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  Ancient Iran: A Captivating...

  Captivating History

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  Discover the history of Ancient Iran that spans from Iran’s mysterious origins to the Islamic conquest. 
  Ancient Persia conjures images of extravagant palaces, beautiful gardens, mighty armies, and all-powerful kings, queens, and princes. The beginnings of Iranian antiquity are enigmatic, but from the cradle of the western Zagros Mountains came the greatest empires the world has ever known. The Elamites, Medians, Achaemenids, Parthians, and Sassanids all sprang from interlinked cultural origins that could trace their roots back through each successive empire. 
  The ancient Persians experienced cultural mingling over time, such as the Mediterranean Hellenistic era, which brought the Greeks and Romans. Much later, the Muslim Arabs disrupted the last of the ancient empires and imprinted their new religion, Islam, across Greater Iran. But the Persian culture held firm for millennia, and after five thousand years of imperial conquests, Iran retains the ancient identity of its first people. 
  In this audiobook, you will learn: More about the prehistoric ancestors of Iran and their tribal originsWhat is meant by “Persia” and how this changed over timeAbout the mighty Iranian Empires that dominated half of EurasiaThe influence of foreign empires and why they didn’t lastHow the Persian kings impacted major world religionsThe complexity of Iranian culture and why it survived for millenniaHow ancient causes have inspired Iran’s national identity 
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  After You Were Gone - An...

  Vikki Wakefield

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  DISCOVER AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR VIKKI WAKEFIELD'S GRIPPING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER
  What happens to a family when a child goes missing?
  In a busy street market, Abbie lets go of six-year-old Sarah's hand.
  She isn't a bad mother, just exhausted.
  But when she turns around, her daughter is gone.
  READERS LOVE AFTER YOU WERE GONE
  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Instantly gets your heart beating'
  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Will have you gripped from the beginning'
  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'The three different storylines were perfection to me . . . I had a knot in my stomach'
  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A twist few will predict'
  Six years on, Abbie is in love and getting married. But her fragile peace is constantly threatened: not knowing what happened to Sarah.
  Then she receives a phone call from a man claiming to know what happened, but if Abbie tells anyone she'll never find out the truth.
  After You Were Gone is an edge-of-your-seat thriller that poses the question: How far would you go to find your child?
  PRAISE FOR AFTER YOU WERE GONE
  'Gripping, propulsive, and unbearably tense – the best psychological thriller I've read in years.' — Mark Brandi, author of The Others
  'An original thriller full of empathy.' — Sarah Bailey, author of The Housemate
  'An elegant, powerful and utterly compelling thriller. The best book I have read all year.' — Lucy Christopher, author of Release
  'The very best kind of thriller: tender and wise as well as pulse-poundingly tense.' — Anna Downes, author of The Safe Place
  An exciting new voice.' — J.P. Pomare, author of The Last Guests
  'Elegantly written and utterly chilling. A dark and twisting novel of psychological suspense.' — Emma Viskic, author of Those Who Perish

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  Egyptian Mythology for Kids:...

  Billy Wellman

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  Let’s travel back in time to learn about ancient Egyptian mythology! 
  Egyptian myths tell of gods who created and ruled over the lands of Egypt and the Nile. These gods ruled the sun, the moon, and the stars. They protected the souls of the dead as they traveled through the underworld. They rewarded the good and punished the evil. Some gods had a human form, and some had the bodies of humans and the heads of animals. Each of them has a story to tell. 
  Their stories can still be seen on the walls of tombs and pyramids. Museums around the world are filled with ancient Egyptian treasures and statues. 
  In this audiobook, you’ll be introduced to Ra, who created the world. Meet Osiris, the god of the dead. Learn about his wife, Isis, the goddess of magic and life. Each chapter is filled with exciting information about how these gods and goddesses influenced the ancient Egyptians’ lives. Each chapter also offers fun facts of these amazing deities. 
  So, let’s dive into Egyptian mythology and learn the answers to questions such asWhy did some Egyptian gods have human bodies and animal heads?What was the Great Sphinx, and why was it built?Why did Geb, the god of the earth, have green skin?What happened when Ra traveled to the underworld?Why did the ancient Egyptians fear the Eye of Ra?Is there really a Book of the Dead?Why was the Nile River so important to the Egyptians? 
  Every chapter ends with an activity that will test your knowledge of what you’ve read. Best of all, this book is told in a kid-friendly way. Let’s get started and explore the world of Egyptian myths, mighty shape-shifting gods and goddesses, and the afterlife! 
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  Superstition in All Ages

  Jean Meslier

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  "Superstition in All Ages" is a book written by French priest and philosopher Jean Meslier in the early 18th century. The book is a critique of religion and an argument for atheism. Meslier argues that religion, particularly Christianity, is based on superstition and that its claims cannot be proven. 
  Meslier's book is divided into two parts. The first part examines the origins of superstition and religion, arguing that they are based on fear, ignorance, and the desire for power. Meslier claims that the belief in supernatural beings and forces is a result of humanity's inability to explain natural phenomena, and that religion is a way for those in power to control and manipulate the masses. 
  The second part of the book is a direct attack on Christianity. Meslier argues that the Bible is a collection of myths and legends, and that its moral teachings are inconsistent and often immoral. He also critiques the Christian concept of God, arguing that it is illogical and contradictory. 
  Meslier's arguments were highly controversial in his time, and he was forced to keep his atheism a secret to avoid persecution. After his death, his manuscript was discovered and published, making him one of the earliest and most influential atheist thinkers in history.

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  On Duties

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

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  On Duties (Latin: DE OFFICIIS) discusses virtue, expediency and apparent conflicts between the two. St. Ambrose, St. Jerome and other Doctors of the Roman Catholic Church considered it to be legitimate for study. It was the second book after the Bible printed on Gutenberg's press and a standard text taught at Eton College. Written by Marcus Tullius Cicero. Translated by Walter Miller. (Summary by Geoffrey Edwards)

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  Ghetto - The Invention of a...

  Mitchell Duneier

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  On March 29, 1516, the city council of Venice issued a decree forcing Jews to live in il geto―a closed quarter named for the copper foundry that once occupied the area. The term stuck. 
  In this sweeping and original interpretation, Mitchell Duneier traces the idea of the ghetto from its beginnings in the sixteenth century and its revival by the Nazis to the present. As Duneier shows, we cannot understand the entanglements of race, poverty, and place in America today without recalling the history of the ghetto in Europe, as well as later efforts to understand the problems of the American city. 
  This is the story of the scholars and activists who tried to achieve that understanding. Their efforts to wrestle with race and poverty in their times cannot be divorced from their individual biographies, which often included direct encounters with prejudice and discrimination in the academy and elsewhere. Using new and forgotten sources, Duneier introduces us to Horace Cayton and St. Clair Drake, graduate students whose conception of the South Side of Chicago established a new paradigm for thinking about Northern racism and poverty in the 1940s. We learn how the psychologist Kenneth Clark subsequently linked Harlem’s slum conditions with the persistence of black powerlessness in the civil-rights era, and we follow the controversy over Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s report on the black family. We see how the sociologist William Julius Wilson redefined the debate about urban America as middle-class African Americans increasingly escaped the ghetto and the country retreated from racially specific remedies. And we trace the education reformer Geoffrey Canada’s efforts to transform the lives of inner-city children with ambitious interventions, even as other reformers sought to help families escape their neighborhoods altogether. 
  Ghetto offers a clear-eyed assessment of the thinkers and doers who have shaped American ideas about urban poverty and the ghetto. The result is a valuable new understanding of an age-old concept.

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