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  The Last Jewish Gangster: The...

  David Larson

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  The second installment of this saga of gangland lore follows gregarious gangster, Michael Hardy, further down his twisted criminal path. The Last Jewish Gangster, The Middle Years, starts in 1968 with Hardy sentenced to twelve years in the world’s most dangerous prison in Mexico after taking the rap for his mother’s counterfeiting scheme, hoping to have finally earned her love and respect. Once he’s released from prison, Hardy returns to Brooklyn and tries to go straight, but drifts back into a world of crime. He gets Sammy “the Bull” Gravano to join his crew to pull major heists like kidnapping drug lords for million-dollar ransoms, and robbing cop bag men. To evade the law, he goes to Europe and ends up in Israel where he works on a Kibbutz, touching the hem of his Jewish heritage. Hardy devolves further into a gangster’s life when he returns to Brooklyn, running a finger of the Mob’s Five-Fingers International Car Theft Ring, participating in a stolen airline ticket scam, and doing fourteen hits for the Mob, still hoping his mother will take notice. When she gets busted for the car theft ring, she turns him in to reduce her time. Crushed by his mother’s callous self-interest, Hardy ends up cutting a deal with Rudy Giuliani to nab a dirty cop to reduce his time and negotiate his place in the witness protection program. Relocating to LA under an alias, it doesn’t take long for Hardy to land a gig as muscle for a Hollywood studio and meet his future wife, a sex worker who stole from his mother. The lines between love and revenge begin to blur.

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  The Gift of Anxiety - Harnessing...

  Diante Fuchs

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  Your anxiety has an important message for you. Are you listening?
   
  The mistake most people make with anxiety is trying everything in their power to get rid of it. They may try meditation and breathwork, medication or therapy. The aim is almost always the same: to get rid of anxiety because “anxiety is the problem.”
   
  But anxiety is not the problem.
   
  In fact, anxiety is a necessary and useful emotional response that has played a critical role in our survival for millions of years. Unfortunately, most of us have not been taught what to do with anxiety when it becomes loud and intrusive. So we become afraid of it and view anxiety as a problem we want to solve once and for all.
   
  But getting rid of anxiety is impossible because it’s a natural emotional response. And trying to get rid of it only causes more anxiety because the more we fear anxiety, the more we feel it, until we become anxious about being anxious.
   
  Anxiety comes to use when it has an important message. It is our internal alarm system for potential threats in life. It is designed to keep you safe and alert you to areas of your life that need attention. But when you treat anxiety like it is the problem without paying attention to its message for you, the deeper problems remain, and anxiety only gets louder.
   
  In The Gift of Anxiety, clinical psychologist Diante Fuchs offers a new way to respond to anxiety. Sharing the unique EASE Method for working with anxiety, the book offers a powerful, calm approach that has helped hundreds of people transform their relationship with anxiety and with themselves. With this step-by-step guidance anyone can learn to how to stop fighting anxiety, listen to it, and use it as the gift it truly is.
   
  This book is specifically designed to help those suffering from anxiety find peace one simple step at a time.

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  PREP Your Winning Strategies:...

  Maddox Vexley

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  Unlock Your Potential: Master Winning Strategies for ACT Success! 
  Are you ready to advance your career and enhance your knowledge by achieving outstanding results on the ACT exam? 
  Searching for an all-inclusive guide that equips you with everything you need to excel in the ACT exam? 
  Your quest ends here! 
  This audiobook is your essential resource for deepening your understanding, honing your skills, and engaging in practical exercises that pave your way to success. 
  Updated for the 2024-2025 ACT Exam structure. 
  Key features of this comprehensive guide include: 
  - In-depth insights into the ACT Exam 2024-2025 Certification 
  - Thorough analysis of effective strategies for ACT preparation 
  - Proven techniques for exam readiness and overcoming challenges 
  Our guide stands out for its extensive coverage, which is critical for your success. Concepts are explored in-depth, ensuring you grasp the material fully. 
  Please note that this guide operates independently and is not affiliated with any official ACT organization, serving purely as a resource for your advantage. 
  Crafted with a logical structure and clear language, our ACT Exam Guide ensures seamless transitions between topics. Say goodbye to complicated terminology and embrace straightforward, accurate, and insightful content. 
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  Jackson - The Iron-Willed Commander

  Dr. Paul Vickery, Stephen Mansfield

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  Orphan. Frontiersman. President. The rise of Andrew Jackson to the highest office in America has become a legend of leadership, perseverance, and ambition. Central to Jackson's historic climblong before the White House—was his military service. Scarred permanently as a child by the sword of a British soldier, Jackson grew into an unwavering leader, a general whose charisma and sheer force of personality called to mind those of George Washington a generation earlier. 
  As commander of the Tennessee militia in the War of 1812, Jackson became "Old Hickory," the indomitable spearhead in a series of bloody conflicts with Creek Indians on the southwest frontier. Slight of frame with silver hair that seemed to stand on command, Jackson once stood down a mutinous brigade as an army of one. Then came New Orleans. Author Paul Vickery chronicles Jackson's defining battle and the decisions a single, impassioned commander made to ensure a growing nation could, once and for all, be free of British might. The hero of New Orleans infused America, for the first time, with a sense of nationalism. 
  Jackson was decisive and unforgiving, a commander firmly in his element. In his own words, "One man with courage makes a majority." The lessons of one extraordinary general endure. 
  Accompanying images are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.

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  Voices from Home - Wisdom from...

  Ephraim Osaghae

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  Every human being is part of a bigger family, which is figuratively represented by the family tree. We have roots that extend beyond places and cultures of our current residences. This is particularly true for people in diaspora. Our roots still weigh a lot into our everyday living irrespective of geographical distance and time. Thus, would it not be beneficial to know and explore the advantages in our roots and avoid losing out, and losing deep? This is the main message of this book, "Voices from Home: Wisdom from our Diasporic Roots." 
  •This book will provide inspiration, some incentives, and a compass for teachable minds to explore and tap into the wealth of their roots. 
  •It provides insights on the key dynamics and interplay of cultures, underpinning motivations, and extended family structures of typical first-generation migrants. 
  •It informs global audiences about lived experiences of people of migrant backgrounds starting with the Australian context. 
  •It contributes to the value-adding conversations around the themes of identity, cross-cultural intelligence, sustainable migration, etc. 
  •It provides hints and tips for relevant policy makers, service providers, and other government officials, especially in the areas of sustainable migration. 
  •It is a resource material for intending, new, and emerging migrants as part of preparations for their migration journeys, as well as references for lessons learnt so they can position themselves for more meaningful experiences.

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  The Nature of the Beast

  David J Anderson

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  Does your dog get sad when you leave for the day? Does your cat purr because she loves you? Do bears attack when they’re angry? You can’t very well ask them.  
   
  In fact, scientists haven’t been able to reach a consensus on whether animals even have emotions like humans do, let alone how to study them. Yet studies of animal emotion are critical for understanding human emotion and mental illness. 
   
  In The Nature of the Beast, pioneering neuroscientist David J. Anderson describes a new approach to solving this problem. He and his colleagues have figured out how to study the brain activity of animals as they navigate real-life scenarios, like  
  fleeing a predator or competing for a mate. His research has revolutionized what we know about animal fear and aggression. Here, he explains what studying emotions and related internal brain states in animals can teach us about human  
  behavior, offering new insights into why isolation makes us more aggressive, how sex and violence connect, and whether there’s a link between aggression and mental illness. 
   
  Full of fascinating stories, The Nature of the Beast reconceptualizes how the brain regulates emotions—and explains why we have them at all.

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