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  After the Fires - Unlocking the...

  Nozipho Tshabalala

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  When the flames of life's challenges have swept through you, who do you become from the ashes?
  Nozipho Tshabalala is a high-performing, excellence-driven, successful black woman. Being in control of everything in her life was crucial to her survival and success. For the most part, it had always served her well – until it didn't.
  In this captivating and deeply personal memoir, conversation strategist Nozipho invites you into her world – one shaped by political violence, professional triumphs on global stages and the intimate battles with loss that would test her most fundamental beliefs. Now in her 40s, she has realised that what she needed most to survive may not be what she needs to thrive.
  After the Fires is a call to reclaim the narrative amid life's unexpected turns. It honours the complexity of womanhood while celebrating the possibility of becoming exactly who you were meant to be, even when that person looks nothing like what you imagined.
  With vulnerability and wisdom, Nozipho demonstrates how surrender becomes not an act of defeat but a pathway to freedom. Her story reminds us that sometimes our greatest strength lies not in holding tighter but in opening our hands to release what no longer serves us.

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  The Shit People Say - What Not...

  Marie Ciampa

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  A Humorous Look at Chronic Illness and the Ridiculous Things People Say, by Marie Ciampa. Ever had someone say something that made you pause, raise an eyebrow, and think, “Did they really just say that?” Chronic illness is tough enough, but the absurd comments from well-meaning friends, family, and even strangers can be downright hilarious (and sometimes baffling). In The Shit people say!, Marie takes readers on a rollercoaster ride through the most ridiculous and unintentionally funny remarks made to someone living with chronic illness. Each chapter dives into a different comment, offering laughs, insight, and a reminder that a little humour can go a long way when dealing with the hard realities of illness. This book is a must-read for anyone living with chronic illness, as well as their families and friends. It’s time to laugh through the awkwardness, learn from the misunderstandings, and share the experience with a smile.

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  Chester Alan Arthur - A Life...

  Hourly History

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  Chester A. Arthur is not a name that immediately comes to mind when one thinks of great American presidents. He is, in many ways, the forgotten man of the White House, and most Americans would probably struggle to place him, let alone recall what he actually did. And yet his story is remarkable and, in many ways, surprising. 
  Arthur was one of those so-called accidental presidents who never sought the nation's highest office but stumbled into it only because an assassin's bullet cut down his predecessor, President James Garfield. Nobody expected much of him. He was a machine politician—a product of the corrupt New York patronage system and a man whose chief qualification for high office appeared to be his loyalty to the right people. What happened next surprised everyone, including, perhaps, Arthur himself. 
  Faced with the weight of an office he never asked for, and privately battling a terminal kidney disease that would kill him just a year after leaving the White House, Chester Arthur rose to the occasion in ways that nobody had thought possible. He took on the very system that had made him, signed landmark legislation that transformed the US government, and left office more respected than any man could reasonably have expected when he first took the oath. This is his life and his story in full.

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  Emile Volume 1

  Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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  "Emile" unfolds Jean-Jacques Rousseau's revolutionary vision on education, weaving philosophical insight with practical advice on nurturing a child's growth from infancy through to adulthood. Rousseau champions an education that mirrors the natural order, emphasizing learning through experience over the traditional academic memorization. Through the life of Emile, a fictional character, the narrative delves into freedom, moral evolution, and the importance of fostering individuality. This groundbreaking work compels a reevaluation of conventional teaching, spotlighting the integral development of a fully realized individual.

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  Two Women Living Together - The...

  Kim Hana, Hwang Sunwoo

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  Read by Sofia Jin and Jessica Lee 
   
  "Lee and Jin’s beautifully matched narration makes the evolving partnership feel immediate, sincere, and deeply personal. A gentle listening experience celebrating friendship, shared lives, and connection." -Audiofile Magazine, Earphones Award Winner 
   
  The big-hearted, bestselling South Korean memoir co-written by two best friends flouting gender norms and societal expectations with their decision to grow old together under one roof. 
  When most of their peers were moving in with romantic partners and having children, Kim Hana and Hwang Sunwoo chose independence—savoring solitude, quiet mornings, and the unmitigated freedom of living alone. But in their forties, something shifted, and they were met with a new, unexpected loneliness. Refusing to settle for the outdated choice between marriage or isolation, Hana and Sunwoo made a radical decision: to buy a home and live together—not as lovers, not as roommates, but as chosen family. 
  Now a bustling household of two women and four cats, Hana and Sunwoo still value solitude, but can do so while sharing a life and its meaning with someone else. Together they navigate the challenges and comforts of cohabiting in midlife, the growing pains of interdependence and the unexpected rewards of compromise when you’ve grown set in your ways. From sick days to career wins to aging parents and beach-side retirement plans, they are redefining domestic bliss on their own terms, where love, partnership, and home are defined not by tradition, but by choice. 
  With warmth, wit, and sharp social insight, Hana and Sunwoo share their blueprint for building a life outside the scripts of marriage and society’s expectations for women. Two Women Living Together is a quiet revolution—a celebration of female friendship, community, and the many forms that love and family can take.

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  Something Painful This Way Comes

  Timothy James

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  One man's journey through suffering and faith to discover God's faithfulness.

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