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  The Persian Empire – The...

  Andrew Rogers

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  Before Rome, before Greece, there was Persia—a vast empire that revolutionized governance, culture, and warfare. It was the first empire to embrace religious tolerance, international trade networks, and complex administration. Yet today, it remains overshadowed by its rivals. 
  This audiobook takes you deep into the history of the Persian Empire, revealing its greatest rulers, monumental achievements, and legendary battles. Discover: 
  ✅ How Cyrus the Great built the first global empire 
  ✅ The rise of Darius I and Xerxes, and their wars with Greece 
  ✅ The Persian system of governance, roads, and military tactics 
  ✅ How Alexander the Great conquered Persia—and what he admired about it 
  The Persian Empire – The Forgotten Superpower is a must-listen for history lovers, ancient warfare enthusiasts, and anyone fascinated by the rise and fall of great civilizations.

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  World War II in 1942: The...

  Editors Charles River

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  The United States began 1942 determined to avenge Pearl Harbor, but the Allies, now including the Soviet Union by necessity, did not agree on the war strategy. In 1941, both the Germans and British moved armies into North Africa, where Italy had already tried and failed to reach the Suez Canal. The British sought American help in North Africa, where British General Bernard Montgomery was fighting the legendary “Desert Fox,” General Erwin Rommel. At the same time, Stalin was desperate for Allied action on the European continent that could free up the pressure on the besieged Soviets. 
  President Roosevelt had a consequential decision to make, and he eventually decided to land American forces on North Africa to assist the British against Rommel, much to Stalin’s chagrin. While the Americans and British could merely harass the Germans with air power and naval forces in the Atlantic, Stalin’s Red Army had to take Hitler’s best shots in Russia throughout 1942. But the Red Army’s tenuous hold continued to cripple the Nazi war machine while buying the other Allies precious time. 
  Despite fighting in North Africa and the Atlantic, the United States still had the resources and manpower to fight the Japanese in the Pacific. Though the Japanese had crippled the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, its distance from Japan made an invasion of Pearl Harbor impossible, and Japan had not severely damaged important infrastructure. Thus, the United States was able to quickly rebuild a fleet, still stationed at Pearl Harbor right in the heart of the Pacific. This forward location allowed the United States to immediately push deeply into the Pacific theater. In fact, the turning point in the Pacific theater took place in 1942 near Midway Island. The Japanese had moved a sizable fleet intending to occupy Midway Island and draw the American navy near.

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  Locked Down Locked Out - Why...

  Maya Schenwar

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  An analysis of the US prison system through real-life stories, and a look at the complex work of community-based social justice projects. 
   
   
   
  Through the stories of prisoners and their families, including her own family's experiences, Maya Schenwar shows how the institution that locks up 2.3 million Americans and decimates poor communities of color is shredding the ties that, if nurtured, could foster real collective safety. As she vividly depicts here, incarceration takes away the very things that might enable people to build better lives. But looking toward a future beyond imprisonment, Schenwar profiles community-based initiatives that successfully deal with problems—both individual harm and larger social wrongs—through connection rather than isolation, moving toward a safer, freer future for all of us. 
   
   
   
  "Maya Schenwar's stories about prisoners, their families (including her own), and the thoroughly broken punishment system are rescued from any pessimism such narratives might inspire by the author's brilliant juxtaposition of abolitionist imaginaries and radical political practices." —Angela Y. Davis, author of Are Prisons Obsolete?

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  Speed Reading Secrets -...

  Lucas Adams

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   "Speed Reading Secrets: Techniques to Read Faster and Retain More" is a thorough manual whose useful tactics will improve comprehension and change readers' habits. This book exposes readers to a range of tried-and-true methods for quickening reading while preserving or even enhancing comprehension. 
  The book dispels myths and misconceptions surrounding the practice of speed reading by first exploring the underlying foundations of the activity. It highlights the value of active reading techniques like chunking, skimming, and scanning that allow readers to quickly consume vast amounts of material without sacrificing comprehension. The methods are backed by discoveries on cognitive processes, which clarify how, when information is addressed strategically, the brain processes and retains it more efficiently. 
  Readers will find useful exercises and advice to improve their speed reading throughout the chapters. In-depth discussions of strategies, including technological integration, annotation, and visualization, give readers a variety of tools to improve their reading experiences. Additionally, the book discusses typical problems like regression and offers solutions to ensure that reading efficiency keeps getting better. 
  "Speed Reading Secrets" stresses the value of understanding and retention in addition to speed. Through the incorporation of these strategies into their regular reading routines, readers can establish enduring habits that facilitate their academic achievements, career advancement, and personal improvement. This book gives readers the skills they need to read more quickly, remember more information, and work more efficiently—whether they are professionals trying to advance in their careers or students trying to better manage their academic workload

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  Swapped for My Lesbian - Gender...

  Kinky Press

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  Peter and Jessie are best friends, but they don’t hit for the same team… for now. 
    
  After years of sexual frustration, Peter is finally ready to do something so he can be with his hot and horny lesbian friend. 
    
  Seeking advice at the local magic shop, he searches for a love potion that will not force his will on Jessie — and is given one very unique solution… Give Jessie everything she wants. 
    
  Will the love between friends turn into something much more erotic if only Peter grows a pair… of tits?

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  Where Stands a Wingèd Sentry

  Margaret Kennedy

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  Margaret Kennedy was an acclaimed novelist and playwright best-known for The Constant Nymph. In this autobiographical account, taken from her war diaries, she conveys the tension, frustration, and bewilderment of the progression of the war, and the terror of knowing that the worst is to come, but not yet knowing what the worst will be. 
   
   
   
  English bravery, confusion, stubbornness, and dark humor provide the positive, more hopeful side of her experiences, in which she and her children move from Surrey to Cornwall, to sit out the war amidst a quietly efficient Home Guard and the most scandalous rumors. 
   
   
   
  "Most people knew in their hearts that the lid had been taken off hell, and that what had been done in Guernica would one day be done in London, Paris and Berlin." Margaret Kennedy's prophetic words, written about the pre-war mood in Europe, give the tone of this riveting 1941 wartime memoir: it is Mrs. Miniver with the gloves off. 
   
   
   
  Where Stands A Wingèd Sentry, the title comes from a seventeenth-century poem by Henry Vaughan, was only published in the USA in 1942, and was never published in the UK, until now.

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