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  Throttle Up! - Teacher Astronaut...

  Tom McAuliffe

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  The world watched… 
  ...as a teacher flew into space. 
  Do you remember where you were when Christa McAuliffe died? 
  She was a wife, Mother and Teacher and the first civilian to fly into space but Christa’s dream tragically ended on a cold January day with the needless explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. 
  Has anyone ever been held accountable? 
  Told by her distant relative, award-winning author Tom McAuliffe, ‘Throttle Up - Teacher Astronaut Christa McAuliffe’ is a rewarding read for anyone interested in education, space exploration, and inspirational life stories. She was a ‘Teacher’s Teacher’ and this is her page-turning story. 
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  The Plague Years - A Doctor’s...

  Ross A. Slotten MD

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  In 1992, Dr. Ross A. Slotten signed more death certificates in Chicago—and, by inference, the state of Illinois—than anyone else. As a family physician, he was trained to care for patients from birth to death, but when he completed his residency in 1984, he had no idea that many of his future patients would be cut down in the prime of their lives. Among those patients were friends, colleagues, and lovers, shunned by most of the medical community because they were gay and HIV positive. Slotten wasn’t an infectious disease specialist, but because of his unique position as both a gay man and a young physician, he became an unlikely pioneer, swept up in one of the worst epidemics in modern history. 
   
  Plague Years is an unprecedented first-person account of that epidemic, spanning not just the city of Chicago but four continents as well. Slotten provides an intimate yet comprehensive view of the disease’s spread alongside heartfelt portraits of his patients and his own conflicted feelings as a medical professional, drawn from more than thirty years of personal notebooks. In telling the story of someone who was as much a potential patient as a doctor, Plague Years sheds light on the darkest hours in the history of the LGBT community in ways that no previous medical memoir has.

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  Solitude - In Pursuit of a...

  Michael Harris

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  "Kerry Shale's reading delivers lots of information clearly as Harris discusses technological developments that threaten our solitude today. While much of Harris's book is critical of those developments, Shale also captures Harris's humor and occasional indignance." — AudioFile Magazine With a foreword by Nicholas Carr, author of the Pulitzer Prize–finalist The Shallows.Today, society embraces sharing like never before. Fueled by our dependence on mobile devices and social media, we have created an ecosystem of obsessive connection. Many of us now lead lives of strangely crowded isolation: we are always linked, but only shallowly so.The capacity to be alone, properly alone, is one of life’s subtlest skills. Real solitude is a powerful resource we can call upon—a crucial ingredient for a rich interior life. It inspires reflection, allows creativity to flourish, and improves our relationships with ourselves and, unexpectedly, with others. Idle hands can, in fact, produce the extraordinary. In living bigger and faster, we have forgotten the joys of silence, and undervalued how profoundly it can revolutionize our lives.This audiobook is about discovering stillness inside the city, inside the crowd, inside our busy lives. With wit and energy, award-winning author Michael Harris weaves captivating true stories with reporting from the world’s foremost brain researchers, psychologists, and tech entrepreneurs to guide us toward a state of measured connectivity that balances quiet and companionship.Solitude is a beautiful and convincing statement on the transformative power of being alone.

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  Radical Equations - Civil Rights...

  Jr. Charles E. Cobb, Robert P....

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  At a time when popular solutions to the educational plight of poor children of color are imposed from the outside, the acclaimed Algebra Project and its founder, Robert Moses, offer a vision of school reform based in the power of communities. Founded on the belief that math-science literacy is a prerequisite for full citizenship in society, the Project works with entire communities—parents, teachers, and especially students—to create a culture of literacy around algebra, a crucial stepping-stone to college math and opportunity. 
   
   
   
  Telling the story of this remarkable program, Robert Moses draws on lessons from the 1960s Southern voter registration he famously helped organize: "Everyone said sharecroppers didn't want to vote. It wasn't until we got them demanding to vote that we got attention. Today, when kids are falling wholesale through the cracks, people say they don't want to learn. We have to get the kids themselves to demand what everyone says they don't want." 
   
   
   
  We see the Algebra Project organizing community by community. Older kids serve as coaches for younger students and build a self-sustained tradition of leadership. And we see the remarkable success stories of schools like the predominately poor Hart School in Bessemer, Alabama, which outscored the city's middle-class flagship school in just three years.

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  Bad Blood - Crisis in the...

  Judith Reitman

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  In a shocking exposé of the American Red Cross, award-winning journalist Judith Reitman rips the veil of secrecy off the world's largest humanitarian charity. 
  In 1984 triplet girls born three months prematurely received life-saving blood transfusions. A year later their parents learned that their donor had the AIDS virus. After years of suffering, all three sisters died. It has been discovered that six more children have received infected blood from the same Red Cross donor. 
  In May of 1993, for the first time in its history, the U.S. Government brought a lawsuit against the American Red Cross alleging thousands of violations of federal blood and safety laws. 
  Bad Blood is the story of the gross mismanagement and shocking neglect within the American Red Cross. The organization known for its "gift of life" has been responsible for exposing millions of innocent people to a blood supply contaminated by HIV, syphilis, hepatitis and other highly infectious diseases.

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  How To Start a Vending Machine...

  Greg Douglas

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  💰 BREAKING NEWS: UNLEASH THE GUIDE TO MASTER YOUR TIME WITH A 1-HOUR-A-DAY BUSINESS 💰 
  Embark on a journey to cultivate a satisfying monthly passive income with a modest investment and seize control of your time! The vending machine industry, boasting a remarkable $23 billion annual turnover in America, promises phenomenal growth: minimal start-up costs, a few working hours monthly, and remarkable automatic earnings. 
  As with any successful venture, impeccable setup is crucial. Optimal choices in location, product, and target audience are pivotal to ensuring your investment is well-placed. 
  Drawing from a wealth of experience, I've penned "How to Start a Vending Machine Business" after navigating through mistakes and aiding others via private consultations. This guide provides all the insights needed for a successful business launch! 
  Discover how to: 
  ✅ Expedite decision-making with an effective business plan, minimizing budget waste to zero; 
  ✅ Employ tricks for a 20% higher profit margin by selecting reliable, cost-efficient suppliers; 
  ✅ Receive expert advice on pinpointing locations within walking distance of future regulars; 
  ✅ Save up to 50% of the budget by judiciously choosing between new, used, or refurbished machines; 
  ✅ Launch your business without legal hiccups with a complete list of permits and licenses; 
  ✅ Implement five tips for 100% business automation, earning on autopilot with minimal effort; 
  AND MUCH MORE! 
  Don't procrastinate! Your new business is just a few clicks away. Click "Buy Now" and relish the thrill of discovering your machine brimming with dollars! 💵

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