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  The Tao of Death - An Adaptation...

  Karen Wyatt

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  What if death isn’t the end—but the beginning of wisdom? 
  The Tao of Death is a contemplative journey into the heart of life’s greatest mystery. Inspired by the ancient Tao Te Ching, this poetic adaptation invites you to explore death not with fear, but with reverence—as a sacred teacher that can awaken you to love, presence, and what really matters. 
  Each verse offers a gentle reflection, guiding you beyond the noise of modern life and into a deeper truth: that death and life are not opposites, but partners in the same sacred dance. 
  Whether you are grieving, awakening, or simply longing for a quieter path, this spoken version is designed to be listened to slowly, intuitively—like a meditation. Let it accompany you in stillness, in nature, or during times of transformation. 
  You don’t need to follow a religion to receive this wisdom. 
  You only need to listen with an open heart.

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  Keep That Seat Hot! - Your...

  Alan D. Benson

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  Keep That Seat Hot! Your Business Solution Guide for Operating and Growing Your Barber Shop Volume II is a book written by Alan D. Benson, with a foreword by Donte' L. Jones. It is a guide for barbers on how to operate and grow their businesses. 
  The book covers various business strategies and concepts for the barbering industry that are much needed, according to Donte' L. Jones, the owner of Beyond the Cut Barber Shop. The book includes information on:Operating a business in a new way, especially in a post-pandemic world.Why barbering is a growth and stable business, including employment, demand, and income potential.Turning a barbering "hustle" into a legitimate business by choosing the right business structure, such as a Sole Proprietorship, General Partnership, Corporation, or Limited Liability Company (LLC).Strategies for financial management, including managing cash flow and paying taxes.Marketing and branding your barber shop.Customer service and loyalty strategies.The importance of location, curb appeal, and shop maintenance.Utilizing technology to manage and expand a customer base, including Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software, email marketing campaigns, and customer loyalty programs.The importance of innovation, training staff, and expanding locations 
  The book is aimed at barbers who want to shift from viewing their work as a "hustle" to establishing a profitable and legitimate business. It is also for barbers looking to grow their businesses and attract more clients by using a "commonsense strategy." 
   

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  Dressed and Oppressed 2 - Tulle...

  Jane Fox

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  Sally's being fitted for a bridesmaid's dress, but her boyfriend Trip is being a nightmare about it! But the seamstress of the shop brings out a little gift to put Trip in his place: A form-fitting gown that shapes him like a woman. With him in his new dress, Sally and her best friend Joan make Trip into "the weaker sex"...leading to a wedding where bridesmaid Trip will be the star of a very humiliating show.

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  Black Narratives of Slavery - A...

  Robert Patterson

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  This Very Short Introduction brings together a wide range of narratives of slavery across a broad historical period to understand how Black people—enslaved and not-enslaved—have experienced and imagined slavery. It also investigates how slavery's long reach and afterlife has continued to shape Black life in the twenty-first century. By giving attention to the narratives produced during the last two hundred plus years, this volume examines American chattel slavery as a specific historical period that legally ended in 1865, and yet recognizes its impacts, effects, and significance as extending into the twenty-first century. Slave narratives tie the life of slavery its abolition with its afterlife and the reconfigurations that followed—Black Codes, Jim Crow segregation, and many other forms of disenfranchisement.Robert J. Patterson examines so-called "traditional" slave narratives alongside writings from non-enslaved Black people in the nineteenth century, the imaginative works of twentieth century fiction, and twenty-first century cinema to create a compelling and informative introduction to the long historical arc of slavery woven into the cultural and political fabric of America.

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  On the Future of Our Educational...

  Friedrich Nietzsche

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  In 1869, at the age of twenty-five, the precociously brilliant Friedrich Nietzsche was appointed to a professorship of classical philology at the University of Basel. He seemed marked for a successful and conventional academic career. Then the philosophy of Schopenhauer and the music of Wagner transformed his sense of purpose. The genius of such thinkers and makers—like the genius of the ancient Greeks—was the only touchstone for true understanding. How then was education to answer to such genius? Something more than sturdy scholarship was called for. A new way of teaching and questioning, a new philosophy...What that new way might be was the question Nietzsche broached in five vivid, popular public lectures in Basel in 1872. Composed in emulation (and to some degree as a satire) of a Platonic dialogue, Anti-Education presents a provocative and timely reckoning with what remains one of the great problems of modern societies.

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  Start of the French Revolution...

  Editors Charles River

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  As one of the seminal social revolutions in human history, the French Revolution holds a unique legacy, especially in the West. The early years of the Revolution were fueled by Enlightenment ideals, seeking the social overthrow of the caste system that gave the royalty and aristocracy decisive advantages over the lower classes. But history remembers the French Revolution in a starkly different way, as the same leaders who sought a more democratic system while out of power devolved into establishing an incredibly repressive tyranny of their own once they acquired it.  
  	The French Revolution was a turbulent period that lasted several years, and one of the most famous events of the entire revolution came near the beginning with the Tennis Court Oath. By July of 1788, King Louis XVI agreed to call the Estates-General, a large, traditional legislative body, for the first time since 1614. The country's finances, already quite tenuous, reached a crisis stage in August 1788 as France faced bankruptcy.  
  	In the spring of 1789, Louis XVI summoned the Estates-General. They were to convene at Versailles on April 27, but did not do so until May 5. Late elections continued into the summer as conditions around the country delayed many elections. At the same time, bread prices reached an all-time high, leading to riots throughout the country, particularly in Paris. During the formal ritual that welcomed the Estates-General on May 4, 1789, in a precursor of things to come in the following months, the Third Estate refused to kneel before the king. The deputies of the Third Estate came before the king, walking two at a time, and bowed before Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Not surprisingly, those witnessing the parade of the Estates-General had hoped for reform but came to expect that the Estates-General would serve as a tool of the administration. Instead, the start of the French Revolution would soon follow.

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