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  How Playboy Magazine Literally...

  Trevor Clinger

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  Dive into the captivating story behind Hefner's iconic legacy and global influence. Renowned as one of the most pivotal figures of our time, Hefner revolutionized media, shaping an industry that now dominates a significant portion of the digital landscape. While some may see him through a critical lens, this book unveils the profound impact and vision behind his publication beyond its surface allure. Gain insight into the intricate dynamics and enduring significance of Hefner's cultural phenomenon. With a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and an Associate's Degree in Management Technology, I bring a nuanced perspective to this exploration.

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  Persian Corridor in World War II...

  Editors Charles River

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  Operation Barbarossa was the most fateful decision of World War II, and when it gave the Soviets common cause with the British (and subsequently the Americans), the purpose of the Lend-Lease Act changed in nature as well. The bulk of Germany’s formidable armed forces were committed to the offensive in the east, which relieved the pressure on the British and meant that a German attack on Britain or elsewhere in Western Europe was not going to happen, so keeping the Soviets in the war became the most essential goal of the supply program. 
  Getting supplies to the Soviets to help them resist the German armies became a strategic imperative, and Iran’s geography of bordering the Persian Gulf to the south and Soviet territory to the north brought Iran to the front and center in the strategic supply effort. The German invasion devastated much of European Russia, but also devastated Ukraine and Belarus, other member “republics” in the Soviet Union, and the portions of the Soviet Union that bordered on Iran were Armenia, Azerbaijan and east of the Caspian, Turkmenistan. 
  The Persian Corridor involved British and Dominion forces, as well as Soviet armed forces and personnel, but the operation and management of the Persian Corridor became largely an American show. Most of the immense amount of aid sent was for transshipment across Iran to the Soviets, but it also involved supplying British and Commonwealth forces in Iran, Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East. Some was used to feed and supply Iran’s people, and some was used to modernize and maintain Iran’s infrastructure. There was also the need to supply the American troops working in the Persian Corridor. While 80% or so of the aid came from the U.S., there was also a significant amount of aid sent from Canada, Australia, South Africa and especially India. 

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  Pragmatism

  John R. Shook

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  A concise, accessible overview of pragmatism, the most influential school of American philosophical thought. 
   
   
   
  Pragmatism, America's homegrown philosophy, has been a major intellectual movement for over a century. Unlike its rivals, it reaches well beyond the confines of philosophy into concerns and disciplines as diverse as religion, politics, science, and culture. In this concise, engagingly written overview, John R. Shook describes pragmatism's origins, concepts, and continuing global relevance and appeal. With attention to the movement's original thinkers—Charles Sanders Peirce, William James, John Dewey, and George Herbert Mead—as well as its contemporary proponents, he explains how pragmatism thinks about what is real, what can be known, and what minds are doing. And because of pragmatism's far-reaching impact, Shook shows how its views on reality, truth, knowledge, and cognition coordinate with its approaches to agency, sociality, human nature, and personhood.

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  True Alien Abduction Stories...

  Greg Morrison

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  Uncover ten terrifying accounts of extraterrestrial encounters and paranormal trauma that shatter the safety of reality.
   
  Dive into a collection of unsettling narratives designed for the deep silence of late-night listening. Perfect for fans of the uncanny, these self-contained episodes expose the fragility of the human mind when ordinary people confront the inexplicable dread of the unknown.
   
  Traverse a landscape of paranoia where memory is unreliable and missing time signals a violation of the self. Whether driving down a lonely highway or lying in a childhood bedroom, the victims in these reports face psychological manipulation that fractures families and defies scientific explanation.
   
  Inside this anthology of high strangeness:
  
  Visceral Horror: Witness the terror of bodily violation and the trauma of silence.
  Global Scope: Move from rural isolation to sterile laboratories where control is absolute.
  Generational Patterns: Trace the chilling bloodlines that suggest a long-term alien agenda.
  Psychological Depth: Experience the struggle to maintain sanity against impossible odds.
  
   
  As the narrative arc expands from isolated incidents to chilling global implications, a disturbing intelligence emerges from the shadows. Prepare to question the threshold between waking life and the nightmares that wait in the dark.

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  Wait Five Minutes - Weatherlore...

  Shelley Ingram, Willow G. Mullins

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  The weather governs our lives. It fills gaps in conversations, determines our dress, and influences our architecture. No matter how much our lives may have moved indoors, no matter how much we may rely on technology, we still monitor the weather. Wait Five Minutes: Weatherlore in the Twenty-First Century draws from folkloric, literary, and scientific theory to offer up new ways of thinking about this most ancient of phenomena. 
   
   
   
  Weatherlore is a concept that describes the folk beliefs and traditions about the weather that are passed down casually among groups of people. From detailing personal experiences at picnics and suburban lawns to critically analyzing storm stories, novels, and flood legends, contributors offer engaging multidisciplinary perspectives on weatherlore. 
   
   
   
  As we move further into the twenty-first century, an increasing awareness of climate change and its impacts on daily life calls for a folkloristic reckoning with the weather and a rising need to examine vernacular understandings of weather and climate. Weatherlore helps us understand and shape global political conversations about climate change and biopolitics at the same time that it influences individual, group, and regional lives and identities. We use weather, and thus its folklore, to make meaning of ourselves, our groups, and, quite literally, our world.

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  Anatomy of Desire - Five Secrets...

  Dr. Emily Jamea

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  This program is read by the author.Combining over fifteen years of clinical experience with her groundbreaking research into the science of flow, Dr. Emily Jamea's ANATOMY OF DESIRE delivers a fresh perspective on the untapped potential of our sex lives, intimate partner connections, and personal wellbeing."Dr. Emily Jamea makes difficult issues simple and accessible via her central tenet that expressing our authentic sexual selves is not about venturing into the unknown but rather searching within ourselves and tapping into our innate, albeit uncultivated, sexual potential. Dr. Emily guides us on this journey with care and curiosity” – Ian Kerner, PhD LMFT, NY Times best-selling author of She Comes First The experience of effortlessness, total absorption, and loss of space and time are feelings that everyone wants to enjoy while making love. However, regardless of everyone’s desire for better sex, passion and sexual satisfaction tend to diminish in longer-term relationships. This is a problem because studies consistently show that sexual satisfaction is key to relationship satisfaction.Great sex is something we all deserve.As a seasoned sex and relationship therapist, Dr. Emily Jamea has developed a unique approach for boosting sexual desire and pleasure. Anatomy of Desire identifies five secrets―sensuality, curiosity, adaptability, vulnerability, and attunement―that help her clients transform sex from sub-par to extraordinary.Woven through each secret is the science of “flow state.” Drawing from her first-of-its-kind published research, Dr. Emily teaches listeners how to apply the science of flow to get the sex they want despite the challenges of today’s modern world. Clients, workshop participants, and hundreds of thousands of social media followers have already benefited from her approach.Dr. Emily Jamea’s debut book, Anatomy of Desire: Five Secrets to Create Connection and Cultivate Passion makes her novel approach available to everyone.A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books.

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