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  This Is Your Own Time You’re...

  Lee Parkinson, Adam Parkinson

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  Preorder the new Mr Ps book 'How to Survive the School Year' – out 29/08/24 
  THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER  
  The side-splittingly hilarious and heart-warming book from your favourite teacher duo and hosts of Two Mr Ps in a Pod(cast) 
  Remember the distant days of lockdown and those futile attempts to homeschool distracted, disinterested kids?  
  Parents rejoiced to send them back to school, while teachers prepared to face them all again … Five. Days. A. Week! Coming out the other side of the pandemic years, podcast sensations Lee and Adam Parkinson – aka the Two Mr Ps – bring you the most hilarious, ridiculous anecdotes from inside our primary schools. 
  Join in on the classroom antics as they share the unexpected pitfalls of online teaching, all the reasons you need a strong stomach to take on Early Years and why not every household item makes a suitable Harry Potter wand … 
  This is Your Own Time You're Wasting by Lee Parkinson is a top-rated autobiography that offers a unique perspective on education management. His essays on behavioural aspects, parenting, and family relationships are insightful and engaging, making it a must-read for educators and parents. 
  For fans of James Campbell (Just Go Down to the Road), Ryan Wilson (Let That Be a Lesson), Joe Tracini (Ten Things I Hate About Me), and Rob Wilkins (Terry Pratchett). 
  HarperCollins 2022

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  Wicked Charleston - The Dark...

  Mark R. Jones

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  Wicked Charleston: The Dark Side of the Holy City, by local resident and tour guide Mark R. Jones, explores the dark alleys and seedy characters not often associated with the Charleston of today. 
   
   
   
  A beautiful Southern city distinguished by its opulent homes, towering church steeples, and hospitality, Charleston, South Carolina, has long been associated with the genteel side of Southern living. However, beyond the outward appearances that most people associate with Charleston, there is another side that most visitors and residents would dare not believe is part of the very fabric from which the city's history was woven. From the sexual escapades of an original Lord Proprietor and the comings and goings of the most notorious pirates, to secret brothels and nightclubs, Jones leads the reader back to a time when "drinking, eating, and whoring with more than fifty wenches" was perhaps more common in the Holy City than one may imagine.

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  It's Dangerous to Believe -...

  Anonymous

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  Mary Eberstadt, “one of the most acute and creative social observers of our time,” (Francis Fukuyama) shines a much-needed spotlight on a disturbing trend in American society: discrimination against traditional religious belief and believers, who are being aggressively pushed out of public life by the concerted efforts of militant secularists. 
  In It’s Dangerous to Believe, Mary Eberstadt documents how people of faith—especially Christians who adhere to traditional religious beliefs—face widespread discrimination in today’s increasingly secular society. Eberstadt details how recent laws, court decisions, and intimidation on campuses and elsewhere threaten believers who fear losing their jobs, their communities, and their basic freedoms solely because of their convictions. They fear that their religious universities and colleges will capitulate to aggressive secularist demands. They fear that they and their families will be ostracized or will have to lose their religion because of mounting social and financial penalties for believing. They fear they won’t be able to maintain charitable operations that help the sick and feed the hungry. 
  Is this what we want for our country? 
  Religious freedom is a fundamental right, enshrined in the First Amendment. With It’s Dangerous to Believe Eberstadt calls attention to this growing bigotry and seeks to open the minds of secular liberals whose otherwise good intentions are transforming them into modern inquisitors. Not until these progressives live up to their own standards of tolerance and diversity, she reminds us, can we build the inclusive society America was meant to be.

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  Greatest Indigenous Empires in...

  Editors Charles River

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  The Olmec people are widely recognized as the first major civilization of Mexico and are thus generally regarded as the mother civilization of Mesoamerica, making them the people from which all subsequent Mesoamerican cultures derived. In fact, the term Olmec is thought to have originated with the Aztec people, as Olmec in their Nahuatl language means “the rubber people”, a reference to the inhabitants of the land from which they accessed rubber. By and large, the Olmec culture is perhaps best identifiable by their so-called colossal heads, mammoth basalt head-statues wearing helmet-like headdresses found throughout Olmec habitation sites. 
  	From the moment Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes first found and confronted them, the Aztecs have fascinated the world, and they continue to hold a unique place both culturally and in pop culture. Nearly 500 years after the Spanish conquered their mighty empire, the Aztecs are often remembered today for their major capital, Tenochtitlan, as well as being fierce conquerors of the Valley of Mexico who often engaged in human sacrifice rituals. Ironically, and unlike the Mayans, the Aztecs are not widely viewed or remembered with nuance, in part because their own leader burned extant Aztec writings and rewrote a mythologized history explaining his empire’s dominance less than a century before the Spanish arrived.  
  	While scholars continue to debate whether the Toltec were an actual historical group, there is an added layer of mystery to the fact that the settlement at Tula has a lot in common with the famous Mayan settlement at Chichén Itzá. The architecture and art at both sites are so similar that archaeologists and anthropologists have assumed they had the same cultural influences, even as historians struggle to determine the historical timelines, and thus whether Tula influenced Chichén Itzá or vice versa. 

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  The Antiracism Handbook -...

  PhD Thema Bryant, PhD Edith G....

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  Racism has reached epidemic levels in our country, and every single day we see acts of racial injustice. From police brutality and the prison industrial complex, to crumbling infrastructure and toxic drinking water in predominantly Black neighborhoods—many people have finally opened their eyes to the harsh realities of inequality and systemic racism in America. But awareness isn't enough. We need to take action to create real change. 
   
   
   
  Written by two psychologists and experts in race, identity, equity, and inclusion, The Antiracism Handbook will empower you to make your own personal contribution to creating an antiracist society. You'll find practical, evidence-based tools grounded in psychology to help you recognize and resist racial stereotypes in day-to-day interactions; and strategies to help you communicate with family, loved ones, and children about race and racism. You'll also learn skills to help you navigate race in professional workspaces, and advocate for antiracist politics, policies, and practices in your community, civic, and spiritual life. 
   
   
   
  By shifting your thought patterns and behaviors to cultivate an antiracist mindset, you can actively change your community—and the world—beginning with yourself. This handbook will help you get started now.

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  How to Start a Business - LAUNCH...

  Dwayne Roibnson

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  "How to Start a Business" is an essential book for new and aspiring entrepreneurs. Authored by a serial entrepreneur with a deep understanding of the entrepreneurial journey, it is not just a manual but a beacon for those venturing into the uncharted waters of business creation. 
  What sets this book apart is its uniquely structured 11-step roadmap, which carefully guides readers from ideation to successful business operations. This step-by-step approach demystifies the business creation process, making it accessible to anyone regardless of their previous business experience. Each chapter is a progression, building on the last, which meticulously helps the reader evolve from a concept to a fully operational entity. 
  At the core of this book is its practicality, but what truly sets it apart is its relatability. Unlike many guides offering theoretical knowledge, "How to Start a Business" is brimming with actionable advice drawn directly from the author’s experiences as a serial entrepreneur. The anecdotes of triumph and failure enrich this narrative, making it educational and deeply relatable. 
  The author's passion for entrepreneurship is not just palpable; it's transformative. His favorite excerpt underscores entrepreneurs' monumental impact on our world, emphasizing the transformative power of innovative ideas turned into reality. It’s a rallying call for dreamers and doers alike, inspiring the readers and igniting their own entrepreneurial spirit.

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