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  The Varieties of Religious...

  William James

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  There can be no doubt that as a matter of fact a religious life, exclusively pursued, does tend to make the person exceptional and eccentric. I speak not now of your ordinary religious believer, who follows the conventional observances of his country, whether it be Buddhist, Christian, or Mohammedan. His religion has been made for him by others, communicated to him by tradition, determined to fixed forms by imitation, and retained by habit. It would profit us little to study this second-hand religious life. We must make search rather for the original experiences which were the pattern-setters to all this mass of suggested feeling and imitated conduct. These experiences we can only find in individuals for whom religion exists not as a dull habit, but as an acute fever rather. But such individuals are "geniuses" in the religious line; and like many other geniuses who have brought forth fruits effective enough for commemoration in the pages of biography, such religious geniuses have often shown symptoms of nervous instability. Even more perhaps than other kinds of genius, religious leaders have been subject to abnormal psychical visitations. Invariably they have been creatures of exalted emotional sensibility. Often they have led a discordant inner life, and had melancholy during a part of their career. They have known no measure, been liable to obsessions and fixed ideas; and frequently they have fallen into trances, heard voices, seen visions, and presented all sorts of peculiarities which are ordinarily classed as pathological. Often, moreover, these pathological features in their career have helped to give them their religious authority and influence.

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  Servitude: Part VII - Submit...

  Kai Aubrey

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  A red sky hangs high above, a dim purple sun casting an eerie light on the landscape below. The land is a barren tundra, but it is bustling with life. 
  This is the realm of the incubi. This has been their prison for millennia. 
  As Alric travels with Heath and Caio through this land of sexual depravity, his anxiety only grows. 
  Why has Soren brought them here? What dark, perverse surprises is he hiding? 
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  CONTAINS EXPLICIT GAY SEXUAL CONTENT. 
  For more stories, visit www.KaiAubrey.com.

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  Three Years In Europe

  William Wells Brown

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  William Wells Brown was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Elizabeth, was a slave--his father a white man who never acknowledged his paternity. Brown escaped slavery at about the age of 20. For many years he worked as a steamboatman and as a conductor for the Underground Railroad in Buffalo, New York. In 1843, he became a lecturer for the Western New York Anti-Slavery Society, and was a contemporary of Frederick Douglass.Brown went to Europe in 1849 to encourage British support for the anti-slavery movement in the United States. He remained there until 1854 when British abolitionists purchased his freedom. Soon afterward, he returned to the United States to continue his work in the abolitionist movement.Throughout his life, he wrote several books, including his autobiography, Clotel, and, The Rising Son; or, The Antecedents and Advancement of the Colored Race, among others. He was also the author of two plays.Three Years In Europe; Or, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met is a series of letters that Brown wrote to certain of his friends. A few were destined for publication in The Liberator, the famed abolitionist journal published by Frederick Douglass. In the letters, Brown described his impressions while traveling across Europe, meeting and sharing his experiences first as a slave and then as a fugitive. (Introduction by James K. White)

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  Pain Parties Work - Sylvia Plath...

  Elizabeth Winder

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  "I dreamed of New York, I am going there." 
  On May 31, 1953, twenty-year-old Sylvia Plath arrived in New York City for a one-month stint at "the intellectual fashion magazine" Mademoiselle to be a guest editor for its prestigious annual college issue. Over the next twenty-six days, the bright, blond New England collegian lived at the Barbizon Hotel, attended Balanchine ballets, watched a game at Yankee Stadium, and danced at the West Side Tennis Club. She typed rejection letters to writers from The New Yorker and ate an entire bowl of caviar at an advertising luncheon. She stalked Dylan Thomas and fought off an aggressive diamond-wielding delegate from the United Nations. She took hot baths, had her hair done, and discovered her signature drink (vodka, no ice). Young, beautiful, and on the cusp of an advantageous career, she was supposed to be having the time of her life. 
  Drawing on in-depth interviews with fellow guest editors whose memories infuse these pages, Elizabeth Winder reveals how these twenty-six days indelibly altered how Plath saw herself, her mother, her friendships, and her romantic relationships, and how this period shaped her emerging identity as a woman and as a writer. Pain, Parties, Work—the three words Plath used to describe that time—shows how Manhattan's alien atmosphere unleashed an anxiety that would stay with her for the rest of her all-too-short life. 
  Thoughtful and illuminating, this captivating portrait invites us to see Sylvia Plath before The Bell Jar, before she became an icon—a young woman with everything to live for.

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  Willem Jansz: A short biography...

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  Willem Jansz, Dutch explorer and discoverer of Australia: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

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  Historic Expedition Survival...

  Amazing True Stories

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  This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice.   
  Journey into the most harrowing survival stories from history's greatest expeditions. Experience the life-or-death struggles of legendary explorers who pushed beyond the edges of known civilization, facing starvation, extreme weather, hostile encounters, and terrain that tested the limits of human endurance. From Lewis and Clark's perilous 8,000-mile trek through uncharted American wilderness to the tragic fate of the Donner Party trapped in Sierra Nevada blizzards, these gripping accounts reveal how ordinary people summoned extraordinary courage when confronted with nature's deadliest challenges. Discover polar expeditions battling frostbite and scurvy in Arctic wastelands, ocean voyages where shipwrecked crews drifted thousands of miles on makeshift rafts, and desert crossings where a single wrong turn meant certain death. Each meticulously researched story combines historical accuracy with heart-pounding narrative, bringing listeners face-to-face with grizzly bears, raging rapids, cannibalistic desperation, and the raw determination that separated survivors from victims. Perfect for history enthusiasts, adventure seekers, and anyone fascinated by tales of human resilience, this collection explores how leadership, preparation, and sheer willpower meant the difference between triumphant return and forgotten graves. These aren't just adventure stories—they're profound lessons in survival psychology, group dynamics, and the indomitable human spirit when pushed to absolute extremes.

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