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  Brain Games

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  David Weiner brings a witty, down-to-earth perspective to this exploration of what we know and what we don't know about our brains. In layman's terms Mr. Weiner shares his wonder at things even his scientific mind can't comprehend, and points to tantalizing new discoveries about our potential to change the way we think, feel, and act.

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  What Drives You - How to...

  Kevin D. Miller

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  Everyone has drive—a very strong energy and determination to achieve a goal or satisfy a need. But drive can remain dormant, and it alone isn't enough to create the kind of success in work and life you want.In What Drives You, former pro athlete, performance guide, and star podcaster Kevin Miller takes you on an enlightening journey to discover how this motivational force works and how to get yourself in the mindset you need to find your true inspiration and fulfillment. He busts myths, puts the spotlight on what you need to focus on, and shows you how to use your own unique drive to power yourself in the direction you want to go.Drawing on the 200 (and counting!) thoughtful and lively discussions he's conducted with some of today's most renowned thought leaders on his Self-Helpful with Kevin Miller podcast, Miller offers profound insight on how to identify the roadblocks that are keeping you from reaching your true potential, and practical steps for finding the elements that will create your unique brand of success. Knowing what drives you and how to channel that drive in the right direction puts you on the right path for you—not just professionally, but in every other way that helps you achieve more joy, peace, and fulfillment.

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  Essential Enlightenment The...

  Douglas J. Den Uyl, Jacob T....

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  The political ideas that fully came together under the name “liberal” in the early nineteenth century—the ideas we often now refer to as “classical liberalism”—emerged out of major debates and developments from the late 1600s to the late 1700s, part of the broad European intellectual movement of that era that came to be known as “the Enlightenment.” 
  This volume shows how the Enlightenment and the development of liberal ideas were woven together by looking at three defining figures of the era: Baruch Spinoza (writing in the mid-1600s), the Baron de Montesquieu (mid-1700s) and Immanuel Kant (whose career reached its height in the final two decades of the 1700s). Both Spinoza and Kant were concerned with fundamental philosophical questions about what we could know about God, morality, the nature of the world, and humanity’s place in it. Montesquieu wrote almost nothing about such questions, drawing instead from global history and comparative law. 
  While the Enlightenment is associated with many things, one of them was the struggle to understand morality and human nature through the use of reason rather than relying on religious authority; another was the attempt to understand political and social orders in ways that would prevent a return to the wars of religion that had divided Europe in the 1500s and the first half of the 1600s. In various ways, Spinoza, Montesquieu, and Kant all argued for religious toleration—for the peaceful coexistence of different organized ways of understanding God within civil governments that didn’t enforce any one of those ways. Their support of freedom of religious thought also made all of them supporters of free inquiry and free speech. The three thinkers likewise shared commitments to the rule of law and to constitutional forms of government that would constrain the discretionary power of any one ruler.

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  The Ages of Globalization -...

  Jeffrey D. Sachs

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  Today's most urgent problems are fundamentally global. They require nothing less than concerted, planetwide action if we are to secure a long-term future. But humanity's story has always been on a global scale. 
  Sachs takes listeners through a series of seven distinct waves of technological and institutional change, starting with the original settling of the planet by early modern humans through long-distance migration and ending with reflections on today's globalization. 
  Along the way, he considers how the interplay of geography, technology, and institutions influenced the Neolithic revolution; the role of the horse in the emergence of empires; the spread of large land-based empires in the classical age; the rise of global empires after the opening of sea routes from Europe to Asia and the Americas; and the industrial age. 
  The dynamics of these past waves, Sachs demonstrates, offer fresh perspective on the ongoing processes taking place in our own time—a globalization based on digital technologies. Sachs emphasizes the need for new methods of international governance and cooperation to prevent conflicts and to achieve economic, social, and environmental objectives aligned with sustainable development.  
  The Ages of Globalization is a vital book for all listeners aiming to make sense of our rapidly changing world.

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  As A Man Thinketh

  James Allen

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  As we move through life our mind guides our every step. Sometimes we get far off track. "Out of a clean heart comes a clean life," says James Allen. "Out of a defiled mind proceeds a defiled life and a corrupt body." Most people try to achieve a high worldly position without giving attention to their inner spiritual life. James Allen writes about what he learned during his own successful search for answers in this fascinating journey into truth.An Author's Republic audio production.

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  The Leader's Mindset - How to...

  Terence Mauri

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  It’s time to rip up the rulebook on leadership. The future belongs to a mindset that is wired differently. In "The Leader’s Mindset: How To Win In The Age of Disruption," Terence Mauri takes you on a deep dive into the hearts and minds of visionaries, risk takers, and pioneers who pursue moonshots, the revolutionary ideas that rewrite how business is done. The advantages are huge for anyone who can tap the genius of the leader’s mindset: purpose, energy, and the courage to think big. Wherever you are, this clever guide is the missing link for a new way of thinking.

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