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  Dogopolis - How Dogs and Humans...

  Chris Pearson

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  Dogopolis presents a surprising source for urban innovation in the history of three major cities: human-canine relationships. 
    
  Stroll through any American or European city today and you probably won’t get far before seeing a dog being taken for a walk. It’s expected that these domesticated animals can easily navigate sidewalks, streets, and other foundational elements of our built environment. But what if our cities were actually shaped in response to dogs more than we ever realized? 
   
  Chris Pearson’s Dogopolis boldly and convincingly asserts that human-canine relations were a crucial factor in the formation of modern urban living. Focusing on New York, London, and Paris from the early nineteenth century into the 1930s, Pearson shows that human reactions to dogs significantly remolded them and other contemporary western cities. It’s an unalterable fact that dogs—often filthy, bellicose, and sometimes off-putting—run away, spread rabies, defecate, and breed wherever they like, so as dogs became a more and more common in nineteenth-century middle-class life, cities had to respond to people’s fear of them and revulsion at their least desirable traits. The gradual integration of dogs into city life centered on disgust at dirt, fear of crime and vagrancy, and the promotion of humanitarian sentiments. On the other hand, dogs are some people’s most beloved animal companions, and human compassion and affection for pets and strays were equally powerful forces in shaping urban modernity. Dogopolis details the complex interrelations among emotions, sentiment, and the ways we manifest our feelings toward what we love—showing that together they can actually reshape society.

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  The Great Fire of London

  Neil Hanson

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  The great fire of London is lodged in the collective consciousness, and like other notorious disasters in history, continues to captivate the imaginations of people today. When preparing to write this astounding book, acclaimed author Neil Hanson discovered that there were many facets of the tragedy that remained unexplored. This enthralling, often horrifying narrative is the unforgettable culmination of his studies. 
   
  In 1666, London is still recovering from its latest bouts with the bubonic plague, and memories of the Black Death are still fresh. When a small fire breaks out in a downtown bakery, it spreads with alarming speed through the crowded city streets, from one desiccated wooden structure to the next. Becoming a conflagration of epic proportions, the firestorm rages like a dragon and ultimately razes half the city. 
   
  Though the fire itself may have been hell on earth, the smoldering aftermath plumbs the depths of depravity like few moments in human history.

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  How to English: Conversations -...

  David Tobin

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  Speak confidently. Connect naturally. 
  Ready to boost your fluency and speak English with ease? How to English: Conversations is your go-to guide for mastering real-life conversations. Designed for intermediate and advanced learners, this audiobook offers practical tips, real-world examples, and essential expressions to help you sound natural and confident. 
  Inside, you’ll learn how to: 
  Start and sustain engaging conversations 
  Express opinions and handle disagreements smoothly 
  Use idioms and phrasal verbs like a native speaker 
  Navigate casual and professional interactions with confidence 
  Packed with exercises, relatable scenarios, and cultural insights, How to English: Conversations helps you go beyond grammar—so you can speak comfortably, respond authentically, and build meaningful connections in English.

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  Self Reliance

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  When Ralph Waldo Emerson published his seminal essay on self-reliance in 1841, the United States was still reeling from the effects of a calamitous financial collapse four years earlier.
  
  His positive vision for the power of individualism and personal responsibility was issued in a climate of panic and uncertainty, at a time when the values of society and humanity were shifting. Emerson's call to independence remains as relevant and energizing as ever.

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  James - The World English Bible...

  Various Authors

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  The Book of James is a general epistle and one of the 21 epistles (didactic letters) in the New Testament. James 1:1 identifies the author as "James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ" who is writing to "the twelve tribes scattered abroad". The epistle is traditionally attributed to James the brother of Jesus (James the Just), and the audience is generally considered to be Jewish Christians, who were dispersed outside Israel.

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  Mornings When I Wake

  Brett Alan Dewing

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  Mornings When I Wake takes the idea of responding to a book (in this case, Annie Dillard's Holy the Firm) and the "selfing" that arises from the interplay of spirit and text and takes the reader through it experientially, starting in the abstract and slowly moving to the rational. Made up of chapters named for the characters of Holy the Firm, Mornings When I Wake is an ode to Dillard's masterpiece and her overall oeuvre, borrowing themes and styles from many of her books. Put succinctly, it answers the question of what happens when a piece of art lodges in your breastbone.

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