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  The Power of Our Supreme Court -...

  Matt Beat

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  Mr. Beat Connects the Supreme Court History Right to You!Mr. Beat’s The Power of Our Supreme Court is the Supreme Court book of decisions that affect the everyday lives of Americans everywhere.The real democracy of America unveiled. What does the supreme court do? Sure, people care when the court makes a big ruling, but most don’t pay attention to the court’s day-to-day decisions. In this law book, Mr. Beat takes you on a journey through our Supreme Court system, what it is, who is in it and how they got to be there while foreshadowing how it shapes our very future.
   
  A tour of the most influential cases in history. Inspired by Mr. Beat’s court series, The Power of Our Supreme Court walks through many Supreme Court history cases from landmark cases to the more obscure. Matt Beat explains how each case affects us to this day in a way that is engaging, applicable, and easy to understand, even for beginners.
   
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  Detailed explanations of the Supreme Court, how it works, and how it affects youA Supreme Court cases book perfect for anyone interested in social science, political science, activism, or lawInteresting visuals, charts, and graphs to help contextualize and breakdown the historical significance of big and small casesIf you like courtroom books, legal books for lawyers, or books on politics for beginners like How Civil Wars Start, The Color of Law, or The Flip Side of History, you’ll love Mr. Beat’s The Power of Our Supreme Court.

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  Great War Lives - A Guide for...

  Paul Reed

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  The Great War was a key event of the twentieth century and it is one of the most popular and rewarding areas for historical research—and for family historians. More records than ever are available to researchers whose relatives served during the war, and Paul Reeds new book is the perfect guide to how to locate and understand these sources—and get the most out of them.In fascinating detail he follows the stories of twelve service men who fought and died in the Great War  a rifleman, an infantry officer, a tunneller, a gunner, a Royal Marine, a naval rating, an airman, and others. He describes their wartime careers and shows how they fitted into the armed forces. He looks at what they did, at their lives in the front line, in the rear areas, on leave, and at the conditions they endured and the experiences they had. And he demonstrates how the research was done and how the lives of these individuals were reconstructed—the methods that were used, the sources that were consulted.Paul Reeds informative and accessible book will be essential reading and reference for anyone who wants to find out about the Great War and is keen to understand the part an ancestor played in it.

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  100 Things You're Not Supposed...

  Russ Kick

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  This complete compendium of shocking truths and hidden history combines volumes 1 and 2 of 50 Things You’re Not Supposed to Know.   The editor of Disinformation’s classic anthology, You Are Being Lied To and its sequel, You Are STILL Being Lied To, here offers a quick and dirty guide to undeniable facts that no one else will tell you. Designed for quick reference, this volume is filled with facts, illustrations, and graphic evidence of lies and misrepresentations. From the unsettling origins of the Barbie doll to America’s network of secret prisons, this book delivers shocking tidbits of information backed by solid sources.   For instance, did you know:   • Hitler’s blood relatives live in the United States. • The world’s museums are filled with fakes. • Some Fortune 500 companies are secretly making huge profits from pornography. • An atomic bomb was dropped on North Carolina in 1958. • The first genetically modified humans have already been born.

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  On Being Ill - with Notes from...

  Virginia Woolf

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  Virginia Woolf’s daring essay on how illness transforms our perception, plus an essay by Woolf’s mother from the caregiver’s perspective: “Revelatory.” —Booklist     This new publication of “On Being Ill” with “Notes from Sick Rooms” presents Virginia Woolf and her mother, Julia Stephen, in textual conversation for the first time in literary history. In the poignant and humorous essay “On Being Ill,” Woolf observes that though illness is part of every human being’s experience, it is not celebrated as a subject of great literature in the way that love and war are embraced by writers and readers. We must, Woolf says, invent a new language to describe pain. Illness, she observes, enhances our perceptions and reduces self-consciousness; it is “the great confessional.” Woolf discusses the taboos associated with illness, and she explores how it changes our relationship to the world around us. “Notes from Sick Rooms,” meanwhile, addresses illness from the caregiver’s perspective. With clarity, humor, and pathos, Julia Stephen offers concrete information that remains useful to nurses and caregivers today.   This edition also includes an introduction to “Notes from Sick Rooms” by Mark Hussey, founding editor of Woolf Studies Annual, and a poignant afterword by Rita Charon, MD, founder of the field of Narrative Medicine. In addition, Hermione Lee’s brilliant introduction to “On Being Ill” offers a superb overview of Woolf’s life and writing.    “Woolf’s inquiry into illness and its impact on the mind is paired with her mother’s observations about caring for the body. Julia Stephen . . . had no professional training but took to heart Florence Nightingale’s precept that every woman is a nurse and emulated Nightingale’s best-selling Notes on Nursing with her own “Notes from Sick Rooms.” In this long-overlooked, precise, and piquant little manual, Stephen is compassionate and ironic, observing that everyone deserves to be tenderly nursed while addressing the small evil of crumbs in bed. This unprecedented literary reunion of mother and daughter is stunning on many fronts, but physician and literary scholar Rita Charon focuses on the essentials in her astute afterword, writing that Woolf’s perspective as a patient and Stephen’s as a nurse together illuminate the goal of care—to listen, to recognize, to imagine, to honor.” —Booklist   “Woolf and Stephen will certainly change the way readers think of illness.” —Publishers Weekly

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  Fast Metabolism Diet Plan - A...

  Jeanette Falconer

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  It is not a crime to be overweight. You're simply overweight. But it's important to try and lose the extra pounds so you will look good and feel healthier and also develop a sense of pride and self-esteem. But many of us often achieve the goal of losing weight but have a hard time maintaining it. They reach their desired goal weight and then eventually fall off the wagon and go back to their former eating habits that was the cause of their weight problem before. Metabolism is said to play a role in weight loss. If you have a high metabolism, you burn more calories while at rest and in motion. A person with low metabolism will burn fewer calories while at rest and during activities so they have to eat less to avoid becoming overweight. Certain diets have come out to target and change a person's metabolism. If you want to start a lifelong change of losing and maintaining your goal weight, altering the way your body burns calories may be beneficial. A metabolic diet aims to change how your body metabolizes food. The overall goal of metabolic-centered diets is to create lasting changes in your diet and lifestyle. In this audiobook, you will discover food that can slow down or speed up your metabolism. You will find out how you'll be able to eat more food and feel more satisfied while consuming less calories and fats. You will learn why eating extreme low-calorie diets may initially help you lose weight but will still lead you to fail in the long run. You will learn about fat burning basics, fat burning foods, and potent foods that can help you plan what to eat. To discover about the benefits of metabolic diets and help you plan the meals to eat, get a copy of Fast Metabolic Diet Plan today. Scroll up and click “Add to Cart” now!

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  Pathologies of the Self -...

  Phil Mollon

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  "This diminutive book packs a powerful punch … Mollon skilfully manages to bring together the many facets of this subject in a succinct, engaging way… a complex subject, artfully curated and expressed." -- Sussex Counselling and Psychotherapy News, Spring 2021
  Pathologies of the Self draws on almost 45 years of clinical practice to explore the nature and structure of human identity. Collectively, we are trapped in images of self, whether constructed by us, or imposed by others. These illusions are inextricably bound to our sense of who we are, and sometimes defended so fiercely that it leads to narcissistic disturbances and borderline states of mind. In this fascinating book Phil Mollon explores narcissistic phenomena in both the clinic and everyday life, demonstrating the illusory nature of the self, and showing how, beneath our defences, we are all 'borderline'.

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