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  Spirit of a Hummingbird -...

  Felicia Thai Heath

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  In Spirit of a Hummingbird, Felicia Thai Heath, the daughter of Vietnamese and Chinese immigrants who met in the United States, gives us a disquieting, eventful memoir based on her early childhood on the run with her father—a notorious Vietnamese kingpin and escaped convict—and her conflicted mother. Clever and mature beyond her age, young Felicia experienced poverty and witnessed abuse as her dysfunctional family bounced around in the United States and Canada. Amid all the tumult and terror, she found ways to love her family, educate herself, navigate her world, and discover her potential. Now she must decide how to live with the past—and whether her future can include her father.Spirit of a Hummingbird is an uncompromising look at family trauma, betrayal, fear, and helplessness and an inspiring testament to resilience, healing, and forgiveness.

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  The Complete Strategy Leadership...

  Sun Tzu, Marcus Aurelius, Hermes...

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  Five Great Traditions. One Powerful Journey. 
  The Complete Strategy, Leadership, Philosophy, Stoicism & Hermeticism Classic Collection is the all-in-one audiobook for mastering life’s greatest challenges—from leading others to conquering the self. 
  This anthology includes the world’s most enduring works of wisdom, from military manuals and political treatises to spiritual teachings and philosophical dialogues—fully modernized and narrated with clarity and impact. 
  This audiobook includes: 
  - The Art of War by Sun Tzu 
  - The Prince and The Art of War by Machiavelli 
  - The Book of Five Rings by Musashi 
  - On War by Clausewitz 
  - Commentaries by Julius Caesar 
  - Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 
  - Letters from a Stoic by Seneca 
  - The Enchiridion by Epictetus 
  - The Kybalion, Corpus Hermeticum, Emerald Tablets, and Asclepius 
  - The Republic by Plato, Politics by Aristotle, and Beyond Good and Evil by Nietzsche,  
  And many more... 
  Each work is introduced with historical background and adapted for flow and meaning in today’s world. 
  Listen today—and begin mastering strategy, spirit, and self.

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  Story Of Akbar and Birbal:...

  Saurabh Kumar

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  Birbal was dominant in the court of Emperor Akbar. Birbal's cleverness and understanding had made him special to the king. For this reason many people in the court were jealous of Birbal. Emperor Akbar's brother-in-law was also among these people. Brother-in-law never left any opportunity to humiliate Birbal, but every time he had to face defeat. Being the brother of the Begum, even the king did not say anything to him.

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  Never Forget Our People Were...

  Benjamin Todd Jealous

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  “One of the nation’s most prominent civil rights leaders” (Washington Post), a New York Times bestselling author, community organizer, investigative journalist, Ivy League professor, and former head of the NAACP, Ben Jealous draws from a life lived on America’s racial fault line to deliver a series of gripping and lively parables that call on each of us to reconcile, heal, and work fearlessly to make America one nation. 
  Never Forget Our People Were Always Free illuminates for each of us how the path to healing America’s broken heart starts with each of us having the courage to heal our own.The son of parents who had to leave Maryland because their cross-racial marriage was illegal, Ben Jealous’ lively, courageous and empathetic storytelling calls on every American to look past deeply-cut divisions and recognize we are all in the same boat now. Along the way Jealous grapples with hidden American mysteries, including:Why do white men die from suicide more often than black men die from murder?How did racial profiling kill an American president?What happens when a Ku Klux Klansman wrestles with what Jesus actually said? How did Dave Chappelle know the DC Snipers were Black? Why shouldn't the civil rights movement give up on rednecks?When is what we have collectively forgotten about race more important than what we actually know?What do the most indecipherable things our elders say tell us about ourselves? 
   Told as a series of parables, Never Forget Our People Were Always Free features intimate glimpses of political, and faith leaders as different as Jack Kemp, Stacey Abrams, and the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu and heroes as unlikely as a retired constable, a female pirate from Madagascar, a long lost Irishman, a death row inmate, and a man with a confederate flag over his heart. 
  More than anything, Never Forget Our People Were Always Free offers readers hope America’s oldest wounds can heal and her oldest divisions be overcome. 
  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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  Hottentot Venus – The Story of...

  Monica Clark

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  Step into the captivating life of Saartjie Baartman, an ordinary and curious 18-year-old whose dreams led her from the familiar shores of Cape Town to the distant lands of England and Paris. Little did she know that her voyage would take a tragic turn, transforming her life into a harrowing tale of exploitation and dehumanization.
   
  
   
  In this powerful biography, Saartjie’s true story is finally given a voice, allowing her to recount her experiences firsthand. From the initial promise of work as a nursery maid to the shocking reality of being displayed as an object of desire in London and Paris, her journey is one of heartbreak, resilience, and survival.
   
  
   
  As you delve into Saartjie’s own words, you will bear witness to the fear and anguish of a displaced soul in foreign lands. Her poignant narrative sheds light on the struggles faced by countless individuals torn from their homelands, forced to navigate the trials of being foreign 
  nationals in strange and unwelcoming territories.
   
  
   
  Supported by meticulous research and accurate references, this book also draws a striking parallel to the present day, where the erosion of human rights continues to fuel the alarming rise of human trafficking and bonded labor. Saartjie’s story serves as a timeless reminder of the enduring fight for justice and equality, resonating even more powerfully in a world that grapples with these same issues two centuries later.
   
  
   
  Hottentot Venus is a tribute to a remarkable woman who suffered the indignities of exploitation, but whose legacy fuels the ongoing struggle for dignity and human rights. Her voice, once silenced, now echoes through these pages, urging us to confront our past, understand our present, and forge a more compassionate future.

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  Beggars Belief - Stories From...

  Gerald Diffey

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  Gerald Diffey has spent four decades immersed in the world of food, wine and hospitality, from early days waiting tables in old English hotels to establishing two of the best places in the world to drink and eat: the award-winning Gerald’s Bar in North Carlton– Heston Blumenthal described it as ‘a proper, proper old-fashioned sort of bar’– and Gerald’s Bar in San Sebastian. 
  Beggars Belief is a collection of funny, poignant, insightful and just plain ludicrous stories from Gerald’s life in kitchens and behind bars: his formative years in the UK, memories of food and family; tales and tips from forty years of service; journeys and meals, people and places, from lunch on the side of a volcano in Sicily to dinner on a beach in East Timor; stories and recipes and drinks suggestions from North Carlton and San Sebastian; vignettes, slices of life, observations. 
  ‘Romance,’ writes Gerald in the introduction. ‘That’s what I sell. Sensual pleasures. Sights, sounds, smells, touch, taste. Cyrano de Bergerac said: “I have tried to live my whole life with panache.” If I said that, I’d sound like a twat. But you get the drift. I’m off to bone some quails.’

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