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  The Pocket Book of Plato - A...

  Michael Moore

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  Keep the philosophies of Plato in your pocket with this handy guide to Plato's key ideas. 
   
  The ancient Greek philosopher Plato is perhaps the single most important figure in the history of philosophy, who has influenced countless thinkers throughout the centuries. This indispensable volume distils Plato's key ideas into easily accessible chunks. Featuring Plato's ruminations about love, politics, morality and more, The Pocket Book of Plato provides an ideal introduction to one of the world's great thinkers. 
   
  ABOUT THE SERIES: With the Arcturus Pocket Ideas series, you can keep incredible ideas at your fingertips. Written in a digestible style with expert authors, these editions introduce some of the most brilliant minds in history and the concepts that made them world-famous. 

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  Max Hastings On War

  Max Hastings

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  From Max Hastings comes a collection of talks and lectures exploring the wars of the 20th century with the verve, insight and originality that has made him a number one bestselling historian. 
  What is war like to live through, for civilian victims, especially women, as well as soldiers, sailors and fliers? Hastings has been a life-long student of warfare, a ‘chronicler of conflict’, working first as a foreign correspondent on battlefields, then as a prolific prize-winning historian of the 20th century’s greatest struggles. He has now been studying warfare for over fifty years, published thirty books, and given hundreds of talks and lectures. Here are thirteen of the best. 
  Addressing questions of truth versus myth and revisiting many last-generation narratives, Hastings leads us through the most important conflicts in recent times. Listen as he explores D-Day, the Dambusters raid, Churchill’s character and achievement as war leader, Vietnam, and – in his most recent book, published in 2022, the Cuban missile crisis – 13 days when we came closest to annihilation and which stands as a mirror to the grave threats the world faces today. 
  Max Hastings, the Sunday Times bestselling author, delves into the modern history of warfare, shedding light on the political relations that have shaped the world. His international acclaim is a testament to his top-notch storytelling and deep understanding of geopolitics. 
  For fans of Stephen E. Ambrose (Wild Blue), Antony Beevor (D-Day), Al Murray (Arnhem), Damien Lewis (SAS Daggers Drawn), and Winston S. Churchill (The Hinge of Fate). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  The Republic

  Plato

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  What is justice—and who should rule?
  In this timeless philosophical dialogue, Plato explores the nature of justice, the structure of an ideal society, and the responsibilities of leadership. Through Socrates' probing conversations, readers confront enduring questions about morality, education, freedom, and truth—culminating in the famous Allegory of the Cave, one of the most powerful metaphors in all of philosophy.
  
  Hailed as "the cornerstone of Western political thought," The Republic has shaped ideas about government, ethics, and human nature for over two thousand years. Its arguments remain provocative, challenging readers to rethink power, virtue, and the pursuit of the good life.
  
  If you seek clarity on society's deepest questions and ideas that still define our world, this essential classic is indispensable.
  
  Open the book—and enter the dialogue that still governs how we think about justice and truth.

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  Let's Learn to Develop A...

  Rhonda Morris

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  - Have you ever felt like your fears are holding you back from reaching your full potential? 
  - Imagine being in a job that doesn't fulfill you. You know you should make a change, but the fear of failing stops you. So you stay where you are, year after year.  
  Living in fear of the "what-ifs" can really slow you down. It's like putting a roadblock in your own path to success. Instead of growing and learning, you stick to what's safe and familiar. You miss out on new experiences because you're afraid of feeling uncomfortable.  
  And you know what happens then? 
  You start feeling unsatisfied because you're not truly living the life you want. You get stuck in places that no longer serve you. 
  KEY LEARNINGS:  
  1) Understanding Fear: You'll learn what fear really is and what makes us scared. Discover some surprising facts about fear that you probably didn't know. 
  2) Survival Superpower: Understand how fear is actually a built-in survival tool that has helped humans evolve and stay safe throughout history. 
  3) Personal Insights: Explore your own fears and learn how you create your own fear stories. This section helps you identify whether your fears are rational or not. 
  4) Practical Guidelines: Gain a 7-step action plan to navigate and deal with fears effectively. You'll also get to identify any phobias, anxieties, or worries you may have. 
  5) The Science Behind Fear: Understand the fight-or-flight response and how fear affects both your brain and body. Realize that you're not alone in experiencing fear.

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  America Goddam - Violence Black...

  Treva B. Lindsey

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  Reckons with violence against Black women in America and their resilient fight for liberation 
   
  America, Goddam explores the combined force of antiBlackness, misogyny, patriarchy, and capitalism in the lives of Black women and girls in the United States today. Through personal accounts and hard-hitting analysis, Black feminist  
  historian Treva B. Lindsey starkly assesses the forms and legacies of violence against Black women and girls, as well as their demands for justice for themselves and their communities. 
   
  Combining history, theory, and memoir, this book renders visible the gender dynamics of antiBlack violence. Black women and girls occupy a unique status of vulnerability to harm and death, while the circumstances and traumas of this  
  violence go underreported and understudied. Lindsey also shows that the sanctity of life and liberty of Black women is rarely the focus of Black freedom movements.  
   
  Defying this omission, Black women have led movements demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland, Toyin Salau, Riah Milton, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, and countless other Black women and girls. Across generations and centuries, their  
  refusal to remain silent about violence against them led many to envisioning and building toward Black liberation through organizing and radical politics. Echoing the energy of Nina Simone’s searing protest song that inspired the title, America,  
  Goddam is a call to action in our collective journey toward just futures.

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  The Preventorium - A Memoir

  Susan Annah Currie, Cynthia A....

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  Opened on February 17, 1929, the Mississippi State Preventorium operated continuously until 1976. The Mississippi Preventorium, like similar hospitals throughout the country, was an institution for sickly, anemic, and underweight children. It was established on the grounds of the Mississippi State Tuberculosis Sanitorium in the early years of the twentieth century when tuberculosis was a dreaded disease worldwide. The TB Sanitorium hospital housed those with tuberculosis, offering refuge for patients of all ages afflicted with the pernicious and contagious disease. Although located on the same medical campus, the preventorium was a separate medical institution for children; no children with TB were admitted in the sixty-year run of the hospital. The name preventorium meant a place of preventing disease as there was a fear of sickly children contracting TB. The Mississippi Preventorium was one of the last, if not the very last, of these special hospitals for children.
  
  Now closed, the preventorium housed over three thousand children, including author Susan Annah Currie. In this intimate memoir, Currie details her fifteen-month stay at the preventorium. From her arrival in May 1959 at six years old, Currie vividly explores the unique and isolating world that she and children across the country experienced. Her exacting routine, dictated by the nurses and doctors who now acted as her parents, erased the distinction between patients and created both a sense of community among the children and a deep sense of loneliness. From walking silently single file through the cold, narrow halls of the hospital to nurses recording every detail of their bathroom habits to extremely limited visitation from family, Currie's time at the preventorium changed her and those around her, leaving an indelible mark even after their return home.
  
  While many of the records from the preventorium have been lost, Currie's memoir opens to readers a lost history largely forgotten. Told in evocative prose, The Preventorium explores Currie's personal trials, both in the hospital and in the echoes of her experiences into adulthood.

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