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  On Purpose: Ten Lessons on the...

  Ben Hutchinson

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  Ten essays on how reading and meaningfully engaging with literature can help us live better, more purposeful lives. 
  How do we live fully? 
  How do we live successfully? 
  Adrift in an anchorless world, we often worry about where we are heading. What meaning can we hope to find our modern, secular life? The answer, Ben Hutchinson explains, can be found by looking to writers and thinkers to help us live more purposefully, more mindfully – more fully. 
  Interweaving his own (mis-)adventures with those of authors such as T.S. Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Marcel Proust and Joan Didion, On Purpose proposes ten ways in which reading and writing encourage us to ask difficult questions, project our minds into the past and future, and see ourselves and others differently. 
  Engaging, uplifting and aphoristic, this book is for anyone who has lost their sense of direction or wishes to radically transform the way they live. 
  Hutchinson's latest book is a literary journey into the philosophy of purposeful living. Drawing from his own experiences and the works of esteemed authors, he presents a comparative analysis that challenges conventional wisdom and encourages readers to live more mindfully. 
  For fans of Terry Eagleton (Why Marx Was Right), Nedra Glover Tawwab (The Set Boundaries Workbook), Catherine Belsey (A Future for Criticism), Sabina Knight (Chinese Literature), and Andrea Wulf (Magnificent Rebels). 
  HarperCollins 2023

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  Upside Down in the Yukon River -...

  Steve Cannon

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  Adventure sports changed his life. The Race to the Midnight Sun nearly ended it.Upside Down in the Yukon River is an inspiring true story of an ordinary guy from Iowa who attempts the world’s longest kayak race, and ends up fighting for his very survival deep in the wilderness of Canada’s Yukon Territory.Full of anticipation and fear, successes and failures, doubt and hope, Steve’s story challenges each one of us to live every precious moment to the fullest, and reminds us all that our only real failure is a step never taken in pursuit of our dream.

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  Awaiting On You All The...

  Radha Krsna Das

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  "If there's a God, I want to see Him. It's pointless to believe in something without proof, and Krishna consciousness and meditation are methods where you can actually obtain God perception. In that way, you can see, hear and play with God. Perhaps this may sound weird, but God is really there next to you."“"My life belongs to Lord Krishna now. I’m just the servant of Krishna. I’ve never been so humble in all my life, and I feel great!”— George HarrisonAlthough George Harrison often insisted he was only a regular guy, there is quite a lot of evidence to the contrary. Throughout his often magical, turbulent, unlikely life, he selflessly raised millions for charity and still does via the good works of his charity, The Material World Foundation. Harrison was, too, the grandfather of world music, introducing audiences to be exquisite, ethereal complexity of both Indian music and the spiritually liberating Sanskrit mantras from the Vedic scriptures. Harrison was also instrumental in turning a global audience to ethical vegetarianism, reincarnation, and the Hare Krishna philosophy.In this expansive collection, there are no journalists getting in the way of the purity of George’s expansive ideas and his carefully told personal history. Here is George Harrison truly in his own words, speaking across the waters of time to generations of dedicated fans still deeply moved by this simple man’s great music, philosophical importance, and well-deserved historical significance.Here is then the absolutely perfect collection of George Harrison’s finest thoughts, recollections, and untold Beatles tales important to the collection of every fan. George Harrison MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.

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  Neurotic Punctilios Posing as...

  J.M. Kuczynski

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  Many of the so-called 'canons of rigor' that are applied to scholarly work are really artificial bureaucratic stumbling blocks that have nothing to do with intellectual rigor; and when people actually internalize these bureaucratic protocols, they assume the form of neurotic compulsions that do nothing but sterilize one's intellectual work-product.An Author's Republic audio production.

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  Born To Create

  Ph.D. Rosalie H. Contino

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  Born to Create is an inspirational autobiography chronicling Dr. Rosalie H. Contino's professional transition from successful seventh-grade English teacher to a newfound career in the arts. While most forty-year-old professionals are busy building upon the foundation that several years of hard work produced, Contino made the bold decision to quench the burning desire within to pursue the passion to create. Enjoying her creative careers as a costume designer, costume historian, playwright, and lecturer, Contino provides hope and a blueprint for those considering making the foray into the unknown and sometimes scary realm of the future. Written in a comfortable, conversational manner, Born to Create maintains a swift tempo while consistently providing an inspirational message for those harboring unrealized ambitions.

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  Why I Got Into Porn: A True Story

  Xiao Maomi

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  I am a pornographic actress, or was until 2015. And I’m still not totally out of the ‘biz’, even though I’m not in the limelight anymore. More on that in a moment. Right now, I want to explain why I got into porn. Which is why women usually go into porn. It's very simple. I have volcanic sexual urges, and I don't want diseases or any of the problems that come with dating 'civilians.'

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