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  The Resilient Garden - Simple...

  Charles Featherstone

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  Think you can't garden because your soil is poor, your water is scarce, and your space is limited? Think again. Drawn from the popular columns of Grocott's Mail, this handbook is packed with proven, hard-won wisdom from South Africa's Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal.  
  This collection of bite-sized columns and stories is a practical guide to creating life and community from barren ground. Learn how to compost, drought-proof your beds, build parks from dumps, and harness ferments for richer soil, the secrets of xerophytes, the art of fermentation for plant health, and how to build a thriving garden from tyres, pallets, and recycled "graywater." 
  More than just a gardening manual, it's a testament to the power of a seed and a shovel to change not only a landscape but a community. This collection chronicles the ingenious, low-cost, and utterly organic methods locals use to coax life from the earth. 
  Filled with heartfelt stories like Cecil's transformation of a Currie Street dumping ground and practical advice for every season, this book is an essential companion for any gardener fighting their own odds. From the "Garden of the Week" at the Hayton Complex to the determined schoolchildren of the Feeding The Self project, these stories prove that a garden is more than food—it's a classroom, a community centre, and a beacon of hope. Packed with actionable advice on everything from graywater systems and winter warming to natural pest control, The Resilient Garden is a powerful call to pick up a trowel and start growing, no matter your circumstances. 
  Whether you're nurturing seedlings on a windowsill or mobilizing a community to turn a dump into a park, this book shows you how to grow against the odds. Your toughest growing conditions are about to become your greatest advantage.

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  Listening That Heals -...

  Mason Keller

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  Most conflicts, misunderstandings, and broken bonds are not caused by what is said—but by what is not truly heard. Listening That Heals reveals the transformative power of listening, hearing, and validating others in a way that goes far beyond simply hearing words. 
  In this practical and compassionate guide, you’ll discover how to:Move from passive hearing to active, empathetic listening that makes people feel truly seenBreak through invisible barriers in relationships with family, friends, partners, and colleaguesReflect and validate emotions without needing to agree or offer immediate solutionsNavigate conflicts, criticism, and emotionally charged conversations with calm presenceListen across cultural, generational, and personality differences to build bridges where agreement may never existDevelop small, consistent daily habits that strengthen trust, safety, and connection 
  Filled with simple, actionable techniques and insights, Listening That Heals teaches you that listening is not just a skill—it is a way of living. When practiced consistently, these principles can transform ordinary conversations into moments of genuine connection, turning frustration, distance, and misunderstanding into understanding, trust, and deeper relationships. 
  Whether you want to improve your personal relationships, enhance your professional interactions, or simply create a more empathetic world, this book offers the tools and mindset to make listening a powerful force for healing, connection, and lasting human connection.

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  Bigger & Fancier Words That...

  Albert B. Squid

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  You thought Big & Fancy Words was the peak of wordy greatness? Think again. The sequel is here—and it’s even bigger, fancier, and smarter…er than before! 
   Just like the first audiobook, Bigger & Fancier Words gives you one impressive word a day, but this time the vocabulary is turned up a notch. These aren’t just words to know—they’re words to drop casually into conversations to sound suspiciously brilliant. Every word comes with a clear definition, a hilariously memorable sentence, plus synonyms and antonyms to round it all out. That’s right—your brain is about to get a vocabulary glow-up. 
  Whether you're training for the SATs, flexing in a group chat, trying to impress your dog, or finally taking down your uncle in a heated Scrabble match, this audiobook is your secret weapon. With 366 fresh, brain-tingling words, easy enough to remember, weirdly fun to use, and actually useful in real life (and maybe even your diary, if you're into that). 
  Ready to out-word yourself? Grab Bigger & Fancier Words That Might Make You Even Smarter…er and let the wordy magic begin—again.

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  Essays: First Series Compensation

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  A world in perfect balance—so claims Emerson in Compensation, an essay that pulses with quiet defiance and deep assurance. No gain without loss, no misstep without lesson, no fortune without its hidden tax. It is neither fate nor blind justice but a living rhythm, an invisible hand that rights every scale, even when human eyes fail to see.
  Emerson does not preach; he unfolds. The idea seeps in, settles, challenges. His words are not doctrine but a lens—through which prosperity and misfortune reveal themselves as two faces of the same coin. To take without giving, to rise without cost—impossible. The universe does not permit such imbalances to last.
  In his signature style, Emerson moves between the poetic and the philosophical, the tangible and the transcendent. He speaks not to convince but to awaken. He does not offer comfort; he offers clarity. The reader who steps into Compensation may leave unsettled, yet somehow lighter, as if a long-unnoticed weight has been named, measured, and, at last, understood.

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  Blowing up Ukraine - The Return...

  Yuri Felshtinsky, Michael Stanchev

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  Presciently researched before the invasion of Ukraine, Blowing up Ukraine is the first comprehensive investigation into the lethal methods Russia has used since 1999 to take over Ukraine – culminating in full-blown unprovoked war in 2022 and mounting atrocities. In this chilling, riveting and alarming narrative the authors cite ample evidence, draw historical analogies, and marshal sources that are new, little known, or anonymous by necessity.Over twenty years, Vladimir Putin skilfully manipulated Ukraine's self-serving politicians and oligarchs, only to be thwarted time and again by peaceful revolutions of ordinary Ukrainians – the Maidan – against government corruption and being pushed into Russia's arms. As Putin became obsessed with conquering Ukraine, Blowing up Ukraine shows how the Kremlin has become a threat to global stability and Ukraine is almost certain to be the first battleground of World War III if the West is not careful to take a stance

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  Ancient Egypt - Their Pyramids...

  Kelly Mass

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  When we think of Ancient Egypt, we picture movies with mazes, pyramids, traps, mummies, and symbols. And although some of these things were definitely part of it, there is so much more to this ancient civilization. 
  Ancient Egypt was a North African society that grew in the lower banks of the Nile River, in what's now the nation of Egypt. Following ancient Egypt, old Egyptian civilization culminated circa 3100 BC (according to basic Egyptian chronology) with Menes' political marriage of Upper and Lower Egypt (usually related to Narmer). The Old Kingdom of the Early Bronze Age, the Middle Kingdom of the Middle Bronze Age, and the New Kingdom of the Late Bronze Age formed a series of steady kingdoms split up by periods of relative instability called Intermediate Durations. 
  Let’s explore some of the most important features of that society today, and try to grasp what transpired in the culture, the thoughts, the problems, and the development of the Egyptian region more than 5,000 years ago.

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