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  The Russian Revolution - The...

  Days of History

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  Are you looking to learn more about the momentous events of the Russian Revolution? 
  The ensuing Civil War and the establishment of the new Soviet Union? 
  - Look no further. This book will give you an understanding of this complex but fascinating period of history. 
  We begin with a comprehensive overview of the Russian Revolution, including its causes, participants, and key moments that led to its success. 
  Then we'll explore the aftermath of the revolution, the Red Army’s role in establishing Soviet rule, the formation of the Communist Party, and how it all impacted Russia’s foreign relations.  
  We also take a closer look at two pivotal figures from this time: Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin. 
  This book is perfect for anyone looking to gain in-depth knowledge of one of the 20th century’s most significant revolutions or just curious about what happened during this era.  
  So don't wait any longer—order your copy today!

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  The Gift of Empathy - Learn How...

  Margot Burton

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  Do you feel like you can perfectly understand other people's feelings? Do you often hear people saying that you are way too sensible and that you should start being stronger in certain situations? Do you ever feel overwhelmed and lost in the complex and negative world we're living in nowadays? Then you need to keep reading... 
  Here's a preview of what you will discover:How to become a happy and healthy empath (even if you deeply feel that all the negativity of the world holds you back from joyfulness).The five mistakes every empath makes that only create self-sabotage and blockages.  The scientific research that demonstrates that empaths are real people with incredible feelings and not mystical creatures invented by the media.  The most essential methods to protect yourself and your energies as an empath (hint: it's very important to avoid certain people for your own well-being). How to realize IN AN INSTANT that you've received the gift of empathy and how to use it in the best and little-known way. The reason why if you're an empath it is like to have superpowers (and how to use those to manifest the life of your dreams). 
  And much, much more...  
  Even if you feel like you are extremely sensitive and emotionally unstable, with this book, you can learn how to develop self-help and management skills, improve your mental health, and reach all your personal and professional goals. 
  If you want to unlock access to this potent information about the empath psyche and reach your full potential, then you should start this book today!

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  My Road from Damascus - A Memoir

  Jamal Saeed

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  “A lyrical, extremely rich narrative of loss, memory, and trauma.” — STARRED review, Kirkus Reviews
  		 
  An extraordinary account of survival in Syria’s most notorious military prisons that is written with “brutal clarity — and yet, there is a poetic quality to the telling.” — Frances Itani, award-winning author of Deafening and Remembering the Bones
  		 
  Jamal Saeed arrived as a refugee in Canada in 2016. In his native Syria, as a young man, his writing pushed both social and political norms. For this reason, as well as his opposition to the regimes of the al-Assads, he was imprisoned on three occasions for a total of 12 years. In each instance, he was held without formal charge and without judicial process. 
  		 
  My Road from Damascus not only tells the story of Saeed’s severe years in Syria’s most notorious military prisons but also his life during the country’s dramatic changes. Saeed chronicles modern Syria from the 1950s right up to his escape to Canada in 2016, recounting its descent from a country of potential to a pawn of cynical and corrupt powers. He paints a picture of village life, his youthful love affairs, his rebellion as a young Marxist, and his evolution into a free thinker, living in hiding as a teenager for 30 months while being hunted by the secret police. He recalls his brutal prison years, his final release, and his family’s harrowing escape to Canada.
  		 
  While many prison memoirs focus on the cruelty of incarceration, My Road from Damascus offers a tapestry of Saeed’s whole life. It looks squarely at brutality but also at beauty and poetry, hope and love.

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  China's Foreign Policy...

  Tim Nicholas Ruhlig

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  Throughout the post–Mao reform era, China has championed the principle of sovereign state control, which holds that states should not intervene in the affairs of other states. Yet as Tim Nicholas Rühlig argues in China's Foreign Policy Contradictions, in recent years they have not actually acted this way. Chinese foreign policy actions fail to match up with official rhetoric, and these inconsistencies—in combination with China's growing power—will have dramatic effects on the future shape of international order. 
   
   
   
  To explain these contradictions, Rühlig draws from in-depth interviews with party-state officials to explain the foreign policy dynamics and processes of the normally opaque Chinese party-state. He demonstrates how different sources of the Chinese Communist Party's domestic legitimacy compete within the complex and highly fragmented Chinese party-state, resulting in contradictory foreign policies. He focuses on three issue areas: international human rights law and "responsibility to protect" (R2P); China's role in World Trade Organization (WTO) policymaking; and China's evolving relationship with Hong Kong. 
   
   
   
  In this work, Rühlig shows not only why China's foreign policy is so inconsistent, but why it is likely to contribute to a more particularistic, plural, and fragmented international order in the years to come.

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  Rethinking Fandom - How to Beat...

  Craig Calcaterra

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  “Modern fandom is rubbish, and Calcaterra explains why, but in so doing, also shows us the way out of our desensitized, corporate, laundry-hugging ways.” —Keith Law, The Athletic   Sports fandom isn’t what it used to be. Owners and executives increasingly count on the blind loyalty of their fans and too often act against the team’s best interest. Sports fans are left deliberating not only mismanagement, but also political, health, and ethical issues.   In Rethinking Fandom, sportswriter (and lifelong sports fan) Craig Calcaterra outlines endemic problems with what he calls the Sports-Industrial Complex, such as intentionally tanking a season to get a high draft pick, scamming local governments to build cushy new stadiums, actively subverting the players, bad stadium deals, racism, concussions, and more. But he doesn’t give up on professional sports. In the second half of the book, he proposes strategies to reclaim joy in fandom: rooting for players instead of teams, being a fair-weather fan, becoming an activist, and other clever solutions.   With his characteristic wit and piercing commentary, Calcaterra argues that fans have more power than they realize to change how their teams behave.  “If you’re like me and love sports but have become increasingly dismayed by the ‘sports-industrial complex,’ Calcaterra’s book will prove a balm that allows you to hold onto that fandom without turning a blind eye to the myriad problems and sources of exploitation on the field.” —John Warner, The Chicago Tribune  “Rather than simply criticizing, Calcaterra provides positive solutions to help us form a healthier and more thoughtful relationship with the sports we love. A vital book for any sports fan in the 21st century.” —Mike Duncan, New York Times–bestselling author

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  Coxsackie - The Life and Death...

  Joseph F. Spillane

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  Should prisons attempt reform and uplift inmates or, by means of principled punishment, deter them from further wrongdoing? This debate has raged in Western Europe and in the United States at least since the late eighteenth century. Joseph F. Spillane examines the failure of progressive reform in New York State by focusing on Coxsackie, a New Deal reformatory built for young male offenders. Opened in 1935 to serve "adolescents adrift," Coxsackie instead became an unstable and brutalizing prison. From the start, the liberal impulse underpinning the prison's mission was overwhelmed by challenges it was unequipped or unwilling to face—drugs, gangs, and racial conflict.Spillane draws on detailed prison records to reconstruct a life behind bars in which "ungovernable" young men posed constant challenges to racial and cultural order. The New Deal order of the prison was unstable from the start; the politics of punishment quickly became the politics of race and social exclusion, and efforts to save liberal reform in postwar New York only deepened its failures. In 1977, inmates took hostages to focus attention on their grievances. The result was stricter discipline and an end to any pretense that Coxsackie was a reform institution.Why did the prison fail? For answers, Spillane immerses readers in the changing culture and racial makeup of the U.S. prison system and borrows from studies of colonial prisons, which emblematized efforts by an exploitative regime to impose cultural and racial restraint on others.In today's era of mass incarceration, prisons have become conflict-ridden warehouses and powerful symbols of racism and inequality. This account challenges the conventional wisdom that America's prison crisis is of comparatively recent vintage, showing instead how a racial and punitive system of control emerged from the ashes of a progressive ideal.

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