
   
  Enright is careful to distinguish forgiveness from "pseudoforgiveness" and to reassure listeners that forgiveness does not mean accepting continued abuse or even reconciling with the offender. Rather, by giving the gift of forgiveness, listeners are encouraged to confront and let go of their pain in order to regain their lives.

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