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  The Courage to Die - A North...

  Eunhee Park

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  The Courage to Die is the powerful true story of Eunhee Park, the child of divorced parents and a mother lost to mental illness, who endured years of hunger and indoctrination in a North Korean orphanage where survival meant silence. 
  Raised by her disabled grandfather and strong-willed grandmother, Eunhee faced abandonment, loss, and the rigid control of a totalitarian regime. To escape the regime, she crossed China in a perilous journey that exposed her to sexual abuse, hunger, exhaustion, and the constant threat of death. 
  Through every ordeal, she clung to the strength and curiosity instilled by her grandparents and transformed unimaginable suffering into courage, compassion, and a determination to tell the truth. Both harrowing and inspiring, her memoir reveals the cost of survival under tyranny and the unbreakable will of a woman who refused to surrender her humanity. 
  “From darkness to dignity — the courage to die, and be reborn in freedom.”

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  Dark Shadow Golden Shadow -...

  Shannon Knight

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  Embark on a journey of self-discovery and healing with the help of tarot and other magickal tools. Gently explore the depths of the psyche—both the challenging (the dark) and the positive (the golden)—through practices designed to empower and transform.Author Shannon Knight’s approach to shadow work is deeply rooted in secular, therapeutic, and psychological principles, but she recognizes the valuable role that magick, archetypes, and symbolism play in this process. Dark Shadow, Golden Shadow is unique to other books on the subject, incorporating the use of tarot as a prominent tool that serves as a method of self-reflection, offering a portal to our subconscious and helping us access parts of ourselves previously unavailable to us. The imagery and archetypes help facilitate a dialogue with our shadow, making it easier to converse with the repressed and hidden parts of ourselves.Knight reveals that to create harmony and reduce tension between the logical and mystical aspects of ourselves, we need to be curious about multiple ways of being. We learn by experimenting with how these impact us—for better or for worse—and then we figure out what to do with this information.Through exercises, various techniques, and insights, Dark Shadow, Golden Shadow allows you to navigate the path toward greater self-acceptance. It’s the ultimate process of “looking in the mirror.”

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  In Defense of Cinema: An...

  Tom Thudiyanplackal

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  Cinema — in the strict sense this book reclaims — is not the broad category of moving-image entertainment. It is an art form arrived at only through the thorough distillation of ideas down to their essences. Though every work deserving the title is also a movie, not every movie should be confused for cinema. 
  Across five parts and just over 100,000 words, In Defense of Cinema: An Initiation establishes what cinema is, traces the lineage it inherits, holds up thirteen witnesses — Tarkovsky, Bergman, Kubrick, Fellini, Kiarostami, Ray, Kieślowski, Campion, Iñárritu, Coppola, Arnold, Von Trier, Moodysson — who carried the form across its first century, diagnoses what has been done to it across its second, and names what is now required of the practitioner and the audience who would defend it. 
  Written by filmmaker, production technologist, and futurist Tom Thudiyanplackal — whose forty years in service of the medium run from Mumbai advertising through Prague Film School, Vinod Chopra Films, and USC’s Entertainment Technology Center — this is not a study but a defense: a sermon delivered at a funeral by someone who actually loved the dead, sent into the world as a war cry for those who care to rise up in arms. 
  And for the creator staring down the AI era — the displaced professional, the artist told to feed the feed or disappear — the subtitle is meant literally. This book is an antidote: not a ban on the new tools and not a surrender to them, but a discipline for using them without becoming a generator and consumer of slop — so that minds built for the real work are not sacrificed to the machinery that profits from their imitation.

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  ADHD Mastery for Adults - Simple...

  Kate Winslow

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  Unlock the transformative power of understanding and managing ADHD with "The Ultimate ADHD Handbook."  
  Whether you’re seeking clarity in chaos, better focus, or strategies to overcome procrastination, this book is your guide to thriving with ADHD. 
  Discover practical insights like: 
  Turning time blindness into time management mastery. 
  Strengthening relationships with better communication. 
  Tackling procrastination with simple, effective shifts.  
  Using mindfulness and meditation to reduce stress and improve focus. 
  Tailoring daily routines to enhance executive function skills. 
  Dietary adjustments that make a noticeable difference in managing symptoms. 
  Packed with evidence-based strategies, this handbook helps you embrace your ADHD as a source of strength, not a setback. From improving self-identity to managing impulsivity and fostering resilience, every chapter empowers you to navigate challenges with confidence. 
  If you've felt frustrated by past attempts to gain control, this book offers a fresh perspective. With practical tools, relatable insights, and a celebration of individuality, it’s designed for adults with ADHD to find calm, focus, and fulfillment. 
  Let go of stress and embrace a life where ADHD becomes your ally.

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  I Never Did Like Politics - How...

  Terry Golway

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  Fiorello LaGuardia was one of the twentieth century's most colorful politicians—on the New York and national stage. He was also quintessentially American: the son of Italian immigrants, who rose in society through sheer will and chutzpah. Almost one hundred years later, America is once again grappling with issues that would have been familiar to the Little Flower, as he was affectionately known. It's time to bring back LaGuardia, argues historian and journalist Terry Golway, to remind us all what an effective municipal officer (as he preferred to call himself) can achieve . . .  
   
   
   
  Golway examines LaGuardia's extraordinary career through four essential qualities: As a patriot, a dissenter, a leader, and a statesman. He needed them all when he stood against the nativism, religious and racial bigotry, and reactionary economic policies of the 1920s, and again when he faced the realities of Depression-era New York and the rise of fascism at home and abroad in the 1930s. Just before World War II, the Roosevelt administration formally apologized to the Nazis when LaGuardia referred to Hitler as a "brown-shirted fanatic." 
   
   
   
  There was nobody quite like Fiorello LaGuardia. In this immensely listenable book, as entertaining as the man himself, Terry Golway captures the enduring appeal of one of America's greatest leaders.

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  Wrapped in Plastic: Twin Peaks

  Andy Burns

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  Damn good coffee, cherry pie, and the “big bang of auteur television” ― why Twin Peaks deserves to be a pop culture classic In 1990, avant garde filmmaker David Lynch (Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Dune, Blue Velvet) and acclaimed television writer Mark Frost (Hill Street Blues) teamed up to create a television show that would redefine what the medium could achieve in a one-hour drama. With Twin Peaks, the duo entranced audiences with the seemingly idyllic town, its quirky characters, and a central mystery ― who killed Laura Palmer? In a town like Twin Peaks, nothing is as it seems, and in Wrapped in Plastic, pop culture writer Andy Burns uncovers and explores the groundbreaking stylistic and storytelling methods that have made the series one of the most influential and enduring shows of the past 25 years.

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