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  Mysterious North America:...

  Editors Charles River

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  At a time in antiquity when most of Europe was covered with forests and wandering tribes, Mexico had already developed complex civilizations, beginning with the Olmecs and followed by the Maya, a civilization with advanced knowledge of medicine, engineering and astronomy. The Maya calculated the precession of the equinoxes and cycles of the Pleiades, on which they based their year, since they believed they had come from that constellation. The last, and perhaps most famous, great civilization before the arrival of the Europeans was the Aztecs. 
  With so many ancient peoples whose influence, beliefs, and modifications to the landscape extend to the present day, Mexico is fertile land for legends, ghosts, surprising places, and mysteries. A belief in communing with things that lie beyond (stars, constellations, and life after death), mysticism, and apparitions are intimately woven into the colorful fabric of the Mexican nation. 
  As for the United States, many Americans think the land has always had a dark side and a strange side. Monsters and ghosts lurk in its woods and old houses, and strange monuments that may be from a forgotten civilization puzzle local investigators. All the while, the early inhabitants themselves were always superstitious, as evidenced by history’s most famous witch trials. 
  Canada has the reputation of being a boring place, but dig a little below the surface, and you’ll find a different Canada, a stranger Canada, one of murder, mystery, and paranormal experiences. The stories that follow will show that Canada, far from being a dull, staid nation where nothing much happens, is an epicenter of the mysterious. 
  Mysterious North America: Mysteries, Legends, and Unexplained Phenomena across the United States, Mexico, and Canada offers a vast compendium of strange, unexplained, and just plain odd stories across North America’s various regions.

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  Dispatches from the Couch - A...

  Stacey Hettes

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  "Hettes' writing verges on the poetic as she describes the heartbreaking fear that her suffering is permanent . . . the memoir includes moments of humor and hope, and it is inspiring to chart Hettes' journey from despair to a degree in "self-studies." A moving recollection filled with wisdom and unabashed emotion." - Kirkus Reviews  
  "This is a book for everyone who toys with walling themselves off to live with loneliness." - Betsy Teter, founder of Hub City Press 
  "It's easy enough to label child sexual abuse as horrific, but the acts themselves are only part of the problem. Hettes reveals the crushing, long-term consequences of sexual violation and our culture's collective failure to address it." - Sheri Reynolds, NYT bestselling author of The Rapture of Cannan 
  Stacey is living exactly the right life before she hits the psychological equivalent of a patch of black ice. 
  As Professor Hettes, her classes focus as much on neuroscience's beauty and wonder as its facts and theories. Fellow faculty members see her as a fair but outspoken leader on a campus steeped in the blended patriarchies of academia and southern gentility. 
  At an emotionally charged forum on sexual violence, she takes a stand against a colleague's reckless verbal assault, outing herself as a sexual abuse survivor in the process. Professor Hettes must continue her work even as Stacey finds herself resubmerged in the sights, sounds, and smells of her memories with Mr. Jay, a Pentecostal church deacon. 
  With exceptional candor, Dispatches from the Couch invites readers to take a seat beside her in the office of her new therapist, Piper. This debut memoir reveals the laborious, complex, but promising work of revisiting the past in order to extract its remnants of shame and loneliness from the present.

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  Sunan Abu Dawud English Audio

  Imam Abu Dawud, Translator-Yaser...

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  Sunan Abi Dawud is a collection of hadith compiled by Imam Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn al-Ash'ath as-Sijistani (rahimahullah). It is widely considered to be among the six canonical collections of hadith (Kutub as-Sittah) of the Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad(ﷺ). It consists of 5274 ahadith in 43 books.

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  Horace - Poet on a Volcano...

  Peter Stothard

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  A biography of Horace, one of the most popular poets from antiquity, revealing the little-known man behind his famous lines 
   
   
    
  Quintus Horatius Flaccus (65–8 BCE) wrote some of ancient Rome's greatest poetry, melding languages and cultures with youthful ideals and a realist's recognition of the dictatorial world around him. Horace is famed for his fine phrases, lyric sex, and guidance on how to live, but he was a poet maddened by war, and many of his most self-revealing poems have rarely been read. He could be sublime and obscene, amusing and abusive, a model of moderation and anything but. 
   
   
    
  In this book, the first modern retelling of Horace's life, Peter Stothard follows the poet from his birth as the son of a formerly enslaved father through his rise to the highest circles of Roman society. He shines a light on how shattering experiences in the war to save Rome's republic shaped the loyal servant and revolutionary artist he became. With astute scholarship and sympathy, Stothard follows Horace's rise from humble beginnings to the social and political heights of the autocracy he had fought to prevent.

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  Swapped in the Pen 2 - Gender Swap

  Kinky Press

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  Being in the pen isn’t that bad as long as you stayed on top of the band of skin heads. 
    
  If you’re big enough, the female guards may even let you bang them – and Michael is good at banging. 
    
  But, there’s a new game in town. Glendyle Corp has a solution to the female sterility plaguing their world, and they want to turn the prisoners into voluptuous baby making bimbos. 
    
  Can a big, bad dude like Michael grow melons and a she-thing if he’s promised a free ticket out of jail? Yes. Yes, he can. 
    
  Michael has a fantastic time exploring his, or rather her, new body before being taken into the lab where a machine relentlessly pumps him full of baby making goodness. 
    
  PSA: This story contains a man forced into an undesirable situation. There will be pistons shoved into places – and he never knew how good a woman has it. He’ll do some exploration with a big, black bull and be satisfied by a fertilization machine. Next, he will find out what it’s like to be fertile and expecting.

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  Learn Greek With Music

  Innovative Language Learning, ...

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  Can learning Greek be as simple as listening to music?
   
  
   
  And as easy as remembering song lyrics?
   
  
   
  Just think. You remember song lyrics because lyrics are catchy, repeated throughout the song, and go with the music, right? Now, if you stuck in Greek, you'd easily learn Greek words and phrases the same way!
   
  
   
  So, yes, learning Greek is as easy as listening to music' with the Learn Greek With Music Audiobook.
   
  
   
  Just press play, and you'll hear Greek words and phrases repeated to the beat of upbeat and cheerful music. And' follow along!
   
  
   
  You'll learn 180+ most common Greek words and phrases' while relaxing at home, or while driving to work.
   
  
   
  Learn Greek With Music is the easiest way to start learning Greek.. without getting overwhelmed by complicated explanations. Perfect for new learners with little to no language learning experience.
   
  
   
  What will you learn?
   
  180+ Words & Phrases Including...
   
  - Basic Greetings
   
  - Numbers
   
  - Common Questions and Answers
   
  - Parts of the Body & Talking About Your Wellbeing
   
  - Common Hobbies
   
  - And much more
   
  
   
  Learn Greek With Music includes...
   
  - 15 Songs/Lessons Inside (Each is about 7 minutes long)
   
  - Fast-Paced Review Section at the End of Each Lesson
   
  - 1 Hour 50 Minutes in Total
   
  - Accompanying PDF eBook with the Words, Phrases and Translations
   
  
   
  Download the PDF and read along

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