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  Bilingual Couples in Conversation

  Silja Ang-Tschachtli

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  This book provides a detailed linguistic analysis of the communication between highly proficient bilingual couples, each consisting of a native speaker of English and of Swiss German. Combining the accounts of ten couples on their language use with an analysis of their actual linguistic behaviour, several areas of the partners' speech and interaction were closely examined. These include their language choice and language mixing, attitudes, expression of emotions, swearing, as well as their humour and laughter. In addition, the influence of the bilinguals' mother tongue and gender on their language use was explored. Thus, the study provides valuable insights into the language practices of established bilingual couples, while also contributing to the fields of fluent late bilingualism and gender research.

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  Sovereign Machine The: Anatomy...

  Ibnul Jaif Farabi

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  What if the institution sworn to protect you is the greatest threat to your liberty? In this penetrating analysis, Ibnul Jaif Farabi dissects the true nature of political power, stripping away centuries of propaganda and accepted dogma to reveal the machinery of control. This is not a dry political treatise but a forensic examination of the most dominant and dangerous organization in human history. 
  Farabi's exploration spans from the philosophical foundations of authority to the practical mechanisms of taxation, legislation, and monopoly violence. He systematically analyzes the state's economic interventions, its psychological hold on the populace, and the historical myths used to justify its expansion. The inquiry covers social contract theory, property rights, the dynamics of bureaucracy, and the inevitable corrosion of civil society under centralized control. 
  Listeners will gain a powerful new framework for understanding current events, political rhetoric, and the silent erosion of personal autonomy. You will learn to identify the levers of state power in everyday life, recognize the false dichotomy of political choice, and arm yourself with intellectual tools for defending genuine freedom. This is an essential guide for critical thinkers seeking clarity in an age of engineered consent. 
  Prepare to have your deepest assumptions challenged and to see the world of power through an unforgiving new lens.

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  Knight of Molokai

  Eva K. Betz

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  Hurricane! Volcano eruptions and fire! Leprosy! Nothing deterred Father Damien from doing the work to which he had been called. Outstandingly big and strong as a boy, he was notably kind as a young man. He needed all his strength and kindness when he went to live at the leper colony of Molokai.This children’s biography of Father Damien of Molokai was written by Eva K. Betz, a prolific Catholic writer of history and biography books for children. (Introduction from an original dust jacket and Maria Therese)

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  Heal the Beasts - A Jaunt...

  DVM Philipp Schott

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  How and why did humans begin to treat sick and injured animals? And how did those practices, and the associated attitudes, evolve from prehistory to the present day? 
   
   
   
  To answer these questions, Dr. Schott shares stories of twenty-two different animal healers and veterinarians from across eras and continents, examining the always fascinating, often unexpected, and sometimes hilarious veterinary methods employed by these people and their colleagues. But at the heart of the tale lies the evolution of the human-animal bond, which has been more cyclical than linear. 
   
   
   
  James Herriot will be familiar to many people, but most of the other featured vets will be new. They range from Palakapya, who treated fighting elephants in India almost 3,000 years ago, to Dr. Louis Camuti, who had the first feline house call practice anywhere, tending to the cats of celebrities in mid-twentieth-century Manhattan. Along the way, we see every kind of person trying to heal every kind of creature. 
   
   
   
  Whether you have a passion for animals, the history of the medical sciences, or just quirky history, this light-hearted exploration of the empathetic relationship between man and beast will entertain and delight.

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  Observing Conflict Escalation in...

  Richard Bösch

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  How do conflicts escalate? This is one of the major questions in conflict research. To offer further answers, Richard Bösch follows a tripartite agenda: First, he develops a constructivist methodology for the study of conflict escalation embedded in a Luhmannian systems theoretical world society perspective. Bösch argues that conflicts can be observed as social systems and he looks at the process of conflict escalation by analysing communication. Second, this analysis offers two case studies: the Maidan protests in Ukraine 2013-2014 and Mali's crisis 2010-2012. Third, it gives insights on how systems theoretical research can be beneficial for Peace and Conflict Studies.

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  Muddy Boots Leadership - Real...

  John Chapman

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  Examples of leader actions and decisions—some humorous, some tragic—that will help guide you whether you are a military officer or a civilian in an office.   John Chapman is a longstanding observer and chronicler of leadership events. In Muddy Boots Leadership, he describes 285 military leadership situations and the actions leaders have taken to meet the issue at hand. The leadership lessons learned and relearned by military leaders are applicable to a wide variety of organizations, both civil and military. Many are truly surprising; all are written with a certain “spark” that those in leadership positions will immediately understand. The text is augmented with some truly classic sidebars.  “When officers are being asked to ‘do everything with nothing,’ it costs a leader nothing but muddy boots to walk with them—and it can inspire extraordinary effort . . . It doesn’t take money to get your boots muddy and lead by example. It does take courage and effort.” —Officer.com

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