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  The Wife of Bath - A Biography

  Marion Turner

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  From the award-winning biographer of Chaucer, the story of his most popular and scandalous character, from the Middle Ages to #MeToo 
   
  Ever since her triumphant debut in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, the Wife of Bath, arguably the first ordinary and recognisably real woman in English literature, has obsessed readers—from Shakespeare to James Joyce, Voltaire to Pasolini, Dryden  
  to Zadie Smith. Few literary characters have led such colourful lives or matched her influence or capacity for reinvention in poetry, drama, fiction, and film. In The Wife of Bath, Marion Turner tells the fascinating story of where Chaucer’s  
  favourite character came from, how she related to real medieval women, and where her many travels have taken her since the fourteenth century, from Falstaff and Molly Bloom to #MeToo and Black Lives Matter.  
   
  A sexually active and funny working woman, the Wife of Bath, also known as Alison, talks explicitly about sexual pleasure. She is also a victim of domestic abuse who tells a story of rape and redemption. Formed from misogynist sources, she  
  plays with stereotypes. Turner sets Alison’s fictional story alongside the lives of real medieval women—from a maid who travelled around Europe, abandoned her employer, and forged a new career in Rome to a duchess who married her fourth  
  husband, a teenager, when she was sixty-five. Turner also tells the incredible story of Alison’s postmedieval life, from seventeenth-century ballads and Polish communist pop art to her reclamation by postcolonial Black British womenwriters. 
   
  Entertaining and enlightening, funny and provocative, The Wife of Bath is a oneof-a-kind history of a literary and feminist icon who continues to capture the imagination of readers.

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  Stories for Your Soul - Ordinary...

  Max Lucado

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  Read by the author. 
  Deepen your faith and find fresh hope in God's goodness as you discover inspiring stories that will encourage your heart. 
  Life can be hard: grief, loss, busyness, financial hardships, abuse, broken relationships, and illness are just some of the difficulties we all face on a regular basis. It's easy to lose faith in your neighbor and feel like you're alone--but Max Lucado assures us that hope is here. 
  Stories for Your Soul: Ordinary People. Extraordinary God. by pastor and New York Times bestselling author Max Lucado will reestablish your faith in people and the Lord by sharing the good in the world. 
  Compiled from Max's catalog of treasured stories, this collection of ordinary miracles sheds light on the ways that everyday people are doing God's work while also sharing their gifts with others. 
  Throughout Stories for Your Soul, you'll read about:Nicholas Winton, a twenty-nine-year-old stockbroker, who rescued 669 children during World War IIFavio Chavez and Don Cola Gomez--two men recycling the world's trash into musical instrumentsJimmy Wayne and how complete strangers gave him a home and became his familyAnd many more amazing stories 
    
  At the end of each inspiring story, you'll find two reflection questions to help you dig deep into your life and identify ways you can use your own gifts to change the world while deepening your faith in God. 
  Questions for reflection can be found in the audiobook companion PDF download. 
   

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  Memoirs of a Doctor - : an...

  Dr. Andrew C S Koh

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  “Memoirs of a Doctor” is a deeply personal account of a Christian medical doctor's journey. It tells the story of one man's struggle to balance his faith in God with the demands of his profession, and the many challenges along the way. From the joys of saving a life to the heartbreak of losing a patient, the book explores what it means to be a doctor. Through it all, the author's unwavering faith shines through. With insightful reflections on life, medicine, and spirituality, “Memoirs of a Doctor” is a must-listen audiobook.

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  Cowboy from Prague: An...

  Charles Ota Heller

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  “Charles Ota Heller’s newest memoir, Cowboy from Prague, is a gripping and hauntingly 
  beautiful exploration… required reading for a generation that often forgets that the struggle is the 
  most important part of the journey.” 
  --Major General (Res.) Doron Almog, Israel Prize Laureate 
  From the author of the acclaimed memoir, Prague: My Long Journey Home, comes an inspiring account of a refugee who boarded a ship toward hope—toward the United States—where he began a pursuit of the American Dream. 
  After losing 25 members of their family in the Holocaust, the author and his parents escape a brutal Communist regime in Czechoslovakia, transforming themselves in a single day from one of their native country’s wealthiest families to stateless refugees with all their assets contained in three suitcases. Young Charlie’s father orders him to speak English without an accent and to become a “100% American.” His obedient son complies and, despite struggles with anti-immigrant prejudice and the discovery that America is not the perfect nation he had imagined, Charlie succeeds beyond even his own dreams. 
  His struggles and triumphs—as a student, athlete, engineer, academic, entrepreneur, investor, author, and family man—serve as a reminder that America is still the land of opportunity, one that beckons to those looking for a better life. Cowboy from Prague is a tender, enthralling, compelling, and powerful story that will resonate with all Americans who, together, make up a nation unique in the world—a nation of immigrants.

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  Detailed Pieces of a Shattered...

  Amanda Blackwood

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  "My name is Amanda Blackwood and I'm a survivor of human trafficking." Even now the words sound like fiction, especially as the horrors fade from recent memory. It's been 20 years since I escaped that fate, beating the odds. Most don't survive. I know that now, I didn't know that then. I didn't see any other option. 
  At the age of 19, my life took a drastic turn down a very dark path. I married a much older man in an attempt to escape my already dramatic life and was looking for a way out of trouble when the word "trouble" was completely redefined for me. Taken in you a young couple who then sold me like property to the highest bidder, my life changed completely. 
  Suddenly I found myself locked away in a small room with no food, no water, no bathroom, and no company other that the screams of other trapped girls down the dark, deadly hallway. I had ample time to rethink my life. When I escaped, I didn't go back for the other girls whose screams haunt my dreams even now. As my attacker edged closer I reached behind me for anything I could use to defend myself and my hand felt the cold surface of a ceramic lamp...

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  Most Followed TikTokers and...

  Johnny Walker

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  TikTok videos go viral and reach millions of users on a daily basis, but who has the biggest following?In recent years, TikTok has become one of the biggest social media platforms in the world, with over 1 billion users.The video-sharing platform’s popularity has skyrocketed largely due to its tailored ‘for you’ page that’s filled with endless videos accompanied by catchy, viral music.On the app, users can watch anything from short comedy sketches, to trending dance routines, recipes, and social activism.It has established itself as a perfect place for videos to go viral, reaching millions of users, and can make a superstar out of anyone overnight.But who has the most followers on the app? Here’s everything you need to know.

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