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  Twenty Thousand Leagues Under...

  Jules Verne

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  "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" is a masterpiece of adventure literature written by Jules Verne and first published in 1870. This captivating novel takes readers on an extraordinary journey through the mysterious depths of the world's oceans.
  
  The story begins when Professor Aronnax, a distinguished French scientist, is enlisted by the government to join an expedition to investigate mysterious encounters with an unknown marine creature. Accompanied by his faithful servant Conseil and the daring harpooner Ned Land, Aronnax boards the futuristic submarine Nautilus, commanded by the enigmatic Captain Nemo.
  
  As they journey beneath the waves, the protagonists discover a remarkable and fascinating underwater world, teeming with natural wonders, strange creatures, and spectacular landscapes. However, they also face deadly dangers, fierce storms, and encounters with enemy ships.
  
  During their voyage, Professor Aronnax and his companions come to know Captain Nemo, a mysterious man seeking freedom and revenge against the oppression he has endured. The Nautilus becomes their home, but also a symbol of freedom and adventure.
  
  Beyond its thrilling narrative, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" explores profound themes such as exploration, human nature, technology, freedom, and the consequences of obsession. The work offers reflection on the complex relationship between man and nature, as well as on the limits of human knowledge.
  
  Through mesmerizing prose, Jules Verne transports readers into a breathtaking universe where imagination merges with reality, where the mysteries of the deep sea slowly unfold, and where adventure becomes a timeless quest into the unknown. "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" remains a literary classic that continues to captivate readers worldwide, plunging them into the abysses of imagination and adventure.

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  From Empire to Revolution - Sir...

  Greg Brooking

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  From Empire to Revolution is the first biography devoted to an in-depth examination of the life and conflicted career of Sir James Wright (1716–1785). Greg Brooking uses Wright's life as a means to better understand the complex struggle for power in both colonial Georgia and the larger British Empire. 
   
   
   
  James Wright lived a transatlantic life, taking advantage of every imperial opportunity afforded him. He earned numerous important government posts and amassed an incredible fortune. An England-born grandson of Sir Robert Wright, James Wright was raised in Charleston, South Carolina, following his father's appointment as the chief justice of that colony. Young James served South Carolina in a number of capacities, public and ecclesiastical, prior to his admittance to London's famed Gray's Inn to study law. Most notably, he was appointed South Carolina's attorney general and colonial agent to London prior to becoming the governor of Georgia in 1761. 
   
   
   
  Wright's long imperial career delicately balanced dual loyalties to Crown and colony and offers a new perspective on loyalism and the American Revolution. Through this lens, Greg Brooking connects several important contexts in recent early American and British scholarship, including imperial and Atlantic history, Indigenous borderlands, race and slavery, and popular politics.

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  The Upstander - How Surviving...

  Jori Epstein, Michael Berenbaum

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  The stench of decay pierced the air aboard the boxcar of trapped Jews. "Why me?" fifteen-year-old Max asked himself, as a convoy rumbled from the Warsaw Ghetto to Majdanek death camp in May 1943. 
   
   
   
  The Nazis had destroyed the Glauben family's business, upended their rights, and ultimately decimated their neighborhood. The deluge of questions would only intensify after the Nazis murdered Max's mother, father, and brother. Max channeled grit and determination to outlast six horrific concentration camps in his quest to survive. 
   
   
   
  This memoir explores Max's mischievous childhood and teen years as a go-to ghetto smuggler. Max journeys from displaced person to American immigrant and Korean veteran. He reveals how he ached as he dared to court love and rear children. For decades, he bottled up his trauma. Then he realized: He could transform his pain into purpose. 
   
   
   
  Infused with raw emotion and vivid detail, historical records and Max's poignant voice, this memoir relays the true story of the dehumanization Max endured. It also relays Max's powerful lifetime commitment to actively thwarting hate and galvanizing resilience. Max insists you, too, can transform your adversity into your greatest strength.

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  Who Is a Worthy Mother? - An...

  Rebecca Wellington

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  Nearly every person in the United States is affected by adoption. In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, the renewed debate over women's reproductive rights places an even greater emphasis on adoption. Wellington's timely—and deeply researched—account amplifies previously marginalized voices and exposes the social and racial biases embedded in the United States' adoption industry. 
   
   
   
  The history of adoption is rarely told from an adoptee's perspective. Wellington remedies this gap by framing the chronicle of adoption in America using her own life story. As she reckons with the pain and unanswered questions of her own experience, she explores broader issues surrounding adoption in the United States, including changing legal policies, sterilization and compulsory relinquishment programs, forced assimilation of babies of color and Indigenous babies adopted into white families, and other liabilities. 
   
   
   
  According to Wellington, US adoption practices in America are shrouded in secrecy, for they frequently cast shame on unmarried women, women struggling with fertility, and "illegitimate" babies and children. As the United States once again finds itself embroiled in heated disputes over women's bodily autonomy Wellington's book offers a unique and much-needed frame of reference.

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  Prison Days: Recruitment

  Simon King

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  Think you have what it takes? 
  You’ve taken the tour, followed Simon King through some of the darkest moments behind the walls of maximum-security. You’ve witnessed the violence, the depravity, the mind-blowing heartbreak through the eyes of a prison officer. Now, it’s your turn, to see if you measure up to the task of filling these boots. 
  Follow Simon for another trip behind the walls, as he introduces you to the possibilities, the pitfalls, the dangers, and the life of a maximum-security prison officer. Discover the roles, the tasks, the day-to-day schedule as you contemplate a career inside. Learn the tips and tricks to communicating with inmates, surviving confrontations, and ultimately making it out alive. If you’ve ever been curious whether you have what takes to work on the inside, here’s your chance. 
  Prison Days: Recruitment is the next chapter in the Prison Days series, with Simon King turning the tables on those who dare consider a role behind the razor wire.

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  Morningstar - A True Story and...

  Yoshai'el Ben Adam

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  Morningstar—A Revelation is not a memoir, not self-help, not a manifesto. It’s a sacred transmission—an activation disguised as a book. A divine interruption. A radical transformation. A map out of religious trauma, repression, and powerlessness.It doesn’t aim to inspire. It’s meant to wake you up. 
  Inside, follow the true story of Yoshai’el Ben Adam—from childhood neglect and abandonment that spark spiritual visions to combat trauma that unlocks a soul’s full memory and forces him to choose between an easy life of delusion, or the fire of truth and revelation. It starts as war memoir, turns into a comeback story, and ends as a transmission from beyond time. 
  The Descent — Abuse, addiction, abandonment, and the soul-forging fire of darkness. 
  The Revelation — War tears the veil. Visions return. A woman appears. Portals open. His soul is named. 
  The Weight — Success collapses. Ego dies. Then come seven sacred thunderclaps—received, not written. 
  Each Resound dismantles a system of control and gives a key to liberation:Illusion of Authority — Religion, currency, identity were designed to bind you.The Four Horsemen — Conquest, war, famine, death wear suits: illusion, scarcity, fear.The Wall of Seven Denials — The sacred was shamed. Mary broke the wall. That’s why she was erased.The Lost Initiations of Jesus — Christ was trained. Human. Meant to be repeated.Energetic Architecture of Creation — Geometry, alchemy, frequency—miracles as mechanics.Restored Spiritual Technology — Sight, memory, embodiment—tools buried by dogma, now revived.Post-Collapse Blueprint — New Earth: conscious systems, tactical designs for what’s coming next. 
  What he remembers—you’ve suspected your whole life. 
  And you were right.

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