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  Dramatic Rise and Fall of the...

  Editors Charles River

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  Trade was able to increase in Europe around the world due to more effective ships being introduced, and some of the improvements that were made to the ships were first introduced by the Chinese. The introduction of multiple mast ships and the sternpost rudders allowed the ships to travel quicker and be more maneuverable. By the start of the 15th century, ships were now much larger and able to support long distance travel with a minimum number of crew aboard.  
  	With that, the Portuguese started exploring the west coast of Africa and the Atlantic under orders from Prince Henry the Navigator. At this point, Europeans had not yet been capable of navigating completely around Africa since the ships being built were not yet fully capable of being able to sail very far from the coast and navigation in open waters was difficult, but the Portuguese continued pushing down the western African coast looking for ways to bypass the Ottomans and Muslims of Africa who had been making overland trade routes difficult. In 1451, Prince Henry the Navigator helped fund and develop a new type of ship, the caravel, that featured triangular lateen sails and would be able to travel in the open ocean and sail against the wind. In 1488, Bartholomew Diaz rounded the southern tip of Africa, named the Cape of Good Hope by King John of Portugal, and entered the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic.  
  	The Portuguese found access to the trade regions that they had been searching for, but sailing from Portugal to India and beyond would require too many resources to travel with at once. To remedy this problem, Portugal began establishing a number of forts and trading posts along the route. The Portuguese were able to establish a fort on the west coast of India, Fort Manuel, in 1500, and in 1505 a fort was erected off the coast of Tanzania, thus beginning a trend of European colonization in Africa and Asia that would last for the next 400 years. 

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  Extra Salty: Jennifer's Body

  Fredrick Blichert

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  Megan Fox, a diabolic indie rock band, toxic friendship, fluid sexuality, feminist reckoning, and a literal man-eater in the body of a high school cheerleader: Jennifer’s Body has it all 
   
  Featuring an original interview with director Karyn Kusama 
   
  What would be an easy sell in 2021 ― women at the helm (screenwriter Diablo Cody, director Karyn Kusama), a bankable cast (Megan Fox, Amanda Seyfried), and a deceptively complex skewering of gender politics ― was a box office flop in 2009. In Extra Salty, Frederick Blichert flips the script on how Jennifer’s Body was labeled a failure to celebrate all that is scrumptious (as Jennifer would say) about it: supernatural horror, dark comedy, queer love, and a nuanced handling of gendered violence. The movie could have been to the aughts what Heathers was to the eighties, and it’s finally getting its due ― whether in the flood of tenth-anniversary praise, the parade of Jennifer Halloween costumes, or Halsey’s nod to it (“Killing Boys”) on her platinum-selling album. 
   
  With insight into the genre’s cinematic tropes, our current cultural reckoning with misogyny, and an original interview with director Karyn Kusama, Extra Salty solidifies the status of Jennifer’s Body as a cult classic.

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  The True Story of Thanksgiving...

  William Blatch

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  History is full of missing pieces, fragments, and half-truths... The tale of our beloved Thanksgiving is no exception.  
  We know the story of the Pilgrims and the Wampanoags that taught them how to harvest the land. We celebrate Thanksgiving each year to commemorate their friendly interaction through feasts of our own.  
  But the stories we know of the happy gathering in 1621 aren’t all that they seem.  
  Amongst the feasting and budding relationships were genocide, disease, and atrocities too great to include around the dinner table.  
  Legacies worthy of being told are shared. The violence following the giddy union is brought to light. The genocide of the native peoples of America is uncovered. The True Story of Thanksgiving, Smallpox, and Native Genocide amplifies the voices muffled by historians to reveal the true history of the holiday.  
  Join William Blatch in his first book in the History as We Never Knew It series and learn how to look at history with a critical eye. unravel the false truths of well-known stories and tales. examine the bigger picture behind retellings of history. see the full truth in all its depth and color.  
  History is written by the winners... but not in its entirety. Read now to see all sides of the story and determine for yourself what truths should be told! 

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  Forerunner The: His Parables and...

  Kahlil Gibran

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  The Forerunner: His Parables and Poems by Kahlil Gibran is a lyrical and symbolic work that blends poetic prose with short parables to explore the inner life of the human spirit. Written in Gibran’s distinctive, prophetic voice, the book reflects on themes of individuality, freedom, love, suffering, faith, and the tension between the self and society. The pieces are rich in metaphor and moral insight, often challenging convention and urging readers to listen to their inner truth rather than external authority. Meditative and visionary in tone, The Forerunner invites quiet reflection and offers timeless wisdom about self-realization and the courage to walk one’s own path.

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  America's Secret History: How...

  Steve Harris

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  The Truth Behind the Stories They Don’t Want You to Know 
   
  America’s Secret History presents an undistorted picture of the history of the United States. Never in one volume have so many unknown facts that disprove America’s history books been brought together in a cohesive historical context, all based on verifiable information. 
    
   
   
   
   
   
  Utilizing the House of Representative’s little-known 1953 Reece Committee revelations, the Carnegie, Rockefeller, Guggenheim, and Ford foundations have systematically controlled education and the high-level appointees to the US State Department for the last century with the full knowledge and approval of the United States government.Conclusive proof that there has been one attempted coup d’état, and three successful peaceful coups in America’s history, and that all were obvious Deep State initiatives to mold the government into its intended purposes.Twenty-six people owned the same wealth as the poorest 50 percent of the world (almost four billion people in 2020). America’s Secret History shows how the Deep State, the Fed, and world governments caused this to happen. 
   
  Not another conspiracy theory book, America’s Secret History reveals The Truth Behind the Stories They Don’t Want You to Know, weaving all of them together to explain just how we find ourselves in Donald Trump’s America. 
   

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  Relaxing Sounds Of Brown Noise -...

  Brown Noise Studios Switzerland

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  By popular request, here is a premium collection (XXL-bundle) of our most soothing brown noise sounds, combined with binaural beats. The relaxing brown noise soundscapes are great for helping you sleep, study or focus. Sometimes the key to relaxation is simple! 
   
  Block out distractions and create a peaceful ambience with this 12+ hours brown noise audiobook. 
   
  WHAT YOU GET: 
   
  1. Dreamy Brown Noise For Deep Sleep (75 min.) 
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  7. Awesome Fan Sound For Deep Sleep (60 min.) 
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  9. Brown Noise - Ambient Sound Blocker (70 min.) 
  10. Ultra Soft Brown Noise With Piano Whispers (80 min.) 
  11. Best Brown Noise For Studying (30 min.) 
  12. Propeller Plane In Flight - "Natural" Brown Noise (35 min.) 
  13. UnderWater Meditation - Deep Sea Brown Noise (60 min.) 
  14. Black Noise - Low Frequency Brown Noise (60 min.) 
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  Listening to "Brown Noise" instantly ensures considerable inner peace and can also have a very helpful effect on tinnitus. Can't wait for your audiobook to arrive? Download it now!

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