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  La Maison - Inside a Berlin...

  Emma Becker

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  In this bold and intimate semi-autobiographical novel, La Maison, Emma Becker transports the reader behind the closed doors of a Berlin brothel, where she worked for two years not only to earn a living, but to immerse herself in a world she wanted to understand – and to write about with unflinching honesty. What emerges is a deeply personal, unsentimental, and often surprising account of life inside the brothel, where Becker explores not just the physical aspects of sex work, but the emotional, psychological, and social complexities that shape it.
  With frankness and literary insight, she recounts her encounters with clients, her growing self-awareness, and, most poignantly, the friendships and solidarity she finds among the other women who work there. Far from reducing sex work to cliché or voyeurism, Becker gives space to the quiet routines, shared laughter, private pain, and hard-won dignity of a profession often misunderstood and rarely written about from the inside.
  Part memoir, part sociological study, and wholly literary, La Maison challenges preconceptions about sex, agency, and femininity, offering a provocative and compassionate exploration of what it means to inhabit multiple identities—as worker, writer, woman, and witness.

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  All the Wide Border: Wales...

  Mike Parker

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  A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 
  A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic route along the England–Wales border: Britain’s deepest faultline. 
  There is a line on the map: to one side Wales, small, rugged and stubborn; on the other England, crucible of the most expansionist culture the world has ever seen. It is a line that has been dug, debated, defined and defended for twenty centuries. 
  All the Wide Border is a personal journey through the places, amongst the people, and across the divides of the border between England and Wales. Taking in some of our loveliest landscapes, and our darkest secrets, this is a region of immeasurable wonder and interest. It is here that the deepest roots and thorniest paradoxes of Britishness lie. The border between the countries, even as a concept, is ragged, jagged and many-layered. 
  Garlanded author Mike Parker has adored and explored these places his entire life. Born in England but settled in Wales, he finds himself typical of many in being pulled in both directions. His journey is divided into three legs, corresponding with the watersheds of the three great border rivers: the Dee in the north, the Severn in the centre, the Wye in the south. Neither quite England nor Wales, the furzy borderland he uncovers — the March — is another country. 
  Picking apart the many notions and clichés of Englishness, Welshness and indeed Britishness, Mike Parker plays with the very idea of borders: our fascination with them, our need for them, and our response to their power. In his hands, the England–Wales frontier is revealed to be a border within us all, and it is fraying, fast. 
  Mike Parker's All the Wide Border is a compelling exploration of the England-Wales border, blending history and social commentary in a series of insightful essays. This new addition to his collection of travelogues is a top pick for anyone interested in European history and culture. 
  For fans of Mark Wallington (The Day Job), Tom Bullough (Sarn Helen), Gavin Ortlund (Why God Makes Sense in a World That Doesn't), Tim Hannigan (The Granite Kingdom), and Chloe Dalton (Raising Hare). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  Global Degree African Roots -...

  Chiyedza Nyahuye

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  Global Degree, African Roots is not just a book—it’s a call to action for African students who are tired of waiting. 
  In a world where degrees no longer guarantee jobs, this bold and timely guide empowers the modern African learner to leverage digital tools, AI, and online platforms to learn, earn, and thrive—before graduation. 
  Written in the warm, no-nonsense voice of “Auntie Chiyedza,” this book speaks directly to students juggling school fees, family expectations, and the silent fear of failure. It answers the questions no one dares to ask out loud: 
  What if the degree isn’t enough? 
  How do I start making money now—from where I am? 
  From Nairobi to Accra, Harare to Kampala, this is for every young African refreshing scholarship pages, freelancing between classes, and dreaming of global possibilities from a borrowed laptop. 
  Your education isn’t a waiting room. 
  It’s your launchpad.

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  How to Be Productive

  Olivia Werner

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  [How to Be Productive] illuminates the subtle art of meaningful achievement through an intimate exploration of our relationship with time, energy, and purpose. Written with raw honesty and keen psychological insight, this guide dismantles conventional productivity wisdom, revealing instead a deeply personal approach to getting things done. Through lyrical prose that reads like a conversation with a trusted friend, the book challenges our cultural obsession with optimization and efficiency, proposing instead that true productivity emerges from understanding our natural rhythms, embracing our peculiarities, and creating systems that work with our inherent patterns rather than against them. From the quiet spaces between thoughts to the dance of resistance, each chapter weaves together practical wisdom with philosophical reflection, offering a revolutionary perspective on how we can create space for what truly matters in our lives.

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  Seeing 'What Is' is Action -...

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

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  Seeing ‘what is’ is action - 24 May 1975  
  • If truth is something totally different from reality then what place has action in 
  daily life, in relation to truth and reality? 
  • Seeing ‘what is’ is action. 
  • What place has love in truth? 
  • When I separate you, in that separation love cannot exist. 
  • How are you to convey the sense of truth to a student? 
  • As long as I live in the field of reality, which has its own energy, that energy will 
  not free me. 
  • When the mind is empty, when the mind is nothing, not a thing, in that there is 
  perception.

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  The Falklands War - A...

  Captivating History

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  The Falklands War: Britain's Unexpected Battle for a Remote Island Chain
  
  Why did two countries end up fighting over a group of islands barely anyone had heard of?
  
  In 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, kicking off a short but intense war with Britain that caught the world off guard. On the surface, it looked like a small territorial dispute, but behind it were years of colonial history, clashing national identities, and rising political pressure on both sides.
  
  This book looks closely at how it all happened: what led to the invasion, how Britain responded so quickly, and why the Falklands became such a symbolic flashpoint for both nations. It's a detailed, balanced look at a war that wasn't supposed to happen, and how it changed the people and countries involved.
  
   Inside, you'll learn about: 
  
  - The long and complicated backstory of who really "owned" the Falklands. 
  - What pushed Argentina's military leaders to launch an attack? 
  - How the British response helped shape the country's modern identity. 
  - What the islanders themselves thought, and why their voices mattered. 
  - The political and military fallout that lasted long after the shooting stopped. 
  - And much, much more! 
   
  This isn't just a timeline of events, it's a deeper look at what the war meant and why it still matters today.
  
  Click Add to Cart now to explore one of the most unexpected and revealing conflicts of the late 20th century.

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