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  Bold Ventures - Thirteen Tales...

  Charlotte Van den Broeck

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  A prize-winning Belgian poet explores the nature of creative endeavor—the godlike ambition, the crushing defeat of failure—through the stories of thirteen tragic architects. 
   
   
   
  In thirteen fascinating chapters, Charlotte Van den Broeck goes in search of buildings that were fatal to their architects—architects who either killed themselves or are rumored to have done so. They range across time and space from a church with a twisted spire in seventeenth-century France to a theater that collapsed mid-performance in 1920s Washington, DC, and an eerily sinking swimming pool in the author's hometown. Drawing on a vast range of material, from Hegel and Darwin to art history, stories from her own life, and popular culture, Van den Broeck brings patterns into focus as she asks, What is that strange, life-or-death connection between a creation and its creator? 
   
   
   
  Threaded through each story is the author's meditation on the question of suicide—what Albert Camus called the "one truly serious philosophical problem"—in relation to creativity and public disgrace. The result is a profoundly idiosyncratic book, breaking ground in literary nonfiction, as well as providing solace and consolation to anyone who has ever attempted a creative act.

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  Uncle Tom's Cabin: The Icon...

  Harriet Beecher Stowe

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  Uncle Tom's Cabin is an antislavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in two volumes in 1852, the novel had a profound effect on attitudes toward African Americans and slavery in the U.S., and is said to have "helped lay the groundwork for the [American] Civil War". 
    
  Stowe, a Connecticutborn woman of English descent, was part of the religious Beecher family and an active abolitionist. She wrote the sentimental novel to depict the reality of slavery while also asserting that Christian love could overcome slavery. The novel focuses on the character of Uncle Tom, a longsuffering black slave around whom the stories of the other characters revolve. 
    
  Uncle Tom's Cabin was the bestselling novel and the second bestselling book of the 19th century, following the Bible, and is credited with helping fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. The impact attributed to the book was so great that a likely apocryphal story arose of Abraham Lincoln meeting Stowe at the start of the Civil War and declaring, "So this is the little lady who started this great war." 
    
  The book and the plays it inspired helped popularize a number of negative stereotypes about black people including that of the namesake character "Uncle Tom", with the term now used to describe an excessively subservient person. These associations with Uncle Tom's Cabin have, to an extent, overshadowed the historical impact of the book as a "vital antislavery tool". However, the novel stands as a "landmark" in protest literature with later books such as The Jungle by Upton Sinclair and Silent Spring by Rachel Carson owing a large debt to it A oneofakind audio encounter for lovers of history, literature, spiritual texts, and inspirational writing. 
    
   

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  VULNERABILITY Secrets to Unleash...

  Cyrus Penhaligon

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  VULNERABILITY: Secrets to Unleash Connection 
  ⭐⭐ Simplified Guide & Explanations Included ⭐⭐ 
  Are you eager to deepen your relationships and foster personal growth through vulnerability?  
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  This guide is your ultimate companion for enhancing your understanding, applying your insights, and engaging in thoughtful exercises. With this, you’re set for success. 
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  - In-depth insights on the significance of vulnerability in fostering connections. 
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  Our guide stands out through its complete coverage, which is essential for your journey to forming meaningful connections. Concepts are explored in detail, not merely skimmed over. 
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  Homewaters - A Human and Natural...

  David B. Williams

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  Not far from Seattle skyscrapers live 150-year-old clams, more than 250 species of fish, and underwater kelp forests as complex as any terrestrial ecosystem. For millennia, vibrant Coast Salish communities have lived beside these waters dense with nutrient-rich foods, with cultures intertwined through exchanges across the waterways. Transformed by settlement and resource extraction, Puget Sound and its future health now depend on a better understanding of the region's ecological complexities. 
   
   
   
  Focusing on the area south of Port Townsend and between the Cascade and Olympic mountains, Williams uncovers human and natural histories in, on, and around the Sound. In conversations with archaeologists, biologists, and tribal authorities, Williams traces how generations of humans have interacted with such species as geoducks, salmon, orcas, rockfish, and herring. He sheds light on how warfare shaped development and how people have moved across this maritime highway, in canoes, the mosquito fleet, and today's ferry system. The book also takes an unflinching look at how the Sound's ecosystems have suffered from human behavior, including pollution, habitat destruction, and the effects of climate change.

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  Hayden - Brave

  Keith Hayden

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  Betrayed and Forsaken: A US Air Force Veteran's Strength through Adversity - A Military Memoir 
  Keith Hayden was 16 years old when terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center. 
  4 months later, his father died before his eyes. 
  These two pivotal events marked the origins of his military career with the United States Air Force. 
  A dangerous adventure that would propel him from desert sands to sandy beaches. For this officer turned Special Agent fate takes many forms. 
  Betrayed in the mountains, forsaken under flashing lights, murder in Japan, investigated in paradise -- twists and trouble followed him. 
  Now, in his own his words, discover how he remained true to himself and brave, no matter the situation. 
  Experience this first-hand account of a U.S. military veteran's experience during the peak of the Iraq-Afghanistan War era. 
  Told through reflective prose and over a decade of authentic journal entries written by the author, Hayden: Brave is a MUST READ for members of the U.S. military community and military documentary fans.

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  30 Powerful Strategies for...

  Ronald Gill

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  From Charisma to Control: The Only Book You’ll Ever Need to Master the Art of Influence and Mind Control? 
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  The first part tackles how to unlock the secrets to changing minds, empowering others, the art of influence, power dynamics, building your brand, and becoming a leader people willingly follow.  
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