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  The Pitmen's Requiem

  Peter Crookston

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  Peter Crookston's book offers a beautifully written journalist's account of a Durham mining village and the Great Northern Coalfield woven around the life of Robert Saint, the composer of Gresford, a brass band composition commemorating an earlier mining disaster in which 256 workers died. Crookston brings his formidable observational qualities and writing skills as a journalist to produce a gripping narrative with utterly compelling characters and a heart-rending culmination in the demise of the mining industry under assault by Thatcher. The story is told in a gentle, unpretentious way, frequently giving voice to the characters themselves, many of whom the author knew personally or got to know in preparing the book. Apart from capturing a critical moment in a disappearing world, the book offers a vantage point from which to reflect on our own culture, and what we have lost in post-industrial Britain: the loss of community which did so much to sustain and nurture those miners in their desperate plights. This is as much a history of culture and place as much as it is biography, a book that is at once an elegy and a tribute

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  Haunted Holidays - Twelve Months...

  Roberta Simpson Brown, Lonnie E....

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  “From ghost dogs to phantom orbs, from dead spirits visiting and avenging wraiths, there is plenty . . . to keep skeptic and believer both enthralled.” —Thomas Freese, coauthor of Haunted Battlefields of the South 
   
  With its tales of benevolent and malicious specters, terrifying monsters, and unexplained phenomena, Halloween is the holiday most people associate with spooky stories. But do spirits remain hidden the rest of the year? In the rich storytelling customs of the commonwealth, the supernatural world is also connected with holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Memorial Day. 
   
  In Haunted Holidays, celebrated storytellers Roberta Simpson Brown and Lonnie E. Brown have assembled a hair-raising collection of paranormal tales for readers of all ages. The stories present many new and spooky characters, including the deceased great aunt who still rocks in her favorite chair on Mother’s Day, the young boy who made good on his promise to return a silver dollar on the Fourth of July, and even the ghost who hated Labor Day. In addition to tales of haunting, the Browns reveal many Appalachian legends and their importance to the storytelling tradition, such as the phantom bells who guide the dead to the other side, and a “chime child” born when the clock strikes midnight on Christmas Day, who is rumored to be blessed with the gift of second sight. 
   
  More than a collection of ghost stories or family legends, Haunted Holidays takes readers on a fireside journey that preserves and promotes oral traditions, revealing the importance of sharing beliefs, traditions, and values with a new generation of listeners.

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  Redefining Aging - A Caregiver's...

  Ann Kaiser Stearns

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  The bestselling author of Living Through Personal Crisis delivers “a comprehensive guide to the challenges of elder care for family members” (Jesse F. Ballenger, coeditor of Treating Dementia). Caring for an elderly family member can be overwhelming. But fulfilling life experiences are still possible for both caregivers and their loved ones, despite the stress and fatigue of caregiving. In this comprehensive book, bestselling author Ann Kaiser Stearns explores the practical and personal challenges of both caregiving and successful aging. She couples findings from the latest research with powerful insights and problem-solving tips to help caregivers achieve the best life possible for those they care for—and for themselves as they age. Topics include: Improving the quality of life for the one giving and the one receiving careDistinguishing normal aging from early warning signsUnderstanding caregiver sadness, resentment, guilt, and griefUsing strategies and skills to minimize an impaired elder’s distress and emotional outbursts and the caregiver’s own anxieties about growing oldFinding resources to aid in the care of the loved one and protect the caregiver from stress overloadMoving forward after the death of a loved one to have a meaningful life of one’s ownOvercoming ageist stereotypes and deciding what kind of “old person” one will beMaking life easier for those who someday will care for usRedefining Aging will help readers think differently about caregiving and their own aging.“Ann Kaiser Stearns offers a wide-ranging and thoughtful discussion of lessons learned about the joys and challenges of caregiving for a chronically ill loved one.” —Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH, coauthor of The 36-Hour Day

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  Iraq War 2003

  IntroBooks Team

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  The Iraq War is the Third Gulf War that was initiated by the military invasion of Iraq by the US Troops in March 2003. The invasion was also the result of the seizure of Iraq and its major cities by the allies of the United States to bring an conclusion to the Baath Party of Saddam Hussein who was a well-known leader of the Baath party and the 5th President of Iraq. The chief cause of the Iraq War could be related to the GWOT (Global War on Terrorism) which was declared by the United States President George W. Bush in response to the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 11th September 2001. 
  The events of the Iraq War were both brutal and severe on both the sides including the Iraqi army and the common man as well as on the US Army and its allies. It resulted in the defeat of the Iraqi Army and the exposure and the execution of the Baath party leader Saddam Hussein. The war also resulted in the mass casualty of thousands of army men along with the common men, especially children among the dead and the severely wounded. In addition to the loss of life, the war also resulted in heavy economic losses in terms of several US Million dollars at the cost of heavy armaments and missiles. 
  The paper discusses the covert as well as the overt reasons and causes of the Iraq War or the Third Gulf War in addition to the different aims and objectives of the United States and its allies. The paper also discusses the course of the Iraq War and the consequences which had to be faced both on the face of Iraq and the United States as well. This paper would also shed light on the dire consequences of the aftermath of the Iraq War on all the aspects of the Iraq Government and also on the United States government including the economic, political, military, social and on humanitarian levels. At last, the true intentions of the main reasons of the Iraq War have been speculated and interpreted in a broader sense.

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  Sulla and Gaius Marius: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  Caesar is still remembered for winning a civil war and helping bring about the end of the Roman Republic, leaving a line of emperors in its place, but it’s quite possible that none of what Caesar did would’ve happened without the template for such actions being set 40 years earlier. At the time, when Caesar was in his teens, war was being waged both on the Italian peninsula and abroad, with domestic politics pitting the conservative, aristocratic optimates against the populist, reformist populares, and this tension ultimately escalated into an all-out war. One of the leading populares was Caesar’s uncle, Gaius Marius, a military visionary who had restructured the legions and extended the privileges of land ownership and citizenship to legionaries on condition of successful completion of a fixed term of service. In the late 2nd century BCE, Marius had waged a successful campaign against several Germanic tribes, and after earning eternal fame in the Eternal City, Marius was appointed a consul several times. In 88 BCE, he entered into conflict with his erstwhile protégé, the optimate Sulla, over command of the army to be dispatched against Mithridates VI of Pontus, a long-time enemy of Rome and its Greek allies.   
  	Ironically, Marius’s reforms had made the legions fiercely loyal to their individual generals rather than the state, which allowed Sulla to march his army against Rome and force Marius into exile. With that, Rome’s first civil war was officially underway, but Sulla’s triumph proved short-lived. Just as Sulla departed for a campaign, Marius returned at the head of a scratch army of veterans and mercenaries, taking over the city and purging it of Sulla’s optimate supporters, and though Marius died in 86 BCE, his party remained in power. 

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  Parents and Children

  Ven. Medagama Vajirañāṇa Nayaka...

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  This is an audiobook of Bodhi Leaves No. 151 by Ven. Medagama Vajirañāṇa Nayaka Thera, Parents and Children narrated by Ethan Christy. The print edition can be found in the Pariyatti Edition of Collected Bodhi Leaves Vol. 5. The eBook of Bodhi Leaves No. 151 can be downloaded from the BPS website.
   
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  One essential requirement for a happy society is that the individuals constituting the society must have tranquillity of mind. This tranquillity of mind arises from purity of thought, word, and action, which means the observance of an ethical lifestyle based on the Five Precepts. As human beings we are unique in our ability to see the difference between good and bad. We have the capacity to make moral choices and thereby to influence the pattern of our own lives and that of others. This influence is exerted through our thoughts, speech, and actions. If we can develop inner purity and strength, then we have established the basis on which we can give what is needed by others in all our relationships. It is up to us to create a safe and harmonious society.

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