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  The Modern Fire Officer -...

  Jared Vermeulen

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  BUILD COMPETENCY, LEAD CONFIDENTLY, OVERCOME ANYTHING. 
  The world has changed, the fire department has changed, and the firefighters you serve with have changed. Fire organizations offer more services to the public via a more diverse group of firefighters than ever before. Those that rely on you to serve and lead them deserve a Fire Officer who can effectively evolve to meet their specific and unique needs while keeping what has historically made the fire service great. 
  Station level officers can make or break an organization through the choices they make, the teams they build, and the service they ultimately provide to the public. The stark truth is there are no do overs. As an officer, how can you navigate this high-stakes game? 
  This book will help you to:Be fit to leadPlan for successDeal with adversity and crisisLearn to empower and trust your crewCreate a healthy environment for growth   
  Visit ModernFireOfficer.com for more.

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  Parenting Children With ADHD -...

  PhD Vincent J. Monastra

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  Over the past thirty years, Dr. Monastra has treated more than 15,000 clients who have ADHD. In this indispensable book he shares the knowledge he has gained. 
   
   
   
  Children with ADHD struggle so much with inattention or hyperactivity and impulsivity that they have trouble succeeding at home, at school, with friends, or on the playing field. Arranged in a series of sequential lessons to be taken "one at a time," beginning with the causes of ADHD and the most common medical treatments. 
   
   
   
  Engaging and straightforward, the book is directed at parents of children who have, or might have, ADHD. Dr. Monastra discusses all the relevant issues for parents, including psychological treatment, diet, educational laws, and practical coping strategies for both parents and children. Parenting Children With ADHD, now in its second edition, shows how you can become your child's best advocate, helping to improve attention, behavioral control, and social skills. 
   
   
   
  Updates to this edition include information on new diagnostic tests, medications, and treatments; tips to help your school district create a safe for your child; and a new chapter on teaching life values, such as generosity and kindness.

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  Before the Streetlights Come On...

  Heather McTeer Toney

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  Climate change. Two words that are quickly becoming the clarion call to action in the twenty-first century. It is a voter issue, an economy driver, and a defining dynamic for the foreseeable future. Yet, in Black communities, climate change is seen as less urgent when compared to other pressing issues, including police brutality, gun violence, job security, food insecurity, and the blatant racism faced daily around the country. 
   
   
   
  However, with Black Americans disproportionately impacted by the effects of climate change—making up 13 percent of the US population but breathing 40 percent dirtier air and being twice as likely to be hospitalized or die from climate-related health problems than white counterparts—climate change is a central issue of racial justice and affects every aspect of life for Black communities. 
   
   
   
  In Before the Streetlights Come On, climate activist Heather McTeer Toney insists that those most affected by climate change are best suited to lead the movement for climate justice. McTeer Toney brings her background in politics, community advocacy, and leadership in environmental justice to this revolutionary exploration of why and how Black Americans are uniquely qualified to lead national and global conversations around systems of racial disparity and solutions to the climate crisis.

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  How History Keeps Repeating...

  Rachel Thornfield

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  Recognize the recurring patterns in human events that make history repeat while people remain convinced their circumstances are unprecedented. This pattern-revealing audiobook examines economic cycles, political movements, social upheavals, and technological disruptions that follow predictable trajectories despite surface differences between eras. Learn why each generation believes it faces unique challenges while unconsciously reenacting scenarios their grandparents would recognize immediately. The narrator identifies specific historical rhymes occurring in your lifetime, from financial bubbles to authoritarian movements to moral panics that follow ancient templates with modern costumes. Discover why collective memory is so short that society repeatedly makes identical mistakes within decades, never learning lessons supposedly taught by catastrophic failures. Understand the psychological and institutional factors that prevent learning from history even when information remains freely available. This audiobook draws parallels between current events and historical precedents that illuminate where present trends likely lead based on established patterns. Learn to recognize historical cycles unfolding in real-time and understand your position within larger recurring narratives. Perfect for anyone seeking perspective beyond daily news cycles and wanting to understand the present through the lens of the past. Develop historical consciousness that protects against manipulation and enables wiser decision-making by understanding patterns others miss.

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  The Rise and Fall of Free Speech...

  D. W. Griffith

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  The Rise and Fall of Free Speech in America was D.W. Griffith's first response to the attacks made on The Birth of a Nation. In it he played on the 'intolerance' of those who would not permit him freedom of speech in his films. This view on intolerance led directly to the creation of the film of the same name.  Summary by The University of Exeter.

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  Talking Cure - An Essay on the...

  Paula Marantz Cohen

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  Talking Cure is a timely and enticing excursion into the art of good conversation. Paula Marantz Cohen reveals how conversation connects us in ways that social media never can and explains why simply talking to each other freely and without guile may be the cure to what ails our troubled society. 
   
   
   
  Drawing on her lifelong immersion in literature and culture and her decades of experience as a teacher and critic, Cohen argues that we learn to converse in our families and then carry that knowledge into a broader world where we encounter diverse opinions and sensibilities. She discusses the role of food in encouraging conversation, the challenges of writing dialogue in fiction, the pros and cons of Zoom, the relationship of conversation to vaudeville acts, and the educational value of a good college seminar where students learn to talk about ideas. Cohen looks at some of the famous groups of writers and artists in history whose conversation fed their creativity, and details some of the habits that can result in bad conversation. 
   
   
   
  Blending the immediacy of a beautifully crafted memoir with the conviviality of an intimate gathering with friends, Talking Cure makes a persuasive case for the civilizing value of conversation and is essential listening for anyone interested in the chatter that fuels culture.

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