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Andrew Blauner is a literary agent and the editor of seven previous anthologies, including Coach: 25 Writers Reflect on People Who Made a Difference, The Peanuts Papers: Writers and Cartoonists on Charlie Brown, Snoopy & the Gang, and the Meaning of Life, and In Their Lives: Great Writers on Great Beatles Songs. Facebook.com/ThoreauAnthology
From twenty-seven of today's leading writers, an anthology of original pieces on the author of Walden
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Kate Kennedy, a writer and broadcaster, is Associate Director of the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing and Research Fellow in Music and English at Wolfson College, both at the University of Oxford. She is the author of Dweller in Shadows: A Life of Ivor Gurney (Princeton). Hermione Lee is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Oxford. Her many books include biographies of Virginia Woolf, Edith Wharton, Penelope Fitzgerald, and Tom Stoppard....
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Listen to the key words and phrases in Spanish, then repeat, practice and refine! A relaxing way to pick up the language. All essential words and phrases for modern life in Spain are here with topics covering home life, work and school environments, shopping, food and drink, sport and leisure, transport, technology, and the environment. Great care has been given to represent modern Spanish culture and enhance your experience of Spain and its people,...
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How to Train and Sharpen Your Mental Abilities Instantly!
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Your "mind" is a superhuman computer. It houses all your cognitive abilities: concentration, memory, awareness, reasoning, perception, etc. It's the command center that controls your entire being. It's your very existence.
Your mind is - who you are. MIND = YOU
Wouldn't you like to enhance this power of your mind to...
- Perform tasks and get things done faster
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Human rights capture what people need to live minimally decent lives. Recognized dimensions of this minimum include physical security, due process, political participation, and freedom of movement, speech, and belief, as well as, more controversially for some, subsistence, shelter, health, education, culture, and community. Far less attention has been paid to the interpersonal, social dimensions of a minimally decent life, including our basic needs...
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The solar plexus chakra is the third step on a staircase that leads up from the base of your spine toward enlightenment. Bestselling author and chakra expert Cyndi Dale has curated contributions from nine energy medicine practitioners that will teach you everything you need to know about this radiant energy center.
The third entry in Llewellyn's Chakra Essentials series, this book features many hands-on practices, including guided meditations, mantras,...
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2019 was the year of rebellion. It was the year nurses, poets, nine-year olds and grandparents came together to say: we know the truth about climate change – But what words describe this crisis? What words can help our children come to terms with the future they will inherit? Earlier this year, Culture Declares Emergency invited people from all around the world to find those words by writing a letter to the earth. The invitation was open to all...
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Listen to the key words and phrases in Arabic, then repeat, practice and refine! A relaxing way to pick up the language. All essential words and phrases for modern life in Arabic-speaking countries are here with topics covering home life, work and school environments, shopping, food and drink, sport and leisure, transport, technology, and the environment. Great care has been given to represent modern Arabic culture and enhance your experience of the...
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Listen to the key words and phrases in Japanese, then repeat, practice and refine! A relaxing way to pick up the language. All essential words and phrases for modern life in Japan are here with topics covering home life, work and school environments, shopping, food and drink, sport and leisure, transport, technology, and the environment. Great care has been given to represent modern Japanese culture and enhance your experience of Japan and its people,...
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How to Be a Good Parent and Raise a Child with Fewer Conflicts Instantly!
Ah kids...what parents wouldn't do for their child? From the very first moment they are born into your arms, they instantly become the cherished apple of your eyes, and you would do anything for them.
As much as you love them and would give the world to them, let's be honest, raising a child is no quick walk in the park...
There will be times of conflicts, difficulties, and...
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Gertrude Stein and Laura Riding enjoyed a fascinating if brief three-year friendship via correspondence between 1927 and 1930, and in A Description of Acquaintance, Logan Esdale and Jane Malcolm make the letters available to a larger audience for the first time. Riding and Stein are important figures in twentieth-century poetry and poetics and are considered progenitors of later movements such as L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poetry. The editors contextualize their...
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The long-running radio anthology The Screen Guild Players helped raise money for the Motion Picture Relief Fund, a country home and hospital for retired, ill, indigent or destitute Motion Picture Industry artists. Hollywood actors were only too happy to donate their fees to the fund for appearing on the prestigious radio program.
A 1940 magazine article noted that The Screen Guild Players was "the only sponsored program on the air which gives all...
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The experience of motherhood is monumental, yet rarely discussed in connection with literary or creative life. How do we navigate the twin devotions of love and art? How does motherhood disrupt the creative process? How does it enhance it?
Good Mom on Paper is a collection of twenty essays that goes beyond the clichés to explore the fraught, beautiful, and complicated relationship between motherhood and creativity. These texts disclose the often-invisible...
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Listen to the key words and phrases in Chinese, then repeat, practice and refine! A relaxing way to pick up the language. All essential words and phrases for modern life in China are here with topics covering home life, work and school environments, shopping, food and drink, sport and leisure, transport, technology, and the environment. Great care has been given to represent modern Chinese culture and enhance your experience of China and its people,...
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How to Read Faster Instantly!
How fast can you read? Not very fast, right? Or at least not as fast as you would like...otherwise you wouldn't be reading this?
Now how about if you can increase your reading speed by 5, or even 10, times faster than you read now...guarantee?
What does that mean? Imagine...
* 5x the things you can read through faster, and have 5x more time for other things.
* 5x the studying you can get through, and have 5x better grades.
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Enjoy Empathy, Intuition, + Creativity through Your Second Chakra
Featuring yoga poses, guided meditations, vibrational remedies, and more, this book immerses you in the power of the sacral chakra. Cyndi Dale and nine expert contributors teach you how to connect to this sensual energy center through dozens of hands-on practices, including visualizations, affirmations, healing mantras, and recipes. Working with this chakra, located in your lower abdomen,...
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A step-by-step guide to Spanish pronunciation that will help you build your confidence and communicate better in Spanish. Aimed at beginners and intermediate students this short course focuses on spoken Spanish, and will help you improve your pronunciation, confidence and fluency. The free booklet will show you how to pronounce each sound and give real-life examples of where these sounds are used. You will recognize why you mispronounce certain words...
18) Instant Calmness
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How to Calm Down and Stay Calm in Any Tough Situation Instantly!
Pressure, stress, tension, uneasiness, worries, etc. - you name it. Ugh, can you just feel the burdens of work piling up, the responsibilities at home mounting up, and all the other countless things you have to do?
Welcome to your 21st century modern lifestyle - where everything is moving faster with all the noises, distractions, and disruptions causing you to lose focus, get overwhelmed,...
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Listen to the key words and phrases in German, then repeat, practice and refine! A relaxing way to pick up the language. All essential words and phrases for modern life in Germany are here with topics covering home life, work and school environments, shopping, food and drink, sport and leisure, transport, technology, and the environment. Great care has been given to represent modern German culture and enhance your experience of Germany and its people,...
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At the time of her death in 2004, Lucia Berlin was known as a brilliant writer of short stories, beloved by other writers but never achieving wide readership or acclaim. That changed in 2015 with the publication of A Manual for Cleaning Women, a collection of some of her best work. Almost overnight, Lucia Berlin became an international bestseller.
Love, Loosha is the extraordinary collection of letters between Lucia Berlin and her dear friend, the...