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  Our Global Lingua Franca - An...

  Gregory V. Diehl

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  Across continents and cultures, English has emerged as the shared bridge language that connects business, arts, sciences, and entertainment worldwide. In this thought-provoking and impassioned manifesto, a globally experienced EFL educator sheds light on the humanitarian importance of continuing to spread English as a universal means of communication—most notably in parts of the world where educational standards are lacking. 
  This polemical and informative guide challenges prevailing English as a Foreign Language programs that most often leave learners struggling to attain conversational English fluency, despite years of enforced study and superficially good grades, test scores, and other accolades. It boldly delves into the overlooked consequences of bad English education for cultural, economic, and individual growth that disempower foreign English learners everywhere. 
  Our Global Lingua Franca is an essential companion for both native and non-native English instructors navigating the challenges of sub-par language learning. It will validate your frustrations about learning and teaching under the conventional approach to EFL. Intelligent without being overly academic, it offers invaluable outside-the-box advice on reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics to help you impart conversational English fluency and beyond.

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  Skylark and the Dragon

  Gigga Black

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  A children's audiobook set in Iceland about two grandparents husband and wife who travel by plane and have adventures with Terence the Dragon and the Degus as well as the Barnacles in the town of Akranes. They are hunted down by the CNN reporters and the Kraken monster, and meet Dragons from all different nationalities. This book involves and Icelandic Prime Minister and the President of the USA.

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  The Conscience of Care -...

  Dov Fox

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  Pitched battles over abortion, puberty blockers, and assisted suicide have turned American healthcare into a legal minefield. Faced with mounting restrictions on medical practice, doctors and nurses who follow their conscience to provide standard treatments risk being fined, fired, or even imprisoned, while clinicians who conscientiously deny evidence-based care are shielded without condition from any such consequences. Dov Fox argues that by ceding the moral vocabulary of conscience to refusers alone, the lopsided law of medical conscience selectively burdens providers, drives vulnerable patients underground, and impoverishes the dynamic pluralism of medicine.The Conscience of Care lays bare the broken system of medical conscience and sets out to fix it. Fox canvases a landscape of contested services that include IVF, IUDs, opioids, psychedelics, organ transplants, and advance directives. He develops practical reforms that rebalance conscience protection by introducing measured safeguards for providers and scaling back the categorical refuge afforded to refusers. The Conscience of Care articulates a bold vision of medicine that reclaims the lost promise of conscience to bridge social divides on matters of life and death, impairment and identity.

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  The Forbidden Psychology Mastery...

  Madison Taylor, Franklin Keen

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  "The Forbidden Psychology Mastery Series: The Dark Psychology Lessons They Were Afraid to Teach You About in School" is a compelling two-in-one volume that delves deep into the often overlooked and darker aspects of human psychology. This series masterfully combines the insights of Madison Taylor and Franklin Keen, offering a comprehensive exploration of the clandestine side of the human psyche. 
  Madison Taylor's contribution to this series uncovers the labyrinth of forbidden psychology. It's a foray into the realms of manipulation, mind control, emotional and mental abuse, and the art of deception. Taylor's work elucidates on the nuances of brainwashing, seduction, and the power of understanding and using these dark psychological tools. More than an academic exploration, it is a practical guide, offering profound insights into how these psychological tactics can be used and, importantly, guarded against. 
  Complementing this, Franklin Keen's work delves into the mechanics of manipulation employed by cult leaders, scam artists, and thieves. It is an eye-opening exposition on the strategies used to exploit and deceive, arming readers with the knowledge to protect themselves from such manipulative tactics. From understanding the intricacies of social engineering to the workings of scams and cults, Keen provides a vital guide to the hidden knowledge often kept from public view. 
  Together, these works form "The Forbidden Psychology Mastery Series," a unique and invaluable resource for anyone interested in understanding the darker, often unspoken aspects of human nature. This two-in-one series is an essential read for those seeking to comprehend, navigate, and potentially utilize the complex and shadowy facets of human psychology, offering both defensive and intellectual insights into a world that is rarely discussed in mainstream education.

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  The Enneagram for Black...

  Chichi Agorom

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  The Enneagram is an ancient system of human development that shows us the limiting stories that keep us stuck in unhelpful patterns, and invites us into more expansive stories. For too long, conversations about the Enneagram and its personality types have been centered on and by whiteness. In The Enneagram for Black Liberation, certified Enneagram teacher and trained psychotherapist Chichi Agorom reclaims the Enneagram as a powerful tool for Black women to rediscover our wholeness and worth that existed long before systems of supremacy told us we weren't enough. 
   
   
   
  For Black women, our Enneagram personality types reflect more than just our way of being in the world; they are shaped by armor that we use to protect ourselves from pain, suffering, and shame. Breaking down each Enneagram type as a form of armor, this book offers practices to help Black women begin to build a sense of self separate from our mechanisms of self-protection, while working to dismantle the systems that require us to stay constantly armored up. Chichi Agorom takes listeners through each of the nine Enneagram types, along with stories of Black women who identify with them. In the process, Agorom seeks to inspire us to expand beyond our type patterns. 
   
   
   
  Agorom invites each of us to claim the Enneagram as our tool in the continued fight for liberation.

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  The Hundred Years’ War - History...

  Kelly Mass

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  The Hundred Years' War was a series of prolonged and intense conflicts between the kingdoms of England and France, spanning from 1337 to 1453. At its core, the war was rooted in a bitter dispute over the French throne, which was claimed by both the English royal House of Plantagenet and the French House of Valois. This disagreement over succession became more than a dynastic struggle; it evolved into a broader geopolitical and cultural clash, drawing in various powers from across Western Europe. The war became a defining event in medieval history, fundamentally shaping the course of European politics, society, and warfare. 
  The conflict was not a single, continuous battle but a series of engagements, truces, and temporary pauses in fighting, lasting a staggering 116 years. Over five generations, English and French rulers alternated between direct conflict and negotiated ceasefires, each side hoping to gain an upper hand in the long-running struggle. The war is commonly divided into three main phases: the Edwardian War (1337–1360), the Caroline War (1369–1389), and the Lancastrian War (1415–1453). These stages were marked by shifts in momentum and power, with the English initially achieving significant victories but eventually losing their dominance in the final stages of the war. 
  One of the most significant outcomes of the Hundred Years' War was its profound impact on European warfare. Both England and France introduced new military strategies and technologies, including the use of professional standing armies and the widespread deployment of artillery. These advancements marked a dramatic shift away from the feudal levies and knightly combat that had previously defined medieval warfare. The use of the longbow by English archers, for example, proved particularly effective in the decisive Battle of Crécy in 1346, and the war’s artillery, such as cannons and siege weapons, changed the way battles were fought.

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