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  A Wild Path

  Douglas Wood

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  A Wild Path is author Douglas Wood's highly anticipated followup to the critically acclaimed memoir Deep Woods, Wild Waters. He again leads listeners along a meditative path through a wilderness of many dimensions—from the lakes and islands of his beloved Canoe Country to rugged ocean coasts to a mountain chasm, from camping on the Canadian Shield to listening to the soft strains of Beethoven in the pines, and from the pain of childhood wounds to appreciation for a life rich with nature. 
   
   
   
  With the generosity and compassion of a good wilderness guide, Douglas Wood welcomes listeners to accompany him as he navigates his life-path from struggling student and "worst reader in the class" to prolific writer and bestselling author. He offers courage and hope to those who feel different or left behind, and he shares how he found, through the counsel of rocks, trees, and waters, his own way toward joy and wonder and an unshakable sense of belonging. 
   
   
   
  Exploring the meanings of myriad outdoor experiences, Wood seeks to understand the importance and existence of beauty, the emotional poignancy of a wilderness sunset, and the realization of dreams, while also honoring his outdoor and literary mentors, including Sigurd Olson and Aldo Leopold.

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  My Road to Mandalay

  David Townsend

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  Don Townsend signed up on his 20th Birthday in 1940. He spent 1941 supporting the 8th Army in Egypt and then took a commission in the Indian Army, becoming a specialist in Tank Transport. He led convoys across India and delivered tanks, troops and even Christmas drinks to the front lines in the Battle for Burma. His story is told from letters written to his family and from early 1944 to his new pen-friend, who later became his wife.

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  Ernst Cassirer - The Last...

  Edward Skidelsky

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  This is the first English-language intellectual biography of the German-Jewish philosopher Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945), a leading figure on the Weimar intellectual scene and one of the last and finest representatives of the liberal-idealist tradition. Edward Skidelsky traces the development of Cassirer's thought in its historical and intellectual setting. He presents Cassirer, the author of The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms, as a defender of the liberal ideal of culture in an increasingly fragmented world, and as someone who grappled with the opposing forces of scientific positivism and romantic vitalism. Cassirer's work can be seen, Skidelsky argues, as offering a potential resolution to the ongoing conflict between the "two cultures" of science and the humanities--and between the analytic and continental traditions in philosophy. The first comprehensive study of Cassirer in English in two decades, this book will be of great interest to analytic and continental philosophers, intellectual historians, political and cultural theorists, and historians of twentieth-century Germany.

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  Earth Boy

  Bill Thompson

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  In this unforgettable book, Billy Thompson shares the story of a life driven by compassion and care for all creatures. Having had an affinity for animals his entire life, Billy has found that animals needing help have somehow found him over the years – beginning with feral cats, unwanted dogs and even a pony brought to safety on a bus. 
  
  While working in many different jobs, Billy continued to rescue animals in need, from the domestic to the exotic, his rescue efforts taking him all over the world. This book tells some of those hundreds of stories, including tricky situations, unlikely friendships and many, many rescues, all driven by ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Above all, this is a story about how, whoever you are and whatever you are doing, you can always help an animal in need.

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  Yankee Doodle Dandy - George M...

  Elizabeth Titrington Craft

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  Playwright, composer, actor, director, and producer George M. Cohan looms large in musical theater legend. Remembered today for classic tunes like "You're a Grand Old Flag" and "Give My Regards to Broadway," he has been called "the father of musical comedy," and his statue stands in the heart of the New York theater district. Cohan's early twentieth-century shows and songs captured the spirit of an era when staggering social change gave new urgency to efforts to define Americanism. He was an Irish American who had the audacity to represent himself as the Yankee Doodle emblem of the nation, a vaudevillian who had the nerve to unapologetically climb the ranks and package his lower-brow style as Broadway. 
   
   
   
  In Yankee Doodle Dandy, the first book on Cohan in fifty years, author Elizabeth T. Craft situates Cohan as a central figure of his day. Examining his multifaceted contributions and the various sociocultural identities he came to embody, Craft shows how Cohan and his works indelibly shaped the American cultural landscape. Informative and engaging, this book offers rich listening for Broadway musical aficionados as well as scholars of musical theater and American cultural history.

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  Positive Affirmations for Black...

  Alicia Magoro

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  Do you sometimes feel powerless and frustrated that nothing goes your way? 
  Do you need a quick boost to start believing in yourself again? 
  Sometimes negative events occur in our lives. When these events happen, we start doubting ourselves. 
  Instead of viewing the event and ourselves as separate, we start identifying with them. 
  In those cases, thoughts like this might come up: 
  ''I failed the test, therefore, I'm bad at the subject''.  
  ''I got turned down for the job, therefore, I'm not valuable''. 
  Instead of seeing these events as just something that happened once, you start doubting your abilities and think ''that's just me'. 
  You start viewing the world through a negative lens and this affects other areas of your life. 
  The negative spiral continues until YOU decide to stop it! 
  You just have to realize that you're holding the steering wheel! 
  One of eliminating self-doubt is affirmations. Affirmations can rewire your mind entirely and give you a more positive and joyful life! 
  The affirmations in this book will help you to:Eliminate the negative programming causing you to doubt yourselfBoost your mood and help you believe in yourself againShift your mindset and start seeing the positivesOvercome obstacles and achieve your goals easier 
  Affirmations work. If you haven't realized it yet, it's because you haven't used it enough. 
  It doesn't matter how far you are in the negative spiral, you can pick yourself up and turn it around! 
  Don't put your life on hold because of a few setbacks. Start achieving your goals and become the amazing queen you are meant to be! 
  Make a choice today and start using affirmations to change your life now!

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