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  Little Women Podcast: The...

  Niina Niskanen

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  There was a real-life Friedrich Bhaer. In fact, Louisa May Alcott wanted to marry him and even start a school with him. This man appears in literal disguises in all of her novels. He is Friedrich in Little Women, Mac in Rose in Bloom and David in Work and many more. Henry and Louisa shared a deep friendship, was it more than friendship? In Little Women Jo's and Friedrich's age gap is 16 years. It is the same age difference as between Henry and Louisa. 
  One of the models for Jo and Friedrich might be Louisa's friend Elizabeth and her husband. Her life was surprisingly similar to the book Jo. She wasn't a writer, but there are parallels. Based on what I have found, her marriage with her lawyer husband was a happy one. She was devoted to the educational work and in the same way, as Jo does, she promoted co-education, for both male and female students. She became a dean of the university. Same way as Jo who becomes the matriarch of the Bhaer Academy in "Jo´s Boys".. 
  There is a very compelling case to be made that Henry David Thoreau was the real-life Friedrich Bhaer. Louisa once called her friend Emerson "The God of my idolatry" but it was Henry who merited her lifelong affection. The ties between Henry and the Alcotts are more extensive than one might expect. From the time when the Alcotts moved to Concord in March 1840 until Henry's passing in 1862. He was a frequent guest in the Alcott´s home taking tea or dinner with the family. Bronson who admired the young man's intellect often visited him in his hut at Walden Pond. If the connection between Henry and the Alcotts was strong, the connection between Louisa and Henry was even stronger

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  Emotional Control - How To Have...

  Jonathan S. Parker

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  Have you ever wondered how different your life if you were in total control of your emotions and feelings? 
  Throughout your life, think about all the situations where your emotions have made you act or react in a certain way that you truly didn't want to.  
  While academic ability can be important, it is now believed that in reality it is our ability to adapt to our social environment the better predictor of our future success in several areas of our lives, even more so than anything we learn in school.  
    
  Here's some of what you can expect to learn inside the pages of this book:Discover how to turn your life around by learning effective methods to control our emotions.Understanding the ways that negative emotions impact our lives and rob us of our freedom.Proven ways to transform negative emotions and feelings into positive ones.Daily, easy to implement tips that will help you replace old habits with new ones.And much more! 
  Negative emotions can have a strong impact on your life; they affect your mental, emotional, and physical health, as your mind and body are connected in a symbiotic way. 
  Think about the times that you've been eager to do something, just to stop because of fear or guilt. 
  Regardless of your personality, there are certain things you can practice in your day to day life to modify your behaviour and start getting the self-control you deserve back. 
    
  There is no better time to start the journey towards an improved quality of life. Start by getting back the freedom and self-control you need in your life today!

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  Bullwhip Days - The Slaves Remember

  James Mellon

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  “Twenty-nine oral histories and additional excerpts, selected from 2000 interviews with former slaves conducted in the 1930s for a WPA Federal Writers Project, document the conditions of slavery that . . . lie at the root of today’s racism.” —Publishers Weekly   In the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration commissioned an oral history of the remaining former slaves. Bullwhip Days is a remarkable compendium of selections from these extraordinary interviews, providing an unflinching portrait of the world of government-sanctioned slavery of Africans in America. Here are twenty-nine full narrations, as well as nine sections of excerpts related to particular aspects of slave life, from religion to plantation life to the Reconstruction era. Skillfully edited, these chronicles bear eloquent witness to the trials of slaves in America, reveal the wide range of conditions of human bondage, and provide sobering insight into the roots of racism in today’s society.   “Remarkably articulate . . . vivid, moving, and beautifully cadenced.” —The New Yorker

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  The Battle of the Alma 1854 -...

  Ian Fletcher, Natalia Ishcenko

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  On 20 September 1854 the combined British and French armies confronted the Russians at the river Alma in the critical opening encounter of the Crimean War. This was the first major battle the British had fought on European soil since Waterloo almost 40 years before. In this compelling and meticulously researched study, Ian Fletcher and Natalia Ishchenko reconstruct the battle in vivid detail, using many rare and unpublished eyewitness accounts from all sides—English, French and Russian. Their groundbreaking work promises to be the definitive history of this extraordinary clash of arms for many years to come. It also gives a fascinating insight into military thinking and organization in the 1850s, midway between the end of the Napoleonic era and the outbreak of the Great War.

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  Quantum Theory Creativity and...

  F. David Peat

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  This conversation with theoretical physicist Peat ranges from chaos theory to synchronicity. Influenced strongly by David Bohm and J. Krishnamurti, he makes the connection between the worlds of science and spirit. Exploring the question "What is the nature of order?" provides the impetus for Peat to attempt to build a bridge between matter and the mind.

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  Bilingual Observations: October...

  J.-M. Kuczynski

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  Psychological observations with Spanish subtitles.

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