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  Body Mods - How Far Will We Go?

  Seeker

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  From plastic surgery and bionic body parts to tattoos and piercings, body modifications are more common than you think, you may even have some! Listen in as Seeker dives into the world of body mods like 3D bioprinted organs, Chochlear implants, designer babies of the future and more in this best of collection, available for the first time in audio.

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  American Islamophobia -...

  Khaled A. Beydoun

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  "I remember the four words that repeatedly scrolled across my mind after the first plane crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City. 'Please don't be Muslims, please don't be Muslims.' The four words I whispered to myself on 9/11 reverberated through the mind of every Muslim American that day and every day after . . . . Our fear, and the collective breath or brace for the hateful backlash that ensued, symbolize the existential tightrope that defines Muslim American identity today." 
  The term "Islamophobia" may be fairly new, but irrational fear and hatred of Islam and Muslims is anything but. Though many speak of Islamophobia's roots in racism, have we considered how anti-Muslim rhetoric is rooted in our legal system? 
  Using his unique lens as a critical race theorist and law professor, Khaled A. Beydoun captures the many ways in which law, policy, and official state rhetoric have fueled the frightening resurgence of Islamophobia in the United States. Beydoun charts its long and terrible history, from the plight of enslaved African Muslims in the antebellum South and the laws prohibiting Muslim immigrants from becoming citizens to the ways the war on terror assigns blame for any terrorist act to Islam and the myriad trials Muslim Americans face in the Trump era. He passionately argues that by failing to frame Islamophobia as a system of bigotry endorsed and emboldened by law and carried out by government actors, U.S. society ignores the injury it inflicts on both Muslims and non-Muslims. Through the stories of Muslim Americans who have experienced Islamophobia across various racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines, Beydoun shares how U.S. laws shatter lives, whether directly or inadvertently. And with an eye toward benefiting society as a whole, he recommends ways for Muslim Americans and their allies to build coalitions with other groups. Like no book before it, American Islamophobia offers a robust and genuine portrait of Muslim America then and now.

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  Habit Forming - Drug Addiction...

  Elizabeth Kelly Gray

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  Habitual drug use in the United States is at least as old as the nation itself. Habit Forming traces the history of unregulated drug use and dependency before 1914, when the Harrison Narcotic Tax Act limited sales of opiates and cocaine under US law. Many Americans used opiates and other drugs medically and became addicted. Some tried Hasheesh Candy, injected morphine, or visited opium dens, but neither use nor addiction was linked to crime, due to the dearth of restrictive laws. After the Civil War, American presses published extensively about domestic addiction. Later in the nineteenth century, many used cocaine and heroin as medicine. As addiction became a major public health issue, commentators typically sympathized with white, middle-class drug users, while criticizing such use by poor or working-class people and people of color. When habituation was associated with middle-class morphine users, few advocated for restricted drug access. By the 1910s, as use was increasingly associated with poor young men, support for regulations increased. In outlawing users' access to habit-forming drugs at the national level, a public health problem became a larger legal and social problem, one with an enduring influence on American drug laws and their enforcement.

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  Brain Training - Myths Cognitive...

  Syrie Gallows

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  What are cognitive functions? 
  How does our brain work? 
  What facts and myths about our minds are out there, and which should you believe? 
  These and several other questions will be answered in this comprehensive manual. You will also learn about the sex differences pertaining to the human brain, how those differences manifest themselves in children’s play, and other topics that relate to our cognizant awareness. 
  Pick up this book now and learn more!

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  Obama's Legacy - Yes We Can Yes...

  Barack Obama, U.S. Government,...

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  During his years in office, from 2009 to 2017, Barack Obama signed more landmark legislation than any Democratic president since Lyndon Baines Johnson. This collection presents the legacy of Barack Obama through his presidential work and the legislation of his administration. The edition honors his achievements, the determined efforts despite the resistance and his long lasting influence: 
  Table of Contents: 
  Inaugural Speeches
  First Inaugural Address (2009)
  Second Inaugural Address (2013)
  Main Accomplishments
  Health Care
  Climate and Energy
  American Leadership
  Economic Progress
  Equality & Social Progress
  Executive Orders
  Presidential Records 
  Review and Disposition of Individuals Detained at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base and Closure of Detention Facilities 
  Review of Detention Policy Options 
  Ensuring Enforcement and Implementation of Abortion Restrictions in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts
  Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces
  Planning for Federal Sustainability in the Next Decade
  Implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States for 2015-2020
  Delegation of Certain Authorities and Assignment of Certain Functions Under the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015
  Amendment to Executive Order 13673
  Developing an Integrated Global Engagement Center To Support Government-wide Counterterrorism Communications Activities Directed Abroad and Revoking Executive Order 13584
  International Agreements & Treaties
  New START
  Paris Agreement
  Farwell Address

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  Stress Management - A Complete...

  Taylor Porter

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  Do you feel stressed much of the time and aren't sure how to find peace?Do you want to live a stress-free life?Do you want to manage job and work stress in your daily life? 
  If you answered "yes" to any of these, then this is the perfect, educational and informational book for you! 
  Hello! Welcome to this guide to "STRESS MANAGEMENT". 
  Everything You Need to Know About the Stress Management 
  This audiobook is both a handy resource for stress management and a close look into the causes of anxiety. Science has clearly vindicated that stress is one of the major causes to much of our mental and physical ill-health. This audiobook contains proven steps and strategies on how to manage stress in a way that it can either be prevented or reduced if not eliminated. 
   Stress is part of living. It is a fixture in life. Sources and causes of stress are in great abundance. Stress per se is not bad or evil. As a matter of fact, it is an integral element of learning. It provides challenges that make people polish their knowledge and skills in order to overcome trials and adversities. The positive circumstance about stress is that it can be taken care of. It can be managed, neutralized or controlled.  
  Here’s what you’ll find in the audiobook:Anxiеtу Disorders Аnd Anxiety AttacksTуреѕ Оf Аnxiеtу Diѕоrdеrѕ And Their ЅуmрtоmѕStress Sуmрtоmѕ, Signs, Аnd CаuѕеѕTop 10 Stressful Lifе EventsUsing Your Sеnѕеѕ Tо Rеliеvе Strеѕѕ On The SроtRеlаxаtiоn Tесhniquеѕ For Strеѕѕ RеliеfJоb Lоѕѕ Аnd Unemployment StrеѕѕHоw To Stор WorryingTips For Regaining Yоur Enеrgу, Optimism, Аnd HорeMuch, much more!

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