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  Focus Is My Superpower - An...

  Alicia Ortego

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  Does your child struggle to stay focused, pay attention, or follow directions especially at home or school? 
  Help them discover their inner strength with a heartwarming story that turns everyday challenges into a superpower! 
  Focus Is My Superpower follows Lucas, a bright and curious child who wants to do well but finds his mind wandering. With the help of his wise Grandpa and a magical magnifying-glass technique, Lucas learns how to improve focus, avoid distractions, control impulses, and stay organized skills every child needs to succeed. This story gently supports children who experience ADHD (Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) traits, busy thoughts, or difficulty staying on task. 
   
  This book helps children: 
  - Build attention skills with a simple, visual magnifying-glass strategy 
  - Develop self-control and learn how to manage impulses 
  - Strengthen task completion by focusing on one step at a time 
  - Gain confidence through small successes and perseverance 
  - Improve organizational skills at home and school with the “Focus Five” method 
  - Understand learning differences through a neurodiversity-affirming message 
  - Practice attention training through everyday routines 
  - Feel calm and steady using techniques that promote feeling calm 
  - Support friendships by sharing focus tools with others 
   
  A must-have for parents, teachers, counselors, and caregivers 
  Use this book to spark conversations about: 
  Attention and learning 
  Staying focused in the classroom 
  Managing distractions 
  Self-control and emotional regulation 
  Building routines and organizational skills 
  Perseverance and doing hard things 
  Understanding neurodiversity and inclusion

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  Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-Shek -...

  Charles River Editors

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  In 1937, the fledgling Empire of Japan once more went to war with China, which by then had become a nation broken into petty warlord fiefdoms and wracked by civil war. The Japanese enacted a brutal campaign over the fragmented realms that made up China, committing atrocities just as horrendous as their Axis allies in Europe. Despite this, the sheer size of China, coupled with Japan’s overextension, allowed the larger, less developed nation to endure throughout World War II. 
  At the same time, China was experiencing an equally brutal civil war between Nationalist and Communist forces, which became inextricably intertwined with the fighting raging across the globe. In fact, the sheer scale of the horrors of the civil war remain hard to believe today, even as action in that theater is often overlooked because of events in Europe. What most people remember about the civil war is that it was ultimately won by Mao Zedong and the Communists, ushering in a new era of Communism in China and exiling the Republic of China’s government to Taiwan. Political tensions between Taiwan and China remain precarious to this day. 
  The Republic of China’s most famous leader and general was Chiang Kai-Shek, who rose from humble origins as the son of a local trader to become, as he liked to remind visitors, the ruler over more people than any other world leader. He certainly became one of the most influential leaders of the 20th century, yet today, he is considerably less well-known than many other figures from that period, which was so rife of chaos and tumultuous change. Chiang had come to power at a time when China was rebuilding itself after a period of internal conflict and turmoil, attempting to unify the nation in the face of the Japanese and the man who would become his arch-rival: Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese Communists.

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  Mind the Inclusion Gap - How...

  Suzy Levy

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  We live in a wonderfully diverse and increasingly connected world. With that rise in connection comes a steep rise in expectations. 
  ... Expectations that we know how to talk about diversity, including with people who are different than ourselves. 
  ... Expectations that we lean into uncomfortable conversations, with sufficient fluency that we don't cause offence. 
  ... Expectations that we act, instead of simply walking by inequality. 
  Although most of us are curious about diversity, and some would go as far as to call ourselves allies, very few of us are skilled in inclusion. In the absence of knowing what to do, we double down on being nice and hope that will be enough. Unfortunately, this optimistic attitude may harm as much as help.  
  Mind the Inclusion Gap is for anyone who wants to move beyond talking to actively shaping an inclusive future. It looks beyond singular diversity categories, exploring the connections between race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity. Filled with insight and everyday skills, it will help you navigate the polarised and divisive issues we face in the workplace and in the world.

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  Bridging Our Political Divide -...

  Kenneth Barish

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  Bridging Our Political Divide: How Liberals and Conservatives Can Understand Each Other and Find Common Ground is an essential contribution to a better national conversation. 
   
   
   
  Psychologist Kenneth Barish explains the sources and consistency of our political beliefs and why we continue to disagree about fundamental issues in American life. He offers antidotes to the angry, repetitive, and unproductive arguments that now dominate our political culture. Barish teaches us how to listen, think, and speak about our political opinions in a way that allows us to understand each other's concerns, resist false dichotomies and ideological certainty, see new perspectives and possibilities, and find common ground. The concluding chapter shows how we can move beyond partisan divisions toward pragmatic solutions and a better future for America's children. 
   
   
   
  This fundamentally hopeful book is an essential listen for students in all areas of study, for professionals in the fields of conflict resolution, communication, political science, and social psychology, and for anyone seeking to improve the quality of their conversations with people who may disagree with them, in both politics and in their personal relationships.

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  A Vindication of the Rights of...

  Mary Wollstonecraft

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  What if women had been denied opportunity—and then blamed for the limitations society created? 
   
  In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Wollstonecraft delivers one of the earliest and most influential arguments for women’s equality. 
   
  Writing at a time when women were commonly educated for beauty, obedience, and domestic dependence, Wollstonecraft challenges the belief that they are naturally less rational or capable than men. She argues that women appear weak and frivolous only because society discourages them from developing their intellect, independence, and moral judgment. 
   
  At the heart of her work is a bold demand for educational reform. Wollstonecraft envisions a society in which girls and boys are taught together, encouraged to reason for themselves, and prepared to participate meaningfully in family life, work, and public affairs. Educating women, she insists, would not threaten society—it would strengthen it by creating more capable individuals, equal companions, responsible parents, and informed citizens. 
   
  Passionate, uncompromising, and strikingly relevant, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman examines education, marriage, morality, economic dependence, social expectations, and the fundamental dignity of women as rational human beings. 
   
  Narrated by Jennifer Lanham, this landmark work invites listeners to encounter the ideas that helped shape the continuing struggle for women’s rights, educational equality, and personal freedom.

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  American Sheep - A Cultural History

  Brett Bannor

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  Why did Thomas Jefferson write that he would be happy if all dogs went extinct? What economic opportunity did attorney John Lord Hayes envision for the newly emancipated during Reconstruction? What American workers were mocked by Theodore Roosevelt as "morose, melancholy men"? What problems with revenue collection did Congressman James Beauchamp Clark mention when proposing an income tax? Why did Harley O. Gable of Armour & Company recommend that his meat-packing business manufacture violin strings? 
   
   
   
  The answers to all these questions involve sheep. From the colonial era through the mid-twentieth century, America's flocks played a key role in the nation's development. Furthermore, much consternation centered around the sheep the United States lacked, so that dependency on foreign wool became a full-blown crisis in wartime. But more than just providers of wool, sheep were valued for their meat, for their byproducts after slaughter, and even for their efficiency at lawn maintenance. 
   
   
   
  Brett Bannor explains how sheep have impacted the broader growth and development of the United States. The history of America's sheep encompasses topics that touch on many cornerstones of the American experience, such as enslavement, warfare, western expansion, industrialization, taxation, feminism, conservation, and labor relations, among others.

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