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  Nations in the Balance - The...

  Christopher L. Kolakowski

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  An account of the decisive WWII battles that helped shape Asia’s future: “Reminds us of the high stakes at risk for both Allies and Axis powers in Burma.” —Military Review   From December 1943 to August 1944, Allied and Japanese forces fought the decisive battles of World War II in Southeast Asia. Fighting centered around North Burma, Imphal, Kohima, and the Arakan, involving troops from all over the world along a battlefront the combined size of Pennsylvania and Ohio. The campaigns brought nations into collision for the highest stakes: British and Indian troops fighting for Empire, the Indo-Japanese forces seeking a prestige victory with an invasion of India and the Americans and Chinese focused on helping China and reopening the Burma Road.   Events turned on the decisions of the principal commanders—Admiral Louis Mountbatten and Generals Joseph Stilwell, William Slim, Orde Wingate, and Mutaguchi Renya, among many others. The impact of the fighting was felt in London, Tokyo, Washington, and other places far away from the battlefront, with effects that presaged postwar political relationships. This was also the first U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia, and Stilwell’s operations in some ways foreshadowed battles in Vietnam two decades later.  Nations in the Balance recounts these battles, offering dramatic and compelling stories of people fighting in difficult conditions against high odds, with far-reaching results. It also shows how they proved important to the postwar future of the participant nations and Asia as a whole, with effects that still reverberate decades after the war.

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  Cold Case Indiana

  Autumn Bones

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  Haunting mysteries from America's Heartland
  Indiana rightly prides itself as a safe place to live. Nevertheless, the Hoosier State has experienced its share of unexplained deaths and unsolved disappearances. The state's oldest missing child case, the disappearance of four-year-old Richmond Byers from Seelyville in 1904, may never be solved. The 1998 attempted bombing of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse remains one of the only unsolved instances of domestic terrorism in the United States. The identities of Bedford's so-called Carnival Babies will likely forever be unknown. The 1929 murder of Elizabeth Miller may have been the result of the community's belief that she was a witch, but the true culprit has never been brought to light.
  Author of Unsolved Indiana Autumn Bones explores some of Indiana's least known unsolved mysteries.

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  The Duchess and the Jeweller

  Virginia Woolf

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  A man who rose from nothing. A duchess with everything to lose. One irresistible transaction that exposes the truth behind luxury and desire.
  In this witty and incisive short story, Virginia Woolf peels back the glittering surface of high society. Oliver Bacon, London's most successful jeweller, is courted by a desperate duchess who tempts him with jewels, promises, and the illusion of acceptance among the elite. As their dance of ambition and vanity unfolds, Woolf reveals the insecurity, longing, and moral compromise hidden beneath wealth and status.
  
  Praised as "a brilliant satire of class and desire," this story sparkles with Woolf's psychological insight and elegant prose. Readers love its crisp tension, vivid characterization, and the quiet sting of its final revelations.
  
  If you enjoy sharp social commentary, compact storytelling, and Woolf's unmistakable narrative voice, this classic is a gem.
  
  Turn the page—and witness a world where temptation gleams brighter than truth.

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  Reach for Clarity: Transform...

  Callum Everridge

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  Reach for Clarity: Transform Your Mind and Thrive! 
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  I Am the Law - How Judge Dredd...

  Michael Molcher

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  He is the law—and you better believe it! 
   
   
   
  Judge, jury, and executioner, Judge Dredd is the brutal comic book cop policing the chaotic future urban jungle of Mega-City One, created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra and launching in the pages of 2000 AD in 1977. 
   
   
   
  But what began as a sci-fi action comic quickly evolved into a searing satire on hardline, militarized policing and "law and order" politics, its endless inventiveness and ironic humor acting as a prophetic warning about our world today—and with important lessons for our future. 
   
   
   
  Blending comic book history with contemporary radical theories on policing, I Am The Law takes key Dredd stories from the last forty-five years and demonstrates how they provide a unique wake up call about our gradual, and not so gradual, slide towards authoritarian policing. 
   
   
   
  From the politicization of policing to "zero tolerance," from violent suppression of protest to the rise of the surveillance state, I Am The Law examines how a comic book warned us about the chilling endgame of today's "law and order" politics.

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  Room for Two

  Abel Keogh

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  "Sweetie, I'm home." I tried to put as much kindness into my voice as possible. I didn't want to have another argument - at least not right away. 
  Silence. 
  "Sweetheart?" 
  A gunshot echoed from our bedroom, followed by the sound of a bullet casing skipping along a wall. 
  Everything slowed down. 
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  When a life is destroyed, when guilt says you played a role in its destruction, how do you face the days ahead? Twenty-six-year-old Abel Keogh chooses to ignore the promptings he receives concerning his wife's mental illness, and now he feels he is to blame for her choices. If only he had listened . . . 
  At some point in our lives, each of us face devastating afflictions and must eventually cope with loss. Regardless of how it happens, the outcome is still the same - we are left isolated, alone, wondering what we could have done differently, and where we can turn for peace. This is Abel's story of love and loss in his own words. His search for peace and the miracle that follows is proof that love and hope can endure, despite the struggles and tragedies that shape each of our lives.

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