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  Ways of Eating - Exploring Food...

  Merry White, Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft

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  What we learn when an anthropologist and a historian talk about food. 
   
   
    
  From the origins of agriculture to contemporary debates over culinary authenticity, Ways of Eating introduces listeners to world food history and food anthropology. Through engaging stories and historical deep dives, Benjamin A. Wurgaft and Merry I. White offer new ways to understand food in relation to its natural and cultural histories and the social rules that shape our meals. 
   
   
    
  Wurgaft and White use vivid storytelling to bring food practices to life, weaving stories of Panamanian coffee growers, medieval women beer makers, and Japanese knife forgers. From the Venetian spice trade to the Columbian Exchange, from Roman garum to Vietnamese nuoc cham, Ways of Eating provides an absorbing account of world food history and anthropology. Migration, politics, and the dynamics of group identity all shape what we eat, and we can learn to trace these social forces from the plate to the kitchen, the factory, and the field.

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  Sunshine State Mafia - A History...

  Doug Kelly

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  A vivid, wild ride through a century of Mafia lore, this book tells stories of organized crime rings that have settled in Florida and made the state their base of operations for bootlegging, gambling, extortion, money laundering, and drug running. 
   
   
   
  Featuring Al Capone and crime rings in Miami and South Florida, the Trafficante family in Tampa, Harlan Blackburn and his gambling empire in Orlando, and many more individuals both infamous and little known, this book explains how and why mob bosses from northern states came to Florida in the early 1900s—they saw the state as a respite from cold weather and a good place to evade law enforcement. 
   
   
   
  Doug Kelly offers never-before-told information from newly released files, interviews with retired police and FBI agents, and his own career as a security consultant during the Cocaine Cowboys era. He also defines roles within Mafia families, discusses how changes in policing have impacted the patterns of criminal organizations, and talks about what distinguishes the Mafia from other groups. 
   
   
   
  Sunshine State Mafia will surprise listeners with its insights into the influence of organized crime in the history of the state's small towns and cities.

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  Beauty in the Escape

  Lena Nguyen

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  Hailing from a small village in the beautiful land of Vietnam, young Lena enjoys living out her simple existence. Her world revolves around her grandma, siblings, school, and all her village friends, until one day, when a detonating bomb announced the beginning of a devastation that would go down in history—The Vietnam War. Having never known her father and being estranged from her mother, who resides in the US with her American husband, she soon finds herself fighting the treacherous waters of the sea in a small boat, seeking refuge from the war with a daunting task glowering down at her—starting a new life in a foreign land, under the care of her estranged mother no less. Lena recounts all her doubts, insecurities, and challenges, including her near brush-ins with death itself in this book, hoping to motivate others through her story of sheer grit and determination to survive all odds and build a better life.

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  NARCISSISTIC RELATIONSHIP - 7...

  Maria Forst

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  Are you caught in the web of a narcissistic relationship? Do you feel manipulated, self-doubting, and trapped? In "Narcissistic Relationship" by Maria Forst, discover the essential strategies to break free from the toxic cycle and reclaim your life. This transformative guide offers practical advice and empowering insights to help you overcome the challenges posed by narcissistic relationships. 
  Inside, you'll learn to:Reduce Self-Doubt: Build confidence and trust in your own judgment.Overcome Manipulation: Recognize and counteract the subtle and overt manipulations of a narcissist.Build Self-Esteem: Strengthen your sense of self-worth and value.Recognize Toxic Patterns: Identify the red flags and behaviors that signify a narcissistic relationship.Regain Personal Power: Take back control of your life and make empowered decisions.Achieve Lasting Emotional Freedom: Heal from emotional wounds and achieve true independence. 
  Don’t let a narcissistic relationship define your life. Take the first step towards emotional freedom and personal empowerment today. 
  Get your copy of "Narcissistic Relationship" now and start your journey to a healthier, happier you!

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  A Life In Letters

  Simone Weil, Marie-Noelle...

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  Now in the pantheon of great thinkers, Simone Weil (1909–1943) lived largely in the shadows, searching for her spiritual home while bearing witness to the violence that devastated Europe twice in her brief lifetime. The letters she wrote to her parents and brother from childhood onward chart her intellectual range as well as her itinerancy and ever-shifting preoccupations, revealing the singular personality at the heart of her brilliant essays. 
   
   
   
  The first complete collection of Weil's missives to her family, A Life in Letters offers new insight into her personal relationships and experiences. The letters abound with vivid illustrations of a life marked by wisdom as much as seeking. The daughter of a bourgeois Parisian Jewish family, Weil was a troublemaking idealist who preferred the company of miners and Russian exiles to that of her peers. An extraordinary scholar of history and politics, she ultimately found a home in Christian mysticism. 
   
   
   
  A Life in Letters depicts Simone Weil's thought taking shape amid political turmoil, as she describes her participation in the Spanish struggle against fascism and in the transatlantic resistance to the Nazis. An introduction and notes by Robert Chenavier contextualize the letters historically and intellectually, relating Weil's letters to her general body of writing.

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  WIRED & TIRED - A Guide to...

  Ira Israel

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  In addition to the twin epidemics of anxiety and depression plaguing our society, psychotherapist Ira Israel has observed a new wave of highly functional adults who don't technically suffer from the debilitating symptoms of clinical anxiety and depression yet feel wired & tired: consistently overworked, overstimulated, under-loved, and underappreciated—stressed out, yet unenthusiastic about their daily responsibilities. Wired & Tired provides scientifically proven tools to alleviate the pain of typical life-ruptures (divorces, firings, etc.) as well as critical analyses of transformational moments in our lives and practices to make us resilient and keep us at the high end of our happiness spectrums.

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