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Box of Lions reveals how ordinary admin soldiers held a professional invading force during the Imphal clash, shaping WWII's turning moment.Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Japanese army’s ‘March toward Delhi’ during the Second World War, Box of Lions explores the little-known but extraordinary clash on the Imphal Plain. When Japanese forces targeted a critical British supply depot – codenamed Lion Box – rich in food and military resources they expected litt...

Artists in Ukraine have lost their livelihoods. The Ukraine Audiobook Relief Project was launched to support artists in Ukraine whose lives are threatened because of war.It is a fundamental aspect of war to suppress story, language, and culture. Moved by this crisis of culture, members of PANA (the Professional Audiobook Narrators Association) created this audiobook to raise money for Ukrainian relief. Joined by writers and musicians, we have volunteered our work to show our suppor...

“A work of pop linguistics . . . [that] synthesizes . . . grammar, branding, cognitive science and Web theory . . . with intelligence and friendly wit.”—New York TimesWelcome to the age of the incredible shrinking message. Your guide to this new landscape, Christopher Johnson reveals the once-secret knowledge of poets, copywriters, brand namers, political speechwriters, and other professional verbal miniaturists. Each chapter discusses one tool that helps ...

Part of the GREAT PHILOSOPHERS series.Jacques Derrida 1930-2004As critics investigate the 'death of the author', they find Derrida's prints all over the murder weapon. No other recent philosopher has aroused so much suspicion - or been so badly misrepresented.His every idea a tug at the rug beneath us, questioning our sense of ourselves, our world and the language by which both are articulated, Derrida would make uncomfortable reading under any circ...

"Accidental space adventurer Cal Carver has had a rough few months. He's fought spider-dragons, battled space clowns, and been repeatedly tortured by the galaxy's oldest assassin.And don't even get him started on the squirrel-tits.Now all that's behind him, Cal just wants to kick back and relax. The universe, however, has other ideas.He and his crew find themselves in possession of the Symmorium Sentience, a once god-like entity now stripped of its power. The Sentie...

In the enchanting realm of Swanhilde, and other Fairy Tales, Wilhelm Hauff weaves a tapestry of captivating stories that transport readers to a world of wonder and imagination. From the titular tale of a beautiful princess cursed to become a swan to the adventures of a brave young boy who outwits a cunning dwarf, these timeless tales ignite the imagination and stir the soul. With vivid imagery, unforgettable characters, and timeless themes, Swanhilde, and other Fairy Tales is a literary tr...

"The Space Team Universe has been changed forever!Having journeyed through time in order to restore peace to the galaxy, Cal Carver and Space Team are a little dismayed to find out they may have inadvertently made things even worse.Whoops.Captured by an unfamiliar alien species, the crew is banished to a life of slavery in the Mustard Mines of Moktar, where they come face to face with the sinister Manacle - a terrifying new enemy whose diabolical agenda is worse tha...

The Rookie CEO goes behind the scenes with nine rookie CEOs to gain insight into what behaviors drive excellent results and what behaviors cross the line driving poor execution and results.Listeners will benefit from:True and sometimes bizarre stories about nine rookie CEOs from different backgroundsHow unique philosophies and leadership styles directly drive a corporate cultureThe value of hiring the right leadership team into the corpora...

A boy, a forest, and the summer that changed everything.It's the summer of 1957, and ten-year-old Herbie Hereford is afraid of the woods across the street from his house in Upton Grove, Ohio.When three neighborhood kids—bold Tommy, inquisitive Skeeter, and unpredictable Roger—invite him to explore them, he says yes. Together they wade into ponds, track deer, build a boat, and learn to read the rhythms of a wild place that becomes as familiar as home—one of ...

In a not-too-distant future that is not quite ours, there has been a major scientific breakthrough, a way to open windows into the past, permitting historical researchers to view, but not participate in, the events of the past.A small group of scientists and historians, carefully trained, spend their days viewing the human past through a machine, the TruSiteII. It takes a particular talent to search the past for moments of significance, to focus the machines and track individuals t...

God is capable of creating such perfection and splendor and must have a great plan and a purpose for us. Well, he does; he wants to reveal that purpose to us and to show us the way out of the pain, the sorrow we have brought on ourselves (self-inflected wounds) from rejecting his ways. Perception is what determines how we believe; if our perception is wrong, we believe in error because perception is not always reality. Love is the cause that effectively affects people, but sometimes, we go...

No Reflection encourages those who seek spiritual growth and understanding perception vs perspective.No Reflection shows the cause and effects that help readers see that the end preexists in the means.Self-evaluation must be encouraged if we hope to obtain a higher level of understanding about what we do and why we do it. We have to be honest with ourselves regarding our true motivations which lead directly to our actions. No Reflection encourages readers to see the cause a...