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  Exemplary Jews and Christians...

  Gregory Heary

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  How did personal convictions lead to religious revolutions in the lives of the Sahabah? Explore the transformative power of belief through the lives of those who walked with the Prophet.The Sahabah are the Muslim companions of the Prophet Muhammad. This category of people are known as Ahl-Kitab Sahabah because they had previously believed in the previous Islamic prophets such as Moses and Jesus as well as books of divine revelation prior to meeting Muhammad and confirming his message as the God-given truth. These were the contemporary disciples of Muhammad who were Jews and Christians who met him and became Muslims.  In the heart of Islamic history, former Jews and Christians like Abdullah bin Salam and Salman al-Farsi changed their entire worldviews, embracing Islam after profound encounters with the Prophet Muhammad. The author, a former Christian who became Muslim himself, brings these stories to life, highlighting the themes of wisdom, humility, and the quest for truth. The narratives are embedded with historical contexts, showing how personal journeys of faith and conversion contributed to the spread and enrichment of Islam. By turning the pages of this book, you engage with stories that not only recount historical facts but also inspire personal reflection and societal understanding.

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  Death and the Victorians - A...

  Adrian Mackinder

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  From spooky stories and real-life ghost hunting, to shows about murder and serial killers, we are fascinated by death - and we owe these modern obsessions to the Victorian age.
   
  
   
  Death and the Victorians explores a period in history when the search for the truth about what lies beyond our mortal realm was matched only by the imagination and invention used to find it.
   
  
   
  Walk among London’s festering graveyards, where the dead were literally rising from the grave. Visit the Paris Morgue, where thousands flocked to view the spectacle of death every single day.
   
  
   
  Lift the veil on how spirits were invited into the home, secret societies taught ways to survive death, and the latest science and technology was applied to provide proof of the afterlife.
   
  
   
  Find out why the Victorian era is considered the golden age of the ghost story, exemplified by tales from the likes of Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell, Oscar Wilde and Henry James.
   
  
   
  Discover how the birth of the popular press nurtured our taste for murder and that Jack the Ripper was actually a work of pure Gothic horror fiction crafted by cynical Victorian newspapermen.
   
  
   
  Death and the Victorians exposes the darker side of the nineteenth century, a time when the living were inventing incredible ways to connect with the dead that endure to this day.

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  JD Vance and the Future of the...

  Frank DeVito

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  Before 2016, JD Vance was completely unknown to the American public. He 
  had a compelling life story: A poor kid from a dysfunctional family in 
  Middletown, Ohio, encouraged by the loving support of his grandmother and a 
  handful of others within his family and community. He rose from a broken 
  home and a broken community, joined the Marines, went to Yale Law School, 
  and ended up an elite lawyer working in Silicon Valley with some of the 
  richest and smartest people in the world. 
  Now, Vance is one of the most powerful and influential Republicans in the 
  country. But unlike many politicians, Vance is a public intellectual. Years 
  before he ran for public office, Vance was a prolific thinker, writer, and 
  speaker, grappling with some of the most important issues that face the 
  Republican Party and the nation today. 
  Vance has a solid grip on where the Republican Party has come from and 
  where it is heading. He sees the various factions and coalitions that make up 
  the Party and understands them deeply. As the Republican Party works to 
  adapt to the political changes initiated by Trump to truly become the profamily and pro-worker Party of the American middle class, Vance stands alone 
  as the most knowledgeable and capable politician to bring the Republican 
  Party—and the nation—into the post-Donald Trump world.

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  Noli Me Tangere

  José Rizal

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  Noli Me Tangere is a landmark novel in Philippine literature and a foundational work of political fiction. Written by national hero José Rizal, it exposes the corruption, abuse, and oppression endured by Filipinos under Spanish colonial rule and the Catholic clergy. The story follows Crisóstomo Ibarra, a young Filipino who returns from Europe intent on reforming society through education and progress, only to face betrayal, injustice, and the ruthless power of the friars. Blending romance, realism, and revolutionary critique, Rizal’s novel ignited nationalist sentiment and laid the intellectual groundwork for the Philippine Revolution. A powerful indictment of colonial tyranny, Noli Me Tangere remains a testament to the struggle for freedom, justice, and national identity.

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  Now Then - A Biography of Yorkshire

  Rick Broadbent

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  From the perspective of an exiled Yorkshireman this bestselling, award winning author returns to his native county to discover and reveal its soul. 
   
  Now Then is a biographical mosaic of Yorkshire. Rick Broadbent, an award-wining author and exiled Yorkshireman, goes in search of the soul of England's biggest county and produces an all-encompassing portrait of a place that has been victimised and stereotyped since the days of Williams the Conqueror. Incorporating social history, memoir, reportage and author interviews, Now Then paints a picture of what it means to be from Yorkshire - both now and back then. 
   
  Now Then is not a hagiography and Broadbent visits devastated mining communities, an inner-city homeless shelter and the county's most isolated sheep farm, as well as examining the truth about well-known Yorkshire figures and institutions. From the Bronte sisters and Marks & Spencer to the Yorkshire pudding, accent and Ripper, this is a funny, wise and searching account of the county that gave the world its first football club and its last witch-burning. Ultimately, this is an affectionate but unsparing look at a county, its people and their flinty vowels. It is about the real Yorkshire and its daily life, as well as Dracula and Geoffrey Boycott.

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  How to Go on After The Loss of...

  Melanie Aniston

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  We Don't "Move On" From Grief. We Move Forward with It 
  If you're feeling heartbroken after losing your mother and this heartache has been going on for a remarkably long time (and nothing you do seems to help get you out of this state) 
  If you are “stuck” after the loss of your mother and feel you can’t move past feeling heartbroken over the grief, then ... 
  This book will work to help you to find your peace. 
  Do the following symptoms sound familiar? 
  Agitation – Inability to relax, shaken up 
  Anger – A strong emotion of displeasure with others or with an event 
  Anxiety – Feeling nervous and worried 
  Apathy – Things do not seem important anymore, not caring what happens 
  Betrayal – Feeling someone purposely chose to hurt you 
  Despair – To lose hope 
  Disbelief – Trouble accepting the loss really happened 
  Emptiness – Feeling hopeless and sad, with nothing to give others 
  Fear – The individual does not feel safe or worries for the safety of loved ones 
  Guilt – Self-blame, feeling regretful about doing or not doing something 
  Isolation – Removed or away from others 
  Shame – Feeling dishonored or disgraced 
  Strength – Tough, powerful 
  The list goes on…. 
  You don't have to live this way forever. 
  Here's a little sneak preview of what you’ll get: 
  - Resolving family conflict after the loss 
  - The grief process 
  - Grief and Anxiety 
  - Grief and Relationships 
  - The Physical Impact of Grief 
  - How to deal with regrets 
  - Coping with your mother’s reappearance 
  - Finding grief-coping techniques 
  - What not to say to someone who is grieving 
  - Strategies to finding happiness again 
  - Ways to heal after the loss

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