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  Lion City - Singapore and the...

  Jeevan Vasagar

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  In 1965, Singapore's GDP per capita was on a par with Jordan. Now it has outstripped Japan. After the Second World War and a sudden rupture with newly formed Malaysia, Singapore found itself independent–and facing a crisis. It took the bloody-minded determination and vision of Lee Kuan Yew, its founding premier, to take a small island of diverse ethnic groups with a fragile economy and hostile neighbors and meld it into Asia's first globalized city.Lion City examines the different faces of Singaporean life–from education and health to art, politics, and demographic challenges–and reveals how in just half a century, Lee forged a country with a buoyant economy and distinctive identity. It explores the darker side of how this was achieved too; through authoritarian control that led to it being dubbed "Disneyland with the death penalty."Jeevan Vasagar, former Singapore correspondent for the Financial Times, masterfully takes us through the intricate history, present, and future of this unique diamond-shaped island one degree north of the equator, where new and old have remained connected. Lion City is a personal, insightful, and definitive guide to the city, and how its extraordinary rise is shaping East Asia and the rest of the world.

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  The Great Refusal - A New Vision...

  Casey Gerald

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  In the tradition of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Between the World and Me, bell hook’s All About Love, and even James Baldwin’s The Fire Next Time, comes a groundbreaking blend of personal and political commentary from acclaimed memoirist Casey Gerald, offering an iconoclastic reframe of resistance and rebellion to meet the current moment and remake the world on our terms. In 2019, 400 years after the first Africans were stolen and brought to American shores for enslavement, Casey Gerald made a bold and controversial proclamation on national television: “We’ve been given strategies to make it in this country, to endure this land… but there’s another very important tradition that each person has the right and opportunity and perhaps, at this very urgent moment, the responsibility to reclaim, and that is the strategy of flight, of escape.” His interviewer, Michel Martin, asked, “Where are we going?”The Great Refusal is the answer to Martin’s apt question. In a short yet powerful volume, Gerald maps the path forward, calling on the works of Black luminaries, writers, and activists, as well as his own experience stepping back from the limelight and reassessing our current strategies of resistance and endurance. He implores us to tend to our inner resources and restrengthen our own worlds. Much resistance, he argues, is an inherent dialogue with the oppressor, playing on their battlefield, a defense to their offensive. (He is a former football star, after all.) Now, again, we find ourselves on the shorelines of destruction. The strategies we’ve been taught – assimilation, respectability politics, meritocracy – are stalling out or degrading us further. What would rebellion look like if we stepped out of this cycle and imagined a different world, one on our terms? Marginalized Americans are in a gridlock fight for dignity in a system that is hellbent on never granting it. It’s time we understood our power, our peace, and our needs, and built them on our own instead of begging for scraps. Gerald offer’s a way — one that saved him, just as it once saved his forebears: the great refusal.

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  The Psychedelic Therapy Workbook...

  PhD Elizabeth Nielson, PhD...

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  If you've sought conventional treatment for depression, anxiety, substance-use disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and have been disappointed by a lack of positive results, know that you're not alone. The good news is that there is hope. More and more, research shows the tremendous benefit of psychedelic drugs like psilocybin, MDMA, LSD, and ketamine for people suffering from difficult-to-treat mental health issues. But how do you integrate them into your life effectively? 
   
   
   
  In The Psychedelic Therapy Workbook, psychologists Elizabeth Nielson and Ingmar Gorman present a pioneering approach to maximizing the therapeutic potential of psychedelics. Drawing on their extensive experience and research, the authors introduce their psychedelic harm reduction and integration (PHRI) method, offering a comprehensive framework for integrating the lessons you've learned from psychedelic experiences into your daily life. 
   
   
   
  With this step-by-step guide, you will: learn how to choose the right setting and set intentions for a positive experience; explore evidence-based practices to ensure healing and growth; and empower yourself to navigate the psychedelic landscape with confidence and mindfulness. This workbook provides the tools you need to explore the benefits of psychedelics for profound transformation, healing, and self-discovery.

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  History of Czech Republic &...

  HISTORY FOREVER

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  ★ Do you want to discover the History of Czech Republic & Yugoslavia? ★ 
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  In this book you will discover; 
  ·       History of Bohemia 
  ·       Forming Czechoslovakia 
  ·       The Soviet Invasion Of Czechoslovakia 
  ·       The Breakup of Czechoslovakia 
  ·       The Velvet Revolution 
  ·       Romania & Czechoslovakia in 1968 
  ·       The Breakup of Yugoslavia 
  ·       Surprising Facts Of Czech Republic 
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  The State You're In - Florida...

  Craig Pittman

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  For more than thirty years, investigative journalist and New York Times bestselling author Craig Pittman has chronicled the wildest stories Florida has to offer. Featuring a selection of columns that have appeared in the Tampa Bay Times and other outlets throughout Pittman's career, this book highlights just how strange and wonderful Florida can be. 
   
   
   
  With a folksy style, an eye for the absurd, and a passion for the history and environment of his home state, Pittman describes some of Florida's oddest wildlife as well as its quirkiest people. The State You're In includes a love story involving the most tattooed woman in the world, a deep dive into the state's professional mermaid industry, and an investigation of a battle between residents of a nudist resort and the U.S. Postal Service. Pittman introduces listeners to a who's who of Florida crime fiction, a what's what of exotic animals, and an array of beloved places he's seen change rapidly in his lifetime. 
   
   
   
  Many of these stories are funny, some are serious, and several offer rare insights into the heart of the Sunshine State. For Pittman, Florida is both inspiring and dangerous—an "evolutionary test" for those who live in it. Together these pieces paint a complex picture of a fascinating state longing for an identity beyond palm trees and punchlines.

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  Delusion and Dream

  Sigmund Freud

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  Freud examines the similarities and differences between the two mental states, and argues that delusions can be understood as a kind of waking dream. He also discusses the role of wish fulfillment in both dreams and delusions, and suggests that they both provide insight into the unconscious mind. Additionally, Freud analyzes specific cases of delusions, including religious delusions and paranoid delusions, and discusses their psychological significance. Overall, "Delusion and Dream" provides a thought-provoking examination of the workings of the human mind and the relationship between conscious and unconscious mental states. Read in English, unabridged.

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