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  Happily Ever Now - (Not AFTER...

  Nanci Reed

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  Happily Ever NOW recounts the strange and seemingly impossible journey that inspired Nanci's unique methods for personal transformation and self-healing. It’s not just another self-help book, it's also a memoir that recounts Nanci's unique journey and methods for personal transformation and self-healing. Using her vast personal and professional experiences, as well as her graduate degree in Psychology, Nanci shares a 12-week course of illuminating self-guided explorations to help you transform your life. And all that's needed to join is a journal, a kind and curious heart, and an open mind. 
  Happily Ever NOW is a guidebook for heart-centered, card-carrying perfectionists who are ready to overcome the endless paralysis of their perfectionism and find true happiness. Empower your Self-Healing by overcoming the paralyzing Inner Perfectionist that has run the show for too long. It's an invitation to gently reconnect with your Inner Voice, and to see life through an unexpectedly powerful lens of kindness and curiosity. Experience lasting change and transform your life from never being enough, to being perfectly imperfect always and in ALL ways.

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  Women of Ancient Greece -...

  Layla Gupta

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  The ancient Greeks created a rich tapestry of gods and goddesses that embodied the complexities of the human experience, and among them, the divine feminine figures stood out as powerful symbols of strength, wisdom, love, and conflict. The goddesses of ancient Greece were not merely passive figures but rather active forces that shaped both the natural world and the lives of mortals. Their stories reveal a deep understanding of the roles and expectations of women, as well as the power dynamics that governed ancient Greek society. 
  Among the most prominent of these divine figures was Athena, the goddess of wisdom, warfare, and craft. Athena was a paradoxical figure, blending intelligence with martial prowess. As the patron goddess of Athens, she embodied the city's values of logic, strategy, and civic duty. Her virginity, a defining characteristic, symbolized purity and independence, and her role as a warrior was unique in that it was based on strategic thinking rather than physical aggression. Athena's guidance was sought not just in matters of war but also in philosophy and the arts, making her one of the most revered figures in the pantheon. 
  In stark contrast to Athena's intellectual and strategic prowess, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, beauty, and desire, represented the compelling and often uncontrollable forces of attraction. Aphrodite's influence was not confined to the physical realm; she also governed the emotional and relational dynamics of gods and mortals alike. Her beauty and charm were legendary, capable of inciting both creation and destruction. Through her, the Greeks understood love not just as a harmonious union but also as a force that could disrupt order, as seen in the myth of her involvement in the Trojan War. Aphrodite’s power was as much about seduction as it was about the more fragile human emotions, teaching that love could be both transcendent and tumultuous.

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  Slave Breeding - Sex Violence...

  Gregory D. Smithers

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  For over two centuries, the topic of slave breeding has occupied a controversial place in the master narrative of American history. From nineteenth-century abolitionists to twentieth-century filmmakers and artists, Americans have debated whether slave owners deliberately and coercively manipulated the sexual practices and marital status of enslaved African Americans to reproduce new generations of slaves for profit. 
   
   
   
  In this bold and provocative book, historian Gregory Smithers investigates how African Americans have narrated, remembered, and represented slave-breeding practices. He argues that while social and economic historians have downplayed the significance of slave breeding, African Americans have refused to forget the violence and sexual coercion associated with the plantation South. By placing African American histories and memories of slave breeding within the larger context of America's history of racial and gender discrimination, Smithers sheds much-needed light on African American collective memory, racialized perceptions of fragile black families, and the long history of racially motivated violence against men, women, and children of color.

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  Jim Crow's Pink Slip - The...

  Leslie T. Fenwick

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  In 1954, the Supreme Court's Brown decision ended segregated schooling in the United States, but regrettably, as documented in congressional testimony and transcripts, it also ended the careers of a generation of highly qualified and credentialed Black teachers and principals. In the Deep South and northern border states over the decades following Brown, Black schools were illegally closed and Black educators were displaced en masse. As educational policy and leadership expert Leslie T. Fenwick deftly demonstrates, the effects of these changes stand contrary to the democratic ideals of an integrated society and equal educational opportunity for all students. 
   
   
   
  Jim Crow's Pink Slip provides a trenchant account of how tremendous the loss to the US educational system was and continues to be. The book draws the line from the past injustices to problems that the educational system grapples with today: not simply the underrepresentation of Black teachers and principals, but also salary reductions, teacher shortages, and systemic inequality. 
   
   
   
  By engaging with the complicated legacy of the Brown decision, Fenwick illuminates a crucial chapter in education history. She also offers policy prescriptions aimed at correcting the course of US education, supporting educators, and improving workforce quality and diversity.

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  Power of Small Habits The:...

  Hoang Nguyen

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  Discover how the smallest daily actions can lead to the biggest life transformations. This practical guide reveals the science behind habit formation and shows how tiny, consistent steps can create remarkable changes in your health, productivity, relationships, and overall happiness. Drawing from neuroscience, behavioral psychology, and real-world success stories, this book provides a clear roadmap for building habits that stick. Learn how to break free from negative patterns, create effective routines, and use the compound effect of small actions to achieve your biggest goals. Through simple exercises, daily tracking methods, and actionable strategies, you'll discover how to make lasting changes that require minimal willpower but deliver maximum results. Whether you want to improve your fitness, advance your career, or enhance your mental well-being, this book proves that great things really do come from small beginnings.

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  Managing Overthinking

  Harvard Business Review

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  Get your mind unstuck. 
   
   
   
  It can be challenging to be mindful when you're trapped in your own head. Overthinking comes in many forms—overanalysis, perfectionism, worry, rumination—and each of these can be harmful to your productivity and well-being at work. 
   
   
   
  This book will teach you how to understand what type of overthinking you are experiencing, realize when you're cycling in a mental loop, and break free so that you can trust your gut, make a decision, and move forward with confidence. 
   
   
   
  This volume includes the work of Alice Boyes, Melody Wilding, Thomas H. Davenport, and Sian Beilock. 
   
   
   
  HOW TO BE HUMAN AT WORK. The HBR Emotional Intelligence series features smart, essential reading on the human side of professional life from the pages of Harvard Business Review. Each book in the series offers proven research showing how our emotions impact our work lives, practical advice for managing difficult people and situations, and inspiring essays on what it means to tend to our emotional well-being at work. Uplifting and practical, these books describe the social skills that are critical for ambitious professionals to master.

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