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  On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

  Henry David Thoreau

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  Motivated by his disgust with the US government, Henry David Thoreau’s seminal philosophical essay enjoins individuals to stand against the ruling forces that seek to erase their free will. It is the duty of a good citizen, he argues, not only to disobey a bad law, but also to protest an unjust government. His message of nonviolence and appeal to value one’s own conscience over political legislation have resonated throughout American and world history. Peppered with the author’s poetry and social commentary, Civil Disobedience has become a manifesto for civil dissidents, revolutionaries, and protestors everywhere. Indeed, originally so unpopular with readers that Thoreau was forced to buy back over half of the books from his publisher, this work has gone on to inspire the likes of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

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  Borrowed Time - Survivors of...

  Dennis Carlyle Darling

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  Documentation, through photographs and interviews, of those who survived the unique Nazi ghetto/camp located at Terezín, Czech Republic. 
   
   
   
  Dennis Carlyle Darling has photographed and interviewed hundreds of Holocaust survivors who spent time at the German transit camp and ghetto at Terezín, a former eighteenth-century military garrison located north of Prague. Many of the prisoners were kept there until they could be transported to Auschwitz or other camps, but unlike German captives elsewhere, they were allowed to participate in creative activities that the Nazis used for propaganda purposes to show the world how well they were treating Jews. Although it was not classified as a "death camp," more than 33,000 prisoners died at Terezín from hunger, disease, and mistreatment. 
   
   
   
  In Borrowed Time, Darling reveals Terezín as a place of painful contradictions, through striking and intimate portraits that retrace time and place with his subjects, the last remnants of those who survived the experience. Returning to sites of painful memories with his interview subjects to photograph them, Darling respectfully depicts these survivors and tells their stories. 
   
   
   
  Contains mature themes.

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  Virginibus Puerisque and Other...

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  First published in 1881, Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers is a distinguished collection of essays that reveals Robert Louis Stevenson at his most reflective, eloquent, and philosophically engaging.
  
  In this volume, Stevenson turns his keen observational eye inward, exploring the nature of youth, love, ambition, courage, and the art of living well. Written in his characteristically graceful and accessible prose, the essays range from lighthearted meditations to deeply thoughtful examinations of human experience. The title essay, Virginibus Puerisque, offers a subtle and ironic reflection on love and idealism, setting the tone for the collection as a whole.
  
  Throughout the book, Stevenson considers themes such as the value of perseverance, the acceptance of failure, the importance of imagination, and the quiet heroism found in everyday life. Whether reflecting on the challenges of growing up, the illusions of happiness, or the moral lessons hidden in ordinary moments, his writing combines wit, empathy, and moral insight.
  
  The essays are notable for their conversational tone and timeless relevance. Stevenson avoids heavy-handed philosophy, instead offering practical wisdom shaped by personal experience and keen observation. His reflections encourage readers to embrace life's uncertainties with courage, humility, and a sense of wonder.
  
  Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers stands as an essential work of classic nonfiction, showcasing Stevenson's versatility beyond his famous novels and adventure stories. Thought-provoking, humane, and beautifully written, it remains a rewarding read for those interested in classic essays, literary reflection, and enduring insights into the human condition.

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  Who killed Napoléon? 10 New...

  Gérard Lucotte, Philippe Bornet

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  “Let the muse of history be silent, and make way for genetics.” Jean Tulard. 
  “Fascinating.” Jean-Noël Fabiani, Professor Emeritus, Chair of the History of Medicine. 
  
  Until recent years, many mysteries and rumors have surrounded Napoleon. Was Napoleon's body taken by the British and placed in Westminster Abbey? Was he poisoned with arsenic? Did he die of hereditary stomach cancer, as the English claimed, or of hepatitis and dysentery rampant on that unhealthy island? Was Napoleon III descended from the Emperor? Did the Emperor's physician remove Napoleon's penis after his death on St. Helena in 1821?
  To answer these and many other questions, Professor Gérard Lucotte spent twelve years working on this subject. He was commissioned by Prince Charles Napoléon (a descendant of the Emperor, through the branch descended from Jérôme Bonaparte, the Emperor's youngest brother) and Count Walewski (a descendant of Napoleon the First’s natural son) to work on Napoléon's DNA. Thanks to his genetics laboratory and electron microscope, he has achieved a gigantic feat that will astound all Napoleon enthusiasts.

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  Family Lexicon

  Natalia Ginzburg, Peg Boyers

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  An Italian family, sizable, with its routines and rituals, crazes, pet phrases, and stories, doubtful, comical, indispensable, comes to life in the pages of Natalia Ginzburg's Family Lexicon. Giuseppe Levi, the father, is a scientist, consumed by his work and a mania for hiking—when he isn't provoked into angry remonstration by someone misspeaking or misbehaving or wearing the wrong thing. Giuseppe is Jewish, married to Lidia, a Catholic, though neither is religious; they live in the industrial city of Turin where, as the years pass, their children find ways of their own to medicine, marriage, literature, politics. It is all very ordinary, except that the background to the story is Mussolini's Italy in its steady downward descent to race law and world war. The Levis are, among other things, unshakeable anti-fascists. That will complicate their lives. 
   
   
   
  Family Lexicon is about a family and language—and about storytelling not only as a form of survival but also as an instrument of deception and domination. The book takes the shape of a novel, yet everything is true. "Every time that I have found myself inventing something in accordance with my old habits as a novelist, I have felt impelled at once to destroy [it]," Ginzburg tells us at the start. "The places, events, and people are all real."

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  Gender Swap 5 Book Bundle Volume 2

  Kinky Press

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  Five Gender Swapping Stories, One Hot Bundle! 
    
  Swapped and Toyed With: 
  Dear Husband has been a bad boy. 
  He’s been very demanding of his good little housewife and her body, and now Erica fed up with his calloused attentions. 
    
  Swapped and Tag Teamed: 
  The world is waking up to bits and pieces where they don’t belong. 
  Greg pulls down his boxers in the morning to use the bathroom he gets the surprise of a lifetime, he runs back into the bedroom where he sees the covers around his wife’s lower body raised in a way that he is very familiar with, just not around the body of his wife! 
    
  Swapped at College: 
  Alex is flunking science, and he’ll fail out of college if he doesn’t get his act together soon. His professor helps him create a ‘swap chemical’ that turns male mice into females. Then Alex accidentally drinks it … and turns into a beautiful young woman! 
    
  Swapped for the Beast: 
  Young Prince Thomas is a spoilt brat.  
  As punishment for his behavior he is sold to the cruel Earl to cook and clean and be his loyal servant. 
    
  Swapped for the Duke: 
  Does he have the assets to please the Duke? 
  Young Elliot doesn’t do much but cook and clean for his cruel, uncaring stepfather and oblivious, bimbo stepsisters. All he wants is to leave this place and start a new life somewhere—to be special to someone.

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