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  Half In - A Coming-of-Age Memoir...

  Felice Cohen

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  What if your first love were a forbidden one? 
  At twenty-three, Felice Cohen was, like other recent college grads, hesitant about entering the real world, with the added stress of coming out in the early nineties. Focused on how to land a full-time position as a writer, falling in love was the last thing on her mind. 
  But fall in love she did. With her boss, a woman thirty-four years older. 
  Felice and Sarah embarked on a high-stakes, year-long love affair. Addicted to the high of first love, Felice was enthralled by Sarah’s attention and content to hide their love in the shadows. Sarah, meanwhile, threw caution to the wind, risking her comfortably established life that included a prestigious job and long-term girlfriend. Though not perfect, it was enough.  
  That was until their secret was exposed, forcing Felice to publicly acknowledge their illicit love or start a new life for herself. Felice chose to walk away.  
  In this candid coming-of-age memoir—as compelling as a novel—Felice chronicles the happiness and heartbreak of an age-gap love affair while struggling to figure out the direction of her future. Ultimately, this is a story about navigating life’s unpredictable path while following one’s heart, and finding acceptance.

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  Parmenides - The Philosopher on...

  Hector Davidson

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  Parmenides of Elea stands as one of the most pivotal figures in the history of Western philosophy. His contributions, particularly in metaphysics and epistemology, challenged the prevailing philosophical ideas of his time and laid the groundwork for later philosophical inquiries. Born in the late sixth or early fifth century BCE, Parmenides is best known for his poem On Nature, in which he articulates a radical vision of reality that denies change, multiplicity, and the reliability of sensory perception. His assertion that “what is, is” and “what is not, is not” forms the core of his philosophical system, establishing the principle that true being must be eternal, unchanging, and indivisible. 
  Prior to Parmenides, early Greek thinkers, particularly the Presocratics like Heraclitus and the Milesian philosophers, sought to explain the nature of reality through empirical observation and the identification of a fundamental substance or element underlying all things. Heraclitus, for example, famously posited that change and flux were the fundamental aspects of existence, encapsulated in the notion that “everything flows.” Parmenides, however, forcefully rejected this view, arguing that change and plurality were mere illusions. He insisted that the senses deceive us, leading to a mistaken belief in a world of becoming rather than a singular, unchanging being. His philosophical method, based on reason rather than empirical observation, introduced a new way of thinking that would profoundly influence later philosophical traditions. 
  The significance of Parmenides lies not only in the content of his arguments but also in the impact he had on subsequent thinkers. Plato, for instance, engaged extensively with Parmenidean thought, particularly in dialogues such as the Parmenides and Sophist, where he sought to reconcile the Eleatic notion of an unchanging reality with the apparent diversity of the world.

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  The Life Triumphant - Achieving...

  James Allen

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  What if you could rise above everyday limitations and claim a life of true accomplishment—both in your outer world and within your inner self? 
  James Allen’s profound work reveals how success stems from disciplined thought, moral uprightness, and unwavering self-belief. Adapted for today’s reader, this edition explores the synergistic relationship between character and destiny, showing how you can seize opportunities, foster prosperity, and achieve lasting personal triumph. 
  What You’ll Discover in This Modern Translation:Core principles for cultivating a strong, virtuous characterStrategies for overcoming self-doubt and negative thinkingWays to align your goals with a sense of higher purposeThe connection between inner integrity and material success 
  Imagine reaching new heights in your career, relationships, and personal development—all while sustaining a deep sense of fulfillment and peace. With James Allen’s guidance, you can chart a course toward a triumphant life grounded in virtue and vision. 
  Take the first step toward genuine success. Get your copy now and embark on a transformative journey of growth and achievement.

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  Born a Crime: Book Summary &...

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah. It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Trevor Noah. Ideal for those seeking a quick and insightful overview.
   
  This memoir tells the compelling story of a boy growing up in apartheid and post-apartheid South Africa, navigating the complexities of identity, family, and survival. Born to a Black South African mother and a white Swiss father, his very existence was considered illegal under the laws of the time. Through a mix of humor and raw honesty, he recounts his childhood misadventures, the sacrifices of his fearless mother, and the resilience required to overcome systemic oppression. This book is a powerful, moving, and often hilarious exploration of race, class, and personal determination.

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  Hamilton - The Energetic Founder

  R.B. Bernstein

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  Alexander Hamilton (1755–1804) was a key founding father—a politician, a constitutional thinker, and the nation’s first secretary of the treasury. He led the effort to write the brilliant defense and exposition of the Constitution, The Federalist, and later, as the nation’s first treasury  
  secretary, he pioneered efforts to interpret the Constitution broadly, as a source of executive and judicial power. 
   
  Finding his purpose in the American Revolution and in its sequel, the creation of the United States and its constitutional form of government, he sought to give the nation and its government the power and energy required to preserve the fruits of the Revolution and the nation’s  
  survival in a hostile world. In this concise, elegant, and scholarly overview of his life, thought, career, and legacies, acclaimed biographer R. B. Bernstein shows his life as a record of struggle, war, ambition, and of the practice of law, fierce politics, and good government. 
   
  A war hero, a brilliant lawyer, and a skilled and effective polemicist, Hamilton devoted his life and his career to the cause of American independence, the Union, and an effective general government. A perennial focus of controversy, a skilled and often ruthless political fighter, Hamilton  
  helped to define the emerging partisan politics of the new nation. He was a key player in the quarrels over what its constitution meant and what powers it gave the Union. A brilliant administrator and a shrewd and cogent economic theorist, he created the American government’s role in  
  the nation’s economic system and helped tosecure for the nation an effective and energetic general government. 
   
  Hamilton was also a principal exponent of political combat in defense of personal and political honor. As such, he was a tragic victim of the honor culture he did so much to establish as a component of national politics, dying as the result of a mortal wound he suffered in his 1804 duel with  
  Aaron Burr, his longtime antagonist.

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  Tower The (Unabridged)

  Thea Lenarduzzi

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  Once upon a time, there was a tower on a hill, beyond the dark trees, somewhere north. An octagonal tower on two levels: glass upstairs and stone below, beneath a steep slate roof - a folly, it was said. According to locals, a young woman named Annie who fell ill was confined to the tower by her father for three years and died there, alone. Fascinated by Annie's story, Thea Lenarduzzi attempts to piece the past together in a formidable act of imagination, which, tugging at the strings of the how, why and who of stories, begins to unravel the very idea of storytelling itself. Veering between fiction, memoir, fairy tale and folklore, The Tower is an extraordinary book about power, abuse and why we don't always tell the story we set out to tell.

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