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  Vote With Your Phone - Why...

  Bradley Tusk

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  Gun Control. Abortion. From the halls of Congress, it may seem that Americans are bitterly polarized on the biggest policy issues of the day. But Americans are not as divided as we think, and polls show that most of us largely agree on even the most divisive issues. The problem lies in how we vote. 
   
    
   
  Politics is more extreme because only the most extreme voters turn out in primaries. And with politicians prioritizing reelection above all else, they shun compromise, feed this extremism, and get rewarded for it. If a lot more people vote, the views of the electorate become more mainstream, and our politicians and policies will shift to the center. 
   
    
   
  Mobile voting is the solution. We do just about everything on our phones, and yet we still can't use them to vote. But the technology exists, provides enhanced security over traditional paper ballots, and it could exponentially increase voter turnout. 
   
    
   
  Including essays by Martin Luther King Jr. III, David Hogg, and other prominent political figures, Vote with Your Phone shows us that a solution to restoring faith in our representative democracy is right in the palm of our hands.

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  Uncle Tom's Cabin: The Icon...

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

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  Uncle Tom's Cabin is an antislavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the [American] Civil War". 
    
  Stowe, a Connecticutborn woman of English descent, was part of the religious Beecher family and an active abolitionist. She wrote the sentimental novel to depict the reality of slavery while also asserting that Christian love could overcome slavery. The novel focuses on the character of Uncle Tom, a longsuffering black slave around whom the stories of the other characters revolve. 
    
  Uncle Tom's Cabin was the bestselling novel and the second bestselling book of the 19th century, following the Bible, and is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. The impact attributed to the book was so great that a likely apocryphal story arose of Abraham Lincoln meeting Stowe at the start of the Civil War and declaring, "So this is the little lady who started this great war." 
    
  The book and the plays it inspired helped popularize a number of negative stereotypes about black people including that of the namesake character "Uncle Tom", with the term now used to describe an excessively subservient person. These associations with Uncle Tom's Cabin have, to an extent, overshadowed the historical impact of the book as a "vital antislavery tool". However, the novel stands as a "landmark" in protest literature with later books such as The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and Silent Spring by Rachel Carson owing a large debt to it A oneofakind audio encounter for lovers of history, literature, spiritual texts, and inspirational writing. 
    
   

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  Niho Taniwha - Improving...

  Melanie Riwai-Couch

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  Niho Taniwha equips educators with culturally responsive practices to better serve and empower Māori students and their whānau.
  The book is centred around the Niho Taniwha model in which both the learner and the teacher move through three phases in the teaching and learning process: Whai, Ako and Mau.
  Educational success for Māori students is about more than academic achievement – it includes all aspects of hauora (health and wellbeing). This book demonstrates how to create learning environments that encompass self-esteem, happiness and engagement in Māori language, identity and culture.
  While Niho Taniwha presents challenging topics, the book has a practical focus that supports teachers in how to implement the model.
  Niho Taniwha will challenge and motivate the reader to improve their learning and teaching environment.

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  A Dignified Life - Revised and...

  MPH David Troxel, MSW Virginia Bell

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  More than 5 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer's disease or a related form of dementia. By the year 2030, experts estimate that as many as 66 million people will be faced with this life-altering disease. These statistics impact millions of caregivers. Compared with all types of caregivers, those who assist someone with dementia experience the highest levels of burnout, depression, poor health, and premature death. A Dignified Life, Revised and Expanded offers hope and help. 
   
   
   
  Ten years ago, the first edition of A Dignified Life changed the way the caregiving community approached Alzheimer's disease by showing caregivers how to act as a Best Friend to the person. Firmly grounded in the latest knowledge about dementia, this expanded edition offers a wealth of tips and advice. 
   
   
   
  While medical treatment of the disease hasn't changed, our understanding and awareness of treating people in a more caring way has changed. With no cure, respectful care by effective and compassionate care partners is the only real "treatment" available. The Best Friends Approach is successful because it sustains people's connection to their world, their loved ones, and themselves. A Dignified Life shows how to bring dignity, meaning, and peace of mind to the lives of both those who have Alzheimer's and dementia and those who care for them.

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  Meditations + Meditaciones...

  Marco Aurelio

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  If you're looking to enjoy a classic book and improve your English or Spanish, then you're in luck. This is the bilingual bundle of Meditations / Meditaciones by Marcus Aurelius / Marco Aurelio in both English & Spanish. There's no better way to learn a language than by familiarizing yourself with a text and putting your knowledge to the test. Listen in your native language and then switch over to your secondary language to see how much you're retaining. Over time, you'll learn so much just by listening. We hope you enjoy this classic in one or both languages of your choosing. This book is also available in either English or Spanish through your favorite marketplace.This book works as follows:1) The first narrator will read a English translation of a chapter2) The second narrator will read a Spanish translation of a chapter3) it will alternate back and forth between English & Spanish.*Please note that these translations are not identical. It is the same core book, however they are not 1:1 translations.*Si quiere disfrutar un libro clásico y mejorar su conocimiento de español o inglés, tiene suerte. Esta edición de Meditaciones contiene el libro completo en español y ingles. No hay una manera mejor de aprender un idioma que conocer un texto y escucharlo en dos idiomas. Escúchalo en su idioma primero y entonces escúchalo en su idioma segundaria para comprender cuanto aprendiste. En tiempo, aprenderás mucho simplemente por escuchar y conocer el texto. Esperamos que se disfrute con este libro clásico en dos idiomas. Este libro también se puede comparar en solamente un idioma, si quiere. Búscalo en su tienda favorita de audiolibros.Este libro funciona así:1)	El narrador primero leerá la versión inglesa de un capitulo2)	El narrador segundo leerá la versión española de un capitulo3)	Cambiará entre inglés y español por todo el libro*Las traducciones no son exactamente iguales entre la versión inglesa y la versión española.*

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  Meditations (meditations marcus...

  Marcus Aurelius

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  “Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius is a timeless collection of philosophical reflections written by the Roman Emperor during moments of solitude and self-examination. Rooted in Stoic philosophy, the work explores themes such as self-discipline, mortality, resilience, and the pursuit of virtue amidst the burdens of leadership. This edition features the classic English translation by Meric Casaubon, whose 17th-century prose preserves the gravity, elegance, and moral clarity of the original text. Casaubon’s translation offers readers a dignified and reflective tone that mirrors the emperor’s own austere worldview, making it ideal for those seeking both philosophical insight and a literary experience steeped in historical character. 
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