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  National Parks Forever - Fifty...

  Jonathan B. Jarvis, T. Destry...

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  Two leaders of the National Park Service provide a front-row seat to the disastrous impact of partisan politics over the past fifty years—and offer a bold vision for the parks’ future. 
    
  The US National Parks, what environmentalist and historian Wallace Stegner called America’s “best idea,” are under siege. Since 1972, partisan political appointees in the Department of the Interior have offered two conflicting views of the National Park Service (NPS): one vision emphasizes preservation and science-based decision-making, and another prioritizes economic benefits and privatization. These politically driven shifts represent a pernicious, existential threat to the very future of our parks. 
    
  For the past fifty years, brothers Jonathan B. and T. Destry Jarvis have worked both within and outside NPS as leaders and advocates. National Parks Forever interweaves their two voices to show how our parks must be protected from those who would open them to economic exploitation, while still allowing generations to explore and learn in them. Their history also details how Congress and administration appointees have used budget and staffing cuts to sabotage NPS’s ability to manage the parks and even threatened their existence. Drawing on their experience, Jarvis and Jarvis make a bold and compelling proposal: that it is time for NPS to be removed from the Department of the Interior and made an independent agency, similar to the Smithsonian Institution, giving NPS leaders the ability to manage park resources and plan our parks’ protection, priorities, and future.

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  Marcelo by Marcelo

  Sarab Zavaleta

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  This is the biography of a young man with some neurological differences, written in the first person. Through his eyes, we see how he perceives his life and negotiates his reality. His world and his understandings of life may be different from the norm, but we learn to appreciate a special type of soul that should be acknowledged and celebrated as part of human diversity. This book also demonstrates the love and nurturance of his mother and the dynamics of his relationship with her. We also enjoy reading about the very comfortable lifestyle that Marcelo has been given, including his worldwide travels. This book is a unique contribution to our understanding of the autistic and human experience.

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  The Unplugged Hours -...

  Hannah Brencher

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  Read by the author. 
  Join the Challenge: One Thousand Unplugged Hours in One Year 
  Former social media addict, Hannah Brencher discovered first-hand that turning off her phone had a substantial impact on her mental health, relationships, time management, and outlook on the world.  
  Like so many of us, Hannah had been turning to her phone to cope with life in a time of isolation and uncertainty. But those coping mechanisms had become habits she didn't know how to break until she truly committed herself to one simple yet profound act: log 1,000 phone-free hours in a year.    
  Now, in The Unplugged Hours, she demonstrates how the act of powering down and reducing the habit of a constantly plugged-in lifestyle can change your entire life. 
  No matter what you do for a living, how much time your apps save you, or how much entertainment your phone brings, it is possible to unplug—and rediscover the richness of life on the other side. 
  A powerful weaving of memoir, cultural commentary, and spiritual insights, this life-changing book will help you:Reclaim your ability to be present and engaged with the world around you.Swap the hurried, constant pace of technology for a steadier, more rooted way of living.Establish your own unplugged rituals and rhythms in daily life. 
    
  The Unplugged Hours gives you the practical ideas and spiritual inspiration you need to stop scrolling and start living. So join the challenge: put your phone down and live your life.

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  علي بن أبي طالب فارس الإسلام...

  ورد اسماعيل

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  في هذا العمل الصوتي الفريد، يأخذك المؤلف مثال العامري في رحلة عبر الزمان والمواقف الخالدة، لتعيش مع الإمام علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام — الإنسان، والفارس، والحكيم الذي خطّت سيرته أنوار العدالة والشجاعة والإيمان. 
  يستعرض الكتاب صفحات مشرقة من بطولات الإمام في ميادين القتال، ومواقفه المضيئة في ميادين الفكر والقول، حيث يجتمع السيف والقلم، والبطولة والحكمة، في شخصية واحدة استثنائية كانت ولا تزال منارة لكل الباحثين عن الحق والفضيلة. 
  بأسلوب أدبي رصين، وصوت مفعم بالإحساس والوقار، يأخذك هذا العمل إلى أعماق التاريخ الإسلامي، لتشعر بروح الإمام علي تتردد في الكلمات، وتلتمس عبق العدالة التي حملها في قلبه وسلوكه. 
  هذا ليس مجرد كتاب تاريخي، بل هو رحلة تأملية في جوهر الإنسانية والقيادة والإيمان، تُعيد إلى المستمعين معنى القوة المقترنة بالرحمة، والعلم الممزوج با 
  لتقوى.

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  Muhammad: A short biography - 5...

  5 Minutes, 5 Minute Biographies,...

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  Muhammad, warrior, prophet, and founder of a religion: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

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  Arthashastra or The Playbook of...

  Chanakya

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  Truly radical "Machiavellianism", in the popular sense of that word, is classically expressed in Indian literature in the Arthashastra of Kautilya (written long before the birth of Christ, ostensibly in the time of Chandragupta): compared to it, Machiavelli's The Prince is harmless.— Max Weber, Politics as a Vocation (1919)Chanakya's treatise, written while turning a farmhand into the emperor of the largest empire India had ever seen, focuses on how to manage an empire, covering everything from domestic policy and personal rights to assassination and the dirtier arts of politics. This is not, as with Plato’s Republic, a work of theory. Chanakya’s guidance is entirely practical, and is based on both his education and his experience building an empire. It lacks the philosophical ponderings and moralizing of its equivalent Western works (such as The Prince, The Republic or Leviathan) and instead focuses on how one deals with the messiness of the world in practice.People will occasionally refer to Chanakya as an Indian Machiavelli, but this does some discredit to Chanakya. The Prince is a satire, and focused around exposing the tactics and inhumanity of Cesare Borgia. Arthashastra is a manual for every aspect of statecraft, and while it deals in the unethical it does so only because that is, after all is said and done, one of the options available to a ruler.If you're after a totally pragmatic analysis of leadership, stripped of moralising and focused on what works and how to deal with real-world issues, this is the book for you.

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