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  Learning Happiness - 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.03 LEARNING HAPPINESS
  
  - Desire Cannot Be Fulfilled
  - Aloneness Is Your Reality
  - The Passion for Truth
  - A Rich Man Is Very Poor
  - Godhood Is Your Nature
  - I Am Not a Perfectionist
  - Sex Is the Basic Problem
  - The Forbidden Path
  - The World Has Never Lacked Buddhas
  - Religion Is the Ultimate LuxuryAn 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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  Tom Nairn: Old Nations Auld...

  Tom Nairn

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  Tom Nairn has been the most forceful and original mind to confront, de-mask and anatomise the British state. The perception that Great Britain was a multinational state and not a united nation had never quite been lost over the centuries, but it was Nairn who almost single-handedly hammered this truth into the skull of British intellectuals and campaigners until it became – as it is today – practically uncontested by the political class.
  
  NEAL ASCHERSON, London Review of Books
  
  
  For the last fifty years Tom Nairn has been one of Britain's most consistently provocative and influential voices. No other writer has left so deep an impression on mainstream debates about Scotland, Britain and nationalism. No other writer has so thoroughly interrogated the United Kingdom's post-war crisis and decline.
  
  
  Old Nations, Auld Enemies, New Times brings together, for the first time, the full span of Nairn's work, from his ground-breaking analysis of the British state in the 1960s and '70s to his more recent examinations of globalisation, the English question and Scotland's independence referendum.
  
  
  
  Nairn stands alongside the great Scottish intellectual and literary figures of recent decades. Old Nations is the definitive Nairn collection – and an indispensable guide for anyone looking to understand the current moment in Scottish and British politics.
  
  
  For originality of mind, Tom Nairn is without equal among his contemporaries. In fifty years, there has never been a time in my memory in which that he was saying went with the flow of opinion, on the left or at large ... All of this in a style of extraordinary vigour and beauty – and not least humour: writing as democratic as his own unswerving politics. One thinks: if only there were more like him. But that would be a contradiction in terms.
  
  PERRY ANDERSON, New Left Review
  
  Tom Nairn is well known both as a major contributor to debates about Scottish nationalism and the re-configuring of the current UK, and as a supremely thoughtful and witty writer. This collection of his writings illustrates the evolution of his ideas and will be invaluable. Whether one agrees with Nairn or not, his arguments always make one think afresh.
  
  LINDA COLLEY, Professor of History, Princeton University

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  Giver by Lois Lowry The (Book...

  Bright Summaries

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  Unlock the more straightforward side of The Giver with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!
  This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Giver by Lois Lowry, which follows a young boy in a futuristic society who is called on to become his community's "Receiver of Memory". As he shoulders the burden of his society's collective memory, he soon realises that the apparently idyllic world he lives in is based on a shocking lie. As he uncovers the truth about the world around him, the reader is encouraged to reflect on profound themes such as individuality and conformism, euthanasia and the role of language in totalitarian societies. The Giver is the first novel in Lowry's The Giver Quartet, and won the prestigious Newbery Medal for children's literature in 1994. It was adapted into a film starring Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep in 2014.
  Find out everything you need to know about The Giver in a fraction of the time!
  
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  Mexican Sorcery - A Practical...

  Laura Davila

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  Spell work, spiritual cleansing, herbal magic, how to protect against the Evil Eye, and cast, break, and avert hexes and curses. 
   
   
   
  Mexican witchcraft, or brujeria, has long been an integral part of traditional Mexican culture that permeates all strata of social hierarchy, ethnicity, or level of education. 
   
   
   
  "Brujeria de Rancho" refers to brujeria as it is practiced in the rural areas of Mexico. There, the brujos de Ranch offer their healing and divinatory powers, acting as advisors, and even meting out justice through the use of cursing and hexing for people who are often not able to pay lawyers' fees. 
   
   
   
  Davila, a practicing bruja de Rancho and for whom this is a multi-generational family tradition, brings this tradition to light in this comprehensive guide to Brujeria and Hechiceria (sorcery), presenting the beliefs and practices to today's listeners. The tradition includes a component of folk Catholicism that will be accessible to Pagans, non-Catholics, and practitioners of Hoodoo and Conjure. Topics included in the book are spell work, cleansings (limpias), herbs, talismans, how to protect against the Evil Eye, and also how to cast, break, and avert hexes and curses.

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  War Heroes of Japan - The Great...

  Harper T. Roberts

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  Two devastating wars changed the face of humanity forever. Discover the crucial role Japan played in these events and why some facts about their involvement are still hidden all these years later. 
  Japan had a special military force and ideology that led it to become one of the strongest imperial powers of the world. Their efforts had taken them far and wide, but who were the people behind such victories, and what were their roles in the wars? 
  In War Heroes of Japan: The Great Battles of WW1 and WW2, you will discover:20+ riveting biographies of Japanese war heroes that led the country down the warpaths -- meet the people behind the glorious victories, and terrible massacresThe truth about the attack on Pearl Harbor and what led a lot of experts to believe the Japanese were forced to start the raidControversial and sensitive war events no one talks about -- we’re breaking all the barriers to reveal the hidden historical truthsThe historical battles of Japan from the era of modernization until the end of World War II -- discover an action-packed historical narrative of some of the most important (and ingenious) military battlesA guide on Japan’s geopolitics that explains its nationalism, expansion, and the relationship between the military and the governmentWhat kind of political relationships Japan has with its neighbors, and how internal conflicts affect its position in the warA breakdown of Japan’s military strategies to give you tremendous insight into the country’s military power 
  And much more… 
  The events of the two world wars are largely known, but there are still some “better left alone” topics. 
  You deserve the truth about what happened over the span of 30 years when nations burned and millions of people were killed. 
  Get ready to be mind blown by this first book in the series of Japanese War History.

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  3 Dirty Gay Men Paranormal...

  Bobby Large, Jim Right

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  Delve deep into 3 filthy gay men paranormal fantasies. 
  Titles included are: 
  The Babysitter’s Vampire Night: 
  Setting up a babysitter service is a way for Harvey to make some money, but a call coming in when no one is available leaves him with little choice but to take the job himself. The house he arrives at is no different from the others on a quiet street, but he enters to find out there’s no child. The occupant then reveals his real reason for making the call. A vampire with a babysitter fetish seems insane, but Harvey gives in to a torrid encounter with Mr. Doyle to find out just how sexy a vampire can be. 
  Wild Werewolf on the Prairie: 
  A successful delivery of steers end with Cody making his way back across the open prairie alone. A late start setting out necessitates overnight camping and the howls he hears turn out not to be buffalo wolves. What comes out of the darkness is a legend, but the werewolf doesn’t want to take a life. Its interest is in something much more primal and Cody finds himself having a full moon encounter with an aroused beast. 
  Back Alley Vampire Gangbang: 
  Walking home after a heavy night out is Wesley’s first mistake. Taking a shortcut is his second. He’s not complaining at first when he bumps into Conrad, but a kiss with a handsome guy in a back alley turns crazy when two more men come out of the darkness. There’s no escape when the three men reveal what they really are, but giving in completely brings on as much pleasure as pain when vampire bites turn him on in a way he never expected.

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