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  The Lantern Bearers

  Robert Louis Stevenson

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  'The essence of this bliss was to walk by yourself in the black night, the slide shut, the top-coat buttoned, not a ray escaping, whether to conduct your footsteps or to make your glory public – a mere pillar of darkness in the dark; and all the while, deep down in the privacy of your fool's heart, to know you had a bull's-eye at your belt, and to exult and sing over the knowledge.'
  
  One of Robert Louis Stevenson's bestselling works of his time, 'The Lantern Bearers' is a charming essay on the joys underlying realist literature.
  
  Sometimes mistakenly taken as a fictional narrative, the essay begins with three boys – of which Stevenson is one – who reside in a seaside town during the summer. Stevenson describes the various splendours of existence in the town, such as fishing, tide pools and the open sea air. The three boys begin a nighttime ritual in which they attach lanterns to their belts, hidden by their overcoats, meandering in the dark and engaging in discussions only for their own ears – a simple, but profound source of pleasure. It becomes an allegory for the importance of romance in realism; why writers ought to seek where joy lies in the everyday. This audiobook edition is brilliantly read by Robin Laing.
  Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 – 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer. Best known for his novels Treasure Island and Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, his worked spanned from romance and adventure writing to gothic dark realism. He remains one of the most translated authors in the world.

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  Bedtime Stories for Adults

  Andy Benson

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  Bedtime stories aren’t just for kids anymore…Do you struggle with insomnia, no matter how hard you try to deal with it? Is anxiety or depression preventing you from sleeping constantly? If you find that bedtime is nothing but struggles, then you are in the right spot… This book will help you!As you read through this book, you will first be introduced to the idea of utilizing bedtime stories, even as an adult. Through using stories and mindfulness, you will find that you can drift off to sleep with ease. There is a reason that we use bedtime stories for children—it naturally relaxes the mind! And, as you read, you can expect to feel yourself relaxing more as well.In this collection of adult bedtime stories, you will first be introduced to the idea of using mindful meditation so you can relax yourself. Then, you will be given several different bedtime stories that involve various adventures (and sometimes misadventures) of Sophie Rogers, a young woman living in the Pacific Northwest, and her German shepherd pal, Bella. Together, they enjoy life and everything that it has to offer with their friends. As you read their stories, you can find yourself beginning to soothe into a state of relaxation yourself in which you will begin to prepare for a full night of sleep yourself. Each story is meant to be fun and engaging.Finally, at the end of the book you will be given two traditional guided meditations that are meant to trigger mindfulness to help yourself begin to relax enough to drift off to sleep. So, what are you waiting for? Join Sophie as she explores the world. As you read, you will find:Sophie and her friends spend a day at the beach, enjoying each other’s presences and the sun as they sit back and relaxSophie spends a day at a beautiful wedding celebrating the love and commitment of one of her dearest friend on an islandSophie meets someone new, who becomes someone that she may enjoy far more than she expected

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  Cold War Texas

  Landry Brewer

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  From missile launch sites to Soviet espionage, experience the Cold War deep in the heart of Texas.In an era when miscalculation or a mistake could lead to global annihilation, Texas operated 12 Atlas F intercontinental ballistic missile launch sites near Abilene's Dyess Air Force Base. Nuclear-capable Nike Hercules surface-to-air antiaircraft missiles protected Austin and the Metroplex from a Soviet bomber attack. An American pilot stationed at Laughlin Air Force Base near Del Rio was the only fatality of the Cuban Missile Crisis. After he was accused of spying for the Soviet Union, former Ranger College professor Maurice Halperin fled the country. Amarillo's Pantex plant, where three employees died in a 1977 explosion, maintains the security and reliability of the nation's nuclear weapons arsenal. Landry Brewer explores how the Lone Star State shaped American Cold War policy.

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  Creating a Chicana o Red Road to...

  Ysidro Ramon Macias

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  The book reveals the Universal and Cosmic Love of the Red Road. The Red Road is the philosophy/worldview/religion of the native Indian tribes/pueblos of North and South America. This worldview promotes integration with Mother Earth and the cosmos to achieve harmony within eternally evolving Existence. 
  Using the Chicano as an example, the book explores the human lifetime as a cosmic being with eternal cycles of reincarnation and integration. This cosmic journey is examined from the perspective of the Red Road. 
  The book has three goals: 1-introduce the Shoshone/Bannock, Mayan, and Aztec/Mexica Red Roads ; 2- assess the need for decolonization from the European heritage in Mexico and the United States; and 3-provide an outline to create your own Red Road.

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  Generation Gap - Why the Baby...

  Kevin Munger

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  The Baby Boomers are the largest and most powerful generation in American history—and they aren't going away any time soon. They dominate cultural and political institutions and make up the largest slice of the electorate. Generational conflict, with Millennials and Generation Z pitted against the aging Boomer cohort, has become a media staple. The generation gap is widening into a political fault line. 
   
   
   
  Kevin Munger marshals novel data and survey evidence to argue that generational conflict will define the politics of the next decade. He examines the historical trends that made the Baby Boomers so consequential and traces the emergence of age-based political and cultural divisions. Boomers continue to prefer the media culture of their youth, but Millennials and Gen Z are using the internet to render legacy institutions irrelevant. These divergent media habits have led more people than ever to identify with their generation. Munger shows that a common "cohort consciousness" binds aging Boomer voters into a bloc—but a shared identity and purpose among Millennials and Gen Z could topple Boomer power. 
   
   
   
  Bringing together expertise in data analysis and digital culture with keen insight into contemporary politics, Generation Gap explains why the Baby Boomers remain so dominant and how quickly that might change.

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  Back to the Moon - The Next...

  Joseph Silk

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  Just over half a century since Neil Armstrong first stepped foot on the lunar surface, a new space race to the Moon is well underway and rapidly gaining momentum. Laying out a vision for the next fifty years, Back to the Moon is astrophysicist Joseph Silk's persuasive and impassioned case for putting scientific discovery at the forefront of lunar exploration. 
   
   
   
  The Moon offers opportunities beyond our wildest imaginings, and plans to return are rapidly gaining momentum around the world. NASA aims to build a habitable orbiting space station to coordinate lunar development and exploration, while European and Chinese space agencies are planning lunar villages and the mining of precious resources dwindling here on Earth. Powerful international and commercial interests are driving the race to revisit the Moon, but lunar infrastructures could also open breathtaking vistas onto the cosmos. Silk describes how the colonization of the Moon could usher in a thrilling new age of scientific exploration, and lays out what the next fifty years of lunar science might look like. With lunar telescopes of unprecedented size situated in permanently dark polar craters and on the far side of the Moon, we could finally be poised to answer some of the most profound questions confronting humankind, including whether we are alone in the Universe and what our cosmic origins are.

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