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  Food Allergy Advocacy -...

  Danya Glabau

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  A detailed exploration of parents' fight for a safe environment for their kids, interrogating how race, class, and gender shape health advocacy 
   
   
   
  The success of food allergy activism in highlighting the dangers of foodborne allergens shows how illness communities can effectively advocate for the needs of their members. In Food Allergy Advocacy, Danya Glabau follows parents and activists as they fight for allergen-free environments, accurate labeling, the fair application of disability law, and access to life-saving medications for food-allergic children in the United States. At the same time, she shows how this activism also reproduces the culturally dominant politics of personhood and responsibility, based on an idealized version of the American family, centered around white, middle-class, and heteronormative motherhood. 
   
   
   
  By holding up the threat of food allergens to the white nuclear family to galvanize political and scientific action, Glabau shows, the movement excludes many, including Black women and disabled adults, whose families and health have too often been marginalized from public health and social safety net programs. Further, its strategies are founded on the assumption that market-based solutions will address issues of social exclusion and equal access to healthcare.

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  Spanish and Portuguese in the...

  Editors Charles River

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  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. 
  One explorer, Christopher Columbus, sought funding from the Portuguese to search for a passage to Asia by sailing westwards, but he was rejected. At this time in the late 15th century, Portugal’s domination of the western African sea routes prompted the neighboring Crown of Castile and the Catholic monarchs in modern Spain to search for an alternative route to south and east Asia (termed Indies), so they provided Columbus with the funding he required. By the time Christopher Columbus started setting back east from the New World after landing there in October 1492, he had explored San Salvador in the Bahamas (which he thought was Japan), Cuba (which he thought was China), and Hispaniola, the source of gold. As the common story goes, Columbus, en route back to Spain from his first journey, called in at Lisbon as a courtesy to brief the Portuguese King John II of his discovery of the New World. King John subsequently protested that according to the 1479 Treaty of Alcáçovas, which divided the Atlantic Ocean between Spanish and Portuguese spheres of influence, the newly discovered lands rightly belonged to Portugal. To make clear the point, a Portuguese fleet was authorized and dispatched west from the Tagus to lay claim to the “Indies,” which prompted a flurry of diplomatic activity in the court of Ferdinand and Isabella.

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  Moral Letters to Lucilius

  Anonymous

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  "It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it."
  
  Discover the ancient wisdom that is still radically relevant today. Seneca's Moral Letters to Lucilius is a priceless collection of 124 philosophical essays in the form of letters, written by one of Rome's most influential Stoic philosophers. It stands alongside Meditations as a pillar of Stoic philosophy.
  
  In these powerful, personal letters, Seneca explores the core tenets of Stoicism, providing a practical guide to living a better, more resilient life. This work is a masterclass in:
  
  Mindfulness and Time Management: Profound reflections, especially in the seminal essay, "On the Shortness of Life."
  
  Conquering Fear and Anxiety: Practical advice on overcoming the fear of death and managing daily stresses.
  
  The Pursuit of Virtue: A clear path to inner peace and true happiness through reason and self-control.
  
  Friendship and Self-Improvement: The timeless counsel of a wise mentor—Lucius Annaeus Seneca—to his friend Lucilius.
  
  If you seek the philosophical roots of resilience and desire a structured, deeply engaging approach to personal development, this book is essential. It is perfect for readers interested in stoicism and the art of happiness and the works of Marcus Aurelius.
  
  Start your journey to a life of virtue and serenity. Click "Buy Now" and embrace the wisdom of the Stoics.

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  Discovering Your Plot - Think...

  M.A. Lee

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  What do writers want from plot? 
  What do writers need from plot? 
  Are those questions the same? Not really. As wordsmiths, we writers know that want and need are two different words. 
  ·      The want is a circumstance that we writers can control. We want plot specifics to help us craft story and exceed reader expectations. 
  ·      The need is a circumstance of obligations from reader expectations of story. While readers may want the comfort of the genre elements (the tropes), they also wish to have their interest and curiosity piqued. 
  Can we writers deliver on the expectations and the surprises in order to please our readers? That’s the question that Discovering Your Plot answers. 
  This guidebook covers plot structure and the necessities of genre expectations so we writers can anticipate what readers want. It explores the six most common plot structures and has a detailed examination of 12 major sections in all novels, no matter the genre. 
  By the end of Discovering Your Plot¸ writers will have the tools to construct a story as well as diagnose problems with pacing, tension and suspense, and sequencing events. 
  Discovering Your Plot is Book 6 in the Think like a Pro Writer series and the second of the Discovering set of how-to guidebooks for writers at all skill levels. While the approach is for newbies, every writer can benefit from this fresh look at any novel’s framework. 
  With her two other pen names, author M.A. Lee has published over 50 titles of fiction and nonfiction.

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  The Magical & Mystical Writings...

  Various Ancient Writers, Tim...

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  What if King Solomon’s wisdom wasn’t only for kingship—but for commanding spirits, invoking divine names, and composing sacred hymns? 
  The Magical & Mystical Writings of Solomon reveals an astonishing side of biblical lore rarely taught: the legendary king’s role in spiritual warfare and esoteric revelation.  
  This immersive audiobook adaptation makes these ancient texts come alive with powerful clarity and rhythm. 
  What you'll discover inside: 
  •	The Testament of Solomon – The king's mystical encounters with demons and his use of a divine seal 
  •	The Key of Solomon (Selections) – Rituals, incantations, and magical teachings from medieval tradition 
  •	The Psalms of Solomon – Prayers of hope, exile, and justice from post-exilic Judaism 
  •	The Odes of Solomon – Early Christian hymns rich with mysticism, resurrection, and joy 
  Perfect for listeners drawn to mystical spirituality, biblical mysteries, or divine poetry, this audiobook invites you into a hidden world of sacred power. 
  Begin your journey through the sacred, the magical, and the divine—guided by the wisdom of Solomon.

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  COPOUT - How governments have...

  Nick Breeze

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  ‘Wry and passionate first-hand observations from the global climate negotiations – essential for capturing the spirit of this endlessly frustrating struggle’ – Bill McKibben 
  Most people tend to turn away, perhaps understandably, from the key existential issue of the day: climate change or, some would say more accurately, climate collapse. Nick Breeze tells the engaging, very human story of successive COP conferences over the past decade: it is a tale of imperfection, failure even, but not yet defeat. 
  So far, the UN process has achieved almost the exact opposite of what it first set out to achieve at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. Nick shows clearly that it is not Extinction Rebellion, Just Stop Oil nor any other climate protesters who are the extremists; the true extremists are the policymakers who consistently undermine faltering efforts to reduce emissions. Repeatedly claiming to be saving us whilst allowing carbon emissions to continue rising, governments have failed their people on climate. Nick shows us how, why and what we can do about it. 
  The public remains largely uninformed about climate change and, for the most part, those who seek to draw attention to the issue are seen as ‘crazy’. There remains a terrifying gap between scientific reality and political action. 
  Packed with his own experiences and insights from expert interviewees, Nick’s page-turning account is less about the intricacies of the science and more about the mainstream perception of how we are understanding and responding to the problem.

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