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  Women of Ancient China -...

  Layla Gupta

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  In ancient China, a woman’s place in society was shaped by a deep-rooted system of values that emphasized hierarchy, duty, and tradition. From birth, girls were taught the virtues of obedience, humility, and domestic responsibility—qualities believed to ensure familial harmony and uphold social order. These expectations were not merely cultural but were reinforced by state philosophy, especially Confucianism, which placed women within a strict patriarchal structure. 
  Confucian teachings emphasized a "Three Obediences" rule: a woman must obey her father before marriage, her husband during marriage, and her son in widowhood. This framework confined women largely to the private sphere and discouraged female independence. Even so, this ideology did not completely erase their influence. Women often wielded subtle but meaningful power within the home, guiding family affairs, managing finances, and raising the next generation in accordance with moral and cultural norms. 
  Women’s lives were further shaped by their class and family background. Elite women had access to education, poetry, and the arts, and they could sometimes play key roles in managing household affairs or even participating in court life. Their influence, though largely informal, could stretch far when navigating palace politics or securing power through marriage alliances. In contrast, women of lower classes worked alongside men in the fields, sold goods in markets, or labored in homes and workshops. These working women formed the backbone of the economy, though their contributions often went unrecorded in historical texts.

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  Swing Low

  Miriam Toews

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  Internationally bestselling author Miriam Toews recounts her father's life as he might have told it, right up to his final day. 
   
  One morning, Mel Toews put on his coat and hat, walked out of town, and took his own life. A loving husband and father, a faithful member of the Mennonite church, and an immensely popular school teacher, Mel was a pillar of his close-knit community. Yet after a lifetime of struggling with bipolar disorder, he could no longer face the ruptures in his world. Swing Low is an elegiac ode to a life by an author drawing from the deepest wells of insight and emotion.

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  A Lesson on a Tortoise - From...

  D H Lawrence

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  David Herbert Lawrence was born on the 11th September 1885 in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, a coal mining town where the reality of a harsh life was only useful as experiences for future literary works. 
  He was educated at Beauvale Board School and became the first local boy to receive a scholarship to attend Nottingham High School. After 3 years he became a junior clerk in Haywood’s surgical appliances factory. He was also attempting a literary career which, in the short term, led to a teacher training position in Eastwood and later a teaching qualification from University College, Nottingham.  
  Lawrence’s first efforts were poems, short stories and a draft of ‘The White Peacock’. Moving to London and a teaching position in Croydon his writing attracted the attention of Ford Madox Ford, editor of The English Review, and he commissioned him to write ‘Odour of Chrysanthemums’.  
  Wanting to write full-time he now began work on what would become ‘Sons and Lovers.   
  In 1912 he met the older and married mother-of-three Frieda Weekley. They eloped to Germany and here Lawrence could see for himself the growing tensions with France.  So keen was his interest that he was arrested and accused of being a British spy.  
  In early 1914 Frieda obtained her divorce and they returned to Britain to be married just days before the outbreak of war. Owing to her German parentage, and his own public dislike of militarism and violence, the couple were treated with contempt and suspicion throughout the war years.  
  Despite this he continued to write but his reputation in England was so tarnished and, mirrored by his own disdain for the country, he and Frieda left England in November 1919, first for Europe and then America via Ceylon and Australia. 
  They bought a ranch in Taos, New Mexico and visited Mexico several times. The third visit in March 1925 caused a near fatal attack of malaria. To convalesce they moved to Florence. Here he continued work on ‘Lady Chatterley’s Lover’ which for many years would cause controversy. A renewed interest in oil painting resulted in an exhibition in 1929 which was raided by the police and several works were confiscated.  
  D H Lawrence died of complications arising from a bout of tuberculosis on the 2nd of March 1930 in Vence, France.  He was 44.

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  Tales of a Pet Vet - Stories...

  Dr. Dawn Filos

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  In stories tailor-made for pet lovers, a seasoned veterinarian shares her good, bad, and messy days on the job—and highlights the undeniable magic of the human-animal bond.Dr. Dawn Filos’s own menagerie of pets, including Willie the woolly monkey, primed her for a. career as a veterinarian. With emotional honesty, Dr. Dawn shares her heartfelt, and often hilarious journey, from nervous novice to seasoned, self-assured doctor. This modern-day James Herriot finds her niche as a house-call vet, with unique, intimate access into the homes and lives of her beloved patients and their human families. She understands with all of her heart that no visit or emergency is too trivial to a pet parent. After reading Tales of a Pet Vet you will never see your own vet the same way.Sometimes heartwarming, sometimes sad, and often hilarious, Tales of a Pet Vet will resonate deeply with pet lovers everywhere.

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  Who is Jeff Bezos? - The Steps...

  Phil Cooper

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  Are You Ready to Learn from the Richest and Most Successful Man Ever? Jeff Bezos is the Man to Learn from. 
  Jeff Bezos isn’t your typical entrepreneur turned billionaire. He could have easily been wealthy and famous for his accomplishments on Wall Street. However, when Bezos saw a glimpse of the Internet’s potential, he jumped on the wagon, only to rule the industry one day. 
  Jeff Bezos had created Amazon from scratch, a company we all rely on today for purchasing almost everything. What started as an online book store is now an e-commerce giant, thanks to Bezos’ unbeatable confidence and relentless drive. The risk-taker did what he promised and turned his dreams into a vision, his vision into goals, and goals into achievements. 
  Let’s learn from the book about his struggles, his achievements, and what he has said about succeeding in any industry and standing out from the crowd.

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  The Witch's Door - Oddities and...

  Ryan Matthew Cohn, Regina M. Rossi

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  A taxidermied monkey named Mr. Peepers. A rare collection of anatomical wax figures for sale in Munich. A Tibetan Kapala skull decorated with bits of coral. Two Charlie McCarthy dolls that may (or may not) be haunted. The incredible memento mori collection of Richard Harris. An actual witch's door. That's all just for starters. 
   
   
   
  Welcome to a world of oddities curated by Regina and Ryan Cohn, trendsetters and tastemakers who have reinvented what the artifact collectors market looks like. Together, they are the founders of Oddities Flea Market, artfully curating a selection of the best artists and collectors at several events across the US throughout the year, with an eye towards expanding globally. In The Witch's Door, Ryan, who starred in the reality television show Oddities, and Regina, who comes from the world of fashion, give us a rare peek behind the curtain into the business of collecting the strange and unusual and the cast of eccentric characters they meet along the way. 
   
   
   
  Ryan and Regina take listeners all over the world, from Brooklyn to Bavaria, giving them the inside scoop on how they purchase artifacts to sell and those they want to keep. Perfect for fans of Oddities, Atlas Obscura, and Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, this collectible book is a must-listen for those happily inclined toward the dark side.

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