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  Back in the USSR - Heroic...

  Rory Maclean

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  Transnistria is a nowhereland hugging a narrow valley near the Black Sea. No bigger than Cornwall or Rhode Island, the unrecognised country is a Soviet museum long occupied by Russian ‘peace-keepers’. Its oligarchs in Adidas track suits hunt wild boar with AK-47s. Its young people train for revolution at the Che Guevara High School of Political Leadership. Its secret factories have supplied arms to African insurgents and electrical generators for Iran’s nuclear power programme. Yet its isolation and sliver-size belie the real threat it poses to the West, above all since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 	‘We know our people and how to treat them, ' bragged a local-boy-made-good oligarch. ‘And I tell you that the only way to get them to act or to change their ways is to point a gun at their heads, and threaten to shoot.’	‘And if they still don’t change?’ I asked, shocked by his arrogant candour.	‘Then one pulls the trigger.’	Re-issued with a new Introduction, Back in the USSR is a snapshot in time - presented in a social realist style - and a chilling reminder of the fate that awaits the conquered.

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  Navigating Uncertainty - Simple...

  Anna L Pereira

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  We live in a time of rapid change and what can feel like relentless uncertainty. Against this backdrop, the future often feels uncertain, leaving us searching for a path forward. This book offers strategies for navigating these times, beginning with ourselves and extending outward. Shaped in collaboration with one of the most cited scientists of our time, rooted in robust science (specifically active inference and free energy), and told through approachable stories, it provides a practical foundation for making sense of today’s complexity. Across these chapters, you’ll find tools to better understand an uncertain world and to move through it with greater clarity, resilience, and connection.

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  Ministry of Truth: Book Summary...

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  This is a concise summary and analysis of Ministry of Truth, by Steve Benen.
   
  It is not the original book and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Steve Benen.
   
  Ideal those seeking a quick and insightful overview.
   
  
   
  In Ministry of Truth, the author takes us on a riveting journey through the power and manipulation of truth in society. This thought-provoking audiobook explores the dangerous ways in which information can be controlled and reshaped by those in power, from political regimes to the media, and the profound impact it has on individuals and societies. Through a blend of historical examples and contemporary analysis, the author reveals how truth is not just a matter of facts, but a tool used for control, and how resistance to these manipulations can come at great personal cost.
   
  This audiobook is more than a deep dive into propaganda—it is a call to action for anyone seeking to improve their productivity and reclaim their intellectual autonomy. Every chapter offers valuable insights into how we can protect our mental clarity, make informed decisions, and cultivate environments where truth can flourish. For those striving for success, this book teaches that clarity, integrity, and resilience are not just essential for personal growth—they are the keys to long-term achievement.

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  They Don't Understand Depression...

  Michael D. Griffith

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  Have you ever wished you were dead? Do you understand that hopelessness? Is it lonely? In severe depression, you know how it feels when nobody else really understands. It's obvious from what "they" do and say that they've never felt what you feel. This book is not for them. If you do know what "they don't understand" means without my even explaining it, then this book is for you. I will say the uncomfortable, quiet parts out loud, even though we're not supposed to say what we really think. I'm just a guy who struggled for 14 years with strange, undiagnosed health problems, followed by 7 years in an emotional hellhole, before I miraculously found a glimmer of meaning in the dark. I can't understand your personal hell. However, if I articulate even a small part of what it means that "they don't understand," I ask you to consider my unique perspective on why your suffering matters. You can find peace to know that you do not suffer¿in vain. Your life can have meaning, and you can hope for relief.

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  I Ching Yì Jīng; The Book of...

  Fu Xi, James Legge

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  The Classic of Changes (I Ching / Yìjīng / 易經) is one of the oldest and most enduring texts in the Chinese literary tradition, and one of the oldest books on record. The trigrams and method are classically attributed to the culture hero and legendary emperor Fu Xi (c. 2800 BCE), who also invented fishing, hunting, music, writing, laws, and the calendar. Around 1000 BCE, King Wen of Zhou combined them into the 64 hexagrams and wrote the core judgements, followed by his son the Duke of Zhou, who wrote the line texts in the following century. The appendices, or Ten Wings, are traditionally attributed to the philosopher Confucius, though Legge's commentary throws significant doubt on this attribution. 
  Consulted for millennia as an oracle, a philosophical framework, and a guide to the patterns underlying human experience and the natural world, the Yìjīng has for millennia shaped the Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist traditions, as well as Chinese literature, art, medicine, and statecraft. 
  James Legge's was the first Professor of Chinese at Oxford and the principal translator of Sacred Books of the East. His translation was the first in English and remains a landmark of sinological scholarship. 
  Included here in full are Legge's substantial introductory essays, situating the text in its historical and cultural context; his careful translation of the core text (Jīng 經) with the judgements (Tuàn 彖) and line statements; and all of the Ten Wings (Shí Yì 十翼), including the Tuànzhuàn, Xiàngzhuàn, Xìcí, Wényán, Shuōguà, Xùguà, and Záguà. 
  A comprehensive, scholarly, and scrupulously annotated entry point into one of humanity's great classics, Legge's Yìjīng has yet to be surpassed for accessibility combined with rigor.  
  Whether you come to the Yìjīng as a student of Chinese philosophy (Zhōngguó zhéxué 中國哲學), a practitioner of divination, or simply a curious reader seeking a window into the deepest currents of Chinese thought, this edition serves as an invaluable companion.

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  Sowing Hate and Chaos - How...

  Mary Wald, José Ramos-Horta

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  If you've been baffled at how citizens of the United States, even people you know, could turn against their democracy, there is an answer. There is a method of psychological manipulation that can be used to turn someone from a citizen of a peaceful democratic society into someone who feels he or she must destroy the existing political system to save their nation. It has been used successfully to collapse nations in violent chaos and install autocratic regimes at least four times in the last century. Now it's being used against American citizens through social media and other channels, with startling results. 
   
  Mary Wald's meticulously researched book, Sowing Hate and Chaos, pulls the curtain back to show how what is happening in our country isn't a natural evolution of events or "pendulum swing," but a carefully planned and executed campaign that uses experimental and behavioral psychology to manipulate the American people toward hatred and violence—without their even realizing it's happening. 
   
  "The world is astonished to witness events in the United States and the willingness of some Americans to dismantle their own democracy. Sowing Hate and Chaos, written by one of my most trusted associates, is a vital work for understanding and navigating the dangerous waters ahead for the United States and other democracies." –José Ramos Horta, President Timor-Leste, Nobel Peace Prize laureate

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