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Pub. Date
2011
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Disc 1: Mindlessness: the default setting -- Mindfulness: the power of awareness -- Expectations: relinquishing preconceptions -- Preparation: taking moral inventory -- Position: where to be for meditation -- Breathing: finding a focus for attention -- Disc 2: Problems: stepping-stones to mindfulness -- Body: attending to our physical natures -- Mind: working with thoughts -- Walking: mindfulness while moving -- Consuming: watching what you eat --...
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What is the meaning of life? It's a question every thoughtful person has pondered at one time or another. Indeed, it may be the biggest question of all. Professor Jay L. Garfield offer a rigorous and wide-ranging exploration of what various spiritual, religious and philosophical traditions.
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Pub. Date
2015
Description
Disc 1. [Lectures] 1. Today's book publishing landscape ; 2. Defining your fiction genre ; 3. Categorizing your nonfiction book ; 4. Researching writers' markets ; 5. What to expect from a literary agent ; 6. Writing your query letter. -- Disc. 2. [Lectures] 7. Writing your novel or memoir synopsis ; 8. The importance of author platform ; 9. Researching and planning your book proposal ; 10. Writing an effective book proposal ; 11. Submissions and...
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Pub. Date
2013
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As people get older, they discover changes in how their bodies move and behave, changes that contradict how young they feel on the inside. But it is possible to transform the experience of aging into a positive and, above all, healthy one. And it all starts with staying fit. Certified fitness and wellness consultant Dr. Bonura helps viewers create and practice a balanced, adaptable fitness program.
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Pub. Date
[2008]
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"This course will explore the thought of three profoundly influential thinkers in the Western tradition, thinkers whose very names call to mind the spirit of philosophizing or the 'love of wisdom': Socrates (469-399 B.C.), Plato (c. 429-347 B.C.), and Aristotle (384-322 B.C.). The three are most obviously linked by their historical epoch and their common devotion to the search for the truth. But they also share a more immediate bond, for Socrates...
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2008.
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Get a solid working knowledge of the spiritual beliefs that unite and divide us - as well as the perspective from the other side of these divisions. These 24 lectures offer you an opportunity to gain a solid grasp of the key ideas of religion itself - the issues that repeatedly surface when you look at any faith's beliefs, practices, and organization. Using five major religions - Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism - as illustrations
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Pub. Date
p2007
Description
What is the greatest scientific idea of all? Because science has so dramatically altered how we live and how we think about ourselves, the answer may well be the very idea of science itself, because - just like science's most important achievements - it, too, needed to be thought about, perfected, and invented. This 36-lecture series explores the ideas that have helped form the foundation of modern life - when society has been willing to pursue them....
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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The three centuries following the death of Jesus were a momentous and turbulent era in Western religious thought. During this time, as Christianity began its massive growth, few if any influences on the theological landscape were as significant as the religious movements know as Gnosticism. Gnosticism intersected deeply with early Christian thought, sparking religious ideologies that competed with the theological thinking that came to define Christianity....
50) Buddhism
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Pub. Date
p2001
Description
Gracefully blending scholarship and accessibility, Malcolm David Eckel's Buddhism provides a succinct, authoritative introduction to one of the world's great religious traditions. The text covers a wide range of subjects including Buddha's and bodhisattvas, Zen meditation, Tantric scriptures, pilgrimage, temples, and festivals and rites.
51) Emperors of Rome
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Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Presents a series of biographic portraits of the Roman emperors from Augustus to Constantine.
53) The Apostle Paul
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Pub. Date
p2001
Description
Coming to grips with Christianity means coming to grips with Paul. There is no figure aside from Jesus himself who is more important to the history of this world religion, and no figure from the age of the early church about whom we know more or of whom we have a more rounded view. Historian Luke Timothy Johnson, the best-selling author of The Real Jesus, offers a fresh and historically grounded assessment of the life and letters of Christianity's...
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Pub. Date
p1999
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For thousands of years, Homer's ancient epic poem the Iliad has enchanted readers from around the world. When you join Professor Vandiver for this lecture series on the Iliad, you'll come to understand what has enthralled and gripped so many people. Her compelling 12-lecture look at this literary masterpiece - whether it's the work of many authors or the "vision" of a single blind poet - makes it vividly clear why, after almost 3,000 years, the Iliad...
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