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  The Reluctant Assassin

  Bip Wetherell

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  This is a thriller which traces the history of the Stevens family from 1916 to 2020, covering four generations. What is so unusual about this family is that they are all special intelligence operatives and serve in an ultra-secret unit answering to senior military officers appointed directly by the King. In each generation, the eldest son is selected to carry on the tradition when he reaches the age of 21 years.The operatives are highly-trained as intelligence agents, and their role is to act as judge, jury and executioner of the targets selected. The targets are men and women who have been engaged in treasonous activities or conducting espionage for a foreign power, but the agent has been given the discretion to satisfy himself that the charges are justified before he executes the offender.

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  You Can Do This - Hope and Help...

  Robyn R. Jackson

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  I firmly believe that what will make you a master  teacher is not the advice I give you; what will make you a master  teacher is that you figure out how to solve those challenges on  your own, in your own way. From the Preface  As a new teacher you face numerous challenges. Right from the  start you must learn how to manage a class full of restless  students; develop productive relationships with fellow teachers,  administrators, and parents; and design engaging lesson plans that  will meet ever-increasing levels of accountability all while  building a life for yourself in the process. It can be overwhelming  and sometimes you can feel like youre all alone.  And yet, you came to this profession because you want to make a  difference. How do you juggle the demands of the profession and  find your own voice, your own teaching style, your own teaching  self?  The good news is that you can do this.  In this down-to-earth, inspirational book, bestselling author  Robyn Jackson offers encouragement and real-world advice for  navigating those difficult years as a beginning teacher. Sharing  stories from her own humbling first years as a new teacher, Robyn  helps you tackle challenges such as motivating students, planning  effective lessons, building relationships with parents, bouncing  back from embarrassing mistakes, and finding your own authority as  a teacher. She also helps you find success outside the classroom  with practical pointers for living on a teachers salary and  carving out time to have a life of your own. With candor and a good  deal of wit, she gently guides you to develop your own teaching  style and, ultimately, to find your own path toward mastery.  Robyn speaks to new educators as a trusted mentor, one who knows  how to navigate the tricky terrain of new  teacherdomand knows how rich and rewarding the payoff  will be. If youre new to the profession or know someone  about to embark on a teaching career, You Can Do This is the  essential roadmap to succeeding as a new educator both inside and  outside the classroom.

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  The True Believer - Thoughts on...

  Eric Hoffer

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  “Its theme is political fanaticism, with which it deals severely and brilliantly.” —New Yorker 
  The famous bestseller with “concise insight into what drives the mind of the fanatic and the dynamics of a mass movement” (Wall Street Journal) by the legendary San Francisco longshoreman. 
  A stevedore on the San Francisco docks in the 1940s, Eric Hoffer wrote philosophical treatises in his spare time while living in the railroad yards. The True Believer—the first and most famous of his books—was made into a bestseller when President Eisenhower cited it during one of the earliest television press conferences. 
  Called a “brilliant and original inquiry” and “a genuine contribution to our social thought” by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., this landmark in the field of social psychology is completely relevant and essential for understanding the world today as it delivers a visionary, highly provocative look into the mind of the fanatic and a penetrating study of how an individual becomes one.

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  First Guns The: The History and...

  Editors Charles River

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  The Chinese developed what were later dubbed the “Four Great Inventions of China,” and one of those was none other than gunpowder, which was developed no later than the 9th century and was being used for military purposes by the 11th century. Its use slowly spread through South Asia and the Middle East before making it to Europe in the late 13th century.  
  For a time it was a mere curiosity, but its destructive power and military potential would be realized quickly. The first record of a cannon in Europe comes from a manuscript written in 1326, which has an illustration showing an armored man with what looks like a slow match lighting a vase-shaped object. This crude cannon was called a pot de fer in French and vasi in Italian.  
  While medieval engineers developed new types of cannons and explosives capable of destroying walls and castles, others were making the first handguns possible. European sources first mentioned the widespread use of handgonnes, as they were often called, in the late 14th century, precisely the time when gunpowder became cheaper. These were short metal barrels stuck on the end of wooden hafts that could be tucked under the arm, the powder being lit through a touchhole with the free hand. While they were not terribly accurate and had a shorter range and slower rate of fire than longbows or crossbows, they had the advantage of being better able to punch through armor than longbows and crossbows, and they were simple to make and use.  
  By the late 15th century, handgonners had become a major part of the leading armies, and weapons that relied on gunpowder would remain a staple of warfare throughout the 19th century, paying deadly homage to one of history’s most important inventions. Of course, that would also bring about innovative new military strategies, and some of the first people to think outside of the box would be credited with putting together the makings of the first modern armies. 

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  The Secret to Plato's Atlantis

  JOHN FRANCIS ARUNDELL

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  Philosophy is the study of problems concerning matters as fundamental as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Pythagoras (c. 570–495 BC) is said to have coined the term. Philosophical methods were applied through questioning, critical discussion, rational arguments, and systematic presentations on questions like "Is it possible to know anything and to prove it?" Major areas in academic philosophy include metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, political philosophy, logic, philosophy of science, and the history of Western philosophy.

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  Border Nation - A Story of...

  Leah Cowan

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  Borders are not just meaningless geographical lines. They have an impact on all of our lives, whether it's the fallout from Brexit or the inhumanity of a detention center. In Border Nation, Leah Cowan shows how borders are violent, oppressive, and must be resisted. Looking back, we learn of the elitist, colonial, and patriarchal origins of borders, explore the vital history of anti-racist, anti-border organizing and hear stories from people who have crossed partitions. Debunking myths around migration, Leah Cowan unpacks the 'hostile environment' and reveals how healthcare crises, terrorism, unemployment, and housing shortages are often manipulated by politicians and the media to vilify migrants. As borders grow, migrants are policed, and immigration controls are tightened, this book transforms our understanding of borders, migration, and our fight for belonging.

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