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  Bones of Belonging - Finding...

  Annahid Dashtgard

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  In this exceptional book, inclusion leader Annahid Dashtgard shares her experiences looking for and teaching about belonging in our divided world. Through moving and deft interlocking stories, Dashtgard examines what it means to belong—to a country, in a marriage, and in our skin—and the price we pay when that belonging is absent.

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  Polly - The True Story Behind...

  Roger Hutchinson

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  Early on a wartime winter's morning in 1941, the 8,000-ton cargo ship SS Politician ran aground in the beautiful but treacherous seas of Scotland's Outer Hebrides. Among its cargo were 260,000 bottles of whisky destined for the American market – a godsend to the local Eriskay islanders whose home-grown supply had dried up due to wartime rationing.
  News quickly spread and boats came from as far as Lewis, and before local excise officer Charles McColl could intervene, more than 24,000 bottles had been 'rescued'. Villages were raided as bottles of whisky were hidden in the most ingenious ways – or simply drunk to get rid of the evidence. Meanwhile, official salvage operations foundered, and in order to pre-vent what the islanders themselves regarded as legitimate salvage, the hull of the Politician was dynamited.
  The story is well known through Compton Mackenzie's bestselling book Whisky Galore and the famous 1949 Ealing comedy of the same name. In this book, acclaimed journalist and Hebridean expert Roger Hutchinson tells the true story of one of the most bizarre events ever to have happened in Scottish waters.

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  Love Never Dies

  Larry M. Barber LPC-S CT

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  Lighten your grief burden by changing how you view grief. Love Never Dies: Embracing Grief with Hope and Promise helps mourners, caregivers and helping professionals understand that: • Grief is the expression of love for the person who has died. Mourners do not need to be fixed, cured, diagnosed, pitied or corrected. • Healthy grief embraces the loss experience. Grief serves a purpose. Avoiding grief delays healing. • Maintaining a relationship with the person who has died is healthy and healing. Mourners do not have to "let go" of their loved one in order to progress successively in their grief. Learn insights from mourning experts that show there is: • HOPE for today and the future • PROMISE that the resources needed to get through grief are available Larry Barber knows grief all too well. In May 1993 his wife Cindy and two year old daughter Katie died from injuries suffered in a traffic accident in Arlington, Texas. As a widowed single parent he raised two surviving children, nine year old Sarah and 12 year old Christian. Barber is a minister, a licensed professional counselor, and certified in Thanatology (the specialized study of death, dying and bereavement) through the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC). He served six years as a hospice bereavement coordinator; twelve years as a grief support group facilitator in Dallas, Fort Worth and Arlington; and four years as the director of counseling and grief support for ChristianWorks for Children in Dallas. Barber conducts grief seminars, in-services and church presentations. Committed to sharing grief insights shared with him by fellow mourners, he is tireless in efforts to comfort and equip those in grief.

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  Black Women Affirmations and...

  EasyTube Zen Studio

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  2 books in 1999 Powerful Affirmations for Black WomenDear black woman,You are beautiful, powerful, effervescent. Yet the weight of the world seeks to dim your glow, gnaw at your strengths, and dull your spark.Whenever you feel alone, remember that there have been many others in your shoes once. Now, look at how they shine — brimming with self-love, optimism, confidence, motivation, vigor, power, and success.You see, there is an upside to the gloom and doom: it serves as the canvas for your light.So, stoke the frozen embers and give way to a brighter, happier, more confident YOU with the help of “999 Powerful Affirmations for Black Women”.Here is where you will find powerful daily affirmations to hack your mind to positivity, confidence, health, money, success, and motivation.In this compelling book, you will find 999 affirmations that will help you to:Put yourself firstLove yourself again after a terrible experienceBuild your strength in the midst of anxiety and stressImprove your sleep quality and rejuvenate your entire beingMake you feel beautiful againSeek joy in everything you doStep out of your comfort zone with confidence and easeStay true to your authentic selfAnd so much more!Emotional Self-Care for Black WomenAre you a black woman who's struggling to find motivation and meaning in your life?Have you felt like your efforts are futile because nothing you do feels like it's making an impact?Do you wish you could just become the confident, self-assured woman you've always dreamed yourself to be?You're not alone in this struggle.Many black women like us are struggling with the same feelings of helplessness when it comes to our personal and professional lives.This lack of motivation often causes us to struggle with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, self-doubt, and other mental and emotional issues.

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  A Lot of People Are Saying - The...

  Russell Muirhead, Nancy L....

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  This audiobook narrated by Katherine Fenton reveals how the new conspiracists are undermining democracy—and explains what can be done about it
  
  Conspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have introduced something new—conspiracy without theory. And the new conspiracism has moved from the fringes to the heart of government with the election of Donald Trump. In A Lot of People Are Saying, Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum show how the new conspiracism differs from classic conspiracy theory, why so few officials speak truth to conspiracy, and what needs to be done to resist it.
  
  Classic conspiracy theory insists that things are not what they seem and gathers evidence—especially facts ominously withheld by official sources—to tease out secret machinations. The new conspiracism is different. There is no demand for evidence, no dots revealed to form a pattern, no close examination of shadowy plotters. Dispensing with the burden of explanation, the new conspiracism imposes its own reality through repetition (exemplified by the Trump catchphrase "a lot of people are saying") and bare assertion ("rigged!").
  
  The new conspiracism targets democratic foundations—political parties and knowledge-producing institutions. It makes it more difficult to argue, persuade, negotiate, compromise, and even to disagree. Ultimately, it delegitimates democracy.
  
  Filled with vivid examples, A Lot of People Are Saying diagnoses a defining and disorienting feature of today's politics and offers a guide to responding to the threat.

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  Hear Me Roar

  Erna Walraven

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  A memoir about zookeeping, and what animals taught me about feminism. 
   
  In the early 1980s, when Erna Walraven decided to follow her dreams and become one of the first female zookeepers in Australia, she thought her biggest challenges would be feeding big cats and subduing irate gorillas. In fact, it was her male colleagues who made work miserable, harassing and humiliating her for doing a 'man's job'. So, she looked to the animals under her care to prove them wrong. 
   
  Despite what Erna's colleagues seemed to think, the females of the animal world were far from weak and demure. Elephant matriarchs led their herds; female bonobos revelled in sexual exploration; emu mothers abandoned their chicks to the care of their fathers. Her colleagues wouldn't dare tell a female tiger that hunting was a 'male's job' - why were they so intent on limiting Erna? 
   
  In this insightful and delightful book, Erna blends memoir and pop science to tell a fiercely female story. She recounts a life spent caring for animals in a fast transforming industry, and dives into scientific evidence and evolutionary history to debunk the myths that once held her back.

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