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  British Labour Leaders

  Charles Clarke, Toby S. James

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  As the party that championed trade union rights, the creation of the NHS and the establishment of a national minimum wage, Labour has played a crucial role in the shaping of British society. And yet the leaders who have stood at its helm – from Keir Hardie to Sir Keir Starmer, via Clement Attlee, Tony Blair and Jeremy Corbyn – have steered the party vessel with enormously varying degrees of success.
  The requirements, techniques and goals of the Labour leadership since the party's inception at the turn of the twentieth century have been forced to evolve almost beyond recognition – and not all its leaders have managed to keep up.
  This comprehensive and enlightening book – now fully updated with chapters on all Labour leaders up to Keir Starmer and an assessment of the party's leadership in relation to Brexit – considers the attributes and achievements of each leader in the context of their respective time and diplomatic landscape. Offering a compelling analytical framework by which they may be judged, it also provides detailed personal biographies from some of the country's foremost political critics and exclusive interviews with former leaders themselves.
  An indispensable contribution to the study of party leadership, British Labour Leaders is the essential guide to understanding British political history and governance.

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  Hidden History of Texas The:...

  Anonimo

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  The Hidden History of Texas: 1530 to 1835  
  This audio collection offers a sweeping, immersive journey through the early centuries of Texas history, tracing the land’s transformation from the arrival of European explorers to the dramatic demographic and cultural shifts of the early 19th century. Narrated by historian and storyteller Hank Wilson, these volumes blend scholarship, narrative storytelling, and vivid detail to bring to life the stories of the people — Native nations, Spanish colonists, Mexicans, and incoming Anglo settlers — whose lives and struggles shaped modern Texas. 

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  The Forerunner - His Parables...

  Kahlil Gibran

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  The Forerunner is a powerful and inspiring collection of writings that speaks to the deepest aspirations and longings of the human heart. Through his simple yet profound stories and his lyrical and reflective poetry, Khalil Gibran invites us to look within ourselves, to connect with the beauty and mystery of life, and to discover the wisdom and compassion that lie at the heart of our being. The book features parables that explore themes such as love, spirituality, and the human condition, as well as a collection of poems that reflect on nature, beauty, and the mysteries of life. Read in English, unabridged.

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  Past Imperfect - French...

  Tony Judt

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  A “marvelously readable” critique of Sartre, Camus, de Beauvoir, and other French postwar intellectuals that “consistently entertains and provokes” (The Washington Post).   The uniquely prominent role of French intellectuals in European cultural and political life following World War II is the focus of this book by the acclaimed author of Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945. Tony Judt analyzes this intellectual community’s most divisive conflicts: how to respond to the promise and the betrayal of Communism and how to sustain a commitment to radical ideals when confronting the hypocrisy in Stalin’s Soviet Union, in the new Eastern European Communist states, and in France itself. Judt shows why this was an all-consuming moral dilemma to a generation of French men and women, how their responses were conditioned by war and occupation, and how postwar political choices have come to sit uneasily on the conscience of later generations of French intellectuals. Judt’s analysis extends beyond the writings of fashionable “existentialist” personalities such as Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, and Simone de Beauvoir to include a wide intellectual community of Catholic philosophers, non-aligned journalists, literary critics and poets, Communist and non-Communist alike—and asserts that what he calls the “moral irresponsibility” of those years damaged France’s cultural standing, and reflected the nation’s larger difficulty in confronting its own ambivalent past.   “A forthright and uncommonly damning study of those intellectually volatile years . . . indicts these intellectuals for their inhumanity in failing to test their political thought against political reality.” —The New York Times Book Review   “Brilliant . . . splendidly written.” —Foreign Affairs

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  Preaching for the Planet -...

  Jenny Wilson

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  Jenny Wilson’s Preaching for the Planet shares insights into the art of preaching before moving on to examples of her own preaching.
  
   
  Alongside stories from the scriptures, Jenny's sermons reflect on lives affected by climate change and are interwoven with thoughts from theologians and climate activists such as Pope Francis and David Attenborough. Other sermons are focused on the pandemic, are inspired by poets and artists, and reflect on the life and words of Jesus.
  
   
  These profound and moving sermons invite readers to know that their stories and the stories of the whole creation are held in the great story of God.

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  101 Amazing Facts About India

  Jack Goldstein

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  In this amazing audiobook, Charles King talks us through more than one hundred facts about the country of India. Separated into sections such as its geography, its landmarks, famous Indian figures from history and many more you will be sure to learn plenty of fascinating information. Whether you are planning on visiting India, working on a geography project or just want to know more about this beautiful country, this is an excellent addition to your audiobook catalogue.

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