18 Best Eastern Books
Eastern is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Eastern audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 18 Eastern audiobooks below.
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Tao Te Ching
- By: Stephen Mitchell
- Narrator: Stephen Mitchell
- Length: 1 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 17, 2007
- Language: English
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4.3(2234 ratings)
4.3(2234 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDIn 81 brief chapters, Lao-Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, provides advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit, and teaches us how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being inIn 81 brief chapters, Lao-Tzu’s Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, provides advice that imparts balance and perspective, a serene and generous spirit, and teaches us how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao–the basic principle of the universe.
Stephen Mitchell’s bestselling version has been widely acclaimed as a gift to contemporary culture.
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Creating True Peace
- By: Thich Nhat Hanh
- Narrator: Michael York
- Length: 4 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2003
- Language: English
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4.3(702 ratings)
4.3(702 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.95 USDCreating True Peace is both a profound work of spiritual guidance and a practical blueprint for peaceful inner change and global change. It is Thich Nhat Hanh’s answer to our deep-rooted crisis of violence and our feelings of helplessness,Creating True Peace is both a profound work of spiritual guidance and a practical blueprint for peaceful inner change and global change. It is Thich Nhat Hanh’s answer to our deep-rooted crisis of violence and our feelings of helplessness, victimization, and fear.
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As a world-renowned writer, scholar, spiritual leader, and Zen Buddhist monk, Thich Nhat Hanh was one of the most visible, revered activists for peace and Engaged Buddhism—the practice he created that combines mindful living and social action. Having lived through two wars in his native Vietnam, he works to prevent conflict of all kinds— from the internal violence of individual thoughts to interpersonal and international aggression.
Now, in perhaps his most important work, Thich Nhat Hanh uses a beautiful blend of visionary insight, inspiring stories of peacemaking, and a combination of meditation practices and instruction to show us how to take Right Action. A book for people of all faiths, it is a magnum opus—a compendium of peace practices that can help anyone practice nonviolent thought and behavior, even in the midst of world upheaval.
More than any of his previous books, Creating True Peace tells stories of Thich Nhat Hanh and his students practicing peace during wartime. These demonstrate that violence is an outmoded response we can no longer afford. The simple, but powerful daily actions and everyday interactions that Thich Nhat Hanh recommends can root out violence where it lives in our hearts and minds and help us discover the power to create peace at every level of life—personal, family, neighborhood, community, state, nation, and world.
Whether dealing with extreme emotions and challenging situations or managing interpersonal and international conflicts, Thich Nhat Hanh relied on the 2,600-year-old traditional wisdom and scholarship of the Buddha, as well as other great scriptures. He teaches us to look more deeply into our thoughts and lives so that we can know what to do and what not to do to transform them into something better. With a combination of courage, sweetness, and candor, he tells us that we can make a difference; we are not helpless; we can create peace here and now. Creating True Peace shows us how. -
The Price of Freedom
- By: Alex Domokos
- Narrator: Vanessa Benjamin
- Length: 11 hours 10 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2010
- Language: English
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4.24(16 ratings)
4.24(16 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0020.95 USDThe price of this man’s freedom included the traumatic separation from his baby daughter. Alex Domokos wrote this memoir of his years during and after World War II with two purposes in mind: to allow his daughter a glimpse into his past, andThe price of this man’s freedom included the traumatic separation from his baby daughter. Alex Domokos wrote this memoir of his years during and after World War II with two purposes in mind: to allow his daughter a glimpse into his past, and to enlighten others about the tragedy of his homeland, Hungary.
The sufferings that plagued the Hungarian people began with the unjust peace settlements after World War I and continued through World War II and its aftermath. He believes that, as victors of World War II, the people of the West must look more deeply into the effects of war on the vanquished.
His memoir, beginning in 1951 in Budapest, Hungary, and carrying through to 1962 in Winnipeg, Canada, includes flashbacks to years before and reminiscences of his experiences as a policeman, a POW, a deportee, a husband, and a father. The narrative is engagingly heartfelt, the people real, and the events—the escapes, the encounters, the endurance, and the foreboding—are full of the human emotions that we all can relate to.
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Chernobyl
- By: Serhii Plokhy
- Narrator: Ralph Lister
- Length: 14 hours 52 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: May 15, 2018
- Language: English
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4.23(4717 ratings)
4.23(4717 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDA Chernobyl survivor and the New York Times bestselling author of The Gates of Europe “mercilessly chronicles the absurdities of the Soviet system” in this “vividly empathetic” account of the worst nuclear accident in historyA Chernobyl survivor and the New York Times bestselling author of The Gates of Europe “mercilessly chronicles the absurdities of the Soviet system” in this “vividly empathetic” account of the worst nuclear accident in history (Wall Street Journal).
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On the morning of April 26, 1986, Europe witnessed the worst nuclear disaster in history: the explosion of a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine. Dozens died of radiation poisoning, fallout contaminated half the continent, and thousands fell ill.
In Chernobyl, Serhii Plokhy draws on new sources to tell the dramatic stories of the firefighters, scientists, and soldiers who heroically extinguished the nuclear inferno. He lays bare the flaws of the Soviet nuclear industry, tracing the disaster to the authoritarian character of the Communist party rule, the regime’s control over scientific information, and its emphasis on economic development over all else.
Today, the risk of another Chernobyl looms in the mismanagement of nuclear power in the developing world. A moving and definitive account, Chernobyl is also an urgent call to action. -
The Wisdom of Insecurity
- By: Alan Watts
- Narrator: Sean Runnette
- Length: 3 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: March 07, 2016
- Language: English
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4.16(16694 ratings)
4.16(16694 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0010.99 USDAlan W. Watts, renowned for his interpretations of Eastern philosophy for Western audiences, shares timeless principles that have benefitted generations seeking serenity from life’s uncontrollable circumstances in The Wisdom of Insecurity: AAlan W. Watts, renowned for his interpretations of Eastern philosophy for Western audiences, shares timeless principles that have benefitted generations seeking serenity from life’s uncontrollable circumstances in The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety.
When we spend our emotional energy reliving the past and worrying about the future, we lose the only moments we truly have in the here and now. Drawing from Eastern thought and religion, Watts reveals that the secret to living a fulfilling life is to live for today. Our quest to achieve a completely stable and secure environment is fueling our anxieties. Only by acknowledging the truth–that we cannot predict tomorrow’s events and outcomes–will enable us find and cherish our joys in the present.
“Perhaps the foremost interpreter of Eastern disciplines for the contemporary West, Watts had the rare gift of ‘writing beautifully the unwritable.'”–Los Angeles Times
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Psychotherapy East and West
- By: Alan Watts
- Narrator: Jeremy Arthur
- Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: March 19, 2019
- Language: English
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4.14(793 ratings)
4.14(793 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDBefore he became a counterculture hero, Alan Watts was known as an incisive scholar of Eastern and Western psychology and philosophy. In this 1961 classic, Watts demonstrates his deep understanding of both Western psychotherapy and the EasternBefore he became a counterculture hero, Alan Watts was known as an incisive scholar of Eastern and Western psychology and philosophy. In this 1961 classic, Watts demonstrates his deep understanding of both Western psychotherapy and the Eastern spiritual philosophies of Buddhism, Taoism, Vedanta, and Yoga.
He examines the problem of humans in a seemingly hostile universe in ways that question the social norms and illusions that bind and constrict modern humans. Marking a groundbreaking synthesis, Watts asserts that the powerful insights of Freud and Jung, which had, indeed, brought psychiatry close to the edge of liberation, could, if melded with the hitherto secret wisdom of the Eastern traditions, free people from their battles with the self. When psychotherapy merely helps us adjust to social norms, Watts argued, it falls short of true liberation, while Eastern philosophy seeks our natural relation to the cosmos.
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A Call for Revolution
- By: Dalai Lama
- Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 1 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: November 13, 2018
- Language: English
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4.1(1140 ratings)
4.1(1140 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.002.99 USDA 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 hisA 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, aggressive, divided times: no less than a call for revolution.
Are we ready to hear it?
Are we ready to act?
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You Are Enough
- By: Panache Desai
- Narrator: Panache Desai
- Length: 4 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: February 25, 2020
- Language: English
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4.09(192 ratings)
4.09(192 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDA spiritual thought-leader and featured guest on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday helps us learn to quiet fear and anxiety and discover the powerful wholeness that exists within us all in this inspiring and affirmative guide. Achieving equilibrium inA spiritual thought-leader and featured guest on Oprah’s SuperSoul Sunday helps us learn to quiet fear and anxiety and discover the powerful wholeness that exists within us all in this inspiring and affirmative guide.
Achieving equilibrium in today’s age of anxiety can seem like a near-impossible–even frivolous–task. Panache Desai offers a refreshing, surprisingly unusual approach to meet the challenges of the modern moment and heal the fractured self it produces.
For Desai, the soul–whole, unbroken, at peace, and one with the life source–isn’t a destination. It already exists within each of us, just waiting to be revealed. It is not something we have to work to develop–it is our birthright. And when we are in union with our soul, we experience a personal evolution that not only illuminates our individual cosmic purpose but helps us to engage the sense of purpose and presence necessary to remake the world itself.
You Are Enough offers a straightforward, non-judgmental, and approachable process of revealing the soul, of coming into alignment and harmony with our true selves. Combining personal narrative, clear and inspiring philosophy, and prescriptive practices, it reveals that the way through is the way in–that the way through fear, self-doubt, and anxiety is accepting and embracing dissonance and emotional and psychological blockages, so that we can approach our lives and the world from a perspective that understands our fears are not who we are. Desai’s goal is simple: to guide readers through radical self-acceptance toward a life of ultimate peace and fulfillment.
Beautifully designed, this enlightening volume by a fresh voice shows us that while life may have caused us to forget our power, potential, light, and love, they are always there, just waiting to be discovered.
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The Lost
- By: Daniel Mendelsohn
- Narrator: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 22 hours 19 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2016
- Language: English
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4.02(5399 ratings)
4.02(5399 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.95 USDIn this rich and riveting narrative, a writer’s search for the truth behind his family’s tragic past in World War II becomes a remarkably original epic–part memoir, part reportage, part mystery, and part scholarly detectiveIn this rich and riveting narrative, a writer’s search for the truth behind his family’s tragic past in World War II becomes a remarkably original epic–part memoir, part reportage, part mystery, and part scholarly detective work–that brilliantly explores the nature of time and memory, family and history.
The Lost begins as the story of a boy who grew up in a family haunted by the disappearance of six relatives during the Holocaust–an unmentionable subject that gripped his imagination from earliest childhood. Decades later, spurred by the discovery of a cache of desperate letters written to his grandfather in 1939 and tantalized by fragmentary tales of a terrible betrayal, Daniel Mendelsohn sets out to find the remaining eyewitnesses to his relatives’ fates. That quest eventually takes him to a dozen countries on four continents and forces him to confront the wrenching discrepancies between the histories we live and the stories we tell. And it leads him, finally, back to the small Ukrainian town where his family’s story began and where the solution to a decades-old mystery awaits him.
Deftly moving between past and present, interweaving a world-wandering odyssey with childhood memories of a now-lost generation of immigrant Jews and provocative ruminations on biblical texts and Jewish history, The Lost transforms the story of one family into a profound, morally searching meditation on our fragile hold on the past. Deeply personal, grippingly suspenseful, and beautifully written, this literary tour de force illuminates all that is lost, and found, in the passage of time.
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Prague Winter
- By: Madeleine Albright
- Narrator: Madeleine Albright
- Length: 15 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 24, 2012
- Language: English
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4.02(5540 ratings)
4.02(5540 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0028.99 USD“A riveting tale of her family’s experience in Europe during World War II [and] a well-wrought political history of the region, told with great authority. . . . More than a memoir, this is a book of facts and action, a chronicle of a war“A riveting tale of her family’s experience in Europe during World War II [and] a well-wrought political history of the region, told with great authority. . . . More than a memoir, this is a book of facts and action, a chronicle of a war in progress from a partisan faithful to the idea of Czechoslovakian democracy.” — Los Angeles Times
Drawn from her own memory, her parents’ written reflections, and interviews with contemporaries, the former US Secretary of State and New York Times bestselling author Madeleine Albright’s tale that is by turns harrowing and inspiring
Before she turned twelve, Madeleine Albright’s life was shaken by some of the most cataclysmic events of the 20th century: the Nazi invasion of her native Prague, the Battle of Britain, the attempted genocide of European Jewry, the allied victory in World War II, the rise of communism, and the onset of the Cold War.
In Prague Winter, Albright reflects on her discovery of her family’s Jewish heritage many decades after the war, on her Czech homeland’s tangled history, and on the stark moral choices faced by her parents and their generation. Often relying on eyewitness descriptions, she tells the story of how millions of ordinary citizens were ripped from familiar surroundings and forced into new roles as exile leaders and freedom fighters, resistance organizers and collaborators, victims and killers. These events of enormous complexity are shaped by concepts familiar to any growing child: fear, trust, adaptation, the search for identity, the pressure to conform, the quest for independence, and the difference between right and wrong.
Prague Winter is an exploration of the past with timeless dilemmas in mind, a journey with universal lessons that is simultaneously a deeply personal memoir and an incisive work of history. It serves as a guide to the future through the lessons of the past, as seen through the eyes of one of the international community’s most respected and fascinating figures in history. Albright and her family’s experiences provide an intensely human lens through which to view the most political and tumultuous years in modern history.
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The Art of War
- By: Sun Tzu
- Narrator: Mel Foster
- Length: 1 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Public Domain
- Publish date: December 06, 2016
- Language: English
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3.97(340492 ratings)
3.97(340492 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.007.99 USDDating back to the 5th century B.C.,The Art of War is an ancient Chinese text on military strategy whose teachings have become very influential and popular in the west. Though authorship is attributed to Sun Tzu (Master Sun), many scholars believeDating back to the 5th century B.C.,The Art of War is an ancient Chinese text on military strategy whose teachings have become very influential and popular in the west. Though authorship is attributed to Sun Tzu (Master Sun), many scholars believe the bulk of the text was written by his descendant Sun Bin, who lived some hundred years later. Its thirteen chapters cover such topics as Planning, Weaknesses and Strengths, Terrain, and Intelligence and Espionage. Popular with military thinkers, business leaders and entertainers alike, The Art of War is an essential tome on strategy that is remarkably relevant today despite its ancient origins.
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The Art of War
- By: Sun Tzu
- Narrator: Ray Porter
- Length: 9 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2008
- Language: English
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3.97(340492 ratings)
3.97(340492 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDMaster Sun said: “Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.” For more than two thousand years, The Art of War has stood as a cornerstone of Chinese culture, a lucid text thatMaster Sun said: “Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.”
For more than two thousand years, The Art of War has stood as a cornerstone of Chinese culture, a lucid text that reveals as much about psychology, politics, and economics as it does about battlefield strategy. For those seeking a deeper understanding of this seminal work, scholar John Minford brings the words of Sun-tzu to life for modern listeners, presenting the core text in two formats:
Part I: The original text by Sun-tzuRay Porter reads the unadorned thirteen chapters, allowing listeners to form their own first impressions of the ancient words of wisdom ascribed to Sun-tzu.
Part II: The original text with running commentaryRead by Ray Porter and Lorna Raver, the original text is presented again, this time with extensive running commentary by traditional Chinese scholars and the translator, providing context and subtext for the work. Included is a lively, learned introduction, read by Lorna Raver, in which Minford explores the life and times of Sun-tzu and considers how best to read and understand the work today.
Even those readers familiar with The Art of War will experience it anew, finding it more fascinating and more relevant than ever.
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Underground in Berlin
- By: Marie Jalowicz Simon
- Narrator: Ellen Archer
- Length: 11 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 08, 2015
- Language: English
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3.78(1051 ratings)
3.78(1051 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDA thrilling piece of undiscovered history, this is the true account of a young Jewish woman who survived World War II in Berlin. In 1942, Marie Jalowicz, a twenty-year-old Jewish Berliner, made the extraordinary decision to do everything in herA thrilling piece of undiscovered history, this is the true account of a young Jewish woman who survived World War II in Berlin.... Read moreIn 1942, Marie Jalowicz, a twenty-year-old Jewish Berliner, made the extraordinary decision to do everything in her power to avoid the concentration camps. She removed her yellow star, took on an assumed identity, and disappeared into the city.
In the years that followed, Marie took shelter wherever it was offered, living with the strangest of bedfellows, from circus performers and committed communists to convinced Nazis. As Marie quickly learned, however, compassion and cruelty are very often two sides of the same coin.
Fifty years later, Marie agreed to tell her story for the first time. Told in her own voice with unflinching honesty, Underground in Berlin is a book like no other, of the surreal, sometimes absurd day-to-day life in wartime Berlin. This might be just one woman’s story, but it gives an unparalleled glimpse into what it truly means to be human.
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The Ruler’s Guide
- By: Chinghua Tang
- Narrator: Raymond J. Lee
- Length: 3 hours 35 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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3.76(145 ratings)
3.76(145 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDIn the classic tradition of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, here for the first time in English is the timeless wisdom of China’s greatest emperor Tang Taizong (598-649 AD), which is still being studied more than 1,300 years later as anIn the classic tradition of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War, here for the first time in English is the timeless wisdom of China’s greatest emperor Tang Taizong (598-649 AD), which is still being studied more than 1,300 years later as an invaluable guide to leading and managing.
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Tang Taizong is arguably the greatest Emperor in Chinese history. In Asia, many historians rank him with such rulers as Augustus, Genghis Khan, and Napoleon. When he founded the Tang dynasty, Taizong was only twenty-eight years old, and his chief accomplishments were on the battlefield, where he personally slew 1,000 of the enemy. Ultimately, he would defeat the descendants of Attila the Hun, open up the Silk Road trading route, create a golden age of prosperity and cosmopolitan culture, preside over a society in which women enjoyed higher status, and allow Christianity and Islam into China for the first time as well as introduce Buddhism into Tibet. His dynasty would last 300 years.
Here, author Chinghua Tang presents conversations between Taizong and his gifted advisers that reveal core aspects of leadership, among them: how to appraise oneself and assess others, how to enhance organizational effectiveness, how to compete with rivals, how to grow power and influence without losing the respect of others, how to learn from the rise and fall of predecessors, and how to craft one’s legacy.
An indispensable guide that is as relevant for a middle-manager, military commander, or athletic coach as for a school principal, political leader, or over-stressed parent, The Ruler’s Guide doesn’t just reveal the insights that have kept Taizong’s legacy alive, it spells out how that wisdom is a match for today’s fast-paced, ever changing world. -
Awakening in the Dream
- By: David Wilcock
- Narrator: David Wilcock
- Length: 23 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: August 25, 2020
- Language: English
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3.66(162 ratings)
3.66(162 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0029.99 USDNew York Times bestselling author David Wilcock’s latest captivating work of nonfiction, exploring new hidden truths about extraterrestrials, dreams, sacred science, channeling your Higher Self, and Ascension What happens when a UFONew York Times bestselling author David Wilcock’s latest captivating work of nonfiction, exploring new
hidden truths about extraterrestrials, dreams, sacred science, channeling your Higher Self, and AscensionWhat happens when a UFO researcher suddenly comes into telepathic contact with the very beings he has been so
avidly studying, after years of increasingly provocative dreams? What happens when these telepathic “readings” begin
predicting the future with astonishing precision–and speaking about an incredible upcoming event in which all life
in our solar system will undergo a spontaneous transfiguration?David Wilcock is a master at weaving together cutting-edge alternative science, shocking insider information, and
his own personal experiences to reveal stunning truths about humanity, positive and negative extraterrestrials, lost
civilizations, and the universe we share. In Awakening in the Dream, David once again combines his extensive research,
the Law of One series, new insider revelations, and his own connection with the divine to bring humanity closer to full
disclosure than ever before–as well as to help us activate our full potential on the eve of Ascension.A New York Times bestselling author, TV personality, filmmaker, lecturer, and consciousness expert, David is the
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perfect person to guide us through the hidden realities of our world. With its myriad information, anecdotes, “big
picture” comparative analysis with more than 500 references, and trustworthy messages channeled directly from the
highest-level angelic sources, including a remarkable set of future prophecies built into the Great Pyramid itself,
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The Danube
- By: Nick Thorpe
- Narrator: Nick Thorpe
- Length: 13 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
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3.43(112 ratings)
3.43(112 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDThe author takes us on an unexpected journey up the Danube, where we encounter a remarkable and unfamiliar world The magnificent Danube both cuts across and connects central Europe, flowing through and alongside ten countries: Romania, Ukraine,The author takes us on an unexpected journey up the Danube, where we encounter a remarkable and unfamiliar world
The magnificent Danube both cuts across and connects central Europe, flowing through and alongside ten countries: Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, and Germany. Traveling its full length from east to west, against the river’s flow, Nick Thorpe embarks on an inspiring year-long journey that leads to a new perspective on Europe today. Thorpe’s account is personal, conversational, funny, immediate, and uniquely observant–everything a reader expects in the best travel writing.
Immersing himself in the Danube’s waters during daily morning swims, Thorpe likewise becomes immersed in the histories of the lands linked by the river. He observes the river’s ecological conditions, some discouraging and others hopeful, and encounters archaeological remains that whisper of human communities sustained by the river over eight millennia. Most fascinating of all are the ordinary and extraordinary people along the way–the ferrymen and fishermen, workers in the fields, shopkeepers, beekeepers, waitresses, smugglers and border policemen, legal and illegal immigrants, and many more. For readers who anticipate their own journeys on the Danube, as well as those who only dream of seeing the great river, this book will be a unique and treasured guide.
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Poland
- By: Victoria Varga
- Narrator: Peter Hackes
- Length: 2 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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3.4(38 ratings)
3.4(38 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0011.95 USDThe breakdown of Europe’s Eastern Bloc proves that the map of Europe cannot be redrawn merely to serve political ends. Perhaps no country illustrates this more clearly than Poland, whose borders often have been a negotiating tool of the BigThe breakdown of Europe’s Eastern Bloc proves that the map of Europe cannot be redrawn merely to serve political ends. Perhaps no country illustrates this more clearly than Poland, whose borders often have been a negotiating tool of the Big Powers. This presentation enlightens our understanding of the current drama in Eastern Europe.
The World’s Political Hot Spots series explains the basis of conflicts in some of the world’s most politically sensitive areas. Many of these regions are in today’s headlines, and tensions recently have become violent in virtually all of them. Each presentation covers up to ten centuries of background, revealing how and why today’s problems occur.
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Shinto and Japanese New Religions
- By: Byron Earhart
- Narrator: Ben Kingsley
- Length: 2 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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3.2(66 ratings)
3.2(66 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0011.95 USDThe traditional religion known as Shinto was present in Japan from prehistoric times, long before Buddhism and other traditions arrived from the Asian continent. Shrine Shinto, centered around local shrines and seasonal festivals, has greatlyThe traditional religion known as Shinto was present in Japan from prehistoric times, long before Buddhism and other traditions arrived from the Asian continent. Shrine Shinto, centered around local shrines and seasonal festivals, has greatly influenced Japanese culture. Sect Shinto is characterized by more highly organized institutions, which attract many members; folk Shinto consists of beliefs and practices apart from these institutions, especially in the home. This presentation also discusses the dynamic new Japanese religions formed during the last century and a half.
The Religion, Scriptures, and Spirituality series describes the beliefs, religious practices, and the spiritual and moral commitments of the world’s great religious traditions. It also describes a religion’s way of understanding scripture, identifies its outstanding thinkers, and discusses its attitude and relationship to society.
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