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  Stealing My Religion - Not Just...

  Liz Bucar

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  We think we know cultural appropriation when we see it. Blackface or Native American headdresses as Halloween costumes—these clearly give offense. But what about Cardi B posing as the Hindu goddess Durga in a Reebok ad, AA's twelve-step invocation of God, or the earnest namaste you utter at the end of yoga class? 
   
   
   
  Liz Bucar unpacks the ethical dilemmas of a messy form of cultural appropriation: the borrowing of religious doctrines, rituals, and dress for political, economic, and therapeutic reasons. Does borrowing from another's religion harm believers? Bucar sees religion as an especially vexing arena for appropriation debates because faiths overlap and imitate each other and because diversity within religious groups scrambles our sense of who is an insider and who is not. 
   
   
   
  Stealing My Religion guides us through three revealing case studies—the hijab as a feminist signal of Muslim allyship, a study abroad "pilgrimage" on the Camino de Santiago, and the commodification of yoga in the West. Reflecting on her own missteps, Bucar comes to a surprising conclusion: the way to avoid religious appropriation isn't to borrow less but to borrow more—to become deeply invested in learning the roots and diverse meanings of our enthusiasms.

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  How to Focus Your Mind: 7 Easy...

  Troye Bates

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  Do you wish you could learn to better focus your mind during those crucial moments when you need to? 
    
  Paying attention in a world filled with distractions today is a constant challenge that many are faced with. 
    
  Yet, there is a solution to the problem: An easy to follow 7-step solution to master concentration techniques and enhance your powers of focus today! 
    
  YOU WILL LEARN: 
  • Why goals matter to build a foundation for focus. 
  • The way your environment impacts your ability to concentrate. 
  • How to enhance your mental prowess. 
  • Why it is energy management, not time, that matters. 
  • How to shut down distractions, enhance your attention, and more. 
    
  No matter what stage in life you are or where you aim to be, better focus is the way to get you to every goal you’ve ever set for yourself. 
    
  The power of focus and concentration doesn’t have to be an elusive superpower reserved only for the few who have mastered the secret to success. 
    
  You’ve got the opportunity to do the same right now!

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  The Politically Incorrect Guide...

  John Yoo, Robert Delahunty

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  Guaranteed to give the reader a deeper understanding of America’s most powerful judicial body, John Yoo, professor of law at UC Berkeley, and Robert Delahunty, professor of law at the University of St. Thomas detail in sprightly, slightly irreverent manner how the black robed judges who make up the U.S. Supreme Court have swung like a pendulum from saviors of the Republic to super-legislators who usurp the roll of Congress and dictate law from the bench, back to defenders of the Constitution again—or at least for the moment.

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  Pitmatic - Stories and the Talk...

  Bill Griffiths

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  Pitmaticbrings together a wonderful regional pit language – its words, jokes and stories that are fast disappearing from our culture. This book helps attest to the remarkable vitality of the region's dialect and the inventiveness and humour of its speakers.
  The last major mine in the North East region closed in 2005 and with it went a way of life. Through dialect words, humour, stories and songs Pitmatic will help you to understand the everyday lives and work of miners. Miners who provided fuel, helped sustain an economy, consolidated communities and created a unique and rich regional culture. This book is a joyous celebration of the history of the North East bringing together the words spoken by miners and their families and how they related to the wider languages of the world.
  
  The late Bill Griffiths (1948–2007)was an extraordinary writer and poet: radical, experimental and scholarly, but also had a great sense of humour. He was a wonderful champion of the North East, its people and heritage.
  Born in Middlesex, he read history before graduating in 1969. Bill ran his own independent press and published political pamphlets and essays on the arts and poetry. After gaining a PhD in Old English he fled London and settled in Seaham where he embraced the northern way of life.
  'He was also a scholar of Old English and dialect who know how to make his work accessible. Private and uncompetitive, he was at least these things: poet, archivist, scholar, translator, prison-rights campaigner, pianist, historian, curator, performer, editor, short-story writer, essayist, teacher, book-maker and lyricist… The Saturday before he died, Bill discharged himself from hospital to host the Dialect Day at the Morden Tower in Newcastle upon Tyne. He died as he lived: cataloguing, awarding Best Dialect prizes, opera on his radio, the poetry paramount.' Obituary, The Independent, 20 September 2007.

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  How to Craft Irresistible...

  Thaine Carverfield

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  How to Craft Irresistible Fiction That Sells 
  ⭐⭐ A Simplified Guide with Explanations Included ⭐⭐ 
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  What sets our guide apart is its thorough approach, vital for your success as a writer. Concepts aren't just touched upon; they are explored with clarity and depth.  
  Please note that this guide is an independent resource and is not affiliated with any official writing organization. 
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  Dunkirk - The Epic Story of...

  John Harriss

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  How the miracle on the beaches saved a nation. A gripping account of one of the most famous episodes of the Second World War 
   
   
   
  In May 1940 British and Allied troops on mainland Europe were in a perilous situation: cut off and surrounded, at the conclusion of the bloody Battle of France they faced complete annihilation. It would be a devastating blow, handing Europe to the Nazis. 
   
   
   
  But over a few frantic days, the greatest evacuation in history managed to salvage hope, saving the total destruction of the army and hundreds of thousands of soldiers lives. It was a pivotal and defining moment in the war, one Churchill described as a "miracle" in his "we shall fight them on the beaches" speech. 
   
   
   
  Bestselling author John Harris describes in vivid detail how the evacuation developed on a day-by-day basis, and destroys more than one myth associated with Dunkirk. Packed with authentic atmosphere and first-hand recollections, the retreat and the desperate lifting of the weary British expeditionary force is seen in its tragic but spirited entirety, an epic of courage and confusion without parallel.

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