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  Naïve Readings - Reveilles...

  Ralph Lerner

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  One sure fact of humanity is that we all cherish our opinions and will often strongly resist efforts by others to change them. Philosophers and politicians have long understood this, and whenever they have sought to get us to think differently they have often resorted to forms of camouflage that slip their unsettling thoughts into our psyche without raising alarm. In this fascinating examination of a range of writers and thinkers, Ralph Lerner offers a new method of reading that detects this camouflage and offers a way toward deeper understandings of some of history’s most important—and most concealed—messages.             Lerner analyzes an astonishing diversity of writers, including Francis Bacon, Benjamin Franklin, Edward Gibbon, Judah Halevi, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Moses Maimonides, and Alexis de Tocqueville. He shows that by reading their words slowly and naïvely, with wide-open eyes and special attention for moments of writing that become self-conscious, impassioned, or idiosyncratic, we can begin to see a pattern that illuminates a thinker’s intent, new messages purposively executed through indirect means. Through these experimental readings, Lerner shows, we can see a deep commonality across writers from disparate times and situations, one that finds them artfully challenging others to reject passivity and fatalism and start thinking afresh.    

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  How to Improve Your Working Memory

  Gregory Albert

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  How to Improve Your Working Memory: Discover Useful and Proven Tricks to Improve Your Memory and Fight Memory LossMemory is far and away the most remarkable of all your mental functions. Were your mind unable to store up an enormous part of all the information fed to it by your senses, each new moment of existence would bring with it the necessity of “starting from scratch” in everything you think and do. Everything you do is made easier for you by your memory ... each activity is simpler because in the past you’ve had experiences which told your mind and body what to expect and how to act in certainsituations.But it’s common that as we grow older, our memory becomes a little bit rusty. Many factors can be the reason but it doesn’t mean that it is a situation that you just simply accept and move on. There are many ways you can improve your memory and this audiobook will show you how. Topics that will be covered are the following:- Memory Facets- All In The Mind- Memorize Or Minimize- Memory Tricks- Association- When Forgetting Occurs- And many more!Make your memory your hobby, watch it work, teach it new tricks, carry it around with you and show it off, and pretty soon it’ll be taking fine care of itself! To learn more, scroll up and click “add to cart” now!

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  Vaccines and Bayonets - Fighting...

  Bee Bloeser

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  Step into the heart of a turbulent era with a gripping historical memoir that chronicles one woman’s extraordinary journey in Africa. In this vivid recounting—which one Pulitzer nominee says, “reads like a political thriller, women’s history, and African adventure rolled into one,”—Bee Bloeser unveils the raw reality of her family’s part in the mission to eradicate smallpox, revealing triumphs and trials faced along the way. 
  As a young wife with two young children, Bloeser follows her husband, Carl, to Africa, driven by ideals and a sense of duty. In Nigeria she witnesses the roots and ravages of civil war and the horrors of smallpox and leprosy, yet finds beauty in the vibrant local culture. 
  In Equatorial Guinea, a nation newly independent but plagued by the terror of a brutal dictatorship, secrecy shrouds the people, and Bloeser confronts a world far removed from her idealistic expectations. Forbidden from interacting with locals and surrounded by oppression and suspicion, she documents her experiences in hidden notes, capturing the essence of a desperate struggle. 
  Through her eyes, readers experience the intense battle against a relentless virus and against tyranny. This Amazon #1 Bestselling memoir is a story of medical triumph but also a poignant reflection on humanity’s capacity for courage—the indomitable spirit of those who risk everything for a better future.

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  The Roman Catholic Bishops of...

  Paul Severn

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  Since the reviving of the dioceses in 1850, Bishops of Hexham and Newcastle ostensibly all had the same “job” to do: to lead and care for their diocese – teaching, sanctifying and governing. But each brought a different background and personality to this task; each had his own strengths and weaknesses, and each approached the task in a slightly different way. This book chronicles the lives of the bishops from the indefatigable founding Bishop William Hogarth to Bishop Robert Byrne.
  
   
  Some of the men were scholars; some had a passion for education and established schools, and some were noted for their pastoral zeal or their ministry to young people. Some guided the diocese through times of great change and some consolidated and steadied the ship. One was appointed rather against his will and resigned, and another uniquely combined the task of bishop with rector of the former diocesan seminary at Ushaw. In this book, Paul Severn narrates the lives of these fascinating men, and thereby tells the story of the evolution and development of the diocese over some 170 years.

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  Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu - (Lao...

  j.h.mcdonald

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  Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu (Lao Tsu) (Laozi) Tao De Ching 
  Tao Te Ching - Written by Lao-Tzu 
  A Translation for the PUBLIC DOMAIN 
  by j.h.mcdonald, 1996 
    
  READ by Dr. Paul E Calarco, Jr. 
    
  The Tao Te Ching is an ancient Chinese philosophical text, with its earliest known origins 4th century BC. Traditionally attributed to Laozi, meaning "Old Master," though the historical existence of this figure is debated. The text offers guidance on living in harmony with the "Tao" (meaning "The Way") - the underlying order of the universe, emphasizing concepts like simplicity, non-action (Wu Wei), and self-restraint, with the goal of achieving inner peace and balance through a life of naturalness and compassion; considered a central text of Taoism, containing 81 short chapters filled with aphorisms and parables.  
    
  It can be translated as The Classic of the Way and its Power, The Book of the Tao and Its Virtue, The Book of the Way and of Virtue, The Tao and its Characteristics, The Canon of Reason and Virtue, The Classic Book of Integrity and the Way, or A Treatise on the Principle and Its Action. 
  Wu Wei (Non-action): Letting things unfold naturally without forceful intervention.  
  Humility: Avoiding arrogance and striving for simplicity.  
  Inner peace: Cultivating a calm and balanced state of mind. 
  Influence: Considered one of the most influential philosophical texts in the world, impacting various aspects of Chinese culture and thought. 
  *A portion of all sales will be redistributed to serve the local community where I reside. 
  ALBUM ART: Mason Matthew Calarco

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  Political wisdom - A future for...

  Rob Nijhoff, Tido J. Mooibroek

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  Does faith belong in politics? According to Rob Nijhof it most certainly does. Everyone has some deep convictions that shape the way in which one conducts politics. People can be inspired to political wisdom from different sources. That diversity presents a good reason to listen to each other. It remains useful to draw from the broad Christian tradition that gave the Netherlands and Europe a unique constitutional and democratic character. This tradition traces its roots back to before the Renaissance or the Reformation. This book argues for a politics where ones values are acknowledged and where all players in the 'field strive together for wisdom and the general good for society. Churches can be relevant in this. The Political efforts of Christians normally proceed via the diverse political parties. However, the current network society offers Christians the chance to engage in alliances to act as a broad movement. Christian parties can give this movement a political face. It would be good if Christians would also across the borders of political parties seek to cooperate in a network. At European level this is happening in the European Christian Political Movement (ECPM). This book originally was published (in Dutch) in 2016 by the Mr. G. Groen van Prinsterer Stichting, the scientiffic Institute of the ChristenUnie political party which affter the 2017 election again took part in a coalition government, together with VVD, CDA and D66.

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