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  Who Runs the World? - Unlocking...

  Lois Quam

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  Women and girls across the world are often made to feel as if the challenges, limitations, and barriers they face are personal, belonging to them alone. When, in fact, they affect us all. The issues are systemic, societal, and global – and we have the power to create change. 
  In Who Runs the World?, author Lois Quam emphasizes the need to unlock the immense potential of women and girls globally. Quam argues that empowering women is the long-needed step for justice and the progress needed to address the growing challenges we face today. 
  Throughout the book, she speaks to the barriers – personal and systemic – that block the humanity and talent of half the all the world’s people – women. 
  Who Runs the World? sheds light on the path to change and the vital role women and girls play in addressing global challenges. Join the movement to unlock all the world’s talent and contribute to a more equitable and thriving world.

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  Somersaults: Through the Keyhole

  Mira Mack

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  There are somersaults and there are somersaults. Physically … no big deal. Lots of people can do them. This book is about the other kind of somersaults – through life. In this case, from a little girl plunked into the mid-fifties in socialist Czechoslovakia to a rebel at school with beliefs twisted and turned by social storms. Then in 1968, her family lives through morphing into socialism with a human face, the consequent invasion of the Warsaw Pact armies, and ultimately, the Russian occupation. And eventually, for many ordinary people, the reality of the so-called Velvet Revolution of 1989. When the girl grows into a young woman, she fights with traditions and old thinking. Plenty of humour, the discovery of limits, many sides of the same coin, the power of friendship, stepping into worlds of taboo, and challenging one’s own fear – every somersault has consequences. Intimate, funny, honest. If you enjoyed this audiobook, try listening to the sequel: Czech Mate

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  Menexenus - Plato’s Satirical...

  Plato, Tim Zengerink

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  What if the most patriotic speeches weren’t truth—but subtle political performances? 
  In Menexenus, Plato explores the power of public speech in shaping civic identity and political memory. Socrates delivers a funeral oration unlike any other—one that simultaneously honors Athenian soldiers and critiques the tradition of state-sponsored rhetoric. 
  This modern translation presents Plato’s shortest dialogue with clarity and irony intact, making his insights on language, patriotism, and persuasion more accessible than ever. 
  What you'll discover inside: 
  •	A Satirical Funeral Oration – Socrates’ unexpected role as speaker turns tribute into subtle critique 
  •	Plato on Patriotism and Propaganda – Explore the manipulation of memory and national glory 
  •	A Unique Blend of Irony and Honor – Celebrate the dead while questioning the purpose of the eulogy itself 
  •	A Clear, Modern Translation – Perfect for listeners seeking depth, clarity, and philosophical wit 
  Step into Plato’s world of words—and discover how even the noblest speeches can carry unexpected truths.

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  Nobody Is Protected - How the...

  Reece Jones

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  Late one July night in 2020, armed men, identified only by the word POLICE written across their uniforms, began snatching supporters of Black Lives Matter off the street in Portland, Oregon, and placing them in unmarked vans. These mysterious actions were not carried out by local law enforcement or even right-wing terrorists, but by the US Border Patrol. Why was the Border Patrol operating so far from the boundaries of the United States? What were they doing at a protest that had nothing to do with immigration or the border? 
   
   
    
  Nobody Is Protected: How the Border Patrol Became the Most Dangerous Police Force in the United States is the untold story of how, through a series of landmark but largely unknown decisions, the Supreme Court has dramatically curtailed the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution in service of policing borders. The Border Patrol exercises exceptional powers to conduct warrantless stops and interrogations within one hundred miles of land borders or coastlines, an area that includes nine of the ten largest cities and two thirds of the American population. 
   
   
    
  Mapping the Border Patrol's history from its bigoted and violent Wild West beginnings through the legal precedents that have unleashed today's militarized force, Reece Jones reveals the shocking true stories and characters behind its most dangerous policies.

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  Simple Smart Spanish - A Study...

  Geordan Richardson

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  'Have you ever wanted to learn Spanish but have never known where to start?'Have you ever been overwhelmed by the number of resources available for learning the language?''Are you studying Spanish in school and can't keep up with all you are learning?' 
  Spanish is an ever-growing language in today’s society and a language for many popular holiday destinations. Despite this, so many people struggle to start learning from scratch due to the huge number of apps, books, and courses out there. 
  In Simple Smart Spanish you will learn:How to speak in the past, present, and future tense.A huge bank of essential vocab such as food, clothes, shops and the family.And so much MORE! 
  Imagine being able to finally ace those Spanish exams in school. 
  Imagine finally being able to order food or drinks while on holiday. 
  If you're tired of not being able to start learning Spanish, then grab your copy of Simple Smart Spanish, and start learning today in a simple, smart way! 
  Scroll to the top of the page and click the 'BUY NOW' button!

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  How to Be Queer - An Ancient...

  Sarah Nooter

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  The idea of sexual fluidity may seem new, but it is at least as old as the ancient Greeks, who wrote about queer experiences with remarkable frankness, wit, and insight. How to Be Queer is an infatuating collection of these writings about desire, love, and lust between men, between women, and between humans and gods, in lucid and lively new translations. 
   
   
   
  How to Be Queer starts with Homer's Iliad and moves through lyric poetry, tragedy, comedy, philosophy, and biography, drawing on a wide range of authors, including Sappho, Plato, Anacreon, Pindar, Theognis, Aristophanes, and Xenophon. It features both beautiful poetry and thought-provoking prose, emotional outpourings and humorous anecdotes. From Homer's story of the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus, one of the most intense between men in world literature, to Sappho's lyrics on the pleasures and pains of loving women, these writings show the many meanings of what the Greeks called eros. 
   
   
   
  Complete with brief introductions to the selections, How to Be Queer reveals what the Greeks knew long ago—that the erotic and queer are a source of life and a cause for celebration.

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