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  A Very Merry Matchup Machine

  Marcus Reed

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  A Very Merry Matchup Machine is a sharp, warm look at how holiday rom-coms, small towns, and well-meaning relatives turn December into a matchmaking factory—and what that does to anyone who doesn’t fit the script. Starting from the cozy chaos of a Christmas romance full of pageants, cocoa and “accidental” setups, this book opens the casing of the holiday-love machine to examine the gears underneath: the pressure to be coupled by year’s end, the way communities act like human algorithms, and the quiet shame of spending the season unresolved. 
  Rather than mocking the genre or worshipping it, A Very Merry Matchup Machine shows how these stories can be both comforting and coercive. It offers a more honest version of “merry,” one that makes room for single people who aren’t projects, relationships that begin off-season, and Decembers where the most radical pairing is you with your own life. It’s for anyone who loves holiday movies, feels strange inside them, and wants to carry the glow into January without the algorithm deciding what happiness should look like.

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  Summary: 12 Months to $1 Million...

  Brooks Bryant

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  Disclaimer: This is not the official book, it is a summary & it does not accompany the official book! 
  "Unlock the secrets to building a seven-figure business with our insightful summary of '12 Months to $1 Million' by Ryan Daniel Moran. This concise guide breaks down Moran's proven step-by-step strategy that shows you how to turn your entrepreneurial dream into a profitable reality. 
  Our summary uncovers the practical blueprint that Moran himself used to build a thriving million-dollar business in just a year. You'll learn how to identify a winning product, develop a robust business plan, and leverage your unique selling proposition for maximum impact. This summary encapsulates Moran's invaluable lessons in entrepreneurship, from the initial stages of product selection to the final leaps towards financial freedom.

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  Gaslighting & Narcissistic Abuse...

  Firebird Publishing House

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  Say goodbye to fear, worry, sadness, and trauma – it’s time to welcome joy and fulfillment into your life. 
  In Gaslighting & Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Secrets, you’ll discover:50+ phrases narcissists commonly use to demean their victims – and how to recognize abuse patternsHow to know if you’re trapped in a narcissistic web as a flying monkey, narcissistic supply, or love bombing recipientThe hidden traits of a narcissist – recognize an abuser in your circle, whether it is in your love life, work, or familyHow psychological abusers use gaslighting and other mental tricks to prey on their victims and make them feel helplessMind games abusers use to ensure you don’t break up with them – and how to tackle these challenges when you want to end the relationshipWhat a narcissist is and what they aren’t – don’t mistake the personality disorder for something elseHow to seek justice, end the relationship, and leave the abuser for good without feeling like you can’t survive without themWhat to do when the gaslighting and emotional abuse originates from a family setup – and tools to help protect your mental wellbeingThe 4 pillars you should work on during the recovery process to experience wholeness again and live without any regretsMoving On – How to find love again and experience healthy romantic relationships after leaving a toxic relationship 
  And so much more! 
  If you want to end the manipulative cycle and recover from psychological abuse, then Start Listening now!

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  Brassroots Democracy - Maroon...

  Benjamin Barson

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  Brassroots Democracy recasts the birth of jazz, unearthing vibrant narratives of New Orleans musicians to reveal how early jazz was inextricably tied to the mass mobilization of freedpeople during Reconstruction and the decades that followed. Benjamin Barson presents a "music history from below," following the musicians as they built communes, performed at Civil Rights rallies, and participated in general strikes. Perhaps most importantly, Barson locates the first emancipatory revolution in the Americas—Haiti—as a nexus for cultural and political change in nineteenth-century Louisiana. In dialogue with the work of recent historians who have inverted traditional histories of Latin American and Caribbean independence by centering the influence of Haitian activists abroad, this work traces the impact of Haitian culture in New Orleans and its legacy in movements for liberation.Brassroots Democracy demonstrates how Black musicians infused participatory music practice with innovative forms of grassroots democracy. Late nineteenth-century Black brass bands and activists rehearsed these participatory models through collective performance that embodied the democratic ethos of Black Reconstruction. Termed "Brassroots Democracy," this fusion of political and musical spheres revolutionized both. Brassroots Democracy illuminates the Black Atlantic struggles that informed music-as-world-making from the Haitian Revolution through Reconstruction to the jazz revolution. The work theorizes the roots of the New Orleans brass band tradition in the social relations grown in maroon ecologies across the Americas. Their fruits contributed to the socio-sonic commons of the music we call jazz today.

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  Presence and Pleasure - The Funk...

  Anne Danielsen

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  Winner of the 2007 Irving Lowens Book Award from the Society for American MusicWinner of IASPM's 2007 International Book AwardIn this exploration of the funk groove and its unique sounds, author Anne Danielsen takes an in-depth look at this under-explored genre. Danielsen concentrates on the golden age of funk in the late 1960s and the 1970s, focusing on two of the era's artists who made a substantial impact on the landscape of popular music: James Brown and George Clinton/Parliament. Aiming to understand funk not only as objectified musical meaning but also as lived experience, she begins with the musical events themselves and draws on her experiences as both a fan and a scholar to capture how their particular organization creates the funk listener's pleasure. Danielsen further examines issues surrounding race in the construction and consumption of this music, focusing her study with how white listeners responded to funk in the 1970s, and arguing that African American music has remained a means of catharsis and of dealing with pleasures of the body. Funk's crossover to international success among listeners of pop and rock music affected both the music itself and audiences' understanding of it. Presence and Pleasure shows us how.

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  Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: A...

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  Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, universal genius and philosopher: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

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