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  So You Want to Work in a Museum?

  Tara Young

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  A One-Stop Guide to Museum Careers  
  People who love art, are fascinated by archaeology, or are history buffs may have considered the idea of working in a museum. But experience as a museum visitor reveals only the public-facing side of the museum, and not its complex, dynamic internal structure. So You Want to Work in A Museum? helps to demystify museums as institutions and to prepare prospective museum staff to explore the field further. 
  After reading this book, readers will be able to:  
  Understand how non-profit museums are governed, funded, and staffed, and how they define and meet their missions.Explore museum divisions and departments and specific roles within them--not just prominent roles like directors and curators, but also less visible ones like registrars, preparators, development officers, conservators, and more. 
  Consider the contemporary function of museums, and how yesterday's cabinets of curiosity have evolved into today's community catalysts. Examine how the contemporary function of museums has affected the types of positions available and the work museum staff do on a daily basis. 
  Look at the skills required for different types of positions, and how readers aspiring to work in those positions can best prepare themselves to land their dream jobs and be successful in them. 
  Understand the benefits and potential challenges of working in a museum, and 
  Access a wealth of resources that will inspire further study of the field, and outline next steps to pursue a museum career.

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  Global and Historical...

  Zoey Fraisers

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  Prepare to see world history and international dynamics through an entirely new lens. 
  This revealing collection examines the hidden forces that have shaped our past and continue to influence global affairs today. Drawing from declassified documents and scholarly research, this guide offers critical insights into history and international relations. 
  THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT HISTORICAL EVENTS 
   How pivotal moments in history have been misrepresented in popular accounts. Uncover the concealed motivations behind famous conflicts, the suppressed perspectives of marginalized groups, and how historical narratives are crafted to serve political ends. 
  THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT HISTORICAL FIGURES 
   The complex realities behind idealized or vilified historical personalities. Explore how cultural heroes often had troubling beliefs, supposed villains showed unexpected humanity, and how nuanced individuals are flattened into simplistic caricatures. 
  THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 
   The hidden mechanisms driving nation-state behaviors beyond official diplomatic channels. Discover how economic interests frequently override stated values, the role of intelligence operations in shaping world events, and the power dynamics that determine which voices influence global policy. 
  THE SHOCKING TRUTH ABOUT INTERNATIONAL AID 
   The gap between humanitarian intentions and on-the-ground impacts. Learn how aid programs can perpetuate dependency, how funding is diverted from intended recipients, and which approaches actually deliver sustainable improvements versus those that primarily serve donor interests. 
  Knowledge creates informed citizens. 
  This essential guide transforms your understanding of history and global affairs, moving beyond simplistic narratives to reveal the complex truths that shape our world.

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  The Emperors of Rome - A...

  Rogan Fish

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  The Founding Emperors of Rome laid the groundwork for the Roman Empire, marking a shift from the Roman Republic to imperial rule. Augustus, Tiberius, and Caligula stand as the pivotal figures in this transformation, each shaping the empire in distinct ways. 
  Augustus, born Gaius Octavius, was the first emperor and one of the most successful leaders in Roman history. His reign, from 27 BCE to 14 CE, ushered in the Pax Romana, a period of relative peace and prosperity. Augustus was not only a military genius but also a skilled politician who effectively consolidated power. By presenting himself as the restorer of the Roman Republic, he maintained a delicate balance between autocratic rule and the preservation of traditional republican institutions. Augustus implemented numerous reforms, including the establishment of a professional standing army and a system of taxation that stabilized the empire’s finances. His legacy is marked by the expansion of Roman territory and the establishment of Rome as the center of the ancient world. 
  Following Augustus, his stepson Tiberius became emperor in 14 CE. Tiberius' reign is often seen as a contrast to Augustus. While Augustus sought to maintain the image of republican values, Tiberius became increasingly reclusive and suspicious, particularly in the later years of his reign. His reign was marked by significant military achievements, including the consolidation of Rome’s frontiers in Germania and the Balkans, but his reign was also tainted by political purges and a growing atmosphere of distrust. Tiberius left the throne to his adopted son Caligula, but the political instability and paranoia of his reign would have lasting consequences on the empire.

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  Make Yourselves Gods - Mormons...

  Peter Coviello

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  From the perspective of Protestant America, nineteenth-century Mormons were the victims of a peculiar zealotry, a population deranged––socially, sexually, even racially––by the extravagances of belief they called “religion.” Make Yourselves Gods offers a counter-history of early Mormon theology and practice, tracking the Saints from their emergence as a dissident sect to their renunciation of polygamy at century’s end. 
    
  Over these turbulent decades, Mormons would appear by turns as heretics, sex-radicals, refugees, anti-imperialists, colonizers, and, eventually, reluctant monogamists and enfranchised citizens. Reading Mormonism through a synthesis of religious history, political theology, native studies, and queer theory, Peter Coviello deftly crafts a new framework for imagining orthodoxy, citizenship, and the fate of the flesh in nineteenth-century America. What emerges is a story about the violence, wild beauty, and extravagant imaginative power of this era of Mormonism—an impassioned book with a keen interest in the racial history of sexuality and the unfinished business of American secularism.

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  Fall of Rome and Constantinople...

  Charles River Editors

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  For the people of the ancient Mediterranean and beyond, the city of Rome had been a symbol of power for centuries, and entering the early 5th century CE, the Eternal City hadn’t been taken by an enemy force since the Gauls had done it about 800 years earlier, an unheard of period of tranquility in a world wracked with almost constant warfare. 
  	Thus, when the Visigoths, whom the Romans considered uncultured and inferior, took the city of Rome and sacked it in 410, the world was stunned. It made theologians of the newly Christianized empire question God’s plan on Earth, and it encouraged many leading Romans to look east to Constantinople for their future. Indeed, the Western Roman Empire would completely collapse in the late 5th century, less than 70 years after the Visigoths sacked Rome, and just how it went from being a superpower to a poorly led, weak, and vulnerable shadow of its former self has preoccupied historians for centuries.  
  To this day, it remains difficult to trace just when the decline began, but it’s fair to say that the sack of Rome was the result of a number of factors that had been coalescing for many years. 	In the end, the fall of the Roman Empire was not a tale of cataclysmic events that shattered the sprawling power, but the culmination of centuries of internal dissent and decay, combined with growing external threats that led to gradual decline and eventually to the empire’s final destruction.  
  	In terms of geopolitics, perhaps the most seminal event of the Middle Ages was the successful Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453. The city had been an imperial capital as far back as the 4th century, when Constantine the Great shifted the power center of the Roman Empire there, effectively establishing two almost equally powerful halves of antiquity’s greatest empire. Constantinople would continue to serve as the capital of the Byzantine Empire even after the Western half of the Roman Empire collapsed.

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  Badass Affirmations - The Wit...

  Becca Anderson

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  Even a badass needs positive affirmations. No one leaps out of bed knowing they're amazing and about to have an incredible day. We find ourselves rushing around, working hard to please others—and often we find ourselves making everyone happy but our own damn selves. Badass Affirmations is here to stop the negativity with positive quotes and affirmations from powerful women. 
   
   
   
  Discover strong women quotes and encouraging self-affirmations. In Badass Affirmations, positive living and affirmation queen Becca Anderson reminds you that you are pretty darn great. Inside this motivational quotes and affirmations book, you'll be fired up by inspirational quotes for women, by women. Alongside these women empowerment quotes, you'll gain new knowledge of the badass ladies who have left their mark on the world with a mix of short bios and longer profiles. And when you're done learning from other fierce females, you can work on affirming yourself with uplifting journal prompts. 
   
   
   
  Badass Affirmations will help you: 
   
   
   
  ● Learn the habit of affirming yourself daily 
   
   
   
  ● Empower yourself and strengthen your self-esteem 
   
   
   
  ● Be encouraged by words of wit and wisdom

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