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  James Meredith and the Little...

  Editors Charles River

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  For millions of kids, high school is a tumultuous time, with social highs and lows, academic pressure, and extracurricular wins and losses, but for the Little Rock Nine, the first African American students to attend a previously segregated high school in Little Rock, Arkansas, those years were nightmarish.  
  Getting into Central High School was an obstacle witnessed by the entire nation, but that was only the beginning of their ordeal, because once they were permitted to step through the doors, their true battle began, pitting them against bullies, tormentors, and narrow-minded ignorance. While many teenagers’ main concern is finding a date for prom, theirs was surviving until lunch, and when some students were worrying about making the volleyball team, they were worried about making it home alive each day. The Little Rock Nine and their families and neighbors could not trust the local government to serve them, the school system to treat them fairly, or the police to protect them. As Melba Patillo Beals, one of the Little Rock Times, noted, “All my life I had felt unprotected by city officials…Whites had control of the police, the firemen, and the ambulances. They could decide who got help and who didn’t. Even if the Ku Klux Klan ravaged one of our homes, we wouldn’t call the police for help.” 
  Meredith is still remembered for the almost surreal scenes that came with his admission to the school, but those historic moments required a prolonged fight. After a drawn out lawsuit that involved the State of Mississippi appealing the lower court’s decision, he was finally set to attend the university in September 1962, only to be repeatedly prevented by a mob, which included Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett. Governor Barnett had earlier attempted to stop Meredith’s admission by changing state laws to ban anyone who had been convicted of a state crime; Meredith’s “crime” had been false voter registration.

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  Perceiving Without the Perceiver...

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

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  Perceiving without the perceiver - 28 June 1975 
  • Can thought naturally cease? 
  • Perceiving without the perceiver 
  • Facing the truth of death 
  • Krishnamurti’s ‘process’ and early years. 
  • Kundalini 
  • If you can understand suffering, face it and not escape from it, that has quite a 
  different energy. 
  • Truth is a pathless land. 
  • There is something really tremendously mysterious. 
  • Knowledge is becoming the curse. 
  • When the mind, with all the confusion, is nothing, not a thing, then perhaps 
  there is the other.

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  Freedom and Destiny

  Rollo May

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  The popular psychoanalyst examines the continuing tension in our lives between the possibilities that freedom offers and the various limitations imposed upon us by our particular fate or destiny. 
   
   
   
  "May is an existential analyst who deservedly enjoys a reputation among both general and critical readers as an accessible and insightful social and psychological theorist . . . Freedom's characteristics, fruits, and problems; destiny's reality; death; and therapy's place in the confrontation between freedom and destiny are examined . . . Poets, social critics, artists, and other thinkers are invoked appropriately to support May's theory of freedom and destiny's interdependence." —Library Journal 
   
   
   
  "Especially instructive, even stunning, is Dr. May's willingness to respect mystery . . . There is, too, at work throughout the book a disciplined yet relaxed clinical mind, inclined to celebrate . . . what Flannery O'Connor called 'mystery and manners,' and to do so in a tactful, meditative manner." —Robert Coles, America

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  Arsacid Dynasty of Armenia The:...

  Editors Charles River

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  During the reign of the Artaxiad dynasty, Armenia became a hub of trade and commerce, connecting the Silk Road and the Mediterranean world. The Armenian kings encouraged the development of agriculture, commerce, and arts, and the kingdom became renowned for its skilled artisans, writers, and philosophers. Of course, given its central location, the dynasty also faced numerous challenges, including repeated invasions by the Roman and Parthian empires, internal conflicts, and economic hardships. The dynasty’s resilience and adaptability enabled it to survive for nearly two centuries, leaving behind a rich cultural and political legacy that has endured in the region, even as its historical memory was overshadowed by its more powerful neighbors.  
  	After the collapse of the Artaxiad dynasty (at the onset of the 1st century BCE), Rome and the kingdom of Parthia engaged in a competition for political influence in the vast territory of Greater Armenia. The Parthian Arshakunis endeavored to expel Rome from the region, aiming to establish the dominance of their own lineage. The political strategy devised by Parthian King Artabanus III, however, remained unrealized, as his sons Vorodes and Arshak I, who held the throne in Great Armenia, were deposed due to the intervention of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. By inciting the Alban, Georgian, and other neighboring tribes against the Armenians, Tiberius facilitated the ascendancy of Mithridates, the brother of Iberian King Pharasmanes, to the throne of Greater Armenia in the year 36.  
  This set the pattern by which the Roman Empire sought to preserve its influence in Greater Armenia by employing foreign kings as proxies. In contrast, the Armenian people and their rulers strived to emancipate themselves from Roman hegemony and the dominance of their allies.

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  Basic Tips for Online Dating -...

  Norman Hope

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  Approximately 20% of marriages met through an online dating site...Over 40 million people have tried online dating and a person who changed their life forever.
  
  In this book you will find out what men and women online expect from a relationship. You can and attract the person that is best for you and avoid those who are not.
  
  This book offers:
  
  - What you should know about online dating before you get started.
  - Why online dating is different from meeting someone offline.
  - Strategies for getting top know each other.
  - Guidelines on how to meet the person setting an off line date in a safe and productive manner.
  - How to avoid liars who only waste your time.
  - How to honestly and effectively depict yourself to attract the right person.
  - Tips on how to develop an online relationship into something great.
  
   Download the audiobook and start new relationships that will change your life forever!

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  Jaanbaaz Rakha - Sant Jarnail...

  A.R.Darshi

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  "Jaanbaaz Rakha" by A.R.Darshi 
  The author of the book is a retired officer from the Punjab Civil Services, who has had firsthand experience with government policies. In this book, he shares an honest account of important historical events related to Punjab and Sikh history, particularly focusing on the life of Sant Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale. The author aims to present a clear and truthful story of the key events that shaped the political and social history of Punjab and Sikhism. 
  You can order it from Sikh Siyasat and get it delivered anywhere in the world.

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