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  Fighting the Flying Circus

  Eddie Rickenbacker

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  “Fighting the Flying Circus” is  fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker WWI memoir. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Hat-in-the-Ring" Squadron, which ended the war with the highest number of air victories of any American squadron. The circus mentioned in the title refers to the German squadron commanded by the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen.Eddie Rickenbacker (1890-1973) was an American World War I pilot. He was the most successful fighter ace in that war and received the Medal of Honor. After the war, he was as a car designer, driver, and worked as a military consultant for the government. He was also an air transportation pioneer, as worked as a head of the Eastern Air Lines company for many years.

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  Radicalism - (from Civilization...

  George Soule

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  In Radicalism, journalist and economist George Soule examines the political, economic, and psychological roots of American radical thought in the years following World War I. 
   
  Soule argues that genuine radicalism is not simply a demand for greater material wealth. At its core lies a deeper desire for freedom, dignity, independence, and meaningful control over one’s own life. Poverty becomes oppressive not only because of deprivation, but because economic dependence can rob individuals of personal agency. 
   
  Yet Soule is equally critical of organized radicals. He questions attempts to import European revolutionary theories wholesale into the United States, arguing that rigid ideological formulas often fail to reflect the practical instincts and distinctive experiences of American workers. 
   
  Rather than romanticizing violent revolution, Soule calls for a more distinctly American movement—one grounded in economic understanding, democratic control, technological planning, and concrete improvements in everyday life. 
   
  Originally published in the influential 1922 anthology Civilization in the United States, Radicalism offers a fascinating snapshot of labor politics, socialism, economic power, and the struggle to define political freedom in modern America. 
   
  Narrated by Ryan Durham.

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  Love for the Land - Lessons from...

  Brooks Lamb

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  Love for the Land explores the power and potential of people-place relationships. Through clear and compelling prose, it elevates the virtues of imagination, affection, and fidelity—concepts promoted by farmer-writer Wendell Berry—and shows how they motivate small- and mid-scale farmers to care for the land, even in the face of adversity. Paying particular attention to farmland loss from suburban sprawl, rampant agricultural consolidation, and, for farmers of color, racial injustice, Brooks Lamb reckons with the harsh realities that these farmers face. 
   
   
    
  Drawing from in-depth interviews and hands-on experiences in two changing rural communities, he shares stories and sacrifices from dozens of farmers, local leaders, agricultural service providers, and land conservationists. Lamb's rural roots and farming background enable him to cultivate honest, trusting connections with the farmers he engages, yielding raw and powerful insights. Time and again, compelling evidence reveals that stewardship virtues encourage people to live and act as devoted caretakers. 
   
   
    
  With a refreshing, accessible, and engaging approach, Lamb argues that these resilient and often overlooked farmers show rural and urban people alike a way forward, one that serves people, places, and the planet. That path is rooted in love for the land.

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  House of String

  Sally Cook

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  House of String takes an autobiographical look at childhood before television, Internet and Smart phones. It describes inventive games such as billycart escapades, creating a backyard circus and covering bedrooms in a network of elasticised string. It embraces the sense of freedom where nobody looked at the clock during  weekends other than to return home from the parks and streets in time for lunch and dinner. It is told in a humourous style with particular references to life in Heidelberg, Melbourne, Australia in the 1950s and early 1960s.

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  Ruined by the Doctor (Gay Muscle...

  Archer Vale

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  I hurt my ankle during the baseball game. It changed my life forever. 
  Doc gave me a new prescription. It’ll ease my pain, but he says there’s risk of dependency. 
  Each day, I slip into his office to receive the treatment. My muscles are growing. I have so much energy. 
  But…I get jittery if I skip a dose. I get anxious. 
  The cravings…they’re becoming more and more frequent. I need it. I need it. I need it. 
  I’m addicted to my doctor’s medicine. 
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  Setting up your life to write a...

  Tara Brabazon

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  Setting up your life to write a PhD has a single goal:  to ensure that PhD students have the support, preparation and context to succeed. 
  Too often words and phrases like 'burnout' or 'writer's block' are used to mask a complexity of motivational, task or time management issues.  But writing is difficult.  Writing a PhD is even harder. 
  Preparation is crucial.  Planning is crucial.  Context is crucial.  This book intervenes in assumptions and emotions to create a framework for effective writing, but also concrete advice to build a doctorate, one sentence at a time.

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