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  The Persian Continuum

  Santiago Machain

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  The Persian Continuum traces how the Achaemenid Empire’s administrative genius, religious pragmatism, and infrastructural vision shaped a vast world stretching from the Aegean to the Indus—and how Alexander’s lightning conquests disrupted but did not erase that order. Through a sequence of richly drawn chapters, the book follows the Persian high tide under Xerxes, the long wars and negotiations with Greek city-states, and the empire’s resilient governance from Egypt to Bactria. It then charts Macedon’s rise under Philip II, Alexander’s campaigns and statecraft, and the striking continuity of Persian institutions under Hellenistic rulers. 
  Beyond conquest, the narrative explores what came after: Seleucid experiments in Greek cityhood layered over Iranian provincial rule, Parthian aristocratic federalism built on cavalry and caravan routes, and Sasanian resurgence with law, priesthood, and fortified frontiers. The final chapters bring the story into the present, revealing how Achaemenid ideas—satrapies and couriers, plural law and shared rituals, standardized coinage and road networks—continue to inform modern governance, diplomacy, and identity. Blending military history with economic systems, religious life, and everyday experience, the book illuminates how empires rise and endure, and how their vocabularies of order survive long after the names on the coins have changed.

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  Heal Your Anxious Attachment -...

  MA Jennifer Nurick

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  Do you feel insecure, jealous, or anxious in your relationships? Do you have a deep fear that people will abandon you? Have you stayed in a toxic situation because you didn't believe you deserved better? If so, you may have an anxious attachment style—a way of coping with difficult situations or emotions that is often rooted in an adverse childhood experience (ACE), such as neglect or abuse. Fortunately, there are ways to heal this anxious attachment, and even transform it into an earned secure attachment. 
   
   
   
  In this holistic guide, therapist Jennifer Nurick offers a trauma-informed approach grounded in neuroscience, mindfulness, and polyvagal theory to help you feel more secure in who you are; cultivate self-worth, self-trust, and confidence; and approach your life and relationships from a place of calm, clarity, and connectedness. You'll also learn to release your anxious fear of abandonment, move past reactivity and critical self-talk, and curb the negative impulses that sabotage healthy connections with others and keep you trapped in unhealthy relationships and situations. 
   
   
   
  You don't have to let your past define you. With this book, you can build healthy self-awareness, trust, and empathy; as well as the ability to regulate your emotions, respond to stress, solve problems, and form secure and trusting relationships with others.

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  The Intentional IEP - A Team...

  Stephanie DeLussey

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  The Intentional IEP shows special education teachers how to successfully collaborate with all stakeholders to work toward students' success. Too many of us aren't trained to write the Individualized Education Programs that help millions of students with thrive in school. This book fills that training gap, explaining the importance of assembling an IEP team and inviting this team to confront and improve its current processes and habits to make IEP writing simpler and more effective.A 
   
   
   
  With all the pressures that educators are under, it's easy to cut corners when it comes time to write IEPs. The Intentional IEP equips you with the resources you need to feel confident in approaching IEPs the right way, including prioritizing the many competing demands you face so you can find the capacity to show up for your students. This book offers: 
   
   
   
  ● Clear, step-by-step solutions for all IEP members 
   
   
   
  ● Collaboration strategies for IEP teammates 
   
   
   
  ● Tools and reproducibles to strengthen practices and overcome common hurdles 
   
   
   
  The Intentional IEP is a timely resource for special education teachers, general education teachers, and support staff, as well as teacher training programs.

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  Cash Cow: How the maternal body...

  Alev Scott

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  'Captivating, mind-boggling and deeply disturbing' – Maureen Freely 
  'Humane, thoughtful and urgent — this book will make you think, make you laugh, make you cry, but also make you burn with rage' – Dr Mary Wellesley 
  A thought-provoking deep dive into the global fertility industry and the commodification of the maternal body 
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  Should surrogacy be a paid service, an altruistic act – or even legal at all? 
  Is it right that you can pay more for ‘VIP’ egg donors – and to view their photos? 
  How much, if anything, should breastmilk cost – and who should be allowed to buy it? 
  The global fertility industry is rapidly growing, hugely profitable and morally complex. This an industry where one person’s biological bad luck can be another person’s financial gain. From egg freezing to black-market breastmilk, the maternal body has never been more commodified, yet the ethical, emotional and economic implications are rarely considered. 
  Through a combination of undercover reporting and detailed first-hand accounts Alev Scott exposes how the IVF, surrogacy and milk industries operate around the world and who is profiting. In doing so, she considers the blurred line between exploitation and empowerment. Who should make money from the maternal body: only the women themselves, anyone or no one? 
  Timely, thought-provoking and compelling, Cash Cow is an unmissable investigation into how desire, desperation and commerce intersect, and the impact the fertility industry has on individuals. 
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  ‘A powerful, intimate and disturbing exploration of the hidden markets built on women’s bodies' Professor Peter Frankopan 
  'An absolute must read for anyone considering surrogacy; a compelling and thought-provoking book for everyone else' Jack Farchy, co-author of The World for Sale 
  Blending non-fiction medical reporting with sharp ethics and economics, Scott shows how capitalism and business are reshaping healthcare around infertility and health. With a distinctly feminist lens, Cash Cow traces the social costs of this enterprise and asks what justice should look like when science turns reproduction into a market. 
  For fans of Laura Bates (Men Who Hate Women), and Bettany Hughes (Venus and Aphrodite). 
  HarperCollins 2026

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  Five Major Reasons Africa is...

  Rev Walter Mwambazi

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  Africa is one of the oldest continents but hasn’t it struck you as absolutely odd how a continent endowed with such wealth in terms of both ground resource as well as human resource, unbelievably great weather and wonderful soil can have such unbelievably high levels of poverty? It is nothing short of preposterous. 
  What makes this worse for is the fact that 58 years later, Africa still grapples with so much challenges that make you wonder why it has taken us so long as a people to be emancipated in every way. 
  In 1963, on 1st May, leaders from all across free and colonized Africa gathered in Addis Ababa with a dream of seeing the African continent become one giant regional power. It has not happened yet – but however that does not take away the yearning every son and daughter of the soil has to see Pan Africanism materialize. 
  The purpose for this narrative by the author in this particular book is to add his voice and help ignite any smoldering rubble of broken dreams and disenchantment back to a blazing flame. 
  It is Mwambazi’s opinion that Africa has everything it needs to become the economic engine of the entire world and can and will surpass both the West and the East should its citizens awaken to their true potential. 
  Now here is the enigma, AFRICA DOESN’T NEED THE REST OF THE WORLD TO SURVIVE BUT THE WORLD NEEDS AFRICA TO SURVIVE. I believe the Second African Renaissance is upon us, but it will take A COLLECTIVE AWAKENING OF THE GIANT’S INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS – ITS PEOPLE!

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  Children's Language Development...

  Brian Gibson

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.  
  Why do some children begin speaking in full sentences while others struggle with single words? 
  Language is the foundation of connection, learning, and lifelong success. Yet not all children develop language at the same pace, and the reasons why may surprise you. Children's Language Development reveals how the earliest interactions between caregiver and child play a vital role in shaping future communication, comprehension, and expression. 
  This book provides a research-driven roadmap to unlocking your child’s full linguistic potential. 
  From the quality and quantity of parental input to the structure of early vocabulary and the significance of nonverbal communication, this book brings together decades of developmental psychology, linguistics, and neuroscience to answer one critical question: How can we best support a child’s language journey from the very beginning? 
  Inside, you’ll learn: 
  The way you talk to your child directly influences vocabulary growth and language processing 
  The difference between expressive and receptive language—and why it matters 
  Why vocabulary composition (not just quantity) is a key predictor of later success 
  The crucial role of gestures, joint attention, and turn-taking in early communication 
  What current research says about screen time, multilingual environments, and the impact of socio-economic context 
  Give your child the strongest possible start in life through the power of intentional communication. 
   Buy Children's Language Development now to build a richer, more responsive, and more effective foundation for your child’s future.

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