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  The Preventorium - A Memoir

  Susan Annah Currie, Cynthia A....

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  Opened on February 17, 1929, the Mississippi State Preventorium operated continuously until 1976. The Mississippi Preventorium, like similar hospitals throughout the country, was an institution for sickly, anemic, and underweight children. It was established on the grounds of the Mississippi State Tuberculosis Sanitorium in the early years of the twentieth century when tuberculosis was a dreaded disease worldwide. The TB Sanitorium hospital housed those with tuberculosis, offering refuge for patients of all ages afflicted with the pernicious and contagious disease. Although located on the same medical campus, the preventorium was a separate medical institution for children; no children with TB were admitted in the sixty-year run of the hospital. The name preventorium meant a place of preventing disease as there was a fear of sickly children contracting TB. The Mississippi Preventorium was one of the last, if not the very last, of these special hospitals for children.
  
  Now closed, the preventorium housed over three thousand children, including author Susan Annah Currie. In this intimate memoir, Currie details her fifteen-month stay at the preventorium. From her arrival in May 1959 at six years old, Currie vividly explores the unique and isolating world that she and children across the country experienced. Her exacting routine, dictated by the nurses and doctors who now acted as her parents, erased the distinction between patients and created both a sense of community among the children and a deep sense of loneliness. From walking silently single file through the cold, narrow halls of the hospital to nurses recording every detail of their bathroom habits to extremely limited visitation from family, Currie's time at the preventorium changed her and those around her, leaving an indelible mark even after their return home.
  
  While many of the records from the preventorium have been lost, Currie's memoir opens to readers a lost history largely forgotten. Told in evocative prose, The Preventorium explores Currie's personal trials, both in the hospital and in the echoes of her experiences into adulthood.

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  The Power of Babies - On the...

  Daniel Rousseau

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  These stories tell us how babies, from birth, have this skill to test by themselves the quality of the connections of the human network that surrounds them and to choose their first emotional attachments according to the quality of the signals received in return—without worrying about their filiation or their biological reality. A shock! They reveal to us through this unheard-of skill what is human in a person and how the little person becomes human. A new and modern vision of the human baby. These babies show us the intense efforts they make, from the moment they are born, to relate and to be kind, to make themselves light in the arms that carry them, to exist in the brains they cram into to ensure their safety and to “download” the knowledge of the world they need to survive. Babies very actively adapt to their new life as earthlings through the “Wi-Fi connections” they make in the first few minutes of their lives.
  The author concludes his book with a call to consider the reality of the psychic suffering of abused babies. Twenty-five years ago, the medical world finally discovered that babies could feel physical pain, which has since been recognized and treated. Before that, they were operated on without any anesthesia. From today's perspective, this is barbaric. It is urgent to make the same intellectual revolution for the psychological pain and emotional distress of the infant, which is detectable and curable if we know how to spot the signs from birth. The psychological future of thousands of babies every year depends on it. Let's save human babies!

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  Why Taiwan Matters - A Short...

  Kerry Brown

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  This program is read by the author.Taiwan expert Kerry Brown sums up the history of Taiwan and the danger of a Chinese takeover in this succinct and authoritative book.When the bloody Chinese Civil War concluded in 1949, two Chinas were born. Mao’s Communists won and took China’s mainland; Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists fled to Taiwan island. Since then, China and Taiwan have drifted into being separate political and cultural entities.Taiwan is now a flourishing democracy and an economic success story: just one of its companies produces over 90 per cent of the semiconductors that power the world’s economy. It is a free and vibrant society. For the United States and the West, the island is a bastion of freedom against China’s assertive presence in the region. And yet China, increasingly bellicose under Xi Jinping, insists Taiwan is part of its territory and must be returned to it. Should China blockade the island and mount an invasion, it would set off a chain reaction that would pitch it against the US – escalating a regional war into a global one. Taiwan is thus a geopolitical powder keg.Why Taiwan Matters helps us understand how and why we’ve arrived at this dangerous moment in history. With unparalleled access to Taiwan’s political leaders and a deep understanding of the island’s history and culture, Professor Kerry Brown provides a new reading of Taiwan, its twenty-three million people, and how they navigate being caught in this frightening geopolitical standoff. Why Taiwan Matters is the essential audiobook for understanding Taiwan’s unique story told in an accessible, expert and urgent way.A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

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  The History of God - A Story of...

  Guy Needler

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  Through deep meditation and frequent contact with extraterrestrials and "source entities", Needler has produced a startling biography of God. This book is nothing less than a history of our universe that blends channeled wisdom the new physics, past life regression, and the explication of ancient and esoteric texts. 
  Needler discovered a way to transport himself through meditation to the highest dimension where god and the co-creators exist. In that place and state he discovered many things about reality which he shares in this book. The History of God explains where god came from, the existence of other gods. The creation of the universes, the galaxies, the planets, and finally life on Earth including humans. We discover the purpose behind the creation of all of these things. Also included is information on extraterrestrials as a similar species and their involvement with the human race.

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  From Taino Suns to Phoenix...

  Woody R. Clermont

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  From the ancient Taíno suns to the rising phoenix flames — a story of heritage, resilience, and rebirth. 
  Taíno Suns to Phoenix Flames traces the history, culture, and enduring spirit of the indigenous Taíno people of the Caribbean and the birth of a nation compared once to the fictional Wakanda. This is Black nationalism and autonomy at its finest. Weaving together Taíno history, Haitian indigenous heritage, and personal journeys of cultural rediscovery, this book explores how a people once thought lost have reclaimed their identity, traditions, and pride in the modern world. 
  Inside, you'll discover:The history of the Taíno people before and after European contact.Caribbean indigenous culture — from language to spirituality.Stories of indigenous resilience and revival across Haiti, Latin America, and the Caribbean.The impact of colonization on Caribbean heritage and identity.How the Taíno legacy inspires cultural pride and modern indigenous movements. 
  Rich with history, storytelling, and cultural insight, Taíno Suns to Phoenix Flames is both a historical journey and a call to remember, reclaim, and rise. 
  From Taíno Suns to Phoenix Flames: A Story of Haiti is a sweeping and powerful chronicle of Haiti's soul-stirring journey—from its Indigenous Taíno origins to its revolutionary blaze of independence, through the shadows of exploitation, and toward the radiant hope of rebirth. Author Woody R. Clermont masterfully blends history, culture, revolt, and vision in this richly illustrated, deeply researched, and passionately written tribute to the Haitian spirit. 
  A rallying cry and a visionary blueprint, this book calls Haitians and the world to witness a nation not broken but becoming. It is a story of fire, but also of flight—soaring toward destiny with faith, memory, and the unyielding light of the Haitian sun.

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  EMPOWERING WOMEN WITH ADULT...

  Michelle Saline

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  Are you looking for reliable information on how a woman can develop a focused mind, cure anxiety in relationships, embrace neurodiversity and thrive with ADHD? 
  Are you a woman who has been finding your daily life challenging because of your ADHD condition? 
  Or do you know of a woman who has difficulties in her social life because of ADHD and you would wish to be of help to them? 
  ADHD, a neurochemical imbalance, hinders focus, prioritization, and organization, making it challenging for individuals to maintain a calm disposition. While often originating in early childhood, symptoms may persist into adolescence and adulthood, affecting 70% into adolescence and 50% into adulthood. To cope successfully, understanding the condition is crucial. Many with ADHD fall into negative thinking, attributing difficulties to laziness. Recognizing ADHD as the source of challenges allows individuals to release negativity and collaborate with their condition rather than resist it. 
  This audiobook covers: 
  •	The History of ADHD 
  •	Executive Functioning for Women with ADHD 
  •	How ADHD Impacts on Family Members 
  •	Diagnosis and Medical Treatment 
  •	Making a Career Change 
  •	Effective Communication Strategies for Adults with ADHD 
  •	Pregnancy and Children of a Mother with ADHD 
  •	Self-care Activities for an ADHD Woman 
  •	Making Time for Mindfulness and Exercise 
  •	Social Skills and ADHD 
  •	And so much more… 
  Is it possible for women with ADHD to develop social skills, learn self-control techniques and lead a comfortable and stress-free life? 
  The answer to this question is yes. By creating strategies to organize themselves and putting in place healthy routines, it is more than possible. 
  Do you wish to get more insight on how women living with ADHD can manage their condition? 
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