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  The Wisdom of the Ancients -...

  H.A. Drake

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  This book is about four cornerstones of modern thought that were put in place by people living in the ancient Mediterranean world. It covers approximately 2,000 years in time (from ca. 1000 BCE to 1000 CE) and spatially moves from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Mesopotamia (roughly, modern Iraq), through Greece and Rome, to the new Germanic states growing in what is now western Europe. 
   
   
   
  The four ideas, as author H. A. Drake proposes, are monotheism, the idea that there is only one god, not many; individual rights, the idea that there is a limit to what the state can order us to do; naturalized citizenship, the idea that the full rights and privileges of citizenship can be extended to people who have no birthright to them; and creation of a standard by which to judge the performance of states. It is easy, now, to take these ideas for granted. By discussing these ideas in their historical context with clarity and wit, The Wisdom of the Ancients reminds listeners how preposterous they were originally and how different our world would be if they had not taken hold.

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  Frederick Jackson Turner

  Carla Becker

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  A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken Realms 
  Frederick Jackson Turner by Carl Becker. John Stambaugh Professor of History at Cornell University. Extracted from American Masters of Social Science edited by Howard W. Odum. Henry Holt and Company 1927. 
  Narrated by Joseph TablerNote - This book is ‘read as written'. It was published in 1827. It is in the public domain. 
  Frederick Jackson Turner, American historian during the early twentieth century, based at the University of Wisconsin-Madison until 1910, and then at Harvard University. He was known primarily for his frontier thesis. He trained many PhDs who went on to become well-known historians. He promoted interdisciplinary and quantitative methods, often with an emphasis on the Midwestern United States. 
  Turner’s essay “The Significance of the Frontier in American History” included ideas that formed the frontier thesis. Turner’s sectionalism essays are collected in The Significance of Sections in American History, which won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1933. 
  Author Carl Becker (A pupil of Turner) was an American historian who studied the American Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment in America and Europe. Cornell has recognized his work as an educator by naming one of its five new residential colleges the Carl Becker House.Becker is best known for The Heavenly City of the Eighteenth-Century Philosophers (1932), four lectures on The Enlightenment delivered at Yale University. 
  Dusty Tomes Audio Books are public domain books retrieved from the ravages of time; Available as never before, as audio books, for your edification, pleasure, and consideration.

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  Towards a New Enlightenment -...

  Wilhelm Krull, Christoph Horn,...

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  What role can the humanities play in shaping our common future? What are the values that guide us in the 21st century? How can we unleash the potential the humanities offer in a time of multiple crises? This volume tackles some of these fundamental questions, acknowledging and developing the changing role of academic discourse in a turbulent world. This timely book argues that the humanities engender conceptual tools that are capable of reconciling theory and practice. In a bold move, we call for the humanities to reach beyond the confines of universities and engage in the most urgent debates facing humanity today - in a multidisciplinary, transformative, and constructive way. This is a blueprint for how societal change can be inclusive and equitable for the good of humans and non-humans alike.

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  Alien Conspiracy

  Phil G

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  Many thousands of years ago aliens came to Earth, genetically engineered mankind, created civilizations and were worshipped as Gods by their new creations. 
   
  This is the story of how ancient aliens made us what we are and still control us. This is a tale so big that it is derided and hidden by the ruling elite. They don’t want you to know that their so-called royal bloodlines are in fact alien offspring. Prepare to discover the hidden truth...

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  College Essay Confidence -...

  Jill Margaret Shulman

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  An indispensable roadmap for students navigating the stress of writing their college essayWhat if you could write a knockout essay with no anxiety? College admissions and essay coach Jill Margaret Shulman believes you can! And she knows about that Inner Troll voice inside your head that blasts you with hate talk (we all have one). In College Essay Confidence, you’ll feel like you have your own private coach guiding you step-by-step, with psychological empowerment strategies combined with expert writing instruction, to a college essay that truly reflects your unique, best self. You'll feel nurtured and supported as you banish doubt and transform this daunting part of the college application process into a fun (yes, fun!) writing adventure.

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  Common Sense

  Thomas Paine

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  Common Sense by Thomas Paine is a powerful and persuasive pamphlet that played a pivotal role in advocating for American independence from British rule. Written in 1776, Paine’s clear and compelling arguments challenged the authority of the British monarchy and promoted the idea of self-governance. His accessible language and logical reasoning inspired the colonists, making Common Sense a key text in the American Revolution. This influential work continues to be celebrated for its impact on political thought and its timeless call for freedom and justice.

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