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  Write Before Coffee - How to...

  Carlene Hill Byron

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  Do you have a story or message you MUST tell … but you don’t feel confident you know how to write a book? In this brief, practical guide, decades-experienced writer and editor Carlene Hill Byron gives you the pro tips you need to write your book successfully. 
  You’ll learn writing and organizing tactics that will work for your specific learning style, instead of being presented a “one size fits all” approach that would constrain you. You’ll discover secrets to creativity that you can apply in your writing projects and in everything you do that requires imagination. You’ll learn a time-tested storytelling structure that will encourage others, even if your life with God has as many “downs” as “ups.” 
  The book you write will be a bridge that connects your own life and ideas with the readers who need to know about them. You can introduce them to valuable innovations, give them inspiration by your story of resilience, encourage their compassion and empathy for people facing challenges. Telling your story effectively will help them discover a companion for their own spiritual journey. It will establish your own legacy in print for all time, leaving an heritage to those who follow. 
  Writing your book in your own voice will give you a powerful tool to use everywhere you serve in personal and professional leadership: family, community, church, and business. The experiences you share will become supports to others making similar journeys. Writing a book is an act of service that lets others learn from the vision your experiences have grown in you. 
  If it’s time to write your own book but you don’t know where to start, this book will give you more help in fewer words than you’ll find anywhere else!

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  The Copenhagen Papers - An Intrigue

  David Burke, Michael Frayn

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  In a brilliant coda to the play Copenhagen, Michael Frayn receives mysterious letters that take him back to the theme of his bestselling novel, Headlong -- human folly, this time his own.Michael Frayn's Copenhagen has established itself as one of the finest pieces of drama to grace the stage in recent years. The subject of the Tony-winning play is the strange visit the German nuclear physicist Werner Heisenberg made to his former mentor, scientist Niels Bohr, in Nazi-occupied Copenhagen and the quarrel that ensued. Heisenberg's intentions on that visit, for good or for evil, have long intrigued and baffled historians and scientists. One day, during the British run of Copenhagen, Frayn received a curious package from a suburban housewife, which contained a few faded pages of barely legible German writings. These pages, which she claimed to have found concealed beneath her floorboards, seemed to cast a remarkable new light on the mystery at the heart of play. As more material emerged -- specifically notes that appeared to give instructions on how to put up a table-tennis table but perhaps containing important encoded information -- actor David Burke, who was playing Niels Bohr, began to display extreme, even suspicious interest in Frayn's growing obsession with cracking the riddle of the papers. And Frayn, for his part, lost all sense of certainty. Was he the victim of an elaborate hoax? By turns comic and profound, The Copenhagen Papers explores the conundrum that is always at the heart of Frayn's work -- human gullibility and the eternal difficulty of knowing why we do what we do.

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  Seeing 'What Is' is Action -...

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

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  Seeing ‘what is’ is action - 24 May 1975  
  • If truth is something totally different from reality then what place has action in 
  daily life, in relation to truth and reality? 
  • Seeing ‘what is’ is action. 
  • What place has love in truth? 
  • When I separate you, in that separation love cannot exist. 
  • How are you to convey the sense of truth to a student? 
  • As long as I live in the field of reality, which has its own energy, that energy will 
  not free me. 
  • When the mind is empty, when the mind is nothing, not a thing, in that there is 
  perception.

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  The hidden lives of taxi drivers

  Ruth Finnegan

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  What do you know about taxi drivers? Not enough? 
  Find out more here. 
  Discover what The Ten Commandments of St Fiacre and the 10 Commandments of Road Safety are all about. Discover the lives of taxi drivers: hidden in plain sight, here, there, and everywhere - sometimes, invisible! Learn the history that created taxis, Hackney carriages and all. Consider their urban setting with case studies and interviews from Milton Keynes. And, taxi drivers: who are they, where are they from, how did they get here? Trials, traumas and triumphs. What is 'The job' what is 'The Knowledge'. What's new? All this ... and more. 
  Discover the 'real me' behind the taxi driver. This accurate, meticulous, account of a down-to-earth subject like the taxi drivers in Milton Keynes unexpectedly leads into the deeper fathoms of the human soul.  
  The organisation, origins, folklore , literature and history of taxis and the “parallel universes” of their drivers’ lives and dreams. Your view of the familiar streets will be transformed! 
  DEDICATION: To the taxi drivers, and all those other immigrants, who have enriched our knowledge and our culture and day by day continue to do so.

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  Hidden Agendas - Secret Motives...

  Cito Harder

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  Hidden agendas exist in nearly every aspect of life, shaping decisions, influencing behavior, and often determining the outcomes of interactions without those involved fully realizing it. A hidden agenda refers to a concealed motive or underlying intention that differs from what is outwardly expressed. Unlike open and transparent objectives, hidden agendas operate beneath the surface, often serving personal, financial, or strategic interests that are not explicitly stated. 
  At their core, hidden agendas stem from the fundamental human need for control, advantage, or self-preservation. People may withhold their true intentions out of fear of rejection, loss of power, or diminished influence. In many cases, hidden agendas are not inherently malicious; they can be driven by self-interest, strategic planning, or the need to protect sensitive information. However, when used manipulatively, they can undermine trust, deceive others, and lead to unethical or harmful consequences. 
  One of the key characteristics of a hidden agenda is deception or misdirection. A person or group may present one set of intentions while secretly pursuing another. This is common in politics, business, and even personal relationships, where individuals may disguise their true motivations to gain support, manipulate outcomes, or secure an advantage. For example, a corporate leader advocating for a policy change may claim it is for the benefit of employees, while in reality, it serves to increase profits or consolidate power.

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  Racial Justice for the Long Haul...

  Christine Jeske

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  Enduring Hope: Ethnographic Insights into Long-Term Racial Justice Advocacy
  Many White Christians feel convicted when they hear of racial injustice but aren't sure what they can do. They often become overwhelmed by deep divisions, conflicting priorities, and historical burdens. They need a clearer vision for engagement with racial justice and reconciliation that goes beyond easy answers or simplistic optimism. Isn't there anyone who has found a way forward?
  Anthropologist Christine Jeske has studied precisely this question. Her one-of-a-kind research started by asking people of color about their work and experience with White advocates of racial justice. She then studied the postures, ideas, and actions of those they recommended as positive examples.
  In Racial Justice for the Long Haul, Jeske presents her findings on what makes for an effective, enduring approach, revealing shared threads in the lives of White Christians who have faithfully embraced the call to advocate for justice. By abandoning simplistic answers and confronting the depths of suffering and injustice, they discover a bold way of hope that perseveres. This book
  
  - features a unique methodology of interviews with Christian leaders of color and White advocates
  - makes qualitative ethnographic research accessible, and
  - provides concrete examples of how White Christians can grow—and persist—in working for racial justice.
  This book invites readers to engage deeply, reflect thoughtfully, and grow authentically as allies in the work of racial justice. White Christians must learn the nature of true hope as they encounter the depths of injustice and of lament—and of grace. Racial Justice for the Long Haul offers the clarity, inspiration, and tools needed to persevere in the pursuit of a more just world.

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