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  Peaky Blinders: The Real Story -...

  Carl Chinn

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  The Peaky Blinders as we know them, thanks to the hit TV series, are infused with drama and dread. Fashionably dressed, the charismatic but deeply flawed Shelby family blind enemies by slashing them with the disposable safety razor blades stitched in to the peaks of their flat caps, as they fight bloody gangland wars involving Irish terrorists and the authorities led by a devious Home Secretary, Winston Churchill.  
  But who were the real Peaky Blinders? Did they really exist?Well-known social historian, broadcaster, and author Carl Chinn has spent decades searching them out. Now he reveals the true story of the notorious Peaky Blinders, one of whom was his own great-grandfather and, like the Shelbys, his grandfather was an illegal bookmaker in back-street Birmingham.In this gripping social history, Chinn shines a light on the rarely reported struggles of the working class in one of the great cities of the British Empire before the First World War. The story continues after 1918 as some Peaky Blinders transformed into the infamous Birmingham Gang. Led by the real Billy Kimber, they fought a bloody war with the London gangsters Darby Sabini and Alfie Solomon over valuable protection rackets extorting money from bookmakers across the booming postwar racecourses of Britain.Drawing together a remarkably wide-range of original sources, including interviews with relatives of the 1920s gangsters, Peaky Blinders: The Real Story adds a new dimension to the true history of Birmingham's underworld and fact behind its fiction.

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  Summary: High Performance Habits...

  Brooks Bryant

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  Disclaimer: This is a summary; not the official book nor does it accompany it. 
  Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way' by Brendan Burchard. This insightful book lays out the crucial habits used by top performers to excel in their personal and professional lives. 
  Burchard, a world-renowned high-performance coach, has based his findings on one of the most extensive research projects on high performance ever conducted. He provides a scientifically-backed approach to achieving extraordinary success across multiple domains of life. 
  Our efficient summary highlights the six habits that high performers have in common and how these practices can help you rise above the rest. Learn how to increase productivity, enhance your energy, condition your mind for success, maintain motivation, develop influence, and demonstrate courage.

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  Borders - A Very Short...

  Joshua Hagen, Alexander C. Diener

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  First published in 2012, Borders: A Very Short Introduction began with the premise that "we live in a very bordered world." The intervening decade has witnessed a flurry of events and developments that continue to highlight the centrality of borders in contemporary domestic and international affairs, as well as the interstices between the two, including sudden surges in migrant and refugees flows; renewed emphasis on traditional border security and wall construction; growing tensions concerning maritime sovereignty; rapid advances in cybersecurity, surveillance, and biometrics; expanded detention and deportation infrastructures; proliferation of transborder organizations; revived populist and nationalist sentiments; and protectionist and integrationist trade practices, to name some prominent examples from recent headlines. 
   
   
   
  This revised edition accounts for recent developments including Brexit, the 2015 migration crisis across Europe, efforts to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico, growing isolationist and nativist sentiments, demands for indigenous homelands, transnational protest movements, Russian cross-border incursions, and insurgencies and rebellions across much of North Africa and Southwest Asia.

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  The Saved and the Spurned -...

  Noel Russell

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  For several months before World War II, hundreds of persecuted Jews, mainly from Nazi-occupied Vienna, tried to escape to Northern Ireland. They had learned of a Stormont job-creation scheme to tackle the region's chronic unemployment by offering financial support to skilled professionals.
  Almost all applicants were rejected, and more than 125 of these men, women and children were murdered in the Holocaust.
  Based on extensive archival research, unpublished family memoirs and letters, and interviews with survivors and their descendants, this extraordinary book describes the applicants' desperate efforts to save their families and themselves, and highlights the tireless work done by committed Northern Irish people to rescue them. It also explores how the small numbers of refugees admitted made a major contribution to Northern Ireland's economic, social and cultural life that continues to this day.

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  Nonfiction Alchemy - Your Guide...

  Jordan Ring

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  Writing a book is like poking around in the fog with a flashlight. You don't know if you're going in the right direction, you can't see the next clearing, and your next step might be into a swamp. In short: It's hard. Instead of doing it alone, grab a copy of "Nonfiction Alchemy". Read it, take notes, and apply what Jordan teaches you. The fog will clear—and when it does, you'll be holding your completed book! —Adam Knorr, LinkedIn Ghostwriter and Writing CoachStop poking around in the fog: Transform your idea into a book! 
  Your completed book will be a magnet that attracts your ideal customer, a boon to your personal brand, and a part of your undying legacy. 
  The problem? 
  Your book isn't a book… Not yet. 
  You think that writing a book will consume your time, your energy, and your will to live. You think writing a book is impossible, right? 
  Actually, there’s a proven method for writing a great book that won't leave you feeling like a zombie lost in a swamp. 
  Nonfiction Alchemy will show you how to write, publish, and market your book—without resorting to AI writing tools, wasting time and resources pursuing traditional publishing (only to be ignored or rejected), or attending nausea-inducing signing tables at your local bookstore. 
  If you follow the recipe in this book, you’ll write, publish, and launch a great book in under twelve months. 
  And the best part? You’ll enjoy every second of the process. 
  With his decade of experience in the publishing arena, the author, Jordan Ring, is a book-writing wizard. 
  If you're a coach, entrepreneur, or business owner, he'll show you how to write like an author, form a self-publishing squad that takes care of the details for you, and cultivate recurring business with your new lead-generating machine. 
  If you're ready, 
  Let’s brew your book!

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  Adult ADHD - A Guide to...

  Amanda Allan

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  ADULT ADHD 
  In a world built for, by, and around neurotypical adults, people with neurodevelopmental disorders often struggle to cope. The onus is always on those on the margins to understand and fit in with a world that makes little sense to them. 
  The scientific and the psychiatric community do not yet understand much of the intricacies of mental health. For example, ADHD was not recognized as a mental disorder until the 1960s. Research on the disorder has come a long way, but many hurdles are yet to be crossed. It is the goal of this book to help better educate people specifically about Adult ADHD. 
  Ultimately, this book aims to bring help to the 4.4% of adults in the US struggling with adult ADHD. Inside, it will provide you with information about the symptoms of ADHD; how you will be diagnosed when you visit a medical professional; how well adult ADHD can be managed; and the self-help and alternative strategies available to you for managing ADHD as an adult. 
  Do you personally live with ADHD as an adult? Or perhaps you suspect you might, but haven't been officially diagnosed? Or yet still, do you live or work with someone dealing with ADHD? 
  If you answered 'Yes' to any of the above questions, this book is for you! 
  Scroll up and hit 'Buy Now' to learn more about Adult ADHD and how it can be treated, today!

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