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  How to Begin When Your World Is...

  Molly Phinney Baskette

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  As a progressive parish minister, Molly Baskette has been a companion during the most vulnerable and unsettled periods of many people's lives. She has also had a front row seat to remarkable human transformation, as many of the ruptures her people lived through turned out to be the way that God got in. But when she was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer at age thirty-nine, with two small children, her theology of and relationship to God was tested more profoundly than ever. 
   
     
   
  Instead of becoming despondent, though, she engaged with her faith more deeply—seizing the opportunity to test the seaworthiness of the faith she had been practicing and preaching. In How to Begin When Your World Is Ending, Baskette shares the questions that confronted her along the way like: Is it true that prayer changes things? Does God care whether we live or die—and is there a damn thing God can do about it anyway? How can vulnerability, counterintuitively, be a strength? And the million-dollar question: is there life after death, and just what might it be like? 
   
    
   
  Weaving together her own story and the stories of those she encountered in her life of faith, Baskette mines joy from all the hardest parts of being human. In doing so she reminds us that whatever you are going through, someone has been there before you, and found meaning in the madness.

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  Ougat - From a hoe into a...

  Shana Fife

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  There’s an entire generation of South African women who ought to read this book.’ – Sara-Jayne King, author of Killing Karoline 
    
  ‘Ougat is masterfully written – raw, unpretentious, unsettling. Shana Fife captures all the darkness from her body, psyche and life with fearless honesty and transparency.’ – Frazer Barry, award-winning theatre practitioner, writer and musician 
  By the time Shana Fife is 25 she has two kids from different fathers. To the Coloured people she grew up around, she is a jintoe, a jezebel, jas, a woman with mileage on the pussy. She is alone, she has no job and, as she is constantly reminded by her community, she is pretty much worthless and unloveable. How did she become this woman, the epitome of everything she was conditioned to strive not to be? 
  Unsettlingly honest and brutally blunt, Ougat is Shana Fife’s story of survival: of surviving the social conditioning of her Cape Flats upbringing, of surviving sexual violence and depression and of ultimately escaping a cycle of abuse. 
  A powerful, fresh and disarming new voice – Shana’s writing is like nothing you’ve read before.

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  Dialogue with a Somnambulist -...

  Chloe Aridjis

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  Renowned internationally for her lyrically unsettling novels, PEN/Faulkner Award winner Chloe Aridjis now presents her first collection of shorter works, with an introduction by Tom McCarthy 
   
   
   
  Chloe Aridjis's stories and essays are known to transport readers into liminal, often dreamlike, realms. In this collection of works, we meet a woman guided only by a plastic bag drifting through the streets of Berlin who discovers a nonsense-named bar that is home to papier-mâché monsters and one glass-encased somnambulist. Floating through space, cosmonauts are confronted not only with wonder and astonishment, but tedium and solitude. And in Mexico City, stray dogs animate public spaces, "infusing them with a noble life force." In her pen portraits, Aridjis turns her eye to expats and outsiders, including artists and writers such as Leonora Carrington, Mavis Gallant, and Beatrice Hastings. 
   
   
   
  Exploring the complexity of exile and urban alienation, Dialogue with a Somnambulist showcases "the rare writer who reinvents herself in each book" (Garth Greenwell) and who is as imaginatively at home in the short form as in her longer fiction.

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  Childhood Boyhood Youth - A...

  Leo Tolstoy

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  What shapes a person’s character? How does one grow from innocence to wisdom? 
  In Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, Leo Tolstoy crafts an evocative and introspective novel that follows the journey of a young nobleman, Nikolai, as he navigates the joys and pains of growing up. From the carefree wonder of childhood to the emotional turbulence of adolescence and the idealistic aspirations of youth, Tolstoy paints a deeply moving portrait of self-discovery and transformation. 
  Throughout the novel, Nikolai experiences first love, deep friendships, personal disappointments, and the struggle to define his place in the world. With rich psychological insight, Tolstoy captures the universal themes of identity, morality, and the passage of time. 
  What You’ll Discover in This Modern Translation:A Timeless Coming-of-Age Story – Experience the universal struggles of childhood and adolescence through Tolstoy’s deeply personal reflections.A Philosophical Exploration of Growth – Witness the evolution of a young mind as it grapples with love, ambition, and the search for meaning.A Masterpiece in a Fresh, Readable Style – This modern adaptation ensures that Tolstoy’s insights remain clear and accessible for today’s readers.A Window into the Soul of a Literary Genius – Gain a deeper understanding of Tolstoy’s formative years and the experiences that shaped his future works. 
  More than just a novel, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth is a meditation on life’s fleeting moments and the profound journey of growing up. 
  Can we ever truly leave our childhood behind? 
  Get your copy today and embark on one of Tolstoy’s most introspective and beautifully written journeys.

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  Stealing Manhattan - The Untold...

  Burl Barer, Punch Stanimirovic

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  The true crime story of a family of altruistic jewel thieves and four decades of daring capers and sweet escapes, including a 1992 New York mega-heist. 
   
  Punch Stanimirovic insists: “My father, known as Mr. Stan, is the greatest gentleman thief who ever lived—a true genius.” 
   
  Punch was raised to be an exceptional diamond thief. He could work magic on a safe that would have sent Mandrake the Magician back to the novelty store, and Dr. Strange back to medical school. He and his family risked it all to make the patriarch, Mr. Stan, proud. 
   
  Punch’s pop culture sensibilities, his father’s proven skills, and his mother’s artistic input merged to create cinema-style capers—elaborately planned and executed, including a spectacular 1992 New York mega-heist of over one billion dollars in diamonds, gold, and precious gems—and they got away with it. 
   
  Many of the crew members went on to invest in real estate, helping to “build the New York skyline”, while others moved to Europe and became the Pink Panthers. 
   
  They had one rule: No One Gets Hurt. From daring heists to the ultimate escape, discover the true story of Punch, his extraordinary crew, and his high-society family . . . 
   
  Edgar Award winner and New York Times–bestselling author Burl Barer brings to light the remarkable story of four decades and two generations of America’s First Family of kind and generous “altruistic outlaws” in Stealing Manhattan: The Untold Story of America’s Billion Dollar Gem Heist Masterminds. 
   
  Praise for Stealing Manhattan 
   
  “Barer has that all-important knack for seeking and finding hidden truth. In Stealing Manhattan, those who pulled off this caper were professionals who knew how to keep their mouths shut. And lucky for us, some of these mouths have recently opened to Barer . . . now the world can know the truth. You will not want to miss this “gem” of a book!” —Kevin Sullivan, author of The Bundy Murders: The Yearly Journal

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  UNTOLD STORY OF GIANNI RUSSO THE...

  Julie A. Schwan

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  📚 10,000+ COPIES SOLD THIS MONTH >>> #1 True Crime Bestseller 
  He says he brokered peace between the mob and Paramount Pictures. That he knew Marilyn Monroe intimately. That he survived an encounter with Pablo Escobar. 
  But which parts of Gianni Russo's incredible life can actually be verified? 
  For over fifty years, the actor who portrayed The Godfather's treacherous son-in-law has shared extraordinary stories: childhood connections to Frank Costello, navigating federal investigations, witnessing mob history firsthand, and relationships with Hollywood's elite. He's built a legacy so captivating that fans pay hundreds of dollars just to hear him speak. 
  Some of it is documented fact. Some of it remains unverified. All of it is fascinating. 
  Through meticulous investigation court records, newspaper archives, firsthand interviews, and comprehensive fact-checking—this groundbreaking book examines Russo's remarkable claims. What emerges is a deeper story: how fame, memory, and mythology intertwine in American culture, and what happens when a supporting actor in cinema's greatest film spends fifty years in the spotlight. 
  This isn't an attack or a defense. It's an honest investigation that presents the evidence and lets readers decide, examining the complex relationship between the man, the myths, and the character he's played both on screen and off. 
  The most complete investigation of Gianni Russo ever written. The facts, the questions, and the fascinating truth in between. 
  ⚡ READER ALERT: Over 47,000 readers are discovering the untold story behind one of Hollywood's most colorful figures. See what critics are calling "investigative journalism at its finest." 
  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Balanced, fair, and absolutely gripping. This is how you write about a controversial figure." — Verified Purchase

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