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In The Way of Tenderness, Zen priest Zenju Earthlyn Manuel brings Buddhist philosophies of emptiness and appearance to bear on race, sexuality, and gender, using wisdom forged through personal experience and practice to rethink problems of identity and privilege.
Manuel brings her own experiences as a lesbian black woman into conversation with Buddhism to square our ultimately empty nature with superficial perspectives of everyday life. Her hard-won...
22) World's Most Notorious Secret Societies: The Histories and Mysteries of the Freemasons, the Illumina
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For decades, parodies featuring ominous, mysterious cults have been a favorite gag in pop culture. These fraternal brothers are often depicted in some type of underground lair, dressed in extravagant ceremonial robes with their faces hidden in their hoods, seated around a long table brimming with Gothic chalices, skulls, and glittering dark treasure. Flicks on the more morbid side might even show choppy, flashing imagery of blood, torture, and sacrifices.
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Japón abandonó el control sobre Corea tras la rendición formal ante los Aliados el 2 de septiembre de 1945, tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial. La Unión Soviética y los Estados Unidos habían acordado dividir Corea a lo largo del paralelo 38, con los soviéticos ocupando el norte y el los estadounidenses ocupando el sur. Estas circunstancias se convirtieron en la base de la división de Corea por parte de las dos superpotencias con dos ideologías...
24) Are We Free Yet?
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"Liberation is ultimately a celebration of our deepest humanity, and our fight for it must include a deeper examination of how we relate to oppressive systems while centering our joy, peace, and pleasure." - Tina Strawn
Are We Free Yet? The Black Queer Guide to Divorcing America is simultaneously a personal reflection and a collective examination of our relationship to liberation and oppression.
In it, Tina Strawn, host of the Speaking of Racism...
25) Notes on the Scientific and Religious Mysteries of Antiquity: The Gnosis and Secret Schools of the M
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Enjoy Notes on the Scientific and Religious Mysteries of Antiquity; the Gnosis and Secret Schools of the Middle Ages; Modern Rosicrucianism; and the Various Rites and Degrees of Free and Accepted Masonry
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From AskMen senior editor and non-binary writer Alex Manley comes The New Masculinity: A Roadmap for a 21st-Century Definition of Manhood, a guide for escaping the shackles of toxic masculinity, unlearning what it means to be a man, and pushing back against the various ways masculinity teaches people to hurt rather than help, and to harm rather than heal. Manley charts a course for a wholly new future of the self that's neither particularly manly...
27) Earthopolis
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This is a biography of Earthopolis, the only Urban Planet we know of. It is a history of how cities gave humans immense power over Earth, for good and for ill. Carl Nightingale takes readers on a sweeping six-continent, six-millennium tour of the world's cities, culminating in the last 250 years, when we vastly accelerated our planetary realms of action, habitat, and impact, courting dangerous new consequences and opening prospects for new hope. In...
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Conspiracy theories, and particularly the belief that elements of the world are secretly controlled by individuals or groups, have been around for as long as people have lived in groups. Perhaps that's inevitable - after all, those who are excluded from power are very likely to be inclined to see their position not as an outcome of their own choices or situation but because of the secret machinations of shadowy groups. One of the most widely discussed...
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Do you like stories about gods and spirits, giants and monsters, damsels in distress, and clever heroes?
All of these can be found in African myth and folklore, which have a vast and varied tapestry of stories from hundreds of cultures, each with its own traditions and values.
Sometimes the heroes of these stories are divine beings who come down from heaven to create the world we live in, but sometimes human beings and animals themselves are the ones...
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This book is for anyone seeking an understanding of the covert war being fought by the Trump administration and the nature of the psychopathic culture that will be defeated by the American president's valiant efforts. It is offered in the spirit and style of the 18th century pamphleteers.
A previous collection of essays - "On Q" - focused narrowly on the backchannel from the Trump administration to the public to bypass a corrupt and controlled media...
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Many times, many people over the course of humanity's long lifetime have wondered about its proclivity towards evil. What makes us evil? Are we evil by choice or by nature? How can a man become evil?
These provocative questions are at the forefront of philosophical discussions all around the world. Humanity's dark side is rarely looked into for the fear that it would one day look back. We struggle to acknowledge this side of our nature because it...
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Author Jazz Vazquez explains why men don't get the help they need when they sit down with a female loan officer, car saleswoman or everyday customer service representative. Why are women so bad at their jobs? Women are bad at any jobs that require them to make decisions. Women are great at creative and artistic jobs as well as whoring, but whores have pimps for a reason. Jazz looks at the psychology of feminist impotence. Females in the workplace...
34) Ancient Egyptian Conspiracy Theories: The History of the Most Popular Conspiracy Theories About Egy
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Given how far back the Egyptian civilization goes, it's no surprise that Egypt is still full of mystery, and the unknown continues to generate conspiracy theories that attempt to fill in the gaps. For example, generations have viewed Egypt's pyramids and the Great Sphinx as symbols of a lost past, which in turn leads to Egypt's portrayal as a world full of romance and mystery. The age and structural integrity of these magnificent structures also make...
35) Cave of Bones
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In the summer of 2022, Lee Berger lost 50 pounds in order to wriggle though impossibly small openings in the Rising Star cave complex in South Africa-spaces where his team has been unearthing the remains of Homo naledi, a proto-human likely to have coexisted with Homo sapiens some 250,000 years ago. The lead researcher on the site, still Berger had never made his way into the dark, cramped, dangerous underground spaces where many of the naledi fossils...
36) Anglophobia
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"The white race is the biggest murderer, rapist, pillager, and thief of the modern world." So said journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones.
Had she said this about any other race, it is unlikely that she would ever have found employment with a mainstream media outlet. Yet not only was Nikole Hannah-Jones hired by The New York Times; she received the coveted Pulitzer Prize for journalism for the 1619 project which also defames white people.
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Si bien sus orígenes son poco conocidos, documentos y pruebas sobre la esclavitud se pueden encontrar en casi todas las culturas y continentes. Los indicios encontrados en los textos antiguos-como el Código de Hammurabi, de la región de la Mesopotamia, fechado en el segundo milenio antes de Cristo- ya contienen referencias a la esclavitud como una institución arraigada. La historia de la esclavitud en el mundo antiguo está estrechamente vinculada...
38) Sex Rules!
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#1 Best Seller in Trivia & Fun Facts, Questions & Answers, Curiosities & Wonders, and Cults & Demonism ─ Think You Know About Sexual Customs Around Our World? Have Fun and Enjoy Some Surprises! This book is a humorous glimpse of a wide range of stereotype-busting sexual, relationship and romantic mores around the world. It is fun, interesting, and eye-opening! For example, places where women control the mating game, set marriage rules, and marry...
39) Mitología Yoruba: Fascinantes mitos y leyendas de los yoruba y otros pueblos de África occidental
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Si está buscando una colección de mitos chinos para todas las edades y quiere conocer la cultura china sin leer un libro de texto universitario, siga leyendo...
La mayoría de los estadounidenses conoce la mitología griega, romana y egipcia. Pero las historias populares de la antigua China ofrecen diferentes perspectivas y una comprensión más profunda de las raíces de la sociedad.
Para los estadounidenses puede ser un desafío encontrar una...
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Discover the essentials of submitting to your Creator and converting to Islam in this short, concise, and easy-to-understand guide. This book will teach you what you need to know, believe, and practice to become a Muslim. From the basic Islamic beliefs and your life's purpose to what you must do after your conversion, this book will help you understand the faith and how to live as a faithful follower of Islam.
Whether you're curious about Islam,...
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