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  How to Listen - An Ancient Guide...

  Plutarch, Jeffrey Beneker

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  A lively new translation of Plutarch’s charming and timeless essay on how to be a good listener—and why listening is essential to learning and living wellListening is a skill—even an art—and it’s essential to learning and to life. Indeed, as Plutarch writes in How to Listen, “listening well is the foundation for living well.” In this volume, Jeffrey Beneker presents a vivid and accessible new translation of Plutarch’s classic essay about how to become a skilled listener, complete with an inviting introduction and the original Greek on facing pages.Plutarch is most famous as the author of Parallel Lives, a series of biographies of Greek and Roman statesmen. But he was also an expert on teaching and learning and How to Listen is arguably one of his best pedagogical works. A proponent of active listening well before its time, Plutarch explains the skills we need—and the obstacles and distractions we must overcome—to become effective listeners. Good listening requires, above all, an acknowledgement of our own ignorance in certain subjects and a commitment to gaining knowledge. We must set aside pride and envy so we can respect the expertise of others. We must also train ourselves to see through style and focus on substance, to discriminate between weak and strong arguments, and to criticize ideas fairly and accurately.Filled with shrewd insights and advice, How to Listen shows how to cultivate a skill that everyone who wants to learn and live well must master.

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  BEE - A story that celebrates...

  Rachel Fuller

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  "A wonderfully creative and magical tale . . . You will so enjoy Bee's adventure." —Dame Darcey Bussell
  Inspired by the ballet, BEE, a co-production with Royal Ballet and Opera.
  Bee is an incredible child with a beautiful mind. Misunderstood at home and at school, Bee exists in a magical world that others simply cannot see, playing with fairies and making beautiful music with the flowers. But in escaping to this magical world, Bee is often late for school and doesn’t always understand the rules of the playground.
  Luckily, Bee is not alone and with a bit of help from family, a new teacher, and best fairy friend Sprout, Bee soon finds friends who are just as wonderful and unique as Bee!
  Set to an original soundtrack by composer and author Rachel Fuller, BEE is an enchanting story that is sure to inspire compassion and acceptance, and to encourage all those with beautiful minds just like Bee’s to find their own magical place in the world.

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  101 Amazing Facts about Queen...

  Jack Goldstein

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  Did you know that Queen Victoria could speak five different languages? Or that her closest childhood friend was a King Charles spaniel by the name of Dash? What did she ask staff to do instead of knocking on her door? And how did she deliberately annoy Prime Minister William Gladstone? All of these facts and more can be found in this fantastic guide to the long-reigning monarch and Empress of India. This audiobook is perfect for those studying Queen Victoria at school, or even for those who are just interested in learning more about one of history's most fascinating figures.

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  The Lost World of Byzantium

  Jonathan Harris

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  The acclaimed author of Byzantium and the Crusades "offers a fresh take on this fabled but hidden civilization" across eleven centuries of history (Colin Wells). 
   
   
    
  For more than a millennium, the Byzantine Empire presided over the juncture between East and West, as well as the transition from the classical to the modern world. Rather than recounting the standard chronology of emperors and battles, leading Byzantium scholar Jonathan Harris focuses on a succession of archetypal figures, families, places, and events. 
   
   
    
  Harris's introduction presents a civilization rich in contrasts, combining orthodox Christianity with paganism, and classical Greek learning with Roman power. Though frequently assailed by numerous armies, Byzantium survived by dint of its unorthodox foreign policy. Over time, its sumptuous art and architecture flourished, helping to establish a deep sense of Byzantine identity in its people. 
   
   
    
  Synthesizing a wealth of sources to cover all major aspects of the empire's social, political, military, religious, cultural, and artistic history, Harris's study illuminates the heart of Byzantine civilization and explores its remarkable and lasting influence on the modern world.

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  Gay Erotica - 10 Gay Men First...

  Karl Cumin

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  Ten explicit man on man and threesome stories, this bundle has everything you could want to get you going including coming out, spanking, doctors, younger man - older man, sex toys, bondage, and much more!  
    
  The stories:"Burning Pleasures" "Darren’s First Gay Experience""From Voyeur to More""Loving His Friend’s Confession""Shafted by the Mechanic""Plowed by the Waiter""Spanked by the Bodyguard" "Stretched and Plowed by an Older Guy""The Ex-Navy Seal’s Kinky Assignment""Under Doctor’s Orders" 
  All characters are over 18 and fictional.

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  Walden - and Civil Disobedience

  Henry David Thoreau

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  Walden, an American classic, details the experiences of Henry David Thoreau while he lived at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts.  Thoreau, a transcendentalist author and poet, writes extensively of reflections on his natural surroundings, as well as his values and experiences of independence, self-reliance, and relation to nature and society. 
  On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is a powerful essay by Thoreau arguing the case for each person's duty to follow their individual conscience and reject thoughtless acceptance of governmental and social injustices.

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