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  Spotting Danger Before It Spots...

  Gary Dean Quesenberry, Lt. Col....

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  Spotting danger before it happens is a skill that can be developed and may even save your life.
  
  Understand the threat
  
  Build situational awareness
  
  Develop personal defenses
  
   
  A mother dropping her teenager off at the mall, a young man leaving home for college, a family about to head out on their first trip overseas. What do all of these people have in common? They all have a vested interest in their personal security and the wellbeing of those they love. According to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report, there were an estimated 1.25 million violent crimes committed in the United States in 2018. 
  
   
  Make no mistake; in a world filled with crime and violence, you are your own last line of defense. 
  
   
  Continuing on the path of The Gift of Fear (Gavin deBecker), Spotting Danger Before It Spots You, author Gary Quesenberry breaks down the basic techniques necessary to help you develop good situational awareness and increase your levels of personal safety. Gary calls upon his extensive background as a Federal Air Marshal and defensive tactics instructor to explain these methods in simple terms that will greatly improve your general understanding of how, when and where violence occurs. He will then take the next critical step—providing you with the tools you need to properly identify and evade danger before it ever has a chance to materialize.
  
   
  You will learn
  
  The common traits of predatory behavior
  
  How to conduct a personal “safety check”
  
  How to develop strong awareness skills
  
  What to do when you spot potential trouble
  
  Staying safe and living life free of worry and fear
  
  
  
    
  “Today more than ever, it is imperative that we pay close attention to our surroundings and learn how to interpret what’s happening around us. Tragic events can often be both predictable and preventable.” — Federal Air Marshal Gary Quesenberry

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  The Apothecary Garden -...

  Liv Montgomery

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  The old saying "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" was never more true than it is today. Even with the spectacular advances we've seen in modern medicine in the past hundred years, there is no substitute for sensible self-care through the wise use of herbal remedies. The problem is, herbal remedies can be notoriously expensive. But did you know that many herbs can be grown easily in your own kitchen garden? It's true! You can save yourself a ton of money and support your health at the same time by growing your own apothecary herbs for health and beauty. It's like having a pharmacy right outside your back door. 
  For instance, echinacea is a gorgeous bloomer in the flower garden and a genius for immune support. Plus, it's super easy to cultivate. Calendula is so easy to grow that it's almost a weed, and yet its costly oil does wonders for your complexion. Why pay the druggist top dollar when you can grow your own medicinal herbs? 
  "The Apothecary Garden" is a rich resource of herb lore combined with savvy tips for growing your own. Get this great audio from entertaining speaker and author Liv Montgomery, and start cultivating your bloom of health today!

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  Fish On Fish Off

  Stephen Sautner

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  Author and master storyteller Stephen Sautner narrates this special immersive audio edition of his modern angling classic complete with music and ambient sound. Through a series of 50 personal essays, each of which worthy of its own podcast, Fish On, Fish Off explores what happens when the self-taught, DIY angler sets out to fish the world–and winds up stumbling into every possible pitfall and danger along the way. These include: getting chased from a river by an elephant, surviving a terrifying helicopter ride over the Straits of Magellan, and breaking his only rod on the second cast in Cuba’s Bay of Pigs. Closer to home, he is swept off a jetty by a rogue wave, winds up in an emergency room more than once with fishing lures hanging from various parts of his anatomy, and perhaps most daunting, surviving 30 years of the scrum better known as opening day of trout season in his crowded home state of New Jersey. These stories of heartbreak, terror, and triumph transcend beyond fishing, and make for excellent listening for angler and non-angler alike.

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  The History of Rome in 12...

  Phillip Barlag

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  Any travel guide to Rome will urge visitors to go the Colosseum, but none answers a simple question: Why is it called the Colosseum?The History of Rome in 12 Buildings: A Travel Companion to the Hidden Secrets of The Eternal City is compelling, concise, and fun, and takes you behind the iconic buildings to reveal the hidden stories of the people that forged the Roman Empire. Typical travel guides provide torrents of information but deny their readers depth and perspective. In this gap is the really good stuff—the stories that make the buildings come alive and vividly enhance any trip to Rome.The History of Rome in 12 Buildings will immerse you in the world of the Romans, one full of drama, intrigue, and scandal. With its help, you will be able to trace the rise and fall of the ancient world’s greatest superpower: Find the last resting spot of Julius Caesar.Join Augustus as he offers sacrifices to the gods.Discover the lie on the façade of the Pantheon.Walk in the footsteps of Jesus.And so much more.

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  The Bells of Old Tokyo -...

  Anna Sherman

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  An elegant and absorbing tour of Tokyo and its residents.From 1632 until 1854, Japan's rulers restricted contact with foreign countries, a near isolation that fostered a remarkable and unique culture that endures to this day. In hypnotic prose and sensual detail, Anna Sherman describes searching for the great bells by which the inhabitants of Edo, later called Tokyo, kept the hours in the shoguns' city. 
  An exploration of Tokyo becomes a meditation not just on time, but on history, memory, and impermanence. Through Sherman's journeys around the city and her friendship with the owner of a small, exquisite cafe, who elevates the making and drinking of coffee to an art-form, The Bells of Old Tokyo follows haunting voices through the labyrinth that is the Japanese capital: an old woman remembers escaping from the American firebombs of World War II. A scientist builds the most accurate clock in the world, a clock that will not lose a second in five billion years. The head of the Tokugawa shogunal house reflects on the destruction of his grandfathers' city: "A lost thing is lost. To chase it leads to darkness." 
  The Bells of Old Tokyo marks the arrival of a dazzling new writer who presents an absorbing and alluring meditation on life in the guise of a tour through a city and its people.

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  Rolls-Royce: The Magic of a Name...

  Peter Pugh

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  The Magic of a Name tells the story of the first forty years of Britain's most prestigious manufacturer – Rolls-Royce.
  
  Beginning with the historic meeting in 1904 of Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls, and the birth in 1906 of the legendary Silver Ghost, Peter Pugh tells a story of genius, skill and dedication that gave the world cars and aeroengines unrivalled in their excellence.
  
  In 1915, 100 years ago, Royce produced the first of many aero engines, the Eagle, which proved itself in battle in the First World War. Twenty-five years later, the totemic Merlin was installed in the Spitfire and built in a race against time to help win the Battle of Britain.
  
  With unrivalled access to the company's archives, this is a unique portrait of both an iconic name and of British industry at its best.

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