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  A Truce That Is Not Peace

  Miriam Toews

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  "Essential reading. A companion for turbulent times."—Laura van den Berg 
    
  Internationally bestselling author Miriam Toews' memoir of the will to write—a work of disobedient memory, humor, and exquisite craft set against a content-hungry, prose-stuffed society. 
    
  “Why do you write?” the organizer of a literary event in Mexico City asks Miriam Toews. Each attempted answer from Toews—all of them unsatisfactory to the organizer—surfaces new layers of grief, guilt, and futility connected to her sister's suicide. She has been keeping up, she realizes, a decades-old internal correspondence, filling a silence she barely understands. And we, her readers, come to see that the question is as impossible to answer as deciding whether to live life as a comedy or a tragedy. 
    
  Marking the first time Toews has written her own life in nonfiction, A Truce That Is Not Peace explores the uneasy pact a writer makes with memory. Wildly inventive yet masterfully controlled; slyly casual yet momentous; wrenching and joyful; hilarious and humane—this is Miriam Toews at her dazzling best, remaking her world and inventing an astonishing new literary form to contain it.

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  Understanding Palestine and Israel

  Phyllis Bennis

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  Beautifully written and read by accomplished American author, activist, and political analyst Phyllis Bennis, Understanding Palestine and Israel is a crucial resource for anyone seeking to grasp the realities of Palestine and Israel, making it an essential addition to the discourse surrounding peace and coexistence in the region.  Known for her work on U.S. foreign policy, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and peace advocacy, she is also a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C., where she focuses on global issues and social justice. With thorough research and a compelling narrative style, Bennis masterfully distills intricate historical and political nuances, presenting them in a way that is accessible to both newcomers and those with more background knowledge.

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  Rethinking Rescue - Dog Lady and...

  Carol Mithers

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  In Los Angeles's most underserved communities, Lori Weise is known as the Dog Lady, the woman who's spent decades caring for people in poverty and the animals that love them. Long before anyone else, Weise grasped that animal and human suffering are inextricably connected and created a new rescue narrative, an enduring safety net empowering pet owners and providing resources to reduce the number of pets coming into shelters. 
   
   
   
  Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America's Forgotten People and Pets unites the causes of animal welfare and social justice, moving between Weise's story and that of the US rescue movement: from the dog's twentieth-century transition from property to family to the rise of the no kill campaign to stop shelter euthanasia and the contradictions that hampered those efforts. Through captivating storytelling and investigative reporting, Carol Mithers examines the consequences of bias within this overwhelmingly white movement, where an overemphasis on placing animals in affluent homes often disregards pet owners in poverty. Weise's innovative and ultimately triumphant efforts revealed a better way. 
   
   
   
  Rethinking Rescue boldly confronts two of the biggest challenges of our time—poverty and homelessness—in asking the very humane question, Who deserves the love of a pet?

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  The MEDITATIONS of Marcus Aurelius

  Marcus Aurelius

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  Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor without any intention of publication, the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius offer a wide range of fascinating spiritual reflections and exercises developed as the leader struggled to understand himself and make sense of the universe. Spanning from doubt and despair to conviction and exaltation, they cover such diverse topics as the question of virtue, human rationality, the nature of the gods and the values of leadership. But while the Meditations were composed to provide personal consolation, in developing his beliefs Marcus also created one of the greatest of all works of philosophy: a series of wise and practical aphorisms that have been consulted and admired by statesmen, thinkers and ordinary readers for almost two thousand years.

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  Perceiving Without the Perceiver...

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

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  Perceiving without the perceiver - 28 June 1975 
  • Can thought naturally cease? 
  • Perceiving without the perceiver 
  • Facing the truth of death 
  • Krishnamurti’s ‘process’ and early years. 
  • Kundalini 
  • If you can understand suffering, face it and not escape from it, that has quite a 
  different energy. 
  • Truth is a pathless land. 
  • There is something really tremendously mysterious. 
  • Knowledge is becoming the curse. 
  • When the mind, with all the confusion, is nothing, not a thing, then perhaps 
  there is the other.

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  American Civil War Stories: 50+...

  Ahoy Publications

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  If you want to vividly experience the American Civil War and explore its untold narratives without missing the emotional depth and personal stories, then keep reading... 
  Step into the heart of the American Civil War with this riveting audiobook, a portal to the dramatic and defining moments of a nation divided. 
  This isn't just a history audiobook; it's a time machine transporting you to the front lines of one of America's most tumultuous periods. 
  This audiobook offers an unparalleled exploration of the personal narratives and untold stories of those who shaped and were shaped by the Civil War. From the early days of conflict to the powerful events of the Battle of Gettysburg and the Vicksburg Campaign, each page brings to life the stories that textbooks often overlook! 
  Inside, you'll discover:The early heroes: Meet the individuals who enlisted in the Union and Confederate armies, driven by conviction and courage.Untold stories from 1862: Delve into the actions of ordinary Americans in extraordinary times.Battlefield Chronicles: Experience the raw realities of famous battles and the strategies that decided their outcomes.The war’s climax: Uncover the secrets of the Civil War’s final year.The Underground Railroad: Journey through this freedom network's history, purpose, and operation.Truths and Myths: Demystify the common myths surrounding the Civil War.Empowered Women: Understand the vital roles played by women in the Civil War.And much more! 
  So what are you waiting for? Click the “add to cart” button to travel back in time and begin this fascinating journey across American history.

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