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  Heroism as a Consequence of...

  J. M. Kuczynski

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  Fearlessness about losing one's life is sometimes a consequence of fearfulness about losing one's identity.

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  Ancient Egyptian Literature - An...

  John L. Foster

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  A beautifully translated collection sampling all the major genres of ancient Egyptian literature. 
   
  Poetry, stories, hymns, prayers, and wisdom texts found exquisite written expression in ancient Egypt while their literary counterparts were still being recited around hearth fires in ancient Greece and Israel. Yet, because of its very antiquity and the centuries during which the language was forgotten, ancient Egyptian literature is a newly discovered country for modern readers. 
   
  This anthology offers an extensive sampling of all the major genres of ancient Egyptian literature. It includes all the texts from John Foster’s previous book Echoes of Egyptian Voices, along with selections from his Love Songs of the New Kingdom and Hymns, Prayers, and Songs: An Anthology of Ancient Egyptian Lyric Poetry, as well as previously unpublished translations of four longer and two short poems. Foster’s translations capture the poetical beauty of the Egyptian language and the spirit that impelled each piece’s composition, making these ancient masterworks sing for modern readers. An introduction to ancient Egyptian literature and its translation, as well as brief information about the authorship and date of each selection, completes the volume. 
   
  “This exceptional sampling of one of the world’s most ancient literatures offers more than 40 hymns, stories, prayers, and songs revolving around religion, the Pharaohs, life, death, love, and more. . . . . Highly recommended for all literary collections, this is also of interest to comprehensive collections of Egyptology, Near Eastern history, world literature in translation, and religion.” —Library Journal 
   
  “Older than the Buddha and the Bhagavad Gita, these poems constitute a truly ancient literature, and Foster’s rich and textured translations make genuine love poems and exhortations to the gods out of what, to most of us, are just pictures.” —Booklist

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  Left Turn - How Liberal Media...

  Tim Groseclose

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  A leading political scientist provides a rigorous and revealing analysis of liberal media bias: “I’m no conservative, but I loved Left Turn” (Steven Levitt, author of Freakonomics). 
   
  Dr. Tim Groseclose, a professor of political science and economics at UCLA, has spent years constructing precise, quantitative measures of the slant of media outlets. He does this by measuring the political content of news, as a way to measure the PQ, or “political quotient” of voters and politicians. 
   
  Among his conclusions are: (i) all mainstream media outlets have a liberal bias; and (ii) while some supposedly conservative outlets—such the Washington Times or Fox News’ Special Report—do lean right, their conservative bias is less than the liberal bias of most mainstream outlets. 
   
  Groseclose contends that the general leftward bias of the media has shifted the PQ of the average American by about 20 points, on a scale of 100, the difference between the current political views of the average American, and the political views of the average resident of Orange County, California or Salt Lake County, Utah. With Left Turn readers can easily calculate their own PQ—to decide for themselves if the bias exists. This timely, much-needed study brings fact to this often overheated debate.

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  How To Analyze People - How To...

  Madison Taylor

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  The art of reading people is a useful art that you must know to be a good lover, discerning employer, and caring friend. It also is useful for protecting yourself from people with toxic personalities and poor intentions. But for a lot of people, reading others is a huge mystery. If you find other people hard to read, then this book is for you. 
  This book contains the secrets to watching people for clues about who they really are. Just by reading the important clues that people drop with their word choices, body language, and breathing, you can spot liars, manipulators, critics, and confident, trustworthy people. This book will help you become as adept as an FBI profiler at reading people. When you finish this book, you will be surprised at how easy it is to read people. Most people will give you all the information you need to read them without even realizing it. 
  Once you become good at reading people, you will notice that your social life really improves. Suddenly you will be able to avoid terrible people and tell when people have bad intentions for you. You will be able to pick better friends and lovers. You will also be able to treat people better, since you will understand what people like and don’t like. You can identify stressors that you can avoid around certain people. You will be much better off in many ways. 
  Don’t wait any longer to start reading people. Start reading this book now, and start learning how to read people as easily as books.

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  Inner Journeys In Egypt

  Nicki Scully

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  People everywhere have some sense of the importance of the antiquities of Egypt.  Nicki Scully's passion for Egypt goes much much deeper than the typical tourists' experience.  Scully has discovered and experienced the deep wisdom of the Egyptian mysteries.  She introduces us to the power of ancient rights and symbols once reserved for Pharaohs, the purpose of which is to reveal inner authority, wisdom and guidance.

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  The Gateway Arch

  Tracy Campbell

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  This “fascinating, engaging” history of St. Louis’s monument to American expansion reveals a story of greed, discrimination, and community displacement (NextSTL.com).    Rising to a triumphant height of 630 feet, the Gateway Arch is one of the world’s most widely recognized structures and attracts millions of tourists to St. Louis every year. Envisioned in 1947 but not completed until the mid-1960s, its story is one of innovation and greed; civic pride and backroom deals. Weaving together social, political, and cultural perspectives, historian Tracy Campbell uncovers the complicated and troubling history of this iconic symbol.   In this revealing account, Campbell shows that the so-called Gateway to the West was the scheme of shrewd city leaders who were willing to steal an election, destroy historic buildings, and drive out communities in order to make downtown St. Louis more profitable. Campbell also tells the human story of the architect Eero Saarinen, whose prize-winning design brought him acclaim but also charges of plagiarism, and who didn’t live to see the completion of his vision.

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