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  The Australian Wars - The truth...

  Mina Murray, Stephen Gapps,...

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  The truth about the bloody battles fought to establish a nation 
   
  For the first time, The Australian Wars brings what for too long has been considered the historical past into connection with its reverberations in the present. 
   
  It is estimated up to 100,000 people died in the frontier wars that raged across Australia for more than 150 years. This is equivalent to the combined total of all Australians killed in foreign battles to date. But there are few memorials marking these first, domestic wars. 
   
  The Australian Wars was conceived by Rachel Perkins following her award-winning documentary series produced by Blackfella Films for SBS and edited along with Stephen Gapps, Mina Murray and Henry Reynolds. This is the first book to tell the story of the continental sweep of massacres, guerilla warfare, resistance and the contests of firearms and traditional Aboriginal weaponry as Indigenous nations resisted colonial occupation of their lands, territory by territory. At stake was the sovereignty of an entire country. 
   
  Black and white writers tell the stories of these battles across three crucial time periods, and all the states and territories. It notes the lands that were unconquered, as well as the role of disease, weapons and tactics, and the story of women on the frontier. 
   
  This history is still alive in those descendants who carry the stories of their ancestors. The Australian Wars brings what for too long has been considered the historical past into the present so that we might know the truth of the origins of this nation. 
   
   
  'As it peels back the enduring veils of silence and denial about our shared past, The Australian Wars exposes a complex legacy of shame, pride, crime and valour. It offers us an opportunity to ask ourselves, in a spirit of humility and honesty, what it truly means to be an Australian patriot. The authors of this work have delivered a huge favour wrapped in a hard lesson.' TIM WINTON 
   
   
  'An inspiring, game-changing work of collective truth-telling about our shared history.' KATE GRENVILLE 
   
   
  ‘Rachel Perkins and her fellow editors have done us all a great service in bringing this history together.' DAVID KEMP AC 
   
   
  'Together with the TV series The Australian Wars puts down a marker: no more denial, no more cant. These wars happened and we cannot blink them away.' DON WATSON 
   
   
  'This book has the best of contemporary research. It will ensure that the original people of this nation are not denied the dignity of their resistance and the truth telling has the edge it should.' KIM BEAZLEY 
   
   
  'A compelling call to truth-telling and national reckoning. Essential reading for all Australians.' THE HON KEN WYATT AC

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  Coming Clean - The Rise of...

  Eric Heinze

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  What has gone wrong with the left—and what leftists must do if they want to change politics, ethics, and minds. 
   
   
   
  Leftists have long taught that people in the West must take responsibility for centuries of classism, racism, colonialism, patriarchy, and other gross injustices. Of course, right-wingers constantly ridicule this claim for its "wokeness." 
   
   
   
  In Coming Clean, Eric Heinzerejects the idea that we should be less woke. In fact, we need more wokeness, but of a new kind. Yes, we must teach about these bleak pasts, but we must also educate the public about the left's own support for regimes that damaged and destroyed millions of lives for over a century—Stalin in the Soviet Union, Mao Zedong in China, Pol Pot in Cambodia, or the Kim dynasty in North Korea. 
   
   
   
  Criticisms of Western wrongdoing are certainly important, yet Heinze explains that leftists have rarely engaged in the kinds of open and public self-scrutiny that they demand from others. Citing examples as different as the Ukraine war, LGBTQ+ people in Cuba, the concept of "hatred," and the problem of leftwing antisemitism, Heinze explains why and how the left must change its memory politics if it is to claim any ethical high ground.

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  The Echo from Dealey Plaza - The...

  Abraham Bolden

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  A gripping and unforgettable true story of bravery and patriotism in the face of bitter hatred. 
   
   
   
  Abraham Bolden was a young African American Secret Service agent in Chicago when he was asked by John F. Kennedy himself to join the White House Secret Service detail. For Bolden, it was a dream come true—and an encouraging sign of the charismatic president's vision for a new America. 
   
   
   
  But the dream quickly turned sour. Bolden found himself regularly subjected to open hostility and blatant racism, and he was appalled by the White House team's irresponsible approach to security. In the wake of JFK's assassination, Bolden sought to expose the agency's negligence, only to find himself the victim of a sinister conspiracy. The Echo from Dealey Plaza is the story of the terrible price paid by one man for his commitment to truth and justice.

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  A Shamed Sissy - Feminization

  Kinky Press

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  Get caught watching some hot tranny action, and your girlfriend seems to think you want it that way. 
    
  Intro Rick, bent over and receiving some not so tender attention from his suddenly dominate girl. She thinks just because he likes watching it that he wants it, too. He doesn’t. But dang, he does have darned good legs in that dress she’s making him wear. 
    
  He can’t believe she’s making him go out in public all dolled up like this, but hey, it’s nice to draw all the hungry attention. 
    
  Destination? A couple of dudes in sweatpants. Things are about to get awkward. But, Rick wants to keep his girl, so he mimics her and gets down on his knees. 
    
  The boys aren’t satisfied with their mouths, though, and Rick and his girl are laid side by side – rear up – to get some true man love. 
    
  PSA: This story contains a desperate man who feels forced into an undesirable situation. He’ll be dominated and humiliated by a bossy woman and another man, and gall darned if he doesn’t get off on... things... he never thought possible.

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  All This Healing is Killing Me -...

  Gabrielle Pelicci

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  At age 20, Gabrielle Pelicci returned from her modeling career in NYC to her hometown of Scranton, PA where her mother suddenly passed away. At her mother’s funeral, Gabrielle had a spiritual experience that left her reeling and set her on a heroine’s journey to learn about both the scientific and mystical explanations of human consciousness. Gabrielle studied a dozen healing practices, from alternative medicine to yoga, including travel immersions in Europe, Asia, and Africa. Over the next 10 years, her complex PTSD symptoms persisted. Little by little, Gabrielle’s childhood experiences of domestic violence, and her parents’ mental illnesses and addictions are revealed. At age 30, still grieving the loss of her mother and disgusted with the fact that she can’t overcome her anxiety and depression, Gabrielle attempted to take her own life. Luckily, she survived and continued her journey of healing and trauma recovery, earning a Ph.D. and becoming a professor of Holistic Medicine, with a dissertation on Women Healers. 
  In this deeply personal and vulnerable account, Gabrielle reveals how childhood trauma impacts our physical and mental health — as well as our adult relationships. She explores how you are only as sick as your secrets and telling your story is the medicine that can save your life.  All This Healing is Killing Me is a brave narrative that reckons with the hold of the past over the present, the mind over the body and celebrates one woman’s ability to write herself a happy ending.

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  DBT Skills for Highly Sensitive...

  LCSW Emma Lauer

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  Have you been told that you are "too sensitive?" Do your emotions often feel intense or overwhelming? If so, you may be a highly sensitive person (HSP). HSPs are often empathic, intuitive, and passionate; but they can also struggle with strong emotions. This book will help you understand and balance your emotions, and reframe your emotional sensitivity as a strength—not a weakness. 
   
   
   
  Using skills from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), this evidence-based guide will show you how to increase emotional resilience and learn to appreciate your sensitivity for the superpower it is! With this book, you'll learn to understand and regulate your emotions, "read" your body's physical responses to difficult emotions, and discover effective ways to self-soothe when the outside world feels overwhelming. You'll also find strategies to help you deal with difficult or challenging interactions with others. 
   
   
   
  Emotional sensitivity is a gift; but it's important to learn how to manage your emotions, so they don't get in the way of relationships and reaching your goals. With this book as your guide, you'll find the balance you need to be your very best.

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