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  This Is My Jail - Local Politics...

  Melanie Newport

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  While state and federal prisons like Attica and Alcatraz occupy a central place in the national consciousness, most incarceration in the US occurs within the walls of local jails. In This Is My Jail, Melanie D. Newport situates the late twentieth-century escalation of mass incarceration in a longer history of racialized, politically repressive jailing. Centering the political actions of people until now overlooked—jailed people, wardens, corrections officers, sheriffs, and the countless community members who battled over the functions and impact of jails—Newport shows how local, grassroots contestation shaped the rise of the carceral state. 
   
   
   
  As ground zero for struggles over criminal justice reform, jails in Chicago and Cook County were models for jailers and advocates across the nation who aimed to redefine jails as institutions of benevolent transformation. From a slave sale on the jail steps to new jail buildings to electronic monitoring, from therapy to job training, these efforts further criminalized jailed people and diminished their capacity to organize for their civil rights. With prisoners as famous as Al Capone, Dick Gregory, and Harold Washington, and a place in culture ranging from Upton Sinclair's The Jungle to B. B. King's Live in Cook County Jail, This Is My Jail places jails at the heart of twentieth-century urban life and politics.

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  One Baby Blanket

  Sharmila Ali

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  How one baby blanket altered the course of this corporate trainer's life

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  Noachic & Flood Traditions:...

  Various Ancient Writers, Tim...

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  What if the Great Flood was only the beginning—echoing a clash of angels, giants, and divine decrees hidden in lost scriptures? 
  From the caves of Qumran to the monasteries of medieval Ethiopia, ancient writers retold the flood saga with breath-taking scope.  
  This collection unites those voices so readers can experience the full epic for the first time. 
  What You’ll Discover Inside: 
  •	1 Enoch (“Book of the Watchers”) – The descent of 200 angels, their forbidden unions, and Enoch’s celestial intercession. 
  •	Book of Giants – Fragmentary but thrilling accounts of Nephilim dreams and doom. 
  •	2 Enoch & 3 Enoch – Enoch’s elevation to the angel Metatron and panoramic tours through ten heavens. 
  •	Jubilees – Chronological retelling of creation to Sinai, detailing the ark’s construction and covenantal rainbow. 
  •	Genesis Apocryphon – Dead Sea Scroll narrative expanding Noah’s birth and adventures. 
  •	Testament of Amram & Related Watcher Texts – Glimpses of angelic warfare shaping Israel’s destiny. 
  Rich with mythology, moral warning, and apocalyptic hope, these texts invite you to witness a world on the brink—and the divine rescue that reshaped humanity’s future.

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  Psychology - A Very Short...

  Freda McManus, Gillian Butler

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  Psychology is part of everyone's experience: it influences the way we think about everything from education and intelligence, to relationships and emotions, advertising and criminality. People readily behave as amateur psychologists, offering explanations for what people think, feel, and do. But what exactly are psychologists trying to do? What scientific grounding do they have for their approach? This Very Short Introduction explores some of psychology's leading ideas and their practical relevance.In this new edition, Gillian Butler and Freda McManus explore a variety of new topics and ways of studying the brain. Until recently it was not possible to study the living human brain directly, so psychologists studied our behavior, and used their observations to derive hypotheses about what was going on inside. Now—through neuroscience—our knowledge of the workings of the brain has increased and improved technology provides us with a scientific basis on which to understand the structure and workings of the brain, allowing brain activity to be observed and measured. Exploring some of the most important advances and developments in psychology—from evolutionary psychology and issues surrounding adolescence and aggression to cognitive psychology—this is a stimulating introduction for anyone interested in understanding the human mind.

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  Guerrilla Marketing for Writers...

  Jay Conrad Levinson, Rick...

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  Because the battle begins before a book even hits the shelves, an author needs every weapon to get ahead of the competition. Guerrilla Marketing for Writers is packed with proven insights and advice, it details 100 “Classified secrets” that will help authors sell their work before and after it’s published. This life range of weapons-practical low-cost and no-cost marketing techniques-will help authors design a powerful strategy for strengthening their proposals, promoting their books, and maximizing their sales.

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  Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy...

  William C. Spears

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  • Can ancient philosophers really provide useful insights for the modern warfighter?• How might they reconcile cosmopolitan principles with patriotic duty?• Would a truly enlightened individual participate in the horrors of war?Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy grapples with these questions and more. Authored by a serving military professional, it breaks down the most advanced concepts of Stoicism into plain language without oversimplifying. Exhaustively researched, steeped in original sources, and informed by examples from the cutting edge of modern conflict, it builds upon ancient thinking to develop innovative theories of patriotic duty and ethical warfighting.While Stoicism has seen an explosion in popular interest, and is widely embraced in military culture, no serious philosophical work has yet explored its full implications within the military profession. This book answers that call. Endorsed by senior military officials and academic philosophers, Stoicism as a Warrior Philosophy provides compelling and original contributions to both military ethics and the literature of modern Stoicism.

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