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Abandoned to Lust: Sexual Slander and Ancient Christianity By Jennifer Wright Knust (Abee)
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Early Christians used charges of adultery, incest, and lascivious behavior to demonize their opponents, police insiders, resist pagan rulers, and define what it meant to be a Christian. Christians frequently claimed that they, and they alone were sexually virtuous, comparing themselves to those marked as outsiders, especially non-believers and "heretics," who were said to be controlled by lust and unable to rein in their carnal desires. True or not, these charges allowed Christians to present themselves as different from and morally superior to those around them. Through careful, innovative readings, Jennifer Knust explores the writings of Paul, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus of Lyons, and other early Christian authors who argued that Christ alone made self-mastery possible. Rejection of Christ led to both immoral sexual behavior and, ultimately, alienation and punishment from God. Knust considers how Christian writers participated in a long tradition of rhetorical invective, a rhetoric that was often employed to defend status and difference. Christians borrowed, deployed, and reconfigured classical rhetorical techniques, turning them against their rulers to undercut their moral and political authority. Knust also examines the use of accusations of licentiousness in conflicts between rival groups of Christians. Portraying rival sects as depraved allowed accusers to claim their own group as representative of "true Christianity." Knust's book also reveals the ways in which sexual slurs and their use in early Christian writings reflected cultural and gendered assumptions about what constituted purity, morality, and truth. In doing so, Abandoned to Lust highlights the complex interrelationships between sex, gender, and sexuality within the classical, biblical, and early-Christian traditions.

Series: Gender, Theory, and Religion
Hardcover: 300 pages
Publisher: Columbia University Press (November 2, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 231136625
ASIN: B0091KK0PA

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The Ten Commandments For Business Failure By Donald R. Keough & Warren Buffett (Abee)
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Don KeoughΓÇöa former top executive at Coca-Cola and now chairman of the elite investment banking firm Allen & CompanyΓÇöhas witnessed plenty of failures in his sixty-year career (including New Coke). He has also been friends with some of the most successful people in business history, including Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Jack Welch, Rupert Murdoch, and Peter Drucker.

Now this elder statesman reveals how great enterprises get into trouble. Even the smartest executives can fall into the trap of believing in their own infallibility. When that happens, more bad decisions are sure to follow.

This light-hearted ΓÇ£how-not-toΓÇ¥ book includes anecdotes from Keough's long career as well as other infamous failures. His commandments for failure include: Quit Taking Risks; Be Inflexible; Assume Infallibility; Put All Your Faith in Experts; Send Mixed Messages; and Be Afraid of the Future.

As he writes, ΓÇ£After a lifetime in business I've never been able to develop a step-by-step formula that will guarantee success. What I could do, however, was talk about how to lose. I guarantee that anyone who follows my formula will be a highly successful loser.ΓÇ¥

Paperback: 208 pages
Publisher: Portfolio Trade; Reprint edition (June 28, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1591844134
ISBN-13: 978-1591844136

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Bitter Waters: Life And Work In Stalin's Russia By Gennady Andreev-khomiakov (Abee)
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One dusty summer day in 1935, a young writer named Gennady Andreev-Khomiakov was released from the Siberian labor camp where he had spent the last eight years of his life. His total assets amounted to 25 rubles, a loaf of bread, five dried herrings, and the papers identifying him as a convicted “enemy of the people.” From this hard-pressed beginning, Andreev-Khomiakov would eventually work his way into a series of jobs that would allow him to travel and see more of ordinary life and work in the Soviet Union of the 1930s than most of his fellow Soviet citizens would ever have dreamed possible. Capitalizing on this rare opportunity, Bitter Waters is Andreev-Khomiakov’s eyewitness account of those tumultuous years, a time when titanic forces were shaping the course of Russian history.Later to become a successful writer and editor in the Russian émigré community in the 1950s and 1960s, Andreev-Khomiakov brilliantly uses this memoir to explore many aspects of Stalinist society. Forced collectivization, Five Year Plans, purges, and the questionable achievements of “shock worker brigades” are only part of this story. Andreev-Khomiakov exposes the Soviet economy as little more than a web of corruption, a system that largely functioned through bribery, barter, and brute force—and that fell into temporary chaos when the German army suddenly invaded in 1941.Bitter Waters may be most valuable for what it reveals about Russian society during the tumultuous 1930s. From remote provincial centers and rural areas, to the best and worst of Moscow and Leningrad, Andreev-Khomiakov’s series of deftly drawn sketches of people, places, and events provide a unique window on the hard daily lives of the people who built Stalin’s Soviet Union.

Hardcover: 224 pages
Publisher: Basic Books; 1st US edition (August 21, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0813323908
ISBN-13: 978-0813323909

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An Appetite For Wonder (Memoir) By Richard Dawkins (Abee)
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In his first memoir, Richard Dawkins shares a rare view into his early life, his intellectual awakening at Oxford, and his path to writing The Selfish Gene. He paints a vivid picture of his idyllic childhood in colonial Africa, and later at boarding school, where he began his career as a skeptic.

Arriving at Oxford in 1959, Dawkins began to study zoology and was introduced to some of the university's legendary mentors as well as its tutorial system. It's to this unique educational system that Dawkins credits his awakening. In 1973, provoked by the dominance of group selection theory and inspired by the work of William Hamilton, Robert Trivers, and John Maynard Smith, he began to write a book he called, jokingly, "my bestseller." It was, of course, The Selfish Gene.

This is an intimate memoir of the childhood and intellectual development of the evolutionary biologist and world-famous atheist and how he came to write what is widely held to be one of the most important books of the twentieth century.

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Publisher: Harper Audio; Unabridged edition (September 24, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0062283553
ISBN-13: 978-0062283559
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

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Fathers And Sons (Norton Critical Ed.) By Ivan Turgenev (Abee)
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This book deals with Russia in transition from a formal and authoritarian society to one where all beliefs and relationships are questioned.

Young people are at the intellectual throats of their parents, who of course fail to understand what is happening. Turgenev coined the word "nihilist" to describe Basarov, the young man who dominates FATHERS AND SONS.

Basarov's facade is revolutionary, but his heart is not. The warmth of his nature triumphs over the chill of his intellect, and Basarov emerges as one of the most rounded and successful characters in all literature.

Michael R. Katz (Translator)
ISBN-13: 9780393967524
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date: 1/28/1996
Series: Norton Critical Editions Series

By Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
W. W. Norton & Company
Copyright ©1996 Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
All right reserved.
ISBN: 0393967522

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The Beginner's Guide To Winning The Nobel Prize: Advice for Young Scientists By Peter Doherty (Abee)
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In The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize, Doherty recounts his unlikely path to becoming a Nobel Laureate. Beginning with his humble origins in Australia, he tells how he developed an interest in immunology and describes his award-winning, influential work with Rolf Zinkernagel on T-cells and the nature of immune defense. In prose that is at turns amusing and astute, Doherty reveals how his nonconformist upbringing, sense of being an outsider, and search for different perspectives have shaped his life and work.

Doherty offers a rare, insider's look at the realities of being a research scientist. He lucidly explains his own scientific work and how research projects are selected, funded, and organized; the major problems science is trying to solve; and the rewards and pitfalls of a career in scientific research. For Doherty, science still plays an important role in improving the world, and he argues that scientists need to do a better job of making their work more accessible to the public.

Throughout the book, Doherty explores the stories of past Nobel winners and considers some of the crucial scientific debates of our time, including the safety of genetically modified foods and the tensions between science and religion. He concludes with some "tips" on how to win a Nobel Prize, including advice on being persistent, generous, and culturally aware, and he stresses the value of evidence. The Beginner's Guide to Winning the Noble Prize is essential reading for anyone interested in a career in science.

Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Columbia University Press (May 12, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0231138970
ISBN-13: 978-0231138970

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A Bull Of A Man: Images Of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism By John Powers (Abee)
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[Harvard University Press, 2009]

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The androgynous, asexual Buddha of contemporary popular imagination stands in stark contrast to the muscular, virile, and sensual figure presented in Indian Buddhist texts. In early Buddhist literature and art, the BuddhaΓÇÖs perfect physique and sexual prowess are important components of his legend as the worldΓÇÖs ΓÇ£ultimate man.ΓÇ¥ He is both the scholarly, religiously inclined brahman and the warrior ruler who excels in martial arts, athletic pursuits, and sexual exploits. The Buddha effortlessly performs these dual roles, combining his societyΓÇÖs norms for ideal manhood and creating a powerful image taken up by later followers in promoting their tradition in a hotly contested religious marketplace.

In this groundbreaking study of previously unexplored aspects of the early Buddhist tradition, John Powers skillfully adapts methodological approaches from European and North American historiography to the study of early Buddhist literature, art, and iconography, highlighting aspects of the tradition that have been surprisingly invisible in earlier scholarship. The book focuses on the figure of the Buddha and his monastic followers to show how they were constructed as paragons of masculinity, whose powerful bodies and compelling sexuality attracted women, elicited admiration from men, and convinced skeptics of their spiritual attainments.

Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Harvard University Press; Reprint edition (May 2, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0674064038
ISBN-13: 978-0674064034

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(Classics) The Sea-Wolf [BBC] By Jack London (Abee)
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Humphrey Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a tense shipboard drama.

A deranged and abusive sea captain perpetrates a shipboard atmosphere of increasing violence that ultimately boils into mutiny, shipwreck, and a desperate confrontation. This 1904 maritime classic depicts the clash of materialistic and idealistic cultures with a mixture of gritty realism and sublime lyricism.
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Jack London's tale of heroism, survival & love on the high seas with Jack Klaff,
Kerry Shale and Shelley Thompson

1/4 Shipwrecked Humphrey Van Weyden is rescued by demonic skipper and seal
hunter Wolf Larsen.

2/4 The schooner 'Ghost' journeys on to the seal herds.

3/4 With Maud Brewster aboard, the real danger on the schooner's voyage is yet to
begin.

4/4 Humphrey and Maud dash for freedom from the cruel captain, but Japan is 600
miles away.

Produced by Adrian Bean

Type: MPEG 1.0 Layer 3 - 192 kbps mp3 ΓÇô 44 khz - Stereo

Age Range: 11 and up
Grade Level: 6 and up
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0486411087
ISBN-13: 978-0486411088

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(Classics) Jerome K. Jerome - Three Men on the Bummel (Abee)
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Three Men on the Bummel (also known as Three Men on Wheels) is a humorous novel by Jerome K. Jerome. It was published in 1900, eleven years after his most famous work,

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog).The sequel brings back the three companions who figured in Three Men in a Boat, this time on a bicycle tour through the German Black Forest. D. C. Browning's introduction to the 1957 Everyman's edition says "Like most sequels, it has been compared unfavourably with its parent story, but it was only a little less celebrated than Three Men in a Boat and was for long used as a school book in Germany."

Jeremy Nicholas of the Jerome K. Jerome Society regards it as a "comic masterpiece" containing "set pieces" as funny or funnier than those in its predecessor, but, taken as a whole, not as satisfying due to the lack of as strong a unifying thread.

Audio CD

Publisher: Tantor Media; Unabridged
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1400131014
ASIN: B007MXXAFU
Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 6.5 x 1 inches

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Google Speaks: Secrets of the World's Greatest Billionaire Entrepreneurs, Sergey Brin and Larry Page By Janet Lowe (Abee)
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In many ways, Google is the prototype of a successful twenty-first-century company. It uses technology in new ways to make information universally accessible; promotes a corporate culture that encourages creativity among its employees; and takes its role as a corporate citizen very seriously, investing in green initiatives and developing the largest corporate foundation in the United States.
Following in the footsteps of Warren Buffett Speaks and Jack Welch SpeaksΓÇöwhich contain a conversational style that successfully captures the essence of these business leadersΓÇöGoogle Speaks reveals the amazing story behind one of the most important new companies of our time by exploring the people and philosophies that have made it a global phenomenon in less than fifteen years.

Written by bestselling author Janet Lowe, this book offers an engaging look at how Google's founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, transformed their vision of a better Internet search engine into a business colossus with about $16 billion in annual revenue. Lowe discusses the values that drive Brin and Page-for example, how they both live fairly modest lives, despite each having a net worth in excess of $15.9 billion-and details how they have created a culture that fosters fun while, at the same time, keeping Google at the forefront of technology through relentless R&D investments and imaginative partnerships with organizations such as NASA.

In addition to examining Google's breakthrough business strategies and new business models-which have transformed online advertising and changed the way we look at corporate responsibility and employee relations-Lowe explains why Google may be a harbinger of where corporate America is headed. She also addresses controversies surrounding Google, such as copyright infringement, antitrust concerns, and personal privacy and poses the question almost every successful company must face: as Google grows, can it hold on to its entrepreneurial spirit as well as its informal motto, "Don't do evil"?

What started out as a university research project conducted by Sergey Brin and Larry Page has ended up revolutionizing the world we live in. Google Speaks puts these incredible entrepreneurs in perspective and shows you how their drive and determination have allowed them to create one of today's most powerful companies.

Praise for Google Speaks

"It's not hard to see that Google is a phenomenal company....At Geico, we pay these guys a whole lot of money for this and that key word."
ΓÇôWarren Buffett

"Google rocks. It raised my perceived IQ by about 20 points."
ΓÇôWes Boyd, President of Moveon.Org

"Google is my rapid response research assistant. It's the Swiss Army knife of information retrieval."
ΓÇôLloyd Grove, columnist, Portfolio.com

"Who's afraid of Google? Everyone."
ΓÇôWired magazine

"Writers of the past had absinthe, whiskey or heroin. I have Google."
ΓÇôMichael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

Hardcover: 315 pages
Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (May 4, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 047039854X
ISBN-13: 978-047039854

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Being Soviet: Identity, Rumour, and Everyday Life under Stalin, 1939-53 (Oxford Historical Monographs) By Timothy Johnston (Abee)
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Being Soviet adopts a refreshing and innovative approach to the crucial years between 1939 and 1953 in the USSR. It addresses two of the key recent debates concerning Stalinism: 'what was the logic and language of Soviet power?' and 'how did ordinary citizens relate to Soviet power?' In relation to the first debate, Timothy Johnston shifts the focus away from Russian nationalism onto Soviet identity which, in relation to the outside world, provided a powerful frame of reference in the late-Stalin years. 'Sovietness' is explored via the newspapers, films, plays, and popular music of the era.

Johnston's most significant contribution lies in his novel answer to the question 'How did ordinary citizens relate to Soviet power?' He avoids the current Foucault-inspired emphasis on 'supporters' and 'resistors' of the regime. Instead, he argues that most Soviet citizens did not fit easily into either category. Their relationship with Soviet power was defined by a series of subtle 'tactics of the habitat' (Kotkin) that enabled them to stay fed, informed, and entertained in these difficult times. Being Soviet offers a rich and textured discussion of those everyday survival strategies via the rumours, jokes, hairstyles, music tastes, sexual relationships, and political campaigns of the era. Each chapter finishes by exploring what this everyday behaviour tells us about the collective mentalite of Stalin-era society.

Being Soviet focuses on the place of Britain and America within Soviet identity; their evolution from wartime allies to Cold War enemies played a vital role in redefining what it meant to be Soviet in Stalin's last years.

Series: Oxford Historical Monographs
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (September 7, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0199604037
ISBN-13: 978-0199604036

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The Wisdom of Psychopaths: What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success By Kevin Dutton (Abee)
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One of SlateΓÇÖs Twenty Overlooked Books of 2012

In this engrossing journey into the lives of psychopaths and their infamously crafty behaviors, the renowned psychologist Kevin Dutton reveals that there is a scale of ΓÇ£madnessΓÇ¥ along which we all sit. Incorporating the latest advances in brain scanning and neuroscience, Dutton demonstrates that the brilliant neurosurgeon who lacks empathy has more in common with a Ted Bundy who kills for pleasure than we may wish to admit, and that a mugger in a dimly lit parking lot may well, in fact, have the same nerveless poise as a titan of industry.

Dutton argues that there are indeed ΓÇ£functional psychopathsΓÇ¥ among usΓÇödifferent from their murderous counterpartsΓÇöwho use their detached, unflinching, and charismatic personalities to succeed in mainstream society, and that shockingly, in some fields, the more ΓÇ£psychopathicΓÇ¥ people are, the more likely they are to succeed. Dutton deconstructs this often misunderstood diagnosis through bold on-the-ground reporting and original scientific research as he mingles with the criminally insane in a high-security ward, shares a drink with one of the worldΓÇÖs most successful con artists, and undergoes transcranial magnetic stimulation to discover firsthand exactly how it feels to see through the eyes of a psychopath.

As Dutton develops his theory that we all possess psychopathic tendencies, he puts forward the argument that society as a whole is more psychopathic than ever: after all, psychopaths tend to be fearless, confident, charming, ruthless, and focusedΓÇöqualities that are tailor-made for success in the twenty-first century. Provocative at every turn, The Wisdom of Psychopaths is a riveting adventure that reveals that itΓÇÖs our much-maligned dark side that often conceals the trump cards of success.

Publisher: Scientific American / Farrar, Straus and Giroux (October 16, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9780374291358
ISBN-13: 978-0374291358
ASIN: 0374291357

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(Classics) Three Men In A Boat By Jerome K Jerome (BBC) - Abee
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The Now Show's Hugh Dennis and Steve Punt with Julian Rhind-Tutt from Green Wing star in a sparkling new dramatisation of Jerome K Jerome's comic classic.

Broadcast BBC Radio 4 - 15 & 22 September 2013

In Edwardian London, three carefree young men and their dog, Montmorency, plan a rowing holiday down the Thames to Oxford. But nothing goes smoothly.

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Even their packing proves a trial for the trouble-prone J, Harris and George. On the eve of the trip they manage to oversleep, they struggle to find the right train from Waterloo to Kingston and get hopelessly lost in the maze at Hampton Court. They navigate their first lock successfully and end up at yet another hostelry 'for just one drink', but the evening ends on a dangerous note - Harris decides he will sing a comic song. Oh dear.

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Harris, unable to recollect words or tune, attempts a comic song - to the dismay of J, George and other revellers. J buys a round for the whole pub to compensate. After a meal of cold beef but no mustard, they cheer up at the prospect of pineapple - but they've forgotten the tin opener. And nothing - not the penknife, the scissors, the hitcher, a sharp stone or the mast - can break into that tin. Their last night on the river involves another sing-song at another pub of course, but not before Harris and Montmorency survive a serious encounter with swans.

Three Men In A Boat has never been out of print since its first publication in 1889. In stark contrast to the adventure writers of the time - Kipling, Haggard and Stevenson - Jerome K Jerome gave us a story about three ordinary fellows having a jolly time down the river.

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J - Julian Rhind-Tutt
George - Steve Punt
Harris - Hugh Dennis
Mrs P - Katherine Jakeways
Producer - Melanie Harris
Producer - Polly Thomas
Adaptor - Chris Harrald
Author - Jerome K Jerome

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Mode : joint stereo
Frequency : 44100 Hz

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Why Evolution Is True By Jerry A. Coyne (Abee)
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"No one would think of writing a book today on the evidence for atoms, or for the Earth going round the Sun. So why, when evolution is being reconfirmed every day, and forms the backbone of modern biology, do we need a book entitled Why Evolution Is True?" "Because evolution is different. No other area of science has been the subject of such angst, such misunderstanding, or such deliberate misinformation. Evolution brings us face to face with who we are, and how intimately we are connected to every animal, plant, and bacterium, and to the millions of generations of living things that have gone before. Yet too often, the mention of evolution produces anxiety and confusion." Jerry Coyne outlines what evolution is and the claims it makes, and draws together the astonishing range of modern evidence supporting it. This book shows why evolution is not only a theory but a fact, a fact that we should embrace without fear.

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Publisher: Brilliance Audio on MP3-CD; MP3 Una edition (November 20, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1469233088
ISBN-13: 978-1469233086

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Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi And His Struggle With India By Joseph Lelyveld (Abee)
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A highly original, stirring book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointmentsΓÇöhis success in seizing IndiaΓÇÖs imagination and shaping its independence struggle as a mass movement, his recognition late in life that few of his followers paid more than lip service to his ambitious goals of social justice for the countryΓÇÖs minorities, outcasts, and rural poor.

Pulitzer PrizeΓÇôwinner Joseph Lelyveld shows in vivid, unmatched detail how GandhiΓÇÖs sense of mission, social values, and philosophy of nonviolent resistance were shaped on another subcontinentΓÇöduring two decades in South AfricaΓÇöand then tested by an India that quickly learned to revere him as a Mahatma, or ΓÇ£Great Soul,ΓÇ¥ while following him only a small part of the way to the social transformation he envisioned. The man himself emerges as one of historyΓÇÖs most remarkable self-creations, a prosperous lawyer who became an ascetic in a loincloth wholly dedicated to political and social action. Lelyveld leads us step-by-step through the heroicΓÇöand tragicΓÇölast months of this selfless leaderΓÇÖs long campaign when his nonviolent efforts culminated in the partition of India, the creation of Pakistan, and a bloodbath of ethnic cleansing that ended only with his own assassination.

India and its politicians were ready to place Gandhi on a pedestal as ΓÇ£Father of the NationΓÇ¥ but were less inclined to embrace his teachings. Muslim support, crucial in his rise to leadership, soon waned, and the oppressed untouchablesΓÇöfor whom Gandhi spoke to Hindus as a wholeΓÇöproduced their own leaders.

Here is a vital, brilliant reconsideration of GandhiΓÇÖs extraordinary struggles on two continents, of his fierce but, finally, unfulfilled hopes, and of his ever-evolving legacy, which more than six decades after his death still ensures his place as IndiaΓÇÖs social conscienceΓÇöand not just IndiaΓÇÖs.

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The Story of My Experiments with Truth (ePub + PDf)

Series: Vintage
Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (April 3, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307389952
ISBN-13: 978-0307389954

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Outlander Series (Books 1 - 7) By Diana Gabaldon ABEE
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Outlander By Diana Gabaldon #1
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wenty years ago, Diana Gabaldon swept readers into her mesmerizing world brimming with history, romance, and adventure. In celebration of the series that has captured the heart of millions, here is a special 20th anniversary edition of the novel that started it allΓÇöincluding a new essay, a new map, a CD with Outlander the musical, and more.

OUTLANDER

The year is 1945. Claire Randall is traveling with her husband when she touches a boulder in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is hurled back in time to a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of our Lord 1743. Catapulted into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life, she soon realizes that an alliance with James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, might be the only way to survive. Thus begins a work of unrivaled storytelling that has become a modern classic.

Series: Outlander
Audio CD
Publisher: Recorded Books; Unabridged edition (April 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1419359681
ISBN-13: 978-1419381010
ASIN: 1419381016

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Dragonfly in Amber (Outlander) #2 By Diana Gabaldon
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From the author of Outlander... a magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland...

For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland's majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an ancient circle of standing stones ...about a love that transcends the boundaries of time ...and about James Fraser, a Scottish warrior whose gallantry once drew a young Claire from the security of her century to the dangers of his ....

Now a legacy of blood and desire will test her beautiful copper-haired daughter, Brianna, as Claire's spellbinding journey of self-discovery continues in the intrigue-ridden Paris court of Charles Stuart ...in a race to thwart a doomed Highlands uprising ...and in a desperate fight to save both the child and the man she loves....

Series: Outlander
Audio CD
Publisher: Recorded Books (September 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1419381024
ISBN-13: 978-1419381027

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Voyager #3 By Diana Gabaldon
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Diana Gabaldon's magnificent historical saga, begun with Outlander and Dragonfly in Amber, continues with this New York Times bestseller. Set in the intriguing Scotland of 200 years ago, the third installment in the romantic adventures of Jamie and Claire is as compelling as the first. Now that Claire knows Jamie survived the slaughter at Culloden, she is faced with the most difficult decision of her life. She aches to travel back through time again to find the love of her life, but, in order to do that, she must leave their daughter behind. It has been 20 years since she and Jamie were forced to separate. Can she risk everything, maybe even her life, on a gamble that their love has withstood the long, rigorous test of time? Diana Gabaldon's powerful, witty, and heroic characters lend themselves well to the rich, melodic narration accorded them by Davina Porter. Under her spell, listeners find themselves transported back through time to exciting faraway places alive with people they would enjoy knowing.

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Publisher: recorded books (1999)
ISBN-10: 1419381032
ISBN-13: 978-1419381034

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Drums of Autumn #4 By Diana Gabaldon
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The magnificent saga continues....

It began in Scotland, at an ancient stone circle. There, a doorway, open to a select few, leads into the pastΓÇöor the grave. Claire Randall survived the extraordinary passage, not once but twice. Her first trip swept her into the arms of Jamie Fraser, an eighteenth-century Scot whose love for her became legendΓÇöa tale of tragic passion that ended with her return to the present to bear his child. Her second journey, two decades later, brought them together again in frontier America. But Claire had left someone behind in the twentieth century. Their daughter, Brianna....

Now Brianna has made a disturbing discovery that sends her to the stone circle and a terrifying leap into the unknown. In search of her mother and the father she has never met, she is risking her own future to try to change history...and to save their lives. But as Brianna plunges into an uncharted wilderness, a heartbreaking encounter may strand her forever in the past...or root her in the place she should be, where her heart and soul belong....

Audio CD
Publisher: Random House Audio; Abridged edition (August 7, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 055371452X
ISBN-13: 978-0553714524

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The Fiery Cross #5 By Diana Gabaldon
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In the ten years since her extraordinary debut novel, OUTLANDER, was published, Diana Gabaldon has entertained scores of listeners with her heart-stirring stories and remarkable characters. The four volumes of her New York Times bestselling saga, featuring eighteenth century Scotsman James Fraser and his twentieth century, time-traveling wife, Claire Randall, have nearly five million U.S. copies in print.

The story of OUTLANDER begins just after the Second World War, when a British field nurse named Claire Randall walked through a cleft stone in the Scottish highlands and was transported back some two hundred years to 1743.

Here now is THE FIERY CROSS, the eagerly awaited fifth volume in this remarkable, award-winning series of historical novels. The year is 1771, and war is coming. Jamie Fraser's wife tells him so. Little as he wishes to, he must believe it, for hers is a gift of dreadful prophecy-a time-traveler's certain knowledge. To break his oath to the Crown will brand him a traitor; to keep it is certain doom. Jamie Fraser stands in the shadow of the fiery cross-a standard that leads nowhere but the bloody brink of war.

Crossing the boundaries of genre with its unrivaled storytelling, Diana Gabaldon's new novel is a gift both to her many loyal fans and to the lucky listeners who have yet to discover her.

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Publisher: Random House Audio; Abridged edition (November 6, 2001)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0553714473
ISBN-13: 978-0553714470

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A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander) #6 By Diana Gabaldon
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Eagerly anticipated by her legions of fans, this sixth novel in Diana GabaldonΓÇÖs bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction from one of the most popular authors of our time.

Since the initial publication of Outlander fifteen years ago, Diana GabaldonΓÇÖs New York Times bestselling saga has won the hearts of readers the world over ΓÇö and sold more than twelve million books. Now, A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire.

The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the forest.

With chaos brewing, the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and safeguard the colony for King and Crown. But from his wife Jamie knows that three years hence the shot heard round the world will be fired, and the result will be independence ΓÇö with those loyal to the King either dead or in exile. And there is also the matter of a tiny clipping from The Wilmington Gazette, dated 1776, which reports JamieΓÇÖs death, along with his kin. For once, he hopes, his time-traveling family may be wrong about the future.

Series: Outlander
Audio CD
Publisher: Recorded Books; Unabridged edition (September 27, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1419361538
ISBN-13: 978-1419361531

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An Echo in the Bone #7 By Diana Gabaldon
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Two hundred years separated Highlander Jamie Fraser from wartime nurse Claire Randall. They still found a way to be together. Now the year is 1777 and finally the future is threatening to catch up with them...With the American rebellion growing in intensity all around them, Jamie and Claire know that being on the winning side is no guarantee of safety. Making their way back to Lallybroch to fulfil a family promise might seem one way of thwarting fate, but in the chaos of war every avenue of escape is bristling with danger, and even the time-travelling Claire cannot foresee the tragedy that could tear her and Jamie apart for ever. Meanwhile, in the apparent safety of the 20th century, their daughter reads Jamie and Claire's letters, breathlessly watching the unfolding of her parents' story - even as the past threatens her own family in the present...

Audio CD
Publisher: Recorded Books, LLC; Unabridged edition (October 20, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1440745528
ISBN-13: 978-1440745522

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A Killing Frost [Audiobook CD] By R. D. Wingfield (Abee)
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Gripping new investigation for the inimitable Detective Inspector Jack Frost.

The discovery of the bodies of two young girls leaves D.I. Jack Frost in a race to hunt down the killer before he, or she, can strike again. At the same time, he faces a crisis at Denton police station which could result in his being sacked.

Jack Frost, brought to magnificent life by David Jason in the TV series, staggers from crisis to crisis, his bumbling modus operandus disguising his extraordinary powers of detection.


Audio CD
Publisher: Isis Audio; Unabridged edition (August 30, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0753129833
ISBN-13: 978-0753129838

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The Roots Of Buddhist Psychology By Jack Kornfield ABEE
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The Buddha said many times that just as the great oceans have but one taste, so do all the true teachings of the dharma: the taste of freedom. Jack Kornfield┬┐s The Roots of Buddhist Psychology is an invitation to drink deeply of these teachings┬┐to taste the wisdom that flows from the heart of Buddhism┬┐s most useful ideas on the interior life, and what brings awakening, freedom, and happiness. Among the world┬┐s great religions, Buddhism alone has developed a rich, intricate psychology based not on metaphysics, but on the human predicament. Through its strategies, you can find the way to true freedom. Buddhism views the mind as a labyrinth of feelings, perceptions, and emotional states. Unhappiness is rooted in unskillful responses to our world: grasping when things are pleasant, aversion when they are unpleasant, and delusion/confusion when they are neutral. Through awareness training, Kornfield teaches, you can transform these responses into real skills that are the path to true happiness. This is the way to ┬┐inner stillness┬┐┬┐the deathless state that allows your wisdom and compassion to flow together for a state of greater knowing. Enlivened with many parables, worldly stories, and thoughts from artists, philosophers, and writers, The Roots of Buddhist Psychology can help you to discover for yourself that what you seek is already here.

Audio CD
Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated (November 1, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1591794323
ISBN-13: 978-1591794325

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David Copperfield (Dramatised) [Unabridged] By Charles Dickens (Abee)
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David Copperfield is the story of a boy growing to maturity in the affairs of the world and of the heart, surrounded by some of Dickens' most memorable characters: David's eccentric great-aunt, Miss Betsey Trotwood; the ever-optimistic Mr Micawber; jolly Peggotty and her willing husband Barkis; the charming Steerforth; the ever so 'umble Uriah Heep; and the foolishly innocent Dora.

But will David finally find happiness with the faithful Agnes Wickfield, whom he has known since childhood? And is her own future secure, threatened as it is by Uriah Heep, her father's clerk?

This full-cast audio dramatisation of the Dickens classic stars Miriam Margolyes, Timothy Spall, Phil Daniels, and Sheila Hancock.

Miriam Margolyes (Narrator), Timothy Spall (Narrator), Phil Daniels (Narrator), Sheila Hancock (Narrator)

Audible Audio Edition
Listening Length: 9 hours and 3 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: AudioGO Ltd
Audible.com Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
ASIN: B00821Z3ZQ

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Leadership And Self-Deception: Getting out of the Box By Arbinger Institute (Abee)
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Most personal and organizational problems are the result of a little-known phenomenon called self-deception. We deceive ourselves into thinking were doing the right thing for the right reason, but people wont follow a leader whose motives are selfish. The tricky thing is, we don't know that our motivation is flawed. Through an entertaining and highly instructive story, this audiobook explains what self-deception is, how people get trapped in it, how it undermines relationships and organizational achievement, and most importantly the surprising way to solve it. A new edition of a customer favorite!

Audio CD
Publisher: AudioGO; Unabridged edition (June 19, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1609989708
ISBN-13: 978-1609989705
Product Dimensions: 6 x 5 x 1.3 inches

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Out Of Order: Stories from the History of the Supreme Court By Sandra Day O'Connor (Abee)
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ΓÇ£I called this book Out of Order because it reflects my goal, which is to share a different side of the Supreme Court. Most people know the Court only as it exists between bangs of the gavel, when the Court comes to order to hear arguments or give opinions. But the stories of the Court and the Justices that come from the ΓÇÿout of orderΓÇÖ moments add to the richness of the Court as both a branch of our government and a human institution.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöJustice Sandra Day OΓÇÖConnor

From Justice Sandra Day OΓÇÖConnor, the first woman to sit on the United States Supreme Court, comes this fascinating book about the history and evolution of the highest court in the land.

Out of Order sheds light on the centuries of change and upheaval that transformed the Supreme Court from its uncertain beginnings into the remarkable institution that thrives and endures today. From the early days of circuit-riding, when justices who also served as trial judges traveled thousands of miles per year on horseback to hear cases, to the changes in civil rights ushered in by Earl Warren and Thurgood Marshall; from foundational decisions such as Marbury vs. Madison to modern-day cases such as Hamdi vs. Rumsfeld, Justice OΓÇÖConnor weaves together stories and lessons from the history of the Court, charting turning points and pivotal moments that have helped define our nationΓÇÖs progress.

With unparalleled insight and her unique perspective as a history-making figure, Justice OΓÇÖConnor takes us on a personal exploration, painting vivid pictures of Justices in history, including Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., one of the greatest jurists of all time; Thurgood Marshall, whose understated and succinct style would come to transform oral argument; William O. Douglas, called ΓÇ£The Lone RangerΓÇ¥ because of his impassioned and frequent dissents; and John Roberts, whom Justice OΓÇÖConnor considers to be the finest practitioner of oral argument she has ever witnessed in Court. We get a rare glimpse into the Supreme CourtΓÇÖs inner workings: how cases are chosen for hearing; the personal relationships that exist among the Justices; and the customs and traditions, both public and private, that bind one generation of jurists to the nextΓÇöfrom the seating arrangements at Court lunches to the fiercely competitive basketball games played in the Court BuildingΓÇÖs top-floor gymnasium, the so-called ΓÇ£highest court in the land.ΓÇ¥

Wise, candid, and assured, Out of Order is a rich offering of inspiring stories of one of our countryΓÇÖs most important institutions, from one of our countryΓÇÖs most respected pioneers.

ΓÇ£In this delightful collection of tales, Sandra Day OΓÇÖConnor shows us the personal side of the Supreme Court while reminding us of the critical role the Court plays. ItΓÇÖs a lovely bookΓÇöand a valuable treasure for all Americans.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöWalter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs.

Audio CD
Publisher: Random House Audio; Unabridged edition (March 5, 2013)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0385360797
ISBN-13: 978-0385360791

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(Classics) The Metamorphosis By Franz Kafka (Abee)
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Metamorphosis, first published in 1915, is the story of Gregor Samsa, a young traveling salesman who lives with his family and financially supports his parents and younger sister. One morning he awakes to discover that during the night he has been transformed into a horrible vermin. Although somewhat of a horror genre, the story is often very funny as Gregor, his family and those around him deal with their own transformations as a result of this odd predicament.

The analogies of this story are unending. The Metamorphosis has been stated to represent Gregor's personal alienation and the effect of his deadening job, the problems in his family and how the demands placed on him have forced him to become a terrible being and the alienation of aged or disabled individuals confined to a bedridden state of existence.

The Metamorphosis, though sometimes emotionally disturbing in its content, is an important and classic work to include in your listening library.

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TRANSLATED BY
David Wyllie

NARRATED BY
Michael Scott

Bit Rate - 96kbps

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Great Classic Stories: 22 Unabridged Classics By Derek Jacobi, Alphonse Daudet, Nigel Hawthorne (Abee)
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A treasure-chest of the written and spoken word, this collection is read by brilliant actors who make this audio anthology a genuine treat for the listener. Includes:


Reginald on House Parties by Saki, read by Nigel Hawthorne

The Sphinx Without a Secret by Oscar Wilde, read by Martin Jarvis

Tobermory by Saki, read by Barbara Leigh-Hunt

On Being Idle by Jerome K. Jerome, read by Hugh Laurie

For Better or Worse by W.W. Jacobs, read by Joanna David

The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde, read by T.P. McKenna

The Garden of Truth by E. Nesbit, read by Harriet Walker

The Cat That Walked by Himself, by Rudyard Kipling, read by Liza Goddard

The Girl from Arles by Alphonse Daudet, read by Stephen Fry

Mr. & Mrs. Dove by Katherine Mansfield, read by Rosalind Ayres

Georgie Porgie by Rudyard Kipling, read by Edward Fox

Caterpillars by E.F. Benson, read by Patrick Malahide

Lost Hearts by M.R. James, read by Richard Pasco

Ship to Tarshish by John Buchan, read by Iain Cuthbertson

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Richard Pasco

The Man of the Night by Edgar Wallace, read by Robin Bailey

Dr. Heidegger's Experiment, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, read by Nicky Henson

B 24 by Arthur Conan Doyle, read by Brian Cox

Pat Hobby & Orson Welles by F. Scott Fitzgerald, read by Kerry Shale

Mad by Guy de Maupassant, read by Derek Jacobi

The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Richard Griffiths

The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs, read by Patrick Malahide

For your convenience, CD tracks are marked every 4-5 minutes.

Audio CD: 1 pages
Publisher: BBC Audiobooks America; Unabridged edition (October 15, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1572705612
ISBN-13: 978-1572705616

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