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  Home Is the Road - Wandering the...

  Diane Glancy

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  From the award-winning Native American literary writer Diane Glancy comes a book about travel, belonging, and home. Travel is not merely a means to bring us from one location to another. "My sense of place is in the moving," Glancy writes. For her the road is home—its own satisfying destination. But the road also makes demands on us: asking us to be willing to explore the incomprehensible parts of the landscapes we inhabit and pass through—as well as to, ultimately, let them blur as they go by. This, Glancy says, is home. 
   
   
   
  Glancy teases out the lessons of the road that are never easy to define, grappling with her own: childhood's puzzle pieces of her Cherokee heritage and a fraught but still compelling vision of Christianity. As she clocks an inordinate amount of driving, as she experiments with literary forms, she looks to what the land has held for centuries, before the roads were ever there. 
   
   
   
  This, ultimately, is a book about land, tradition, religion, questions, and the puzzle pieces none of us can put together quite right. It's a book about peripheral vision, conflicting narratives, and a longing for travel.

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  Lord Haw-Haw: The Life and...

  Editors Charles River

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  In Germany, the most threatening and caustic radio personality was Mildred Gillars, known to the troops as the foreboding “Axis Sally,” but in Britain, one Nazi broadcaster became famous above all others. The man who became known as “Lord Haw-Haw” broadcast daily programs from Germany, introduced with a deliberate parody of the BBC by using the words “Germany calling…” These propaganda broadcasts were widely derided in Britain, but thousands listened to them every day and the distinctive voice of Lord Haw-Haw became as instantly recognizable to listeners in the UK as that of Prime Minster Winston Churchill. Although his accent was odd, he appeared to be British, leading so many of the Britons who listened to him to wonder who he was, and why he was broadcasting on behalf of the Nazis.  
  	As it turned out, Lord Haw-Haw was an American who had moved among fascist circles in Britain before moving to Germany shortly before the war. He specialized in acidic diatribes against the men and women working for the Western Allies, broadcasting from Berlin and easily heard in London. Reports over the airwaves suggested that specific family members had died back home or that male siblings had been killed in action. Wives and girlfriends were reported to be unfaithful in a soldier’s absence by agencies who claimed to be aware of such matters. Enemy assaults upon the Allies’ willingness to fight were frequently followed with fictitious reports of American, British, or other collaborators’ defeats. Dire threats were levied against those serving in specific locations, with precise military information invoked for enhanced credibility. 
  	Somewhat fittingly, Lord Haw-Haw’s impact on the war is still debated, and what happened to him at the end of the war is also the subject of arguments. 

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  2021 Top Businesswomen

  Poorvi Gupta

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  [Year in Review 2021] Meet the businesswomen who made headlines this year

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  Anatomy of Conversation

  Emma Gibbens

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  Communicating with others is getting more and more complex every day. Many of us are anxious about how to navigate conversations – how do I approach someone? How can I create a safe and inviting space? What happens if someone gets offended? 
  Emma Gibbens understands conversations. She delights in their depth and is thrilled by their potential. Lit with an inner fire that comes from countless hours of witnessing the power of conversation, Emma facilitates complex conversations that many of us prefer to avoid. 
  Emma provides the Anatomy of Conversation so we can better understand, more confidently prepare for, and courageously facilitate complex conversations. 
  This generous and practical book sparks us to be curious about navigating our differences and finding meaningful connection

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  Social Contract The - Jacques...

  Jean-Jacques Rosseau

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  The Social Contract  is a 1762 French-language book by the Genevan philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. The book theorizes about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which Rousseau had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality (1755). 
  The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. The Social Contract argued against the idea that monarchs were divinely empowered to legislate. Rousseau asserts that only the people, who are sovereign, have that all-powerful right.

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  Telling the Untold - Mastering...

  Virversity Online Courses

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  Discover the art of writing historical fiction with this comprehensive course designed to guide you through every stage of creating authentic and compelling historical novels. Whether new to the genre or refining your skills, you'll gain practical writing tips to enhance storytelling and craft vivid, believable worlds.Master foundational principles and the significance of historical fiction while developing effective research methods to find accurate, credible sources. Learn to evaluate materials for reliability and bias, build authentic settings, and create complex, respectful characters rooted in historical context. Balance historical accuracy with engaging narrative techniques and handle sensitive topics and marginalized voices with cultural sensitivity. Use authentic dialogue to reflect historical speech and language while integrating historical events seamlessly with fictional elements. Explore ethical and legal considerations specific to historical fiction and apply revising and editing strategies tailored to this genre.This course will help you write stories that transport readers to vividly reconstructed eras, grounded in thorough research and ethical storytelling. By blending fact with fiction thoughtfully, you will create narratives that resonate with depth and respect. You’ll finish equipped to tell untold stories that educate, engage, and inspire readers, emerging as a confident historical fiction writer with both creativity and integrity.

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