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  Dickens's Great Expectations -...

  Leland Ryken

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  Get everything you can out of your time reading the classics with the Christian Guides to the Classics Series!  Leland Ryken provides a clear pathway to understanding the "Great Works" through this engaging series of short guidebooks. Beginning with "why the classics matter" and "the nature and function of literature," readers will find a helpful path to reading and analyzing influential works in the Western canon.  Each book:  Includes an introduction to the author and work  Explains the cultural context  Incorporates published criticism  Defines key literary terms  Contains discussion questions at the end of each unit of the text  Lists resources for further study  Evaluates the classic text from a Christian worldview.  In this volume, Ryken guides readers through Dickens’s quintessential coming-of-age novel, Great Expectations. Exploring perennial themes such as love, justice, and heroism, this book stands as the preeminent example of Dickens’s unrivaled ability to conjure realistic characters and palpable settings.

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  Connecting with Autism Bundle 2...

  Louise Kambou, Alicia Marshall

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  Connecting with Autism Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: Autism Spectrum Disorders and Parenting a Child with AutismAre you looking for guidance and support in navigating the world of autism? This audiobook bundle is the ultimate resource for parents, caregivers, and anyone interested in learning more about autism spectrum disorders.In "Autism Spectrum Disorders," you'll discover a comprehensive guide to understanding the diagnosis, symptoms, and treatments of autism. With insights from leading experts in the field, this audiobook offers practical advice for supporting individuals with autism and helping them reach their full potential. Meanwhile, "Parenting a Child with Autism" provides a deeper dive into the unique challenges and rewards of raising a child with autism. From managing behavior to building communication skills, this audiobook offers a wealth of practical tips and strategies for parents, caregivers, and educators.This 2 in 1 bundle includes the following audiobooks:1. Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Guide to Unlocking the Mysteries of Autism2. Parenting a Child with Autism: Navigating the Journey of Raising a Child with AutismIf you want to learn more, download your copy of Connecting with Autism Bundle today!

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  A Muslim American Slave - The...

  Omar Ibn Said

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  Born to a wealthy family in West Africa around 1770, Omar Ibn Said was abducted and sold into slavery in the United States, where he came to the attention of a prominent North Carolina family after filling "the walls of his room with piteous petitions to be released, all written in the Arabic language," as one local newspaper reported. Ibn Said soon became a local celebrity, and in 1831 he was asked to write his life story, producing the only known surviving American slave narrative written in Arabic. 
   
   
   
  In A Muslim American Slave, Ala Alryyes offers both a definitive translation and an authoritative edition of this singularly important work, lending new insights into the early history of Islam in America and exploring the multiple, shifting interpretations of Ibn Said's narrative by the nineteenth-century missionaries, ethnographers, and intellectuals who championed it. 
   
   
   
  This edition presents the English translation of Ibn Said's Arabic narrative, augmented by Alryyes's comprehensive introduction, contextual essays and historical commentary by leading literary critics and scholars of Islam and the African diaspora and other writings by Omar Ibn Said. The result is an invaluable addition to our understanding of writings by enslaved Americans and a timely reminder that "Islam" and "America" are not mutually exclusive terms.

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  Secession of the South The: The...

  Jonathan Gianos-Steinberg,...

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  The election of Abraham Lincoln was the impetus for the secession of the South, but that was merely one of many events that led up to the formation of the Confederacy and the start of the Civil War. Sectional hostility over the issue of slavery had been bubbling for most of the 19th century, and violence had already broken out in places like Bleeding Kansas. Political issues like the Missouri Compromise, popular sovereignty, and the Fugitive Slave Act all added to the arguments.  
  	The secession of the South was one of the seminal events in American history, but it also remains one of the most controversial. Over the last 160 years, the greatest debate over the Civil War has remained just what caused it, and as recently as April 2010, Virginia’s governor declared April “Confederate History Month in Virginia,” issuing a proclamation that made no mention of slavery. Facing an intense backlash, Virginia’s governor first defended his proclamation by noting "there were any number of aspects to that conflict between the states.” Days later, the governor apologized for the omission of slavery. In turn, the governor’s backtracking was criticized by many Southerners, most prominently the Sons of Confederate Veterans, a large organization dedicated to commemorating the Confederates. The governor later declared that there would be no Confederate History Month in 2011.    
  	Arguments over the war’s causes are nothing new. Before the war had even ended, Confederate soldiers were asserting that they were fighting for states’ rights. In the early 20th century, prominent historians such as Charles Beard theorized that the war was based on economic differences between the North and South. Although slavery had been the dominant political issue in the 50 years leading up to the Civil War, these historians began to assert that slavery was not necessarily a factor.

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  The Theory of Money and Credit

  Ludwig Von Mises

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  "The Theory of Money and Credit" is a seminal work written by Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises, first published in 1912. The book is considered a cornerstone in the Austrian School of Economics and provides a comprehensive analysis of the nature, functions, and economic implications of money and credit. In "The Theory of Money and Credit," Ludwig von Mises explores the fundamental principles that govern the role of money and credit in economic systems. He delves into the origins of money, the nature of credit, and the impact of monetary policy on economic stability. Mises emphasizes the subjective theory of value and the importance of individual choices in shaping economic phenomena. The book also discusses the business cycle theory, highlighting the role of credit expansion in causing economic booms and subsequent contractions.

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  Rise of the Machines

  Raphael Terra

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  This audiobook has been recorded using Text to speech (TTS). 
   
  For decades science fiction writers have amazed us and terrorized us with their portrayal of the world of robots. The coming army of super artificially intelligent machines that will help us or hinder us. From the crazy daleks of Dr Who to the funny and human like androids of Star Trek, everything has been imagined. 
   
  Today we are living in that future age of robots and artificial intelligence. Today all those dreams of the past are coming true. Around the world scientists, engineers and software creators are bringing to life the fantasy world of the films. 
   
  Mechanical robots will soon be outdated with biologically created humanoids implanted with artificial intelligence and connected to each other across the globe. They will self-repair, gather energy from the sun and live forever. They will be all-knowing and all-powerful like Gods that will walk the earth. 
   
  And all the time we humans are blindly following. We are walking away from millions of years as beings of a natural world into something so unnatural that even the science fiction writers will be amazed. This future world is now inevitable and cannot be stopped. We have no choice but to be part of it and so we had better be armed with knowledge inorder to be better prepared for the circumstances. The greatest brains on earth today have warned us about the consequences of getting this new technology wrong. They have predicted catastrophe. Prepare to meet your future now.

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