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  The World's First Human Heart...

  Ryan King

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  A fascinating look back at how one of the 20th centuries medical mile stones came to be in one of the most unlikely places on earth Aparthied South Africa. The rest of the world had turned its back on South Africa after a controversial massacre in 1960 but Seven years later a pioneering heart surgeon was able to shine a much more positive light on the country when he performed the world's first major organ transplant. A tale about a truly inspirational man who motivated through loosing a brother to heart failure was able to make this ground breaking technology a reality that would go on to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of people world wide.

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  A Million Suns

  Kristin Beale

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  Within A Million Suns, Kristin Beale learns how to move from the darkness of her disability, into the sunlight of her new circumstance. 
   
  Kristin was in an accident in 2005 that left her in a wheelchair. That same accident changed her life – for the better. A Million Suns is the story of her embracing her disability; navigating the world, both socially and logistically; and trying to make the best of a “bad” situation. A Million Suns recounts Kristin’s effort to embrace her difference and discover a happiness she never, ever expected.

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  The Kings and Queens of Britain

  Cath Senker

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  For more than 1,000 years the British monarchy has dramatically shaped national and international history. Kings and queens have conquered territory, imposed religious change and extracted taxation, each with their own motivations and ambitions. 
   
  This fascinating audiobook delves into the extraordinary history of the British monarchy, from Alfred the Great in the 9th century to the Windsors in the 21st. Key moments are explored, including the signing of the Magna Carta, the Battle of Hastings and the abdication of King Edward VIII, and the part they played in the rich tapestry of British history.

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  The Upstairs Delicatessen - On...

  Dwight Garner

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  Reading and eating, like Krazy and Ignatz, Sturm und Drang, prosciutto and melon, Simon and Schuster, and radishes and butter, have always, for me, simply gone together. The book is a product of these combined gluttonies. 
   
   
   
  Dwight Garner, the beloved New York Times critic and the author of Garner's Quotations, serves up the intertwined pleasures of books and food. The product of a lifetime of obsessively reading, eating, and every combination therein, The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading is a charming, emotional memoir that only Garner could write. In it, he records the voices of great writers and the stories from his life that fill his mind as he moves through the sections of the day and of this book: breakfast, lunch, shopping, the occasional nap, drinking, and dinner. 
   
   
   
  Through his lifelong infatuation with these twin joys, we meet the man behind the pages and the plates, and a portrait of Garner, eager and insatiable, emerges. He writes with tenderness and humor about his mayonnaise-laden childhood in West Virginia and Naples, Florida (and his father's famous peanut butter and pickle sandwich), his mind-opening marriage to a chef from a foodie family, and the words and dishes closest to his heart. This is a book to be savored, though it may just whet your appetite for more.

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  Cacophony of Bone - The Circle...

  Kerri ní Dochartaigh

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  Two days after the winter solstice in 2019, Kerri and her partner moved to a remote cottage in the heart of Ireland. They were looking for a home, somewhere to settle into a stable life. Then the pandemic arrived and their secluded abode became a place of enforced isolation. What was meant to be the beginning of an enriching new chapter was instead marked by uncertainty and fear. The seasons still passed, the swallows returned, the rhythms of the natural world went on, but in many ways 2020 was unlike any year we had seen before. And for Kerri there would be one more change: a baby, longed for but utterly, beautifully unexpected. 
   
   
   
  Intensely lyrical, fragmentary in subject and form, Cacophony of Bone is an ode to a year, a place, and a love that transformed a life. When the pandemic came, time seemed to shapeshift; in Kerri’s elegant prose, we can trace its quickening, its slowing. She maps the circle of a year—a journey from one place to another, field notes of a life—from one winter to the next, telling of a changed life in a changed world, as well as all that stays the same. All that keeps on living and breathing, nesting and dying. This is a book for the listener who wants to slow down, guided by a voice that is utterly singular, "rich and strange," (Robert Macfarlane). A book about home—the deepening of family, the connections that sustain us.

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  KNOW ABOUT "John Locke" - One of...

  Saurabh Singh Chauhan

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  This is small copy of introduction of the book: In the tapestry of intellectual history, few threads shine as brightly as the life and contributions of John Locke. A luminary of the Enlightenment, Locke stands tall among the pillars of philosophical thought, his ideas casting a profound and enduring influence on the foundations of political theory, epistemology, and education. 
  As we embark on this journey through the annals of Locke's life, we are invited to explore the intricate tapestry of a man whose intellectual prowess shaped the contours of an era. In this biography, we aim to unravel the layers of Locke's existence, offering a nuanced portrait of the philosopher whose ideas continue to resonate across the corridors of time. 
  Chapter by chapter, we will traverse the milestones of Locke's life, from the cradle in Wrington, Somerset, where he drew his first breath on August 29, 1632, to the halls of Oxford, where his mind was molded by the currents of the Enlightenment. We will trace his footsteps through the political upheavals of 17th-century England, his sojourns in the Netherlands, and the publication of seminal works that would become the lodestar for future generations. 
  The narrative will unfold through the corridors of Locke's friendships, like the profound connection he shared with the illustrious scientist Isaac Newton, and his role as a tutor to the son of Lord Ashley, a position that would open doors to the political and intellectual circles of the time. 
  Our journey will not shy away from the challenges Locke faced, such as his brief implication in the Rye House Plot and the death of his political patron, Lord Shaftesbury. Nor will it overlook the triumphs, like his instrumental role in drafting the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina and his appointment as Commissioner of Appeals upon his return to England in the wake of the Glorious Revolution.

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