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On the surface, this is a biography of an accomplished seeker who mastered the practices of yoga and brought a system for understanding the mysteries of body, mind, and spirit to students in the West. But, like the life of Swami Rama, this audiobook offers more than a sequence of astonishing events. As you read the stories of authentic guru-disciple relationships Swami Rama had both with his master and with his own students, you will see how the spiritual wisdom is transmitted through generations. This book also serves as a guide to advanced practices of yoga and tantra not commonly understood in modern times.

Squid Game meets The Left Hand of Darkness meets Under the Skin in this radical literary sensation from South Korea about an alien's hunt for food that transforms into an existential crisis about what it means to be human. After crashing their spacecraft in the middle of nowhere, a shapeshifting...

Wie schwer kann es schon sein, den perfekten Mann zu finden? Die Floristin Annie Walker will unbedingt eine Familie gründen. Dafür fehlt nur eine Kleinigkeit: ein Partner. Nachdem sie mitbekommt, wie ihr Date sie als »unfassbar langweilig« bezeichnet, will Annie lernen, wie man flirtet. Sie weiß auch schon genau, wer ihr das beibringen kann. Der attraktive Will, der Bodyguard ihrer berühmten Schwägerin in spe, ist zurück in Rome. Annie schafft es ihn zu überreden, ihr Nachhilfe in Sachen Dating zu geben.

You have to play to win in a game of life and death Danni had to grow up fast – as a girl, her mother left her alone and she had to raise herself, any way she could. Finding comfort and company in the pubs and clubs of her local streets, she could throw a dart before she was old enough to buy...

Un ensayo sobre la ceremonia japonesa del té que despliega sus múltiples significados y su historia a lo largo de un relato de aprendizaje escrito de manera llana, poética y simple por la directora de la filial argentina de la Escuela Urasenke, el centro de formación en chado más tradicional y prestigioso de Japón.

Can Vita Carew expose the truth behind a ruthless doctor and his lethal assistant, save an injured man, and escape unscathed with time to resume her vacation studying?

Begleite Maisha, wie sie Arztbesuche meistert, Fasching kennenlernt und den Alltag in der deutschen Hauptstadt entdeckt. Mit klarer Sprache, Humor und vielen kulturellen Einblicken eignet sich dieses Hörbuch perfekt für Deutschlernende ab Niveau B1.

Profoundly moving, filled with tenderness, and brought to life by a curious, sprawling imagination, Drowning Practice is the story of a mother and daughter trying to save each other’s lives at what could be the end of the world One night, everyone on Earth has the same dream—a dream of being...

Nineteen-year-old Aldine McKenna is stuck at home with her sister and aunt in a Scottish village in 1929 when two Mormon missionaries ring the doorbell. Aldine's sister converts and moves to America to marry, and Aldine follows, hoping to find the life she's meant to lead and the person she's meant to love. In New York, Aldine answers an ad soliciting a teacher for a one-room schoolhouse in a place she can't possibly imagine: drought-stricken Kansas.

Physicist Dennis Nuel was the first human to probe the strange realms called anomaly worlds - alternate universes where the laws of science were unpredictably changed. But the world Dennis discovered seemed almost like our own - with one perplexing difference. To his astonishment, he was hailed as a wizard and found himself fighting beside a beautiful woman with strange powers against a mysterious warlord as he struggles to solve the riddle of this baffling world.

Twin gynecologists are found dead in their trash-littered Upper East Side Manhattan apartment. Who killed them? And why? Based on a true story that Linda Wolfe was the first journalist to write about, her novel explores the mystery behind the deaths of these wealthy and prominent doctors, and the dark and perverse secret that ruled their lives - one that they tried desperately to hide until the final moments of their deaths.

Olivia Shaw grew up poor on the wrong side of the tracks, but with her thriving real estate business and a solid marriage, her life finally feels stable...until she discovers her husband is cheating. Enraged, her sister offers a solution: Infidelity Limited, a firm that promises to rough up her husband and scare him straight. Overnight, Olivia's life is upended as she, like all of Infidelity Limited's clients, is drawn into a dark web of blackmail and murder.

Povesti i rasskazy velikogo russkogo pisatelja Antona Pavlovicha Chehova, napisannye 1883-1884 godah. A.P. Chehov v pervuju ochered' izvesten blagodarja svoim rasskazam na bytovye temy. Master oblichenija nichtozhestva i poshlosti, Chehov dazhe v samyh kratkih svoih rasskazah udivitel'no tochno neskol'kimi shtrihami peredaet chelovecheskie haraktery.

Dive into the captivating world of Mr. Fortune, a physician with a knack for crime-solving. Employing early methods of forensic science, he lends a hand to the police, navigating through seven more intriguing cases in this second volume. Join him on this thrilling journey, masterfully narrated by Lynne Thompson.

Seven more cases for HC Bailey's eclectic golden age sleuth Mr Reginald Fortune: surgeon, general practitioner, and advisor to Scotland Yard wherever surgery, medicine or kindred sciences can elucidate what is or is not crime. Including: a sudden death at Royal Ascot; a young doctor accused of a diamond theft; a strange country house burglary; an incident at the British Museum leading to a far darker crime; a vanished actress; and a diabolical murder at an orphanage, linked to an apparently accidental death and a near-fatal poisoning.

More than 30 acclaimed writers—including diverse voices such as Nikki Giovanni, David Omotosho Black, Natasha Trethewey, Barry Jenkins, Jacqueline Woodson, Tayari Jones, and Angela Flournoy—reflect on their experience and expertise in this unique book on the craft of writing that focuses on...

Living in Spain: real life, real stories, and real misadventures. After swapping a grand Victorian house in leafy Essex for a tiny flat in a wild Andalusian village, we've spent the last ten years navigating the joys, shocks and absurdities of life in Spain. I'm a former London radio producer (not a very good one). I once sacked Richard Hammond for not knowing enough about cars, was spectacularly rude to J.K. Rowling and threw away her early children's book, and told the man behind Amazon UK that nobody would ever buy books online. Then I ran away to Spain with my other half and our big ginger...

This podcast is meant to be a supplement to my “The Practice of Death” YouTube channel. Each episode will offer a reading from a philosophical text that I will unpack and discuss in depth in an episode of the YouTube channel. Check it out and join in the discussion: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkT3_Se-BUNbprxEpJCR7CA!

"The charm of Taylor's Irish Country tales is brought to life in John Keating's performance. His Irish lilt will transport listeners straight to Ballybucklebo...Keating's pacing and inflections are perfect as he gives a unique vocal personality to each character." — AudioFile Magazine on An...

Taylor's first live spoken-word collection since 2003, Icarus Airlines, contains 34 poems.