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  Extreme Survival - Lessons from...

  Michael J Togias

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  Witness True Resilience in These Incredible Survival Stories“Michael Tougias converts the wisdom of survivors into advice we can all use...” —Amanda Ripley, bestselling author of The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes—and Why#1 New Release in Disaster ReliefExtreme Survival will have you on the edge-of-your-seat with truly amazing survival stories.New York Times bestselling author Michael Tougias has earned critical acclaim and literary awards for his many best-seller non-fiction narratives. Extreme Survival is the long-awaited follow-up to The Finest Hours, co-authored with Casey Sherman.Explore the stories and the causes of manmade disasters. To answer the question of why disasters happen and how some survive, Tougias interviewed over 100 people who survived against all odds, first chronicling their harrowing survival stories, and then discussing in detail lessons learned. Extreme Survival delivers the entertainment and exceptional research Michael Tougias fans expect.Understand resilience through the mindset of survivors. Surviving disasters requires survival techniques to kick in at the right moment. Learn what a person is capable of when under extreme pressure and facing imminent disaster.Inside find:Captivating and narrative survival stories told in true Tougias trademark styleAnalysis of major man-made disasters and the faulty decisions that led to themFirst-person accounts and detailed survival tactics that can apply to your every-day lifeIf you like true survival books like The Greatest Survival Stories of All Time, Into Thin Air, The Gift of Fear, Into the Abyss, Deep Survival, or If I Live Until Morning, you’ll love Extreme Survival. Also don’t miss reading other Michael Tougais survival books, including Fatal Forecast, Ten Hours Until Dawn, A Storm Too Soon, and Overboard!

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  Blame Me on History

  Willam 'Bloke' Modisane

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  'Modisane's book, read today by all South Africans, will expose our raw pasts, private and public in their nature, which are still present in many forms as unacknowledged antecedents … Engrossed and fascinated, I turned the pages of Blame Me on History as fast as I could.' – Njabulo S Ndebele
  Feeling an exile in the country of his birth, the talented journalist and leading black intellectual Bloke Modisane left South Africa in 1959. It was shortly after the apartheid government had bulldozed Sophiatown, the township of his childhood. His biting indictment of apartheid, Blame Me on History, was published in 1963 – and banned shortly afterwards.
  Modisane offers a harrowing account of the degradation and oppression faced daily by black South Africans. His penetrating observations and insightful commentary paint a vivid picture of what it meant to be black in apartheid South Africa. At the same time, his evocative writing transports the reader back to a time when Sophiatown still teemed with life.
  This 60th-anniversary edition of Modisane's autobiography serves as an example of passionate resistance to the scourge of racial discrimination in our country, and is a reminder not to forget our recent past.

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  Calling Out the Shadows - A...

  Neal Winsomer

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  What happens when silence protects the wrong person? 
  Calling Out the Shadows: A Father's Stand Against the Current is the documented account of one father's decision to respond to chaos with clarity, to meet secrecy with transparency, and to choose love over anger for his daughter's sake. This memoir and practical guide does not tell you what to do. It shows you what one person did, why it held up, and how the framework behind it can be applied. 
  This is not a book about revenge. It is a blueprint for those navigating high-conflict custody, broken communication, or the quiet erosion of truth in family relationships. 
  - A memoir and a manual. The story and the tools exist in the same book. 
  - Not a prescription. A perspective. No claims to expertise. No instructions on what you must do. What you take from it, and what you do with it, is entirely yours. 
  - A father's subjective, humble account of what happened, and how he chose to respond and act with love, patience, and forgiveness. 
  - Written by a single author across eight months of focused work. No AI generation. No ghostwriter. 
  For fathers, mothers, family members, family law professionals, therapists, consultants, co-parenting advocates, authors, as well as those navigating high-conflict communication or working to bring a sensitive story forward with clarity and protection.

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  The River Always Wins - Water as...

  David Marquis

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  A meditation on movement of both society and nature, based on the author’s experiences as an activist. In short, aphoristic chapters, Marquis explores the power of force and collectivity through the metaphor of water. As an activist, David Marquis founded the Oak Cliff Nature Preserve in Dallas, and has consulted with the Texas Conservation Alliance since 2011. He brings an unerring belief in the connective and healing power of nature to The River Always Wins."The River Always Wins is an arts-based project—book, music, video, stage, audio book, and visual—designed to inspire people to come together to create positive, lasting social change." —David Marquis

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  England's Rose Princess Diana:...

  Geoffrey Giuliano

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  Princess Diana almost single-handedly saved the British monarchy from demise with her manners and compassionate charitable work. When she was killed in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997 it became immediately clear just how much this shy, self-effacing, kindly woman really meant to the world and history.Featuring unheard interviews with Princess Diana, the British royal family and luminaries from every sphere of human endeavor. An entertaining, educational, one of a kind audio program. Narrated by the author.

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  Sam Cooke: A Change Was Gonna...

  David Williams

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  Discover Sam Cooke’s velvet voice, bold business independence, and the civil-rights power of *A Change Is Gonna Come* in this gripping music documentary biography.

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