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  Sage Leadership - Taoist Wisdom...

  Thomas Cleary

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  The subtle arts of management and leadership have been developed over thousands of years by the Chinese. The Book of Leadership and Strategy represents the Taoist culmination of this long tradition and is one of the most prestigious works of ancient Chinese thought. Collected here are insightful teachings on the challenges of leadership on all levels, from organizational management to political statecraft. The translator, Thomas Cleary, has chosen and arranged these teachings to emphasize the most valuable lessons of Taoist wisdom for modern Western listeners. Like Cleary's bestselling translation of The Art of War by Sun Tzu, this work will serve as an enlightening guide for people in business, politics, and government.

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  On A Happy Life - What Does It...

  Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Aubrey...

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  Can happiness be built, or does it only arrive by chance? 
   
  Seneca takes up what he calls the question everyone rushes toward without stopping to think about: what is a happy life, and how is one actually achieved? Addressed to his elder brother Gallio, this is the Stoic legend at his most ambitious and most nakedly human. 
  De Vita Beata was composed when Seneca was in his early sixties, still formally at the centre of imperial power as Nero's chief advisor, but with the political ground already shifting beneath him. It is the work of a man surrounded by danger, reasoning out how to live well under conditions he cannot fully control. 
  Seneca argues that happiness lies not in pleasure, wealth, acclaim, or comfort, but in a virtuous life lived in accordance with reason, in harmony with nature, and in freedom from the tyranny of desire and fear. He distinguishes true joy from the brittle satisfactions of appetite and ambition and engages with Epicurus, whose views he admired more than his fellow Stoics liked to admit. 
  What makes De Vita Beata especially compelling is when Seneca faces his critics directly. He was one of the wealthiest men in Rome, an intimate of imperial power, and a man whose philosophical professions of detachment sat awkwardly alongside his enormous fortune. He does not flinch from this. His defence, that the wise person can possess wealth without being possessed by it, that virtue is not proved by poverty but by the correct relationship to whatever fortune provides, is argued with honesty and considerable audacity. He admits that he himself is not yet a sage, but a patient in the process of healing. 
   
  A generous, practical, and deeply human meditation on what we chase and why, and on how to cultivate an inner fortress of tranquillity that fortune cannot breach.

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  I'm Not Your Muse - Uncovering...

  Lori Zimmer

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  An illuminating exploration of 31 incredible women—across art, architecture, dance, literature, and more—whose culture-defining contributions have, until now, been overshadowed by their role as "muses" to history's better-known men.  What does it mean to be someone's "muse"? Historically, to be called a “muse” among artistic circles has been marketed as a flattering title. It is a commendation that most often refers to a woman whose vivacity and beauty are the source of inspiration for a (usually) male artist or creator. Perhaps her inspiring presence is even credited in the story of his success. But the very concept of a muse underestimates these women and their abilities. At its root, muse is a support role, the title a consolation prize that claims to recognize a woman’s greatness—but only in her support of another.I'm Not Your Muse reclaims the narrative of 31 of these extraordinary women, from "The Mother of the Movies" Alice Guy-Blaché to Modernist designer Eileen Gray, prima ballerina Maria Tallchief, storied Harlem Renaissance editor Jessie Redmon Fauset, and many more. Each of these women advanced the narrative of culture and society, pushing the boundaries of visual arts, dance and movement, commercial architecture, music, journalism, and the performing arts. Whether by historical accident or cruel design, their contributions have historically been overshadowed by those of their male counterparts, and often collaborators. In this briskly written, incisively researched compendium, author and researcher Lori Zimmer repositions these women as the main characters of their own lives. Each profile is accented with original illustrations—including jaunty portraits in playfully constructed frames—by artist Maria Krasinski. Together, they highlight the contemporary accomplishments and historical legacies of a wide-ranging group of revolutionary women. Featured women include:  Louise Blanchard Bethune  Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore  Minnette de Silva  Clara Driscoll  Jessie Redmon Fauset  Loie Fuller  Martha Gellhorn    Eileen Gray  Belle da Costa Greene  Alice Guy-Blaché  Miss La La  Edmonia Lewis  Neysa McMein  Hildreth Meière  Lucia Moholy  May and Jane Morris    Na Hye-Sŏk  Fernande Olivier  Pan Yuliang    Ethel Reed    Clara Rockmore    Ada Bricktop Smith  Maria Tallchief  Alice B. Toklas  Suzanne Valadon    Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven  Leonora Carrington  Remedios Varo  Kati Horna

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  The Man Who Mistook His Wife for...

  Oliver Sacks

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  This work provides a concise synthesis of the key insights and analysis from The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat. It is an independent summary, not the original book, and has no affiliation with or endorsement from the original publication. Created for readers who want a clear, thought-provoking overview, it distills the central themes and ideas while preserving the depth and relevance of the work. 
  A collection of fascinating case histories from clinical neurology, describing patients whose brain injuries and disorders lead to bizarre perceptual distortions, memory gaps and identity shifts. Through these stories, the book explores what happens when specific mental functions fail, and what that reveals about the nature of consciousness, self and reality.

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  Varieties of Hope - Stories of...

  Jan Campbell

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  This book explores how hope operates as an ambivalent force in relation to issues of sex and gender, power, and identity in both our private and public lives. 
   
  The author blends her deep knowledge of psychotherapy and mental health with cultural and philosophical understanding to consider how we have reached our current dilemmas around sex and gender, race, power and identity. Psychoanalysis is put to task in relation to clinical practice, literature, feminism, politics, and the understandings of how our personal lives and selves interact with the wider cultural moment we are living through. She explores these issues with compassion and understanding and offers a vision of how we may be able to navigate through widely varying perspectives to a new way of envisioning hope today, as both a false promise and a real and necessary component in our lives and within the clinical encounter. 
   
  Drawing on clinical psychoanalytic work as well as literature and memoir, this is essential listening for anyone wanting a psychoanalytically informed understanding of where society is on key issues and where we may be able to get to with hope.

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  Summary and Discussions of Never...

  The Growth Digest

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  Learn Key Concepts for Your Self-Development or Discussion Group in 15 Minutes Without Missing the Highlights... or Your Money Back! 
  Note: This is a Summary and Discussions of Never Split the Difference By Chris Voss with Tahl Raz.What’s in It for Me, and Why is it Important? 
  Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you felt like you weren’t in control? Negotiations can often feel like a struggle to gain power over the other person. This often leads to a compromise that leaves both sides feeling, well, compromised. 
  Never Split the Difference gives you back the power in any situation. Voss teaches you how to approach negotiations in all aspects of your life. Think back to the last time you had a disagreement with someone and walked away feeling like you could have done more to be understood. This book gives you the knowledge you need to have an edge in any discussion. It will help improve both your personal and professional life.Don't Have Time to Read? 
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