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  Conquering Your State of Anxiety...

  Kirsten Pagacz

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  Conquer Your State of Anxiety with Inspirational insight“Her description of her escalating illness is irreverent, brutally honest, and compelling, her successes are inspiring.” —Booklist
   
  Receive practical and insightful anxiety relief and comfort from someone with first hand experience struggling with a specific type of OCD.
   
  Discover what anxiety looks like. Kirstin Pagacz tells the riveting story of how she discovered her disorder. By high school, she was anorexic and a substance abuser —common "shadow syndromes" of OCD. By adulthood she was holding onto jobs and friends through sheer grit. Help came in the form of a miraculously well-timed public service announcement on NPR about OCD —at last, her illness had an identity.
   
  Learn what anxiety feels like. "It's like the meanest, wildest monkey running around my head, constantly looking for ways to bite me." That was how Kirsten Pagacz described her OCD to her therapist. After learning how to conquer her specific type of OCD, Pagacz wants to share her insight with you in hopes that you banish those intrusive thoughts, conquer your anxiety, and live a better life.
   
  Inside you'll gain insight into:
   
  The benefits of meditation and yogaCognitive behavioral therapyMedication and exposure therapyIf you learned from guides like Anxious for Nothing, The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workbook, or The Anxiety and Worry Workbook, then you’ll want to read Conquering Your State of Anxiety.

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  Unwilded - Finding Our Way Back...

  Alastair Humphreys

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  Alastair Humphreys explores how our shift from lives immersed in nature to repetitive indoor routines has harmed our wellbeing, sense of connection and, in turn, the planet. It shows how we can quietly begin to restore what we have lost by going outside and paying attention to the wild beauty around us.
  
  Humans used to be embedded in the natural world, but today many of us live sedentary screen-based lives indoors, treating nature as something distant - to be watched on television or reached by flying elsewhere. 
  
  In Unwilded, Alastair Humphreys examines the consequences of this disconnection and how it shapes our wellbeing, childhood, education, diets, lifestyles and the liveability of towns. On a wider scale, it explains why the climate and ecological emergencies feel abstract and beyond our individual responsibility.
  
  At the heart of the book is shifting baseline syndrome: from the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree to the extinction of possibly the most abundant bird species in history, it is the quiet process by which each generation accepts a depleted world as normal. 
  
  Unwilded argues that change need not begin with grand gestures. It can begin with spending just fifteen minutes outdoors, paying attention. From nothing comes understanding, care and responsibility - and the beginning of rewilding ourselves and the world.

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  Montford Point Marines The: The...

  Charles River Editors

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  In the summer of 1942, the first group of African American recruits stepped off a bus into the pine woods of North Carolina, bound for an experiment the Marine Corps had long vowed never to attempt. Their destination - Montford Point, a hastily constructed satellite to the new Camp Lejeune - was more than a training ground. It was a compromise with democracy, a segregated doorway into an institution that had defined itself for generations by who could not enter. The Corps’ exclusivity had a racial edge: unlike the Army, which had long employed segregated black regiments, and the Navy, which at least allowed African Americans to serve as stewards and messmen, the Marines had barred black men outright from 1798 into the Second World War. (Nalty 1995) 
  	Between 1942 and 1949, nearly 20,000 black men trained at Montford Point. They endured tar-paper barracks that baked in summer heat and leaked in coastal storms, learned to drill to the cadence of instructors who sometimes doubted their right to wear the uniform, and mastered skills that would carry them to the beaches and supply trails of Saipan, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. Their story illuminated the paradox of wartime America, a republic that preached freedom abroad while policing hierarchies at home. 
  	In the process, Montford Point became both a threshold and a proving ground. It marked the reluctant admission of black men to a branch that had defined itself against them, and it tested a proposition central to mid-century American life: whether citizenship could be earned, displayed, and finally recognized through service. The soldiers’ stories can’t be branded as hagiography or indictment, but they offer a clear view of how a segregated experiment altered an institution and, over time, the nation the soldiers served.

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  Durham Murder & Mayhem

  Rick Jackson

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  The Dark Side of Durham
  Explore the dark side of the Bull City. If the red brick walls that once held tobacco warehouses and textile mills could talk, they would tell the tale of how the crossroads settlement of Pin Hook turned into the vibrant city of Durham in the Piedmont of North Carolina. Since its genesis, Durham has been a city where crime was woven into the very fabric of its existence. Over the years, there have been many murders, robberies and shootouts on the streets, in the alleys and on the outskirts of town. Some crimes have caught the attention of the entire nation, but most have remained just in the conscience of the locals. Local historian Rick Jackson narrates the mysteries of one of North Carolina's most important cities.

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  Manual of Life Enquiridion -...

  Epictetus

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  Listen to the wisdom that has guided minds for centuries. 
   
  This audiobook transforms the timeless teachings of Epictetus into an intimate, reflective, and deeply human listening experience. Designed for quiet moments, morning walks, long drives, or peaceful evenings, Manual of Life becomes a constant companion for regaining emotional clarity and inner strength. 
   
  The voice, pacing, and philosophical depth create an immersive experience that allows each lesson to resonate with greater emotional impact than reading alone. 
   
  Ideal for listeners seeking: 
   
  mental serenity 
  emotional discipline 
  inner peace 
  psychological resilience 
  clarity in the midst of modern chaos 
   
  More than an audiobook, this work becomes a daily source of reflection, perspective, and calm.

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  Hungry Roomate

  Jason Fronde

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  In the vibrant chaos of college life, shy, nerdy Alex sharing a small apartment with Jake, the irresistible jock whose charm is matched only by his insatiable appetite. Their friendship blossoms over late-night cooking sessions and playful secret games, but everything changes one fateful evening. 
  	When Jake turns to Alex for help with a personal favor, it feels like a dream come true for Alex—a chance to be closer to the handsome athlete he’s secretly crushing on. As they navigate this unexpected request, the air between them crackles with tension, blurring the lines of friendship and desire. 
  	With each laugh and stolen glance, Alex must confront his feelings head-on. Will this night of intimacy and shared secrets bring them together, or will it risk everything he holds dear? Join Alex and Jake in this heartwarming tale of friendship, culinary adventures, and the exhilarating thrill of first love amidst the secrets of college life. Sometimes, a single night can change everything.

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