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  The Irish Potato Famine - The...

  Kelly Mass

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  From 1845 to 1852, the Great Hunger, also referred to as the Potato Famine, was a period of a lot of starvation and illness in Ireland. The period was known in Irish at the time as a Drochshaol, loosely translated as "the hard days," with the most badly affected districts in the west and south of Ireland, where the Irish language was popular (or actually "the bad life"). 
  The year 1847, at times called "Black '47," was the absolute worst year of the period. Around 1 million people died and over a million left the nation throughout the Great Famine, triggering the nation's population to come by 20% to 25%, with certain cities coming by as much as 67 percent between 1841 and 1851. And between the years 1845 and 1855, about 2.1 million people were leaving Ireland, primarily aboard package ships but also on steamboats and barks. This actually made it one of the biggest mass migrations from a single isle in all of history. 
  Let’s explore this tragic event in history, and let’s see what led up to this, what happened afterwards, and how historians look at it now.

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  America's 250th Anniversary

  Marco Middione

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  July 4th, 2026 will be America's 250th Birthday. Celebrate the remarkable story of America, America's 250th Anniversary narrated by America's most beloved narrator, Erik D. Craig.

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  Nine Guiding Principles for...

  Karyn Z. Sproles

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  Although there are more women in higher education than ever before—and increasingly in leadership positions—their paths to success are more difficult than those paved for men. Nine Guiding Principles for Women in Higher Education is a concise and accessible resource aimed at helping women faculty succeed in their academic careers. Karyn Z. Sproles offers guidance, humor, and courage to women in higher education, paying particular attention to those with children and women of color. 
   
   
   
  Based on a wide range of scholarship, stories from dozens of women, and Sproles's personal experience from thirty-four years as a professor, department chair, and dean, Nine Principles offers advice on facing down impostor syndrome; avoiding social isolation; building networks of mentors; preparing for tenure; balancing teaching, scholarship, and home life; and more. 
   
   
   
  Practical and visionary, the nine principles guide listeners from the beginning of their careers through to leadership roles. Women in academia will find the tools they need to balance success with the rest of life's demands. Each chapter ends with a quick list of advice for easy reference. Rounding out the book is a workshop section that can be used by individual listeners or as a guide for conducting workshops and faculty development programs.

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  Dirty Talk + Tantric Sex 2-in-1...

  Regina Ogley

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  Sex researchers all agree that the biggest sex organ is the brain. So, to have fantastic sex, we need to get the brain in the mood. How? You can prepare yourself and your partner for the main event by engaging all of your senses: sight, sound, smell, and touch. You’d be amazed at how simple it is to achieve phenomenal pleasure, solo or with a partner. 
  You can learn these in these two books:How to Talk Dirty: Drive Your Partner Crazy and Set the Right Mood for Mind-Blowing SexTantric Sex Master the Art of Tantric Sex to Revitalize Your Sex Life and Increase Libido 
  Here's a short preview of what you'll discover:Thirty erotic phrases to INSTANTLY get someone hot and heavy. (Utter tried-and-true phrases that are known to awaken deep sexual desire and take things to the next level!)How to prepare yourself and your partner for MIND-BLOWING sex (and the one vital step you should not skip!)How to project powerful sexual confidence that others find irresistible.Why flexibility - physical and mental - is the key to having amazing intercourse.Naughty but highly effective advice from phone-sex professionals.Ten steamy roleplay ideas to turn up the heat on your next lovemaking session.The surprising reasons why you’re bad at dirty talk and how to overcome them RIGHT NOW. Break down unseen barriers and immediately feel more comfortable letting your dirty-talking prowess shine!The sure-fire techniques for multiple and intense full-body orgasms that just keep getting better. 
  And much, much more… 
  If you want to unlock the secrets of mind-blowing sex, then you should start these books

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  Persia and Islam: The History of...

  Editors Charles River

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  As the Persian Empire’s power makes clear, Persia has been a crucial area throughout history, and thus it has been fought over incessantly, watching empires rise and fall. For most of the past 1,400 years, Islamic powers have struggled for supremacy in the region.  
  The split between the two forms of Islam was already in the process of forming upon the death of the Prophet Muhammad. Muhammad had constructed around himself not only a potent new religious movement but also a powerful young state called the Ummah (the "Community" for lack of a better translation). Belonging to the Islamic faith also meant belonging to the Ummah, which was governed by its own laws and had many of its own institutions. 	Amid the upheaval in the Islamic world following Muhammad’s death, the Umayyad Caliphate lasted for less than a century, but in that time it managed to become one of the most influential of the major caliphates established following him. Its official existence was from 661-750, and the rulers were the male members of the Umayyad dynasty, roughly translated from Arabic as the “Sons of Umayyah.” Its primary base of power was in Syria following the creation of a dynastic, hereditary rule headed by one of Syria’s long-lasting governors, Muawiya ibn Abi Sufyan. 
  	The Ottoman Empire and Safavids would also vie for power in Persia after the caliphates, and the Ottomans in particular spent several centuries expanding their empire’s size, power, and influence, bumping up against Eastern Europe and becoming one of the world’s most important geopolitical players. It was a rise that would not truly start to wane until the 19th century.  Preserving its mixed heritage, coming from both its geographic position rising above the ashes of the Byzantine Empire and the tradition inherited from the Muslim Conquests, the Ottoman Empire lasted more than six centuries.

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  Where Biology Ends and Bias...

  Shoumita Dasgupta

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  A geneticist and internationally recognized anti-racism educator provides a powerful, science-based rebuttal to common fallacies about human difference. 
   
   
    
  Well-meaning physicians, parents, and even scientists today often spread misinformation about what biology can and can't tell us about our bodies, minds, and identities. In this accessible, myth-busting book, geneticist Shoumita Dasgupta draws on the latest science to correct common misconceptions about how much of our social identities are actually based in genetics. 
   
   
    
  Dasgupta weaves together history, current affairs, and cutting-edge science to break down how genetic concepts are misused and how we can approach scientific evidence in a socially responsible way. With a unifying and intersectional approach disentangling biology from bigotry, the book moves beyond race and gender to incorporate categories like sexual orientation, disability, and class. Where Biology Ends and Bias Begins is an invaluable, empowering resource for biologists, geneticists, science educators, and anyone working against bias in their community.

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