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  A Gradual Grace

  Christina Marigold Houen

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  A Gradual Grace is Christina's third memoir. In the first, This Place You Know, she tells the story of her childhood on an outback sheep station, told in her mother's voice and her own voice and published by Ginninderra Press in 2019. The second, A Practice of Loss, tells the story of the breakdown of her marriage and the abduction of her three young daughters by their father. A Gradual Grace completes the trilogy.

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  Late Have I Loved You -...

  John Michael Talbot, Mike Aquilina

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  Late Have I Loved You, Recollections of a Life - Foreword by Mike Aquilina - is Grammy / Dove award winning, multi-platinum selling, Best-Selling Author John Michael Talbot's first autobiography.

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  The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

  Charles Darwin

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  Explore the life of one of history's greatest minds with The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, a fascinating firsthand account of the scientist who revolutionized our understanding of evolution. Written by Darwin himself, this autobiography offers an intimate glimpse into his upbringing, scientific journey, and the personal struggles that led to his groundbreaking theory of natural selection. From his early years as a curious student to his travels on the HMS Beagle and the meticulous development of his revolutionary ideas, Darwin’s reflections reveal the evolution of his thoughts and the challenges he faced in a world on the cusp of scientific transformation. 
  Narrated with clarity and thoughtfulness, this audiobook brings Darwin’s reflections to life, offering a deeper understanding of the man behind the theory of evolution and his lasting impact on science. 
  Start listening to The Autobiography of Charles Darwin today and delve into the life of a man whose ideas continue to shape the world.

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  Pumpkinflowers - A Soldier's...

  Matti Friedman

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  “A book about young men transformed by war, written by a veteran whose dazzling literary gifts gripped my attention from the first page to the last.” —The Wall Street Journal “Friedman’s sober and striking new memoir . . . [is] on a par with Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried -- its Israeli analog.” —The New York Times Book Review It was just one small hilltop in a small, unnamed war in the late 1990s, but it would send out ripples that are still felt worldwide today. The hill, in Lebanon, was called the Pumpkin; flowers was the military code word for “casualties.” Award-winning writer Matti Friedman re-creates the harrowing experience of a band of young Israeli soldiers charged with holding this remote outpost, a task that would change them forever, wound the country in ways large and small, and foreshadow the unwinnable conflicts the United States would soon confront in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere.Pumpkinflowers is a reckoning by one of those young soldiers now grown into a remarkable writer. Part memoir, part reportage, part history, Friedman’s powerful narrative captures the birth of today’s chaotic Middle East and the rise of a twenty-first-century type of war in which there is never a clear victor and media images can be as important as the battle itself. Raw and beautifully rendered, Pumpkinflowers will take its place among classic war narratives by George Orwell, Philip Caputo, and Tim O’Brien. It is an unflinching look at the way we conduct war today.

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  Hospitalitarian - Bruce White's...

  Kathi Ann Brown

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  As one of Marriott’s first franchisees, Bruce White built a highly successful and widely respected hospitality company. From roadside hotels to some of the largest and most experiential urban hotels in the United States, White’s visionary leadership led to the development of over 200 hotels and 60 independently branded restaurants across the country. 
  For four decades, he inspired hospitality entrepreneurs, introducing groundbreaking concepts such as the first dual- and tri-brand hotels. White’s relentless pursuit of excellence and willingness to challenge conventional thinking set new industry standards, leaving behind a legacy of innovation, entrepreneurship, and a life well-lived. 
  This book features a Foreword by hospitality industry icon J.W. Marriott, Jr., highlighting White’s profound impact on the industry.

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  The Slave's Little Friends -...

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  The texts included in this anthology illustrate the wide range of possibilities that abolitionist writings offered to American children during the first half of the nineteenth century. Composing their works under the wings of the antislavery movement, authors responded to the unequal and controversial development of abolitionist politics during the decades that led up to the outbreak of the Civil War. These writers struggled to teach children "to feel right," and attempted to instruct them to actively respond to the injustice of the slavery system as rendered visible by a harrowing visual archive of suffering bodies compiled by both English and American antislavery promoters.
  Reading was equated with knowledge and knowledge was equated with moral responsibility, and therefore reading about "the abominations of slavery" became an act of emotional personal transformation. Children were thus turned into powerful agents of political change and potential activists to spread the abolitionist message. Invited to comply with a higher law that entailed the breaking of their nation's edicts, they were morally rewarded by the Christian God and approvingly applauded by their elders for their violation of these same American regulations. These texts enclosed immeasurable value for young nineteenth-century Americans to fulfill a more democratic and egalitarian role in their future. Undoubtedly, abolitionist writings for children took away American children's innocence and transformed them into juvenile abolitionists and empowered compassionate citizens.

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