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  The Sages of Naimishiranya - A...

  Krishna Dharma, Chintamani Dhama...

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  Srimad Bhagavatam is the most prominent of the Puranas, or histories of the Ancient World. The original Sanskrit text of the work, penned by the great sage Vyasadeva, states that it is 'as brilliant as the sun' because its teachings can illuminate our consciousness even in the darkest times. Much like the Arabian Nights, it has an intricate structure of stories within stories; epic tales of divine incarnations, saints, sages, gods and earthly kings that span vast periods of time. This volume introduces the foundational story: a conversation among many learned sages and yogis at the holy site of Naimisharanya. 
  Srimad Bhagavatam describes how the earth goes through cyclical ages, much like the four seasons of a year. Five thousand years ago, the world entered the most terrible of the four ages, otherwise known as Kali Yuga, or the ‘Age of Quarrel and Hypocrisy’. This era is characterised by terrific acts of violence such as large-scale animal slaughter, systematic destruction of the planet's food supplies, and the merciless affliction of civilian populations by warlords and governments alike. All of this leads to escalating miseries as the dreadful age unfolds. 
   
  Aware of our impending plight through prophetic visions, the compassionate sages of Naimisharanya seek a way to help us. One of their number, Suta Goswami, goes in search of a solution and encounters a dialogue between an emperor cursed to die and a great mystic. From this discussion, Suta discovers how anyone, no matter how drastic their circumstances, can transcend their misery and experience boundless joy by comprehending the science of God and the soul. He returns to the sages and faithfully repeats the secrets he has heard, and this becomes the Srimad Bhagavatam. Described as the "literary incarnation of God", Srimad Bhagavatam elevates its sincere readers to pure spiritual consciousness, beyond the reach of all misery.

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  In Search of Lost Time

  Marcel Proust

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  What if memory could unlock an entire life?
  
  In Search of Lost Time is Marcel Proust's monumental novel sequence and one of the greatest achievements in world literature. Through a deeply introspective narrative, Proust explores how memory, sensation, love, jealousy, art, and time shape human experience.
  
  Beginning with a simple moment of remembrance, the novel unfolds into a vast portrait of French society and the inner life of its narrator. Proust's lyrical prose and psychological insight reveal how the past survives within us, waiting to be rediscovered through memory and reflection.
  
  This work is not a traditional plot-driven novel, but a profound meditation on consciousness and creativity—one that rewards patient readers with extraordinary emotional and intellectual richness.
  
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  One of the most influential works of modernist literature
  
  Themes of memory, time, love, art, and identity
  
  A richly detailed portrait of society and inner experience
  
  A cornerstone text of twentieth-century literary innovation
  
  Studied worldwide and endlessly discussed, In Search of Lost Time remains essential reading for anyone seeking the deepest possibilities of the novel as an art form.
  
  Enter the world where time is remembered rather than lost. Buy now and experience Marcel Proust's timeless masterpiece.

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  Second Chances - Shakespeare &...

  Adam Phillips, Stephen Greenblatt

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  A powerful exploration of the human capacity for renewal, as seen through Shakespeare and Freud  
   
  In this fresh investigation, Stephen Greenblatt and Adam Phillips explore how the second chance has been an essential feature of the literary imagination and a promise so central to our existence that we try to reproduce it again and again.  
   
  Innumerable stories, from the Homeric epics to the New Testament, and from Oedipus Rex to Hamlet, explore the realization or failure of second chances—outcomes that depend on accident, acts of will, or fate. Such stories let us repeatedly rehearse the experience of loss and recovery: to know the joy that comes with a renewal of love and pleasure and to face the pain that comes with realizing that some damage can never be undone.  
   
  Through a series of illuminating readings, the authors show how Shakespeare was the supreme virtuoso of the second chance and Freud was its supreme interpreter. Both Shakespeare and Freud believed that we can narrate our life stories as tales of transformation, of momentous shifts, constrained by time and place but often still possible. Ranging from The Comedy of Errors to The Winter’s Tale, and from D. W. Winnicott to Marcel Proust, the authors challenge readers to imagine how, as Phillips writes, “it is the mending that matters.” 
   
  “In this scintillating collaboration between our leading Shakespearean and our most trenchant interpreter of Freud, the concept of the second chance keeps gathering momentum and reach. Second Chances is intellectually nimble and emotionally wise.”—Christopher Benfey, author of A Summer of Hummingbirds

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  Napoleon’s Escape from the...

  Editors Charles River

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  In addition to being unable to be reinforced or supplied by sea, Napoleon's ambitions to establish a permanent presence in Egypt were further frustrated by a number of uprisings. Early in 1799, Napoleon advanced against France’s erstwhile enemy, the Ottoman Empire, invading modern Syria (then the province of Damascus) and conquering the cities of Gaza, Jaffa, Arish and Haifa. However, with the plague running rampant through his army and his lines of supply from Egypt stretched dangerously thin, Napoleon was unable to destroy the fortified city of Acre and was forced to retreat. The retreat cost him almost all of his wounded as, harassed by enemy forces, he was forced to abandon most of his casualties to the Ottomans’ mercy, or lack thereof. Most of the wounded were tortured and beheaded. 
  	Napoleon harbored all kinds of delusions about his time in Egypt that were not based in reality, but he definitely left a lasting legacy in the region, one he would never live to see or appreciate. By shifting the theater of operations to Africa and the Middle East, Napoleon inadvertently ensured the Europeans would fight there in the future, and the French occupation impressed upon the locals the necessity of catching up to the modern world in terms of technology. Ancient tactics could not prevail against a modern army, no matter the numbers, but while that was a lesson Napoleon consistently taught his enemies in Egypt and the Levant to their detriment, the French also sped up the occupied populations’ technological advances as well. Perhaps more importantly, the Egyptian Scientific Institute introduced numerous modern innovations, perhaps most importantly the printing press, which in turn encouraged literacy. This brought about the emergence of nationalism and liberalism, leading eventually to the establishment of Egyptian independence and modernization under the rule of Muhammad Ali Pasha in the first half of the 19th century.

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  The Thirty-First of March - An...

  Horace Busby, Scott Busby

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  An intimate retelling of Lyndon B. Johnson's politics and presidency by one of his closest advisors. 
   
   
   
  Horace Busby was one of LBJ's most trusted advisors; their close working and personal relationship spanned twenty years. In The Thirty-First of March he offers an indelible portrait of a president and a presidency at a time of crisis. From the aftereffects of the Kennedy assassination, when Busby was asked by the newly sworn-in president to sit by his bedside during his first troubled nights in office, to the concerns that defined the Great Society—civil rights, the economy, social legislation, housing, and the Vietnam War—Busby not only articulated and refined Johnson's political thinking, he also helped shape the most ambitious, far-reaching legislative agenda since FDR's New Deal. 
   
   
   
  Here is Johnson the politician, Johnson the schemer, Johnson who advised against JFK's choice of an open limousine that fateful day in Dallas, and Johnson the father, sickened by the deaths of young men fighting and dying in Vietnam on his orders. The Thirty-first of March is a rare glimpse into the inner sanctum of Johnson's presidency, as seen through the eyes of one of the people who understood him best.

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  A Successful Marriage - Love...

  Bright Mills

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  This Audiobook is about a comprehensive study of the fundamentals of having a successful marriage. Marriage is the union of body, mind and soul of a man and a woman. The couple will keep each other company and live together for the rest of their lives. They will try to solve problems together, and share all their happiness and sadness in life. They will work together for a better future. Marriage is an intimate legal relationship. It helps to extend the family and have children if they wish. Harmonious marriage relationship will give both partners a sense of satisfaction and achievement. In addition, healthy marriages provide a strong and stable environment for raising children. For a successful marriage, both partners need to be psychologically mature and have a good understanding of each other before getting married. In addition, they should be financially secure and should have long term plan for the family. Have you ever wondered why some marriages seem to flourish while others seem to continually flounder? Do you have a desire to make your own marriage stronger and more connected?

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