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  Russo-Turkish Wars The: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  In the wake of taking Constantinople, the Ottoman Empire would spend the next few centuries expanding its size, power, and influence, bumping up against Eastern Europe and becoming one of the world’s most important geopolitical players. It was a rise that would not truly start to wane until the 19th century, and in the centuries before the decline of the “sick man of Europe,” the Ottomans frequently tried to push further into Europe. 
  Some of those forays were memorably countered by Western Europeans and the Holy League, but the Ottomans’ most frequent foe was the Russian Empire, which opposed them for both geopolitical and religious reasons. From negotiations to battles, the two sides jockeyed for position over the course of hundreds of years, and the start of the fighting may have represented the Ottomans’ best chance to conquer Moscow and change the course of history. 
  By the 19th century, the tsar was notoriously referring to the Ottoman Empire as the “sick man of Europe,” and by the start of World War I, the Ottoman Empire was often described as a dwindling power, mired by administrative corruption, using inferior technology, and plagued by poor leadership. The general idea is that the Ottoman Empire was “lagging behind,” likely coming from the clear stagnation of the empire between 1683 and 1826. Yet it can be argued that this portrayal is often misleading and fails to give a fuller picture of the state of the Ottoman Empire. Looking at the reforms, technological advances and modernization efforts made by the Ottoman elite between 1826 and the beginning of World War I, one could really wonder why such a thirst for change failed to save the Ottomans when similar measures taken by other nations, such as Japan during the Meiji era, did in fact result in the rise of a global power in the 20th century.

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  Love That Ends So You Can Begin...

  Magickal Spot

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  Love That Ends So You Can Begin is an emotional healing audiobook for breakup recovery, relationship endings, and moving on with clarity and self-respect.  
  Whether you’re heartbroken, grieving a long-term relationship, recovering from betrayal, or ending something that no longer fits, this audiobook offers a steady, honest path forward—without clichés. 
  You’ll explore seven core lessons about why relationships end and what those endings can make possible:outgrowing a relationship without blameunderstanding “seasonal” love and relationship lessonsclearing emotional, mental, and practical space to healbreaking repeating patterns in dating and attachmentcarrying growth forward (boundaries, confidence, communication)honoring your timeline when healing isn’t linearfinding the beginning that’s waiting for you—within or beyond new love 
  This is not a spiritual shortcut or a “get over them fast” method. It’s compassionate guidance for grief, closure, self-discovery, and rebuilding your life after a breakup.  
  If you’re asking “How do I let go?” or “Why does this still hurt?” this audiobook helps you process the ending and step into your next chapter—at your pace, with your dignity intact. 
  Includes a companion guide designed to be used alongside the audiobook. Each lesson is paired with gentle reflection prompts, grounding questions, and simple integration practices to help you process emotions, recognize patterns, and translate insight into real-life change. The guide isn’t about rushing healing—it’s about giving your grief somewhere to land, so growth can happen naturally, one chapter at a time.

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  Familiar Violence - A History of...

  Heather Montgomery

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  Child abuse casts a long shadow over the history of childhood. Across the centuries there are numerous accounts of children being beaten, neglected, sexually assaulted, or even killed by those closest to them. This book explores this darker side of childhood history, looking at what constituted cruelty towards children in the past and at the social responses towards it. Focusing primarily on England, it is a history of violence against children in their own homes, covering a large timeframe which extends from medieval times to the present. 
   
   
   
  Undeniably, the experience of children in the past was often brutal, and children were treated with, what seems to contemporary mores, callousness and cruelty. However, historians have paid far less attention to how the mistreatment of children was understood within its contemporary context. Most parents, both now and in the past, loved their children and there have always been widely shared understandings of the boundaries that separate the acceptable treatment of children from the intolerable and morally wrong. This book will examine how these boundaries have changed and been contested over time and, in doing so, provides a context to the many forms of violence experienced by children in the past.

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  Ethiopia: A Captivating Guide to...

  Captivating History

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  Two manuscripts in one audiobook:History of Ethiopia: A Captivating Guide to Ethiopian HistoryThe Italian Invasion of Ethiopia: A Captivating Guide to Mussolini's War in Abyssinia 
  In the first part of this audiobook, you will discover:Ethiopia’s origin and the legendary Queen of ShebaThe Aksumite Empire and the adoption of ChristianityEthiopia’s Solomonic line—King Solomon to Haile SelassieThe brief intermission of the Zagwe dynastyEthiopian emperors and how they ruledEthiopia’s communist takeoverModern Ethiopia 
  In the second part of this audiobook, you will learn about:The geopolitical background before the invasionHow the invasion was planned and what it entailedThe international role played by the League of NationsThe major battles fought during the Second Italo-Ethiopian WarThe exile of Haile Selassie and how he continued to take a stand in exileThe Italian occupation of EthiopiaThe atrocities the Italians committedWhat happened to EthiopiaAnd much more! 
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  Chasing North American Monsters...

  Jason Offutt, Loren Coleman

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  Here in North America, there be monsters! Jason Offutt takes you on a thrilling adventure across all twenty-three countries―as well as every state and territory of the US, Canada, and Mexico―to meet one or more monsters in each location. This book travels to Alaska, the Caribbean, Greenland, and beyond.• Find the horned boa known as Madre de Aguas in Cuba.• Head to Honduras to spot el Comelenguas, the tongue-eating giant bird.• Catch a glimpse of the Grafton Monster along West Virginia's roads.• Escape from the Ikusik, the human-devouring corpse of Greenland.• Track the Were-Jaguar (half-man, half-cat) across Tabasco, Mexico.From Arizona's Lizard Man to Canada's Wendigo, this book opens your eyes to the monstrous wonders of North America. Are you up for the chase?

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  Blue Pastures

  Mary Oliver

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  ""A gathering of gorgeous short pieces"" (Library Journal), Blue Pastures collects fifteen of Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winning poet Mary Oliver's prose works about nature, writing, and herself. 
  ""This transcendent collection is Oliver's joyful sharing of her love of her craft.""—Library Journal 
  With consummate craftsmanship, Mary Oliver has fashioned fifteen luminous prose pieces: on nature, writing, and herself and those around her. She praises Whitman, denounces cuteness, notes where to find the extraordinary, and extols solitude. Nature speaks to her and she speaks to nature. 
  ""This book is biased, opinionated; also it is also joyful, and probably there is despair here too...But the reader will find the pleasures more certain, and more constant, than the rills of despond. Thus it has turned out in my life thus far, influenced by the sustaining passions: love of the wild world, love of literature, love for and from another person."" –Mary Oliver

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