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  The Moods of Ginger Mick

  C. J. Dennis

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  The Moods of Ginger Mick by C. J. Dennis is a powerful and emotionally rich collection of narrative poetry that captures the spirit, humor, and hardship of working-class life in early 20th-century Australia. First published in 1916, the work is part of Dennis's celebrated Songs of a Sentimental Bloke series and follows the character of Ginger Mick, a rough yet deeply human figure shaped by friendship, loyalty, and wartime experience.
  
  Through vivid verse and colloquial language, Dennis brings to life the world of Mick, a spirited Australian "larrikin" whose personality blends toughness with unexpected sensitivity. The poems trace Mick's journey from carefree urban life to the harsh realities of war, revealing the emotional transformation of a man confronted by duty, loss, and sacrifice.
  
  Set against the backdrop of World War I, the collection explores how ordinary individuals respond to extraordinary circumstances. Ginger Mick's experiences at the front lines highlight the courage, fear, and camaraderie shared by soldiers, while also revealing the emotional cost of conflict on those who serve.
  
  Dennis's use of Australian vernacular gives the poetry a distinctive voice, grounding the narrative in everyday speech and making the characters feel immediate and authentic. This stylistic choice enhances both the humor and emotional depth of the work, creating a strong sense of place and identity.
  
  Themes of friendship, loyalty, patriotism, love, and resilience run throughout the collection. At its heart, the work is a tribute to the strength and humanity of ordinary people facing extraordinary challenges.
  
  The poems balance humor with poignancy, often shifting between lighthearted moments and deeply moving reflections on war and sacrifice. This contrast gives the collection its enduring emotional power.
  
  The Moods of Ginger Mick remains one of C. J. Dennis's most important works, admired for its lyrical storytelling, character-driven narrative, and heartfelt depiction of Australian life during a time of global upheaval.
  
  Ideal for readers of narrative poetry, historical literature, and wartime verse, this collection offers a vivid and moving portrait of friendship, courage, and the human spirit under pressure.

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  On Courage - How to Be a...

  Julia Angwin, Ami Fields-Meyer

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  READ BY RACHEL MADDOW 
  From a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and a former White House senior advisor, a deeply reported manual about how anyone can defy an authoritarian – based on original interviews with more than 100 dissidents, activists, and theorists across the world. 
  The United States is only the latest country to face a leader who wields fear as a weapon, punishes political enemies, disappears people off the street, and undermines free and fair elections. Today nearly three out of four people on earth live under authoritarianism, the highest rate since the late 1970s. 
  But even under repressive conditions, each of us holds the power to help defeat autocrats. Based on their acclaimed The New Yorker essay “So You Want to Be a Dissident?,” veteran reporter Julia Angwin and political strategist Ami Fields-Meyer give us a captivating – and profoundly hopeful – guide to courage in an age of fear. 
  Meet a student from Hong Kong who risked everything for democracy. A mom in a working-class neighborhood of Caracas who broke with the political movement that raised her. Cairo twentysomethings who staged a gutsy stunt to help bring down a dictator. A mild-mannered immigrant fighting to save a landmark U.S. civil rights law. People throughout the United States and across five continents who faced serious risks for dissenting in their workplace, their community, or their country. On Courage is the story of how they did it anyway – and how you can do it, too. 
  Blending rich, previously untold narratives with history, spirituality, and movement research, Angwin and Fields-Meyer deliver a highly accessible book full of practical lessons – an inspiring resource for anyone, anywhere, who feel the walls of history closing in on them. On Courage is a roadmap to political courage and a powerful case for how taking personal risks can help save the free world. 
  Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.

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  Ludwig Wittgenstein - Philosophy...

  Anthony Gottlieb

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  The first biography in more than three decades of the Austrian-born thinker Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century 
  According to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosophy is a “battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.” This audacious idea changed the way many of its practitioners saw their subject. In the first biography of Wittgenstein in more than three decades, Anthony Gottlieb evaluates this revolutionary idea, explaining the evolution of Wittgenstein’s thought and his place in the history of philosophy. 
  Wittgenstein was born into an immensely rich Viennese family but yearned to live a simple life, and he gave away his inheritance. After studying with Bertrand Russell in Cambridge, he wrote his famous Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus while serving in World War I. He then took several positions as a primary-school teacher in rural Austria before returning as a fellow to Cambridge, where a cultlike following developed around him. Wittgenstein worked not only as a philosopher and schoolteacher, but also as an aeronautical engineer in Manchester and as an architect in Vienna. 
  Gottlieb’s meticulously researched book traces the itinerant and troubled life of Wittgenstein, the development of his influential ideas, and the Viennese intellectual milieu and family background that shaped him.

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  Whigs and Republicans The: The...

  Charles River Editors

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  The Whigs emerged as opponents to the Jacksonian Democrats during a period of American history known as the Second Party System (1828-1854). Initially, the conflict was rooted not only in different visions for the United States – the Whigs believed in a strong central bank and federally funded infrastructure projects (known as “internal improvements”) – but also in opposition to one man: Andrew Jackson. When it first formed, the Democratic Party coalesced around Jackson, and his beliefs and actions became Democratic Party dogma, which left the diverse group of people who opposed Jackson to become the Whigs.  
  The problem with this arrangement is that while the Whigs scored some notable successes as an opposition party, they found governing more difficult. The two Whigs elected president, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, died in office, raising to the presidency their respective vice-presidents, John Tyler and Millard Fillmore. Neither man succeeded in uniting the Whig Party behind him (a gargantuan task, to be sure), and neither was ever elected president in his own right. 
  The Republican Party essentially succeeded the Whigs, and it has led a winding nature ever since. Now dominant in the American South, the party was anathema in the South for more than a century. Likewise, if someone asked a man on the street in the early 1900s to describe the Republican Party, he might point to Teddy Roosevelt’s efforts on behalf of progressive politics and conservation, whereas a few years later, the party was known as a protector of big business, and later law and order. During the Reagan Era, the words “small government” came to characterize the party, even as its leaders took one hit after another for wanting to limit social spending. During its more than 150 years of existence, it has nominated saints and scoundrels, seen some men make it to the White House and others not.

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  Conversational Phrases Hindi...

  HindiPod101.com, Innovative...

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  Are you trying to learn Hindi…but having trouble speaking?
   
  Do you struggle coming up with your own Hindi sentences?
   
  Are you tired of not understanding how Hindi grammar works?
   
  
   
  If you answered yes to any of these questions, …
   
  
   
  ...then the Conversational Phrases Audiobook, Level 1 - Absolute Beginner is for you!
   
  
   
  In this beginner-level Audiobook, you will master over 25 common sentence patterns across 25 simple lessons. By the end, you’ll be able to ask common questions and answer them in your own way, all while acquiring over 100 Hindi words. 
   
  
   
  Most importantly, you’ll be able to have real conversations in various social situations.
   
  
   
  How, you may ask? Each lesson introduces a new conversation reflecting a real-world situation, including casual chats between friends as well as dialogues in more formal settings. Learning is made easy with three simple steps:
   
  
   
  1. Get familiar: First, you get a sample conversation and its translation.
   
  2. Understand: Then, we explain an underlying sentence pattern, so you can grasp the grammar and actually understand how the Hindi works.
   
  3. Practice: Lastly, you create your own responses… and start speaking Hindi!
   
  
   
  Lessons in this audiobook include:
   
  - Going Sightseeing
   
  - Going to a Restaurant
   
  - Giving Directions
   
  - Going to the Movies
   
  - Renting an Apartment
   
  And much more!
   
  
   
  Conversational Phrases Audiobook, Level 1 - Absolute Beginner contains:
   
  - 25 Lessons 
   
  - 4 Hours+ of Content
   
  - 1 Core Pattern Per Lesson
   
  - 100+ Hindi Vocabulary Words
   
  - 28 Page Accompanying PDF eBook
   
  
   
  Download the PDF and read along

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  Love Partitioned

  Manjula Waldron

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  Set during India’s Independence struggles leading to the Partition of India and Pakistan, this compelling novel tells the inspiring story of Mangla, her interactions with her mother Ammaji, her best friend Basanthi, and her husband Anand as they navigate their own conflicts of religion, sexuality, social privilege. 
  Raised on Gandhi ideals of peace and unity, Mangla strives to become the social change in women's education, advancement, and social freedom she wishes to see, allowing her daughter Mina to dream of a better future for herself and other Indian children. 
  Mangla’s personal triumph over betrayal, loss, and incredible odds is sure to instill hope and compassion in readers both young and old. 
  Love Partitioned is informed by the author’s own historical journey as a refugee during this turbulent time in India.

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