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  The Adventures of Big-Foot...

  John Crittenden Duval

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  The writer of this book is well aware that it will not stand the test of criticism as a literary production. A frontiersman himself, his opportunities for acquiring information, and for supplying the deficiencies of a rather limited education, have of course been "few and far between;" and therefore it cannot be reasonably expected that he could make a book under such circumstances which would not be sadly defective as to style and composition. However, it can justly lay claim to at least one merit, not often found in similar publications—it is not a compilation of imaginary scenes and incidents, concocted in the brain of one who never was beyond the sound of a dinner-bell in his life, but a plain, unvarnished story of the "'scapes and scrapes" of Big-Foot Wallace, the Texas Ranger and Hunter, written out from notes furnished by himself, and told, as well as my memory serves me, in his own language.

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  What World Is This? - A Pandemic...

  Judith Butler

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  The pandemic compels us to ask fundamental questions about our place in the world: the many ways humans rely on one another, how we vitally and sometimes fatally breathe the same air, share the surfaces of the earth, and exist in proximity to other porous creatures in order to live in a social world. What we require to live can also imperil our lives. How do we think from, and about, this common bind? 
   
   
   
  Judith Butler shows how COVID-19 and all its consequences—political, social, ecological, economic—have challenged us to reconsider the sense of the world that such disasters bring about. Drawing on the work of Max Scheler, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and critical feminist phenomenology, Butler illuminates the conditions in which we seek to make sense of our disorientation, precarity, and social bonds. What World Is This? offers a new account of interdependency in which touching and breathing, capacities that amid a viral outbreak can threaten life itself, challenge the boundaries of the body and selfhood. Criticizing notions of unlimited personal liberty and the killing forces of racism, sexism, and classism, this book suggests that the pandemic illuminates the potential of shared vulnerabilities as well as the injustice of pervasive inequalities.

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  The New Teacher Book - Finding...

  Linda Christensen, Stan Karp,...

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  This expanded third edition of The New Teacher Book grew out of Rethinking Schools workshops with early career teachers. It offers practical guidance on how to flourish in schools and classrooms and connect in meaningful ways with students and families from all cultures and backgrounds. 
  Supplemental Resource Guide: https://bit.ly/3Gs963c

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  The Rusted Tea Box

  Estee Perchik Sery

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  A Heartbreaking Saga of War, Separation, and the Unbreakable Bonds of Sisterhood 
  "Poignantly captures the long-term effects of displacement, not just physically but emotionally. The trauma of exile is not something easily left behind." — Earle Abrahamson, PhD 
  January 1939. Two months after Kristallnacht (The Night of Broken Glass), sisters Elsie (7) and Rose (5) are torn from their mother’s arms and placed on the Kindertransport to London—a promise of safety that becomes a journey of unimaginable loss.A Story of Survival, Separation, and SecretsThe Kindertransport’s Forgotten Children: Follow Elsie and Rose as they arrive at Liverpool Station, exhausted and terrified—only to be separated upon arrival.A Genetic Mystery: Decades later, Rose’s son is diagnosed with a rare disorder, and Elsie may hold the key to his mother’s hidden past.Historical Depth: A meticulously researched portrayal of Jewish refugees during WWII, the Kindertransport, and the scars of displacement.Emotional Resonance: A testament to sisterly love, resilience, and the enduring pain of separation.Dual Narration: Claire Glover and Dan Levy bring Elsie and Rose’s voices to life with heart-wrenching authenticity. 
  Published by Audiobook Publishing Services, The Rusted Tea Box is more than a novel—it’s a haunting exploration of war’s invisible wounds and the ties that endure across lifetimes.

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  Red Dawn - What If the Soviets...

  Marcus Draysun

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  The Cold War, which dominated much of the 20th century, was a clash of ideologies, political ambitions, and global power struggles. It was a battle between two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, each determined to impose its vision of the future upon the world. The Cold War never boiled over into full-scale war, but the fear of nuclear annihilation and the constant threat of conflict shaped the political landscape. But what if the Soviet Union had won this prolonged battle, and the world as we know it had unfolded differently? 
  In the original timeline, the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 marked the end of the Cold War, leaving the United States as the undisputed global superpower. However, in this alternate reality, the Soviets have triumphed, their system of governance and ideology proving resilient and successful. How did this shift happen? The end of the Cold War came not with the fall of the Berlin Wall, but with the extension of Soviet influence across Europe, Asia, and beyond, ushering in a new age of global communism. 
  The victory of the Soviets would have drastically altered the political and economic systems of the world. The capitalist model, so dominant in the West, would have been eclipsed by socialism, and Western governments would have been forced to adopt forms of governance that more closely resembled the Soviet model. The United States, long a symbol of free-market capitalism and democracy, would have seen its institutions transformed, as the Soviet Union’s ideals spread through every corner of the globe.

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  Prophetic Leadership and...

  Barbara Will

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  Thirty years have passed since Cornel West's book Race Matters rose to the top of the bestseller lists in 1993. Yet his book remains as relevant as ever to American culture—even more so, if one considers its influence on contemporary racial justice movements such as Black Lives Matter, prison justice, and the fight for police reform. Prophetic Leadership and Visionary Hope looks back to the original 1993 text and forward into the future of racial understanding and healing in our current century. 
   
   
   
  Prophetic Leadership and Visionary Hope offers new points of entry into the thorny issues that the 1993 text addressed: the challenge of leadership in a culture marked by the legacy of white supremacy; the limited value of liberal affirmative action programs in promoting the affirmation of Black humanity; the dangerous seductions of African American conservatism and the question of Black self-regard; the necessity and difficulty of cross-race solidarity and cross-religious affinity; the need to channel legitimate Black rage over untenable conditions of existence into productive opportunities and viewpoints. With essays that span the topics of history, politics, philosophy, religion, cultural studies, music, and aesthetics, Prophetic Leadership and Visionary Hope is as wide-ranging as the thinker whose ideas it engages, interrogates, and celebrates.

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