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  Feminist Therapy - Empowering...

  Katarina Volkov

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  
  In the quiet corridors of mental health clinics across the world, a revolution has been unfolding for decades. It is not marked by protests or banners, but by the gentle yet profound transformation of how we understand healing, power, and the human experience. Feminist therapy emerged in the 1960s and 1970s as both a response to and a rebellion against traditional psychotherapeutic approaches that had long pathologized women's experiences and ignored the impact of social inequalities on mental health. 
  The birth of feminist therapy was not accidental. It arose from the recognition that conventional therapeutic models, developed primarily by and for men, often failed to address the unique challenges faced by women in a patriarchal society. Early feminist therapists observed that traditional therapy frequently encouraged women to adapt to oppressive circumstances rather than questioning the systems that created their distress. This realization sparked a fundamental shift in therapeutic philosophy, one that would challenge the very foundations of mental health treatment. 
  At its core, feminist therapy is built upon the understanding that personal struggles cannot be separated from political and social contexts. The famous feminist slogan "the personal is political" becomes a therapeutic principle, recognizing that individual symptoms often reflect broader patterns of oppression and inequality. When a woman experiences anxiety about speaking up in meetings, feminist therapy doesn't merely focus on reducing her anxiety symptoms; it examines the societal messages that have taught her to silence her voice and the workplace dynamics that may discourage her participation.

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  Seven Myths About Education

  Daisy Christodoulou

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  In this controversial new book, Daisy Christodoulou offers a thought-provoking critique of educational orthodoxy. Drawing on her recent experience of teaching in challenging schools, she shows through a wide range of examples and case studies just how much classroom practice contradicts basic scientific principles. She examines seven widely-held beliefs which are holding back pupils and teachers:Facts prevent understandingTeacher-led instruction is passiveThe 21st century fundamentally changes everythingYou can always just look it upWe should teach transferable skillsProjects and activities are the best way to learnTeaching knowledge is indoctrinationIn each accessible and engaging chapter, Christodoulou sets out the theory of each myth, considers its practical implications and shows the worrying prevalence of such practice. Then, she explains exactly why it is a myth, with reference to the principles of modern cognitive science. She builds a powerful case explaining how governments and educational organisations around the world have let down teachers and pupils by promoting and even mandating evidence-less theory and bad practice.This blisteringly incisive and urgent text is essential reading for all teachers, teacher training students, policy makers, head teachers, researchers and academics around the world.

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  Before the Next Tragedy -...

  John D. Menna PHD

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  Principled Safety® for K–12: A Scenario-Driven Guide to Prevent Harm in School Shootings 
  We can prevent casualties in school shootings—if we change how we plan for school safety. With the right system, harm in school shooting scenarios may be prevented. This field guide adapts proven high-reliability practices to K–12 security, giving school administration a consistent, equitable way to secure schools. 
  Instead of focusing emergency preparedness on past shootings, John Menna—a veteran in safety engineering—presents the forward-looking Principled Safety® method, replacing guesswork and piecemeal “best practices” with a scenario-based planning system that increases student safety, not just those behind a locked classroom door. 
  Stop reacting after school shooting violence and instead learn to analyze credible threats, design layers of protective measures, and verify performances so protective measures work under pressure. Short, visual, and practical, the book gives school administrators, boards, facility planners, parents, policy makers, and districts a consistent level of protection across every school in the system. 
  If you’re responsible for school safety—or advocating for it—this book gives you a plan to invest wisely, document decisions, and protect every student, teacher, and staff member. Before the Next Tragedy is a disciplined, system-level approach with an emphasis on an equita

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  Land With No Sun - A Year in...

  Ted G Arthurs

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  A first-person history of the action seen by the United States airborne infantry brigade in Vietnam, from a Silver Star awarded Command Sergeant Major. A no-holds-barred, straight-in-your-face account of combat in Vietnam. You know it's going to be hot when your brigade is referred to as a Fireball unit. From May 1967 through May 1968, Ted Arthurs was in the thick of it, humping an eighty-pound rucksack through triple canopy jungle, chasing down the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. As sergeant major for a battalion of eight-hundred men, it was his job to see them through this jungle hell and get them back home again.

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  The Decision to Kill - A True...

  Leslie Ghiglieri

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  A family tragedy propels this gripping true crime debut as a mother searches for answers in the shocking murder of her husband—and conviction of her son. 
   
  In the early morning of October 18, 1986, Cherie Wier’s life collapses when her teenage son takes the life of her beloved husband. For years, Cherie grapples with events preceding and following the crime, struggling to overcome the consuming grief she suffers from her loss and the difficulty she faces as she attempts to forgive her son. The courtroom accounts of gruesome details and the shocking testimonies from experts, only add to Cherie’s yearning to make sense of the crime. She is tormented, wanting to know how and WHY this tragedy happened and if there was anything she could have done to prevent it . . .

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  Senator Ted Kennedy Delivers the...

  Senator Ted Kennedy

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  On June 5, 1968, Robert F. Kennedy (born on November 20, 1925), a United States Senator (NY) and candidate in the 1968 Democratic Party presidential primaries, was shot by 24-year-old Sirhan Sirhan at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles. Kennedy had just won the California and South Dakota primaries on June 4, and was addressing his campaign supporters in the hotel's ballroom. After leaving the podium, and exiting through a kitchen hallway, he was mortally wounded by multiple shots fired by Sirhan. Kennedy died at Good Samaritan Hospital nearly 25 hours later. His body was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Kennedy's younger brother, Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts delivered the eulogy.

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