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  Désirée's Baby - From their pens...

  Kate Chopin

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  Katherine O'Flaherty was born on the 8th February 1850 in St Louis, Missouri to parents of French and Irish descent. 
  At age 5, she was sent to the Sacred Heart Academy and, apart from a 2 year period at home when her father died, remained there until graduating in 1868.  Whilst there she began writing and became an avid reader of almost anything that crossed her path.   
  Kate married Oscar Chopin in 1870 and the couple moved to New Orleans, and later to the rural setting of Cloutierville, Louisiana to raise their 6 children.  
  In 1882 her husband died leaving her in a deep trench of debt.  Despite her best efforts to turn the businesses around they were sold, and she moved the family back to St Louis and the financial help of her mother.  Sadly, her mother died within the year.  Kate, now struggling with depression, pushed herself to write and gained a local reputation as a writer of short stories that captured the local color and vibrancy of her surroundings.  
  By the early 1890’s her short stories were published nationally.  With this widespread audience also came negative reviews, controversy, and cries of immorality as themes such as interracial relationships, the rights of women and other burning issues of the day were written about. 
  Despite the criticism, which unnerved her, she continued to write though in the main her works, around 100 short stories and two novels, were not attributed with any literary worth. 
  Kate Chopin died from a brain haemorrhage in St Louis Missouri on the 22nd of August 1904.  She was 54. 
  For much of the 20th Century her work was forgotten and out of print.  It was only in early 1970’s, with the rise of feminism and the call for a more just society that she was given the status her works had long described and shone a literary light at.  She is now safely revered as one of America’s great authors.

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  Kargil - From Surprise To Victory

  V.P. Malik

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  In February 1999, Pakistani Army personnel, disguised as jihadi militants, infiltrated into mountainous Kargil and occupied key vantage points. Their intrusion triggered a limited war between the world's newest nuclear states. It was a bitter battle, and one that threw up important lessons for India's defence preparedness, as also its responses to conflicts such as this. This incisive book by General V.P. Malik, former Chief of the Army Staff, analyses the reasoning behind the Pakistani Army's moves and tactics and reviews crucial issues such as the extent of intelligence and surveillance failure on the Indian side and the measures necessary to redress these failings. Away from questions of strategy and tactics, however, Kargil is also a reminder of the unalloyed heroism that was on display during those grim weeks, heroism that become a benchmark for valour.

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  Through Fog and Fire - A Journey...

  Jason Kearney

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  Through Fog and Fire: A Journey Between Nations 
  In this gripping short story, Jason Kearney takes us on a single day’s journey that will linger in your memory long after the final word. Set against the backdrop of Eastern Europe, this is more than just a tale of travel—it’s an odyssey through the raw, unfiltered challenges of life on the road. 
  When Jason and his companion Monique set out to cross the border from Romania into Bulgaria, they are met with obstacles that test their resilience, courage, and trust in each other. From corrupt officials demanding bribes to wild dogs pursuing him across frozen landscapes, Jason weaves a vivid narrative of survival, defiance, and the power of human connection. 
  A tale of suspense and heart, Through Fog and Fire is not just a story of borders crossed but of lessons learned and strength discovered. Poetic, reflective, and deeply personal, this short story is a journey in itself—through the fog of uncertainty and the fire of challenge. 
  Will they make it through? Turn the page to find out.

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  Coming Out & Coming Through

  Matt Smeltzer

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  Coming Out and Coming Through is Matt Smeltzer's autobiographical story of his life growing up gay in a conservative Christian household, becoming the youth leader at his church, coming out, and the subsequent actions taken by the church in the wake of this revelation. Facing adversity could never break his spirit. He chose to take his struggles and turn them into empowerment and positivity to prove that you do not have to choose between your sexuality and your religion. On his quest to prove that God loves you just the way you are, Matt takes you through his life so far in hopes of helping others to keep the faith and meets his biggest challenge yet along the way. Join him on this extraordinary journey that encompasses every emotion imaginable as you walk through the darkness with him to the other side of light, love, empowerment, and encouragement. 

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  Life Lessons Learned From a...

  Lonnee Rey

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  This book is funny, insightful and impactful. The upside of an upside-down upbringing, author Lonnee Rey empowers readers to move past the impact of a ‘lousy mom.’ Masterful storytelling takes you through rough rides quickly, and lands lightly, offering solutions you can use right away. 
  It isn't a 'heavy' book. In fact, it is a quick read that can you make sense of the insanity, finally. 
  Universal truths and witty one-liners will serve you for the rest of your life, for truly these are life lessons learned from turning lemons into lemonade. 
  The author is all-too-familiar with the guilt, pain, and loss of self-esteem suffered in the hands of a mother who did not want to be a mother most of the time. She gets it, shares it, shows you how to break free of it. 
  Lonnee is your guide, and this, your guide book to better times...no matter what your messed-up mother told you!

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  The Dark History of the Occult -...

  Paul Roland

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  What evidence is there that evil entities can possess human beings and force them to commit horrific murders? 
   
  Black magic murders, Satanic sex cults and demonic possession are the diabolical practices that grab the tabloid headlines and reinforce the myth that evil and an unhealthy obsession with the occult are to blame for our increasingly violent society. But is the truth even darker and more disturbing? 
   
  From tribal magic and shamanism, through the work of WB Yeats and Aleister Crowley, to black magic rituals and New Age Nihilists, The Dark History of the Occult asks whether 'Satanic forces' are simply the emergence of the dark side of human nature, or whether we really have something to fear - namely, evil?

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