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Messy: The Power of Disorder to Transform Our Lives by Tim Harford (Hardcover)
‘Ranging expertly across business, politics and the arts, Tim Harford makes a compelling case for the creative benefits of disorganization, improvisation and confusion. His liberating message: you’ll be more successful if you stop struggling so hard to plan or control your success. Messy is a deeply researched, endlessly eye-opening adventure in the life-changing magic of not tidying up’ Oliver Burkeman.
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Understanding the mind of Malcolm X – Paperback by Mr Vukulu Sizwe Maphindani
Malcolm X was an African-American social and human rights activist, a face of Black cognitive development and structural activism. He is well known for his historical speech “By any means necessary” and has been widely referred to as a “violent civil rights activist and Negroe” by detractors, particularly White right-wingers who promoted the factionalism of race hate and the performances of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). They termed him this because of his fearless rhetoric concerning the advancement of “Black people’s fight for freedom, justice and equality” and against the unjust treatment of Black people.
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The Boy in 7 Billion By Callie Blackwell
He and his parents were told that there was no hope of survival and so at the age of 14, after four years of intensive treatment, exhausted by his fight and with just days to live, Deryn planned his own funeral.
But on the point of death – Deryn’s condition suddenly and dramatically changed. His medical team had deemed this an impossibility, his recovery was nothing short of a miracle. Unexplainable. However, Deryn’s desperate mother, Callie, was hiding a secret…
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Under the Persimmon Tree By Suzanne Fisher Staples
Under the Persimmon Tree By Suzanne Fisher Staples is about an American woman, Elaine, whose Islamic name is Nusrat, is also on her own. She waits out the war in Peshawar, Pakistan, teaching refugee children under the persimmon tree in her garden while her Afghan doctor husband runs a clinic in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan.
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As a Man Thinketh By James Allen
As a Man Thinketh By James Allen reveals the fundamental truth of human nature: “A man is literally what he thinks.” Allen’s deceptively simple principle has changed the lives of millions of readers, making As a Man Thinketh By James Allen a classic bestseller for decades.
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English Dictionary By Collins Gem [Mini Dictionary]
The English Dictionary By Collins Gem is the world’s best-selling English mini dictionary and the ideal portable companion for all. Now available as a handy and affordable English dictionary, its clear layout gives you practical knowledge at your fingertips.
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Dreams of Trespass By Fatema Mernissi
In Dreams of Trespass By Fatema Mernissi, weaves her own memories with the dreams and memories of the women who surrounded her in the courtyard of her youth — women who, without access to the world outside, recreated it from sheer imagination.
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A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea By Melissa Fleming
A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea By Melissa Fleming chronicles the life of Doaa, a Syrian girl whose life was upended in 2011 by the onset of her country’s brutal civil war.
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A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea By Melissa Fleming [Young Readers’ Edition]
A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea By Melissa Fleming tells the story of Doaa Al-Zamel, a Syrian girl whose life was upended in 2011 by her country’s brutal civil war. She and her family escape to Egypt, but life soon quickly becomes dangerous for Syrians in that country.
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Iqbal by Francesco D’Adamo
When young Iqbal is sold into slavery at a carpet factory, his arrival changes everything for the other overworked and abused chidren there. It is Iqbal who explains to them that despite their master’s promises, he plans on keeping them as his slaves indefinetely.
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How To Be Right by James O’Brien
In How To Be Right by James O’Brien, James provides a hilarious and invigorating guide to talking to people with faulty opinions.