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  The Writing on the Wall - 100...

  Mike Read

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  A blue plaque is a recognised symbol of our national heritage; a living footprint of our history with each one serving as a permanent reminder of an important contribution to the history of the country.
  The blue plaques commemorate notable, influential and successful people from all walks of life. They are erected in the present to celebrate our past and inspire our future.
  This book contains 100 blue plaques, and the stories and people behind them, from across the United Kingdom, each linking, through a common denominator, to the next.
  From David Bowie to William Shakespeare, we run the gamut of plaques remembering kings, actors, singers, explorers, footballers, cricketers, writers, inventors, scientists, politicians, musicians, reformers, broadcasters, songwriters, comedians, pioneers, artists, the military, athletes, dancers, activists, poets and education.
  From Lennon and McCartney to the victims of Jack the Ripper this is an eclectic representation of British life, through our blue plaques, from the 1500s to 2017.

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  Study Smart with Binaural Beats...

  Andre Silas Chavez

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  Want more memory retention and focus while studying? Do you desire peak cognitive performance? Are you passionate about academic achievement? 
  Study Smart with Binaural Beats includes over ten hours of binaural beats sessions to improve retention and cognitive performance while studying.    
  Get centered and focused, and develop confidence and efficiency while studying to attain academic achievement and get more out of life. Cultivate the power within you and use Study Smart with Binaural Beats to:Unlock Your Brain’s Full Potential: Alpha, Beta, Theta, & Gamma Soundscapes Improving Memory and Cognitive PerformanceOrchestrate your brain's desired states by selecting specific binaural beats, such as destressing with alpha waves or brainstorming with beta wavesUnderstand that binaural beats have emerged as another tool in the toolbox, offering a unique approach to harnessing the full potential of your cognitive abilities.Start your day with heightened cognitive readiness and creativityDiscover ‘Focus Frequencies’ for turbocharging your studies 
  All you have to do is put your headphones on, select the chapter you need to hear, and let the sound waves infiltrate you while you study.   
  Right now, students are transforming their lives with these unique techniques. Don’t miss out. Become a more focused and successful student, ready to conquer the study day and reap the benefits of academic accomplishment.   

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  The Tank War - The British Band...

  Mark Urban

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  From Dunkirk to North Africa, from D-Day to Hamburg, the 5th Royal Tank Regiment were in the frontline. Few regiments had longer wars or saw more action than the 'Filthy Fifth'.In this remarkable narrative history, acclaimed author Mark Urban tells the story of World War II through the eyes of this brave regiment. In many ways, the fighting Fifth's journey reflects Britain - early losses turned to eventual victory through ingenuity, daring and exceptional bravery. Fighting against overwhelming odds, they beat back the infamous German Panzer Divisions and paved the way for an Allied resurgence. Drawing on interviews, archives and new sources, The Tank War is a moving personal story which brings a fresh perspective on the crucial role of tanks in the Allied victory.From the author of Task Force Black, Big Boys' Rules and Rifles.

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  Abolition Democracy - Beyond...

  Angela Y. Davis

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  Revelations about U.S. policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Ghraib prison story in April 2004. Since then, a debate has raged regarding what is and what is not acceptable behavior for the world's leading democracy. It is within this context that Angela Davis, one of America's most remarkable political figures, gave a series of interviews to discuss resistance and law, institutional sexual coercion, politics, and prison. Davis talks about her own incarceration, as well as her experiences as "enemy of the state," and about having been put on the FBI's "most wanted" list. She talks about the crucial role that international activism played in her case and the case of many other political prisoners. 
   
   
   
  Throughout these interviews, Davis returns to her critique of a democracy that has been compromised by its racist origins and institutions. Discussing the most recent disclosures about the disavowed "chain of command," and the formal reports by the Red Cross and Human Rights Watch denouncing U.S. violation of human rights and the laws of war in Guantánamo, Afghanistan, and Iraq, Davis focuses on the underpinnings of prison regimes in the United States.

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  A Rare Recording of Howard Carter

  Howard Carter

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  In this rare recording of Howard Carter, the English archaeologist and Egyptologist discusses the experience of discovering and opening the intact tomb of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, Tutankhamun, known as "King Tut", in November 1922.A Listen & Live audio production.

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  Parliamentary America - The...

  Maxwell L. Stearns

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  Americans face increasingly stark choices each presidential election and a growing sense that our government can't solve the nation's most urgent challenges.  Our eighteenth-century system is ill-suited to our twenty-first-century world. Information-age technology has undermined our capacity to face common problems together and turned our democracy upside down, with gerrymanders letting representatives choose voters rather than voters choosing them. In Parliamentary America, Maxwell L. Stearns argues that the solution to these complex problems is a parliamentary democracy. 
   
   
   
  Stearns considers such leading alternatives as ranked choice voting, the national popular vote, and congressional term limits, showing why these can't solve our constitutional crisis. Instead, three amendments—expanding the House of Representatives, having House party coalitions choose the president, and letting the House end a failing presidency based on no confidence—will produce a robust multiparty democracy. 
   
   
   
  Stearns takes listeners on a world tour—England, France, Germany, Israel, Taiwan, Brazil, and Venezuela—showing what works in government, what doesn't, and how to make the best features our own. Genuine party competition and governing coalitions, commonplace across the globe, may seem like a fantasy in the United States. But we can make them a reality.

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