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  Becoming Janet - Finding Myself...

  Janet Singer Applefield

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  As a four-year-old in Nowy Targ, Poland, Gustawa Singer lived an idyllic life. Her parents doted on her, and she was always surrounded by loving relatives. Her father worked in the hardware store owned by her grandfather, and the family prospered. Then, in 1939, everything changed: Hitler's army invaded Poland, and Gustawa's carefree childhood days were gone forever. The Nazis killed 2,000 of the 2,200 Jews in her small hometown. Gustawa's mother was transported to the death camp at Belzec, her father was assigned to forced labor, and Gustawa became separated from everyone she had ever known. 
   
   
   
  Amidst the Nazis' hatred and savagery, a stranger spotted Gustawa after her cousin abandoned her in Krakow. This woman took her in and loved her at terrible risk to her own family. For Gustawa's protection, her name had to be changed several times. She survived the seemingly endless ordeal of the Holocaust and was eventually reunited with her father. They emigrated to the United States where Janet grew up. Believing that the world must never forget the horrors unleashed by Hitler's regime, the woman who was now Janet Singer Applefield began a series of talks to students, telling them the moving story of all she had endured, teaching them the power of courage and resilience in the face of bigotry, and encouraging them to stand up to discrimination and injustice.

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  Ramesses the Great - Egypt's...

  Toby Wilkinson

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  The life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for the present, from internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson 
   
  Ramesses II ruled the Nile Valley and the wider Egyptian empire from 1279 to 1213 B.C., one of the longest reigns in pharaonic history. He was a cultural innovator, a relentless self-promoter, and an astute diplomat—the peace treaty signed after the Battle of Kadesh was the first in recorded history. He outbuilt every other Egyptian pharaoh, leaving behind the temples of Abu Simbel; the great hypostyle hall of Karnak; the tomb for his wife Nefertari; and his own memorial, the Ramesseum. 
   
  His reputation eclipsed that of all other pharaohs as well: he was decried in the Bible as a despot, famed in literature as Ozymandias, and lauded by early antiquarians as the Younger Memnon. His rule coincided with the peak of ancient Egypt’s power and prosperity, the New Kingdom (1539–1069 B.C.). 
   
  In this authoritative biography, Toby Wilkinson considers Ramesses’ preoccupations and preferences, uncovering the methods and motivations of a megalomaniac ruler, with lessons for our own time.

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  Groomed: Danger lies closer than...

  Casey Watson

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  It’s late on Friday night when Casey’s mobile starts to ring. She is expecting it to be her daughter Riley. But it isn’t Riley. It’s a woman from the Emergency Duty Team. So begins Casey and Mike’s latest fostering challenge – a fifteen-year-old girl called Keeley who’s run away from her long-term foster home 25 miles away. 
  The Jonathan Ross Show has just started when Casey gets the call. She thinks it will be Riley – telling her that her favourite actor is going to be on TV. But it’s something far more urgent: a fifteen-year-old girl who has run away from her foster family and accused her foster father of sexual abuse. The family deny in vehemently, but such an allegation can never be taken lightly, so a new home must be found for Keeley. 
  Keeley is polite, but she’s sharp, and she has all the hallmarks of a child who has been in the system a long time, and knows how to play it. Whether the allegation is true or not, Casey knows there will be no winners here. If it is true, then a young girl’s life has been torn asunder. If not, then the heartache for the family will only be surpassed by the bleak outlook for Keeley. 
  In the short term, it’s a case of providing a safe, supportive home for a vulnerable child. But with the dangerous world of the internet at her disposal, it seems this strong-minded youngster has her own ideas of where that safe place should be… 
  In Groomed, Casey Watson, the Sunday Times bestselling author, delves into the complex world of foster care, exposing the challenges and triumphs of this often misunderstood realm. The book, a personal biography of sorts, explores the intricate dynamics of dysfunctional families and the social work system, providing a raw and unfiltered look into the life of a foster child. 
  For fans of Ann Cusack (Under Their Roof), Joe Cusack (Please Don't Leave Me), Linda Watson-Brown (Please Save Me), Ashley Rhodes-Courter (Three Little Words), and Katy Weitz (Undercover Copper).

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  The Year After Kahlia -...

  Kirsten O'Connor

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  What do you do when the unthinkable happens - and it happens to your child? 
  The Year After Kahlia is a raw and unfiltered memoir of the first twelve months after losing my daughter to suicide. It’s not a polished healing journey; it’s survival, it’s the truth most people are too afraid to say out loud. 
  Across a year of shock, numbness, guilt, anger, love, and unbearable longing, I take you inside the real experience of grief; the kind that changes your brain, your body, your identity, and your place in the world. 
  But this book is more than a story. 
  I explain what is actually happening inside you when grief hits; your nervous system, your hormones, your thoughts, your memory, your sleep, your body’s survival responses. I give you the language for things that often feel unspeakable. 
  And alongside each chapter, I offer gentle journal prompts, grounding tools, and reflection questions - practical ways to stay tethered to yourself when everything feels impossible. 
  This audiobook is for anyone who has lost someone they can’t imagine living without. 
  It’s for suicide-loss parents, supporters, and anyone wanting to understand grief from the inside out. 
  I don’t offer silver linings. 
  I don’t minimise the pain. 
  I simply tell the truth - with love, with courage, and with the hope that you feel less alone in your own ache. 
  If you’ve ever thought, “No one else gets it,” 
  I hope this book proves that someone does.

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  The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch -...

  Plutarch Plutarch

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  Lives of Greece and Rome retold for young readers from Plutarch — Lycurgus and Solon, Pericles and Alcibiades, Cicero and Pompey, the death of Caesar — with the anecdotes kept and the moralising left as Plutarch wrote it. The Lives were a schoolbook of Europe from the Renaissance on and the source Shakespeare worked from for his Roman plays. What survives the abridgement is Plutarch's method: judge a man by a small act, not a battle. Twenty-seven plates after Corot and Monet, among others, carry the classical world into modern light, from Gethsemane to a rain-washed Rouen quay.

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  The Unveiling - A Mother's...

  Ruth Markel

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  Ruth Markel is the mother of the late Dan Markel, a noted law professor who was murdered in Tallahassee, Florida, in 2014. In The Unveiling, she describes her experiences since the day of Dan's death from several distinct perspectives: 
   
   
   
  ● As a devastated mother with the unique human perspective of becoming a homicide survivor and victim. 
   
   
   
  ● As a woman whose attempts to achieve normalcy and live a healthy life are continually interrupted by painful reminders, a rollercoaster of hearings, frequently changing trial dates, verdicts, and appeals. 
   
   
   
  ● As an engaged citizen using what she has learned to help other victims of homicide and violent crimes recover from trauma and begin an optimistic outlook on life. 
   
   
   
  ● As an insider who shows how our collective network of family, friends, and experts have helped her family remain involved, motivated, and hopeful. 
   
   
   
  ● As a grandmother who had not been allowed to see her grandchildren in many years, she used advocacy to inspire the Florida State Legislature to pass a grandparent visitation bill. 
   
   
   
  ● And as an experienced author of nine books using the written word to effectively address the shift from grief to promise.

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