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Winner Take All is about the commodity dynamics that the world will face over the next several decades. In particular, it is about the implications of China’s rush for resources across all regions of the world. The scale of China’s resource campaign for hard commodities (metals and minerals) and soft commodities (timber and food) is among the largest in history.

The Early Church Fathers of the Western Christian Tradition are widely known, but the Early Desert Fathers of the Orthodox Church (The Writers of the Philokalia) are not as widely known or understood. What makes them unique is their unusual asceticism. Most of them became hermits and lived in the caves of Egypt to uncover the deepest secrets of the inner soul of man. It was in this profound aloneness and heightened dispassion, that these Early Desert Fathers found God.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg is the 108th mayor of the City of New York. Upon taking office in January 2002, his administration was faced with the difficult task of helping the city rebuild and renew itself in the wake of the events of September 11th. Mayor Bloomberg shares his thoughts on the status of the city's recovery, governing through the fiscal crisis, turning the city's economy around, and his struggle to fix the school system.

A pairing of Tolstoy's most spiritual and existential works of fiction and nonfiction from the renowned translator of Turgenev and Chekhov. In the last two days of his own life, Peter Carson completed these new translations of The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Confession before he succumbed to cancer in January 2013. In Carson's shimmering prose, these two transcendent works are presented in their most faithful rendering in English.

Check out the greats of comedy with their early routines when they were young and struggling.

Soon I felt something alive moving along my leg and up my body to my face, and when I looked down, I saw a very small human being, only 15 centimetres tall . . . I was so surprised that I gave a great shout. ’But that is only the first of many surprises which Gulliver has on his travels. He visits a land of giants and a flying island, meets ghosts from the past and horses which talk. An Oxford Bookworms Library reader for learners of English, adapted from the Jonathan Swift original by Clare West.

Watch out - the Earth just fell into a dark sun's orbit! Or maybe you'd rather visit a theme park called Hell? These are just two of the strange and unnerving tales you'll find in this collection of great science fiction and fantasy stories.

Is bourbon the quintessential American liquor? Bourbon is not just alcohol - the amber-colored drink is deeply ingrained in American culture and tangled in American history. From the early days of raw corn liquor to the myriad distilleries that have proliferated around the country today, bourbon is a symbol of the United States. This course traces bourbon's entire history, from the 1700s, with Irish, Scottish, and French settlers setting up stills and making distilled spirits in the New World, through today's booming resurgence.

After working for years in a war zone, Danny D'Amato needs a break. Stressed, he chooses the blue waters of Positano for his escape. Soon, the pages of his diary fill with notes about the woman he meets on the sunny Mediterranean cliffs, and his conversion from a war-weary veteran to a man in love. In a few days, he and Gaia fall in love, share their lives, and imagine a future together. And then, she is gone. After Danny spends countless days looking for Gaia, the vast distance between them finally closes...but for reasons they could have never predicted.

After returning home to die, a young man named Oliver begins an unexpected adventure. Inert is a surreal story about the search for reason and purpose in an often irrational world.

A word that can be communicated worldwide is [Bu-shi-do]。That word was spread by this one book: Inazo Nitobe is known as an author and a portrait of 5,000 yen bills of the Bank of Japan note. When Japan seceded from the League of Nations, Inazo Nitobe appealed, "Japan under no circumstances should be an orphan of the international community. A friend of Nitobe who did not understand him uttered, "Did Nitobe come as a representative for the military"? Meanwhile in Japan, while militaristic ideas were building up, since Nitobe commented, "The Communist Party and the Military will destroy our...

In his comprehensive Starting a Business QuickStart Guide, Ken Colwell concisely presents the core fundamentals that all new entrepreneurs need to know to get started, find success, and live the life of their dreams.

The rich and colorful story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the twentieth century--based on the upcoming eight-part film series to air on PBS in September 2019 This deeply researched and hugely...

Grow in your faith as you spend time with the One who knows you thoroughly and loves you completely. Take a step-by-step journey through key moments in Jesus’ life with this compilation that weaves events, emotions, and thoughts into a moving depiction of the life of Christ. Each of the...

The Ken Wilber Sessions—An Unprecedented Audio Learning Experience Before the birth of the universe, there existed your Original Face, the limitless Self that has been present throughout the unfolding of inert matter into life—and that continues to dwell within us at every level of...

What if you could distill the great teachings of the world's indigenous cultures into seven principles that would bring inner peace and fulfillment to your life? Traditional healer Ken Cohen spent 35 years studying, practicing, and training with elder healers from the Native American, African...

Is it possible to develop an all-inclusive vision of God that can satisfy scientists, philosophers, and priests at the same time—one that can help you deepen your own connection to the divine? It is, teaches best-selling author Ken Wilber, if you are able to understand The 1-2-3 of God...

Seven advanced visualizations utilize ancient Taoist imagery to build self-awareness, unity of mind and body, and ultimately: enlightenment. Although healing with imagery is relatively new to the West, its use in China dates back to Taoist texts from the third century BCE. We learn that these...

Qigong meditation is the art of using your mind to direct the flow of energy within your body. This energy or qi is the bioelectricity carried by your nervous system. Current physiological research has verified that these currents control your immune system, the regeneration of organ tissues...

For over 2,000 years, qigong has been a cornerstone of traditional Chinese healing. While generally unrecognized by Western medical science, this noninvasive, preventative healing system is viewed by millions of Chinese as a way of mastering the energy that permeates all of nature and...