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  Memes For Mummyji - Making Sense...

  Santosh Desai

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  A portrait of India in mid-sentence - caught between tradition and transformation, noise and nuance. 
   
  From selfies and what they mean to the travails of modern love and the new vocabulary of politics, Santosh Desai returns to chronicle the invisible revolutions of Indian life with his signature wit and insight. In Memes for Mummyji, he explores how the mobile phone - now as common as the pressure cooker - has quietly reshaped everything: how we shop, flirt, pray, protest, and parent.  
  This is not a book about technology. It's about us. Our habits, our contradictions, our new-found freedoms - and the deep cultural software that still runs underneath. Warm, keenly perceptive and deeply human, this book, with essays drawn from over a decade of observation, is a love letter to the everyday theatre of Indian life in the digital age.

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  Future Tense - Reflections on My...

  Tony Leon

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  ‘From the vantage point of years in active politics, Tony Leon provides a lucid analytical balance sheet of SA Ltd 2021. Eschewing political correctness, Leon tells it as he sees it.’ – Judge Dennis Davis 
    
  ‘Anyone who wants to understand South Africa today – a country so beautiful, yet so broken – simply has to read this book.’ - Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of Money 
  In his riveting new book, Future Tense, Tony Leon captures and analyses recent South African history, with a focus on the squandered and corrupted years of the past decade. With unique access and penetrating insight, Leon presents a portrait of today’s South Africa and prospects for its future, based on his political involvement over thirty years with the key power players: Cyril Ramaphosa, Jacob Zuma, Thabo Mbeki, Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk. His close-up and personal view of these presidents and their history-making, and many encounters in the wider world, adds vivid colour of a country and planet in upheaval. 
    
  Written during the first coronavirus lockdown, Future Tense examines the surge of the disease and the response, both of which have crashed the economy and its future prospects. 
    
  As the founding leader of the Democratic Alliance, Leon also provides an insider view for the first time of the power struggles within that party, which saw the exit of its first black leader in 2019. 
    
  There is every reason to fear for the future of South Africa but, as Leon argues, ‘the hope for a better country remains an improbable, but not an impossible, dream’.

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  Used by the Olympic Diving Team...

  Archer Vale

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  The Olympic Village—a gathering place for hot young athletes bursting with aggression and testosterone. 
  Was it an act of sabotage? The rival diving team got me on my knees the night before our competition. They fed me their seed, sending my mind into a tailspin. 
  Now, I’m on international television, fully hard in my little speedo. I can’t focus on diving—my dreams are falling apart. All I can think about is how good it felt to kneel for other men. It felt so good to accept their authority… 
  What have they done to me…? 
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  CONTAINS EXPLICIT GAY SEXUAL CONTENT. 
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  Hate Speech on Social Media: A...

  Branco Di Fátima, Allen...

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  This book explores the nature of hate speech on social media. Readers will find chapters written by 21 authors from 18 universities or research centers. It includes researchers from 11 countries, prioritizing a diversity of approaches from the Global North and Global South – Brazil, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Germany, Nigeria, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and the USA. The analyses herein involve the realities in an even larger number of countries, given the transnational approach of some of these studies.
  One can find a preview of the chapters at the beginning of the book, with abstracts organized in a separate section. It is evident that the authors study the impact of recent events on hate speech – the Covid-19 pandemic, Russia- Ukraine war, the refugee crisis – and recurrent attacks on minority groups such as women, immigrants, or the LGBTQ+ community. The authors employ classic and digital research methods, using quantitative and qualitative data gathered from platforms like Telegram, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. As a result, readers will encounter taxonomic proposals, new methodological approaches, theoretical frameworks, and mapping of behavioral patterns.

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  The Art of War - The Timeless...

  Sun Tzu, Tim Zengerink

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  What if you could anticipate every move, master strategic thinking, and lead with confidence in any situation? 
  The Art of War: The Timeless Guide to Strategy, Leadership, and Victory brings you the ancient teachings of Sun Tzu, now adapted for the modern listener. For over 2,500 years, this legendary work has inspired leaders, strategists, and innovators across disciplines to achieve success through preparation, intelligence, and decisive action. 
  This isn’t just a military guide—it’s a practical framework for achieving success in any area of life. Whether you’re leading a team, navigating challenges in business, or enhancing your decision-making skills, The Art of War offers principles that remain as powerful today as they were on ancient battlefields. 
  What You’ll Discover in This Modern Audiobook: 
  - Master the Art of Strategy: Learn to plan ahead, outthink competitors, and transform challenges into opportunities. 
  - Lead with Clarity and Confidence: Develop the tools to inspire and guide others toward success in any environment. 
  - Achieve Victory Through Preparation: Understand the importance of foresight, adaptability, and timing in overcoming obstacles. 
  - Navigate Life’s Battles: Apply timeless wisdom to business, relationships, personal growth, and more. 
  What Makes This Edition Unique: 
  This modernized audiobook retains the depth and brilliance of Sun Tzu’s original text while making it accessible for today’s listener. Key insights are clearly narrated, ensuring you can quickly absorb and apply these principles to real-world scenarios. 
  Imagine having the ability to make confident decisions, adapt to any situation, and lead yourself—and others—to victory. For centuries, The Art of War has been a cornerstone of strategy, leadership, and success. Now, it’s your turn to unlock its power. 
  Start mastering the art of strategy today. Download your copy now and transform the way you think, act, and lead.

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  Raising Ollie - How My Nonbinary...

  Tom Rademacher

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  Ollie, who used to hate weekends because they meant no school, was crying on the way to school almost every day. Sure, there were the slings and arrows of bullies and bad teachers, but, maybe worse, Ollie, a funny, anxious, smart kid, was gravely underchallenged and also struggling with identity and how to live totally as themselves. Ollie begged to switch to a new school with "kids like me," and so they made the change. 
   
   
   
  Raising Ollie is dad Tom Rademacher's story (really, many stories) of that eventful and sometimes painful school year, parenting Ollie and relearning every day what it means to be a father and teacher. As Ollie—who is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns—flourishes in their new school, Rademacher is making an eye-opening adjustment to a new school of his own, one that's whiter and more suburban than anywhere he has previously taught, with a history of racial tension that he tries to address and navigate. 
   
   
   
  While Ollie is learning to finally feel comfortable at school, Rademacher increasingly sees how his own educational struggles, anxieties, and childhood upbringing are reflected in his teaching, writing, and parenting, as well as in Ollie's experience. He shows us how raising a kid changes everything—and how much raising a kid like Ollie can teach us about who we are and what we're doing in the world.

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