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  My March Through Hell - A Young...

  Halina Kleiner, Edwin Stepp

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  A young girl is suddenly all alone and on the run from the Nazis in her hometown in Poland. Having survived an aktion that was intended to completely rid Czestochowa of all the Jews, she and her father try to make their way back to their home during the late hours of the night. 
   
   
   
  Confronted by a policeman, Halina Goldberg unexplainably runs away from her father and begins her long journey of survival. When tired of fleeing, she volunteers to go into a work camp. That decision buys her some time because the Germans need labor for the war effort. Halina works in three different camps from the Fall of 1943 to January 1945. At first, the camps are bearable, even though the prisoners are worked hard and fed very little. But as the Germans begin to lose the war, the conditions turn deathly. The Jews become overrun with disease and their captors grow crueler and crueler. 
   
   
   
  As it becomes clear that the war is lost, the SS empty the camps and set over 2,000 women on a four-month long march that would cover over 800 kilometers during one of Europe's coldest winters on record. Halina was one of the only 300 who survived the Volary Death March and finally felt the need to record her hellish story of survival.

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  The Persian Hidden Words

  Bahá'u'lláh

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  Kalimát-i-Maknúnih or The Hidden Words is a book written in Baghdad around 1857 by Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. This work is written partly in Arabic and partly in Persian. The Hidden Words is written in the form of a collection of short utterances, 71 in Arabic and 82 in Persian, in which Bahá'u'lláh claims to have taken the basic essence of certain spiritual truths and written them in brief form. Bahá'ís are advised by `Abdu'l-Bahá, the son of Bahá'u'lláh to read them every day and every night and to implement its latent wisdom into their daily lives. He also said that "The Hidden Words is a treasury of divine mysteries" and that when one ponders its contents, "the doors of the mysteries will open." The text of the Hidden Words is divided up into two sections: one from Arabic, and another from Persian. Each consist of several short, numbered passages. The Arabic has 71 passages, and the Persian has 82. This audiobook only contains the Persian section. Each passage begins with an invocation, many of which repeat. Some common invocations include "O Son of Spirit", "O Son of Man", and "O Son of Being". Bahá'í prayers are written in the first person of humanity, so that the reader can feel like they are having a conversation with God. The Hidden Words are written in the first person of God, so that the reader feels like God is speaking to them. Around 1903, Mr. Anton Haddad translated the Persian section of the Hidden Words. It should be noted that this translation was superceded by the more masterful, authorized translation of Shoghi Effendi, the Guardian of the Bahá'í Faith, which has not yet entered the public domain.(Adapted from Wikipedia)

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  The Full English

  Stuart Maconie

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  A Sunday Times Book of the Week and Top 10 BestsellerA Times bestsellerA Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2024A Spectator Book of the Year 
  What kind of country is England today? 
  What does it mean to be English? 
  Are we hungry for change or seeking old certainties? 
  Join Stuart Maconie on an enlightening, entertaining journey through England, from Bristol's Banksy to Durham's beaches, from Cotswolds corduroy to Stoke's oatcakes. 
  As his guide, Maconie walks in the footsteps of J.B. Priestley's classic travelogue, English Journey, to explore our national identity and how it has evolved over the last century. On his way, Stuart takes inspiration from the people he meets at bus stops and train stations, cafes and corner shops. 
  Travelling the length of the land, Maconie explores the differences between city and town, north and south, and examines our past and present with affection and insight. Whether he’s passing the boutique hotels of Manchester, the moors of Ilkley or the grand houses of Tynemouth, looking out over misty fens or urban skylines, he shines a light on the people who make these places and asks what the future holds for them. Along the way, he uncovers local heroes and secret histories over early breakfasts and last orders. 
  Through his journey, he lets us see our homes and habits, hopes and eccentricities with fresh eyes. The Full English challenges us to embrace the messy, shifting and diverse nature of England, and to ask ourselves what kind of country we want to be. 
  In this bestseller, Maconie offers a literary exploration of Britain, blending travelogues and essays to create a humorous and insightful non-fiction piece. This Sunday Times bestselling book delves into the history and social interests of Europe, making it a special read. 
  For fans of Paul Mccartney (The Lyrics), Ted Widmer (Lincoln on the Verge), Mark Brake (The Science of Jurassic World), Michael Palin (Travelling to Work), and Ben Aitken (A Chip Shop in Poznan). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  Viking Trade Routes - From the...

  Simo Kyllikki

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  
  The story of Viking trade routes begins not with a single moment of discovery, but with the gradual awakening of a seafaring culture that would reshape the medieval world. In the fjords and coastal settlements of eighth-century Scandinavia, a perfect storm of circumstances was brewing that would propel Norse merchants and warriors across oceans and continents, establishing trade networks that stretched from Greenland to Constantinople and beyond. 
  The Vikings emerged from a landscape that seemed almost designed to create seafarers. Norway's dramatic coastline, carved by glaciers into countless fjords and dotted with thousands of islands, made maritime travel not just convenient but essential. Overland travel between communities was often impossible due to mountains, forests, and marshes, while the sea provided a highway that connected distant settlements. This geographic reality shaped Norse culture from its earliest days, making ships not merely tools of transportation but extensions of the community itself. 
  The development of the longship represented one of history's most significant maritime innovations. These vessels, with their shallow drafts and symmetrical designs, could navigate both open seas and shallow rivers with equal ease. Unlike the heavy, deep-hulled ships used by other medieval peoples, longships could be portaged overland when necessary, allowing Vikings to access inland waterways that seemed impossible to reach by sea. This technological advantage would prove crucial in establishing trade routes that penetrated deep into continental Europe and Russia.

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  Finis Britanniae - A Military...

  Murray Dahm

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  The end of Roman Britain and the arrival of the invading Saxons forms part of the most disruptive period in Britain’s history. Centuries of relative stability as a Roman province gave way to an age of conquest and destruction. It is a period which is difficult to comprehend, coming at the end of the Roman era and in the pre-dawn of the Medieval. It is a Dark Age, both in terms of our apparent lack of source material and in our understanding of events. As a result, several legendary figures appear – it is the age of Arthur, Merlin and others; figures steeped in mystery, mysticism and magic, allowed to thrive in the paucity of the source material. 
   
  In this new analysis, Murray Dahm explores the military history of Roman Britain’s slow decline, going back to the roots of the province’s final rupture from Rome in the fifth century and the subsequent invasions. Using a wide array of sources, the author illuminates this dark world and examines what we know (or what we think we know) of the Angle, Jute, Saxon and other invasions that took advantage of Rome’s absence and which, in their own way, shaped the Britain of today.

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  Lesbian Anal Fantasies

  Conner Hayden

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  A lesbian with anal fantasies gets a little drunk in a club and confesses this to a woman she has just met. The woman offers to show her how good it can feel, taking her to the club restroom and using anal beads on her in a cubicle. It’s the start of a hard night as the woman then takes the lesbian to her apartment and introduces her to some more anal toys. 
   
  This story is a work of fiction and contains sex scenes and is suitable for adults only. All characters are fictional and are over 18 years old.

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