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  Economic Recovery Program

  Ronald Reagan

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  On February 18, 1981, Reagan laid out his economic recovery program before a Joint Session of Congress. Reagan had previously outlined his recovery program in an Oval Office address on February 5, 1981, in which he displayed a dollar bill and 36 cents to show how inflation had reduced the value of a dollar since 1960.  
  Reagan made a further plea for enactment of his recovery program on April 28, 1981, following the assassination attempt on his life. Many economists credit this recovery program for reducing the inflation rate and igniting one of the longest and most robust economic expansions in U.S. history. 
  Reagan paints a grim picture of inflation, the national debt, and lagging productivity plaguing the economy. $41.4 billion of reduced spending is proposed with no reduction for “the poverty stricken, the disabled, the elderly, [and] all those with true need”. Subsidies of the synthetic fuel program, the Export-Import Bank, and the Economic Development Administration are targeted.  
  Block grants to states are proposed, along with changes to Medicaid, the space program, the Postal Service, and the Department of Energy. To counter the Soviet Union’s military build-up, defense is the one department with an increased budget. 
  A 10-percent tax cut for individual taxpayers is proposed for each of the next 3 years, along with increased depreciation allowances to allow business the capital needed to modernize.  
  We “must come to grips with inefficient and burdensome regulations, eliminate those we can and reform the others.”  
  To reduce inflation and interest rates, we need to slow the growth of our money supply. 
  This is our proposal for America’s new beginning. “I'm here tonight to ask you to join me in making it our plan.” Government “must not be used to regulate the economy or bring about social change.” 
  Audio recording courtesy of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. 
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  Money Savings and Investing for...

  Joanna Prescott

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  Wish teaching money to kids felt simple—not overwhelming? 
  Now available as an engaging audiobook, this parent-led playbook helps you turn everyday moments—like shopping trips, chores, or pocket money—into fun lessons your child will actually remember. 
  💡 Best for ages 5–7 (with easy tweaks for curious 4-year-olds), you’ll discover how to guide your child through saving, spending, and even the very first ideas of investing—without stress or confusion. 
  🎧 Perfect for busy parents, you can listen on the go—during school runs, commutes, or while doing chores—and pick up ready-to-use money lessons you can try the same day. 
  Inside You’ll Learn 📘What money really is and where it comes from—explained simplySave, spend, share jars—set up once, use for yearsFun hands-on activities like the Pretend Store, Gratitude Jar, and Coin Match gameSmart spending habits—teaching needs vs. wants, waiting vs. impulse buysGoal setting & mini budgets—big skills, introduced in bite-sized stepsModern money basics—safe, parent-led chats about tap-to-pay and appsBeginner investing—kids learn that money can grow, like a seed into a tree 🌱 
  Why This Audiobook Works ❤️ 
  ✔️ Confidence for you: clear scripts so you always know what to say 
  ✔️ Clarity for them: simple games that make money feel real, not abstract 
  ✔️ Connection together: everyday play becomes powerful life lessons 
  ✔️ Easy listening: designed for quick chapters you can dip in and out of anytime 
  👉 If you want your child to feel confident, capable, and curious about money—not confused or anxious—this audiobook edition makes it simple. One small activity at a time can spark habits that last a lifetime.

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  Why War?

  Richard Overy

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  Why has war been such a consistent presence throughout the human past? A leading historian explains, drawing on rich examples and keen insight. 
   
   
   
  Richard Overy is not the first scholar to take up the title question. In 1931, at the request of the League of Nations, Albert Einstein asked Sigmund Freud to collaborate on a short work examining whether there was "a way of delivering mankind from the menace of war." Published the next year as a pamphlet entitled Why War?, it conveyed Freud's conclusion that the "death drive" made any deliverance impossible—the psychological impulse to destruction was universal in the animal kingdom. The global wars of the later 1930s and 1940s seemed ample evidence of the dismal conclusion. 
   
   
   
  A preeminent historian of those wars, Overy brings vast knowledge to the title question and years of experience unraveling the knotted motivations of war. His approach is to separate the major drivers and motivations, and consider the ways each has contributed to organized conflict. They range from the impulses embedded in human biology and psychology, to the incentives to conflict developed through cultural evolution, to competition for resources. The discussions show remarkable range, delving deep into the Neolithic past, through the twentieth-century world wars, and up to the current conflict in Ukraine.

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  Alternative History of Britain...

  Timothy Venning

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  Continuing his exploration of the alternative paths that British history might so easily have taken, Timothy Venning turns his attention to the Hundred Years War between England and France. Could the English have won in the long term, or, conversely, have been decisively defeated sooner? 
   
   
   
  Among the many scenarios discussed are what would have happened if the Black Prince had not died prematurely of the Black Death, leaving the ten-year-old Richard to inherit Edward IIIs crown. What would have been the consequences if France's Scottish allies had been victorious at Neville's Cross in 1346, while most English forces were occupied in France? What if Henry V had recovered from the dysentery that killed him at 35, giving time for his son Henry VI to inherit the combined crowns of France and England as a mature (and half-French) man rather than an infant controlled by others? And what if Joan of Arc had not emerged to galvanize French resistance at Orleans? 
   
   
   
  While necessarily speculative, all the scenarios are discussed within the framework of a deep understanding of the major driving forces, tensions, and trends that shaped British history and help to shed light upon them.

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  Black Women Writers at Work

  Claudia Tate

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  Long out of print, Black Women Writers at Work is a vital contribution to Black literature in the twentieth century. 
   
   
   
  Through candid interviews with Maya Angelou, Toni Cade Bambara, Gwendolyn Brooks, Alexis De Veaux, Nikki Giovanni, Kristin Hunter, Gayl Jones, Audre Lorde, Toni Morrison, Sonia Sanchez, Ntozake Shange, Alice Walker, Margret Walker, and Sherley Anne Williams, the book highlights the practices and critical linkages between the work and lived experiences of Black women writers whose work laid the foundation for many who have come after. 
   
   
   
  Responding to questions about why and for whom they write, and how they perceive their responsibility to their work, to others, and to society, the featured playwrights, poets, novelists, and essayists provide a window into the connections between their lives and their art. 
   
   
   
  Finally available for a new generation, this classic work has an urgent message for readers and writers today.

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  The Shortest History of The Crown

  Stephen Bates

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  'There have been scores of books about the monarchy but few, if any, as fearless and perceptive as this is... Bates tells it like it is, covering every aspect with rare humour and intelligence. I couldn't recommend it more highly.' LITERARY REVIEW on ROYALTY INCAmidst the turbulence and invasions, upheaval and dissent that characterise British history, one thing has remained remarkably stable. Although there are other monarchies, Britain's Crown stands out due to the continuity of its traditions, and its ability to adapt.There's a reason why schoolchildren still learn about the Kings and Queens: it's their power struggles and subtle compromises that have shaped the nation we inhabit today. When members of the Royal family go on 'walkabouts', they do so because monarchs stretching back to King Alfred understood the need to be seen by their subjects, and the dire consequences of remaining aloof (or abroad). When they give interviews, or accept taxes, they do so as part of a long series of engagements with other, almost-equally powerful operators: Church, Parliament, the nobility.In this sprightly commentary on the Crown's 1,800-year-long story, Stephen Bates provides a dazzling insight into Royal custom and ritual, whilst depicting the individuals behind the myth with compassion and wit. And as our ageing Queen prepares to pass the baton, he asks us all to consider: could we ever do without the Crown?

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