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  The FSU Scroll - Field Notes...

  Tinker

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  Not a memoir, not a manual, not history, and not fiction: this is a scroll. A lived document that uncoils across frostbitten steppe and borderland camps, where drills turn, deals twist, and dignity is held together with duct tape and vodka-stained humor. 
  From Ukraine to Sakhalin, from mud-choked rigs to government saunas, these field-earned ledgers reveal how people survive, adapt, and build in places where permits arrive after the pipelines are already pumping. Some of it reads like farce, some like heartbreak, much like both at once. 
  A generator resurrected with foil and candlelight becomes a choir, a pickup patched with tape and faith passes inspection, and a nation under strain shows a resilience that still shakes the world today. 
  This is not a sober account, but it is an honest one: a record of compromises, improvisations, and grit at the edge of empire, remembering what the spreadsheets never could.

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  Contested Boundaries - A New...

  David J. Jepsen, David J. Norberg

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  Contested Boundaries: A New Pacific Northwest History is an engaging, contemporary look at the themes, events, and people that have shaped the history of the Pacific Northwest over the last two centuries. 
   
   
   
  ● An engaging look at the themes, events, and people that shaped the Pacific Northwest—Washington, Oregon, and Idaho—from when only Native Peoples inhabited the land through the twentieth century. 
   
   
   
  ● Twelve theme-driven essays covering the human and environmental impact of exploration, trade, settlement, and industrialization in the nineteenth century, followed by economic calamity, world war, and globalization in the twentieth. 
   
   
   
  ● Written by two professors with over twenty years of teaching experience, this work introduces the history of the Pacific Northwest in a style that is accessible, relevant, and meaningful for anyone wishing to learn more about the region's recent history.

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  Emperor Nero - The Treacherous...

  Kelly Mass

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  Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the fifth and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruled the Roman Empire from AD 54 to 68. He was thrust into the highest seat of power at the age of sixteen after being adopted by Emperor Claudius, his stepfather. While Nero enjoyed popularity among the lower classes and the Praetorian Guard, who benefited from his patronage, the Roman aristocracy and Senate viewed him with contempt. Ancient historians portray him as a tyrannical and self-indulgent ruler, notorious for his extravagance, cruelty, and disregard for tradition. His reign ended in disgrace when the Senate declared him a public enemy, leading to his suicide at the age of thirty.  
  Born in AD 37 in the coastal town of Antium, Nero was the son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina the Younger, a great-granddaughter of Emperor Augustus. His father died when he was only two years old, and his mother soon remarried, securing a position of influence at the imperial court. When Agrippina married Emperor Claudius, she maneuvered to have her son adopted as his heir, ultimately sidelining Claudius’ biological son, Britannicus. Following Claudius’ suspicious death in AD 54—widely believed to have been orchestrated by Agrippina—Nero ascended the throne with the backing of the Senate and the powerful Praetorian Guard.  
  In the early years of his reign, Nero was heavily influenced by a triad of advisers: his ambitious mother Agrippina, the philosopher and statesman Seneca the Younger, and the Praetorian prefect Sextus Afranius Burrus. Initially, the empire benefited from their guidance, as Nero enacted policies that were generally seen as moderate and pragmatic. However, as he grew older, he sought to rule independently, resenting the influence of his mother.

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  A Grotesque Animal

  Amy Lee Lillard

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  At the age of forty-three, Amy Lee Lillard learned she was autistic. She learned she was part of a community of unseen women who fell through the gaps due to medical bias and social stereotypes. 
   
   
   
  A Grotesque Animal explores the making, unmaking, and making again of a woman with an undiagnosed disorder. How did a working-­class background and a deep-rooted Midwest culture of silence lead to hiding in plain sight for decades? How did sexuality and anger hide the roots of trauma among the women in her family? And what does it mean to be a queer, disabled, aging woman, a descendant of wild but tamed mothers and a survivor of the things patriarchy inflicts? 
   
   
   
  Through wide-ranging styles and a combination of personal storytelling and cultural analysis, Lillard dissects anger, sexuality, autistic masking, bodies, punk, and female annihilation to create a new picture of modern women.

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  The Magic in Your Genes - Your...

  Cairelle Crow

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  A unique guide that combines traditional genealogy with magical practices to deepen your relationship with ancestors. 
   
   
    
  Have you been searching for a way to find deeper connection with your ancestors? Or would you like to learn how to reach your spirit guides? Author Cairelle Crow utilizes science, spells, and rituals to create a very profound book of ancestor working. 
   
   
    
  Magic in Your Genes offers a route to becoming more in tune with your personal genealogical background so that you can begin to understand more about your ancestors. 
   
   
    
  The book offers a primer on the basics of DNA and genetic genealogy practices, so no prior knowledge is required to put the book to use. Magical tips and techniques are placed throughout to help the listener utilize both technical and magical resources as appropriate to the content in each chapter. 
   
   
    
  Written in a conversational style, its content is easily understandable by those with limited knowledge of genetics and genealogy, yet the book's technical aspects on DNA and genetic testing are based on current standards as set forth by professional associations.

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  Marcus Aurelius Meditations –...

  Marcus Aurelius, Stillmind

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  Marcus Aurelius Meditations is one of the most powerful works of Stoicism, offering practical guidance on how to stay calm, think clearly, and make better decisions in everyday life. 
  Written by the Roman emperor himself, Meditations is not abstract philosophy. It is a direct and personal guide to managing your thoughts, responding to challenges, and maintaining control in uncertain situations. 
  This audiobook focuses on clear, usable ideas you can return to whenever you need to reset your thinking and regain perspective. 
  You will learn how to stay calm under pressure, reduce mental noise, focus only on what you can control, and approach decisions with greater clarity and confidence. 
  This is not just a traditional reading, but a carefully structured listening experience designed to help you apply Stoic thinking in real life. 
  Narrated in a calm and steady British voice, this edition is designed for focused and relaxed listening, making it suitable for quiet reflection, background listening, or daily mental reset. 
  Many listeners return to Meditations regularly, using it as a tool for clearer thinking and more deliberate decision making over time. 
  Listen to the sample to experience the calm and clarity of this narration. 
  This audiobook is for you if you enjoy listening to podcasts such as the daily stoic, the daily dad, practical stoicism, stoic lessons, and audiobooks such as the art of war, 48 laws of power, letters from seneca, and other books from ryan holiday, tim ferris or robert greene, and books big on booktok.

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