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  Still True - The Evolution of an...

  Reagan E J Jackson

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  Through this collection of essays, author and activist Reagan Jackson, chronicles her journey into the world of journalism. Art, cinema, social justice, feminism, Black reparations, health & reproductive rights, dance, education—while Jackson’s subjects range far and wide, her writing brings an intimacy & immediacy to all. 
  Equal parts personal testament, structural interrogation, and social criticism, Reagan Jackson’s Still True inspires in its singularity. Jackson writes with a powerful sense of history and a wide-ranging vision, capturing a Seattle in flux, where processes of inequality, gentrification, and police violence occur alongside community struggle, vivid resistance, and countless episodes of joy. We should all hope that voices like hers blossom throughout our communities. This book is a gift to all readers and writers—aspiring, established, or otherwise. ~Sonora Jha, author of The Laughter 
  Reagan Jackson writes from the crossroads of journalism, memoir, activism, and everyday life in these raw and wild times. Jackson is a pioneer for what “writing the first draft of history” looks like in an intersectional world and a model of how media can help build the communities and worlds of the future.  
  ~Sarah Stuteville, Co-Founder of the Seattle Globalist

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  La República de Venecia y la...

  Charles River Editors

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  La mística ciudad flotante de Venecia ha despertado admiración durante generaciones, y sigue siendo una de las ciudades europeas más visitadas, y con buena razón. Los turistas se sienten atraídos por la impresionante combinación de arquitectura clásica, gótica y de inspiración renacentista de los pintorescos pueblos y aldeas, los encantadores mercados al aire libre, la deliciosa cocina tradicional y, por supuesto, las famosas góndolas que se deslizan por las centelleantes aguas azules. Si bien estas góndolas, junto con las embarcaciones venecianas de larga tradición de atracadas en los puertos, son una de los vistas más características de la ciudad, sus comienzos se ubican en una parte oscurecida de la historia veneciana.  
  	Para los primeros pobladores de las islas pantanosas y poco promisorias de Venecia del siglo V AC, aquello parecía como si cualquier intento de civilización estuviera condenado al fracaso. Sin embargo, incluso con todas las posibilidades en contra, los diestros habitantes dominaron el terreno inhóspito y poco a poco configuraron una sociedad que colocaría a la pequeña y modesta ciudad en el mapa. Con el tiempo, la ciudad se convirtió en el imperio marítimo más poderoso de Europa.  
  	En un país como Italia, lleno de ciudades famosas, Génova no suele ser la primera que viene a la mente. Si Venecia, Florencia y Roma son tal vez las tres primeras, a menudo les siguen Pisa, Siena y Nápoles, por no mencionar las islas de Cerdeña y Sicilia. De hecho, Génova quedaría hacia el final de una lista mucho más larga, y podría estar más estrechamente asociada con su famoso hijo, Cristóbal Colón, quien al final navegó a España. Para los turistas ávidos, Génova podría ser el punto para quienes deseen visitar la impresionante Cinque Terre en la cercana costa de Liguria.

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  Intimidation - Using Fear or...

  Cito Harder

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  Intimidation is a powerful tool used to control, manipulate, or influence others through fear, coercion, or the threat of consequences. It is a fundamental aspect of power dynamics in human interactions, appearing in personal relationships, workplaces, politics, and even entire societies. While often associated with overt threats and aggressive behavior, intimidation can also be subtle, manifesting through psychological pressure, social exclusion, or implied consequences rather than direct violence. Regardless of its form, intimidation serves as a means of asserting dominance and shaping the behavior of individuals or groups. 
  Throughout history, intimidation has played a crucial role in maintaining authority and enforcing societal norms. Rulers, military leaders, and institutions have long relied on fear to deter opposition and ensure obedience. From ancient empires using public punishments to instill fear in the masses to modern governments leveraging surveillance and propaganda, intimidation remains a key strategy for those in power. However, it is not limited to large-scale societal control—intimidation also operates at the personal level, where individuals use fear to manipulate or silence others in personal, professional, and social settings. 
  The effectiveness of intimidation lies in its ability to exploit human psychology. Fear is a primal emotion, hardwired into the brain as a survival mechanism. When people perceive a threat—whether physical, emotional, or social—they often become more compliant, seeking to avoid harm or conflict. This reaction can be seen in various contexts, such as an employee hesitating to speak out against an abusive manager, a student fearing retaliation from a school bully, or a population complying with oppressive laws due to the threat of punishment.

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  The Art of Letting Go -...

  Fiona Zenith

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  In The Art of Letting Go: Releasing Past Burdens, Fiona Zenith offers a compassionate and practical guide to freeing yourself from the emotional weights that hold you back. Through a blend of insightful psychology, mindfulness techniques, and real-life stories, this book provides the tools you need to navigate the complexities of anxiety, depression, and emotional attachments. Whether you're struggling with unresolved past experiences, fear of change, or the challenges of self-doubt, this book will help you cultivate resilience, embrace self-awareness, and build a life of inner peace and balance. With actionable exercises, reflective prompts, and inspiring narratives, The Art of Letting Go is your roadmap to emotional freedom, empowering you to release what no longer serves you and step into a brighter, more fulfilling future. Let this book be your companion on the journey to healing, growth, and lasting joy.

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  Story 1: The Delights of Sean Jr...

  Snuggie Bobo

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  Sean Jr. had a tough life—as his mother told him, he had the ‘forbidden illness’: lusting for men. His uncle took him in, yet Sean lived a criminal lifestyle ingrained in the family business. Thug life meant trouble was Sean’s middle name; the drugs and jail did not help much either.
   
  Now Sean had two loving parents. Yet his uncle was in conflict, wanting to protect Sean from the evils of their family’s work while disapproving of his player lifestyle. Meanwhile, the body count from their criminal exploits continued to rise.

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  Battle of Lützen The: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  The Thirty Years' War was one of the most horrific conflicts in history, and though it is widely viewed as a religious struggle, that was only part of the complicated war. Calvinists and Lutherans did not get along, and both persecuted some of the more radical Anabaptist sects. At the same time, one major motivation behind the war was Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II’s determination to rule all of the empire and not be just a figurehead. There were struggles between rulers and their estates over power, and Catholic France later entered the war on the side of the Protestants in order to counter the Habsburgs’ power.  
  	The Battle of Breitenfeld, fought in September 1631, was the first major Protestant victory and widely considered the crowning achievement of Swedish King Gustavus Adolphus’ military career. Through his establishment of communication and supply lines at strategic points across the Baltic Sea, the securing of Protestant alliances, and his use of combined arms, amongst his other trademark techniques, the Swedish forces, against all odds, defeated their rivals. Such was the devastation inflicted upon their opponents that the Count of Tilly, the chief commander of the Catholic League's armies, had no other choice but to retreat. 6,000 or so Catholic soldiers were captured, many of them later incorporated into the Protestant forces. Whatever remained of the survivors vanished into the dark of the night.   
  	Gustavus’s triumph at Breitenfeld was a great victory that permanently affected the war, and for a time the Swedes were the most powerful military force in Central Europe, but Gustavus’s life ended slightly more than a year after the battle. On November 16, 1632, the king led a Protestant army of Swedes and German allies against Wallenstein’s army near Lützen in Saxony, and during a hard-fought Protestant victory that forced Wallenstein to retreat, Gustavus was killed while leading a cavalry charge.

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