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  Big Panda's Little Book of Calm...

  James Norbury

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  Beloved character Big Panda shares tips to discover a sense of calm, while his friend Tiny Dragon offers motivation to find hope, in a special two-in-one book from bestselling author and illustrator James Norbury—a collection of reflections and illustrations to provide peace, comfort, and assurance during life’s most stressful and despondent times. 
  Big Panda’s Little Book of Calm 
  “Worry doesn’t stop the rain. It only keeps you indoors, watching for storms that never come.” 
  On Big Panda’s adventures with Tiny Dragon, he has met many new companions and seen the way an uncomfortable feeling sometimes steals over them—a tightness in their chest, a gnawing in their mind. 
  Anxiety is like an overprotective friend trying to shield us from pain, but it can creep up, even in the most serene environments, and become all-consuming. Big Panda shares quiet meditations for moments like these, reminders that we have survived all the hurt we have endured, and that imagining future pain only steals our peace in the present. 
  With Big Panda as our gentle guide, Big Panda’s Little Book of Calm is an invitation to pause, breathe, and rediscover stillness so we can find balance, comfort, and clarity. 
  Tiny Dragon’s Little Book of Hope 
  “Take heart. We can progress. We can always take a step forward.” 
  No matter how many journeys Tiny Dragon embarks on with Big Panda, he still reaches a point where it feels impossible to go any further. Roadblocks look immovable; loss appears unavoidable; and despair seems overwhelming. In situations like these, how can we possibly proceed? 
  Rather than succumbing to our circumstances, Tiny Dragon invites us to join him in finding a new path through tribulation, one where, instead of tirelessly forging ahead on our own, we rest when we need and lean on our support systems for strength. Even though the first step toward light and healing will be difficult, it’s one we can find the strength to take. 
  The companion to Big Panda’s Little Book of Calm, Tiny Dragon’s Little Book of Hope helps us gather the motivation to keep moving forward in life’s most trying hours.

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  Societal Issues - Understanding...

  Marcus Klein

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  This goldmine of a bundle consists of 19 titles, which are the following: 
  Border Control - The Global Struggle to Manage Immigration and Security 
  Child Soldiers - The Tragic Exploitation of Youth in Armed Conflicts 
  Children’s Rights - A Global Call for Justice and Protection of the Most Vulnerable 
  Cybersecurity - The New Frontline in Protecting Our Digital Future 
  Deforestation - The Silent Crisis Threatening Our Planet’s Survival 
  Destructive Artificial Intelligence - How Technology Can Be a Double-Edged Sword 
  Drug Cartels - The Dark Underworld of Drug Trafficking and Its Global Consequences 
  Exploitation - How Inequality and the Income Gap Is Shaping the Future of Our Societies 
  Freedom of Speech - Navigating the Balance Between Expression and Responsibility 
  Global Debt - The Financial Time Bomb Affecting Nations and Citizens 
  Global Disasters - The Escalating Crisis of Natural and Man-Made Calamities 
  Global Poverty - Addressing the Deepening Divide in the World's Wealth 
  Human Trafficking - Modern-Day Slavery, Sex Trafficking, and Child Prostitution in the Global Economy 
  Organ Harvesting - The Black Market for Human Organs and Its Global Impact 
  Pollution - The Environmental Crisis That Threatens Our Health 
  Racism - The Enduring Battle for Equality and Human Dignity 
  Refugees - The Crisis of Displacement and the Search for Solutions 
  Sexism - The Persistent Struggle for Gender Equality Across the World 
  War Crimes - Accountability and Justice for the Atrocities of War 
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  The Deadly Rise of Anti-science...

  M.D. Peter J. Hotez

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  During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, one renowned scientist, in his famous bowtie, appeared daily on major news networks such as MSNBC, NPR, the BBC, and others.  
   
  Dr. Peter J. Hotez often went without sleep, working around the clock to develop a nonprofit COVID-19 vaccine and to keep the public informed. During that time, he was one of the most trusted voices on the pandemic and was even nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for  
  his selfless work. He also became one of the main targets of anti-science rhetoric that gained traction through conservative news media.  
   
  In this eyewitness story of how the anti-vaccine movement grew into a dangerous and prominent anti-science element in American politics, Hotez describes the devastating impacts it has had on Americans’ health and lives. As a scientist who has endured antagonism from anti-vaxxers and been at the forefront of both essential scientific discovery and advocacy, Hotez is uniquely qualified to tell this story. By weaving his personal experiences together with information on how the anti-vaccine movement became a tool of far-right political figures around the world, Hotez opens readers’ eyes to the dangers of anti-science. He explains how anti-science became a major societal and lethal force: in the first years of the pandemic, more than 200,000 unvaccinated Americans needlessly died despite the widespread availability of COVID-19 vaccines. Even as he paints a picture of the world under a shadow of aggressive ignorance, Hotez demonstrates his innate optimism, offering solutions for how to combat science denial and save lives in the process.

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  The Prison of Perspective

  Rudolph Bader

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  A chance encounter, a road accident, an air crash, a hold-up at a bank:How do such events connect people?How do people see the situations from their different perspectives?Three narrative strands follow the lives of three individuals – Peter, Cathy and Ivan – through the second half of the 20th century, from post-war austerity and mediocrity in the 1950s and 1960s to the fast-moving life-style of the present decade, whereby the plot is embedded in real events of the period. The three biographies intersect at crucial points, which reveals their internal landscapes and the different ways of understanding reality. Things are not always what they seem, and we do not always know the whole truth.Playing with various time-levels, this novel of the mind deals primarily with potential fallacies of perception, sexual awakening, emotional exploitation and the proximity of death.How do we store the memorable events in our lives?And how do we cope with these memories as we grow older?

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  Alexander the Great

  Jacob Abbott

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  Alexander the Great died when he was quite young. He was but thirty-two years of age when he ended his career, and as he was about twenty when he commenced it, it was only for a period of twelve years that he was actually engaged in performing the work of his life. Napoleon was nearly three times as long on the great field of human action.    Notwithstanding the briefness of Alexander's career, he ran through, during that short period, a very brilliant series of exploits, which were so bold, so romantic, and which led him into such adventures in scenes of the greatest magnificence and splendor, that all the world looked on with astonishment then, and mankind have continued to read the story since, from age to age, with the greatest interest and attention.

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  Aliens - The Chequered History...

  Paul Dowswell

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  The welcome given to refugees from fascist Europe is part of our fond nostalgia for Britain's role in the Second World War, nestling in our imagination next to images of evacuees clutching teddy bears, and milkmen picking their way through bomb rubble during the Blitz. But there is a darker side to this story. Then, as now, there was great suspicion, resentment and fear towards new arrivals, much of it kindled by the tabloid press. Then, as now, politicians dealt with a reluctance to accommodate refugees by hiding behind bureaucratic hurdles and obfuscation.
  Many of the 10,000 Kindertransport children who arrived here in the late 1930s have warm memories of the kindness they were shown, but half a million refugees were refused entry and most of them died as a result. And those who were accepted found their troubles far from over. While Britain fearfully awaited invasion in 1940, 30,000 Jews were interned as 'enemy aliens' and some were sent off to the colonies on dangerous and sometimes fatal voyages. Nor were Jews the only refugees clamouring for the thin gruel of public sympathy. Those fleeing fascism and civil war elsewhere in Europe found that whether they were met with kindness or hostility depended on the locals' political affiliations and newspapers of choice.
  Interweaving personal testimonies with historical sources, Paul Dowswell casts a fresh eye on the wartime era, painting a vivid picture of what life was really like for Britain's refugees.

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