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  The Awkward Questions in...

  Al Kingsley

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  Schools and systems face unprecedented challenges, such as falling attendance, recruitment, and retention issues; the validity of external monitoring of schools; and the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). In The Awkward Questions in Education, Al Kingsley tackles the tough, often-avoided issues plaguing the sector today. 
   
  Drawing on over thirty-five years of experience, Kingsley explores the deep-seated challenges that many in education encounter daily and opens critical conversations that we need to have if we're to enact real, sustainable change. Chapters address key questions such as the following: 
  Are we teaching students the right skills for the future?Do we need more and different spaces to improve attendance and engagement?How should we handle the integration of AI in classrooms?What can be done to solve the ongoing teacher recruitment and retention crisis? 
   
  Featuring interviews with key stakeholders, including school leaders, policy-makers, teachers, and governors, this is a must-listen for school leaders, multi-academy trusts (MATs), teachers, governors, trustees, and anyone passionate about the future of education.

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  Death in Custody - How America...

  PhD Jay D. Aronson, MD Roger A....

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  Deaths resulting from interactions with the US criminal legal system are a public health emergency, but the scope of this issue is intentionally ignored by the very systems that are supposed to be tracking these fatalities. In order to make a real difference and address this human rights problem, researchers and policy makers need reliable data. 
   
   
   
  In Death in Custody, Roger A. Mitchell Jr., MD, and Jay D. Aronson, PhD, share the stories of individuals who died in custody and chronicle the efforts of activists and journalists to uncover the true scope of deaths in custody. From Ida B. Wells's enumeration of extrajudicial lynchings more than a century ago to the Washington Post's current effort to count police shootings, the work of journalists and independent groups has always been more reliable than the state's official reports. 
   
   
   
  Mitchell and Aronson outline a practical, achievable system for accurately recording and investigating these deaths. They argue for a straightforward public health solution: adding a simple checkbox to the US Standard Death Certificate that would create an objective way of recording whether a death occurred in custody. These tangible solutions would allow us to see the full scope of the problem and give us the chance to truly address it.

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  Discovering Happiness: - The...

  Rhonda Manson

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  Discovering Happiness:The secrets of life's most precious quest! 
  Embark on a radiant expedition with "Discovering Happiness: The Secrets of Life's Most Precious Quest!" This enlightening exploration acts as a beacon, guiding you through the intricacies of joy and fulfillment. This transformative tome equips you with vital insights to: 
  - Navigate the maze of contentment: Delve into the essence of happiness, uncovering its mysteries and securing it in the tapestry of your life. 
  - Harness the power of positivity: Arm yourself with strategies to cultivate a mindset that embraces optimism, resilience, and joy, even amidst adversity. 
  - Break the shackles of limitation: Liberate yourself from the fears and doubts that hinder your journey, stepping into a realm of boundless potential. 
  - Pursue passion with purpose: Align your deepest desires with your life's goals, crafting a path of unstoppable zeal and fulfillment. 
  With each page, "Discovering Happiness" offers a treasure trove of practical advice, heartfelt narratives, and actionable steps to enrich your quest for happiness. Embark on your quest today for a life of profound joy and fulfillment!

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  An Antietam Veteran's Montana...

  Katharine Seaton Squires

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  In this recently unearthed memoir, Civil War veteran James Howard Lowell offers a firsthand account of his brutal journey west on a wagon train attacked by Indian Dog Soldiers. The Boston Yank staggers snow blind through a Laramie Plains blizzard to reach Salt Lake City, where he meets Brigham Young. In Montana, he joins an old forty-niner to work a mining claim, practices "tomahawk jurisprudence" in Fort Benton and builds a mackinaw to head downriver through Deadman Rapids to trade with the Crow and Gros Ventre tribes. Lowell's great-great-granddaughter edits this tale populated with colorful characters, narrow escapes and important historical events, such as the Baker Massacre. It features Lowell's letters to his sweetheart and Civil War correspondence.

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  Democracy Unmoored - Populism...

  Samuel Issacharoff

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  The 2016 election of Donald Trump focused people's minds on populism, and most of the attention paid to the subject since has been on the threat it poses to wealthy democracies. In Democracy Unmoored, Samuel Issacharoff takes a far wider-angle view of the phenomenon, covering countries from across the globe: Brazil, Poland, Argentina, Turkey, India, Hungary, Venezuela, and more. Just as importantly, he focuses on populism's attack on the institutions of governance. Democracy requires two critical features: first, a commitment to repeat play such that political actors understand that what goes around comes around; and, second, institutional constraints so that the majority can prevail, albeit not by too much. Democracies must avoid the doomsday scenario in which the contending parties see the next election as the final choice between salvation and perdition. Issacharoff shows how populist governance undermines each of these two critical underpinnings of stable democracy, first by compressing the time horizon to the immediate, and second by eroding institutional constraints on strongman rule. At the same time, Issacharoff highlights the fact that ascendent populists were pushing in an open door as they found democracies in states of disrepair in the post-2008 world.

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  Diabolical Motherhood

  Danel Olson

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  A collection of essays by female horror writers exploring portrayals of diabolical mothers in both modern and classic horror films.The concept of motherhood, often idealized as the epitome of unconditional love and nurturing, has been twisted and perverted in various cinematic works to explore darker, more complex human dynamics. Led by Bram Stoker, Shirley Jackson Award, and two-time World Fantasy Award winning editor and acclaimed film professor Danel Olson, the essayists introduce listeners to traditional portrayals of mothers in film and literature, establishing a baseline for understanding how diabolical motherhood deviates from the norm.From a historical overview tracing the evolution of malevolent maternal figures in cinema, from early depictions of wicked stepmothers in fairy tales to the complex, to multifaceted monstrous matriarchs of contemporary films, these essays explore the psychological underpinnings of diabolical motherhood, drawing on author's personal experiences, anecdotes, and research to understand the motivations and mental states driving these characters in a wide range of horror films. The essays offer a deeper understanding of how cinema reflects and shapes our perceptions of motherhood, morality, and power. A must-listen for horror aficionados.

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