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  Obsessive Intrusive Magical...

  Marianne Eloise

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  'I FELT RECOGNISED ON EVERY PAGE, LEARNT SO MANY NEW THINGS, AND LAUGHED SO HARD I CHOKED ON MY WATER. READ THIS!!!' NAOISE DOLAN, AUTHOR OF EXCITING TIMES
  
  'CANDID, WITTY ... A BRAVE BOOK THAT PUTS VULNERABILITY FULLY ON SHOW'  INDEPENDENT
  
  
  Obsessive was, still is, my natural state, and I never wondered why. I didn't mind, didn't know that other people could feel at peace. I always felt like a raw nerve, but then, I thought that everyone did.
  
  Writer and journalist Marianne Eloise was born obsessive. What that means changes day to day, depending on what her brain latches onto: fixations with certain topics, intrusive violent thoughts, looping phrases. Some obsessions have lasted a lifetime, while others will be intense but only last a week or two.
  Obsessive, Intrusive, Magical Thinking is a culmination of a life spend obsessing, offering a glimpse into Marianne's brain, but also an insight into the lives of others like her. From death to Medusa, to Disneyland to fire, to LA to her dog, the essays explore the intersection of neurodivergence, fixation and disorder, telling the story of one life underpinned and ultimately made whole by obsession.

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  Store Bought Baby - A Memoir...

  Laura Melane

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  In Store Bought Baby, Laura Melane unravels the complex emotions of growing up adopted, feeling different, and battling a deep sense of insecurity. Raised alongside her parents’ biological daughter in a well-meaning but dysfunctional family, Laura always felt like something was missing. As she grappled with codependency, low self-esteem, and an unhealthy desire to please others, she found herself trapped by the “good girl” conditioning too many women find themselves unable to escape.  
  With raw honesty and vulnerability, Laura chronicles her journey from questioning her worth to reclaiming her identity and becoming the hero of her own story. Along the way, she tackles the emotional void left behind by adoption, sheds the toxic beliefs that shaped her, and shares the hard-won lessons that finally led her to self-acceptance and love.  
  This memoir is a heartfelt exploration of personal growth, resilience, and the courage to break free from expectations and relationships that don’t serve us. For anyone feeling lost or trapped in someone else’s story, Store Bought Baby is an inspiring reminder that we all have the power to choose ourselves and create the life we deserve.

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  Black History is for Everyone

  Brian Jones

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  Black history is under attack from powerful right-wing forces that seek to excise it from classrooms and libraries. Its opponents fail to understand a simple truth: the best education challenges our assumptions and demands we keep at it. It makes us uncomfortable, helps us see larger forces at work, and gives us glimpses of alternate futures. 
   
   
   
  In Black History Is for Everyone, award-winning educator and scholar Brian Jones offers a meditation on the power of Black history, using his own experiences as a life-long learner and classroom teacher to question everything from the meaning of race and nation to the radicalism of the American Revolution. We see that "race" took centuries to get defined; we follow Frederick Douglass as he grapples with how to relate to the United States and, later, to Haiti; we compare the American, French, and Haitian revolutions; and we learn why the study of Black history has always been threatened. 
   
   
   
  In these pages, Jones offers a persuasive case for Black history and a celebration of the rewards of education. With warmth, immersive storytelling, and good cheer, Jones encourages us to delve deeper into our collective history, explores how curiosity about our world is essential—and reminds us that with stakes so high, the effort is worth it.

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  Life Hacks - The Collection

  H. Warren Browne, Judy Angelo,...

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  How to be Happy - Book One is a series of happiness hacks relating to daily personal life. 
  These are tips and tricks proven to make a difference in people's lives. I'm living proof of that. Despite being disabled with an incurable illness, I am, right now, the happiest I've ever been. How do I explain it? Drop in and I'll share my secrets. After we chat, they won't be so secret anymore : ) No problem. I want you to check them out, I want you to share them, I want you to leave with new light in your life and new pep in your step. I want you to leave here smiling. 
  You could be 8, 28, 88 or any of the numbers in between. No matter your age, there's a happiness hack here for you. And when you've found happiness in your personal life, there's book 2 for work and school and book 3 for your happiness in the future. I'm looking forward to seeing you smile. 
  Much love to you!

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  Producing the Acceptable Sex...

  Gwyn Easterbrook-Smith

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  Producing the Acceptable Sex Worker considers how sex work is produced in news media narratives, a site where much of the general public draws its understanding of the industry in the absence of lived interaction with it. Taking New Zealand as a case study, this book considers an emerging discourse of acceptability for some sex workers, primarily those who do low-volume indoor work. Their acceptability is established in comparison with other kinds of sex workers, resulting in a redistribution but not a reduction of stigma. The conditions attached to acceptability reflect persistent anxieties about sex work: workers who are acceptable must give the impression that the sexual labour of the job is enjoyable and virtually indistinguishable from their personal life, eliding the work involved. Unacceptable workers have existing marginalisations magnified by their association with the industry, with migrant sex workers produced as devious or exploited, and transgender women’s involvement with the industry used to deny them the right to public space. The conditions attached to acceptability reveal how neoliberal discourses of choice, desire, authenticity, and personal responsibility inform the formation of sex work in the public eye.

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  The Succulent Kiss

  Tina Kay

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  A testament to the strength of the human spirit and the transformative power of self-love. 
  Tina Kay dreamt of a fairytale romance, and when she met Steve, he seemed like the perfect soulmate. But what started as a love story unraveled into heartbreak, forcing her to question everything she believed about love. 
  In The Succulent Kiss, Tina shares her true story of survival. She chronicles her harrowing escape from the grips of mental and physical abuse, to reclaim her identity and discover the juicy romance she longed for. 
  Whether you’re on a journey of self-discovery, supporting a loved one, or seeking to better understand the complexities of abuse and recovery, The Succulent Kiss offers emotional insight to the power of courage and love.

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