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  Women Who Invented the Sixties -...

  Steve Golin

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  Women Who Invented the Sixties tells the story of how four women helped define the 1960s and made a lasting impression for decades to follow. 
   
   
   
  In 1960, Ella Baker played the key role in the founding of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which became an essential organization for students during the civil rights movement and the model for the antiwar and women's movements. In 1961, Jane Jacobs published The Death and Life of Great American Cities, changing the shape of urban planning irrevocably. In 1962, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, creating the modern environmental movement. And in 1963, Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique, which sparked second-wave feminism and created lasting changes for women. Their four separate interventions helped, together, to end the 1950s and invent the 1960s. 
   
   
   
  Women Who Invented the Sixties situates each of these four women in the 1950s—Baker's early activism with the NAACP and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, Jacobs's work with Architectural Forum and her growing involvement in neighborhood protest, Carson's conservation efforts and publications, and Friedan's work as a labor journalist and the discrimination she faced—before exploring their contributions to the 1960s and the movements they each helped shape.

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  Play It Again II! - Duke...

  Bob Harris, Mike Waters

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  Play It Again II!, with voice of the Blue Devils Bob Harris and color commentator Mike Waters, features radio highlights from Duke University's 1992 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship run that saw the team defeat Campbell, Iowa, Seton Hall, and edge Kentucky in what is widely considered one of the greatest college basketball games ever played, before beating Indiana and the University of Michigan's Fab Five in the title game. Duke became the first team since UCLA, nineteen years earlier, to repeat as National Champions.

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  Tlaloc: The History of the Aztec...

  Charles River Editors

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  One of the reasons for the prevalence of Tlaloc in the Valley of Mexico is that in the semi-arid climate, water was a powerful daily symbol. Although there were no naturally occurring water connections to the sea, the high altitude of the mountains and volcanoes that surrounded it caught the rain water well and formed five important lakes: Xochimilco, Xaltocan, Zumpango, Chalco and Texcoco. As the largest, Texcoco was where the Aztecs eventually built their capital city Tenochtitlan. Since this was not a desert culture, their god Tlaloc was not just a reflection of an opposite extreme they desired; instead, he was a complex god that reflected the duality of water as both a boon and a force for destruction. From his home in Tlalocan, Tlaloc was able to send good and bad waters to the people of the Valley of Mexico and beyond. He was the lord of the chthonic powers of Mexico even as far south as the Maya, who called him Chaac and connected him with warfare and agriculture much the same way the Aztec did. 
  What is known today is that Tlaloc was the god who granted good harvests and caused famines. The Aztec tell the story of Tlaloc blessing their rise to regional dominance by sending a famine to the Toltec, and his duality of good waters vs. bad waters was a product of the largely two-season system in Mexico. This was also one reason for his role in warfare since the Aztec focused on agriculture during his “wet” season and marched off to conquest if they had received his blessings. He was an earth deity, connected with aquatic animals and underground streams, and therefore also a god connected with fertility. This is reflected through his association with his wife, Xochiquetzal, the goddess of flowers, pleasure, young female sexuality and pregnancy, in the earlier myths. 
  All in all, Tlaloc is one of the most important and least well-known gods from an outsider’s perspective. 

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  Trauma-Driven Anxiety Workbook -...

  LMHC Hillary Straus

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  Discover powerful mind-body techniques to help you overcome the pain of the past, cultivate resilience, and find peace and calm in the present. 
   
  If you've experienced trauma, you may also struggle with anxiety, panic, and fear in your day-to-day life. Unresolved trauma can result in a chronically dysregulated nervous system, making you vulnerable to stress and sleep disturbances. You may also feel like you're always on "high alert," anticipating the worst outcomes in any scenario. Left unchecked, your anxiety can result in major disruptions to your work, home, and social life. So, how can you heal the invisible wounds of past trauma and find calm in the here and now? 
   
  Written by a leading trauma expert, this evidence-based workbook offers a step-by-step approach to help you identify and heal the trauma at the root of your anxiety using energy psychology, nervous system regulation skills, and simple and effective tapping techniques. With this guide, you will learn to move beyond fear, panic, and worry, manage difficult emotions, and restore much-needed balance. 
   
  Discover quick and effective mind-body practices to help you: identify and heal trauma-driven anxiety; effectively manage emotions; stabilize your nervous system; and cultivate lasting resilience. 
   
  As you practice the skills outlined in this workbook, you'll start to experience genuine feelings of inner‑peace—as well as the confidence needed to move forward in your life.

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  Women With ADHD - A...

  Roberta Sanders

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  Still struggling with the effects of having ADHD? 
  Do you …? 
  - Do you often feel as if life is out of control, and that it’s impossible to meet demands? 
  - Do you feel overwhelmed in stores, at the office, or at parties? Is it impossible for you to shut out sounds and distractions that don’t bother others? 
  - Do you often shut down in the middle of the day, feeling assaulted? Do requests for “one more thing” put you over the top emotionally? 
  - Do you have trouble balancing your checkbook? 
  - Do you feel like you’re always at one end of a deregulated activity spectrum — either a couch potato or a tornado? 
  - Do you feel that you have better ideas than other people but are unable to organize them or act on them? 
  - Do you start each day determined to get organized, and end each day feeling defeated? 
  - Do you despair of ever fulfilling your potential and meeting your goals? 
  Don’t let ADHD symptoms hold you back. Gain the skills you need to achieve your goals with help from this book 
  Here's a little sneak preview of what you’ll get: 
  - The 15 most effective methods for coping with ADHD 
  - 6 Executive Function Strategies that Really Work for People with ADHD 
  - How to Stop Losing Things 
  - The common signs you need to know 
  - What Happens to Women with ADHD left undiagnosed 
  - Gender differences in ADHD: Why women struggle more 
  - ADHD and Relationships 
  - ADHD and Sleep Problems 
  - ADHD and Emotional Dysregulation 
  - Effects of ADHD on Sexuality 
  - Best Jobs for Women with ADHD 
  - How to improve focus in women with ADHD 
  - Life-management Tools for Women with ADHD 
  It's time to change your life! Learn how to turn your fear and self-doubt into confidence and self-love

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  The Arabian Art of Taming and...

  P. R. Kincaid

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  Back in the day before automobiles, a good horse trainer and veterinarian was the equivalent of “Mr Goodwrench”. A badly behaving or unhealthy equine was equivalent to breaking down on the highway or running out of gas on a lonely stretch of highway somewhere in Utah. My sources tell me that most of the training methods are ok, but stay away from the medical tips unless you are prepared to become the poster boy or girl for the local SPCA. Listen with tongue in cheek, and check with a professional before attempting any of these techniques on a real animal.Mike Vendetti, narrator

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