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  Beyond The Game: A Rowing...

  Bradley Conrad Jr.

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  Beyond The Game: A Rowing Romance (Varsity Hearts Athletics, Short Story) 
  Two rowing rivals, a sweaty London locker room, and a tension so thick it could sink a scull. 
  Freddy, a disciplined, senior-squad rower and corporate architect, lives by the clock: 5 AM training, tight work deadlines, and zero emotional distractions. When his intense focus is broken by a gorgeous blonde guy in an upscale Richmond café, Freddy’s perfect schedule is thrown overboard. 
  Andy, a semi-pro photographer with a knack for trouble, is new to the development rowing squad. He should be focused on proving his athletic worth, but all his attention—and his most explicit fantasies—are suddenly focused on the beautiful, snobbish rower he keeps accidentally flashing. 
  Their lives clash when Andy’s leg brushes Freddy’s under a table at a swanky Fulham bar, turning a casual drink into a high-stakes game of seduction. From judging PEI oysters and Tattinger champagne to revealing explicit photography on a phone screen, the lines between rivalry and reckless lust blur completely. 
  They’re teammates. They’re competitors. And in the damp, secretive corners of the boat club, they might just become each other's dirtiest secret. 
  If you love sizzling tension, high-stakes sport, and unexpected encounters, grab this fast-paced, high-heat short story. It's the perfect taste of what happens when two athletes let their desire run wild.

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  Wacousta or the prophecy: A Tale...

  John Richardson

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  This is volume 3 of Major John Richardson, 1832 novel Wacousta. It is set at Fort Detroit and the surrounding country during Pontiac's rebellion of 1763. The mysterious warrior Wacousta has aligned himself with the First Nations forces who are besieging Detroit and Fort Michilimackinac on the extreme western edge of the British North American frontier. Pontiac is determined to stop expansion into the region, by any means. Wacousta, is a great friend of Pontiac but has his own agenda. - revenge against the British Commander at Detroit, Colonel De Haldimar. The story begins with Wacousta stealing in to the secure fort and whispering something in to De Haldimar's ear. Only later to we discover the nature of his message. Meanwhile, Pontiac designs a clever scheme to break the siege at the well defended fort - a scheme so cunningly designed as to have every chance of success. Volume 3 is the conclusion of this engaging work. This book was written in 1832 and incorporates all the attitudes and perspectives of class, race and culture prevalent at the time. Some of the terminology is now considered offensive but was common in the nineteenth century. It is a powerful and engaging story, although the style of writing is extremely convoluted and complex, and can be difficult to read. I hope hearing it helps you enjoy it.

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  Elevating Happiness: Harnessing...

  AHMED MUSA

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  With the use of positive psychology, "Elevating Happiness: Harnessing the Power of Positive Psychology for Life: Practical Techniques to Cultivate Joy, Resilience, and Fulfillment Daily," offers readers a thorough manual that enables them to embrace happiness that lasts a lifetime. The science of well-being is explored in this book, which provides useful tools for creating a resilient, meaningful existence in addition to experiencing happy moments. Readers will discover how to enhance emotional resilience, build stronger, more satisfying relationships, and adopt a positive outlook by concentrating on practical techniques. 
  "Elevating Happiness" investigates the power of appreciation, mindfulness, and purposeful life by drawing on studies in psychology and neuroscience. A more balanced and happy existence can be attained by implementing the essential ideas of "flow" and emotional control, which are also introduced. Readers can make minor but meaningful adjustments that result in long-term fulfillment by using the practical strategies provided in each chapter. 
  This book offers a road map for well-being and personal development, regardless of your goals—be they to conquer pessimism, approach life's obstacles with more optimism, or just improve your everyday happiness. In order to help readers take charge of their mental well-being, "Elevating Happiness" provides them with the means to change their perspective on life and develop enduring happiness, fortitude, and contentment in their daily existence.

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  The Boy that walked from...

  Travis Lee Darden

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  It chronicles the adventures of an African American Boy who walks from Virginia to Texas in 1948. 

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  A Man of Few Words - The...

  Carlo Greppi

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  'Nobody knows how much I owe that man', Primo Levi said of his Italian compatriot Lorenzo Perrone, who saved his life at Auschwitz. 'I could never repay him'. Each day for a period of six months, Perrone, who worked beside Auschwitz in desperate conditions, risked his own life to smuggle part of his own soup ration to Levi, quietly leaving the mess tin by a half-constructed brick wall. Without those extra five hundred calories, Levi could not have survived, and would probably not have written If This Is a Man, the first published account by a Holocaust survivor.
  
  In A Man of Few Words, Carlo Greppi pieces together the life of Lorenzo Perrone, a bricklayer from the Piedmontese town of Fossano, not far from Levi's native Turin. Near-destitute and with minimal formal education, Perrone left very few traces of himself. Yet despite their stark differences – Levi was a middle-class chemist – their friendship survived the Holocaust and continued until Perrone's tragic death. Levi never forgot Perrone. In every book he wrote, he mentions that he owes his life to a man named Lorenzo, and he returned persistently, in the last years of his life, to the man of few words who saved his life.
  
  Compassionate, worldly and prescient, Greppi brings us a story that has much to say about the world we live in today, about an individual who kept hope alive in one of the darkest times and places known to humankind.

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  How Does Change Happen? - Scenes...

  Sam Gonçalves

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  Mass protests and direct action have been familiar tactics against the many crises of the 21st century. Though methods vary, there's a collective longing for meaningful and transformative action. Some are deemed too weak, others too disruptive: from Instagram tiles to cans of soup thrown on famous paintings.
  Through conversations with activists and organisers, Sam Gonçalves recounts stories of protest and the fight for change, from a community of landless workers in Southern Brazil, to chefs unionising their workplace in Glasgow, Scotland. These narratives reveal the opportunities and challenges that are part of the difficult work of creating change, a wrestling with the question: how does change happen?
  Having a 'positive impact' in the world is often relegated to the 'personal', an individual endeavour. Gonçalves investigates that assumption and explores ways communities have resisted collectively, and fought against the individualising forces surrounding them.

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