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A guide to constructing a novel for budding writers by one of Scotland's finest poets. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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#1 As you pass through your thirties and forties, you begin to notice changes in your body. You're gaining weight and experiencing cravings. You're feeling old before your time, and just plain off.
#2 There are many bad dogmas in the intermittent fasting community. Don't waste your time or energy on them. Focus on what's important: healthy food, when you eat it, and...
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#1 The most important place you can spend time in is your home. Make the most of it by clearing out the excess stuff that's been collecting, and you'll be able to live a more fulfilling life.
#2 There is one moment when people decide to embark on a minimalist lifestyle. For most people, it is when they go on a trip and realize how much they own, and how little space...
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In this third of twelve volumes, the great nineteenth-century pundit and agnostic considers some influential careers in history and the arts, but touches on religion as well. Lectures includes "Shakespeare," calling him the Great Genius of our World; "Robert Burns," the story of his life as well as why Burns's poetry is loved; "Abraham Lincoln;" "Voltaire;" "Liberty in Literature;" "The Great Infidels;" "Which Way?"; and "About the Holy Bible."
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The eleventh volume of collected works of Ingersoll contains a miscellany of focused, on-point essays. Here the reader can learn about the tumultuous path of the Civil Rights Act in "Civil Rights," the complications of recognizing God in the United States Constitution in "God in the Constitution," as well as "Crimes Against Criminals," "A Wooden God," "Art and Morality," "What I Want for Christmas," "How to Edit a Liberal Paper," and many more.
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#1 Gravity does not exist because a majority of politicians decided to pass a law saying that objects fall to the earth. Instead, it is a law of nature, a governing rule that is self-evident.
#2 The House of Representatives of Massachusetts wrote a document that was a defiant objection to the Stamp Act, a new tax on every piece of printed paper used by the colonists.
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This book is a selection of ten poems by Robert Burns. The selection criteria I used was purely personal and was based upon my ability to connect with the story and create a visual response. Robert Burns is a world renowned poet and his work never dates, his sadness over unrequited love or humor surrounding a variety of human foibles is very familiar to most of us. This Hommage to Burns is my small attempt to share with others the genius of a man...
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Get the Summary of The Dalai Lama with Sofia Stril-Rever's My Spiritual Journey in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In this elegant self-portrait, the world's most outspoken and influential spiritual leader recounts his epic and engaging life story. The Dalai Lama's most accessible and intimate book, My Spiritual Journey is an excellent introduction to the larger-than-life leader of Tibetan...
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The book explores the twin concepts, Womanbeing and Womanself. Using novels written by black women in the U. S. , Africa and the Caribbean, the book illustrates how the characters live out their lives either in a state of womanbeing or in a state of womanself or both. To illustrate the twin concepts, the author draws from a work by Jean Paul Satre, titled Being and Nothingness. The author also theorizes on the origin of inequalities between men and...
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#1 The same impact of subtle movements underlies each and every one of your interactions with your dog. Dogs are brilliant at perceiving minute changes in our bodies and assume each tiny motion has meaning. Small movements that you make have huge consequences in your dog's behavior.
#2 Dogs are highly visual, and they are always watching us for the slightest movements...
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#1 I was the black sheep of the community, and I had been warned many times by the Mistress of Novices that I could not race down the staircase like that, taking two and three steps at a time.
#2 I was sent to Aigen, Austria, to teach Baron von Trapp's daughter. I was to leave the world and give up everything, but I did it wholeheartedly.
#3 I was bowing farewell to...
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Our knowledge base is a product of Christianity, which has dominated Western thought processes for nearly two millennia. Now it has spread throughout the world. From obscure beginnings, Christianity triumphed. A miracle, perhaps, but miracles have human explanations. Those given here are well documented. The religion that triumphed was far removed from the teaching of its founder. Each generation of Christians reverts back to Jesus teaching anew....
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#1 Obsessive-compulsive disorder is not a quirk or just a habit. It is a mental illness that brings with it a sense of fear and anxiety. It is not a choice, and it does not bring any sense of fulfillment or joy.
#2 OCD is a brain and behavioral disorder that is associated with anxiety, fear, doubt, or disgust, or any combination of these. It can take up to seventeen...
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#1 We dreamed of a world full of children who were intellectually, physically, and socially superb. We were absolutely convinced that tiny kids could learn anything if we were smart enough to teach it properly.
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#1 I had lived in China for five years by 2001, and I had traveled passively by bus, plane, boat, and train. But when I got a Chinese driver's license, I realized that nothing could be taken for granted.
#2 When I began planning my trip, a Beijing driver recommended The Chinese Automobile Driver's Book of Maps. The book divided the nation into 158 separate diagrams,...
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THE ROAD TO XANADU. PREFACE: THE story which this book essays to tell was not of the tellers choosing. I t simply came, with supreme indifference to other plans, and autocratically demanded right of way. A glittering eye and a skinny hand and a long gray beard could not have done more summary execution, nor, for that matter, could the Wedding-Guest himself who also had other fish to fry have been, at the outset, a more reluctant auditor. But the reluctance...
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#1 I was born in 1969, and I didn't expect a career in the entertainment industry. Yet I was blessed with moxie, stick-to-itiveness, spunk, an off-kilter grin, and a near-delusional ignorance of my own limitations.
#2 I was so excited about the commercial that I showed up with giant red blotches all over my face and skin the morning of the shoot. The ad aired, and children...
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#1 The first and most important step in home organizing is to answer some fun and meaty questions geared toward clarifying a vision for your ideal life. Once you have clarity about your goals, you can assess every space in your home against those goals to benchmark where you are and then map out what changes you need to make to reach alignment.
#2 The home of Olivia,...
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In this absorbing biography of Robert Browning, one of the most important Victorian poets, Chesterton examines the poet from his early life to his early poems. He places an emphasis on how Browning's life informed and influenced his work. Revealing and readable, it is also a prime example of Chesterton's singular approach to biography and literary criticism.
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#1 I signed copies of my book at 23rd Avenue Books in Portland, Oregon, in August 1996. Bob warned me that if I wanted to make a career out of writing, I'd need to release a new book every year. He said readers liked short sentences.
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