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)

In Eager, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America’s lakes and rivers. The consequences of losing beavers were profound: streams eroded, wetlands dried up, and species from salmon to swans lost vital habitat. Today, a growing coalition of “Beaver Believers”—including scientists, ranchers, and passion...

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....

**“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.**...

**Two award-winning and New York Times–bestselling author join forces for a collaborative novel of awesome proportions.One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, two teens—both named Will Grayson—are about to cross paths. As their worlds collide and intertwine, the Will Graysons find their lives going in new and unexpected directions, building toward romantic turns-of-heart and the epic production of history’s most fabulous high school musical.H...

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...

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...

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...

What is the proper relationship of religion to power? In this collection of essays, a group of interdisciplinary scholars address that question, building on the scholarship of the late Dr. Jean Bethke Elshtain. The first section of this book provides the reader with three previously unpublished essays by Elshtain on the subject of political sovereignty, followed by an interview with the noted ethicist and political theorist. Dr. Elshtain questions the nature of sovereignty in a world where...

Mals, Italy, has long been known as the breadbasket of the Tyrol. But recently the tiny town became known for something else entirely. A Precautionary Tale tells us why, introducing readers to an unlikely group of activists and a forward-thinking mayor who came together to ban pesticides in Mals by a referendum vote—making it the first place on Earth to accomplish such a feat, and a model for other towns and regions to follow.For hundreds of years, the people of Mals had c...

What stake do we as Foundational Black Americans really have to claim in the history of this country, this continent, and the world, if any? When you think of Foundational Black Americans (formerly misnomered as African Americans/Negroes/Coloreds/Black) what thought comes to mind and what accomplishments are we known for? Were we slaves brought to this country by force, low-class citizens of a foreign nation with no home to call their own? Or is there more to the story, so much more that e...