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  Sedition - How America's...

  Marcus Alexander Gadson

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  Since protestors ripped through the Capitol Building in 2021, the threat of constitutional crisis has loomed over our nation. The foundational tenets of American democracy seem to be endangered, and many citizens believe this danger is unprecedented in our history. But Americans have weathered many constitutional crises, often accompanied by the same violence and chaos experienced on January 6. However, these crises occurred on the state level. In Sedition, Marcus Alexander Gadson uncovers these episodes of civil unrest and examines how state governments handled them. 
   
   
   
  Sedition takes listeners through six instances of constitutional crisis: The Buckshot War, Dorr's Rebellion, Bleeding Kansas, the Brooks-Baxter War, a successful terrorist campaign to overthrow South Carolina's government during Reconstruction, and the Wilmington Insurrection of 1898. He chronicles these turbulent periods of violent anti-government conflict on the state level, explaining what it was like to experience coup d'états, rival governments fighting in the streets, and disputed elections that gave way to violence. As he addresses constitutional breakdown, Gadson urges Americans to pay increased attention to the risk of constitutional instability in their home states. His sweeping historical analysis provides new insights on the fight to protect democracy today.

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  HOW TO DEAL WITH DIFFICULT...

  Jessica Winston

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  First and foremost, interacting with difficult people is one of the best ways to hone important life skills such as communication, empathy, and problem-solving. When we are confronted with challenging individuals, we are compelled to engage in productive communication in order to find a solution. We need to make sure that we are actively listening to them so that we can understand their point of view, that we are asking questions to explain their worries, and that we are expressing ourselves in a clear and confident manner. When we have to deal with difficult people, it can provide us with an opportunity to practice and enhance our communication skills, which can be useful in many different aspects of our lives. 
  In addition, interacting with difficult people might help us develop empathy, which is the capacity to comprehend and identify with the emotions of another person. It is very simple for us to become preoccupied with our own feelings and disappointments when we are forced to interact with difficult people. However, taking the time to think about things from the perspective of another person might help us build empathy and compassion for that individual. Building greater relationships with other people enables us to develop empathy, which in turn can help us become better at problem solving and better negotiators. 
  In addition, engaging with difficult people can assist us in developing abilities necessary for problem-solving. When we are confronted with a challenging individual, we have the responsibility of figuring out how to resolve the conflict while still honoring our own boundaries and requirements. 

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  True Alien Abduction Stories...

  Greg Morrison

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  Uncover ten terrifying accounts of extraterrestrial encounters and paranormal trauma that shatter the safety of reality.
   
  Dive into a collection of unsettling narratives designed for the deep silence of late-night listening. Perfect for fans of the uncanny, these self-contained episodes expose the fragility of the human mind when ordinary people confront the inexplicable dread of the unknown.
   
  Traverse a landscape of paranoia where memory is unreliable and missing time signals a violation of the self. Whether driving down a lonely highway or lying in a childhood bedroom, the victims in these reports face psychological manipulation that fractures families and defies scientific explanation.
   
  Inside this anthology of high strangeness:
  
  Visceral Horror: Witness the terror of bodily violation and the trauma of silence.
  Global Scope: Move from rural isolation to sterile laboratories where control is absolute.
  Generational Patterns: Trace the chilling bloodlines that suggest a long-term alien agenda.
  Psychological Depth: Experience the struggle to maintain sanity against impossible odds.
  
   
  As the narrative arc expands from isolated incidents to chilling global implications, a disturbing intelligence emerges from the shadows. Prepare to question the threshold between waking life and the nightmares that wait in the dark.

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  Screw Meditation! - How to...

  Sue Belton

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  Sue Belton is an award-winning leadership coach, bestselling author and speaker who specializes in coaching senior corporate leaders worldwide. Her clients are successful, smart, ambitious and high-achieving professionals in demanding leadership roles. Invariably, they are always ‘on’, working 60-80 hour weeks... plus evenings, plus weekends, plus holidays... Their demanding work schedules create a busy brain that they just cannot switch off. 
  Screw Meditation! is an invaluable guide written especially for busy, time-poor professionals who want to switch off a busy brain and have tried everything – specifically meditation and mindfulness – without much success. Screw Meditation! explains why. 
  Sue Belton uncovers the link between working long hours, poor time management, cognitive impairment, biological factors, and emotional Drivers, that all result in poor productivity and performance issues and keep a brain… busy! 
  She explains why the vicious cycle of hard work and busy-ness can keep a smart professional stuck with no time to step back and be more strategic. She also explains how this leads to more debilitating issues such as imposter syndrome, poor health, and burnout. 
  Screw Meditation! gives you six hacks that have been road-tested on leaders worldwide, and gives you the proven tools to manage your time, tasks and team… with a clear strategy for switching off a busy brain. 
  meditation; mindfulness; self talk; time management; productivity; burnout; Imposter Syndrome; cognitive impairment; brain function; emotional drivers; Transactional Analysis; NLP; CBT; stress; adrenal fatigue; cortisol fatigue; perceived ability to cope; executive stress; senior leader burn out

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  Third Ear - Reflections on the...

  Elizabeth Rosner

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  This illuminating book weaves personal stories of a multilingual upbringing with the latest scientific breakthroughs in interspecies communication to show how the skill of deep listening enhances our curiosity and empathy toward the world around us 
   
   
   
  Third Ear braids together personal narrative with scholarly inquiry to examine the power of listening to build interpersonal empathy and social transformation. A daughter of Holocaust survivors, Rosner shares stories from growing up in a home where six languages were spoken to interrogate how psychotherapy, neurolinguistics, and creativity can illuminate the complex ways we are impacted by the sounds and silences of others. 
   
   
   
  Drawing on expertise from journalists, podcasters, performers, translators, acoustic biologists, spiritual leaders, composers, and educators, this hybrid text moves fluidly along a spectrum from molecular to global to reveal how third-ear listening can be a collective means for increased understanding and connection to the natural world.

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  Make It Memorable: Secrets to...

  Orson Fairweather

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  Make It Memorable: Secrets to Successful Learning 
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