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  The Last Shah - America Iran and...

  Ray Takeyh

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  The surprising story of Iran's transformation from America's ally in the Middle East into one of its staunchest adversaries 
   
   
   
  Offering a new view of one of America's most important, infamously strained, and widely misunderstood relationships of the postwar era, this book tells the history of America and Iran from the time the last shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, was placed on the throne in 1941 to the 1979 revolution that brought the present Islamist government to power. This revolution was not, as many believe, the popular overthrow of a powerful and ruthless puppet of the United States; rather, it followed decades of corrosion of Iran's political establishment by an autocratic ruler who demanded fealty but lacked the personal strength to make hard decisions and, ultimately, lost the support of every sector of Iranian society. Esteemed Middle East scholar Ray Takeyh provides new interpretations of many key events—including the 1953 coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq and the rise of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini—significantly revising our understanding of America and Iran's complex and difficult history.

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  Snark

  Amit Varma

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  Public discourse has become toxic, and there is no better illustration of this than snark. We don't talk to people any more, we mock. We don't engage any more, we ridicule. In episode 7 of The Book Club, Amit Varma speaks about 'Snark', David Denby's prescient book about the degeneration of our conversations.

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  ADHD Women & Relationships -...

  Ivy Castillo

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  Building relationships as a woman with ADHD can be incredibly tricky. 
  I should know. As a sufferer of ADHD myself, I have had my fair share of relationship mishaps, often due to the impact of my ADHD. 
  Whether it be a seeming lack of emotional connection or a breakdown of communication, ADHD can rear its ugly head at the worst possible times. Without the right knowledge and support, it will continue to wreak havoc across your personal life. 
  Fortunately, ADHD Women & Relationships is packed full of all the information you need to overcome the potential pitfalls and thrive in healthy and loving relationships throughout your life. 
  This book is a compilation of all of the tips, tricks, and advice I had to discover myself to overcome the impact my ADHD was having on my relationships. 
  And I certainly didn't want you to have to spend as much time (and heartache!) stumbling upon this information by yourself. 
  Inside ADHD Women & Relationships, discover: How to manage your time and priorities effectively.The importance of communicating with partners.Ways to nurture healthy boundaries.Steps to enhanced intimacy and emotional connection.How to build self-awareness and acceptance. 
  Don't spend another minute letting your ADHD get in the way of your happiness. 
  Grab a copy of ADHD Women & Relationships today!

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  Popular Series in English...

  Britta Viebrock, Jan-Erik Leonhardt

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  English language education that wants to be relevant for today's learners in a media-influenced social environment needs to include series and serials. Our publication enables (future) language teachers to implement series and serials in their English language classrooms purposefully and equip their learners with series_serials literacy, i.e. the ability to deal with series and serials in an autonomous and critical manner. Three introductory chapters provide substantial theoretical and conceptual considerations on serial narratives, objectives and methods of teaching series and serials. Subsequently, experts in the field of language teaching introduce 17 selected series and serials from different genres, ranging from comedies to sci-fi. Each chapter provides in-depth analyses of the chosen example as well as practical teaching suggestions which are accessible online.

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  Marie Antoinette – A Queen...

  Sebastian Williams

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  Marie Antoinette—symbol of luxury, excess, and the tragic downfall of the French monarchy. From her lavish life at Versailles to her dramatic trial and execution during the French Revolution, her story is one of power, extravagance, and ultimate sacrifice. 
  This audiobook takes you inside the world of palace intrigues, political chaos, and personal struggles that defined Marie Antoinette’s reign. Was she truly an out-of-touch queen, or a misunderstood woman trapped in history’s most turbulent times? 
  Marie Antoinette – A Queen Caught Between Luxury and Revolution is a gripping exploration of the woman behind the legend. Perfect for history lovers, royal enthusiasts, and those intrigued by powerful women in history.

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  Who Owns This Sentence? - A...

  David Bellos, Alexandre Montagu

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  Copyright is everywhere. Your smartphone incorporates thousands of items of intellectual property. Someone owns the reproduction rights to photographs of your dining table. At this very moment, battles are raging over copyright in the output of artificial intelligence programs. Not only books but wallpaper, computer programs, pop songs, cartoon characters, snapshots, and cuddly toys are now deemed to be intellectual properties—making copyright a labyrinthine construction of laws with colorful and often baffling rationales covering almost all products of human creativity. 
   
   
   
  It wasn't always so. Copyright has its roots in eighteenth-century London, where it was first established to limit printers' control of books. But a handful of little-noticed changes in the late twentieth century brought about a new enclosure of the cultural commons, concentrating ownership of immaterial goods in very few hands. Copyright's metastasis can't be understood without knowing its backstory, a long tangle of high ideals, low greed, opportunism, and word-mangling that allowed poems and novels (and now, even ringtones and databases) to be treated as if they were no different from farms and houses. Principled arguments against copyright arose from the start and nearly abolished it in the nineteenth century. Nonetheless, countless revisions have made copyright ever stronger.

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