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Courage is calling : fortune favors the brave / by Holiday, Ryan,author.;
"From Ryan Holiday, the New York Times bestselling author of Stillness Is the Key, The Obstacle Is the Way, and Ego Is the Enemy, comes the first book in a four-book series about Stoic virtues: courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom As Ryan Holiday wrote in his previous books, Stoicism is a philosophy for the people. Stoicism isn't fraught with complexities, contradictions, or circular arguments about the meaning of life. Rather, Stoicism offers practical, rich guidance about how to achieve imperturbability, strength, perspective, and goodness. At the heart of Stoicism are four simple virtues: courage, temperance, justice, and wisdom. The whole philosophy can be condensed into those four bullet points. Everything else, Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus, and countless other Stoics believed, flows from these virtues. In Courage Is Calling, Ryan Holiday breaks down the most foundational virtue of all - courage. Through engaging stories about historic and contemporary leaders, including Winston Churchill, Barack Obama, and Eleanor Roosevelt, as well as some lesser known but equally as remarkable people, Holiday shows you how to practice courage in your daily life. Now more than ever, we need the courage of whistleblowers. We need the courage of activists. We need the courage of writers who speak the truth. As scholar Nassim Taleb explains, courage is the virtue from which all other virtues descend. There is no justice without courage because the right thing is rarely easy. Only the courageous pursue wisdom because wisdom is not easy to find and it is rarely comfortable or comforting. The great commanders and entrepreneurs of our time took risks. They entered the arena. They had the guts to roll the dice. They were brave. Courage Is Calling will show you how you, too, can be courageous in all aspects of your life, and thus, find goodness and strength within yourself"--
Subjects: Courage.; Stoics.;
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Conquering crisis : ten lessons to learn before you need them / by McRaven, William H.(William Harry),1955-author.;
"In the spirit of Make Your Bed and The Wisdom of the Bullfrog, Admiral William H. McRaven tells stories from his life and career that illustrate the principles of effective leadership during times of crisis"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; McRaven, William H. (William Harry), 1955-; Admirals; Crisis management.; Leadership.;
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Interstellar : the search for extraterrestrial life and our future in the stars / by Loeb, Abraham,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."How do we prepare ourselves for interaction with interstellar extraterrestrial civilization? How can our species become interstellar? Now Avi Loeb tackles these questions in a revelatory, powerful call to arms that reimagines the idea of contact with extraterrestrial civilizations. Dismantling our science-fiction fueled visions of a human and alien life encounter, Interstellar provides a realistic and practical blueprint for how such an interaction might actually occur, resetting our cultural understanding and expectation of what it means to identify an extraterrestrial object. From awe-inspiring searches for extraterrestrial technology, to the heated debate of the existence of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena, Loeb provides a thrilling, front-row view of the monumental progress in science and technology currently preparing us for contact. He also lays out the profound implications of becoming--or not becoming--interstellar; in an urgent, eloquent appeal for more proactive engagement with the world beyond ours, he powerfully contends why we must seek out other life forms, and in the process, choose who and what we are within the universe ... Interstellar revolutionizes the approach to our search for extraterrestrial life and our preparation for its discovery. In this eye-opening, necessary look at our future, Avi Loeb artfully and expertly raises some of the most important questions facing us as humans, and proves, once again, that scientific curiosity is the key to our survival."--
Subjects: Human-alien encounters.; Interstellar travel.; Life on other planets.;
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Rapture : fifteen teams, four countries, one NBA championship, and how to find a way to win -- damn near anywhere / by Nurse, Nick,author.; Sokolove, Michael Y.,author.; Hurley, Brandon,author.; Jackson, Phil,writer of foreword.;
"In the tradition of Phil Jackson's Eleven Rings, Nick Nurse distills the wisdom, insight, and experiences that helped him lead the Toronto Raptors to the NBA championship in his first year as head coach"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Nurse, Nick.; Basketball coaches;
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The dreaming path : indigenous ideas to help us change the world / by Callaghan, Paul Raymond,1960-author.; Gordon, Paul Thomas,1961-author.;
"Drawing on ancient Aboriginal wisdom, a leading Indigenous Australian healer and an Elder show you how to find contentment, purpose, and healing by learning to reconnect with your story-and ultimately the universe"--
Subjects: Dreamtime (Aboriginal Australian mythology); Mythology, Aboriginal Australian.; Self-actualization (Psychology);
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The art of the straight line : my Tai chi / by Reed, Lou,author.; Anderson, Laurie,1947-editor.; Berwick, Stephen,editor.; Currie, Bob,editor.; Richman, Scott,editor.;
"A stunning, richly illustrated book of essential wisdom-covering Tai Chi, mindfulness, creativity, and the art of living and dying from rock icon Lou Reed, edited by his wife the artist Laurie Anderson"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Reed, Lou.; Tai chi.;
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The Dorito effect : the surprising new truth about food and flavor / by Schatzker, Mark.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The Dorito effect -- "Things" and "flavors" -- Big bland -- Big flavor -- Big people -- If food could talk -- The wisdom of flavor -- Bait and switch -- Fried chicken saved my life! -- The delicious cure -- The tomato of tomorrow -- This could be dinner.LSC
Subjects: Junk food.; Nutrition.; Reducing diets.; Food portions.;
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Only one you / by Kranz, Linda,1955-;
Adri promises to remember his parents' words of wisdom about how to live his life, such as "Find your own way. You don't have to follow the crowd" and "Make wishes on the stars in the nighttime sky."LSC
Subjects: Fishes; Conduct of life;
© c2006., Rising Moon,
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Father Brown. [videorecording] / by Bullock, Peter(Producer),television producer.; Burton, John(Actor),actor.; Chesterton, G. K.(Gilbert Keith),1874-1936,creator.; Cusack, Sorcha,1949-actor.; Deam, Jack,1972-actor.; Flowerday, Rachel,creator.; Guner, Tahsin,1972-creator.; Kenny, Emer,1989-actor.; Williams, Mark,1959-actor.; BBC Studios,production company.;
Developed by Rachel Flowerday and Tahsin Guner ; producer, Peter Bullock.Mark Williams, Sorcha Cusack, Emer Kenny, Jack Deam, John Burton.Father Brown continues to investigate various mysteries and criminal activities in and around his Cotswold village of Kembleford.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Catholic Church; Brown, Father (Fictitious character); Criminal behavior; Criminal investigation;
For private home use only.
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Hoot and Peep / by Judge, Lita.;
"Hoot the owl is excited to teach his younger sister all of his wisdom--but much to his annoyance, Peep is more interested in capturing the magic of the world around her than in listening to his advice"--Provided by publisher.LSC
Subjects: Owls; Brothers and sisters; Individuality;
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