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My father, the most influential person in my life, passed away on March 20, 2008. As an intimate gift to his children, he wrote and illustrated his life story.
In the end, it took him eight years to complete his autobiography, and I was so impressed with his storytelling and artistic talent that I reached out to a journalist who had an interest in regional history. Following an interview with my father, the local newspaper ran a two-page article...
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The Writing of Innocence explores the topic of innocence and the peculiar relationship to Christianity in the writing of Maurice Blanchot. Its starting point is that innocence is not a condition relegated to a mythical past but rather one resulting from the construction of the subject in and through language. Hence, we don't lose innocence; instead, we are lost by innocence. It is an excess, not a lack. This inverted notion of innocence raises new...
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Bullies, bad bosses, human traffickers, and mean girls all manipulate their victims without lifting a finger. This sinister form of mind control is known in the psychoanalytical community as projective identification and blame shifting. Many millions of Americans suffer from this kind of abuse, but they don't have to anymore--escape and healing is possible. It's Not Me, It's You! How Narcissists Get What They Want and How To Stop Them will guide readers...
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The Pacific is warm and wonderful, and the waters hold beneath the waves the many secrets and the many stories of centuries past. Aneli as a novel collects the stories and many of the secrets sharing them as the journey through the near future is made possible by those from the past. Beauty in form of love as it was designed shares the way to overcome the errors of mankind throughout the globe.
The avenue traveled is beset with obstacles. Overcoming...
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After gaining fame on the reality show The Dental Apprentice, Dr. Michael Murphy settled down to practice as the clinical director of the Washington Center for Esthetic and Restorative Excellence, Murph expects peace and quiet in DC, but his plans are quickly altered. Together with his girlfriend, archeologist Carli Chamoun, they are invited to attend a State Dinner at the White House in honor of the new President, Franklin Buchanan, and his VP, Murph's...
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En el tránsito del estallido social chileno a la instalación del coronavirus, la filósofa Aïcha Liviana Messina y la psicoanalista Constanza Michelson establecen una correspondencia cruda, tierna y honesta, que rehúye toda doxa o militancia.
Sus intercambios mezclan relatos cotidianos, observaciones políticas y sociales, apreciaciones sobre libros y películas compartidas, recuerdos personales, inquietantes preguntas y profundas reflexiones...
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Este libro surge de la lucha feminista que se inició en Chile en 2018. Se pregunta en particular qué ha hecho posible que el feminismo tuviera un impacto mundial durante el año 2018 y cómo podemos entender su consigna principal: "La revolución será feminista o no será". Una de sus tesis principales es que el feminismo consigue transformar nuestra relación con la tierra, la historia y la política a condición de reconocer el carácter ya narrativo...
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In The Curse of Sekhem Ka, Matthew Messina weaves a clever, fast-paced thriller. From Cairo to Rome to Munich and eventually to Washington D.C., readers are treated to taut suspense as Murph and Carli attempt to unravel the Curse. Messina skillfully blends actual events with entertaining fiction, creating a fresh new hero in Mike Murphy. And, if you think dentists lead boring lives, then you've never met Murph; smart and athletic, a former Junior...
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Concerns about censorship have once again reached a fever pitch across the liberal West. With a few notable exceptions, complaints about censorship in the twenty-first century West are complaints about the behavior of private parties: employers, media conglomerates, social media platforms, and search engines.
To better understand the concerns surrounding nonstate interference with speech, Private Censorship offers an account of censorship, as well...
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On the peaceful Japanese island of Teshima there is Shinzo¯-on no A¯kaibu, a library of heartbeats, a place where the heartbeats of visitors from all around the world are collected. In this small, isolated building, the heartbeats of people who are still alive or have already passed away continue to echo.
Several miles away, in the ancient city of Kamakura, two lonely souls meet: Shuichi, a forty-year-old illustrator, who returns to his home-town...
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The international bestselling novel sold in 21 countries, about grief, mourning, and the joy of survival, inspired by a real phone booth in Japan with its disconnected “wind” phone, a place of pilgrimage and solace since the 2011 tsunami. When Yui loses both her mother and her daughter in the tsunami, she begins to mark the passage of time from that date onward: Everything is relative to March 11, 2011, the day the tsunami tore Japan apart, and...
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If you're 50 or over and thinking (or already committed to!) a vegan diet and lifestyle that will benefit your health, animals, and the planet, look no further than this essential all-in-one resource. Authors Carol J. Adams, Patti Breitman, and Virginia Messina bring 75 years of vegan experience to this book to address the unique concerns of those coming to veganism later in life, with guidance on: The nutritional needs that change with aging ...
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"Protest Kitchen is an empowering guide to the food and lifestyle choices anyone can make for positive change in the face of the profound challenges of our time. Our food choices have much more of an impact than most people imagine. They not only affect our personal health and the environment, but are also tied to issues of justice, misogyny, national security, and human rights. Protest Kitchen is the first book to explore the ways in which a more...
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"Are you considering going vegan, but you're not sure how to start? Are you already committed to an animal-free diet, but are unclear about how to get proper nutrients? Vegan for Life is your comprehensive, go-to guide for optimal plant-based nutrition. Registered dietitians and long-time vegans Jack Norris and Virginia Messina debunk some of the most persistent myths about vegan nutrition and provide essential information about getting enough calcium...