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With The Teachings of Don Juan, Carlos Castaneda chronicled a journey toward enlightenment under the tutelage of Yaqui Indian guru Don Juan. Having sold more than eight million copies of his books around the world, Castaneda has inspired countless readers with his awareness-expanding experiences.

Extended reality (XR for short) - which encompasses virtual reality, augmented reality, and mixed reality - is one of the biggest business trends of today. It refers to the use of technology to create more immersive digital experiences that are promising to transform many businesses and industries. In this book, best-selling author, strategic business advisor, and respected futurist Bernard Marr explains the role of XR in providing innovative businesses solutions for companies of varying sizes and across different industries.

This series of podcasts delves into the major topics surrounding obesity, hosted by the Director of Obesity UK, Sarah Le Brocq. Our main aim is to empower and provide information to people living with obesity - by raising awareness and unpacking the psychological factors and stigma associated with it. We will give people a voice and help them gain access to the treatment that is right for them. Subscribe, rate the podcast and give it a 5-star review – and keep listening for new episodes of ‘The Reality of Obesity’ Podcast. Johnson & Johnson provided financial sponsorship to Obesity UK ...

Millions of people go to enormous lengths to achieve fame. Fame is woven into our lives in ways that may have been unimaginable in years past. Mining decades of experience, writer, director, producer, and actress Justine Bateman writes a visceral, intimate look at the experience of Fame. Combining the internal reality-shift of the famous, theories on the public’s behavior at each stage of a famous person’s career, and the experiences of other famous performers, Bateman takes the listener inside and outside the emotions of Fame.

In July 1997, the first contestant voted off the first episode of the first ever reality TV elimination show took his own life. Expedition Robinson was the first show of its kind anywhere, and it was going to be remembered not for breaking the mold of television, but for a death, the first of at least 40 suicides linked globally to a reality TV show.

UFO Chronicles is an unprecedented and uncensored series featuring the top authorities on the UFO enigma. Pilots, astronauts, government officials, military officials, medical experts, scientists, religious leaders, and more reveal in never before seen interviews the ramifications of the Alien Presence on planet Earth. Sgt. Clifford Stone spent 22 years in the US Army as part of an elite group that was dispatched to crash sites in order to recover UFO or ET craft, bodies, and artifacts.

L'inimmaginabile accade. Da Oriente a Occidente l'epidemia di Covid-19 dilaga come una peste destinata a cambiare la vita umana sul pianeta Terra. Le metropoli si spengono. I supermercati si svuotano. Le strutture del sistema collassano. Metà della popolazione mondiale è reclusa in regime di quarantena. Giuseppe Genna scivola tra le maglie del lockdown per riempire di parole l'orrore impronunciabile, restituito a malapena dalla numerologia dei morti, opaco agli sguardi che spiano il mondo desolato.

Organizational consultant Adrian Pei describes key challenges ethnic minorities face in majority culture organizations. He unpacks how historical forces shape contemporary realities and what both minority and majority cultures need to know in order to work together fruitfully.

Nothing has changed more in the last few decades than our concept and perception of reality. The effects have manifested in our news, entertainment, and Google searches; we're finding that a lot of things we thought were objective aren't automatically so. Reality is not a concept we want to flush down the toilet with yesterday's food, though. However, we must begin to understand how it works in a world where profit is the driving force.

On Being Unreasonable mounts a vital and spirited defence of why and how being unreasonable can help improve the world. It examines and parses the pros and cons of our rules around reason, but leaves us with the rousing question: What if behaving unreasonably at times might be the best way to bring about meaningful change that is long overdue?

Called a “chronicler of a world on the move” by The New York Review of Books, Anna Badkhen seeks what separates and binds us at a time when one in seven people has left their birthplace, while a pandemic dictates the direst season of rupture in humankind’s remembering. Her new essay collection, Bright Unbearable Reality, comprises 11 essays set on four continents—roving everywhere from Oklahoma to Azerbaijan—and united by a common thread of communion and longing.

In the tradition of Neil Postman's masterpiece Amusing Ourselves to Death, Audience of One shows how American media have shaped American society and politics, by interweaving two crucial stories. The first story follows the evolution of television from the three-network era of the 20th century, which joined millions of Americans in a shared monoculture, into today's zillion-channel, internet-atomized universe, which sliced and diced them into fractious, alienated subcultures. The second story is a cultural critique of Donald Trump.

Ever sit there thinking WTF?! Wondering how we are meant to keep going in a world that feels so fast, so fragile, and so unreal? You are not alone. Rewrite Reality with short bite sized moments of honesty, curiosity, and gentle thoughtfulness. No noise. No rush. No pressure to have answers. Many of us are carrying quiet worries about the future and trying to stay grounded while everything around us keeps shifting. These episodes create a calm place to slow down, breathe, and make sense of the stories that shape our lives. If you are looking for a softer space to think, reflect, and reconnect ...

Social media can inform and enlighten but can also manipulate, control, and destroy innocent people. It is changing humanity and is the new master of our daily lives, but some are calling it a virtual prison that we willingly engage in while oblivious to the sinister agenda behind the technology.

A David and Goliath story about Ireland’s role as prime real estate for the world’s largest tech multinationals, and the considerable impact it has had on us as individuals. At the start of the millennium, the Tech giants landed on Ireland’s shores. Dublin, once one of Europe’s poorest...

The overwhelming evidence shows that UFO's and the Alien Threat are VERY real. We are being visited by extraterrestrial beings and the Men in Black are fighting a battle of secrecy to keep us in the dark. In this comprehensive collection you will discover firsthand from best-selling authors, and renowned experts from around the globe, just how horrifying the truth really is. The governments and controlling factions of the world DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW THE TRUTH.

Young and idealistic, Tori Hogan travels to Kenya as an intern for Save the Children, intent upon doing her part to improve the lives of refugees. But the cynicism of a young African boy changes Tori’s life and sets her on a course to reconsider everything she thought she knew about helping those in need. Years later, Tori returns to Africa and embarks on a journey through Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda, searching for the truth about what does and does not work in international aid.

Explore the shocking story of trauma and sexual abuse used on two innocent American victoms as highly effective mind control techniques. As a child, Cathy O’Brien was raised in an abusive family and was used in covert government programs as a drug trafficker and sex slave. Mark Phillips, who used to work for various government agencies, including the CIA as a mind control programmer helped to free Cathy and her daughter Kelly from their abusers. After fleeing to Alaska, they began the long process to deprogramming and learning more about the abuse she and her daughter had endured for years.

A mystical or sacred experience is one in which an individual reports contact with a transcendent reality - an encounter or union with the divine. Such experiences often involve arriving at some knowledge or insight previously unavailable to the individual. Many religious and mystical traditions see these experiences as revelations caused by divine agency, rather than an ordinary process of encountering higher-order realities of which humans are not ordinarily aware.

If you had a magic wand and could change your life so you were living authentically and the life you want, what would that look like? What is stopping you from getting that NOW?Join Joohong Lange, with Reality Switch Coaching, an Authentic Reality Architect, as they explore personal growth, self-discovery, and practical strategies for getting back to your most authentic self. Learn to embrace your past, be present now, and attain a dream you forgot you had. This content promises to be insightful and engaging.This is perfect if you are seeking motivation and guidance to find yourself again.Each...