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  Pirate Queen - The Life of Grace...

  Judith Cook

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  In a life stranger than any fiction, Grace O'Malley, daughter of a clan chief in the far west of Ireland, went from marriage at fifteen to piracy on the high seas. She soon had a fleet of galleys under her commander, but her three decades of plundering, kidnapping, murder and mayhem came to a close in 1586, when she was captured and sentenced to hang. 
   
   
   
  Saved from the scaffold by none other than Queen Elizabeth herself—another powerful woman in a man's world—Grace's life took another extraordinary turn, when it was rumored she had become intelligencer for the queen's spymaster, Sir Francis Walsingham. Was this the price of her freedom? 
   
   
   
  Judith Cook explores this and other questions about the life and times of this remarkable woman in a fascinating, thrilling, and impeccably researched book.

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  Land With No Sun - A Year in...

  Ted G Arthurs

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  A first-person history of the action seen by the United States airborne infantry brigade in Vietnam, from a Silver Star awarded Command Sergeant Major. A no-holds-barred, straight-in-your-face account of combat in Vietnam. You know it's going to be hot when your brigade is referred to as a Fireball unit. From May 1967 through May 1968, Ted Arthurs was in the thick of it, humping an eighty-pound rucksack through triple canopy jungle, chasing down the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam. As sergeant major for a battalion of eight-hundred men, it was his job to see them through this jungle hell and get them back home again.

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  White City and the Murder Castle...

  Charles River Editors

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  Walking around Chicago today, it’s easy to forget about its past as a rural frontier, which is due in no small part to the way Chicago responded to the Great Fire of 1871. Immediately after the fire, Chicago encouraged inhabitants and architects to build over the ruins, spurring creative architecture with elaborate designs. Architects descended upon the city for the opportunity to rebuild the area, and over the next few decades they had rebuilt Chicago with the country’s most modern architecture and monuments.  
  	Chicago recovered well enough within 20 years to win the right to host the 1893 World’s Columbia Exposition, an international fair commemorating the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ discovery of the New World. Covering nearly two square miles, the fairgrounds created a city within a city, and Daniel Burnham was in the middle of it all. With several other noteworthy architects, including Louis Sullivan, Burnham designed the layout of the grounds and the construction of the buildings. During the late 19th century, “neoclassicism” was in vogue, and American architects designed buildings incorporating ancient Greek and Roman architecture.  
  	Unfortunately for the international event and some of its guests, today the White City is best known for its association with one of America’s most notorious serial killers. Herman Webster Mudgett was born in 1861 in a small New Hampshire hill town, and he was dead before he turned 35, but in the years between, operating under a name he had constructed to replace his own, he built a hotel in Chicago designed to kill its guests, committed a number of murders whose exact count remains in dispute, and earned the distinction of being among the first Americans to whom the word “serial killer” - a term that did not yet exist in his lifetime - could reasonably be applied.

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  The Pillow Book

  Sei Shônagon

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  The Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon is a captivating and intimate window into life at the Japanese imperial court during the Heian period. Written around the year 1000, this remarkable work blends personal reflection, poetic observation, and cultural commentary, creating one of the most unique and influential works in classical Japanese literature.
  
  Rather than following a traditional narrative, The Pillow Book is composed of a series of short passages, anecdotes, lists, and observations recorded by Sei Shōnagon while serving as a lady-in-waiting to Empress Teishi. Through her lively and perceptive writing, she captures the refined world of court society—its elegance, rivalries, humor, and delicate social customs.
  
  Shōnagon's entries range from witty descriptions of everyday events to thoughtful reflections on beauty, nature, and human behavior. She famously compiles delightful lists such as "Things That Make the Heart Beat Faster," "Things That Should Be Large," and "Things That Are Delightful," offering readers glimpses into the subtle pleasures and annoyances of courtly life. These observations reveal not only the author's sharp intellect but also her playful sense of humor and keen eye for detail.
  
  The book vividly portrays the aesthetics of the Heian court, where poetry, seasonal awareness, and refined etiquette shaped daily interactions. Through descriptions of moonlit evenings, blossoming flowers, elegant robes, and whispered conversations, Shōnagon brings the atmosphere of the imperial palace to life.
  
  At the same time, her writing captures universal aspects of human nature—pride, joy, irritation, admiration, and curiosity—making the work surprisingly relatable even after a thousand years. Her voice feels personal and immediate, offering readers the rare experience of encountering the thoughts and impressions of a writer from a distant era.
  
  Part memoir, part cultural record, and part literary art, The Pillow Book remains a timeless classic. It preserves the beauty and subtlety of Heian-era court culture while celebrating the pleasures of observation, wit, and the written word.
  
  Elegant, insightful, and endlessly charming, The Pillow Book stands as one of the most distinctive and treasured works in world literature—a brilliant portrait of a refined society and the perceptive mind that observed it.

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  A Sense of Balance

  John Howard

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  On how our sense of balance has defined us as a nation and will safeguard our future. 
    
  In the years that John Howard served in the national parliament he came to understand the special character of Australia; to appreciate its strengths and weaknesses; and most importantly to respect the sense of balance in the formulation of public policy that has long defined us as a nation and made Australia an attractive destination for people from across the world. 
  In this book he explores this balance, its foundations and its future. Written against the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as some of the more contested political events of recent years - the election of Donald Trump, the Brexit vote, the rise of China, and, within our own country, a carousel of six prime ministers in eleven years - these reflections touch on how Australia has responded to pressure over the last decade or so. Commentary on these subjects from politicians, opinion writers and social media can sometimes seem shrill and divisive. Australia's 25th and second longest serving prime minister has faith that no matter what challenges and extremes threaten to upset our sense of balance, the country's institutions and people will remain robust into the foreseeable future. 
  PRAISE 
  'John Howard's ongoing and important contribution to this country continues with his latest laser sharp book, A Sense of Balance. No former leader understands the Australian character better than our 25th Prime Minister' Janet Albrechtsen, columnist

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  Finding My Wild - How a Move to...

  Kathy Donaghy

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  'Life had brought me to the edge of myself and here I was feeling like I was on the edge of the world.'
  After moving back to her homeplace on the Inishowen Peninsula in Donegal with her young family, journalist Kathy Donaghy's life changed in ways she never saw coming. This unflinching memoir looks back at a decade of love and loss, of mothering, identity and ultimately healing. An ode to friendship, home and the extraordinary healing powers of immersing yourself in the natural world, especially the ocean.

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