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  Pontiac's War - The 1763 Native...

  Kelly Mass

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  Pontiac's War, also referred to as Pontiac's Conspiracy or Pontiac's Rebellion, was a significant conflict that emerged in the aftermath of the French and Indian War (1754–1763). In 1763, a coalition of Native American tribes, disillusioned with the increasing British presence and control in the Great Lakes region, united under the leadership of the Odawa chieftain Pontiac. These Native American forces launched an offensive aimed at driving British soldiers and settlers from the region. 
  The war began in May 1763 when Native American warriors, fearful of British General Jeffrey Amherst’s harsh policies, launched a series of attacks on British forts and settlements. These assaults led to the destruction of eight forts, the death or capture of hundreds of colonists, and the forced evacuation of many others. The intensity of the conflict shocked the British, as the attacks, though widespread, were coordinated across many tribes, reflecting a united front among the Indigenous people. Despite their efforts, the Native Americans were unable to expel the British from the region. The war finally began to subside in 1764 after British military actions prompted peace talks, which continued into 1766.

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  Better Living Through Criticism...

  A.O. Scott

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  Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A.O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact, all critics: because critical thinking informs almost every aspect of artistic creation, of civil action, of interpersonal life. With penetrating insight and warm humor, Scott shows that while individual critics--himself included--can make mistakes and find flaws where they shouldn't, criticism as a discipline is one of the noblest, most creative, and urgent activities of modern existence. Using his own film criticism as a starting point--everything from his infamous dismissal of the international blockbuster The Avengers to his intense affection for Pixar's animinated Ratatouille--Scott expands outward, easily guiding readers through the complexities of Rilke and Shelley, the origins of Chuck Berry and the Rolling Stones, the power of Marina Abramovich and 'Ode on a Grecian Urn.' Drawing on the long tradition of criticism from Aristotle to Susan Sontag, Scott shows that real criticism was and always will be the breath of fresh air that allows true creativity to thrive. "The time for criticism is always now," Scott explains, "because the imperative to think clearly, to insist on the necessary balance of reason and passion, never goes away."

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  Don't Be A Slow Learner - The...

  Charesa Gayle

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  There is a version of your life that exists on the other side of everything you have been carrying. 
  Maybe you have been here before — in the wreckage of a relationship that cost you too much, repeating patterns you never chose, wondering why love always seems to come with conditions. Maybe you have been doing everything right and still ending up in the same place. Maybe you are tired in a way that is hard to explain, because it is not just your body that is exhausted. It is the version of you that has been learning things the hard way for far too long. 
  This book is for her. 
  Don't Be A Slow Learner is a complete guide to transforming your relationship with yourself, your femininity, and the love you allow into your life. Written by a woman who started over from nothing — twice — and built a life she designed entirely on purpose, this is not theory. It is a tested, lived, deeply personal methodology that has already changed the lives of women around the world. 
  This is the book Charesa Gayle wishes she had when she was 32, standing in the middle of her life wondering how she got there. It is honest, direct, occasionally uncomfortable, and completely transformative. 
  You have been learning things the hard way for long enough. 
  Don't be a slow learner.

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  Total Resistance

  H Von Dach

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  Total Resistance by Major H. von Dach Bern is a practical and detailed manual on guerrilla warfare and resistance tactics, originally written for the Swiss Army during the Cold War. Designed as a guide for citizens facing enemy occupation, it provides step-by-step instructions on sabotage, ambushes, intelligence gathering, and survival techniques. The book emphasizes the importance of organized resistance and adaptability in unconventional warfare scenarios. Though intended for Switzerland's defense strategy, its insights have since been studied worldwide by those interested in military strategy, survival, and resistance movements. Total Resistance remains a unique historical document, offering both practical advice and a compelling perspective on national resilience during times of crisis.

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  Superbloom - How Technologies of...

  Nicholas Carr

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  From the author of The Shallows, a bracing exploration of how social media has warped our sense of self and society. 
    
  From the telegraph and telephone in the 1800s to the internet and social media in our own day, the public has welcomed new communication systems. Whenever people gain more power to share information, the assumption goes, society prospers. Superbloom tells a startlingly different story. As communication becomes more mechanized and efficient, it breeds confusion more than understanding, strife more than harmony. Media technologies all too often bring out the worst in us. 
    
  A celebrated commentator on the human consequences of technology, Nicholas Carr reorients the conversation around modern communication, challenging some of our most cherished beliefs about self-expression, free speech, and media democratization. He reveals how messaging apps strip nuance from conversation, how “digital crowding” erodes empathy and triggers aggression, how online political debates narrow our minds and distort our perceptions, and how advances in AI are further blurring the already hazy line between fantasy and reality. Even as Carr shows how tech companies and their tools of connection have failed us, he forces us to confront inconvenient truths about our own nature. The human psyche, it turns out, is profoundly ill-suited to the “superbloom” of information that technology has unleashed. 
    
  With rich psychological insights and vivid examples drawn from history and science, Superbloom provides both a panoramic view of how media shapes society and an intimate examination of the fate of the self in a time of radical dislocation. It may be too late to change the system, Carr counsels, but it’s not too late to change ourselves.

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  The Bullying System - Why...

  Jyee Byrne

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  We have built policies around bullying. We have created awareness campaigns. We have trained staff and told children to report it. And yet it continues. Not occasionally. Consistently. 
  The reason anti-bullying approaches keep failing is not that people aren't trying. It is that most responses address behaviour without addressing what creates it. 
  The Bullying System takes a different approach. It looks at what sits underneath. 
  Behaviour is not where this starts. It is where it becomes visible. By the time bullying shows up, something has already been building: pressure, disconnection, threat, and a nervous system doing exactly what it was designed to do. 
  Across 24 chapters, this book maps the full architecture of how harmful behaviour forms, escalates, spreads, and repeats, and what it actually takes to break the cycle. 
  You will learn to: 
  Understand why behaviour under pressure is not about intention but about state. Recognise the three core roles in every bullying dynamic: the Controller, the Reactor, and the Silent System. See how early patterns form and why they carry forward into adult relationships, workplaces, and leadership. Understand how environments multiply or stabilise harmful behaviour. Identify generational transfer and how patterns move across time without awareness. Apply the principle of regulation before reaction so responses stabilise rather than escalate. Move from control to presence as a leadership approach. Repair what has been reinforced rather than simply correcting surface behaviour. Build systems that hold under pressure, not just policies that sit on paper. 
  The Bullying System is part of The Wolfpack Way series by Jyee Byrne, founder of Wolfpack Support Services. It is designed for educators, school leaders, workplace leaders, coaches, parents, NDIS support workers, and anyone responsible for the emotional safety of others. 
  Bullying is not a behaviour problem. It is a system problem. And once you see the system, the response changes.

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