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Stoicism is an enduring and ancient philosophy that can help you with everything from love and politics to money and spirituality. The Stoics were celebrated by the Romans, they influenced Christianity and even Shakespeare admired them. Today, both therapists and politicians will profess adherence to the Stoic creed. The “serenity prayer” is a Stoic statement. The Beatles’ “Let it Be” is a Stoic song.

"Consciousness is what makes the mind-body problem really intractable." So begins Thomas Nagel's classic 1974 essay "What is it Like to be a Bat?" Nagel's essay initiated the now widespread attention to consciousness as a central problem for philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience; it also influenced the recognition of the consciousness of nonhuman creatures as an important subject of study.

This volume one compilation includes all of the first five books in the series, including Human Invisibility, Invulnerability and Shielding, Teleportation, Psychokinesis, and Our Energy Body, Auras, and Thoughtforms.

Since the publication of The Prince five centuries ago, Machiavelli has been associated with political amorality. But that characterization is unfair. In Be Like the Fox, Erica Benner sets the record straight: far from the ruthless "Machiavellian" henchman that people think he was, Machiavelli emerges here as a profound ethical thinker who fought to uphold high moral standards and restore the democratic freedoms of his beloved Florence.

Flanagan has firsthand knowledge of what it is like to be an addict. That experience informs this important and novel work. He pairs the sciences that study addiction with a sophisticated view of the consciousness-brain/body relation to make his core argument: that substance addictions comprise a heterogeneous set of "psychobiosocial" behavioral disorders. He explains that substance addictions do not have one set of causes, such as self-medication or social dislocation, and they do not have one neural profile, such as a dysfunction in dopamine system.

This isn’t a book about managing money — it’s about remembering the parts of yourself success made you forget. It’s about the quiet moment so many women reach when she realizes the life she built looks right, but no longer feels true. Rich Like Her follows four women in transition — each standing at the intersection of power, success, and wealth, asking what it really means to live on her own terms.

So how do you become a genius? The widely accepted notion is that you're either born with a genius IQ or you're not. However, being a genius has little to do with your level of intelligence. Everybody has his or her own form of genius. The key is learning how to unlock that inner genius of yours. Within Instant Genius you will learn how to easily create a custom "genius trigger button", how to channel your inner genius through the power of your subconscious mind, and how to use personalized "visual mental imprints" as your sources of inspiration.