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  My America - Langston Hughes on...

  Randal Maurice Jelks

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  Best known as the leader of the Harlem Renaissance, the celebrated poet and writer Langston Hughes believed in the power of art as resistance. What can we learn from his works today? 
    
  Randal M. Jelks delivers this revelatory portrait of the celebrated poet, essayist, playwright, and American artist Langston Hughes. My America traces Hughes's journey from a child captivated by the wonder of Kansas City to cosmopolitan witness in Paris, New York, Mexico City, and Madrid. We encounter Hughes as a young man discovering the pulse of modern life in a world on the verge of exploding metaphorically and literally. His experiences informed his work and his thinking on art, democracy, and activism. 
    
  Langston Hughes is one of the few American writers who consistently wrote about democracy from a joyous perspective, and My America explores how his works speak to the political anxieties and crises we face today. Jelks deftly examines the themes in Hughes's work, including creative expression, communal dignity, class struggle, and human suffering and what they mean for our inner well-being as democratic persons and political participants. 
    
  With care and no-holds-barred insight, My America removes the veneer of respectability often placed on Hughes's work and life to reveal his political adeptness. In a world threatened by fascism, Hughes's writing wasn't afforded the luxury of subtlety. He made a spiritual and political decision to stand on the side of the oppressed. He believed art should be practiced for the sake of justice. And democracy can be practiced with joy. 
    
  "Jelks offers readers an engaging, introspective view of poet Langston Hughes and curates a compelling narrative of Hughes as an activist, advocate, and champion of justice through his poetry. This spellbinding review of Langston's writings employs an invisible cinematic lens through which Jelks reveals Langston's life journey from childhood to adult, from the United States to Europe, describing his radical attempts to share his vision of living in a democracy. … A thought-provoking, enlightening read."—Library Journal

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  Ancient Mesopotamia: An...

  Enthralling History

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  How much do you know about the “cradle of civilization?” Come explore the legacy of the brilliant ancient Mesopotamians who transformed the world. 
  Ancient Mesopotamia’s legacy was truly revolutionary. Childlike pictures scratched into wet clay evolved into the first written language. The Mesopotamians wrote the first epic poems, the first hymns, the first histories, and the first law codes. They developed the first wheel for transportation; simple carts that hauled bricks or produce morphed into chariots racing along at thirty-five miles per hour. 
  They gazed at the sky and mapped it, observing the planets’ retrograde motions and predicting lunar and solar eclipses. They developed the concept of time, measurements, basic counting, higher math, and hydraulic engineering. 
  Mesopotamia gave birth to the world’s first great empires—the Akkadians, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Achaemenids—which stretched over three continents. 
  A glimpse at the questions this overview unpacks includes:How old is the world’s first city?How did the Eridu Genesis compare to Noah and the ark?How fast was the world’s first postal system?How many times did Babylon’s patron god Marduk get stolen?How did Hammurabi’s law code compare to the Law of Moses?Who calculated pi (π) to the value of 3.125 and understood the Pythagorean theorem twelve centuries before Pythagoras was born?Did Xerxes really have a million men in his army?Which empire encompassed 44 percent of the world’s population?What eunuch poisoned most of the Persian royal family?And much, much more! 
  Get this audiobook now to learn the stories of incredible ancient Mesopotamia!

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  Brief History of the Universe A...

  Dr. Sarah Alam Malik

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  "A sweeping tour of the laws of physics, the scope of the universe, and the place of life within it." —Sean Carroll, New York Times bestselling author of The Biggest Ideas in the Universe 
  An elegant exploration of humanity’s continuous search to find the hidden truths of the universe and comprehend our place in the cosmos. 
  We have always looked up at the night sky and wondered. Ever since the ancient Babylonians began to track celestial objects on clay tablets, scientific inquiry has been driven by the innate human desire to understand what is out there, and where we fit into it all. 
  Renowned particle physicist Dr. Sarah Alam Malik, whose research has brought her to the cutting edge of scientific advancement, takes us on a journey through the discoveries that have at once propelled and overturned our perception of the cosmos. From Copernicus launching a helio-centric revolution to Ernest Rutherford uncovering the world inside the atom, to Vera Rubin confirming the existence of dark matter, each generation has built upon, and then upended, the knowledge of those who came before. 
  Even today, as ninety-five percent of the universe remains unknown to us, we cannot help but chase the fundamental truths of our world, as we witness the fiery deaths of faraway suns, probe the nature of dark energy and search for extraterrestrial life in the most unexpected places. 
  Beautifully written and accessible, A Brief History of the Universe (And Our Place in It) is a celebration of our story so far, one of discovery and an endless curiosity that has taken us far beyond the boundaries of the world we know.

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  Heal the Presence of the Past

  Christina Bucher

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  HEAL PRESENCE OF THE PASTFamilies repeat unresolved trauma in future generations.We are influenced by those who came before us and influencing those who come after. Everything in the universe is interconnected so are we. We inherit cultures and experiences. This is known as collective unconscious or memory in nature.It organises itself in systems such as flock of birds, religions, countries, football teams and so on, but the most important system for human beings is the family. Family systems are responsible for how we live and how we thrive through natural laws called 'The Orders of Love".The orders of love rarely exist intact within the average family. They dictate who belongs and what will happen to the family when a member has been excluded by them in an attempt to achieve collective hamony. Exclusions are separations and create trauma, disruption and unbalance. They are known as entanglements and are cause of pain and suffering. Restablishing these orders will bring peace an freedom to the individual and to the group.'The idea of the memory being the brain is an assumption. Everything that happens in our culture we inherit,' Rupert Sheldrake.Whilst life is the greatest gift given to us by our parents, trauma is the greatest obstacle. It plays like a broken record, in cycles and shows itself through symptoms well known to all:  drug addiction, lack of motivation, new partner with the same behaviour as the old one, always working but broke most of the time...- What if a man’s drug addiction were really a search for connection with his father?- Suppose a suicidal adolescent was unconsciously trying to follow the fate of an older brother who wasn't born because the mother had a miscarriage?- What if a woman’s breast cancer were rooted in the unconscious feeling of guilt for having had an abortion?- Why do marriages where a spouse who cheated then was forgiven ends?This book brings, in simple language, the theory and 25 case studies.

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  When OCD Treatment Doesn't Work...

  LCSW Andrew Triska

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  Find your own path to healing with this engaging guide—packed with both evidence-based and unconventional approaches to help you manage OCD and take back your life! 
   
  If you have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), you may become frustrated with inflexible and overly complicated treatments, and struggle with feelings of failure when these treatments don't work. You aren't alone. If you're tired of "therapy speak" and dense, clinical treatment sessions, maybe it's time to think outside the box. 
   
  With this engaging toolbox, you'll be able to pick and choose what works for you—including techniques drawn from Buddhism, existential therapy, and even stand-up comedy! When OCD Treatment Doesn't Work also offers a comprehensive set of skills grounded in evidence-based exposure and response prevention (ERP) therapy, internal family systems therapy (IFS), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) that you can use as needed to find lasting relief from intrusive thoughts, compulsions, and mental obsessions. If you've tried traditional OCD treatment but still haven't found relief, this book provides a customizable approach to help you manage your specific symptoms and improve your life. Why not pick it up and discover what works best for you?

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  Sleep hypnosis to verbally...

  Stuart Newman

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  If you're looking for a way to express your feelings in an effective and healthy manner, then look no further than this DST sleep hypnosis with Stu Newman.  
  This program is designed to help you explore and verbalize your true emotions, allowing you to gain insight into yourself while also providing relief from stress.  
  With the aid of guided hypnosis techniques, this program can help improve self-awareness as well as reduce anxiety levels by helping individuals better understand their own feelings and reactions.  
  Additionally, it can provide valuable tools for managing difficult situations more effectively without feeling overwhelmed or out of control.  
  So if you’re ready to take charge of expressing how you feel in a positive way that will benefit both yourself and those aroundyou – DST Hypno with Stu Newman is the perfect solution!

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