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  The Highway Code UK - For All...

  Department for Transport

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  This Highway Code UK applies to England, Scotland and Wales. The Highway Code is essential reading for everyone. The aim of The Highway Code is to promote safety on the road, whilst also supporting a healthy, sustainable and efficient transport system.  Many of the rules of the Code are legal requirements and road users that do not comply may be fined, given points on driving licence, disqualified, or in serious cases, sent to prison.   This Highway Code audiobook includes the Highway Code that contains twenty free chapters that cover traffic regulations, laws and penalties. The text was sourced from the latest edition of The Official Highway Code, and reproduced under the terms of the Open Government Licence.

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  Dynamite Nashville - Unmasking...

  Betsy T. Phillips

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  New evidence in Dynamite Nashville uncovers the origin of an organized group of racist terrorists committing nationwide acts of violence against integration efforts in the late 1950's and early 1960s. Award winning historian Betsy Phillips not only paints a detailed picture of the social dynamic of the times, but details how a violent fringe of racists came to national prominence. In Dynamite Nashville, Phillips unmasks the KKK, reveals a racist terrorist network, names its principle leader, and shines a much needed historical spotlight on unsung civil rights hero Z. Alexander Looby. 
   
   
   
  Just as Nashville was where Civil Rights icons began, Nashville is where one of the country's most prominent organizations of racist terrorists formed. Members of The Confederate Underground would participate in least twenty bombings between 1957 and 1963. In Dynamite Nashville, Phillips revisits three unsolved Nashville bombings. Additionally, her research shows how the differing agendas of local police and the FBI allowed these bombers to escape prosecution until decades later, if at all. Dynamite Nashville is a prequel to the racist violence of the 1960s, the story of how these bombers came together to learn how to terrorize communities, and to escape any meaningful justice. It is also the story of how communities and heroes like Z. Alexander Looby pushed back.

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  Borderline Personality Disorder...

  Lois Frost

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  Are you constantly grappling with intense emotional turmoil? 
  Does the fear of abandonment often consume your thoughts, causing you to push away those you love the most? 
  Do you struggle to understand why your mood can shift so rapidly from euphoria to deep despair? 
  Does the storm of rage inside you often lead to impulsive and self-damaging actions? 
  I understand the whirlwind of emotions and the constant struggle. I've been there. 
  It's hard, it's confusing, it's often lonely, but remember, you are not alone. Your battle with BPD is not in vain. This book is your beacon of hope. 
  Imagine for a second, what if you could ... 
  - Gain control over your emotions, rather than letting them control you. 
  - Learn to navigate relationships healthily, fostering deep, meaningful connections. 
  - Overcome the fear of abandonment and build resilience within yourself. 
  - Develop a strong and stable sense of self, firmly rooted in self-acceptance and self-love. 
  - Find healthier outlets for your impulsivity, channeling it into productive endeavors. 
  - Learn to manage stress and paranoia, fostering a more peaceful and serene mindset. 
  Here's a little sneak preview of what you’ll get: 
  - Practical strategies to manage emotional instability and cultivate emotional intelligence. 
  - Insights into the origins and symptoms of BPD, helping you better understand your condition. 
  - Effective coping mechanisms to handle stress and paranoia, fostering a sense of peace and tranquility. 
  - Techniques to help you develop a healthier and more positive self-image. 
  - Methods to regulate anger and express your emotions effectively.Make the first move towards a better tomorrow. Your healthier, happier self awaits.

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  Clever Girl: Jurassic Park

  Hannah McGregor

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  A smart and incisive exploration of everyone’s favorite dinosaur movie and the female dinosaurs who embody what it means to be angry, monstrous, and free 
  The Jurassic Park series is one of the most famous and profitable movie franchises of all time — an entire generation of people has never known life without these CGI dinosaurs. The movie spectacle broke film and merchandising records, pioneered special effects, and made Jeff Goldblum into an unlikely sex symbol, and now it has also been re-envisioned as a classic of queer feminist storytelling. 
  In Clever Girl, Hannah McGregor argues that the female-only dinosaurs of Jurassic Park are stand-ins for monstrous women, engineered by men to be intelligent, violent, and adaptive, and whose chaos resists the systems designed to control them. As they run wild through their prison, a profit-driven theme park, they destroy the men and structures who mistakenly believed in their own colonialist and capitalist power, showing the audience what it means to be angry, monstrous, and free. The velociraptors were not just jump scares for children but also revelatory and predatory symbols of feminist rage. Clever girls, indeed.

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  You Know What You Did - The Hills

  Lisa Whittington-Hill

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  A funny and generous look at reality television’s most influential docusoap and how it changed the conversation on fame and young women
  		 
  When The Hills debuted on May 31, 2006, the world was unprepared for its shiny, cocktail-fueled, and unprecedented success. Seemingly overnight, fans were either Team Lauren or Team Heidi, although everyone could agree that Justin Bobby was the worst. In You Know What You Did, culture writer Lisa Whittington-Hill charts the explosive rise of one of television’s first polished (and possibly scripted) docusoaps, one that set the trajectory for how women who were “famous for being famous” — from the Real Housewives to the Kardashians — would be seen by the world for the decades to come.
  		 
  The Hills followed Lauren Conrad as she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her dreams of working in fashion. At the show’s peak, 4.8 million viewers tuned in to watch Lauren and her friends Heidi, Audrina, and Whitney intern at Teen Vogue, spill tea over sushi, and lounge by the pool at the Roosevelt Hotel. As their popularity grew, they became bona fide celebrities, experiencing the same vicious tabloid culture as other young female stars, navigating familiar rumors about sex tapes, plastic surgery, and addictions. Soon, slick docusoaps focused on the lifestyles of the wannabe rich and almost famous were everywhere and encouraged their female leads to stay skinny, behave badly, and, above all else, keep their names in the headlines.
  		 
  With a healthy dose of cynicism and empathy for the chaos of the Hollywood maelstrom, You Know What You Did shows us that, no matter your team, you loved The Hills for its skinny jeans, black eyeliner, and dating angst. But now you can also love — and question — it for changing everything we know about celebrity, reality, and young womanhood.

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  Cleopatra’s Needles - The Lost...

  PhD Bob Brier

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  In the half-century between 1831 and 1881 three massive obelisks left Egypt for new lands. Prior to these journeys, the last large obelisk moved was the Vatican obelisk in 1586—one of the great engineering achievements of the Renaissance. Roman emperors moved more than a dozen, but left no records of how they did it. The nineteenth-century engineers entrusted with transporting the obelisks across oceans had to invent new methods, far from certain that they would work. As the three obelisks, bound for Paris, London, and New York, sailed towards their new homes, the world held its breath. Newspapers reported the obelisks' daily progress, complete with illustrations of the heroic deeds of the engineers and crews struggling under nearly impossible conditions. When the obelisks arrived safely in their new homes, bands played Cleopatra's Needle Waltz and silver obelisk pencils dangled from fashionable ladies' necks. 
   
   
   
  This turbulent era, caught up in obelisk mania, is recreated by Bob Brier in all its glory. Amid tales of engineering dexterity and naval endurance, the individuals involved in transporting the obelisks and receiving them in their future homes are brought to life through their letters, diaries, and newspaper articles. This book will fascinate all those interested in Egypt, its iconic monuments, and the history of great endeavor.

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