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  Why Father?

  Toni Maguire, Gerri Mayo

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  A sexual abuse survivor tells her story in this memoir written with the help of the #1 bestselling author of Don’t Tell Mummy and When Daddy Comes Home. 
   
  Gerri Mayo was only a young girl when she was first abused by her father. Growing up in a small village in Northern Ireland, in the tumultuous time of the Troubles, she had no one to turn to. He father’s evil acts were followed by abuse from her local priest, arranged by her father. After her mother found out about the abuse, she committed suicide. 
   
  Gerri and her siblings were split up and placed in different foster homes. Told that her mother had committed a grave sin, Gerri’s foster parents were far from kind to her. She experienced years of loneliness, feeling completely abandoned. 
   
  The abuse Gerry experienced was so extensive it required an operation to repair the damage to her body. When asked who or what had been responsible, she responded “the priest”. But she was not believed in her small Northern Ireland town in the 1960s, where everyone believed a priest took his orders directly from God. After finally meeting her kind and caring husband, Gerry decided it was time for her story to be told. This is her true story of survival.

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  Routes

  Rhiya Pau

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  At the core of this debut collection is a question – what is worth holding onto?
  Through poetic experiments that blend the academic and the artistic, Rhiya Pau queries complex characters and tender landscapes. Routes journeys from Ba's kitchen in Sonia Gardens to Independence hour in Delhi, across the pink shores of Nakuru, to meet a painter on Lee High Road.
  Celebrating fifty years since her community arrived in the UK, Pau chronicles the migratory histories of her ancestors and simultaneously lays bare the conflicts of identity that arise from being a member of the East African-Indian diaspora. In this multilingual discourse exhibiting vast formal range, Pau wrestles with language, narrative and memory, daring to navigate their collective fallibilities to architect her own identity.
  '[Routes]...holds up to the light the wisdom of the past, and asks what else is passed down along with it...a work of humane intelligence, formal experiment and linguistic verve' - Sarah Howe, Judge of Eric Gregory Awards 2022

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  Political Monopolies in American...

  Jessica Trounstine

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  Around the same time that Richard J. Daley governed Chicago, greasing the wheels of his notorious political machine during a tenure that lasted from 1955 to his death in 1976, Anthony “Dutch” Hamann’s “reform” government centralized authority to similar effect in San Jose. In light of their equally exclusive governing arrangements—a similarity that seems to defy their reputations—Jessica Trounstine asks whether so-called bosses and reformers are more alike than we might have realized. Situating her in-depth studies of Chicago and San Jose in the broad context of data drawn from more than 240 cities over the course of a century, she finds that the answer—a resounding yes—illuminates the nature of political power. Both political machines and reform governments, she reveals, bias the system in favor of incumbents, effectively establishing monopolies that free governing coalitions from dependence on the support of their broader communities. Ironically, Trounstine goes on to show, the resulting loss of democratic responsiveness eventually mobilizes residents to vote monopolistic regimes out of office. Envisioning an alternative future for American cities, Trounstine concludes by suggesting solutions designed to free urban politics from this damaging cycle.

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  Philosophy of Knowledge and...

  Hector Davidson

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  This book contains the following 17 titles: 
  - Aesthetics  
  - Analytic Philosophy  
  - Epistemology  
  - Hedonism  
  - Idealism  
  - Jean-Jacques Rousseau  
  - Jean-Paul Sartre  
  - John Rawls  
  - John Stuart Mill  
  - Liberalism  
  - Metaphysics  
  - Nihilism  
  - Phenomenology  
  - Pragmatism  
  - René Descartes  
  - Structuralism  
  - Zeno  
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  Unbelievable True Facts From...

  Owen Janssen

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  Did you know a Cow-Bison hybrid is called a Beefalo? Did you know that a U.S. Navy ship defeated a Japanese submarine during World War II by hurling potatoes at it? Did you know that around 16 million direct descendants of Genghis Khan are alive today? Did you know that people once ate arsenic to improve their skin? Did you know that “Running Amok” is a medically recognized mental condition? 
  ………………. 
  Bored at work and dreaming of something fun and engaging to pass the time? 
  Planning a vacation and looking for the ultimate travel trivia book or road trip reader? 
  Want to crush your opponents at the next trivia games night? 
  Or perhaps you are looking for the perfect gift book for mum, dad, kids, or a friend/family member of any age group? 
  Whatever the reason, Unbelievable True Facts From Across The Globe has it all - and even more! 
  Discover the reality behind those things you have always wondered about and learn crazy things you didn't know and won’t believe! 
  Find incredible trivia and fun facts on a variety of topics you can whip out in any conversation and amaze and entertain your loved ones. Satisfy your curious mind and share the pleasure of reading this compilation of jaw-dropping facts and funny true stories for hours and hours with friends and family, leaving them so intrigued they will Google the information to separate fact from fiction. 
  Unbelievable True Facts From Across The Globe is the most bewildering collection of unbelievable true stories and fascinating facts that will leave you astonished, baffled, and will change your perception of the world you live in.

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  We are what we listen to - The...

  Dr. Patricia Caicedo M.D.

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  In this groundbreaking union of art and science, soprano, musicologist, and physician Patricia Caicedo explores the connection between music-its performance, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it-and health.Drawing on the latest research and musical examples, Caicedo reveals:- How the brain works when you listen to and make music.- The relationship between rhythm, movement, and health.- The relationship between pleasure, emotion, and music.- How music has been a crucial element of the human experience since the beginning of the species and how it is fundamental for maintaining communities.- The importance of music in pain and death.- How music increases your creativity and produces happiness and a sense of purpose in life.We are what we listen to: the impact of music on individual health will attract readers of Oliver Sacks and David Byrne, as it is an unprecedented, transdisciplinary investigation that contextualizes the music and its effects on historical, scientific, and social levels. It is an essential book for music lovers and everybody seeking to improve their mental and physical health. 
  "This thoroughly researched written book results from a lifetime of careful study and wide experience. It contains revelations on virtually every page concerning the therapeutic benefits of music." Dr. Walter Clark, Professor of Musicology, University of California Riverside. 
  "I appreciate this book because it is written in a way that activates the reader's senses in a way that not only informs but efficiently urges us to participate creatively, letting the music do its magic to us." Alfons Karabuda, President International Music Council.

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