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  The Life of Kings - The...

  Frederic B Hill, Stephens Broening

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  In an age when local daily papers with formerly robust reporting are cutting sections and even closing their doors, the contributors to The Life of Kings celebrate the heyday of one such paper, the Baltimore Sun, when it set the agenda for Baltimore, was a force in Washington, and extended its reach around the globe. Contributors like David Simon, creator of HBO’s The Wire, and renowned political cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher (better known as KAL), tell what it was like to work in what may have been the last golden age of American newspapers -- when journalism still seemed like “the life of kings” that H.L. Mencken so cheerfully remembered. The writers in this volume recall the standards that made the Sun and other fine independent newspapers a bulwark of civic life for so long. Their contributions affirm that the core principles they followed are no less imperative for the new forms of journalism: a strong sense of the public interest in whose name they were acting, a reverence for accuracy, and an obligation

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  A Rare Recording of Five Famous...

  Various Various

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  Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933 to May 17, 1947), foaled in Lexington, Kentucky, on May 23, 1933, from the mare Swing On and sire Hard Tack, a son of Man o' War, was a champion thoroughbred racehorse in the United States that became the top money-winning racehorse up to the 1940s. He beat the 1937 Triple Crown winner, War Admiral, by four lengths in a two-horse special at Pimlico and was voted American Horse of the Year for 1938. Seabiscuit has been immortalized in books and films, including the Shirley Temple film, The Story of Seabiscuit (1949); the book, Seabiscuit: An American Legend (1999) by Laura Hillenbrand, along with the film adaptation of Hillenbrand's book, Seabiscuit (2003), that was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The following recordings include the Third Annual Santa Anita Handicap raced on February 27, 1937; the Fourth Annual Santa Anita Handicap raced on March 5, 1938; a Match Race between Seabiscuit and Ligaroti held at Del Mar, California August 12, 1938; a Match Race between Seabiscuit and War Admiral at Pimlico Race Course, Baltimore, MD – dubbed the “Match of the Century” – held on November 1, 1938; and the Sixth Annual Santa Anita Handicap raced on March 2, 1940.

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  Bigger & Fancier Words That...

  Albert B. Squid

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  You thought Big & Fancy Words was the peak of wordy greatness? Think again. The sequel is here—and it’s even bigger, fancier, and smarter…er than before! 
   Just like the first audiobook, Bigger & Fancier Words gives you one impressive word a day, but this time the vocabulary is turned up a notch. These aren’t just words to know—they’re words to drop casually into conversations to sound suspiciously brilliant. Every word comes with a clear definition, a hilariously memorable sentence, plus synonyms and antonyms to round it all out. That’s right—your brain is about to get a vocabulary glow-up. 
  Whether you're training for the SATs, flexing in a group chat, trying to impress your dog, or finally taking down your uncle in a heated Scrabble match, this audiobook is your secret weapon. With 366 fresh, brain-tingling words, easy enough to remember, weirdly fun to use, and actually useful in real life (and maybe even your diary, if you're into that). 
  Ready to out-word yourself? Grab Bigger & Fancier Words That Might Make You Even Smarter…er and let the wordy magic begin—again.

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  Friction - Why we're paying...

  Eliot Mannoia

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  Why the life we made easier still feels hard to live 
  "Eliot Mannoia asks a quiet yet unsettling question: what makes us human in a world where life no longer presents us with challenges?" — Prof. Dr. Sabine T. Köszegi, Chair of the UNESCO Advisory Board on AI Ethics, Austria 
  We take the escalator all day, then pay a gym to climb its stairs. We download meditation apps to recover the stillness our devices helped erode. We swipe for connection in cities packed with people. A multi-trillion-dollar wellness industry now sells back the effort, focus, and texture that ordinary life once gave us for free. 
  In Friction, Eliot Mannoia names a defining contradiction of modern life: we pay once for the technologies that remove friction, and again for the products and services that sell it back to us. 
  Drawing on observations from London to Tokyo to São Paulo, Mannoia introduces the idea of Artificial Hardship: the deliberate reintroduction of challenge, effort, and presence into lives made too frictionless. He connects the dots between the wellness boom, rising loneliness, and our growing hunger for meaning, depth, and human contact. 
  Friction is not anti-technology. It is a deeply researched, practical guide for living well with progress without losing the parts of ourselves that convenience cannot replace. 
  Inside, you’ll find:A close look at the impact of technology on our next generationThe Human Curve: why the winding path matters more than the straight oneThe Friction Compass: a practical tool for deciding when to add effort and when to remove itStrange Symmetry: how humans grow more efficient and machines grow more emotionally fluent, and where they meet 
  A book for anyone who senses that something essential is being smoothed away. 
  For readers of Stolen Focus, Four Thousand Weeks, Dopamine Nation, and How to Do Nothing.

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  Influence for Jesus - How to...

  Kirby Kelly, Joe Navarro, Jacob...

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  In a world of influencers, content creation, and constant pressure to perform, it's never been harder to know who you really are—or what you're here to do. Influence for Jesus shows how to take your talents and presence in everyday life and mobilize them for the Kingdom. Through short chapters, insightful reflections, and impactful conversation, build your character and leadership skills to combine your faith and influence to engage with community through love and integrity. 
  We're all influencing someone, whether we realize it or not. In a culture driven by visibility, platform, and the pressure to be "enough," Influence for Jesus is a timely call to live for something deeper: eternity. This book is a bold, practical, and deeply personal guide for Christians who want to use their voice, gifts, and presence, online and in real life, to reflect Christ and make a Kingdom impact. From content creator to student ministry leader to everyday believers navigating faith in a noisy world, Influence for Jesus will equip you to live on purpose, with purpose, and to see the value in making heaven crowded. 
  Written by four passionate Christian content creators with a collective reach of over ten million followers, this collaborative work combines compelling biblical teaching, real-life stories, and actionable reflections designed to help readers step into their God-given influence in their specific contexts and communities. 
  Through 40 short, compelling chapters, this book will help you:Learn how small, intentional actions can create ripples of change in your family, workplace, and community.Find freedom from the myth that influence requires a platform and discover the power of everyday moments.Gain practical tools to strengthen your relationships and inspire those closest to you.Uncover the hidden opportunities to lead and uplift others in the spaces you already occupy, both online and in-personTransform your daily interactions into meaningful connections that leave a lasting impact for Christ 
    
  With daily questions to consider and action steps to take, this book is your next step to creating a life of meaningful impact, one intentional moment at a time. Your life is already speaking to the people around you. It's time to embrace the unique opportunity to lead, love, and inspire, whether it's in your small group or to people around the world through social media—because life isn't about your fame or following; it's about faithfulness in making Jesus's name known.

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  Lenses of Humanity - How...

  PhD Kyle A. Reyes

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  Reframing Our Impact on Humanity
  
  Are you finding it difficult to positively engage with people who view the world differently than you do?
  
  Do you feel the heaviness of our societal and political divides?
  
  Have you seen evidence of the erosion of humanity?
  
  The important work of human and cultural understanding has been nested in thorny political agendas that often don’t invite healthy exchange. Rather than feed into the political divide, Dr. Kyle Reyes presents an approach to understanding differences that prioritizes humanity.
  
  The framework and structure of this book are born from the belief in lens development—the deliberate effort to see things anew—because when we see things anew, a change in our behavior follows. Humanity requires work unique to the individual and the collective, and Dr. Reyes introduces a new framework that invites us to improve how we show up in the world and engage with others.
  
  Personal growth and transformation come from honest reflection and self-analysis. In Lenses of Humanity, Dr. Reyes illustrates how we can improve and develop more human understanding, embrace humane practices, and find deeper connections across differences so we can be more deliberate in living our lives with greater humanity.

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