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  The Last Landlady - An English...

  Laura Thompson

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  Laura Thompson's grandmother Violet was one of the great landladies. Born in a London pub, she became the first woman to be given a publican's licence in her own name. Just as pubs defined her life, she seemed in many ways to embody their essence.
  
  
  Laura spent part of her childhood in Violet's Home Counties establishment, mesmerised by her gift for cultivating the mix of cosiness and glamour that defined the pub's atmosphere, making it a unique reflection of the national character. Her memories of this time are just as intoxicating: beer and ash on the carpets in the morning, the deepening rhythms of mirth at night, the magical brightness of glass behind the bar…
  
  
  Through them Laura traces the story of the English pub, asking why it has occupied such a treasured position in our culture. But even Violet, as she grew older, recognised that places like hers were a dying breed, and Laura also considers the precarious future they face. 
  Part memoir, part social history, part elegy,  The Last Landlady  pays tribute to an extraordinary woman and the world she epitomised. It was selected as a Spectator book of the year in 2018.

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  Daddy Issues - Love and Hate in...

  Katherine Angel

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  On the fraught bonds between daughters and their fathers, women, and the patriarchy 
   
   
   
  In this beguiling, incisive book, critically acclaimed writer Katherine Angel examines the place of fathers in contemporary culture with her characteristic mix of boldness and nuance, asking how the mixture of love and hatred we feel toward our fathers—and patriarchal father figures—can be turned into a relationship that is generative rather than destructive. 
   
   
   
  Moving deftly between psychoanalysis from Freud to Winnicott, cultural visions of fathering from King Lear to Ivanka Trump, and issues from incest to MeToo, Angel probes the fraught bond of daughters and fathers, women and the patriarchal regime. What, she asks, is this discomfiting space of love and hate—and how are we to reckon with both fealty and rebellion? 
   
   
   
  As in her earlier book Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again, Angel proves herself to be one of the most perceptive feminist writers at work today.

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  The American Experiment - A...

  Harry Montgomery

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  American democracy did not emerge overnight but was built on centuries of ideas and experiences that shaped political thought and practice. Early influences came from the ancient Greeks, whose experiments with direct democracy in city-states demonstrated that citizens could participate in their government. The ancient model, however, was limited in scope and exclusive in nature, leaving out women, slaves, and non-citizens. These limitations sparked later thinkers to envision a more inclusive system in which all individuals might have a voice. 
  The influence of the Roman Republic was also significant. The Romans developed a system of representative government, incorporating checks and balances that would later be crucial in American political structure. Their ideas of civic duty, legal rights, and the importance of a written code of laws resonated with future leaders who saw the need for a balanced government where power was neither overly concentrated nor arbitrary. The Roman emphasis on civic responsibility established an early link between law and governance that would later inform the formation of the United States. 
  The enlightenment period ignited a profound transformation in political thinking. Philosophers such as John Locke, Montesquieu, and Rousseau wrote about natural rights, the separation of powers, and the social contract. Locke’s advocacy of life, liberty, and property laid the groundwork for the concept that governments exist to serve the people and that their authority is derived from the consent of the governed. Montesquieu’s writings on the separation of governmental power into branches to prevent tyranny became a key element in the design of the American political system. These ideas gained traction among colonial leaders, who saw in them the means to challenge the existing forms of monarchical and aristocratic rule.

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  Mind and Intelligence - The...

  John Harpoon

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  This illuminating audiobook explores the fascinating complexities of human cognition and behavior through five compelling sections: 
  12 Habits That Damage Your Brain 
   Discover the everyday behaviors and patterns that can impair cognitive function over time. 
  12 Habits That Make You More Attractive 
   Explore the science-backed behaviors that increase personal appeal beyond physical appearance. This part reveals how intellectual curiosity, emotional intelligence, conversational skills, and other cultivated habits can dramatically enhance how others perceive you, improving your relationships, opportunities, and social connections. 
  Why Intelligent People Do Stupid Things 
   Examine the counterintuitive relationship between high intelligence and poor decision-making. Understand how cognitive biases, emotional blind spots, and overconfidence can lead even the brightest minds astray, and discover strategies for balancing intellectual capacity with practical wisdom in everyday life. 
  Why Smart People Don't Have Many Friends 
   Investigate the social challenges that often accompany high intelligence. From differing interests and communication styles to the psychological need for deeper connections, this section explores why intellectually gifted individuals sometimes struggle with social relationships and offers insights for building meaningful connections. 
  How School Makes Kids Stupid 
   Challenge conventional educational paradigms by examining how traditional schooling can sometimes inhibit genuine intellectual development. This section analyzes how standardized testing, rigid curricula, and outdated teaching methods may suppress creativity, critical thinking, and natural curiosity.

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  Psychology of Pokemon The: The...

  PhD Anthony Bean

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  “I see now that the circumstances of one’s birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are.” – Mewtwo, Pokemon: The First Movie. 
  For more than two decades, Ash Ketchum, has been chasing his dream of becoming a Pokémon Master. His personal journey spans more than and 1,000 television episodes, 22 films, 122 Pokémon games (as of fall of 2021), discovering over 800 different species of Pokémon, numerous card games, and other merchandise children of the 90s still treasure today.  
  The Psychology of Pokémon guides gamers on a real-world quest of self-discovery so that they can Catch ‘em All. And, as part of this examination, psychologists, clinicians, video game researchers, professors, and enthusiasts unravel the mysteries of the Pokémon series by asking: 
  ·        Why is the Pokémon series so beloved by everyone even after we have grown up? 
  ·        What is the reason we trust a 10-year-old to accomplish the mission to become a Pokémon master and how does this affect our own sense of childhood? 
  ·        What can we take away from our own journey of the Pokémon series and its impact on catching them all? 
  ·        How can Ash Ketchum's perseverance and resilience teach us about Grit in the face of adversity? 
  ·        Why was 'Twitch Plays Pokémon' such an inspiration to us all? 
    
  Think you know Pokémon? The Psychology of Pokémon explores how the game resonates with a player's psychological drive toward an emotional sense of wholeness, bonding, and completion as they take part in this epic quest.

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  Popularizing the Past -...

  Nick Witham

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  Popularizing the Past tells the stories of five postwar historians who changed the way ordinary Americans thought about their nation’s history. 
    
  What’s the matter with history? For decades, critics of the discipline have argued that the historical profession is dominated by scholars unable, or perhaps even unwilling, to write for the public. In Popularizing the Past, Nick Witham challenges this interpretation by telling the stories of five historians—Richard Hofstadter, Daniel Boorstin, John Hope Franklin, Howard Zinn, and Gerda Lerner—who, in the decades after World War II, published widely read books of national history. 
    
  Witham compellingly argues that we should understand historians’ efforts to engage with the reading public as a vital part of their postwar identity and mission. He shows how the lives and writings of these five authors were fundamentally shaped by their desire to write histories that captivated both scholars and the elusive general reader. He also reveals how these authors’ efforts could not have succeeded without a publishing industry and a reading public hungry to engage with the cutting-edge ideas then emerging from American universities. As Witham’s book makes clear, before we can properly understand the heated controversies about American history so prominent in today’s political culture, we must first understand the postwar effort to popularize the past.

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