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Louges book, Exposed: Battered Women Shelters, is a tell-all book of what really happens to the women and children inside these places, revealing nasty secrets: The kidnapped boy the shelter didnt report to the police; the measles epidemic that went on for over a year without being reported; counselors taking children away from their mothers; aiding and abetting illegal aliens; children living with registered child molesters; discrimination against...
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Our contemporary world is experiencing a crisis in facts and truth. Conflicting messages or fake news bombard us every day, about religion, politics, and COVID-19 and vaccinations. The daily newspaper, internet news, websites, and social media all compete for our attention, and quite often each insisting on their version of the facts. Made-up news and distorted information, create confusion and a distrust in various religious and political institutions.
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#1 The secret weapon of many elite athletes is a plant-based diet. It's affordable, accessible, and available to anyone with the inclination to try it. It has been credited for winning Olympic medals, World Cup championships, and Wimbledon titles.
#2 The plant-based diet is catching on in the NBA, with many top stars adopting it to improve their performance. It has been...
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Get the Summary of Dee Brown's Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: First published in 1970, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee generated shockwaves with its frank and heartbreaking depiction of the systematic annihilation of American Indian tribes across the western frontier. In this nonfiction account, Dee Brown focuses on the betrayals, battles, and massacres...
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Dans un contexte de multiplication des expériences innovatrices, le présent ouvrage veut faire reconnaître les pratiques émergentes comme étant valables et justes, et montrer leur capacité à transformer le monde. Ainsi, les auteurs prnent le passage d'une vision minimaliste de l'innovation sociale, selon laquelle les acteurs sociaux et communautaires agissent de manière à pallier l'« austéritarisme » gouvernemental et les insuffisances...
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#1 The astronomer Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc was the conductor of the eclipse. He was a self-disciplinarian who never wore silk, drank only white wine, and ate only lightly. He was also a connector of Europe's greatest minds.
#2 Peiresc was a scientist who wrote and dictated letters to his friends and colleagues. He published no books, but he left behind 100,000...
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#1 Nonviolence is a practice of resistance that becomes possible, if not mandatory, at the moment when doing violence seems most justified and obvious. It is a commitment to equality that is not always recognized in this world.
#2 I will discuss the importance of social bonds and interdependency for understanding a non-individualist account of equality. I will...
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#1 The political climate is changing, and with it, so is the way we view gender. Most people will look the other way when the political right tries to meddle with sex science, but when the political left starts suppressing science, most people look the other way.
#2 Sex research is rigorous, because it is designed to eliminate bias and confounding variables. However,...
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Get the Summary of Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman's White Rural Rage The Threat to American Democracy in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy" by Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman delves into the political and cultural transformation of rural America, particularly focusing on the shift of rural white Americans towards the Republican Party and the implications for democracy....
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#1 The goal of burlesque parties is to look fuckable. At such parties, students are often completely shitfaced.
#2 The first step in hooking up is to get shitfaced. Party-oriented students believe that drinking enhances their experience. They believe that alcohol improves their personality, and that getting drunk brings out their intoxicated self, which is freer and...
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Get the Summary of David Sedaris' Me Talk Pretty One Day in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: A new collection from David Sedaris is cause for jubilation. His recent move to Paris has inspired hilarious pieces, including Me Talk Pretty One Day, about his attempts to learn French. His family is another inspiration. You Cant Kill the Rooster is a portrait of his brother who talks incessant...
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#1 The Massagetae, a rough, rural folk, were little known to the glittering courts of the Persian Empire. They were a target of conquest by King Cyrus the Great.
#2 In 530 BC, the season of swords, Cyrus turned his attention to his northeastern frontier. He tried a soft approach with the barbarian queen Tomyris, but her response was to offer him a fair fight on her side...
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#1 What Is Trade. Before we can understand how to fix trade, we must first understand what trade is. Trade today looks nothing like it did before. Companies spread complex manufacturing supply chains across multiple countries to minimize taxes.
#2 People get more done when they specialize. International trade is simply an extension of this process across national borders....
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Dreaming In Black And White addresses and poses solutions to the ethnic tension that exist in America. Pastor Fuller's personal story, along with a sketch of American history combine for a unique perspective on how to bring resolution to a four hundred year ethnic divide.
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#1 Black Friday was the name given to the American loss of intelligence on the Soviet Union in 1948, when the Soviets began changing their cryptographic systems. It was the worst intelligence loss in American history.
#2 The CIA was still trying to figure out how to spy on the Soviet Union, as they had no agents inside the country. They began parachuting Russians who...
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#1 I was so excited to be working on a presidential campaign because I've always wanted to work on a presidential campaign, and this was my first shot.
#2 The next guy to hire was a young white guy from Nebraska named Seth who had no political experience. He ended up not liking politics much.
#3 Mary is a hot-tempered blond Iowa woman, and Joel is a gentle bear of...
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#1 The term neoliberalism is used to describe a system of principles that is both new and based on classical liberal ideas. The doctrinal system is also known as the Washington consensus, which suggests something about global order.
#2 The neoliberal Washington consensus is an array of market-oriented principles implemented by the United States and international financial...
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#1 Weyrich was a behind-the-scenes man who had helped build the conservative movement. But in 1990, he gave a speech at an Ethics and Public Policy Conference where he explained to the conservative foot soldiers that they had spent so much time repeating the myth that they originated from backlash to the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, that they had come to believe it themselves.
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#1 Police will lie to you. Do not talk to them. If you do, you are waiving your Fifth Amendment rights. I'm not talking about the innocent mistake of saying yes to a request from law enforcement when you really didn't mean to. I'm talking about the deliberate execution of a Fifth Amendment right by accident. If you are in the back seat of your car, and law enforcement...
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#1 Rosie was going to be bringing a very important man to Cottisbourne. She was bringing a major-general, no less! She was sure he wouldn't be scared of ghosts.
#2 Nancy went ghost hunting, and she was excited to see what she would find. She was driving to London, and she was accompanied by a smile from Rosie.
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