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  The Kingdom of God Is Within You

  Leo Tolstoy

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  "There is one thing, and only one thing, in which it is granted to you to be free in life… that is to recognise and profess the truth."
  
  The culmination of a lifetime of philosophical thought and consideration, The Kingdom of God is Within You (1893) is a powerful treatise on faith, morality and the futility of violence. It was banned in the author's native Russia because of its advocacy of pacifism, its questioning of the established socio-political order and its criticism of the Russian Orthodox Church.
  
  Tolstoy redefines Christianity as a personal, moral revolution rather than a mystical or institutional faith and advocates for a life of moral integrity and personal connection to God, envisioning a society transformed not by force, but by individuals acting according to their consciences. His radical rejection of organised religion and state violence has inspired generations of reformers, from Mahatma Gandhi to Martin Luther King Jr.
  Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was a Russian novelist, philosopher, and social reformer, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of all time. He is best known for his epic novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, both celebrated for their intricate character development and profound exploration of moral dilemmas and human nature. In his later years, Tolstoy experienced a spiritual awakening which led him to reject materialism and embrace a life of simplicity, seeking to align his life with his beliefs about non-violence and compassion. Tolstoy's legacy endures not only through his literary masterpieces but also through his profound impact on literature and philosophy.

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  The Illusion of Control - Why...

  Jon Danielsson

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  A challenge to the conventional wisdom surrounding financial risk, providing insight into why easy solutions to control the financial system are doomed to fail 
   
   
    
  Finance plays a key role in the prosperity of the modern world—but it also brings grave dangers. We seek to manage those threats with a vast array of sophisticated mathematical tools and techniques of financial risk management. Too often, though, we fail to address the greatest risk—the peril posed by our own behavior. 
   
   
    
  Jón Daníelsson argues that critical risk is generated from within, through the interactions of individuals and perpetuated by their beliefs, objectives, abilities, and prejudices. He asserts that the widespread belief that risk originates outside the financial system frustrates our ability to measure and manage it, and the likely consequences of new regulations will help alleviate small-scale risks but, perversely, encourage excessive risk taking. Daníelsson uses lessons from past and recent crises to show that diversity is the best way to safeguard our financial system.

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  Listen to HSK4 (II) - Continue...

  Letitia Wu

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  Welcome to the second volume of the Listen to HSK4 series, designed to help you master essential HSK4 vocabulary and build your confidence in Chinese listening and pronunciation. This volume contains the remaining 325 words of the series, bringing the complete set to a total of 625 words across both volumes. 
  In this audiobook, each word is introduced with its English translation for clear understanding. For each vocabulary word, you will hear an example sentence read three times: once slowly for careful listening, and twice at regular speed to improve your ability to follow natural, fluent speech. Following the Chinese sentence, its English translation will be read to ensure full comprehension. 
  This structured approach allows learners to grasp both the meaning and pronunciation of essential words while becoming more accustomed to how they are used in context. 
  Listen to HSK4 provides an engaging and systematic way to enhance your Mandarin skills, no matter your study pace or environment. Continue your journey to HSK4 mastery with Letitia Wu’s expertly curated content and clear audio instructions!

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  The Life and Death of Anne...

  Eric Ives

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  This definitive biography of Anne Boleyn establishes her as a figure of considerable importance and influence in her own right. 
   
  Anne Boleyn is the most notorious of England’s queens, but more famous for her death as an adulterer than for her life. Henry’s second wife and mother of Elizabeth I, Anne, was the first English queen to be publicly executed. Yet what do we know of the achievements and the legacy of her short reign? 
   
  In The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn: The Most Happy, Eric Ives provides the most detailed and convincing portrait we have of the queen. He reveals a person of intellect with a passion for the new culture of the Renaissance, a woman who made her way in a man’s world by force of education and personality. She played a powerful and independent role in the faction-ridden court of Henry VIII and the unceasing struggle for royal favour that was Tudor politics. The consequences can still be detected today. Indeed, Ives shows that it was precisely because Anne was a powerful figure in her own right that a coup was needed to bring her down. She had to be stopped – even by a lie. In this book, you will find: 
  A full biography of Anne Boleyn, based on the latest scholarly research.A focus on Anne’s life and legacy and establishes Anne as a figure of considerable importance and influence in her own right.Exploration of whether Anne was an adulteress or innocent victim, with a fresh look at the issues at the heart of Anne's downfall.Her important history as a patron of the arts, particularly in relation to Hans Holbein.Evidence about Anne’s spirituality and her interest in the intellectual debates of the period. 
   
  This audiobook is masterfully read by David Pickering, and was produced and published by Echo Point Books & Media, an independent bookseller in Brattleboro, Vermont. Audio engineering by Jonah Rosenberg.

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  Understanding Body Language

  Duanne Beier

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  Understanding Body Language: Learn How to Master Body Language so You Can Connect with People Better and Read Any Person Like a Book!The art of reading and analyzing people is the art of understanding human nature. Learning the power of connection and communication requires an open mind and a genuine heart. Understanding people and their communication styles compel us to establish a meaningful and lasting connection with them.IN this audiobook, you will get a comprehensive guide into this silent type of communication. You will learn the various signs that people give out when they are reacting to you. It will help you to understand what’s exactly going on in the minds of the people you interact with. Topics that will be covered are the following:- Basics of Body Language- How to Read Body Language- Mirroring- How to Improve Your Body Language- Different Real-Life Scenarios- And many more!Learning how to read and understand body language can help you forge better connections and communication with others. To learn more, download your copy of this audiobook today!

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  Primatology Ethics and Trauma

  Robert Ingersoll, Antonina Anna...

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  It has been fifty years since the first language experiments on chimpanzees. Robert Ingersoll is well known for being one of the main carers and best friend of the chimpanzee, Nim Chimpsky, but there were other chimpanzees in the University of Oklahoma's Institute for Primate Studies, including Washoe, Moja, Kelly, Booee, and Onan, who were taught sign language in the quest to discover whether language is learned or innate in humans. Antonina Anna Scarnà's expertise in language acquisition and neuroscience offers a vehicle for critical evaluation of those studies. 
   
   
   
  Ingersoll and Scarnà investigate how this research failed to address the emotional needs of the animals. It is time to consider the research from a different perspective, examining the neglect and cruelty that was inflicted on those animals in the name of psychological science. This book re-examines those cases, addressing directly the suffering and traumatic experiences endured by the captive chimpanzees, in particular the female chimpanzee, Washoe, and her resultant inability to be a competent mother. 
   
   
   
  This book discusses the unethical nature of the studies in the context of recent research on trauma and offers a specific and direct psychological message, proposing to finally close the door on the language side of these chimpanzee studies.

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