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  Hurry Up and Wait - The Secret...

  Geordie Stewart

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  Nobody forgets Sandhurst.
  The perception from outside is of matchless professionalism, organisation and military efficiency. Sandhurst embodies all these qualities. But they aren't the whole story. Nor are they what makes it unique.
  Hurry Up and Wait provides a captivating peek behind the curtain of the 44-week course that shapes the future officers of the British Army. It's the story of overachieving instructors meeting underperforming cadets. There's the stuff you'd expect: parades, marching, making beds, shouting, shooting and standing up straight, all in the name of serving your country.
  But the book is also about the people, relationships, laughter, contradictions, chaos and frantic reality that exists below the serene surface. It's Hogwarts with guns, 140-hour weeks, endless acronyms and half-smoked cigarettes. It is, above all, about playing the game.
  Welcome to the finest military academy in the world.

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  Black Heart Fades Blue - Volume One

  Jerry A. Lang

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  If you're looking for the events that inspired the lyrics to all my songs? Those stories are in this book. If you're looking for what I did when I was younger? That's in here. What changed me, made me stop hating and hurting? It's all here. This is my story and I'm sticking to it. That's the one thing I have, the truth. 
   
   
   
  Volume one of Black Heart Fades Blue, a three-part memoir by the founder and frontman for one of punk rock's most notorious acts, Poison Idea 
   
   
   
  In 1980, Jerry A. formed Poison Idea, a Portland-based punk band that gave voice to disaffected and disenfranchised youth for over thirty years. As happened to so many punk bands, Jerry A. and Poison Idea also went all in on drugs and drinking as they toured the country, spiraling out of control and blowing both the band and their lives apart. 
   
   
   
  Black Heart Fades Blue is not an apology or a nostalgic catalog of events, but a true reckoning with one's past and present. A memoir of a time and a place and a movement, as well as a deep conversation about the memories and moments we leave behind, Black Heart Fades Blue is a deep exploration of an unconventional life.

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  Am I Alone Here? - Notes on...

  Peter Orner

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  "Stories, both my own and those I've taken to heart, make up whoever it is that I've become," Peter Orner writes in this collection of essays about reading, writing, and living. Orner reads and writes everywhere he finds himself: a hospital cafeteria, a coffee shop in Albania, or a crowded bus in Haiti. The result is a book of unlearned meditations that stumbles into memoir. 
   
   
   
  Among the many writers Orner addresses are Isaac Babel and Zora Neale Hurston, both of whom told their truths and were silenced; Franz Kafka, who professed loneliness but craved connection; Robert Walser, who spent the last twenty-three years of his life in a Swiss insane asylum, working at being crazy; and Juan Rulfo, who practiced the difficult art of silence. Virginia Woolf, Eudora Welty, Yasunari Kawabata, Saul Bellow, Mavis Gallant, John Edgar Wideman, William Trevor, and Václav Havel make appearances, as well as the poet Herbert Morris—about whom almost nothing is known. 
   
   
   
   
  An elegy for an eccentric late father, and the end of a marriage, Am I Alone Here? is also a celebration of the possibility of renewal. At once personal and panoramic, this book will inspire listeners to return to the essential stories of their own lives.

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  Grave Dealings - Body Snatching...

  Tim Dewysockie

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  In the eighteenth century the first American medical school was established in Philadelphia. Following the model of European universities, anatomical lectures were conducted with cadavers. But where did the bodies come from? Dissection was viewed as a fate worse than death, and the only legal source of "stiffs" was executed criminals. But there were not enough. As the medical profession and its need for "anatomical material" grew, a new, macabre practice emerged: body snatching. 
   
   
   
  Body snatchers secretly obtained bodies from cemeteries and sold them to medical schools for dissection. But how did body snatching work? How did body snatchers and medical schools avoid getting caught, and what happened when they did? How did the era of the body snatchers end? Grave Dealings: Body Snatching In Philadelphia, 1762-1883 digs through archives to unearth the forgotten history of a time of graveyard patrols and anatomy riots, when the dead needed protection from the living. Philadelphia pioneered and became the center of American medical education and practice–and body snatching–in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 
   
   
   
  Grave Dealings explores the social, cultural, practical, and legal aspects of body snatching in America's first capital city and relates it to the continuing ethical struggles that surround the treatment of human remains to this day.

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  The Chaldean Oracles - Mystical...

  Julian the Theurgist

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  What if you could access ancient wisdom that bridges the gap between the human and the divine, unlocking the secrets of the cosmos and the soul’s journey? 
  The Chaldean Oracles is a modern translation of one of antiquity’s most revered esoteric texts. Attributed to the Chaldean magi and Julian the Theurgist, this work reveals sacred teachings on divine hierarchies, cosmic order, and the spiritual practice of theurgy—a path of transformation and divine connection. 
  Far more than an ancient text, The Chaldean Oracles provides a roadmap for harmonizing with the cosmos, awakening to the soul’s highest potential, and uncovering life’s mysteries.What You’ll Discover:The Divine Hierarchy – Explore the structure of the cosmos and its intermediaries.Theurgy and Spiritual Practices – Learn how rituals and inner discipline lead to divine connection.Timeless Wisdom for the Soul’s Journey – Follow the path of purification, illumination, and unity with the divine.The Interplay of Fire and Light – Understand the mystical forces that shape transformation and enlightenment. 
  Imagine unlocking the sacred mysteries of existence and aligning with the eternal truths of the cosmos. The Chaldean Oracles has guided seekers for centuries—now, it’s your turn. 
  Begin your journey today. Get your copy now and explore this timeless wisdom.

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  Stories of Extraordinary Minds...

  Archer Langston

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  Guide to Unlocking Extraordinary Minds' Stories 
  Are you aiming to advance in your career and deepen your understanding by exploring the fascinating stories of extraordinary minds and unimaginable perceptions? 
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  This guide serves as your ultimate companion for expanding your horizon, applying newfound insights, and engaging with thought-provoking exercises. With this, you're prepared for exploration and discovery. 
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  Our guide sets itself apart with its extensive coverage, essential for uncovering the depths of these fascinating stories. Concepts are explored with precision to ensure thorough comprehension. 
  Please note that this guide is an independent resource crafted for your enrichment and is not affiliated with any official entity. 
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