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The word yoga means union in Sanskrit. Many of the yoga traditions believe that the practices of yoga lead to union of a person with his or her true nature, or with God or the universe (however one wishes to conceptualize it). How this is interpreted and the means employed to get there differ in the various yoga traditions.
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Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to multiple presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African American community and of the contemporary black elite. This is his story.
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In this biography Mary A. Hamilton gives a British person's perspective on the 16th President of the United States. A glowing tribute to "Honest Abe", the author traces Lincoln's ancestral roots and recounts his birth in Kentucky, his youth in Indiana, his adult life in Illinois and his years in the White House. She also provides a good background on the causes and course of the American Civil War.
Hamilton is not always historically precise. For...
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Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most important and influential American writers of the 19th century. He was the first author to try to make a professional living as a writer. Much of Poe's work was inspired by the events that happened around him. His poetry alone would ensure his spot in the literary canon. Poe's notable verses range from the early masterpiece "To Helen" to the dark, mysterious "Ulalume." From "The Raven," which made him world-famous...
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Gautama became known as the Buddha or "Awakened One". The title indicates that unlike most people who are "asleep", a Buddha is understood as having "woken up" to the true nature of reality and sees the world 'as it is'. A Buddha has achieved liberation, also called Nirvana, which is seen as the extinguishing of the "fires" of desire, hatred, and ignorance that keep the cycle of suffering and rebirth going. According to various early texts, a Buddha...
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The ancient 5000 year old Vedic scripture the Bhagavad Gita intimately details the rebirth of the spiritual from the psychical: the same sacred theme which the realized yogis of India so wisely and eloquently set forth since time immemorial.
Perfect for all students of the eight-fold yoga path, curious commuters, and all library and school collections. A once-in-a-lifetime audio experience event. Perfect for universities and digital educational media.
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"Because the Bhagavad Gita ('The Song Of God') is spoken by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Bhagavan Sri Krishna, one need not read any other Vedic literature. One need only attentively and regularly hear and read Bhagavad Gita." A.C. BHAKTIVEDANTA SWAMI PRABHUPADA
"Those who have entered into a transcendental relationship with Krishna relish at every step the descriptions of the pastimes of the Lord." Bhagavad Gita 10.18
The Bhagavad Gita, often...
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Beatrix Potter was born July 28, 1866. She was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals.
Born into an upper-middle-class household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developing a love of landscape, flora, and fauna, all of which she closely observed...
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Zhuang Zhou was an influential Chinese philosopher who lived around the 4th century BC during the Warring States period, a period corresponding to the summit of Chinese philosophy, the Hundred Schools of Thought. He is credited with writing-in part or in whole-a work known by his name, the Zhuangzi, which is one of the foundational texts of Taoism. Herein is perhaps his most well-known work.
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Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. Before its 1903 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the "100 best novels" and part of the Western canon. The story centres on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river-boat captain in Africa....
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Beatrix Potter was born July 28, 1866. She was an English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist best known for her children's books featuring animals.
Born into an upper-middle-class household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children. She had numerous pets and spent holidays in Scotland and the Lake District, developing a love of landscape, flora, and fauna, all of which she closely observed...
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11-year-old actor Eden Giuliano presents a brand new line of exciting children's stories from Icon!
R.K. Munkittrick (1853-1911), was the Editor of "Judge" 1901-1906 which included Gus Dirk's famous cartoons in the pages of "Judge" and wrote the verses to accompany "Bugville Life."
We know you will enjoy this very special series from Icon Audio Arts hosted by young Eden Giuliano!
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ABOUT THE AWARD WINNING ICON UNCLE WIGGILY SERIES
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character and beloved icon of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis. He began writing the stories for the Newark News in 1910. Garis penned an Uncle Wiggily take every day for more than fifty two years, and published some seventy nine books in his lifetime.
Along the road on his many joyous and exciting episodic adventures Uncle Wiggily...
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ABOUT THE AWARD WINNING ICON UNCLE WIGGILY SERIES
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character and beloved icon of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis. He began writing the stories for the Newark News in 1910. Garis penned an Uncle Wiggily take every day for more than fifty two years, and published some seventy nine books in his lifetime.
Along the road on his many joyous and exciting episodic adventures Uncle Wiggily...
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George Washington was born on December 14, 1799. He was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and founding father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Previously, he led Patriot forces to victory in the nation's War for Independence. He presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which established the U.S. Constitution and a federal government. Washington has been called the "Father...
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"Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace." GRANT
Here is a griping intimate audio encounter with one of the greatest figures in American history. Forget what biased biographers have written and listen to the man speaking for himself. The public figure we all know at least something about, but the private man, the family man, the father and son has...
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ABOUT THE AWARD WINNING ICON UNCLE WIGGILY SERIES
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character and beloved icon of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis. He began writing the stories for the Newark News in 1910. Garis penned an Uncle Wiggily take every day for more than fifty two years, and published some seventy nine books in his lifetime.
Along the road on his many joyous and exciting episodic adventures Uncle Wiggily...
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ABOUT THE AWARD WINNING ICON UNCLE WIGGILY SERIES
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character and beloved icon of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis. He began writing the stories for the Newark News in 1910. Garis penned an Uncle Wiggily take every day for more than fifty two years, and published some seventy nine books in his lifetime.
Along the road on his many joyous and exciting episodic adventures Uncle Wiggily...
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ABOUT THE AWARD WINNING ICON UNCLE WIGGILY SERIES
Uncle Wiggily Longears is the main character and beloved icon of a series of children's stories by American author Howard R. Garis. He began writing the stories for the Newark News in 1910. Garis penned an Uncle Wiggily take every day for more than fifty two years, and published some seventy nine books in his lifetime.
Along the road on his many joyous and exciting episodic adventures Uncle Wiggily...
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The Murders in the Rue Morgue" is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1841. Poe referred to it as a "tale of ratiocination" featuring the brilliant deductions of C. Auguste Dupin; it is today regarded as one of the first detective stories and is almost certainly the first locked room mystery. Auguste Dupin is a man in Paris who solves the mystery of the brutal murder of two women.
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, poet, editor, and...