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  Culture and Anarchy

  Matthew Arnold

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  Culture and Anarchy is a series of periodical essays by Matthew Arnold, first published in Cornhill Magazine 1867-68 and collected as a book in 1869. The preface was added in 1875. Arnold's famous piece of writing on culture established his High Victorian cultural agenda which remained dominant in debate from the 1860s until the 1950s. According to his view advanced in the book, "Culture [...] is a study of perfection". He further wrote that: "[Culture] seeks to do away with classes; to make the best that has been thought and known in the world current everywhere; to make all men live in an atmosphere of sweetness and light [...]". His often quoted phrase "[culture is] the best which has been thought and said" comes from the Preface to Culture and Anarchy: The whole scope of the essay is to recommend culture as the great help out of our present difficulties; culture being a pursuit of our total perfection by means of getting to know, on all the matters which most concern us, the best which has been thought and said in the world, and, through this knowledge, turning a stream of fresh and free thought upon our stock notions and habits, which we now follow staunchly but mechanically, vainly imagining that there is a virtue in following them staunchly which makes up for the mischief of following them mechanically. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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  By Myself and Then Some

  Lauren Bacall

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  The epitome of grace, independence, and wit, Lauren Bacall continues to project an audacious spirit and pursue on-screen excellence. The product of an extraordinary mother and a loving extended family, she produced, with Humphrey Bogart,  some of the most electric and memorable scenes in movie history. After tragically losing Bogart, she returned to New York and a brilliant career in the theatre. A two-time Tony winner, she married and later divorced her second love, Jason Robards, and never lost sight of the strength that made her a star.Now, thirty years after the publication of her original National Book Award–winning memoir, Bacall has added new material to her inspiring history. In her own frank and beautiful words, one of our most enduring actresses reveals the remarkable true story of a lifetime so rich with incident and achievement that Hollywood itself would be unable to adequately reproduce it.

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  Off the Track  - Traces of Memory

  Dai Smith

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  'From its first paragraph almost to its last, Smith's precise, luxuriant prose style dazzles in its ability to simultaneously set off syntactical fireworks and marshall precisely into shape the considered thoughts of a lifetime's intellectual curiosity and self-reflection.' – Dylan Moore, Nation.Cymru
  A boy running around a running track in the early evening opens a memoir of candour and insight.
  From a working-class Rhondda childhood through to the glamour of Barry Grammar and onto a coveted Balliol College scholarship and study in New York, David Smith was the rising intellectual star of a generation. In this beautifully written memoir Dai Smith engages and entertains with a personal life and times with the characteristic verve of a writer who has illuminated the modern history of the people of South Wales.

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  Every Move Matters - Unlocking...

  Vickey Barron

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  Tenacity, positive attitude  and a genuine interest in and love for people helped propel Vickey Barron to the top of the New York City real estate market. In this book, she shares the secrets of her phenomenal success — dating back to her childhood as the eager-to-please daughter of a stressed-out single mom. Through a series of hilarious, heartfelt, and sometimes - unbelievable stories, Vickey explores the lessons of her first career, building a local health insurance company into a national powerhouse, as well as her rise in the ultra-high-stakes world of Manhattan luxury real estate. She’ll also share what she’s learned about overcoming fear, getting out of your own way, and finding the success you want while having fun doing it.

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  Jack Ma - The truth about Jack...

  Historical Publishing

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  Do you want to learn about Jack Ma and his life? 
  Jасk Mа, оrіgіnаllу Mа Yun, (bоrn Sерtеmbеr 10, 1964, Hаngzhоu, Zhеjіаng province, Chіnа), Chіnеѕе еntrереnеur whо wаѕ head оf thе Alіbаbа Grоuр, whісh соmрrіѕеd ѕеvеrаl of Chіnа’ѕ mоѕt рорulаr Web ѕіtеѕ, inсluding thе buѕinеѕѕ-tо-buѕinеѕѕ mаrkеtрlасе Alibaba.com and thе ѕhоррing site Tаоbао.соm. 
  Mа became іntеrеѕtеd in thе Engliѕh lаnguаgе аѕ a young bоу, аnd durіng hіѕ teens he worked аѕ a guidе fоr foreign tоurіѕtѕ to Hаngzhоu. Mа fаilеd thе еntrаnсе еxаm fоr thе Hаngzhоu Tеасhеrѕ Cоllеgе twiсе. (Hіѕ wеаk роіnt wаѕ mаthеmаtісѕ.) Hе was аdmittеd оn thе third trу, іn 1984, аnd hе grаduаtеd wіth a bасhеlоr’ѕ dеgrее in Englіѕh іn 1988. Frоm 1988 tо 1993 hе tаught Englіѕh аt thе Hаngzhоu Inѕtіtutе оf Elесtrоnісѕ аnd Engіnееrіng (nоw Hаngzhоu Dіаnzі Univеrѕitу). In 1994, hе fоundеd hiѕ firѕt соmраnу, thе Haibo Trаnѕlаtiоn Agеnсу, which рrоvіdеd English trаnѕlаtiоn аnd іntеrрrеtаtіоn. 
  On a trір to thе Unіtеd States оn behalf оf the Hаngzhоu сitу gоvеrnmеnt іn 1995, Mа hаd hiѕ fіrѕt encounter wіth thе Intеrnеt аnd ѕаw thе lасk оf Chіnеѕе Wеb ѕіtеѕ аѕ a grеаt buѕіnеѕѕ орроrtunіtу. On hіѕ return, hе fоundеd Chіnа Pаgеѕ, whісh сrеаtеd Wеb ѕitеѕ fоr Chіnеѕе buѕіnеѕѕеѕ аnd wаѕ оnе оf Chіnа’ѕ firѕt Intеrnеt соmраnіеѕ.Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Who is Jack Ma?How he build his career?PLАNЅ AFTЕR RЕTIRING FRОM ALІBАBАINЅРIRАTIОNАL STОRY OF ALІBАBА FОUNDЕR 8 KЕYЅ TО SUCCESS FRОM JАСK MAMА'Ѕ WОRTH АND INFLUЕNСЕ SUССЕЅЅ PRІNСІРLЕЅ Much,much more!

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  Defeating Jihadist Terrorism

  Jacques Baud

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  Since the early 1990s, terrorism and its victims have increased exponentially. Without any action strategy or exit solution, through political and military incompetence, stupidity and ideological blindness, Western interventions have only contributed to its development. We eliminate terrorists, but not terrorism. The solution lies in a more holistic, more subtle, more intelligent and less dogmatic approach. Terrorism is not an ideology. It is a method that takes many forms, including jihadist terrorism. Each form of terrorism is fought with a specific strategy. Based on the original texts of jihadist strategists as well as on their own analyses of attacks in France, Belgium, Great Britain and the United States, Jacques Baud explains the reasons for Western failure. He uses the analyses of Western intelligence services to decipher the mechanisms of jihadist terrorism, in order to extract strategies of action likely to avoid it or to fight it effectively and durably. The author is a former head of Swiss strategic intelligence and former head of UN peace operations doctrine. In the course of his missions in Africa and Central Asia, the author has had several encounters with jihadists in the field. 
  This audiobook is read by a synthesized voice.

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