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  How to be Healthy - An Ancient...

  Galen

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  The second-century Greek physician Galen—the most famous doctor in antiquity after Hippocrates—is a central figure in Western medicine. A talented doctor, surgeon, writer, philosopher, teacher, pharmacologist, and inventor, Galen attended the court of Marcus Aurelius, living through outbreaks of plague that devastated the Roman Empire. He also served as a physician for professional gladiators. In writings that provided the foundation of Western medicine up to the nineteenth century, Galen created a unified account of health and disease. In How to Be Healthy, practicing physician and classical historian Katherine Van Schaik presents a collection of Galen's enduring insights about how we can take care of our bodies and minds, prevent disease, and reach a healthy old age. 
   
   
   
  Although we now know that many of Galen's ideas about physiology are wrong, How to Be Healthy shows that much of his advice remains sound. In these selections from his writings, presented in fresh translations, Galen discusses the art of medicine, exercise and diet, the mind-body connection, the difficulty of applying general medical principles to individuals, and much more. Featuring an introduction and brief commentaries that connect ancient medical practices to modern ones, How to Be Healthy offers an entertaining and enlightening new perspective on the age-old pursuit of wellness.

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  Care - The Highest Stage of...

  Premilla Nadasen

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  Since the earliest days of the pandemic, care work has been thrust into the national spotlight. The notion of care seems simple enough. Care is about nurturing, feeding, nursing, assisting, and loving human beings. It is "the work that makes all other work possible." But as historian Premilla Nadasen argues, we have only begun to understand the massive role it plays in our lives and our economy. 
   
   
   
  Nadasen traces the rise of the care economy, from its roots in slavery, where there was no clear division between production and social reproduction, to the present care crisis, experienced acutely by more and more Americans. Today's care economy, Nadasen shows, is an institutionalized, hierarchical system in which some people's pain translates into other people's profit. 
   
   
   
  Yet this is also a story of resistance. Low-wage workers, immigrants, and women of color in movements from Wages for Housework and Welfare Rights to the Movement for Black Lives have continued to fight for and practice collective care. These groups help us envision how, given the challenges before us, we can create a caring world as part of a radical future.

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  Skater Girl Asha - When you DARE...

  Ulrike Reinhard, with the help...

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  Skater Girl Asha tells the TRUE story of how Asha, an Untouchable, broke courageously with the traditional conventions in her village and shaped her life ever since. She escaped her arranged marriage and found her passion and purpose through skateboarding. Today, Asha is a strong voice for all the girls in her village of Janwaar – and far beyond. 
  “Before the skatepark started, I was very different. I didn’t know my own voice. I couldn’t talk to anyone. I couldn’t even make eye contact with anyone. I never made any decision on my own – only my family members would decide what is good and what is bad for me. This has changed completely when the skatepark came to my village. I’ve found my voice. It is a long and bumpy road I am on – but I take it as the challenges occur!” 
  [Asha]

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  Age Gap Relationships In Little...

  Niina Niskanen

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  Dive into the enchanting world of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" with this meticulously crafted audiobook. This unique exploration delves into the historical origins and societal influences behind the age gap relationships portrayed in this beloved classic. Learn all about Louisa May Alcott's fascination about German poet Goethe and Bettina Von Arnim and her love for Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meister, a story which storylines we can also find from Little Women. Inspired by the complex characters and relationships in "Little Women", this audiobook was born from a passion for uncovering the deeper narratives within classic literature. The intricate bonds between characters like Jo and Professor Bhaer are examined through a historical lens, bringing new insights to the forefront. 
  Who can use this product: Perfect for literature students, classic novel enthusiasts, and anyone with a keen interest in historical romance. Whether you're revisiting "Little Women" or discovering it for the first time, this audiobook offers a fresh perspective on age gap relationships. Enhance your literature studies with a deeper understanding of character dynamics. Enjoy a relaxing listen during your commute or leisure time. Use as a supplementary resource for book clubs or reading groups. Inspire discussions on historical and romantic themes. Gift to a friend or loved one who cherishes classic literature. Written and narrated by Niina Niskanen, host and the creator of the Little Women Podcast.

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  Improvised Explosive Device

  Arji Manuelpillai

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  Improvised Explosive Device is a startlingly innovative exploration of extremism, hate crime and violence by poet Arji Manuelpillai. In this powerful and unsettling first collection, Manuelpillai presents a vision of the contemporary haunted by Melville's image of the whale – the terror beneath the surface of the sea. His uncompromising focus on violence is laced with gallows humour and the surreal, framed against the mundane detritus of modern life: two boys playing Mortal Kombat; a field of old trainers; the lonely glare of laptop light; a suspicious looking package in the back seat of a van.
  The poems in Improvised Explosive Device emerged through research and interviews with academics, sociologists, and former members of extremist groups and their families – from the English Defence League and the National Front to ISIS and the Tamil Tigers. These complex, unnerving texts ask a series of important questions. What drives a person to commit a radical act of violence? How is that violence mediated through screens and social media? And how does the British government police marginalised groups? Improvised Explosive Device is a brave, surprising and risk-taking book; it will change the way you look at the world.
  "Refusing glib analysis and easy answers, Improvised Explosive Device is a work of radical empathy, fuelled by honesty and compassion, both for those stirred to violence against minorities, and those who suffer from it." Rishi Dastidar
  "The project of Arji Manuelpillai's Improvised Explosive Device leans into the mighty disciplines of poetry, sociology, and reportage to formulate an arresting debut which contests the ways we're conditioned to internalise notions of terrorism, nationalism and belonging...a bold and startling new work." Anthony Anaxagorou

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  25+ The Collected Works of...

  Vladimir Lenin, H. G. Wells

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  Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1924 and of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1924. Under his administration, Russia, and later the Soviet Union, became a one-party socialist state governed by the Communist Party. Ideologically a Marxist, his developments to the ideology are called Leninism.
  Russia in the Shadows is a book by H. G. Wells published early in 1921, which includes a series of articles previously printed in The Sunday Express in connection with Wells's second visit to Russia (after a previous trip in January 1914 to St. Petersburg and Moscow) in September and October 1920.
  During his visit to Russia he visited his old friend Maxim Gorky, whom he had first met in 1906 on a trip to the United States, and who arranged Wells's meeting with Lenin.
  In a chapter (The Dreamer in the Kremlin) devoted to an interview with Lenin at the Kremlin Wells describes the leader and founder of Russian communism. Wells portrays Lenin as a pragmatic leader who "has recently stripped off the last pretence that the Russian revolution is anything more than the inauguration of an age of limitless experiment."
   
  Vladimir Lenin:
  State and Revolution
  What Is to Be Done?
  Imperialism: The Final Stage of Capitalism
  The State and Revolution
  The Three Sources and Three Component Parts of Marxism
  To the Citizens of Russia!
  To Workers, Soldiers, and Peasants!
  Report on Peace
  Report on Land
  Decree on Abolishment of Capital Punishment
  Decree on Transfer of Power to the Soviets
  Decree on Establishment of the Workers' and Peasants' Government
  Decree on Elections for the Constituent Assembly
  Decree on Suppression of Hostile Newspapers
  Decree on Transfer of Food Control to Municipalities
  Decree on an Eight-Hour Working Day
  Decree on the Right to Issue Laws
  Resolution on the Right of Sovnarkom to Issue Decrees
  Decree on Social Insurance
  Declaration of the Rights of the People of Russia
  Decree on Organization of Volost Land Committees
  Decree on Transfer of Power and the Means of Production to the Toilers
  Decree Proclaiming Advertising a State Monopoly
  Decree Abolishing Classes and Civil Ranks
  Decree on Workers' Control
  Resolution on Relation of the Central Executive Committee to the Sovnarkom
  Decree on the Right to Call for Re-Elections
  Decree on Establishment of the Extraordinary Commission to Fight Counter-Revolution
  V. I. Lenin Note To F. E. Dzerzhinsky with a Draft of A Decree On Fighting Counter-Revolutionaries And Saboteurs
   
  H. G. Wells:
  The Dreamer in the Kremlin

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