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  The Power of Authors - A...

  Evan And Lois Swensen

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  DO YOU WANT TO •See how words—notes, emails, posts, or books—shape lives •Write with courage instead of hesitation •Keep family stories and memories alive •Turn everyday writing into lasting influence •Discover the strength of ordinary voices •Use social media to build up, not divide •Push past fear and self-doubt •Write with purpose, whether for one person or many •Join the tradition of voices stirring conscience and culture •Preserve truth, values, and lived experience •Speak with clarity when silence feels easier •Inspire kindness, hope, and courage through what you write If yes to any of these, The Power of Authors is for you. This book speaks first to writers and authors, but its reach is wider. A manuscript, a memoir, a letter, an email, even a social media post—all carry weight when written with intent. Words are not measured by length or platform but by the truth and courage they hold. This book will help you see your writing—whatever its form—as part of a tradition where words preserve memory, stir conscience, and spark change. After reading The Power of Authors, you will never view words and writing in the same way. You will be a changed and better person.

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  My Father The Forger - The...

  Adrian Wolfe

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. My Father, The Forger: The Untold Confession of Arthur Williams 
  In the shadows of a struggling Chicago neighborhood, a boy stared into an empty refrigerator and made a silent vow: he would never be powerless again. 
  This is the gripping true-crime saga of Arthur J. Williams Jr. — the criminal mastermind the FBI branded "the greatest counterfeiter in U.S. history." From abandonment and crushing poverty to a secret basement workshop where ink, paper, and obsession transformed into raw power, Arthur's journey is a chilling descent into a world where art becomes weapon, and genius becomes curse. 
  Trained by a shadowy mentor and consumed by a desperate hunger to provide, Arthur engineered near-perfect hundred-dollar bills that fooled banks, outsmarted cutting-edge security features, and triggered one of the largest federal manhunts in modern history. He built an empire of forged fortunes — invisible, untouchable, untraceable. 
  But the FBI didn't bring him down. Neither did his rivals. The blow came from the one person he loved most — his own teenage son. 
  A single impulsive mistake. A secret empire unraveled. A father's legacy turned to ash by the hands of his own blood. 
  Told with cinematic intensity and unflinching psychological depth, this audiobook is more than a crime story — it's a haunting meditation on family, betrayal, moral collapse, and the fragile possibility of redemption. When the same hands that forged millions in counterfeit cash finally learn to create something real — art, truth, and a second chance — you'll discover that the greatest forgery of all… may have been the life he was living.

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  Mothering Heights

  Rachael Mogan McIntosh

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  A year of joy and survival in the trenches of early parenthood 
   
  Following the year Rachael Mogan-McIntosh gave birth to her third child and shapeshifted from wild to mild, Mothering Heights is an hilarious, moving celebration of early parenthood - written by a survivor. 
   
  As Rachael navigates her way through the confusing rules of modern-day motherhood and grapples with the crazy-making Sisyphean beast that is housework, her three children under five grow like weeds, eat like footballers and deliver non-stop comedic shenanigans. 
   
  Rachael adapts to the realisation that her old identity no longer quite fits, and neither do her trousers. The year is beyond tough but the hard-won wisdom of motherhood cracks her heart wide open. A comedy, tragedy and farcical romp all rolled into one, Mothering Heights is a love story about becoming a mother.

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  The Sea At Our Door

  Sally Cook

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  The Sea At Our Door is an autobiographical look at growing up almost as a child of the beach and sea between the ages of 10 and 14. The author swam, used a paddleboard with her brother, steered a raft with young siblings, rowed offshore and lay down fishing nets for families on the beach to haul in an evening fish catch. It was in the early 1960s when roaming along the beach, jumping off jetties and flying along the shimmering shallows on skimboards absorbed  most of the author's spare time. Bike riding to look for tadpoles and explore other suburbs was also a part of her realm along with buidling a hidey hole under a rowboat and keeping a pet turtle. But there were some disturbing incidents including the murder of a women and her lover by the angry husband with gunshots ringing out around the corner from the author's home. But overall this is a good humoured, nostalgic look at a free roaming childhood near Adelaide, South Australia,

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  Mystical Hermetic & Christian...

  Various Hermetic & Early...

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  What if you could hear the whispered hymns of desert sages as they charted the soul’s climb beyond the stars? 
  The Mystical Hermetic & Christian Dialogues audiobook (approx. 3 hrs 45 min) brings ancient voices to life with immersive narration, gentle ambient tones, and strategic pauses for reflection.  
  Listen as: 
  •	A master intones the Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth, lifting you sphere by sphere toward the Divine. 
  •	Worshippers chant the Prayer of Thanksgiving, their reverence echoing in a stone-vaulted sanctuary. 
  •	Hermes Trismegistus explains sacred mysteries in the Perfect Discourse, rebutted by a Christian monk who quotes the Gospel of John. 
  •	Scholarly interludes supply concise context so you never lose the thread of these soaring visions. 
  Perfect for meditation walks, late-night study, or seekers hungry for wisdom beyond the ordinary page.

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  Up From Slavery

  Booker T. Washington

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  Booker Taliaferro Washington began life as a slave in Virginia shortly before emancipation, but rose to become one of the most celebrated leaders the African American community has ever had. His principal occupation was as president of the Tuskegee Institute, which he founded in 1881, but he earned national renown as an orator, writer and political advisor. His address at the Atlanta Exposition was a pivotal moment in race relations in America. Washington believed deeply in the dignity of physical labor, and that merit and talent are eventually rewarded regardless of race or class. The Tuskegee Institution was primarily a technical college, and aimed to teach industrial skills in addition to academic training. Students built many of the buildings on the campus, grew the food that was eaten there, and even made the furniture, tools and vehicles used by the school. Up from Slavery was originally published as a serialized work in The Outlook , a Christian magazine based in New York, before being collected in a single volume in 1901. This edition includes an introduction by Walter H. Page, a future U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom. Booker T. Washington (died 1915) was a prominent voice of the late 19th and early 20th century. Their work has endured across generations and continues to be read and studied worldwide. Memoir and autobiographical writing offer uniquely intimate access to lived experience. Up From Slavery invites readers into a singular consciousness, sharing observations and reflections that transcend their specific historical moment to illuminate universal aspects of human life.

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