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  Turning Points - The Role of the...

  Ambassador Thomas J. Corcoran,...

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  Details how the US State Department attempted, and failed, to save South Vietnam from North Vietnamese aggression and the powerful domestic political influences that ultimately led to America's defeat. 
   
   
   
  Ten years after the end of the American involvement in the Vietnam War, a career Foreign Service officer, Thomas J. Corcoran, set down in writing his thoughts on the history of US State Department policy during America's involvement with South Vietnam. Like many Americans of his generation, he was perplexed by the failure of America to achieve its goals in South Vietnam. As an ambassador and with over thirty years of diplomatic experience—beginning in 1948 when he was assigned to Hanoi and involving other postings in Southeast Asia—he brought to his analysis a long and rich personal experience with events in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam. 
   
   
   
  The result is a thoughtful, objective, and well-researched study that chronicles the key policy decisions made by the US State Department throughout the entire period from 1945 to 1975; decisions that ultimately led to the first war lost by the United States. In his extensive study, Corcoran does an excellent job of exposing many of the myths and falsehoods found in orthodox histories of US involvement in Vietnam.

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  Social Skills - How to Increase...

  Jonathan S. Parker

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  Have you ever wondered how different your life would be if you were more socially confident or charismatic? 
  From early on in our lives, a lot of emphases has been put into academic ability and its relation to our success or lack of it. 
  While academic ability can be important, it is now believed that in reality, it is our ability to adapt to our social environment the better predictor of our future success in several areas of our lives, even more so than anything we learn in school. 
  Here's some of what you can expect to learn inside the pages of this book: 
  -Discover how to effectively eliminate social anxiety for good. 
  -A step-by-step process that will help you stay motivated and reach your social skills goals. 
  -How to become more assertive. 
  -The keys to develop charismatic traits and develop a magnetic personality. 
  -The best ways to develop body language to make others feel pay you more attention and feel more comfortable in your presence. 
  It’s common to think that social skills are only useful for making friends, but in reality, they affect our ability to function properly in many areas of our day to day lives. 
  It may seem that some people are simply born charismatic, likable, and with a great set of social skills, but most are capable of developing these attributes. 
  Regardless of your personality, there are certain things you can practice in your day to day life to modify your behaviour and make you seem more trustworthy, influential and charming in your social interactions. 
  There is no better time to start the journey towards an improved quality of life. Start your journey towards becoming a 'social ninja' today!

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  Before Their Crimes - What We're...

  Wendy Smith

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  Juvenile crime doesn’t just happen—there is always a story behind it. 
  Before Their Crimes: What We’re Misunderstanding about Childhood Trauma, Youth Crime, and the Path to Healing is a ground-breaking audiobook that sheds new light on the relationship of childhood trauma and juvenile crime. Wendy Smith uses the framework of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) to explain how the toxic stress of early childhood trauma can make children vulnerable to committing criminal acts. Smith draws from interviews with twenty men and women from across the racial and social divide who spent years in prison after committing serious crimes as children. Smith not only reveals the pernicious mechanisms that link early trauma to later crime, but also illuminates the potential for healing among even the most egregious offenders.

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  The Apocalypse of Peter - A...

  Peter The Apostle, Tim Zengerink

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  What happens after death? What does divine justice truly look like? 
  The Apocalypse of Peter is one of the earliest and most vivid Christian visions of the afterlife.  
  Attributed to Peter the Apostle, this ancient apocalyptic text offers a powerful depiction of heaven and hell—revealing the joys of the righteous, the torments of the wicked, and the ultimate justice of God. 
  Now available in a clear, modern translation, this edition preserves the dramatic imagery and spiritual intensity of the original while making its timeless message accessible to today’s listener. 
  What you'll discover inside: 
  •	A Vivid Vision of the Afterlife – Explore Peter’s revelations of divine reward and punishment 
  •	The Nature of Divine Justice – Reflections on God’s mercy, righteousness, and the consequences of our actions 
  •	Lessons on Redemption and Salvation – Hopeful guidance on the path to eternal life through repentance and faith 
  •	A Window into Early Christian Beliefs – Insights into how the early Church envisioned the spiritual realm 
  Whether you're seeking spiritual insight, theological reflection, or a deeper understanding of early Christian teachings, The Apocalypse of Peter offers a stirring and unforgettable journey into the eternal. 
  Start listening today—and uncover this timeless message of judgment, hope, and redemption.

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  Newcomers - The Story of Anthony...

  Alan Mikhail

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  The exceptional tale of an unorthodox, seventeenth–century married couple whose rags-to-riches story fundamentally rewrites our knowledge of American history at its very beginnings. 
   
  A man thought to be Muslim from Morocco and a German barmaid are hardly the image we have of America's founders. In Newcomers, Alan Mikhail upends the traditional story of American beginnings through the tale of Anthony "the Turk" and Grietje Reyniers. Married in Amsterdam, they arrived in 1630s Dutch New Amsterdam, hoping to forge a new life. Always outsiders in the young colony, they battled Dutch authorities, brawled with neighbors, and seized land from Native Americans. In this revisionist portrait of the early American family, we learn of anti-Muslim sentiment through Anthony and of female defiance through Grietje. Eventually banished from Manhattan to Long Island, Anthony and Grietje farmed, prospered, and raised a family whose descendants included the Vanderbilts and President Harding. Promising "to change the way we understand Colonial Gotham's formative first years" (Susanah Shaw Romney), Alan Mikhail's Newcomers provides revelatory insights into the seventeenth-century origins of New York.

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  Rise of Classical Greece The:...

  Editors Charles River

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  When people think of ancient Greece, images of philosophers such as Plato or Socrates often come to mind, as do great warriors like Pericles and Alexander the Great, but hundreds of years before Athens became a city, a Greek culture flourished and spread its tentacles throughout the western Mediterranean region via trade and warfare. Scholars have termed this pre-Classical Greek culture the Mycenaean culture, which existed from about 2000-1200 B.C., when Greece, along with much of the eastern Mediterranean, was thrust into a centuries long Dark Ages. Before the Mycenaean culture collapsed, it was a vital part of the late Bronze Age Mediterranean system and stood on equal footing with some of the great powers of the region, such as the Egyptians and Hittites. 
  If anything, the collapse of the Mycenaeans was a drawn-out affair, and while the early centuries of the Dark Ages might be seen as a continuation of this trend, even in the worst years, there was a degree of continuity and even some innovations. These changes including the beginnings of the use of iron as an alternative to bronze and some religious practices that continued to be observed. Furthermore, enough remained to form the basis of a recovery in economic, cultural, and artistic aspects of life in the later stage of the era, and in the political sphere, changes necessitated by the collapse in the economic system certainly paved the way for the rise of the polis 
  During the Greek Renaissance of the 8th century the Greek alphabet developed and the earliest surviving Greek literature was composed, while in terms of art and architecture, sculptures and red-figure pottery began. Warfare changed significantly as well when the hoplite became the core infantry. Put simply, none of these developments could have occurred if the basis for these changes had not been secured during what came to be known as the Greek Renaissance.

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