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06.11.2021

“To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death” by Mark O’Connell

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"To Be a Machine: Adventures Among Cyborgs, Utopians, Hackers, and the Futurists Solving the Modest Problem of Death" by Mark O'Connell
"Transhumanism is a movement pushing the limits of our bodies—our capabilities, intelligence, and lifespans—in the hopes that, through technology, we can become something better than ourselves. It has found support among Silicon Valley billionaires and some of the world’s biggest businesses. In To Be a Machine, journalist Mark O'Connell explores the staggering possibilities and moral quandaries that present themselves when you of think of your body as a device. He visits the world's foremost cryonics facility to witness how some have chosen to forestall death. He discovers an underground collective of biohackers, implanting electronics under their skin to enhance their senses. He meets a team of scientists urgently investigating how to protect mankind from...>>
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06.11.2021

“The Chaos of Origins” by Anton Parks

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"The Chaos of Origins" by Anton Parks
"In this essay, thanks to exegesis, Anton Parks reveals a preserved knowledge belonging to the past. His compilation of ancient texts restores an exceptional message from our origins. Anton Parks transcripted all the most important texts linked to Creation : it's the essential key to understand the versions of Genesis, progressively made inconsistent as its was rewritten and altered. For the first time, you will successively discover in these pages all the rabbinical, Gnostic, apocryphal and intertestamentary versions as well as the restored descriptions of mythical figures such as Lilith and his twin Samael, Lucifer, the primordial Adam and the multiple Eve, the Serpent and the Angels ... The Mother Goddess, the perpetual conflict between YHVH, destructive...>>
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06.11.2021

“The Mastery of Life: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom” by Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.

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"The Mastery of Life: A Toltec Guide to Personal Freedom" by Don Miguel Ruiz Jr.
"Outside Mexico City lies the ancient pyramid complex of Teotihuacan, which, according to the oral tradition of the Ruiz family, is the spiritual center for the Toltec people. For over twenty years, don Miguel Ruiz Jr. has been traveling to Teotihuacan to teach others about the powerful mysteries found there. In The Mastery of Life, Ruiz explains how the sacred pyramids and plazas of Teotihuacan act as symbolic stops on the transformative path of Toltec Warriors—those who apply the teachings of the Toltecs in their own lives to win the inner war against the forces of domestication, fear, and self-judgment. At the same time, he guides you on your own inner journey, helping you to...>>
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06.11.2021

“The Art of War Landmark Edition: The Classic of Strategy with Historical Notes and Introduction by PEN Award-Winning Author Mitch Horowitz” by Sun Tzu and Mitch Horowitz

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"The Art of War Landmark Edition: The Classic of Strategy with Historical Notes and Introduction by PEN Award-Winning Author Mitch Horowitz" by Sun Tzu and Mitch Horowitz
"Discover the True Meaning of Victory! The Art of War is one of the most widely read classics of history—and one of the most practical works of philosophy ever written. Now, for the first time, this “landmark edition” presents the unparalleled 1910 translation by British sinologist Lionel Giles (1875-1958) along with Giles’ equally potent 1905 translation of the Tao Te Ching, the work upon which The Art of War stands, for a complete and transformative experience of martial wisdom. PEN Award-winning historian Mitch Horowitz introduces and annotates this volume, highlighting the complementary insights of The Art of War and the Tao Te Ching. Mitch’s footnotes clarify the meaning and context of The Art of War,...>>
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06.11.2021

“The Path: A New Way to Think About Everything” by Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh

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"The Path: A New Way to Think About Everything" by Michael Puett and Christine Gross-Loh
"The first book of its kind, The Path offers a profound guide to living well through making small changes to our everyday routines. Covering subjects from decision-making to relationships, it shows how actions from greeting others and playing with children to running meetings can be opportunities to become happier and more productive. The authors show that we live well not by "finding" ourselves and slavishly following a grand plan, as so much of Western thought would have us believe, but rather through a path of self-cultivation and engagement with the world. Believing in a "true self" only restricts what we can become — and tiny changes, from how we think about careers to how we...>>
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