The Wisdom of the Ancients: Timeless Lessons From Ancient PhilosophersIntroducing "The Wisdom of the Ancients: Timeless Lessons From Ancient Philosophers." Delve into the minds of the greatest philosophers of antiquity, and discover how their teachings continue to influence us today:️ Timeless Wisdom: Traverse the teachings of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and other legendary figures, whose insights into ethics, politics, and human nature remain relevant. Ethica...

Put enough monkeys in a room, randomly punching keyboards, and eventually, with enough time, one of them will type out a classic work of literature. Only problem, if you're the monkey who types Hamlet, is what to do for an encore. (short story)

Welcome to Iceland, a very small nation with a very large number (two hundred and sixty five) of (mostly) very small museums.Founded in the backyards of houses, begun as jokes or bets or memorials to lost friends, these museums tell the story of an enchanted island where bridges arrived only at the beginning of the 20th century, and waterproof shoes only with the second world war. A nation formerly dirt poor, then staggeringly rich, and now building its way to affluence once again....

The New York Times bestselling novel from John Green, the author of multi-million bestseller The Fault in Our Stars, and David Levithan.One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, Will Grayson crosses paths with . . . Will Grayson. Two guys with the same name, running in two very different circles, suddenly find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, and culminating in epic turns-of-heart and the most fabulous musical ever t...

**“Filled with charming illustrations, this delightful book about Iceland’s 265 museums is as quirky and mesmerizing as the country’s dreamscape itself.” —ForbesMythic creatures, natural wonders, and the mysterious human impulse to collect are on beguiling display in this poetic tribute to the museums of an otherworldly island nation, for readers of Atlas Obscura and fans of the Mütter Museum, the Morbid Anatomy Museum, and the Museum of Jurassic Technology.**...

Plein d'humour, un sublime roman initiatique à deux voix sur l'amour adolescent, l'homosexualité, la colère, la souffrance et l'amitié. Pour Will Grayson, les histoires de cœur portent systématiquement la poisse, alors autant se faire discret. Son meilleur ami, aussi ouvertement gay que corpulent, ne risque pas, lui, de passer inaperçu. À l'autre bout de la ville, un adolescent en pleine déprime assume mal sa différence. Le hasard veut qu'il se nomme lui aussi Will Grayson...

Armed with a master's degree in accounting, Angus Green faces a future filled with tax forms and spreadsheets, but his dead father's legacy to him is a desire to get out and explore the world.When The Next One Will Kill You opens, he's just completed his training to become an FBI agent and been assigned to the Miami field office, where the range of cases is wild and the criminals even wilder.Handsome, red-haired and sexy, twenty-something Angus is openly gay and uses his lo...

New York Times–Bestselling Author: The renowned economic theorist explains how America can—and must—create a post-fossil fuel culture to survive.We can't keep doing business as usual. Facing a global emergency, a younger generation has spearheaded a national conversation around a Green New Deal—a movement with the potential to revolutionize society. But while the Green New Deal has become a lightning rod in the political sphere, there is a parallel movement...

In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.In The Dragonfly Will Be the Messiah, the celebrated pioneer of the 'do-nothing' farming method reflects on global ecological trauma and argues that we must radically transform our understanding of both nature and ourselves in order to have any chance of healing.Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As life on Earth has become irrevocabl...

Nur wer Liebe wagt, kann Liebe gewinnenSie heißen beide Will Grayson, wohnen beide in Chicago, sind beide siebzehn und tragen neben demselben Namen und demselben Alter dasselbe Problem mit sich herum: Aus lauter Angst, das Ding mit der Liebe zu versemmeln, lassen sie sich auf Romantisches gar nicht erst ein.Der eine Will zögert seit Wochen, sich selbst das einzugestehen, was für alle anderen offensichtlich ist: dass er nämlich bis über beide Ohren in seine w...

By: Golden F. Burgner, Pub. 1981, reprinted 2020, 200 pages, Index, E-BOOK, ISBN #978-1-63914-461-7. Greene County was originally Tennessee County, having been formed in 1783. Prior to its formation, it was part of North Carolina. This book contains some 1,138 wills. Approximately 20,000 names of persons are found mentioned in the body of these wills as heirs, witnesses, executors, etc...

We overhear Jesus' prayer in the garden of Gethsemane--"not my will, but thine be done"--but have trouble honestly making it our own. (from the Introduction)Most people think of God's will as something to be found or as the receiving of guidance from God when making decisions. We assume that if we just knew what God wanted, we'd do it. Too often, however, the problem is not that we don't know what God desires for our lives, but rather that we just don't want to do what we already ...