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  Political Animals - The secret...

  Peter Cardwell

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  Peter Cardwell is a broadcaster, author, academic and international political commentator. He served as a special adviser in the UK government for three and a half years, working across four departments. Peter has worked on three continents for the BBC, Sky News and ITV and has written for publications including The Times, the Sunday Independent and Your Cat magazine. He is currently a presenter on Talk and, occasionally, Times Radio.
  
  After being educated in Northern Ireland, Peter studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, before winning a Fulbright scholarship to the Columbia School of Journalism, New York.
  He lives in London with his rescue cat Jack.

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  Scoot Over and Make Some Room -...

  Heather Avis, Shauna Niequist

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  Hilarious and heartwarming stories that will empower you to make space for the other and discover the extraordinary, welcoming heart of God. 
  Author and Instagram star Heather Avis has made it her mission to introduce the world to the unique gifts and real-life challenges of those who have been pushed to the edges of society. Mama to three adopted kids--two with Down Syndrome--Heather encourages us all to take a breath, whisper a prayer, laugh a little, and make room for the wildflowers. 
  In a world of divisions and margins, those who act, look, and grow a little differently are all too often shoved aside. Scoot Over and Make Some Room is part inspiring narrative and part encouraging challenge for us all to listen and learn from those we're prone to ignore. 
  Heather tells hilarious stories of her growing kids, spontaneous dance parties, forgotten pants, and navigating the challenges and joys of parenthood. She shares heartbreaking moments when her kids were denied a place at the table and when she had to fight for their voices to be heard. With beautiful wisdom and profound convictions, this manifesto will empower you to notice who's missing in the spaces you live in, to make room for your own kids and for those others who need you and your open heart. 
  This is your invitation to a table where space is unlimited and every voice can be heard. Because when you open your life to the wild beauty of every unique individual, you'll discover your own colorful soul and the extraordinary, abundant heart of God.

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  Imperialism: The Final Stage of...

  Vladimir Lenin

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  "Imperialism: The Final Stage of Capitalism" by Vladimir Lenin is a foundational Marxist text that explores the economic and political dynamics of imperialism in the early 20th century. Originally published in 1917, this work was a response to the global geopolitical landscape of the time and sought to analyze the nature of imperialism as the highest stage of capitalist development.
  Lenin argues that imperialism represents a new and advanced form of capitalism characterized by the domination of finance capital, the export of capital to foreign territories, the formation of monopolies, and the intensification of international rivalries. He contends that imperialist powers engage in the exploitation of colonies and less developed nations for resources and markets, leading to economic and political subjugation.
  The text also addresses the impact of imperialism on class relations and the working class movement. Lenin contends that imperialism intensifies the contradictions of capitalism, creating conditions ripe for proletarian revolution.
  "Imperialism" remains a significant Marxist analysis that has influenced subsequent discussions on global economics, geopolitics, and anti-colonial struggles. While primarily an economic and political treatise, Lenin's work provides key insights into the intersection of economic power, politics, and class struggle during the imperialist era.

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  Minimalism For Beginners - A...

  Isabella Males

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  Have you ever felt overwhelmed, suffocated, and stressed out by the amount of clutter in your life? 
  The truth is… you probably have too many things taking up unnecessary space in your life. But what you might not know is that those things are weighing you down in more ways than one... 
  ‘The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.’ 
  If you are sick and tired of running the endless marathon of acquiring more (for whatever reason) and are looking for an alternative way of life where you can enjoy having less by ‘developing the capacity to enjoy less’, make minimalism your way of life instead. 
  Start your simple, stress-free approach to living today with all the tools that you need to help you get started off on the right foot from day one. Isn’t it about time that you started to worry less and live more?Grab your copy of Minimalism for beginners now!

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  Warren G Harding's 1921...

  Warren G. Harding

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  On March 4, 1921, Warren G. Harding became the 29th President of the United States and delivered his inaugural address. Harding would die two and a half years later, his mantle taken over by Calvin Coolidge. Step back to this moment as Harding calls for a U.S. that is more active, that seeks peaceful and profitable connections with the world, and builds on its history without falling back into worse times.

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  Endurance - An Epic of Polar...

  F.A. Worsley, Patrick O’Brian

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  The legendary tale of Ernest Shackleton's grueling Antarctic expedition, recounted in riveting first-person detail by the captain of HMS Endurance. 
   
   
   
  "You seriously mean to tell me that the ship is doomed?" asked Frank Worsley, commander of the Endurance, stuck impassably in Antarctic ice packs. "What the ice gets," replied Sir Ernest Shackleton, the expedition's unflappable leader, "the ice keeps." It did not, however, get the ship's twenty-five crew members, all of whom survived an eight-hundred-mile voyage across sea, land, and ice to South Georgia, the nearest inhabited island. 
   
   
   
  First published in 1931, Endurance tells the full story of that doomed 1914-1916 expedition and incredible rescue, as well as relating Worsley's further adventures fighting U-boats in the Great War, sailing the equally treacherous waters of the Arctic, and making one final (and successful) assault on the South Pole with Shackleton. It is a tale of unrelenting high adventure and a tribute to one of the most inspiring and courageous leaders of men in the history of exploration.

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