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  Queens of Bohemia - And Other...

  Darren Coffield

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  Our story begins in 1920s London, at a time when women's rights were surging after the long battle for suffrage and nightclubs emerged as spaces where single women could socialise unchaperoned. This was the age of the dance craze and the gender-bending 'Flapper', who inspired the creation of the Gargoyle club, a nocturnal hunting ground for Femmes Fatales.
  Meanwhile, London's Bohemia was ruled by the 'Queen of Clubs', Kate Meyrick; the taboo-breaking 'Tiger Woman', Betty May; the original 'Chelsea Girl', Viva King; the artist, Nina Hamnett; the 'Euston Road Venus', Sonia Orwell; and Isabel Rawsthorne, artist, spy, pornographer, model and muse … to name but a few.
  Using previously unpublished memoirs and interviews, Queens of Bohemia creates a soundscape of voices that gives the reader a taste of their world, so exotic and yet often wracked with despair. It offers a unique insight into a generation of women for whom ideals of duty and self-sacrifice had been debunked by the horrors of war and whose morality resided in being true to one's self, as they took their struggle for freedom into the wider world and learned to value their individuality along the way.

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  100 Amazing Facts about Israel -...

  Marc Dresgui

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  Discover the Wonders of Israel with "100 Amazing Facts About Israel" - Now in Audio! 🇮🇱 
  Take a journey through time and nature with this captivating audiobook, perfect for young listeners aged 7 to 12. "100 Amazing Facts About Israel" brings the incredible history, culture, and natural wonders of one of the most fascinating regions in the world to life through engaging storytelling. 
  From ancient secrets to modern marvels, this audiobook answers questions that spark curiosity:What is the story behind the world’s oldest fortified city?How do turtles and migratory birds connect with Israel's ecosystems?Why do mysterious fossils lie hidden in the desert?How did ancient people create the first roads, ovens, and tools thousands of years ago?What makes this audiobook exceptional?Richly detailed facts: From archaeology and history to ecology and geology, listeners will uncover 100 incredible discoveries about Israel.Engaging narration: The facts are presented in a lively and easy-to-follow format that keeps children entertained while they learn.Accessible for all ages: Whether at home, on the go, or in the classroom, this audiobook is a perfect companion for curious learners.Interactive and reflective: Thought-provoking content encourages kids to ask questions and think critically about the world around them. 
  Whether it’s exploring ancient ruins, discovering natural wonders, or delving into surprising historical events, "100 Amazing Facts About Israel" invites young listeners on a journey of discovery. Perfect for road trips, bedtime stories, or classroom learning, this audiobook inspires curiosity and fosters a lifelong love of exploration!

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  Lagash and Umma: The History of...

  Charles River Editors

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  When American archaeologists discovered a collection of cuneiform tablets in Iraq in the late 19th century, they were confronted with a language and a people who were at the time only scarcely known to even the most knowledgeable scholars of ancient Mesopotamia. The exploits and achievements of other Mesopotamian peoples, such as the Assyrians and Babylonians, were already known to a large segment of the population through the Old Testament and the nascent field of Near Eastern studies had unraveled the enigma of the Akkadian language that was widely used throughout the region in ancient times, but the discovery of the Sumerian tablets brought to light the existence of the Sumerian culture, which was the oldest of all the Mesopotamian cultures.  
  Although the Sumerians continue to get second or even third billing compared to the Babylonians and Assyrians, perhaps because they never built an empire as great as the Assyrians or established a city as enduring and great as Babylon, they were the people who provided the template of civilization that all later Mesopotamians built upon. The Sumerians are credited with being the first people to invent writing, libraries, cities, and schools in Mesopotamia, and many would argue that they were the first people to create and do those things anywhere in world.  
  For a people so great it is unfortunate that their accomplishments and contributions, not only to Mesopotamian civilization but to civilization in general, largely go unnoticed by the majority of the public. Perhaps the Sumerians were victims of their own success; they gradually entered the historical record, established a fine civilization, and then slowly submerged into the cultural patchwork of their surroundings. They also never suffered a great and sudden collapse like other peoples of the ancient Near East, such as the Hittites, Assyrians and Neo-Babylonians did.

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  Moving Into the Unknown - The...

  Osho

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  The Sutra of 42 Chapters is a scripture complied in the first century CE.  Each saying comes from Buddha, but the whole work was a new anthology created especially for introducing Buddhism in a new country. That's why it makes such a good, basic introduction to the world view of Gautam Buddha. 
  It is very simple in its approach, very direct. It is, in essence the whole of Buddha's message, but very simple, not elaborate and very scholarly as other Buddhist scriptures are.
  Osho extracts the kernel of Buddha's profound insight and understanding and presents his everlasting message to the contemporary listener in a manner that is lucid, straightforward and humorous. Far from being just a statue, here Buddha is an amazing human being so far ahead of his time that even now he is only just beginning to be more widely understood.
  In these talks Osho discusses the need for doubt and argument in the spiritual search, the nature of desire and the discipline of non-attachment.
  The talks in this audiobook are a series of original OSHO Talks, titled "The Discipline of Transcendence, Vol.2".
  Vol.02 MOVING INTO THE UNKNOWN
  
  - The Challenge of the Buddha
  - Happy for No Reason
  - In Accord with the Way
  - The Blessed One
  - Be a Light unto Yourself
  - A Questionless Mind
  - Reflections of Emptiness
  - Whatsoever You Choose, You Become
  - The Discipline beyond Discipline
  - A Hollow Bamboo
  - A New Light
  An abridged edition of this series of talks was published as an audiobook under the title "The Buddha Said", which included only the chapters in which Osho comments on the original sutras by Buddha. This series is the full experience.
  ©1976 Osho International Foundation ℗ 2024 Osho International Foundation

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  The Bodhisattva Concept

  A.G.S. Kariyawasam

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  This is a Pariyatti audiobook of Bodhi Leaves No. 157, "The Bodhisattva Concept" by A.G.S. Kariyawasam found in the Pariyatti Edition of Collected Bodhi Leaves Vol. V.
   
  Excerpt from The Bodhisattva Concept:
   
  In original Pali Buddhism, the term bodhisatta is used more or less exclusively to designate Gautama Buddha prior to his enlightenment.
   
  'The concept of bodhisattva, along with that of Buddha and of the cakravartin (world-ruler), was in vogue in India even before the appearance of Gautama Buddha. When Prince Siddhārtha, who later became Gautama Buddha, took conception in the womb of Queen Māyā, a seer predicted that Suddhodana’s future son would be either a world-ruler (cakravartin) or a Buddha. Once, answering a question by a brahmin, the Buddha himself admitted that he is neither a god nor a yakkha, but a Buddha, meaning thereby one of a succession of Buddhas (A II 38).

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  Rocket and Jet Aircraft of the...

  Terry C Treadwell

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  The development of rocket and jet aircraft by the Germans before and during the Second World War is something that intrigues all those interested in the history of aviation. The first trials of the V1 (Doodlebug) were carried out with a pilot at the controls, on occasion the world-famous aviatrix Hannah Reitsch. The first encounter with a jet aircraft by Allied airmen is documented here, including the first shooting down of a jet aircraft by an Allied pilot.
  Rocket and Jet Aircraft of the Third Reich documents the huge problems faced by the German scientists, designers and engineers, and the pressures put upon them by the German High Command. At the end of the war the Americans and Russians struggled to get their hands on these experts and their data whilst the SS were trying to prevent them falling into Allied hands. Heinkel, Henschel, Junkers – and of course Messerschmitt — all feature, amongst other pioneering designers, alongside legendary pilots such as Adolf Galland and Walter Nowotny.

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