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  Raided by the Roman Soldiers...

  Archer Vale

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  I have a secret—something that’s consuming my life. 
  Strength…it’s what matters most in the military. If you’re skinny and weak like me, then you need allies. You need to prove your worth. 
  You go into the woods with more powerful men. 
  You open your mouth and thank them while they use you. 
  Then you go back to camp and cook their food. You make their beds. You fall to your knees and beg to do it all again tomorrow. 
  That’s how life is for boys like us. We’re born to be controlled. 
  It’s natural. 
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  The Invention of the Restaurant...

  Rebecca L. Spang, Adam Gopnik

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  Why are there restaurants? Why would anybody consider eating alongside perfect strangers in a loud and crowded room to be an enjoyable pastime? To find the answer, Rebecca Spang takes us back to France in the eighteenth century, when a restaurant was not a place to eat but a quasi-medicinal bouillon not unlike the bone broths of today. 
   
   
   
  This is a book about the French revolution in taste—about how Parisians invented the modern culture of food, changing the social life of the world in the process. We see how over the course of the Revolution, restaurants that had begun as purveyors of health food became symbols of aristocratic greed. In the early nineteenth century, the new genre of gastronomic literature worked within the strictures of the Napoleonic state to transform restaurants yet again, this time conferring star status upon oysters and champagne.

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  Fostering Love: A Glimpse into...

  Kathleen Paydo RN

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  Families are the foundation of society. When we care for and protect children, we ensure that future generations thrive as well. The devastation that abuse and neglect cause have taught us the immense impact—good and bad—that parents have on children. This book will enlighten readers beyond those directly involved with foster children to see the resiliency and potential that can be hidden in these vulnerable girls and boys. Each of our foster children has blessed our lives with their own unique story. 
  Many people are drawn to the foster-care world including those impacted by blended families, broken homes, childhood trauma, and mental illness. Many children also have delays and disabilities which can include autism, ADHD, and oppositional defiant disorder. This book's message will help you learn about the life of a foster child and how their needs can be met. If you are thinking about becoming a foster parent, need sound parenting advice, or are intrigued by the foster-care system, this book is for you!

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  Fundamental Principles of the...

  Immanuel Kant

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  In "Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals," Kant explores the ethical foundation of human actions. He argues for the supremacy of moral duty based on rational principles, emphasizing the intrinsic value of goodwill. Kant's deontological ethics asserts that individuals should act according to universalizable moral maxims, independent of consequences. The text delves into the concept of categorical imperatives and the autonomy of the moral law, shaping a profound philosophical framework for ethical decision-making. Read in English, unabridged.

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  Above Life’s Turmoil - Attaining...

  James Allen, Tim Zengerink

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  What if you could find a steady haven of calm despite life’s uncertainties and daily stressors? 
  James Allen’s treasured book invites you to rise above emotional turbulence and negative influences. Adapted for the modern reader, it offers practical wisdom for cultivating inner serenity, moral fortitude, and spiritual clarity. By focusing on pure thoughts, purposeful actions, and consistent self-reflection, you can indeed find solace amid chaos. 
  What You’ll Discover in This Modern Translation: 
  - Principles for detaching from external pressures and anxieties 
  - Methods to nurture peaceful thoughts and balanced emotions 
  - The transformative power of quiet reflection and patience 
  - Insights into living virtuously and guiding others by example 
  Imagine navigating any situation—no matter how trying—with unshakable equilibrium. Let James Allen guide you toward a state of poise and harmony that transcends life’s challenges. 
  Ascend above turmoil. Get your copy now and unlock the keys to enduring inner peace.

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  Coxsackie - The Life and Death...

  Joseph F. Spillane

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  Should prisons attempt reform and uplift inmates or, by means of principled punishment, deter them from further wrongdoing? This debate has raged in Western Europe and in the United States at least since the late eighteenth century. Joseph F. Spillane examines the failure of progressive reform in New York State by focusing on Coxsackie, a New Deal reformatory built for young male offenders. Opened in 1935 to serve "adolescents adrift," Coxsackie instead became an unstable and brutalizing prison. From the start, the liberal impulse underpinning the prison's mission was overwhelmed by challenges it was unequipped or unwilling to face—drugs, gangs, and racial conflict.Spillane draws on detailed prison records to reconstruct a life behind bars in which "ungovernable" young men posed constant challenges to racial and cultural order. The New Deal order of the prison was unstable from the start; the politics of punishment quickly became the politics of race and social exclusion, and efforts to save liberal reform in postwar New York only deepened its failures. In 1977, inmates took hostages to focus attention on their grievances. The result was stricter discipline and an end to any pretense that Coxsackie was a reform institution.Why did the prison fail? For answers, Spillane immerses readers in the changing culture and racial makeup of the U.S. prison system and borrows from studies of colonial prisons, which emblematized efforts by an exploitative regime to impose cultural and racial restraint on others.In today's era of mass incarceration, prisons have become conflict-ridden warehouses and powerful symbols of racism and inequality. This account challenges the conventional wisdom that America's prison crisis is of comparatively recent vintage, showing instead how a racial and punitive system of control emerged from the ashes of a progressive ideal.

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