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  The Courage to Speak Your Truth...

  Kath Essing

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  True strength lies in the courage to be yourself and speak your truth. 
  When Kath Essing recalled the sexual abuse from her childhood, her life turned upside-down. The secret had been hidden for decades, even from herself.  
  After 23 years of navigating her own mental health issues, Kath was ready to face her greatest challenge and disclose the experiences of her childhood sexual abuse to police. 
  The complicated history meant it wasn’t going to be easy to prove the historical sexual crimes; but this was more than seeking justice; it was about having the courage to speak up, finding the strength to heal, and shatter the silence that suffocated her. 
  This intimate memoir invites the reader into the confronting world of childhood abuse, family dynamics, and the emotional and psychological aspects of surviving and recovering as an adult. Kath’s story inspires readers to reclaim their voice by remembering, recovering, and reportingthe experiences of childhood sexual abuse. 
  The Courage to Speak Your Truth helps uplift survivors and enable them to transform their pain to purpose and change the conversation regarding childhood abuse. Kath advocates that together – with courage – survivors can shift the narrative of child abuse and dismantle the silence that maintains its cycle. 
  www.bespeak.au/

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  The Siege of Stalingrad - The...

  Sage Winters

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  The Battle of Stalingrad stands as one of the most defining events of the 20th century, a turning point that shifted the trajectory of World War II. Situated along the banks of the Volga River, Stalingrad was not only a city of industrial and strategic importance but also a symbolic prize for both Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. The ferocity and scale of the battle transformed it into a microcosm of the broader conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.  
    
  When Germany launched Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, the Wehrmacht seemed unstoppable as it swept across the Soviet Union. Hitler’s ambitions of seizing Soviet territories were fueled by his vision of Lebensraum and the destruction of Bolshevism. By the summer of 1942, German forces were pressing deeper into the southern front, aiming to capture the oil fields of the Caucasus and secure Stalingrad as a vital stepping stone. For Hitler, Stalingrad held immense propaganda value, carrying the name of his adversary, Stalin. Its fall would signify not just a military triumph but a psychological blow to the Soviet people.  
    
  For the Soviet Union, the defense of Stalingrad became a matter of national survival and pride. Stalin’s orders to defend the city at all costs rallied both soldiers and civilians. The infamous directive “Not a step back!” underscored the desperation and determination of the Soviet war effort. As the battle unfolded, Stalingrad was transformed into a hellish landscape of rubble, where every building and street became a battlefield. 

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  Negative Thoughts Happen - How...

  LMHC Diana M. Garcia

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  Negative self-talk can feel like an ever-present roommate who insists on giving you unsolicited opinions about every aspect of yourself— including your worth, appearance, personality, and life choices. Have you ever wondered where this annoying inner critic comes from? And more importantly, can you make it go away? Unfortunately, no matter what you do, negative thoughts will happen. It's simply how our brains are wired. But you can change the way you respond to these thoughts. 
   
   
   
  This take-anywhere, use-anytime guide offers quick, simple, and evidence-based skills drawn from acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help you make peace with your inner frenemy. You'll discover what drives these negative thoughts, why it's important to listen to them—yes, you read that right, listen—and how to put them in perspective so you can go back to the things that really matter in your life. 
   
   
   
  You never know when negative thoughts will show up, crash your party, cramp your style, and get in the way of living your best life. But once you learn how to respond to this negative inner chatter, you'll be able to turn the volume down and listen to your true inner voice—your inner ally—more clearly and use it as a compass throughout your day.

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  Indian History - Facts and...

  Kelly Mass

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  This is a compilation of 2 different titles, which are about the following topics: 
  1: Punjab could be mainly in Pakistan at this moment, but the Punjabi people live and have resided in India also. As disputes emerged between the Indians and Pakistani, the border has moved from one area to another. Still, the Punjabi society is probably a vital aspect of India's history. 
  Punjab is a geopolitical, cultural, and historic area in South Asia, situated in the northern area of the Indian subcontinent and incorporating parts of Pakistan and India. The area's limitations are ill-defined and based upon historic accounts. 
  With time, the geographical definition of the name "Punjab" has moved. It described a really minimal terrain between the Indus and the Sutlej rivers at the time of the Mughal Empire's 16th century reign. 
  2: Kashmir is the Indian subcontinent's northern most geographical area. It is quite different from the rest of India. And till the mid-nineteenth century, "Kashmir" only described the Kashmir Valley, which lies between the Great Mountain Ranges and the Pir Panjal Variety. Today, the word describes the Indian-controlled parts of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, and also the Pakistani-controlled terrain of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan, and the Chinese-controlled areas of Aksai Chin and the Trans-Karakoram System. 
  The Kashmir area ended up being a crucial center of Hinduism and later Buddhism in the first centuries, while Kashmir Shaivism developed later, in the ninth century. This is why so many people attribute significant spiritual meaning to the area. It is no wonder, therefore, that some travelers go to this specific area for spiritual purposes. 
  In this book, we will explore the history of Kashmir, its significance, and the current circumstances.

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  After Redlining - The Urban...

  Rebecca K. Marchiel

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  Focusing on Chicago’s West Side, After Redlining illuminates how urban activists were able to change banks’ behavior to support investment in communities that they had once abandoned. 
   
  American banks, to their eternal discredit, long played a key role in disenfranchising nonwhite urbanites and, through redlining, blighting the very city neighborhoods that needed the most investment. Banks long showed little compunction in aiding and abetting blockbusting, discrimination, and outright theft from nonwhites. They denied funds to entire neighborhoods or actively exploited them, to the benefit of suburban whites—an economic white flight to sharpen the pain caused by the demographic one. 
   
  And yet, the dynamic between banks and urban communities was not static, and positive urban development, supported by banks, became possible. In After Redlining, Rebecca K. Marchiel illuminates how, exactly, urban activists were able to change some banks’ behavior to support investment in communities that they had once abandoned. The leading activists arose in an area hit hard by banks’ discriminatory actions and politics: Chicago’s West Side. A multiracial coalition of low- and moderate-income city residents, this Saul Alinsky–inspired group championed urban reinvestment. And amazingly, it worked: their efforts inspired national action, culminating in the federal Home Mortgage Disclosure Act and the Community Reinvestment Act. 
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  While the battle for urban equity goes on, After Redlining provides a blueprint of hope.

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  Kids vs Rain: Where Does Rain...

  Red Cat Reading

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  Are your kids curious about difficult concepts such as where rain comes from? Avoid the dreaded barrage of "why?" and provide an easy-to-understand answer based off the actual water cycle with this small adventure.
   
  
   
  With this book:
   
  - Capture your child's imagination with vibrant illustrations on every page of the accompanying reference guide
   
  - Learn more about the characters with our character expansion content
   
  - Quickly refresh your knowledge of the natural water cycle beforehand with our quick outline
   
  - Enjoy a bonus song at the end of the audiobook
   
  
   
  This book will help you:
   
  - Provide a unique and fun solution to your child's questions about difficult ideas, like "where does rain come from?"
   
  - Connect with your kids and create an open atmosphere to help facilitate tricky discussions with them.
   
  
   
  Follow along with the story, and pick up some unconventional tips and the secret methods on how to explain difficult concepts to young children.
   
  
   
  This book has been designed and tested to help keep your kids engaged and interested - to maximize their absorption and, frankly, to make story time even more fun!
   
  
   
  Kids of different ages can enjoy this book and will listen to it again and again.
   
  
   
  There are several important themes in this book:
   
  - Parents making time for their kids
   
  - Encouragement and positive reinforcement when kids share personal things like being scared
   
  - Listening, being patient with kids, and helping them understand when it comes to things that scare them
   
  
   
  Simply listen and repeat out loud.
   
  
   
  Download the PDF and read along

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