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  IKIGAI AND JAPANESE PHILOSOPHY -...

  TETSUGAKU GROUP

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  Do you want to find your place in the world, identifying what makes you unique and leading a harmonious, meaningful life?Would you like to discover how to live each day to the full, pursuing goals that truly resonate with who you are ? 
  Questions like What is the meaning of my life? and What is my place in this world? often stay with us for years, left unanswered. 
  Living each day fully and serenely is the ideal we aspire to, without really believing in it. Reaching our goals can seem impossible, and even pursuing them feels challenging. The personal development advice and methods we have tried repeatedly haven’t proven convincing, to the point where leading a harmonious, meaningful, and fulfilled life may feel like an unreachable utopia. 
  That was before we discovered ikigai. 
  Ikigai and Japanese Philosophy will guide you to the wisdom of the Rising Sun, offering tools and insights to find meaning and fulfillment in your life.Discover who you are and your unique purpose in life;Learn to appreciate every day fully and turn daily activities into moments of fulfillment;Free your mind of emotional burdens and renew your spirituality;Improve your well-being with Shinrin-Yoku, the Japanese "forest baths";Transform your life with Kaizen, the process of continuous improvement. 
  If you're ready to rediscover your passions, overcome challenges, and find your reason for being, this is the guide for you. 
  Embark on a journey to uncover timeless practices that promise to reshape your daily experiences. Imagine waking up every morning with a renewed sense of purpose, empowered to tackle life's challenges with clarity and poise. Embrace the wisdom of Japan and transform your life today—buy your copy now!

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  Healing Minds - A Practical...

  Bob Babson

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  Healing Minds: A Practical Guide to Understanding and Supporting Someone with PTSD 
  by Bob Babson 
  Living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can feel overwhelming—not only for those experiencing it but also for the family members, friends, and caregivers who want to help. Healing Minds is a compassionate, easy-to-follow guide that sheds light on the challenges of PTSD while offering practical steps to provide meaningful support. 
  Bob Babson presents clear explanations of what PTSD is, how it affects the mind and body, and why recovery takes patience and care. With real-world strategies, this book empowers readers to create a supportive environment and become a steady source of encouragement. 
  Inside this guide, you’ll discover: 
  A simple breakdown of PTSD symptoms and triggers 
  Effective communication strategies to avoid conflict and build trust 
  Coping techniques that bring comfort during stressful moments 
  Practical self-care advice for both supporters and survivors 
  Hopeful pathways toward healing and resilience 
  Whether you’re a spouse, parent, friend, or professional, this book will help you better understand PTSD and provide the tools to walk alongside someone you care about on their journey toward recovery. 
  Healing Minds is more than a guide—it’s a lifeline of empathy, knowledge, and encouragement for anyone touched by trauma.

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  A Short History of Trans Misogyny

  Jules Gill-Peterson

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  "A beautifully written and argued book." —Torrey Peters, author of Detransition, Baby 
   
   
   
  There is no shortage of voices demanding everyone pay attention to the violence trans women suffer. But one frighteningly basic question seems never to be answered: why does it happen? If men are not inherently evil and trans women do not intrinsically invite reprisal—which would make violence unstoppable—then the psychology of that violence had to arise at a certain place and time. The trans panic had to be invented. 
   
   
   
  Award-winning historian Jules Gill-Peterson takes us from the bustling port cities of New York and New Orleans to the streets of London and Paris in search of the emergence of modern trans misogyny. She connects the colonial and military districts of the British Raj, the Philippines, and Hawai'i to the lively travesti communities of Latin America, where state violence has stamped a trans label on vastly different ways of life. Weaving together the stories of historical figures in a richly detailed narrative, the book shows how trans femininity emerged under colonial governments, the sex work industry, the policing of urban public spaces, and the area between the formal and informal economy. A Short History of Trans Misogyny is the first book to explain why trans women are burdened by such a weight of injustice and hatred.

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  Black Chameleon - Memory...

  Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton

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  This program is read by the author.In the literary tradition of Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House, Maxine Hong Kingston’s The Woman Warrior, and Jesmyn Ward’s Men We Reaped, this debut memoir confronts both the challenges and joys of growing up Black and making your own truth.Growing up as a Black girl in America, Deborah Mouton felt alienated from the stories she learned in class. She yearned for stories she felt connected to—true ones of course—but also fables and mythologies that could help explain both the world and her place in it. What she encountered was almost always written by white writers who prospered in a time when human beings were treated as chattel, such as the Greek and Roman myths, which felt as dusty and foreign as ancient ruins. When she sought myths written by Black authors, they were rooted too far in the past, a continent away.Mouton writes, “The phrases of my mother and grandmother began to seem less colloquial and more tied to stories that had been lost along the way. . . . Mythmaking isn’t a lie. It is our moment to take the privilege of our own creativity to fill in the gaps that colonization has stolen from us. It is us choosing to write the tales that our children pull strength from. It is hijacking history for the ignorance in its closets. This, a truth that must start with the women.”Mouton’s memoir Black Chameleon is a song of praise and an elegy for Black womanhood. With a poet’s gift for lyricism and poignancy, Mouton reflects on her childhood as the daughter of a preacher and a harsh but loving mother, living in the world as a Black woman whose love is all too often coupled with danger, and finally learning to be a mother to another Black girl in America. Of the moment yet timeless, playful but incendiary, Mouton has staked out new territory in the memoir form.A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt & Company.

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  Purple Crayons - The Art of...

  Ross Ellenhorn

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  In this joyous and inventive rereading of the beloved children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon, the author of How We Change (And Ten Reasons Why We Don’t) celebrates our inherent “sacred originality” and establishes a new framework for self-reliance. 
  In 1955, Crockett Johnson introduced one of the world’s most beloved and enduring young adventurers, Harold and his purple crayon. Today, we need Harold and his penchant for creative solutions more than ever. In Purple Crayons, Ross Ellenhorn looks to Johnson’s classic for insights and answers that can help us understand our current condition and point the way towards solutions for healing. Purple Crayons tells a story about America then and now, about living one’s life as art; about the powers that block us from doing so, about the pull and perils of conformity; about serious play and too much seriousness, about what it means to feel alive inside and what deadens our existence. It’s also about 1955 in America, all that lay before and—presciently—all that lay ahead, as each of us struggles to draw meaningful and resilient existences on the blank pages—the future yet unlived—of our lives. 
  This delightful, provocative adventure is a gift of kindness and love that encourages us and gives us hope. As he traces Harold’s journey, Ellenhorn offers insights into our “sacred originality”—the idea that each of our unique inner lives are worth nurturing and protecting, and the perseverance, courage, connection, and community necessary to sustain them. Engaging, thoughtful, wise—Purple Crayons transcends the current divides separating us, reminding us that our fulfillment rests on tapping into what is original about ourselves, finding ways to express our originality, and understanding that doing so is rooted in who we are as Americans.

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  A Taste for Treason - The Letter...

  Andrew Jeffrey

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  A gripping true story of wartime espionage. 
   
   
   
  Dundee, 1937. When housewife Mary Curran became suspicious of hairdresser Jessie Jordan's frequent trips to Nazi Germany, she had no idea that she was about to be drawn into an international web of espionage. Thanks to a tip off from Mary, MI5 and the FBI launched major spy hunts on both sides of the Atlantic. 
   
   
   
  This is the true story of a decade-long series of Nazi espionage plots in Britain, Europe, and the United States. It shows how a Nazi spy's letter, posted in New York and intercepted in Scotland, broke spy rings across Europe and North America. And it reveals, for the first time, how that letter marked the genesis of an intelligence and security alliance that today includes the United States, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

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