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  Great Railroad Strike of 1877...

  Editors Charles River

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  When trains were introduced as a popular means of transportation, some of the first tracks laid terminated in New York, and the expansion of railroads led to the birth of train stations across the country. In general, these were small buildings where passenger could buy tickets and wait for their trains to arrive, and according an article written by Samuel Dunn around the turn of the 20th century, “The first Manhattan terminal was opened in 1832 at Centre Street, near the present City Hall, by the New York and Harlem road, now leased to the New York Central. Trains were run by steam as far south as Fourteenth Street and pulled from there by horses.” If it is hard to conceive of large box cars or even heavier locomotives being pulled by horse, it’s important to remember that the first train cars were little more than traditional carriages designed to move on iron tracks.  
  	Initially, the nation’s railway system was a fragmented, often chaotic system, but Cornelius Vanderbilt went about creating an interregional system, integrating a network of smaller railroads that ran according to their own policies, procedures, and even timetables. It was not only more customer-friendly, but it helped lower shipping costs and created a more efficient system of transporting goods and people. This led to the creation of one of the nation’s first corporations, the New York Central and Hudson Railroad.  
  	While companies competed with each other, the employees themselves were often squeezed, not only working long hours in hazardous conditions, but making pitiful pay. Put simply, in an age before widespread labor regulations were enacted and unions organized, the employers exercised nearly absolute power over employees. 

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  Countering China's Great Game -...

  Michael Scott Sobolik

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  The United States is in the midst of a new cold war with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and America is losing. That claim, at the core of Countering China's Great Game challenges the Washington, D.C. conventional wisdom about U.S.-China relations. Officials in Washington are reacting to the CCP and playing defense. Like America's efforts to contain the Soviet Union in the twentieth-century Cold War, the United States needs a strategic vision to overcome the CCP. Sobolik offers a plan for American victory over the CCP and presents a roadmap to sabotage the crux of the CCP's foreign policy: the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). 
   
   
   
  The BRI is not an economic venture. It is a geopolitical gambit. Chinese leader Xi Jinping's "project of the century" has entered its second phase: leveraging yesterday's investments for today's political and military ends. Xi will never do away with the BRI because it is strengthening Beijing's strategic position from Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands to Africa and Latin America. The BRI is the apotheosis of the CCP's grand strategy. America needs a blueprint to take it down. 
   
   
   
  Sobolik provides this blueprint by identifying the BRI's core weakness: imperial overstretch. Sobolik's work offers policymakers a plan to go on the offense and win America's new cold war.

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  Why The Rich Keep Getting Richer

  Marcus Sterling

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  Why do the wealthy keep accumulating more while everyone else falls behind? Marcus Sterling investigates the systems, strategies, and psychological advantages that allow the rich to multiply their fortunes generation after generation. This revealing audiobook uncovers the wealth-building secrets that elite families pass down but never discuss publicly with outsiders. Discover how compound advantages in education, networks, and opportunity create an ever-widening gap between economic classes that grows larger each year. Sterling examines the investment strategies, tax optimization techniques, and business structures that protect and grow generational wealth effectively. Learn why income inequality continues accelerating and what separates those who build lasting prosperity from those who struggle paycheck to paycheck indefinitely. Through detailed analysis of billionaire habits and research on wealth accumulation, this guide provides invaluable insights for anyone seeking financial advancement. Understand how information asymmetry, market access, and regulatory capture benefit insiders while disadvantaging average investors significantly. Whether you want to break into higher economic brackets or simply understand how money really flows in society, this audiobook delivers essential knowledge and actionable strategies. Sterling offers practical wisdom for leveraging these same principles to improve your financial position in a system designed to favor those who already have capital.

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  Mary Sheridan's From Birth to...

  Lucy Sanctuary, Ajay Sharma,...

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  This new edition of a classic is the go-to reference for anyone concerned with the developmental progress of pre-school children. It provides the knowledge required for understanding children's developmental progress with age and within each developmental domain. 
   
   
   
  Including new sections on atypical development for each of the core domains of development and additional material on the development of attention and self-regulation, this fifth edition integrates findings from the latest research throughout. 
   
   
   
  Fully aligned with current child development philosophies and practices, Mary Sheridan's From Birth to Five Years: Children's Developmental Progress is designed to support the wider group of practitioners—including those from health professions, social work, and early years—that are now required to take steps for promoting children's development as part of their assessment and management plans.

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  Project Management For Young Minds

  Luigi Pascal Rondanini

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  You've got a mind exploding with cool ideas already, and you are not even 15 yet? Now, discover how to transform them into reality! 
  Project management whiz Luigi Pascal guides you with whimsical wit, killer insights, and step-by-step instructions for planning awesome ventures from start to finish. 
  Follow along in this action-packed playbook as you master vital skills to bring your biggest dreams to life. 
  Learn how to manage resources, lead fearless teams, handle hiccups, and power them through to completion – the fun way! 
  From throwing epic parties to pulling legendary pranks, building treehouses, or coding crazy apps, we've got you covered. 
  Packed with real-world examples, graphics, and a pumped-up attitude, this project primer will motivate you to take on big builds immediately. 
  Stop brainstorming and start doing it. 
  With Luigi Pascal's simple tips for writing an unshakable plan, rallying a talented crew, and working through chaos like a boss, you'll make jaw-dropping progress in no time. 
  Your masterpiece awaits—let's get cracking!

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  Mysteries of the Social Brain -...

  Virginia Sturm, Bruce L. Miller

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  Mysteries of the Social Brain describes the scientific underpinnings of human behavior and values. Through the retelling of fascinating clinical stories of people with neurological conditions, this book explores the parts of the brain that allow humans to thrive as social and creative beings. The authors reveal the relevance of our brain circuits to our well‑being―and the well‑being of our societies―and show what happens when changes in our brain circuitry drive changes in empathy, altruism, moral beliefs, and creativity. 
   
  By integrating perspectives from neurology, psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience, the stories in this book offer novel insights into the inner workings of the social brain and reveal groundbreaking findings from work in frontotemporal dementia, emotion, and the science of human values. This book showcases the discovery that creativity can emerge when there is decline in the brain’s language systems, a finding that highlights the robust, yet underappreciated connections between science and art. Listeners will learn about the biological basis of social behavior as well as simple steps that they can take to improve the functioning of their own social brains. 
   
  This book will captivate general listeners as well as clinicians and scientists who are interested in human social behavior, cognition, and emotion.

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