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  Tears of Jade: The Cursed Empire

  Ferdinand Vilard

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  Tears of Jade: The Cursed Empire 
  Enter the twilight of Tenochtitlán, where the clash of empires ignites a tale of vengeance, guilt, and mystical destiny. Tears of Jade: The Cursed Empire is an immersive historical audiobook that weaves the raw brutality of the Spanish conquest with the haunting allure of Mexica mythology, unraveling the fates of three souls bound by a cursed jade amulet. 
  Through vivid prose and rich sensory detail, listeners are plunged into the fall of an empire: the roar of flames consuming sacred temples, the whispers of ancient chants echoing through blood-soaked causeways, and the relentless pulse of a jade relic that holds the power to redeem or destroy. Meet Alonso de Montemayor, a tormented conquistador wrestling with the sins of his blade; Itzel, a fierce Mexica warrior fueled by loss and vengeance; and Luis, their mestizo son, torn between two worlds as he inherits a legacy of blood and prophecy. 
  From the smoldering ruins of Ehécatl’s Temple to the revelation of a hidden codex pointing to a lost city, this epic narrative explores the collision of cultures, the cost of conquest, and the fragile hope of renewal. Blending meticulous historical detail with the mysticism of prehispanic lore, Tears of Jade is a gripping journey through a world on the brink—where the past whispers through murals, the present bleeds, and the future hangs on a cursed dawn. 
    
  Perfect for fans of historical fiction, Mesoamerican history, and tales of fate and redemption, this audiobook transports you to the heart of 16th-century Mexico—a land of gods, warriors, and empires where every choice echoes through time. Narrated with passion and depth, Tears of Jade: The Cursed Empire is a haunting tribute to a civilization lost and the souls who carry its legacy.

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  Personal Recollections of Joan...

  Mark Twain

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  A novel of the life of the defender of medieval France by the celebrated author of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. She saved France when she was fourteen . . .  She was burned at the stake for her efforts . . .  Meet the girl who captured Mark Twain’s heart.  A forgotten masterpiece from one of America’s greatest authors—and the last full-length novel he ever wrote—Joan of Arc follows the Savior of France from her childhood in Domrémy, to her campaigns throughout the French countryside, to her demise at the hands of the English and Burgundians.  Mark Twain was sarcastic, witty, and oft-irreverent, but he had a soft spot for the Maid of Orléans. (As will you after you read this book!) He spent twelve years in research, two in writing, including multiple visits to the National Archives in Paris, and proclaimed Joan of Arc the “best of all my books!”  If you love well-written classics of stunning historical figures, then this is the book for you.

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  The Critic's Daughter - A Memoir

  Priscilla Gilman

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  An exquisitely rendered portrait of a unique father-daughter relationship and a moving memoir of family and identity. 
   
   
   
  Growing up on the Upper West Side of New York City in the 1970s, in an apartment filled with dazzling literary and artistic characters, Priscilla Gilman worshiped her brilliant, adoring, and mercurial father, the writer, theater critic, and Yale School of Drama professor Richard Gilman. But when Priscilla was ten years old, her mother, renowned literary agent Lynn Nesbit, abruptly announced that she was ending the marriage. The resulting cascade of disturbing revelations—about her parents' hollow marriage, her father's double life and tortured sexual identity—fundamentally changed Priscilla's perception of her father, as she attempted to protect him from the depression that had long shadowed him. 
   
   
   
  A wrenching story about what it means to be the daughter of a demanding parent, a revelatory window into the impact of divorce, and a searching reflection on the nature of art and criticism, The Critic's Daughter is an unflinching account of loss and grief—and a radiant testament of forgiveness and love.

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  Lost and Broken - My Journey...

  Congressman Adam Smith

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  Adam Smith, 26-year member of Congress and Chair of the House Armed Services Committee for the last four years, offers a candid memoir about his years-long struggle with anxiety and chronic pain, and the winding path to find the right diagnosis and treatment. 
   
  “Early one morning in April of 2016 I woke up and seriously contemplated the possibility that I would never be able to generate the strength, focus, and courage to get out of bed. The combination of crippling anxiety, chronic pain, muscle atrophy, and the fascinating mix of pharmaceuticals coursing  
  through my body had, I feared, finally broken me. My life terrified me. I had been fighting some combination of these battles for just over three years at this point, and I didn’t think I could do it for one more day.” 
   
  Representative Adam Smith was successful by all measures, with a long, distinguished career in Congress and a loving marriage with children. Yet seemingly out of nowhere, his body and mind broke down to the point where every day was a relentless struggle to just keep moving. It’s a struggle millions of Americans know all too well. Would he be able to meet his responsibilities as a husband and father? Could he still maintain his breakneck professional schedule and continue to do his job well? He soon realized he couldn’t will himself well—he needed help. Thus began a desperate search for the right diagnosis and treatment for his mental and physical pain that lasted over six years and involved more than a hundred different health care providers. With unflinching honesty, Smith reveals how he got to this lowest point in life, and how he slowly, painfully, and unevenly found his way back to having a calmer mind and being free of chronic pain and medication. 
   
  Smith discovered the severe limitations of our nation’s health care system, and brought him face to face with the cost of the stigma our country has against admitting to and dealing with mental health issues. He learned that life isn’t about finding that quick fix or clear-cut mental and physical program to stop worrying and struggling. It’s about learning who you are, understanding your body and mind well enough to face those struggles that we will all inevitably face, and then being able to enjoy your life even when those struggles come.

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  Surviving Master Joshua: The...

  Karma Said

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  This is a true story. Master Joshua is a pansexual, polyamorous pro-Dom (a male Dominatrix). He leads a leather tribe and, when we met, was battling accusations of rape and abuse. Master Joshua was the intended subject of my story… until I became it. My own name doesn't matter. I can't use it here. Suffice it to say that I was a reporter and a comfortably married mother of two. But, following Joshua deeper and deeper into New York's sexual underground, I crossed the line between observer and participant. Our experiences changed me: I lied and cheated to facilitate them, though a lying cheater was not who I wanted to become. I wanted to remain a good wife and mother, and a decent person. So did Joshua. But we couldn't have our cake and eat it too… or could we? This is a true story, about one of the least understood and most sensationalized factions of LGBTQA+. But more so, it’s about my own family’s capacity to survive.  
   

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  Alfred Dreyfus - The Man at the...

  Maurice Samuels

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  An insightful new biography of the central figure in the Dreyfus Affair, focused on the man himself and based on newly accessible documents 
   
   
    
  On January 5, 1895, Captain Alfred Dreyfus's cries of innocence were drowned out by a mob shouting "Death to Judas!" In this book, Maurice Samuels gives listeners new insight into Dreyfus himself—the man at the center of the affair. He tells the story of Dreyfus's early life in Paris, his promising career as a French officer, the false accusation leading to his imprisonment on Devil's Island, the fight to prove his innocence that divided the French nation, and his life of quiet obscurity after World War I. 
   
   
    
  Samuels's striking perspective is enriched by a newly available archive of more than three thousand documents and objects donated by the Dreyfus family. Unlike many historians, Samuels argues that Dreyfus was not an "assimilated" Jew. Rather, he epitomized a new model of Jewish identity made possible by the French Revolution, when France became the first European nation to grant Jews full legal equality. This book analyzes Dreyfus's complex relationship to Judaism and to antisemitism over the course of his life—a story that, as global antisemitism rises, echoes still. It also shows the profound effect of the Dreyfus Affair on the lives of Jews around the world.

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