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  Before 18: The Untold Stories of...

  Joseph Behnke

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  Before 18: The Untold Stories of Drug Abuse – A Childhood Stained, a Voice Reclaimed 
  By Joseph Behnke 
  At just 19 years old, Joseph Behnke returns with a powerful second memoir — and this one cuts even deeper. 
  Before 18: The Untold Stories of Drug Abuse is a gripping continuation of the journey that began in In Joseph’s Footsteps, but it stands on its own as a brutally honest look into the darkest corners of growing up too fast, too rough, and too forgotten. 
  This isn’t just another chapter — it’s the part most people are too scared to tell. 
  Told in Joseph’s signature raw and unfiltered voice, this memoir unpacks the years he spent tangled in addiction — not just to substances, but to escape, to approval, to anyone or anything that made him feel something. He writes candidly about the pills, the powder, the needles, and the moments where rock bottom didn’t even feel low enough. And he also writes about the pain that came before the drugs — the childhood trauma, the broken relationships, the deep-seated shame, and the silent battles with identity that no one saw. 
  But this story is not just about drugs. It’s about damage — and the slow, imperfect path toward healing. 
  Joseph shares the relationships that broke him and the ones that built him back up. He reflects on the people he lost, the love he chased, and the moments that nearly made him give up. And somehow, through all of it, he finds a way to keep going — not as a hero, but as a human being trying his best. 
  If you’ve ever felt invisible, misunderstood, or like you were carrying a weight no one else could see, this book is for you. 
  This is not a redemption story wrapped up with a bow. It’s messy. It’s painful. It’s real. And that’s exactly why it matters.

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  Interviewing - The Basics

  Mark Holton

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  This text outlines the relative merits of qualitative interviewing to new and emerging scholars in an accessible way. This is achieved not by providing an exhaustive 'how-to' guide but in introducing researchers to the interview technique and using examples of 'best practice' from across the social sciences. 
  To ensure the book is both accessible and inclusive, efforts have been made to include case studies from a diverse range of authors, including those from different ethnic and social backgrounds, from outside Western Europe/North America, and from nonacademic sources. This book will therefore introduce the listener to the key themes surrounding interview design, implementation, analysis, and presentation, using examples and case studies from research across the social sciences. 
  Crucially, the book will not provide exhaustive guidance on how to conduct the techniques. Instead, each chapter includes a range of interview design activities for listeners to try which might help them engage with the chapter topics, as well as a 'Summary' box which comprises a short annotated reading list of key texts relating to each of the chapter topics and a checklist of things to consider relating to the chapter topics.

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  The Meaning of It All - Ultimate...

  Rivka Weinberg

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  You can stock your life with important work, relationships, activities, and art, and yet still ask: what's the point of it all? Almost every thinking person has asked that question―many more than once. Granted, you're more likely to worry about the point of life when things aren't going well, but you're also likely to ask this question when you've finally received that promotion, achieved a goal, or raised your children―exactly when it seems like the question shouldn't arise.In The Meaning of It All, Rivka Weinberg argues that this is because there are different kinds of meaning, and some, sadly, are impossible to achieve. She explains what they are, illuminates which types of meaning are possible, which are impossible, and shows us how we might orient our lives in light of these bittersweet truths. Although we all die in the end, Weinberg tells us how death doesn't make life more or less meaningful. Instead, it is time that is necessary for meaning, even as it also undermines it by wearing away the fruits of our efforts and commitments. Weinberg explains that most advice on how to reduce the agony of time's erosions cannot work. However, she also explains how we can tease out some insights from failed attempts to escape time's wounds and thereby make progress toward coping with things as they are. A meaningful life is one lived in the fullness of time, accepting suffering, acknowledging our tragic losses and limitations, and making the most of Everyday Meaning.

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  Sanctuary of Healing -...

  Julia Matallana Freedman

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  A timely and compassionate resource that equips religious leaders to engage with the reality of trauma within their congregations.Grounded in both lived experience and theological depth, this guide sheds light on the pervasive impact of sexual, racial, and generational trauma in the US, urging faith communities to become intentional spaces of refuge and restoration. Through a powerful call to "hold space," it offers practical tools for pastors and ministry leaders to walk alongside those carrying deep wounds. It reframes the role of the Church—not merely as a place of spiritual guidance, but as a sanctuary where healing and wholeness can take root. With a focus on embodiment, community, and the sacredness of vulnerability, Sanctuary of Healing provides a vital roadmap for transforming congregations into havens of empathy, resilience, and hope.

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  Diaries of a Distant Affair

  Brittani Malonson

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  In life, we all go through experiences that are simple, but become complicated with time. When I got my dream job, all I wanted was to aspire to be the best worker bee, I didn't expect a mutual infatuation with someone who was in a relationship as a life experience; but it happened. I ended up becoming the other woman to witness the relationship come apart the way it came together, but from distance. Listen to explore my diary of emotional rollercoasters with dark euphoric highs and hard to swallow realizations while journaling my self discovery and working within a love triangle.

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  The Classic Collection of Soren...

  Søren Kierkegaard

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  Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish theologian, philosopher, poet, social critic, and religious author who is widely considered to be the first existentialist philosopher.He wrote critical texts on organized religion, Christianity, morality, ethics, psychology, and the philosophy of religion, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony, and parables. Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one lives as a "single individual", giving priority to concrete human reality over abstract thinking and highlighting the importance of personal choice and commitment.He was against literary critics who defined idealist intellectuals and philosophers of his time, and thought that Swedenborg, Hegel, Fichte, Schelling, Schlegel, and Hans Christian Andersen were all "understood" far too quickly by "scholars".Contents:Fear and TremblingPhilosophical FragmentsSickness Unto Death

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