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  Flipping Patriarchy - Imagining...

  Man Who Has It All

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  An explosive satire of gender stereotypes that flips patriarchy on its head to highlight sexist double standards. 
   
  Exploring subjects like work and comedy, history and sport, the beauty industry and domesticity, anonymous author Man Who Has It All imagines a world in which men are bombarded with the same stereotypical bullshit as women. What if men's t-shirts were emblazoned with slogans encouraging them to be smiley, positive and kind? What if we laughed at jokes about fathers-in-law and male drivers? What if men's history was a niche topic? Behind the jokes about crazy cat gentlemen, testerical men and the 24-hour moustache, lies a deeper, darker message about language, power and control. 
   
  Smart and provocative, Man Who Has It All shines a powerful light on the prejudice ingrained in our society. Told through fictionalised scenarios and wider cultural analysis, this is a feminist handbook that will arm you against the patriarchy.

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  Carry On - Reflections for a New...

  John Lewis, Andrew Young, Kabir...

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  *GRAMMY WINNER* *National Bestseller* *Nominated for an Audie for Best Business/Personal Development Audiobook* A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisdom from venerable civil rights champion, the late Congressman John Lewis at the end of his remarkable life. Congressman John Lewis was a paragon of the Civil Rights Movement and political leadership for decades. A hero we won’t soon forget, Lewis was a beacon of hope and a model of humility whose invocation to “good trouble” continues to inspire millions across our nation. In his last months on earth, even while battling cancer, he dedicated time to share his memories, beliefs, and advice—exclusively immortalized in these pages—as a message to the generations to come. Organized by topic ranging from justice, courage, faith, mentorship, and forgiveness to the protests and the pandemic, and many more besides, Carry On collects the late Congressman’s thoughts for readers to draw on whenever they are in need of guidance. John Lewis had great confidence in our future, even as he died in the midst of one of our country’s most challenging years to date. With this book, he performs that crucial passing of the baton, empowering us to live up to the legacy he has left us with his perseverance, dedication, profound insight, and unwavering ability to see the good in life.

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  The Legends of the West Point...

  Editors Charles River

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  West Point has long been America’s most famous military academy, but in the early 19th century, it was a highly unimpressive school consisting of a few ugly buildings facing a desolate, barren parade ground. Established with just five officers and ten cadets of the Corps of Engineers on March 16, 1802, the Academy was built on a spot just 50 miles north of New York City which had been a key Hudson River military fortress during the Revolutionary War. Cadets attending during the “Point's” first several decades were obliged to maintain their daily regimen knowing the school might shut down at any moment, as the U. S. government frequently questioned why it should provide free education. 
  As it turned out, West Point would become the foremost military academy in the nation, but none of the West Point classes became as famous as the Class of 1846, which boasted more than a dozen future Civil War generals. The Class of 1846 included a shy kid named Thomas Jonathan Jackson who made few friends and struggled with his studies, finishing 17th in his class 15 years before becoming Stonewall. Also in that class was A.P. Hill, who was already in love with the future wife of George McClellan, a young prodigy who finished second in the class of 1846. A popular and mischievous George Pickett would play hooky at the local bar and struggle just to finish last in the class, and the Class of 1846 also churned out critical Union generals like Jesse Reno, Darius Couch, and George Stoneman. 
  Before these men opposed each other on Civil War battlefields, they forged their own friendships and charted their future paths together at West Point and the Mexican-American War. 

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  The Busy Woman's Guide to...

  Cynthia Morris

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  If you’ve been hoping to write a book your whole life, this will help you finally get your words out. The Busy Woman’s Guide to Writing a World-Changing Book is what you’ve been looking for to take the confusion and uncertainty out of getting your ideas into book form. 
  Writing a book is a bucket list item for many people. But it’s tough to know where to start and how to gather the focus required to do the work.  
  The Busy Woman’s Guide to Writing a World-Changing Book offers a path to finally get the book that’s been inside you for so long out of your head and onto the page. 
  Most books about writing are long on inspiration and short on action, or they’re too prescriptive, assuming every writer has the same needs. The Busy Woman’s Guide to Writing a World-Changing Book gives you the insight and advice you need to craft your book, your way. 
  For twenty-five years, Cynthia Morris has been coaching people to establish solid practices to help them write anything, anytime. She put everything she knows about writing a non-fiction book into this so you can write your book more easily and quickly. 
  This book gives you a map to help you design, enjoy and thrive in your own writing practice. With this in place, you will be able to write your book, and others, with joy and ease. The chapters are short and sweet. Reading them will be like having Cynthia as your coach on call. 
  You will be able to pick up The Busy Woman’s Guide to Writing a World-Changing Book, find an answer to your question and get to writing. No long-winded stories or research. Just straight-talking support for you to get your words out, your way. 
  If writing a book is on your list, it’s time to make it a priority.

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  Why It's OK to Be Of Two Minds

  Jennifer Church

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  Most of us experience the world through competing perspectives. A job or a religion seems important and fulfilling when looked at in one way, but from a different angle they seem tedious or ridiculous. A friend is obtuse from one point of view, wise from another. Continuing to hold both views at once can be unsettling, highlighting conflicts between our own judgments and values and undermining our ability to live purposefully and effectively. 
   
   
   
  Yet, as Jennifer Church argues in this book, inner conflict can be a good thing, and not just as a temporary road bump on the road to resolution. This book describes several desirable types of “double consciousness” – or being of two minds – and explains why and how they should be maintained. Church looks critically at some common ideas about identity, including a popular belief about narratives that suggests our lives should “make sense” as a story. She also examines how empathy can helpfully cause us to be of two minds, and how various forms of irony and laughter enable us to benefit from holding onto opposing views. Finally, Church shows the merit of acknowledging reality while sometimes being guided by fantasy. 
   
   
   
  Why It’s OK to Be of Two Minds is for anyone who’s held two opposing views simultaneously, which is to say it’s for everyone.

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  The Woman's Book of Joy - Listen...

  Eileen Campbell

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  Experience Serenity and Hope Daily“The Woman’s Book of Joy is like a comforting friend supporting us in our struggles.” —Mandy Keast-Southall, therapist and yoga teacherWhen you learn to tap into the deep wellspring of joy that is within you, nothing is impossible.A book of joy. Women have a great many challenges to deal with in their lives. Among the most ubiquitous of those challenges is self-care. Too often, we are focused on caring for others and not ourselves. Low self-esteem, anxiety, and depression are all too common when our lives are less fulfilling than they could be. Yet deep within, women have a tremendous spiritual resource―a capacity for real joy that is not dependent on anything external. It is always available, regardless of circumstances.Find your inner spirituality. Many self-help books can lead people into further self-judgement. Instead, The Woman’s Book of Joy encourages and inspires women to care more deeply for themselves and to face life’s challenges with courage and joy. It’s a practical motivational book for accessing inner wisdom, enhancing self-esteem, overcoming sorrow, and deepening relationships.Thinking deeply. The meditations and affirmations in this book will provide you with the opportunity to contemplate a wide range of topics, including:Developing awarenessLetting goBelieving in your dreamsLiving in the nowFinding your true purposePracticing kindnessBeing optimisticTrusting the universeAppreciating life’s blessingsIf you found joy in meditation books and inspirational books for women like I've Been Thinking…, Journey to the Heart, and Each Day a New Beginning, you’ll be encouraged and uplifted by The Woman's Book of Joy.

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