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  Who Owns This Sentence? - A...

  David Bellos, Alexandre Montagu

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  Copyright is everywhere. Your smartphone incorporates thousands of items of intellectual property. Someone owns the reproduction rights to photographs of your dining table. At this very moment, battles are raging over copyright in the output of artificial intelligence programs. Not only books but wallpaper, computer programs, pop songs, cartoon characters, snapshots, and cuddly toys are now deemed to be intellectual properties—making copyright a labyrinthine construction of laws with colorful and often baffling rationales covering almost all products of human creativity. 
   
   
   
  It wasn't always so. Copyright has its roots in eighteenth-century London, where it was first established to limit printers' control of books. But a handful of little-noticed changes in the late twentieth century brought about a new enclosure of the cultural commons, concentrating ownership of immaterial goods in very few hands. Copyright's metastasis can't be understood without knowing its backstory, a long tangle of high ideals, low greed, opportunism, and word-mangling that allowed poems and novels (and now, even ringtones and databases) to be treated as if they were no different from farms and houses. Principled arguments against copyright arose from the start and nearly abolished it in the nineteenth century. Nonetheless, countless revisions have made copyright ever stronger.

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  Colonial North Carolina

  Joe A. Mobley

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  Historian Joe A. Mobley recounts events in the Carolinas from prehistory and the first settlement by colonists through North Carolina's emergence as a state in a new, democratic nation. The history of North Carolina began before the first European explorers gazed upon its shores. Its Native inhabitants had long dominated the land and waterways. Before the colonial era ended vast numbers of English, Scottish, Swiss, Germans, French, Welsh and Africans had immigrated to North Carolina, pushing Native Americans to the margins and leaving their mark on the culture of the colony. In some ways, colonial North Carolina was unique in the early American experience. The peculiar configuration of the Outer Banks limited its commercial opportunities, but the colony was very much a part of the Atlantic world.

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  Training Oliver - a gay love story

  Jason Fronde

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  In the sun-soaked Florida paradise of the Royal Palms beach resort, the cute young British Gabe Tinsdale is working as poolside waiter and bartender. Where he serves numerous cocktails to the handsome young Southern charmer Oliver Hunter, as he lounges showing his stunning body off by the pool. Gabe navigates the delicate line between the hotel guest and something more with Oliver. While Oliver is drawn to the very attractive but reserved Gabe, finding the way to his heart a puzzle he wants to solve. 
  After weeks of playful flirtation, Oliver dares Gabe to step out of his comfort zone and go on a date. Sharing a secluded beach and a romantic surprise picnic under the stars, the two young men find themselves explore their budding connection. Opening up with each other Gabe must to learn let his guard down, as he begins to train Oliver about new possibilities… Together, they embark on a journey of self-discovery, intimacy, and the promise of love, and a very big unexpected surprise from the shy British Gabriel.

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  Ancient History - A...

  Kelly Mass

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  This combo book consists of 3 titles about the following topics: 
  1: History of India - The history of India is long and complicated. It dates back to thousands of years before Christ, according to historical analysts, and it involves wars, peoples, different spiritual movements, claims of independence, merging of empires, and various cultural aspects. 
  In this study guide, we will try to shed some light on the development of this area of the world. We’ll talk about the bronze age, the iron age, medieval times in India, the early modern period, and the 20th century developments. To understand a part of the world with such a huge part of the entire world population (more than a 1.38 billion currently), is to understand way more about world history itself. Therefore, I invite you to get started right away and learn more. 
  2: Ancient Greece - Thanks to ancient Greece, we know more about philosophy, politics, the democratic system, mythology, art, the Olympics, and many, many lingual references imbedded in almost every European language. Ancient Greece has had a significant impact on many concepts we still hold true today. 
  Ancient Greece was a northeastern Mediterranean society that existed from the 12th-9th centuries BC till the end of classical antiquity (c. AD 600). It was made up of a loose collection of culturally and linguistically associated city-states and other areas that were only combined once, under Alexander the Great's empire, for 13 years (336-323 BC). Classical antiquity was quickly followed by the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine period in Western history. 
  3: Ancient Egypt - When we think of Ancient Egypt, we picture movies with mazes, pyramids, traps, mummies, and symbols. And although some of these things were definitely part of it, there is so much more to this ancient civilization.

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  Ancient Celtic Legends: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  The Celts are one of the most well-known groups in Europe and one of the least understood. Depending on which classifications are used, the Celts are also one of the oldest civilizations in Europe. In the centuries before Christ, the Celts were spread out across much of continental Europe, and though they are mostly identified with Gaul, evidence suggests they also spread as far as Portugal. Though they were spread out across Europe before the height of the Roman Empire, most people associate the Celts with the British Isles today, particularly Ireland and Scotland. After they had been relegated to those smaller regions as a result of the Romans and other migrations, the culture of the Celts as it is currently understood began to congeal during the Early Middle Ages, and Celtic culture, folklore, and legend have all become inextricably intertwined with Irish history and British history as a whole. 
  Historically, Celtic cultures differ from their English and French neighbors in a number of ways, including social organization, language, values and economic systems, but one of the most captivating of these has always been their myths. Celtic Myths, which can be read in translation without needing special training in grammar, are more accessible than the Celtic languages, and unlike the other distinctive features that have faded over the centuries, myths still have their immediacy and power when read today. While much has undoubtedly been lost from the ancient Celts over time, medieval manuscripts help scholars understand how Celtic myths have reached the form they have today. Like many ancient belief systems, Celtic mythology shares Indo-European roots, meaning Celtic beliefs have cousins in related societies like the Norse, Greeks, Romans and Slavs, with a foundation of shared mythmaking that goes back several millennia.

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  The Workaholic Trap - Escape...

  Brian Ginson

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  Do you feel trapped in a cycle of endless work, exhaustion, and guilt whenever you try to slow down? You're not alone. In today's hustle-driven world, success often comes at the cost of mental and physical well-being. But what if you could achieve your goals without sacrificing your health, relationships, or happiness? 
  In The Workaholic Trap, you'll uncover the hidden dangers of overwork, the psychological patterns that fuel burnout, and — most importantly — how to break free while still excelling in your career. Packed with real-life insights, science-backed strategies, and practical exercises, this book will help you:Identify the warning signs of workaholism before it takes a toll on your lifeShift your mindset from busyness to purposeful productivitySet boundaries that protect your time, energy, and mental well-beingReclaim joy, creativity, and balance—without losing momentum in your careerRedefine success on your terms so you can thrive both professionally and personally 
  You don't have to choose between success and sanity. It's time to escape The Workaholic Trap and start living the fulfilling, balanced life you deserve.

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