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  The Matryoshka Memoirs - A Story...

  Sasha Colby

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  “[Colby] breathes new life into well-trodden WWII tropes, building a vivid, novelistic narrative focused on memory and family.” — Publishers Weekly
  		 
  “The writing is vivid and lyrical, the narratives are arresting, and the women are unforgettable.” — Craig Howes, Director, Center for Biographical Research, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  		 
  A remarkable story of strength and resilience in the crucible of Nazi Germany
  		 
  Irina Nikifortchuk was 19 years old and a Ukrainian schoolteacher when she was abducted to be a forced laborer in the Leica camera factory in Nazi Germany. Eventually pulled from the camp hospital to work as a domestic in the Leica owners’ household, Irina survived the war and eventually found her way to Canada.
  		 
  Decades later Sasha Colby, Irina’s granddaughter, seeks out her grandmother’s story over a series of summer visits and gradually begins to interweave the as-told-to story with historical research. As she delves deeper into the history of the Leica factory and World War II forced labor, she discovers the parallel story of Elsie Kühn-Leitz, Irina’s rescuer and the factory heiress, later imprisoned and interrogated by the Gestapo on charges of “excessive humanity.”
  		 
  This is creative nonfiction at its best as the mystery of Irina’s life unspools skillfully and arrestingly. Despite the horrors that the story must tell, it is full of life, humor, food, and the joy of ordinary safety in Canada. The Matryoshka Memoirs takes us into a forgotten corner of history, weaving a rich and satisfying tapestry of survival and family ties and asking what we owe those who aid us.

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  Reweaving Our Social Fabric

  Ph.D. Diana McLain Smith

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  In this 2024 conversation with Justine Willis Toms, Diana McLain Smith, Ph.D. points out that the media landscape poses significant challenges in the current political climate. As media outlets continue to monetize and make financial profits from citizen-consumers they contribute to the polarization affecting political perceptions. So we must explore the need for constructive dialogue and collaboration across boundaries to address the fractures in American society. Smith shares insights into finding trustworthy news sources and how to spot media biases. She also shares many examples of social movements that have successfully brought unlikely allies together. Without denying our hugely complex world she is hopeful we are moving toward an inclusive, multi-group democracy.  
  Diana McLain Smith, Ph.D. has worked with families, organizations, communities, and in some of America’s most iconic businesses and entrepreneurial nonprofits. She has developed an approach that converts debilitating intergroup conflict into constructive outcomes. This work is known as Leading through Relationships (LTR™). Her books include:Divide or Conquer: How Great Teams Turn Conflict Into Strength (Portfolio 2008)The Elephant in the Room: How Relationships Make or Break the Success of Leaders and Organizations (Jossey-Bass 2011) Remaking The Space Between Us: How Citizens Can Work Together To Build A Better Future For All (Ballast Books 2024)  
  Interview Date: 7/5/2024   Tags: Diana McLain Smith, Not in Our Town, Derek Black, Eli Saslow, friendship, Billings Montana, Patrice O’Neil, Allison Gornick, Media, Social Change/Politics

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  Just Transferred - The Untold...

  Namita Kala, Bhavdeep Kang

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  'Ashok Khemka's career is an example of what happens to an officer when he stands up for what he considers to be right.' 
  - Yashwant Sinha, Former Union Minister, Finance and External Affairs, Government of India 
  'There are very few like Ashok Khemka who never compromise on morality, ethics and honesty in the performance of their duties, standing by the values cherished by the Indian nation before Independence.' 
  - Justice G.S. Singhvi, Former Judge, The Supreme Court of India 
  'A perpetual outsider in a system that thrives on old boys' networks, Ashok Khemka's 'career death' over three decades holds up a mirror to the entrenched interests of the ruling elites of India, irrespective of whether they are from Lutyens' Delhi or from Gandhinagar.' 
  - Nirupama Subramanian, Resident Editor, The Indian Express 
   Twenty-seven years in service and fifty-three transfers: that's an average of six months in each posting. Meet the forever-in-transit man of the Indian bureaucracy, Ashok Khemka. The IAS officer shot into the limelight in 2012, when he cancelled the mutation of a land deal between realty major DLF and a company which belonged to Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra. With the Congress party in power, most people called it a suicidal move. But, true to his reputation for being scrupulously honest, Khemka didn't budge. Throughout his career, Khemka has suffered at the hands of his political masters for his refusal to compromise. Be it being stripped of his official car for defying a chief minister, or being charge-sheeted for frivolous reasons, the actions of those with vested interests have not been able to shake his indomitable spirit. Why has the man never given up against a 'system' that always tends to go with the flow? Why do political parties use Khemka's example to score brownie points during elections and conveniently forget the man afterwards? Why are there just admirers and no takers for the officer when it comes to his deputation with the central government? And, most importantly, will honest officers like Ashok Khemka continue to suffer under successive regimes?Offering an insider's view of India's administrative machinery, Just Transferred is the riveting story of a man whose example may well become an inspiration to civil servants across the country.

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  Werner Heisenberg - A Life from...

  Hourly History

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  Werner Heisenberg was one of the greatest physicists of all time. He probed the depths of not just science but the nature of our very existence. His groundbreaking work in quantum mechanics, particularly the formulation of the uncertainty principle, revolutionized our understanding of the subatomic world and earned him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1932. 
  With his mind firmly focused on things beyond normal perception, Heisenberg tried to stay above the political fray. Yet with the rise of Nazi Germany, he suddenly found himself trapped inside the depths of a totalitarian regime. Open resistance would have meant his death, so he kept his head down and did what he could to affect change from within the belly of the beast. After the war, Heisenberg became a key figure in the reconstruction of German science and advocated for peaceful uses of nuclear technology. This is his life—this is his story.

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  The Warrior Archetype - Strength...

  Magickal Spot

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  What if the part of you that says “enough” is sacred? 
    
  In The Warrior Archetype audiobook, you’ll discover how to reconnect with the powerful part of yourself that protects, defends, takes action, and refuses to back down when something important is at stake.  
    
  This audiobook explores the Warrior archetype as more than strength or aggression. It is about courage, boundaries, discipline, strategy, and the willingness to fight for what matters. 
    
  Inside, you’ll learn: 
   What the Warrior archetype really representsHow to stop abandoning yourself to avoid conflictWhy healthy boundaries are one of the Warrior’s greatest strengthsHow to choose which battles are actually worth your energyWays to build courage, discipline, and emotional resilienceHow to protect yourself from manipulation, control, and toxic peopleThe difference between healthy assertiveness and destructive aggressionHow to use strategy instead of reacting from emotionThe shadow side of the Warrior archetype, including burnout, control, and constant conflictHow to balance strength with softness, vulnerability, and rest 
    
  We also created the companion guide in the same reflective workbook style, with sections on courage, boundaries, discipline, emotional resilience, self-protection, healthy anger, fear, shadow work, affirmations, and self-check-ins. 
    
  Whether you are rebuilding after heartbreak, learning to speak up for yourself, protecting your peace, or stepping into a more confident version of yourself, this audiobook offers a powerful introduction to the Warrior archetype. 
    
  You are allowed to protect what matters. 
    
  You are allowed to fight for yourself.

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  The Upside-Down World - Meetings...

  Benjamin Moser

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  Arriving as a young writer in an ancient Dutch town, Benjamin Moser found himself visiting—casually at first, and then more and more obsessively—the country's great museums. 
   
   
   
  Beyond the sainted Rembrandt—who harbored a startling darkness—and the mysterious Vermeer, whose true subject, it turned out, was lurking in plain sight, Moser got to know a whole galaxy of geniuses: the doomed virtuoso Carel Fabritius, the anguished wunderkind Jan Lievens, the deaf prodigy Hendrik Avercamp. 
   
   
   
  Year after year, as he tried to make a life for himself in the Netherlands, Moser found friends among these centuries-dead artists. And he found that they, too, were struggling with the same questions that he was. Why do we make art? What even is art, anyway—and what is an artist? What does it mean to succeed as an artist, and what does it mean to fail? 
   
   
   
  The Upside-Down World is an invitation to ask these questions, and to turn them on their heads: to look, and then to look again. This is Holland and its great artists as we've never seen them before. And it's a highly personal coming-of-age-story, twenty years in the making: a revealing self-portrait by one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation.

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