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  Ancient Futures

  Helena Norberg-Hodge

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  Let yourself be swept away to Ladakh, a region nestled high in the Himalayan plateau. It is a place like no other. The brightest sky makes snow-covered mountain peaks sparkle for miles. Below, scree tumbles down the mountain sides, infinite shades of ocher, into winding glacier-fed streams. The streams support a surrounding tapestry of vibrant green fields interspersed with stone houses, while on a nearby outcropping, a whitewashed monastery sits, overseeing the village, linking together land, people, mountains, and sky. 
  Ancient Futures is a lyrical and moving portrait of tradition and change in Ladakh, or “Little Tibet", as it was once known. The book is also an engaging critique of the global economy and a call for economic localization. When author, Helena Norberg-Hodge, first arrived in Ladakh in the 1970s, she found a pristine environment and a people who exhibited remarkable vitality and joy. Not long after, came economic growth and development and Norberg-Hodge watched how a whole range of problems—from polluted air and water to unemployment, religious conflict, eating disorders and youth suicide—began to appear for the first time. 
  Yet this is far from a story of despair. Social and environmental breakdown, Norberg-Hodge argues, is neither inevitable nor evolutionary, but the product of political and economic decisions—and those decisions can be changed. In a new Afterword for this audiobook, she contextualizes the current big-picture crises we face and the solutions each of us can be a part of. Norberg-Hodge also introduces us to a multitude of grassroots initiatives—a manifestation of a rapidly growing localization movement. She shows it is possible to reweave the local, the human-scale, and the place-based back into our lives, without terrible sacrifice, but rather to the benefit of all humans and nature. The story of Ladakh continues to serve as a source of inspiration to anyone interested in creating a better future.

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  Frazzlebrain - Break Free from...

  PhD Gina Simmons Schneider

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  If you feel frazzled, you dwell in good company. Racing between the demands of work, health, family, and friends, many people report feelings of worry, irritability, and increasing stress. While we often cannot control stressful life events, we can learn to control our brain's response to those circumstances and reduce our suffering. 
   
   
   
  Drawing from the latest research and more than twenty-five years of clinical experience, Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider explains the link between anxiety, anger, and stress and shares groundbreaking remedies from neuropsychology. These tools will strengthen your resilience and expand your capacity for happiness. 
   
   
   
  In Frazzlebrain, you'll discover how to: 
   
   
   
  ● Soften your response to stress 
   
   
   
  ● Overcome toxic self-criticism 
   
   
   
  ● Tame hostile and cynical thinking 
   
   
   
  Each chapter offers exercises, case examples, and self-improvement skills to help you achieve a calmer, happier, healthier lifestyle.

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  Becoming a Marihuana User

  Howard S. Becker

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  Marijuana has come a long way since its seedy days in the back parking lots of our culture. So has Howard S. Becker, the eminent sociologist, jazz musician, expert on “deviant” culture, and founding NORML board member. When he published Becoming a Marihuana User more than sixty years ago, hardly anyone paid attention—because few people smoked pot. Decades later, and it’s clear—marijuana isn’t just an established commodity, it’s an entire culture. And that’s just the thing—Becker totally called it: pot has everything to do with culture. It’s not a blight on culture, but a culture itself—in fact, you’ll see in this book the first use of the term “users,” rather than “abusers” or “addicts.” Come along on this short little study—now a famous timestamp in weed studies—and you will be astonished at how relevant it is to us today. 
   
  Becker doesn’t judge, but neither does he holler for legalization. Instead, he looks at marijuana with a clear sociological lens—as a substance that some people enjoy, and that some others have decided none of us should. From there he asks: so how do people decide to get high, and what kind of experience do they have as a result of being part of the marijuana world? What he discovers will bother some: chemistry isn’t everything—the important thing about pot is how we interact with it. We learn to be high. We learn to like it. And from there, we teach others, passing the pipe in a circle that begins to resemble a bona fide community.

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  Getting to grips with Gustar in...

  Gordon Smtih Durán, Cynthia...

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  Dear student: 
  Thank you for taking an interest in this audio book. ¡Esperamos que te guste! 
  'Getting to grips with Gustar' is designed to take you, step by step, through every Gustar tense. 
  This audio book will help you to understand the way that you structure sentences with Gustar. 
  What is more, it is designed to take you from the basics right up to the more complex structures. 
  This audio book offers you:21 exercises that cover all Gustar tensesClear and concise explanationsSimple language that everyone understandsAll exercises repeated at the end of the PDF 
  Starting at the Present Tense, you are taken through a fascinating journey of building 
  on your ever growing knowledge, until you find yourself using the Past Subjunctive with ease. 
  We include Encantar in our explanations and exercises, too! 
  ¡Te va a encantar, seguro! 
  Un saludo, 
  Gordon y Cynthia:)

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  Bad Friend - How Women...

  Tiffany Watt Smith

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  This smart and thought-provoking memoir, history, and cultural critique about the turmoil and complexity of female friendship is read by the author."Smith's gift for journalistic narrative...will make a lot of listeners hear it in a more personal way" —AudioFile on The Book of Human EmotionsOur culture today is inundated with narratives about the strength of female friendship, whether through images of girl power, BFFs, or work wives. Yet cultural historian Tiffany Watt Smith has always found her own life much messier. She has had dramatic friend breakups, friendships that felt like too much or not enough, friendships that drifted into silence, and friendships built on convenience rather than a meeting of minds. And there are older cultural scripts to contend with: the competitive rival, the jealous backstabber, the underminer, the fair-weather friend. We have all been bad friends. It’s impossible to be a perfect one; as Watt Smith points out, women’s friendships have long been magnified, scrutinized, praised, and admonished, creating a legacy of impossible ideals. In Bad Friend, Watt Smith reflects on her own experience and thoroughly mines the rich cultural history of female friendship to look for a new paradigm that might encompass the struggles along with the joy.A Macmillan Audio production from Celadon Books.

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  China Japan and the USA

  John Dewey

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  "China, Japan, and the U.S.A." by John Dewey is a compelling exploration of the complex interplay between these three influential nations in the early 20th century. With keen insight and intellectual rigor, Dewey delves into the political, cultural, and philosophical dynamics that shaped their interactions and the global landscape. Drawing upon his extensive knowledge of history, Dewey meticulously examines the evolving relationships between China, Japan, and the United States during a pivotal era of transformation. He skillfully navigates the intricate threads of diplomacy, economic development, and cultural exchange, offering a nuanced understanding of the forces at play. Read in English, unabridged.

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