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  Feelings and Illusions -...

  Pabitra Adhikary

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  Beauty is a feeling. 
  Had we not looked at the rose would it have been beautiful? 
  Had the name of rose not been rose but instead it would have been something else then would we have loved it? 
  Nothing matters with the name. 
  If we look at the rose and say it's beautiful then it becomes beautiful. 
  Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder. 
  Whatever creates happiness in our mind that is beautiful. 
  All the feelings are being controlled by hormones. So, the feeling of beauty, form, flavour, fragrance, touch, music every feeling is the creation of hormones. In one word we can say everything is illusion.

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  Protagoras - A Dialogue on...

  Plato, Tim Zengerink

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  What if public wisdom was only a performance? 
  In Protagoras, Plato stages an epic confrontation between two forces: Socratic philosophy and Sophistic reputation. At the heart of this dramatic dialogue is a question that echoes through the centuries—can virtue be taught, or is it just a clever performance by those who claim to know? 
  With dazzling speeches, sly irony, and relentless questioning, this modern audiobook adaptation brings to life one of Plato’s most dynamic texts. 
  What you’ll discover inside: 
  •	A powerful intellectual showdown between Socrates and the famed sophist Protagoras 
  •	Insight into the tension between rhetoric, education, and genuine wisdom 
  •	Philosophical inquiry into whether virtue is teachable—or even definable 
  •	A vivid, flowing modern translation designed to entertain as well as challenge 
  Whether you're a teacher, student, or truth-seeker, Protagoras will leave you questioning the difference between knowledge and applause.

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  Over the Edge of the World -...

  Laurence Bergreen

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  A majestic tale of discovery thatchanged many long-held views about the world 
   In 1519 Magellan and his fleet of five ships set sail from Seville, Spain, to discover a water route to the fabled Spice Islands in Indonesia, where the most sought-after commodities -- cloves, pepper, and nutmeg -- flourished. Three years later, a handful of survivors returned with an abundance of spices from their intended destination, but with just one ship carrying eighteen emaciated men. During their remarkable voyage around the world the crew endured starvation, disease, mutiny, and torture. Many men died, including Magellan, who was violently killed in a fierce battle. 
  This is the first full account in nearly half a century of this voyage into history: a tour of the world emerging from the Middle Ages into the Renaissance; a startling anthropological account of tribes, languages, and customs unknown to Europeans; and a chronicle of a desperate grab for commercial and political power.

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  On The Shortness Of Life - Stop...

  L Anneus Seneca, Aubrey Stewart

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  In this Stoic epistolary essay, addressed to his father-in-law Paulinus—a prefect of the Roman grain supply—Seneca challenges the conventional lament that life is too short. He argues instead that life is long enough, but is made brief and miserable by our habits: we waste time on trivial pursuits, anxious ambition, social obligations, and regret for the past or longing for the future.  
  Through a series of crisp rhetorical contrasts—between biological duration and genuinely lived time, between busyness and meaningful leisure—Seneca insists that the present moment, when fully seized and reflected upon, yields a span ample for wisdom. He famously distinguishes between those who “die” and those who have merely “spent” their lives without ever possessing them.  
  In twenty short chapters, the essay dissects common forms of temporal waste: mourning lost opportunities while repeating the same errors, chasing posthumous fame, and treating life as a rehearsal for some deferred “living.” Drawing on Epicurean and earlier Stoic sources, Seneca offers practical criteria for measuring a life’s true duration: awareness, intentionality, and the cultivation of inner freedom from external demands. Stop living for money, or fame, or your master; live for yourself, in the moment you're in. 
  A compact critique of Roman imperial ambition and a perennial guide to temporal autonomy, On the Shortness of Life is a foundational text in the Stoic approach to mortality, agency, and the ethics of attention. Its influence has permeated Western culture for millennia, including lumiaries such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Michel de Montaigne, and Francis Bacon.

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  Katie the Koala Is Special Too

  Pennyanne Lace

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  Katie the Koala Is Special Too is a gentle, heart‑warming children’s story about self‑belief, individuality, and discovering what makes each of us special. When Katie the koala wakes up feeling unhappy, she begins to compare herself to the other animals around her. She can’t fly like Gary the galah, jump like Kathy the kangaroo, swim like Peggy the platypus, run fast like Eddie the emu, or look as colourful as Peter the peacock. Feeling sad and unimportant, Katie believes she isn’t good at anything at all.  
  Everything changes when a small but wise lady beetle helps Katie see the truth: every animal is different, and every animal has their own special strengths. Through gentle conversation and simple examples, Katie learns that koalas are clever, capable, and excellent climbers—and that being different is what makes her special.  
  Written in clear, engaging language and featuring familiar Australian animals, this story encourages young readers to embrace their unique abilities, appreciate others, and develop confidence and self‑esteem. Katie the Koala Is Special Too is ideal for early childhood readers and classroom discussions about wellbeing, inclusion, and celebrating individuality.

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  Love's Journey

  Patrice Gaillard

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  Love’s Journey can be best described as a cross between a spoken word album and an audio book that combines poetry with emotional story telling. It’s more than a collection of poems about love put together. Poems written over a two-decade period organically come together to form a narrative of their own to reveal emotions as the true protagonist of this audio book. The commentaries for each poem help the story to unfold before your ears. They reveal some of the story behind the poems without giving away too much. They also provide clues to help solve some of the mysteries behind the events that inspired such deep emotions. Some mysteries presented are solvable while others aren’t and retain the book’s overall intrigue. 
  Love’s Journey tells the emotional story of my experiences with love in its various facets over the years in the form of poetry. Romantic love and heartbreak are recurring themes for most of the poems, but there are other forms of love included as well. Why write about these experiences in the form of poetry? Our individual experiences and circumstances may be something that not everyone can relate to. But emotions are universal! We all have them. My poetry is a way that I can emotionally connect with others, especially those with different life experiences. Feel your own emotions in my poetry and connect my words with your own personal experiences with love.   
  Each poem is enjoyable on its own, but the greatest reward is to be had when viewing them as an episode of a series from my real-life experiences. Listening to Love’s Journey more than once is required to unravel the love mystery that develops from the questions you will naturally ask yourself as you listen to it. You may even learn something from my journey that will benefit you on your very own journey of love. Take notes as you listen and compare them with the provided commentary as you embark on Love’s Journey! 

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