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  Mansa Musa and the Empire of...

  Days of History

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  Take a journey back in time and explore the legendary story of the greatest African king of all time - Mansa Musa and the Empire of Mali. 
  This comprehensive book offers a comprehensive look at the culture, politics, and religion of one of the most powerful African empires. With vivid descriptions and engaging stories, this book will take you deep into the past to discover the secrets of Mansa Musa and his kingdom. 
  From the rise and fall of the empire to the great conquests and achievements of Mansa Musa and his successors, this book offers an immersive and engaging look at the past. 
  Get this book today and explore the fascinating history of the Mali Empire and Mansa Musa!

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  Female Fear Factory -...

  Pumla Dineo Gqola

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  Drawing on examples from around the world—from Uganda, Nigeria and South Africa to Saudi Arabia, the Americas and Europe—Gqola traces the construction and machinations of the female fear factory by exposing its lies, myths and seductions. She shows how seemingly disparate effects  
  like driving bans, higher education rape, sexual harassment and femicide are all premised on the construction of people, mostly women, as female, and thereafter the use of fear as a tool of patriarchal subjugation and punishment. 
   
  Female Fear Factory is a sobering account of patriarchal violence in the world, and a hopeful vision for the work of unapologetic feminist imaginative strategies across the globe.

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  Mercy Brown Incident The: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  Today the Salem Witch Trials are often remembered as being a relic of a superstitious past, and Salem has transformed itself into a tourist haven and Halloween destination by capitalizing off the trials, which remain well known across America. However, most people have forgotten that New England had a “vampire” scare in the 19th century, when superstitious New Englanders looked to lore to explain tuberculosis, a devastating illness for which they had no available answers.  
  	The last and most famous event in New England’s hunt for vampires came near the end of the 19th century after Mercy Brown died of consumption on January 19, 1892 and her body was exhumed on March 17, 1892. Suspicion fell on her as being a possible vampire, and digging her coffin up was an attempt to determine if she was, in fact, a vampire. Her mother and sister had died before her, also from consumption, and when her brother Eddie caught the disease, he had dreams about Mercy. He also had the feeling of a heavy weight sitting on his chest at night. 
  	After her coffin was opened, the remains were examined, and the relatively good condition of Mercy Brown’s body indicated to her family and neighbors that she was indeed a vampire, and that she was responsible for her brother’s illness. While people who think of vampires today conjure up images of Dracula, in 19th century America, vampires were believed to be tied to tuberculosis, which killed millions of people. American beliefs about vampires connected victims who had died of consumption with living family members who came down with the disease, which was quite common because outbreaks of consumption frequently decimated whole families, striking down previously healthy brothers and sisters within a year or two.

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  The Rooster House - My Ukrainian...

  Victoria Belim

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  A timely and deeply moving story of family, history, and Ukraine 
   
  In 2014, the landmarks of Victoria Belim’s personal geography were plunged into tumult at the hands of Russia. Her hometown, Kyiv, was gripped by protests and violence. Crimea, where she’d once been sent to school to avoid radiation from the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, was invaded. Kharkiv,  
  where her grandmother Valentina studied economics and fell in love; Donetsk, where her father once worked; and Mariupol, where she and her mother bought a cherry tree for Valentina’s garden, all became battlegrounds. 
   
  Victoria, by then an American citizen living in Brussels, felt she had to go back. She had to spend time with her aging grandmother and her cousin Dima. She had to unravel a family mystery spanning several generations. And she needed to understand how a century of her country’s tragic history had  
  changed the course of their lives. 
   
  The Rooster House is a beautifully written memoir of a family, a country’s past, and its dangerous present. It is about parents and children, true believers and victims, gardens and art, secrets and tragedy. Compulsively readable, deeply moving, and at times laugh-out-loud funny, it is a stunning debut  
  book by an experienced, expressive, and gifted writer.

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  How to Communicate with Confidence

  Dr. Mike Bechtle

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  Confident conversation is easier than you think 
   
  Communication is an art, and everyone--whether shy or outgoing--can improve their conversational skills.  
   
  In this straightforward guide, communication expert Dr. Mike Bechtle shows you how to 
  - learn the art of give and take 
  - listen more effectively 
  - confidently strike up conversations 
  - keep the conversation going naturally 
  - wrap it up without feeling awkward or rude 
  - enjoy yourself in the process 
   
  No matter what your personality type, you can talk to anyone, anytime, anywhere. This book gives you the tools you need to do it.

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  Ludwig van Beethoven: A short...

  5 Minutes, 5 Minute Biographies,...

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  Ludwig van Beethoven, legendary composer: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

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