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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly

Colin Hawkins · Putnam Juvenile
Pages: 12
Format: Hardcover

A cumulative folk song in which the solution proves worse than the predicament when an old lady swallows a fly. Features lift-the-flap illustrations.
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The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics and Eastern Mystics All Agree We Are In a Video Game

Rizwan Virk · Bayview Books
Pages: 324
Format: Paperback

Written by well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneur and MIT-educated computer scientist Rizwan Virk, The Simulation Hypothesis brings together disparate fields to explore one of the most daring and consequential theories of our time: The Simulation Hypothesis. Whether you are a computer scientist,...
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The Illustrated Mahabharata: The Definitive Guide to India s Greatest Epic

Bibek Debroy · DK
Pages: 509
Format: Hardcover

An illustrated guide to India's greatest epic, which has shaped Indian thought for over 3,000 years, with stories from all 18 chapters, the Bhagavad Gita, and the Harivamsa.The Illustrated Mahabharata brings the world's longest epic to life. With more than 500 stunning images showcasing...
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An Anxious Age: The Post-Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of America

Joseph Bottum · Image
Format: Hardcover

We live in a profoundly spiritual age--but in a very strange way, different from every other moment of our history. Huge swaths of American culture are driven by manic spiritual anxiety and relentless supernatural worry. Radicals and traditionalists, liberals and conservatives, together...
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Out of Your Mind: Tricksters, Interdependence, and the Cosmic Game of Hide and Seek

Alan Watts · Sounds True
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback

In order to come to your senses, Alan Watts often said, you sometimes need to go out of your mind. Perhaps more than any other teacher in the West, this celebrated author, former Anglican priest, and self-described spiritual entertainer was responsible for igniting the passion of countless...
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UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens: What Science Says

Donald R Prothero · Indiana University Press
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover

UFOs. Aliens. Strange crop circles. Giant figures scratched in the desert surface along the coast of Peru. The amazing alignment of the pyramids. Strange lines of clouds in the sky. The paranormal is alive and well in the American cultural landscape. In UFOs, Chemtrails, and Aliens, Donald...
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The Essential Rumi, New Expanded Edition

Jalal al-Din Rumi · HarperOne
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback

This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems.Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of readers,...
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India: A History. Revised and Updated

John Keay · Grove Press; Rev Exp edition
Format: Print book

Fully revised with forty thousand new words that take the reader up to present-day India, John Keays India A History spans five millennia in a sweeping narrative that tells the story of the peoples of the subcontinent, from their ancient beginnings in the valley of the Indus to the events...
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Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West

Raymond Ibrahim · Da Capo Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

A sweeping history of the often-violent conflict between Islam and the West, shedding a revealing light on current hostilities The West and Islam-the sword and scimitar-have clashed since the mid-seventh century, when, according to Muslim tradition, the Roman emperor rejected Prophet Muhammad's...
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The Great Pyramid Hoax: The Conspiracy to Conceal the True History of Ancient Egypt

Scott Creighton · Bear & Co
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

Reveals how the only hard evidence that dates the Great Pyramid--the quarry marks discovered by Colonel Vyse in 1837--was forged * Includes evidence from the time of the discovery of the marks: Vyse's private field notes, surveys, facsimile drawings, and eye-witness testimony * Explains...
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The Qur'an

M A Abdel Haleem · Oxford University Press
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback

One of the most influential books in the history of literature, recognized as the greatest literary masterpiece in Arabic, the Qur'an is the supreme authority and living source of all Islamic teaching, the sacred text that sets out the creed, rituals, ethics, and laws of Islam. Yet despite...
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Living a Jewish Life, Updated and Revised Edition: Jewish Traditions, Customs, and Values for Today's Families

Anita Diamant · Harper
Pages: 308
Format: Print book

Living a Jewish Life describes Judaism as not just a contemplative or abstract system of thought but as a blueprint for living fully and honorably. This new edition builds on the classic guide, which has been a favorite among Jewish educators and students for years. Enriched with additional...
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A Call for Revolution: A Vision for the Future

DALAI LAMA · William Morrow
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

A RALLYING CRY FOR THE WHOLE WORLD, BY ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED LEADERS OF OUR TROUBLED TIMES. This eloquent, impassioned manifesto is possibly the most important message The Dalai Lama can give us about the future of our world. It's his rallying cry, full of solutions for our chaotic,...
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Inside The Black Vault: The Government's UFO Secrets Revealed

Jr. Greenewald · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

The evidence in this book may not ultimately give you the "smoking gun" you are looking for on your journey, but I guarantee it will give you a box of bullets when you find it.In 1996, John Greenewald, Jr. began researching the secret inner workings of the U.S. Government at the age of fifteen....
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Trucker Ghost Stories: And Other True Tales of Haunted Highways, Weird Encounters, and Legends of the Road

Annie Wilder · Tor
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Trucker Ghost Stories: a uniquely entertaining book by rising star Anne Wilder, about uncanny true tales of haunted highways, weird encounters, and legends of the road.It may have happened to you; it's happened to almost everyone who's ever driven down a highway at night, or in the fog,...
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