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A lifetime of reading and writing, observation and contemplation is distilled in this comprehensive volume of the best essays, profiles and sketches by Ruskin Bond, the masterly and compassionate chronicler of the small details and lambent moments that capture the essence of a meaningful life. By turns thoughtful, humorous, keenly observed and wise, these essays span more than 60 years of his writing - from reflections on companionship and solitude to lyrical yet finely honed appreciations of nature to nostalgic evocations of bygone people and ways of life.

The Challenge of Things joins earlier collections like The Reason of Things and Thinking of Answers but this time to collect Grayling's recent writings on the world in a time of war and conflict. In describing and exposing the dark side of things, he also explores ways out of the habits and prejudices of mind that would otherwise trap us forever in the deadly impasses of conflicts of all kinds.

John Perry’s insights and laugh-out-loud humor bring to mind Thurber, Wodehouse, and Harry Frankfurt’s On Bullshit. This charming and accessible audio educates, entertains, and illuminates a universal subject. Procrastinators will be relieved to learn that you can actually accomplish quite a lot while procrastinating. In fact, the book itself is the result of Perry avoiding grading papers, refereeing academic proposals, and reviewing dissertation drafts. It also has a practical side, offering up advice that listeners can put to use.

This combination of serious artistic engagement with warmth and clarity of prose revels in the experiences and pleasures of art and the body, identity, and community.

Dr. Marvin Dunn Professor Emeritus at FIU, Veteran, Historian, Author and Riot Expert addresses the horrific death of George Floyd and why this time it is different throughout our nation. Unequivocally, the Minneapolis protests and all the riots around the world shined the light that Black Lives Matter as well as all Lives Matter.

A preeminent physicist unveils a field-defining theory of the origins and purpose of life. Why are we alive? Most things in the universe aren't. And everything that is alive traces back to things that, puzzlingly, weren't. For centuries, the scientific question of life's origins has confounded...

Miss Thing with Greg Trimmer & Tim Zientek is another deeply unnecessary entertainment podcast from the perspective of two gay best friends. Each week, our comedian hosts celebrate a different pop culture queen... and somehow make their career accomplishments all about them. Come for the Miss Things, stay for Greg and Tim's outrageous stories and hilarious segments including "Doll of the Day, Mother of the Moment, Sister of the Second" and "Diva Down!" BONK! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join composer and pianist Mark Limacher as he discusses music, philosophy, politics, and history, exposing their unexpected intersections in this witty, engaging and highly irreverent podcast. Featuring guest musicians, artists, thinkers, writers and ponderers, Things That Seemed Important At The Time, breathes fresh perspectives into new and highly-exhausted topics alike.

No Things Considered w/ Tim Young covers Politics, Pop-Culture, and everything else that's awful. If you don't like the news, but want to hear some of the top stories analyzed in under 30 minutes, you might want to listen and complain along.

Even Steve Jobs didn't know what he had on his hands when he announced the original iPhone as a combination of a mere "three revolutionary products"--an iPod, a cell phone, and a keyboard-less handheld computer. Once Apple introduced the App Store and opened it up to outside developers, however, the iPhone became capable of serving a rapidly growing number of functions--now more than 350,000 and counting. But the iPhone has implications far beyond the phone or gadget market.

"Advice as Markets React to 'Brexit': Take Some Deep Breaths and Don't Do a Thing" is from the June 24, 2016, Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Ron Lieber and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Giving Like Michael Bloomberg: 'Find One Small Thing'" is from the May 20, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Paul Sullivan and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

What's the secret to lasting happiness? How do you gain the resilience needed to weather life's inevitable storms? For ancient philosophers like Socrates, Marcus Aurelius, Zeno, and Epictetus, these questions were more than mere musings—they were key elements of a school of thought called Stoicism. In The Stoicism Workbook, you'll learn how thinking like Socrates can help you identify what truly matters in your life, and build the resilience needed to go and get it!

"Childless Women to Marketers: We Buy Things Too" is from the July 09, 2016 Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Alina Tugend and narrated by Paul Ryden.

"Anything-Goes Campaign is an Alarming Precedent" is from the September 17, 2016 United States section of The New York Times. It was written by Jonathan Martin and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Why does a CEO who has already made hundreds of millions of dollars continue to work? Why does a rock star who has made a bundle continue to tour? Why do retirees' miss work as soon as they stop doing it? Why do we all wrestle with our life's work and talk about it incessantly? The thing about work is that we love it, we hate it, we need it, we miss it, we measure ourselves by it, we judge others by it - we are addicted to it. Work often defines us and fulfills us.

Comedian Mike Cannon and Healer/Explorer Tim Rothschild have never quite felt like there were of this planet. This could be due to the large amounts of psychedelics they've done over the years or they could be onto something because of the large amounts of psychedelics they've done over the years. Together they record a weekly breakdown of their Earthly experiences and try to get to the bottom of the whole pesky consciousness thing.

"Silicon Valley Looks to the Next Big Thing" is from the March 27, 2016, Business section of The New York Times. It was written by Quentin Hardy and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"The World Fears Trump's America. That's a Good Thing." is from the December 09, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by Mark Moyar and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"Trump, in Scotland, Calls 'Brexit' Result 'a Great Thing'" is from the June 24, 2016, World section of The New York Times. It was written by Ashley Parker and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.