Sam Harris
1) Lying
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As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals, financial fraud, government corruption-even murder and genocide-generally require an additional moral defect: a willingness to lie. In Lying, best-selling author and neuroscientist Sam Harris argues that we can radically simplify our lives and improve...
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An analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today's world that offers a historical tour of mankind's willingness to suspend reason in favor of religious beliefs, even when those beliefs are used to justify atrocities. While warning against the encroachment of organized religion into politics, the author draws on insights from neuroscience, philosophy, and Eastern mysticism to call for a truly modern approach to ethics and spirituality that is...
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Almost everyone shies away from advocacy as a way to make a difference. We donate to climate change organizations, but we don't meet with a member of Congress or write a letter to the editor. We donate to groups working to end gun violence, anti-hunger organizations, groups dedicated to racial justice, and many others, but we don't become advocates on those issues beyond signing an online petition or going to an occasional rally.
Why? Because most...
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In these times of intense political polarization, civic despair is rampant. How does this affect our democracy and how can we counteract this apathy? Daley-Harris has been working tirelessly to provide trainings for ordinary citizens to empower effective political action and to help citizens be most effective in reshaping the issues they most care about. Sam Daley-Harris is the author of Reclaiming Our Democracy: Healing the Break Between People and...
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xii, 96 pages ; 20 cm
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"[Since the publication of my book The end of faith, t]housands of people have written to tell me that I am wrong not to believe in God. The most hostile of these communications have come from Christians. This is ironic, as Christians generally imagine that no faith imparts the virtues of love and forgiveness more effectively than their own. The truth is that many who claim to be transformed by Christ's love are deeply, even murderously, intolerant...
7) Thali
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223 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Social media star Maunika Gowardhan serves up over 80 easy and accessible recipes that show you just how simple it is to create a Thali at home. From familiar and classic Indian dishes like Tadka Dal and Matar Paneer alongside less familiar ones such as Pomegranate Spiced Chicken and Konkani Jackfruit Stir-Fry, these recipes will encourage you to explore the varied and vibrant range of food, flavours, and textures across the Indian subcontinent.
8) Free will
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1 audio disc (1 hr., 15 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Harris explores the concept of free will and its role in decision-making. With fascinating insights on human behavior and philosophy, Harris explains that free will is actually an illusion, and external influences on the brain truly determine a person's actions.
9) Parsi
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366 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
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"'Jamva Chalo Ji,' a simple yet celebratory phrase in Parsi-Gujarati, translates literally as "Come, let's eat!" -- though it doesn't take much cajoling to gather a crowd around a Parsi table. Laden with lamb stews, quails stuffed with biryani, salads of fennel and peas, and semolina pudding, each spread is rich with the sumptuous Persian and Indian flavors of cardamom and masala, coconut and mango -- and in Parsi, chef Farokh Talati invites home...
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xix, 134 pages ; 22 cm
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"At the dawn of the new atheist movement, the thinkers who became known as "the four horsemen," the heralds of religion's unravelling--Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett--sat down over cocktails for a filmed discussion. The video of the enthralling, path breaking evening that followed was released on YouTube and soon went viral. This is intellectual inquiry at its best: sincere and probing, funny and unpredictable,...
11) Elena undone
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1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Elegant and refined Elena is a devoted wife to her pastor husband, mother to her teenage son, and daughter to her traditional Indian family. When she meets lesbian writer Peyton, Elena is confronted with intense, unexpected feelings for a woman, and their relationship evolves into a passionate romance.
16) Empire of light
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1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A drama about the power of human connection during turbulent times, set in an English coastal town in the early 1980s.