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  Minos - What Is Law? – Plato’s...

  Plato, Tim Zengerink

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  What if the law wasn’t just what is written—but what ought to be? 
  In Minos, Plato examines the very essence of law in a philosophical dialogue that challenges the foundation of political authority. Socrates asks whether true law is simply what cities declare—or if it must reflect something deeper, more eternal, and more just. 
  This modern translation captures the gravity and insight of Plato’s early political thought, providing a brief but powerful introduction to the eternal question: What is justice? 
  What you'll discover inside: 
  •	A Philosophical Inquiry into the Nature of Law – Beyond rules, toward universal truth 
  •	Socratic Method Applied to Politics – Questioning whether law equals justice 
  •	A Rare and Fragmentary Text Revived – One of Plato’s boldest but most overlooked dialogues 
  •	A Contemporary, Clear Translation – Ideal for modern listeners engaged in legal, ethical, or political thought 
  Step into one of Plato’s most daring conversations—and reconsider what gives law its true legitimacy.

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  Stealing My Religion - Not Just...

  Liz Bucar

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  We think we know cultural appropriation when we see it. Blackface or Native American headdresses as Halloween costumes—these clearly give offense. But what about Cardi B posing as the Hindu goddess Durga in a Reebok ad, AA's twelve-step invocation of God, or the earnest namaste you utter at the end of yoga class? 
   
   
   
  Liz Bucar unpacks the ethical dilemmas of a messy form of cultural appropriation: the borrowing of religious doctrines, rituals, and dress for political, economic, and therapeutic reasons. Does borrowing from another's religion harm believers? Bucar sees religion as an especially vexing arena for appropriation debates because faiths overlap and imitate each other and because diversity within religious groups scrambles our sense of who is an insider and who is not. 
   
   
   
  Stealing My Religion guides us through three revealing case studies—the hijab as a feminist signal of Muslim allyship, a study abroad "pilgrimage" on the Camino de Santiago, and the commodification of yoga in the West. Reflecting on her own missteps, Bucar comes to a surprising conclusion: the way to avoid religious appropriation isn't to borrow less but to borrow more—to become deeply invested in learning the roots and diverse meanings of our enthusiasms.

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  Bloodstains on the Cocaine Trail...

  Peter Clack

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  A homicide crisis began sweeping America after massive quantities of cocaine first began their journey into America in 1986. Drugs were trucked along the highways of the Cocaine Trail to every city in America. This influx of a deadly new drug led directly to a series of record deaths from overdoses, suicides and crime-related murders, family breakdowns and destroyed lives. Drugs are credited with driving the highest homicide rates in American history and a raging turf war between street gangs.
   
  Crack cocaine unleashed a brutal era of violence, placing newspapers under 
  enormous pressure to provide coverage. Relations with police were breaking down everywhere and crime coverage was in its death throes. Newspapers could not cover the homicides or give any context or explanations to such a social upheaval. Editors, reporters and police now reveal the shocking truth behind this agonizing episode in American history, when crime reporters had to re-invent journalism to get behind the police blue code. This book combines investigative journalism and narrative style to produce a rare portrait from within the secret inner world of newspapers.

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  Money skills for teens decoded -...

  Ryan Zein

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  Build Wealth and Avoid Debt Before You Graduate—Even If You Don’t Have Income Yet! 
  Feel like your money disappears the second you get it? Wonder why school teaches algebra but not how to open a bank account? You’re not alone—and that’s exactly why Money Skills for Teens Decoded exists. 
  This is your go-to guide for taking control of your finances, even if you don’t earn money yet. Whether you're saving for a car, figuring out how credit works, or just trying to keep more of your allowance, this book helps you build smart habits early. 
  No income? No problem. 
  The skills inside—budgeting, saving, investing, spending wisely—will set you up for long-term success. It’s like a cheat code for life after graduation. 
  Here’s what you’ll learn (without the boring stuff): 
  • Budget like a pro—even on a $0 income 
  • Save for big goals—college, car, tech, you name it 
  • Grow your money—simple investing strategies 
  • Dodge debt—learn credit before it learns you 
  • Turn hobbies into side hustles—get creative, earn cash 
  • Spend smart—resist impulse buys and peer pressure 
  • Use tech to your advantage—apps that make money easy 
  • Prepare for the unexpected—build an emergency fund 
  What Makes This Book Different? 
  Forget dull lectures. This is practical, fun, and packed with relatable advice and real teen success stories. You'll learn exactly what to do, why it works, and how to start today—no confusing jargon, no financial background required. 
  Think you don’t have enough money to manage? 
  That’s the biggest myth of all. It’s not about how much you have—it’s about what you do with it.

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  21 METAPHYSICAL SECRETS - Wisdom...

  Urban Dawson

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  Discover The 21 Metaphysical Secrets: Use The Law of Attraction And Manifestation. 
    
  Are you an unorthodox thinker who prefers to forge his way rather than mindlessly following others? 
  Do you want to constantly better yourself? 
  Are you looking for solutions to life's most important questions? 
    
  If you can relate to those questions, you should buy this guide right now. 
    
  This book will disclose the secrets to, among other things: 
   How to Use Metaphysics to Apply the Law of AttractionHow to Discover Your Life's PurposeHow to Understand the Nature of RealityHow to Achieve Life SuccessHow to Master Your ThoughtsHow to Reprogramme Your Beliefs 
    
  And much More.... 
    
  Because theory is useless without practice, this book includes 9 Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments. 
    
  The 9 Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments are best defined as a real-life Metaphysical laboratory.  
  They are simple to use and will provide strong skills to take control of your mind, increase your happiness, and better understand the world we live in. 
    
  Do not put off discovering YOUR KEY TO A NEW AND BETTER LIFE.  
    
  Don't procrastinate.... Buy now! 
   

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  Playing Possum - How Animals...

  Susana Monsó, Mark Rowlands

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  When the opossum feels threatened, she becomes paralyzed. Her body temperature plummets, her breathing and heart rates drop to a minimum, and her glands simulate the smell of a putrefying corpse. Playing Possum explores what the opossum and other creatures can teach us about how we and other species understand mortality, and demonstrates that the concept of death, far from being a uniquely human attribute, is widespread in the animal kingdom. 
   
   
   
  With humor and empathy, Susana Monsó tells the stories of ants who attend their own funerals, chimpanzees who clean the teeth of their dead, dogs who snack on their caregivers, crows who avoid the places where they saw a carcass, elephants obsessed with collecting ivory, and whales who carry their dead for weeks. Monsó, one of today's leading experts on animal cognition and ethics, shows how there are more ways to conceive of mortality than the human way, and challenges the notion that the only emotional reactions to death worthy of our attention are ones that resemble our own. 
   
   
   
  Blending philosophical insight with new evidence from behavioral science and comparative psychology, Playing Possum dispels the anthropocentric biases that cloud our understanding of the natural world, and reveals that, when it comes to death and dying, we are just another animal.

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