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In the indulgence of their egotistical ambitions and reckless whims, kings, conquerors and dictators have frequently presented a spectacle, sometimes comic but more often tragic in its results, that the authors have tried to bring back to life in this book. Here are living biographies of twenty famous rulers including: King Solomon, Caesar, Ivan the Terrible and more.

Il pensiero è un potere spirituale. È il più grande potere che l'uomo abbia a sua disposizione. Il mondo come oggi lo vediamo è semplicemente il risultato di un pensiero collettivo degli esseri umani e ogni nazione si trova in pace e prosperità, o in anarchia e disordine, semplicemente a causa del modo con cui essa è stata pensata. E ogni individuo, la sua vita, le sue circostanze, sono quel che sono in quanto risultato dei suoi pensieri.

This absorbing audiobook presents the lives of 20 great founders and leading advocates of the world's foremost religions. Here are the historical facts and legends associated with these forceful personalities who have inspired and influenced humankind through the centuries.

To many, Walter Johnson is the greatest pitcher of all time. He was a star second to none from the dawn of the game's modern era through the "Golden Age of Sports" of the Roaring Twenties. The playing career of "The Big Train", as the sportswriters called him, spanned the era of such greats as Cy Young, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Lou Gehrig, and Al Simmons. Johnson knew every President from William Howard Taft to Franklin Roosevelt, and was friends with the likes of Will Rogers and Douglas Fairbanks.

January - the first month of the year in the Gregorian calendar ushers in the New Year. the cold and bleak landscape of winter nevertheless provides a rich background for our esteemed poets, such as Byron, Longfellow, Cowper, and Dickinson, to offer us their reflections and counterpoints.

This is the audio program to play at home over Christmas or during the car journey to see relatives. Dylan Thomas, "The Little Match Girl," and "The Nutcracker" are read by Jenny Agutter with accompanying Tchaikovsky's music - this is a must for Christmas. It contains new recordings as well as some of the finest tracks from the Naxos AudioBooks catalogue.

October - the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, and the land prepares to give up more it its colourful coverings. On this and other themes, our poets, including Wordsworth, Rossetti, Arnold, Bryant, and Alford, have much to say.

Death is a subject that few of us talk about, but many think about and more than a few of us dread. Whether it is the actual end of our life’s journey or merely a transit point to heavenly glory, its actual point of impact is, obviously, life-changing. But what do poets think of it? How do their minds tangle with the subject and make sense of this? That’s what we wondered, too. Poets as rich and diverse as Longfellow, Hood, Bronte, Burns, and Gibran here share their words, thoughts and visions with us.

Poetry can capture the imagination in a few short lines but narrative verse or poetry takes the form of telling a story, whether it be simple or complex in a longer form. Among the most ancient forms of poetry, it has widespread roots through almost every culture. In Volume 3 we bring you the classics 'Goblin Market' by Christina Rosseti; 'The Wreck of the Hesperus' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow; 'The Raven' by Edgar Allan Poe; 'Morte D'Arthur' by Alfred Lord Tennyson; and from 'Horatius' by Thomas Babington Maculay.

April - the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar heralds spring in earnest and, of course, April showers and perhaps other unsettled weather. For our poets, including Owen, Stevenson, Van Dyke, Hardy, and Shelley, the month provides a rich source for them to muse upon.

August - the eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar and the full palette of nature is on glorious display. Our poets, Wordsworth, Swinburne, Alford, Riley, and Hardy, describe and reveal their thoughts on the month and notable dates within it.

They were the golden boys of Huntington, Indiana: Jarrod Wall, a 17-year-old Sunday school teacher, track star, top student, and local heartthrob; and his friends Erick Esch, a high school football hero, and John Jesus Valasquez. They were well-liked, all-American teens. Until one night when Jarrod and Erick entered the house of a local car collector Eldon Anson and burglarized the bachelor’s home - and Jarrod murdered him with repeated hatchet blows to the skull….

The objects of Dynamic Thought are: (1) To alter your mental attitude (2) To direct your thoughts into those channels which lead to success, achievement, health, happiness, and perfect good, (3) The arousing of the inward power....

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SEA STORIES tells the entire tale. You will find excerpts of some of the most famous nautical stories of all time. Most of us have passed through a period of life during which we have ardently longed to be, if not actually a rover, a buccaneer, or a pirate, at least and really a sailor!

Il metodo che ha cambiato la vita a milioni di persone. Il pensiero è il più grande potere dell'uomo. Solo visualizzando una vita di livello superiore, la più alta che si possa concepire, e affermando che è la propria la si può ottenere. Solo seguendo ideali elevati può essere raggiunto il vero successo. Ogni circostanza, ricchezza, gioia è il risultato di ciò che pensiamo. Grazie a questo prezioso testo ognuno potrà imparare a usare al meglio il proprio potere e creare una vita migliore per sé e l'intera umanità.

Societally sanctioned competition for money, power, and fame promotes selfishness, personal alienation, and widespread inequality, especially in market-oriented economies. Yet many of those engaging in this competitive individualism—the competition for rewards and limited resources—yearn to act directly to promote a more civil, equitable, and sustainable society. Enlightened Self-Interest offers evidence-based insights into the societal and individual consequences of this cultural practice and an actionable alternative to it.

Die Macht der Gedanken von Henry Thomas Hamblin ist ein inspirierendes Buch, das die Bedeutung positiven Denkens und dessen Einfluss auf das persönliche und berufliche Leben betont. Hamblin diskutiert, wie Gedanken die Realität formen können und bietet praktische Anleitungen, um das Denken zu verbessern und somit das Leben zu bereichern. Er verwendet Beispiele und Anekdoten, um seine Theorien zu veranschaulichen, und motiviert die Leser, ihre geistigen Fähigkeiten zu nutzen, um ihre Lebensumstände zu verbessern. Das Buch dient als Ratgeber, um innere Kraft zu entdecken und positiv zu nutzen.

America. The "land of the free," the "home of the brave." We're all quite familiar with the words of Francis Scott Key's song, The Star Spangled Banner. But what is freedom anyway? What is the real meaning behind the word Liberty? Do we really know, or is it just a feel-good byword in our day; denoting freedom is something whatever one believes is appropriate for them. The truest meaning, the one America's Founding Fathers understood and conceived of for this great Republic, has now been relegated to the past I fear, lost in the shuffle of a progressive, perplexing, and troubled world which ...

C'è un potere nascosto nell'uomo, mediante cui egli può raggiungere cose superiori e più importanti. In un uomo c'è un Io superiore, che oltrepassa il sé limitato dell'uomo fisico, anche se la montagna predomina la pianura. Lo scopo di questo libro è quello di aiutare gli uomini e le donne a portare i loro poteri mentali e spirituali interiori alla luce, saggiamente e in armonia con la legge universale; per formare il carattere e per trovare dentro di sé stessi quel meraviglioso Io, quello reale, che una volta trovato rivela possibilità di vita e di realizzazione che prima neppure si immaginavano.