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  My Soul Is a Witness - The...

  Mari N. Crabtree

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  An intimate look at the afterlife of lynching through the personal stories of Black victims and survivors who lived through and beyond its trauma 
  Mari N. Crabtree traces the long afterlife of lynching in the South through the traumatic memories it left in its wake. African American victims and survivors had to find a way to live through and beyond the horrors of lynching. 
  Crabtree offers a theory of African American collective trauma and memory rooted in a strategy for “working through” trauma that has long existed within the African American cultural tradition: the ironic spirit of the blues sensibility—a spirit of misdirection and cunning that blends joy and pain. Black southerners often shielded their loved ones from the most painful memories of local lynchings with strategic silences but also told lynching stories about vengeful ghosts or a wrathful God or the deathbed confessions of a lyncher tormented by his past 
  They protested lynching and its legacies through art and activism, and they mourned those lost to a mob’s fury. They infused a blues element into their lynching narratives to confront traumatic memories and keep the blues at bay, even if just for a spell. 
  Telling their stories troubles the simplistic binary of resistance or submission that has tended to dominate narratives of Black life and reminds us that amid the utter devastation of lynching were glimmers of hope and an affirmation of life.

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  Lies Damned Lies

  Claire G Coleman

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  A deeply personal exploration of Australia's colonisation past, present and future by one of Australia's finest contemporary authors. 
   
  This is a difficult piece to write. It cuts closer to the bone than most of what I have written; closer to my bones, through my blood and flesh to the bones of truth and country; there is truth here, not disguised but in the open and that truth hurts. 
   
  In Lies, Damned Lies acclaimed author Claire G. Coleman, a proud Noongar woman, takes the listener on a journey through the past, present and future of Australia, lensed through her own experience. Beautifully written, this literary work blends the personal with the political, offering listeners an insight into the stark reality of the ongoing trauma of Australia’s violent colonisation. 
   
  Colonisation in Australia is not over. Colonisation is a process, not an event – and the after-effects will continue while there are still people to remember it. 
   
   ‘An urgent examination of oneself and one’s country. Written with a booming cadence that demands to be read aloud, again and again’ Tara June Winch, Miles Franklin Award-winning author of THE YIELD 
   
   ‘You may think you’re woke, but Coleman never sleeps’ Dr Tyson Yunkaporta, bestselling author of SAND TALK

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  The Complete Beatrix Potter...

  Beatrix Potter

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  What stories make the world feel gentle and safe again?
  
  The Complete Beatrix Potter Collection Vol. 2 continues the timeless journey into Beatrix Potter's beloved storybook world. This volume brings together more of her classic animal tales—filled with warmth, quiet humor, and the comforting rhythms of country life.
  
  With unforgettable characters, charming adventures, and subtle lessons about kindness, responsibility, and curiosity, these stories capture the magic of childhood imagination. Potter's simple yet expressive storytelling makes each tale perfect for bedtime reading, early independent readers, and adults returning to a cherished classic.
  
  This second volume expands the cozy world introduced in Volume 1, offering more gentle adventures to be shared and treasured across generations.
  
  Inside this eBook, you'll enjoy:
  
  Additional classic Beatrix Potter stories in one volume
  
  Beloved animal characters and peaceful countryside settings
  
  Gentle life lessons wrapped in timeless storytelling
  
  A perfect continuation of a classic children's series
  
  Loved by families for over a century, Beatrix Potter's stories remain an essential part of childhood reading and family tradition.
  
  Return to a world where kindness, curiosity, and comfort reign. Buy now and enjoy Volume 2 of the Complete Beatrix Potter Collection.

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  How to Disappear and Live Off...

  John Kiriakou

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  With an experienced CIA officer as your teacher, you’ll gain the knowledge and necessary tools to protect yourself and the ones you love. 
   
  No matter where we go, we leave tracks and clues of our existence without even knowing. Our electronic footprint becomes our invisible trail. In this day in age where the world seems to be at our fingertips and social media plays a huge role in our daily lives, it’s hard not to leave part of our digital selves for others to find. 
   
  Whether you’re fascinated by the idea of disappearing, want to erase your digital footprint, or simply concerned about your safety and privacy, knowing how to become invisible is a survival skill that will come in handy. 
   
  Through the easy-to-follow instructions, tips, tricks, and professional anecdotes in How to Disappear and Live Off the Grid: A CIA Insider's Guide, you’ll learn to vanish without a trace from John Kiriakou, a former CIA counterterrorism officer and senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee responsible for the capture of Abu Zubaydah.

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  Falklands War - History of Its...

  Kelly Mass

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  The Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas) was a brief but intense conflict in the South Atlantic between Argentina and the United Kingdom. Fought over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and their territorial dependencies—South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands—the war lasted from April to June 1982. The confrontation marked a significant chapter in the longstanding dispute between the two nations over these remote territories. 
  On April 2, 1982, Argentina launched an invasion of the Falkland Islands, quickly seizing control. The following day, Argentine forces invaded South Georgia. These aggressive actions were framed by the Argentine government as a reclamation of their sovereign territory, asserting claims they had maintained since the early 19th century. However, the United Kingdom, viewing the invasion as an attack on a British Crown colony, responded decisively. On April 5, the British government dispatched a naval task force to the South Atlantic. After intense naval and air engagements, the British launched an amphibious assault on the islands. The conflict concluded 74 days later, on June 14, 1982, with Argentina’s surrender and the restoration of British control over the islands.

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  Surviving Katyń - Stalin's...

  Jane Rogoyska

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  The Katyn Massacre of 22,000 Polish prisoners of war is a crime to which there are no witnesses.  
   
  Committed in utmost secrecy in April–May 1940 by the NKVD on the direct orders of Joseph Stalin, for nearly fifty years the Soviet regime succeeded in maintaining the fiction that Katyn was a Nazi crime, their story unchallenged by Western governments fearful of upsetting a powerful wartime ally and Cold War adversary. Surviving Katyn explores the decades-long search for answers, focusing on the experience of those individuals with the most at stake – the few survivors of the massacre and the Polish wartime forensic investigators – whose quest for the truth in the face of an inscrutable, unknowable, and utterly ruthless enemy came at great personal cost. 
   
  “A gripping reconstruction of one of the most gruesome and haunting crimes of the Second World War. Jane Rogoyska’s sensitive yet dispassionate use of the harrowing evidence provided by victims, perpetrators and survivors makes for utterly compelling reading, and lays bare its toxic legacy.” ADAM ZAMOYSKI, author of Poland: A History 
   
  “A well-researched and beautifully written narrative of the appalling fate of the Polish officers captured by the Soviets in 1939 and massacred in 1940. Through the testimony of the few survivors and the investigators, Jane Rogoyska brings to life the suffering of the Poles which continued for decades after the war as Soviet culpability for the crime was denied across the world.” HALIK KOCHANSKI, author of The Eagle Unbowed

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