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  The Battle of Lepanto - The Last...

  Nova Ashford

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  The Battle of Lepanto, fought on October 7, 1571, stands as one of the most significant naval engagements in history. A defining moment in the struggle between Christian Europe and the expanding Ottoman Empire, it marked the climax of a centuries-long clash for dominance in the Mediterranean. Lepanto not only shaped the balance of power in the region but also signaled the beginning of the decline of the Ottoman naval supremacy. As one of the last great fleet engagements in history, the battle is remembered as a pivotal moment in the defense of Christendom and the resistance to Ottoman expansion. 
  At the heart of the conflict was the Ottoman Empire, a rising superpower that had established itself as a dominant force in the Mediterranean by the 16th century. Under the leadership of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottomans expanded their reach into North Africa and into Europe, pushing towards the gates of Vienna. By the time of the Battle of Lepanto, the Ottomans controlled much of the eastern Mediterranean, and their navy was one of the largest and most powerful in the world. However, the rapid expansion of the empire also stirred fears among Christian nations, who saw their way of life threatened by the growing Ottoman presence. 
  In response to this looming threat, Pope Pius V initiated the formation of the Holy League, an alliance of Catholic maritime states including Spain, Venice, and the Papal States. This coalition sought to halt the Ottoman advance and safeguard Christian territories in the Mediterranean. The Holy League’s formation was both a religious and political reaction to the Ottoman Empire's imperial ambitions.

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  Good Friends - Bonds That Change...

  Priya Vulchi

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  From the co-author of Tell Me Who You Are and a TED speaker, a book that reveals the importance of friendship as a tool of social justice. Friendship is good for your health. Studies show that loneliness is as deadly as smoking fifteen cigarettes a day. Still, we are not taught how to be good friends to one another. We cancel plans, lose touch, blame technology, and neglect our non-romantic loved ones. In Good Friends, author Priya Vulchi explores friendships across history, continents, and identities to show how friendship can open up new levels of joy and community in your life. What is the meaning of friendship, these miraculous bonds with once-strangers? How do you begin friendships? End them? Keep them vibrant? For answers, Vulchi weaves through Western classical thinkers like Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero, and uncovers the private moments between good friends like James Baldwin, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Yuri Kochiyama, Toni Morrison, and June Jordan. Friendship, she shows, has ripple effects beyond just any two friends; it awakens solidarity and changes in the world.  Through her inspiring and impassioned prose, Vulchi entirely reimagines our platonic ties, revealing that friendship, in the right hands, is a brilliant act of love and resistance. Intimate and engaging, Good Friends offers a resounding cry that friendship is not only vital for our own individual well-being, but for humanity itself. It invites you to be inspired not just by what people do but how people love. It invites you to look at your friends differently and enter a dazzlingly fresh philosophy of human connection.

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  Butler to the World - The Book...

  Oliver Bullough

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  This program is read by the author.In his forceful follow-up to Moneyland, Oliver Bullough unravels the dark secret of how Britain placed itself at the center of the global offshore economy and at the service of the worst people in the world.The Suez Crisis of 1956 was the nadir of Britain's twentieth century, the moment when the once-superpower was bullied into retreat. "Great Britain has lost an empire and not yet found a role," said Dean Acherson, a former US secretary of state. Acheson's line has entered into the canon of great quotations: but it was wrong. Britain had already found a role. The leaders of the world just hadn't noticed it yet.Butler to the World reveals how Britain came to assume its role as the center of the offshore economy. Written polemically, but studded with witty references to the butlers of popular fiction, it demonstrates how so many elements of modern Britain have been put at the service of the world's oligarchs.The Biden administration is putting corruption at the heart of its foreign policy, and that means it needs to confront Britain's role as the foremost enabler of financial crime and ill behavior. This audiobook lays bare how London has deliberately undercut U.S. regulations for decades, and calls into question the extent to which Britain can be considered a reliable ally.A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's Press

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  The Art of War

  Sun Tzu

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  "In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity."
  
  Written over two millennia ago, The Art of War is a timeless guide to strategy and leadership, offering insights into conflict resolution, decision-making and the art of preparation.
  
  With a deep understanding of both strategy and human nature, this foundational text on military strategy has influenced leaders from all centuries and all countries in many disciplines, and modern thinkers have recognised that its fundamental philosophies apply as much to gaining a competitive edge in day-to-day life as they do on the battlefield.
  Sun Tzu was an ancient Chinese general, military strategist, and philosopher, who lived during the Eastern Zhou period (approximately 5th century BCE). He is traditionally credited as the author of The Art of War, a Classical Chinese text on military strategy that remains influential today.

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  Mexican History - Facts about...

  Kelly Mass

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  This book deals with the following topics: 
  1 - Emiliano Zapata: Emiliano Zapata Salazar was a revolutionary in Mexico. He was a key figure in the Mexican Revolt of the years 1910 until 1920, and also the primary leader of the people's revolution in the Mexican state of Morelos and the creator of the Zapatismo agrarian movement. Zapata was born in the rural town of Anenecuilco in the state of Morelos, at the time of a period when peasant communities dealt with increasing pressure from the small-landowning class, which monopolized land and water resources for sugar-cane production with the support of totalitarian Porfirio Daz (President from the year 1877 to 1880 and from 1884 to 1911). 
  2 - Mexican Revolution: The Mexican Revolution was a great revolution that included a series of army local battles instead of a single united struggle. It destroyed the Federal Force and changed it with an innovative army, changing Mexican civilization and governance at the same time It also culminated in the adoption of a new constitution that included the revolutionaries' ideal visions. In spite of the fact that President Porfirio Daz's (from about 1880 to 1911) rule had grown progressively out of favor over the prior 31 years, there was no indicator that a transformation would break out in the year 1910.

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  Mobbing at work - How to stop...

  Daniel York

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  This book describes the personal and professional wreckage through which people are victims of the so-called mobbing, or psycho-terror at work, which destroys the working capacity and psychological resistance of those who suffer it. 
  You have in your hands a practical self-help guide to recognizing the problem and learning to identify it in time, responding to it proactively rather than reactively. 
  The ways that bullying involves are described, as well as the typical characteristics presented by perpetrators, analyzing the defenses and rationalizations that victims usually develop when faced with bullying and that prevent them from implementing an active response to get out of the problem.

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