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  Journal to Stella

  Jonathan Swift

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  Journal to Stella by Jonathan Swift is a fascinating and deeply personal collection of letters that offers readers a rare glimpse into the private life and mind of one of the greatest writers of the eighteenth century. Written between 1710 and 1713, these letters were addressed to Esther Johnson—affectionately called "Stella"—Swift's close companion and trusted confidante.
  
  Composed while Swift was living in London, the journal records his daily experiences, thoughts, and observations during a crucial period of political and literary activity in Britain. Through these lively entries, Swift describes the bustling world of London society, his interactions with prominent political leaders, and the shifting atmosphere of public affairs. The letters reveal the author moving within influential circles while maintaining his characteristic wit and sharp intelligence.
  
  Unlike Swift's famous satirical works, Journal to Stella reveals a far more intimate side of the writer. The tone is playful, affectionate, and conversational, filled with private jokes, humorous remarks, and moments of tenderness directed toward Stella and her companion Rebecca Dingley. This unique style allows readers to witness Swift not as the formidable satirist but as a warm, attentive friend sharing the details of his everyday life.
  
  The journal also serves as an important historical document. Swift's observations provide insight into the political tensions, social customs, and cultural life of early eighteenth-century Britain. His accounts of meetings with ministers, writers, and public figures offer a vivid picture of the intellectual and political climate of the time.
  
  At the heart of the work lies the enduring connection between Swift and Stella. Through his affectionate language and constant communication, readers glimpse a relationship marked by loyalty, humor, and deep emotional attachment.
  
  Charming, candid, and historically rich, Journal to Stella stands as one of the most revealing personal records in English literature. It offers not only a portrait of Jonathan Swift the man, but also an intimate window into the social and political world in which he lived and wrote.

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  Toxic Mayhem

  Vinson Chard

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  This is Vinson Chard's second book recounting stories about his time working as a Chemical Engineer. He 'spills the beans' on all the shenanigans perpetrated in the world of hazardous waste. The stories are of his hazardous and light-hearted misadventures while on these excursions and the colourful characters he meets along with way, with curious incidents like being shown some of the seedier areas of a Yorkshire city.There are stories of political intrigue at boardroom level, with company directors brawling in a prestigious Cardiff hotel on rugby International Day and Vinson forced to associate with a duplicitous Knight of the Realm. This is an eclectic mix of true stories and characters, all related with anecdotal humour. From the author of LIFE'S RICH MIX

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  You Mean It or You Don't - James...

  Adam Hollowell, Jamie McGhee

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  After a speech at UMass Amherst on February 28, 1984, James Baldwin was asked by a student: "You said that the liberal façade and being a liberal is not enough. Well, what is? What is necessary?" Baldwin responded, "Commitment. That is what is necessary. You mean it or you don't." 
   
   
   
  Taking up that challenge and drawing from Baldwin's fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and interviews, You Mean It or You Don't will spur today's progressives from conviction to action. It is not enough, authors Hollowell and McGhee urge us, to hold progressive views on racial justice, LGBTQ+ identity, and economic inequality. True and lasting change demands a response to Baldwin's radical challenge for moral commitment. Called to move from dreams of justice to living it out in communities, churches, and neighborhoods, we can show that we truly mean it. 
   
   
   
  Welcome to life with James Baldwin. It is raw and challenging, inspired and embodied, passionate, and fully awake.

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  Listening to the voice of the heart

  Elian Bittencourt

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  Listening to the Voice of the Heart is an invitation to revisit your self-image, values, and to recognize your hidden desires, your secret dreams. At the same time, it brings the romanticism of one who inhabits their own dream and recognizes their weaknesses without dwelling in them.
  It is an appeal to sensitivity, whether in artistic creation and appreciation, or in attention to affection and the beauty of everyday life.
  I hope that by diving into these thought pills each reader can revisit themselves and be provoked to listen to the voice of their own heart, searching within themselves the necessary motivations to recover the right to dream.
  Written by Elian Bittencourt, a musician who composes or a composer who writes, this work understands and accepts contradiction as an inseparable part of human existence. As such, it can be a visit to the inner world of a Brazilian artist living in Portugal, as well as a personal compass and a reminder of important values that are learned throughout a lifetime.
  Site: www.elian.pt

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  Multiple Sclerosis: Smiling and...

  Dorothy M. Mitchell

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  
  'Multiple Sclerosis - Smiling & Hurting' is the story of Dorothy M. Mitchell. Born in a small Yorkshire village just before the Second World War, she remembers vividly being in the air raid shelter as enemy bombs rained down on nearby Bradford and Leeds, the night sky red from fires burning below in the cities and the sound of aircraft above very frightening. She started work in a cotton mill at the age of fourteen before moving to Evesham in Worcestershire at the age of sixteen with her parents. She married at eighteen, has two sons and seven grandchildren. 
  Dorothy was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of thirty-seven, suffering many relapse and a few near nervous breakdowns.

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  Seeking Social Democracy - Seven...

  Edward Broadbent, Jonathan Sas,...

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  The first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent's ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life 
   
   
   
  Part memoir, part history, part political manifesto, Seeking Social Democracy offers the first full-length treatment of Ed Broadbent's ideas and remarkable seven-decade engagement in public life. In dialogue with three collaborators from different generations, Broadbent leads listeners through a life spent fighting for equality in Parliament and beyond: exploring the formation of his social democratic ideals, his engagement on the international stage, and his relationships with historical figures from Pierre Trudeau and Fidel Castro to Tommy Douglas, René Lévesque, and Willy Brandt. From the formative minority Parliament of 1972–1974 to the contentious national debate over Canada's constitution to the free trade election of 1988, the book chronicles the life and thought of one of Canada's most respected political leaders and public intellectuals from his childhood in 1930s Oshawa to the present day. Broadbent's analysis also points toward the future, offering lessons to a new generation on how principles can inform action and social democracy can look beyond neoliberalism. The result is an engaging, timely, and sweeping analysis of Canadian politics, philosophy, and the nature of democratic leadership.

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