English for Business Meetings

Dr. Jef McQuillan và Dr. Lucy Tse, "English for Business Meetings "
Dr. Jef McQuillan và Dr. Lucy Tse 2007 ISBN: N/A 121 pages: 5 h 10 min PDF+mp3 147 MB

No matter what kind of meeting you attend or business you work in, this course covers important business vocabulary useful for anyone wanting to communicate better in an English-speaking professional setting.
Audio for Each Lesson
Part 1 – Listen to a dialog or story for a formal business meeting (slow)
Part 2 – Listen to an explanation of the dialog and the vocabulary used
Part 3 – Listen to a dialog or story at native-speaker rate (fast)
Part 4 – Listen to a dialog or story for an informal business meeting (slow)
Part 5 – Listen to an explanation of the dialog and the vocabulary used
Part 6 – Listen to a dialog or story for an informal business meeting (fast)
Learning Guide for Each Lesson
Part 1 – Text of the formal and informal business meetings
Part 2 – Glossary:
a) Definitions of vocabulary in each formal and informal meeting
b) Sample sentences using vocabulary from the formal and informal meetings
Part 3 – Transcript of the entire lesson with every word spoken in the lesson

Lesson 1 - Starting a meeting
Lesson 2 - Introducing the participants
Lesson 3 - Beginning a presentation/Outlining the agenda
Lesson 4 - Giving a presentation - Part A
Lesson 5 - Giving a presentation (talking about visuals) - Part B
Lesson 6 - Ending a presentation
Lesson 7 - Managing a discussion
Lesson 8 - Taking questions
Lesson 9 - Ending a topic/Planning for the future
Lesson 10 - Ending a meeting

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Benjamin Franklin (Portable Professor)

Benjamin Franklin (Portable Professor)
Barnes & Noble (2004) | ISBN: 0760750211 | 121 pages: 5 h 10 min | PDF+mp3 | 147 MB

A university-level course on the life and impact of Benjamin Franklin, as taught by H.W. Brands, author of The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin.

H.W. Brands writes great history books and he is also a very engaging speaker. He has made numerous appearances on C-SPAN to talk about various historical subjects. I didn't know if I would like the "Portable Professor" b/c, from what I can tell, its just an author giving lectures to a microphone. There seems to be no audience. Usually this makes for poor lectures. While I can't speak for the other Portable Professor products, this one by Brands on Benjamin Franklin is excellent. Brands is very interesting, regardless of who is listening. If you like American History, I promise you will not be disappointed with Dr. Brands.




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Complete First Certificate (new Edition 2008) Student's Book with Key + CD-ROM + Class Audio CD + Workbook + Teacher's book

Complete First Certificate (new Edition 2008) Student's Book with Key + CD-ROM + Class Audio CD + Workbook + Teacher's book
Publisher: Cambridge Author: Guy Brook-Hart 2008 ISBN: 9780521698276 262 pages File Type: PDF+MP3
File Size: 193 MB + 85 MB + 95 MB (SB+CD1+CD2), 5 MB + 72 MB (WB + Audio), 9 MB (TB), 96.7 MB (CD-ROM)

Complete First Certificate is a new course for the 2008 revised FCE exam. Informed by the Cambridge Learner Corpus and providing a complete FCE exam paper specially prepared for publication by Cambridge ESOL, it is the most authentic exam preparation course available.

Complete First Certificate combines the very best in contemporary classroom practice with first-hand knowledge of the challenges students face. There are exercises to help students avoid repeating the typical mistakes that real FCE candidates make, as revealed by the Cambridge Learner Corpus. This topic-based course covers every part of the FCE exam in detail, ensuring that students are fully equipped to tackle each part of every paper. In addition, the accompanying free CD-ROM enables students to focus on their own particular areas of difficulty and work at their own pace.

There is a Student's Book with answers and CD-ROM edition so students can study on their own or in class.

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Force: The Key to Capturing Life Through Drawing [Tutorial]

Force: The Key to Capturing Life Through Drawing [Tutorial] | 367 MB
Trainer: Michael Mattesi | Over 30 videos of drawings lessons | For Windows and Mac only

Prepare to experience a brand new thought process on the drawing of life and the expression of energy. This important concept is also the least talked about subject in figure drawing classes today. Artist Michael Mattesi is your guide on an exciting and provocative journey through multiple methods of thinking using easy to understand critiques of dynamic drawings. Learn to approach drawing through Michael's groundbreaking theory about force and its relationship to: Rhythm, Form Shape Clothing Reportage Animals.

Animate objects are always full of Force. No matter how still a body may seem, there are always forces to comprehend and address. Participate in Michael's web forums and online instruction through critiques and video examples at www.drawingforce.com


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Jeremy Siepmaan, Beethoven: His Life and Works (Life and Works) [Audiobook]

Jeremy Siepmaan, Beethoven: His Life and Works (Life and Works) [Audiobook]
Naxos 2007 ISBN 1843790912 Running Time: 4h 56m MP3 377 MB


For many people, Beethoven is the greatest composer who ever lived. In this portrait-in-sound, actors' readings combine with his music to reveal a titanic personality, vulnerable and belligerent, comic and tragic, and above all heroic, as he comes to grips with perhaps the greatest disability a musician can suffer. No man's music is more universal; few men's lives are more inspiring. In every sense but one his modest height he was a giant. The great bonus of this audio-biography is that the development of Beethoven's music can be heard in the context of his life. What did he write in those early, ambitious years when he was at the peak of his musical powers? What did he write when beset with anxiety over his failing hearing? And what was the music that insisted on pouring out of him, even though he couldn't hear it himself? Jeremy Siepmann draws us into the private world of Ludwig van Beethoven, with the composer portrayed with such rugged vividness by Bob Peck.



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The Magic Finger: Complete and Unabridged - Roald Dahl

The Magic Finger: Complete and Unabridged
Publisher: Collins Audio edition 2005 ISBN: 000715898X MP3 21.7 mb

New design for this favourite unabridged story from the grand master of storytelling. Read by Roald Dahl, himself. "Go and stand in the corner," Mrs Winter said. Then I got cross, and I saw red, and I put the Magic Finger on Mrs Winter good and strong, and almost at once...Guess what?...Watch out for the little girl in this story! When someone makes her angry, and when she can't stop herself, she flashes a punishment on them with a magic flashing finger. The results are fantastic, magical and very funny, for readers aged 5+!

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The Magic Finger (Young fiction read alone)
Publisher: Puffin Books; New edition ISBN: 0140371583 edition 1996 PDF 64 pages 3.7 mb
The little girl in this story is very unusual. When someone makes her angry, and when she can't stop herself, she flashes a punishment on them with a magic flashing finger. The results are fantastic, magical and very funny.
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FCE Expert: Students Resource Book with Key (Expert)

FCE Expert: Students Resource Book with Key (Expert)
Pearson Longman (2008) | ISBN 1405880848 | PDF 31.3 MB | MP3 128Kbs: 48.1 MB +48.7 MB

New Edition for the December 2008 exam. The expert series delivers the rigorous exam training and thorough language development that will have your high-achieving students scoring top marks every time.

* Assure your students of exam success with the integrated exam tips and strategies as well as regular review sections
* Build your students writing and speaking skills with the thorough, step-by-step skills development activities
* Encourage self study using the extensive reference material including exam material, grammar, writing and functions
* Exam style tasks throughout the course with integrated tips and strategies familiarise students with the exam format


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Grave Secrets - Kathy Reichs

Grave Secrets - Kathy Reichs

凯丝·莱克斯(Kathy Reichs)

Dr. Temperance Brennan, forensic anthropologist for the medical examiners in Montreal and North Carolina, departs from home turf to journey to Guatemala, where her skills will be tested to the limit. It was a summer morning in 1982 when soldiers entered the village of Chupan Ya and rounded up the women and children. Families and neighbors refer to their lost members as "the disappeared". The bodies are said to lie in a mass grave. Tempe brings all her skill to uncover the savagery of the past. But something savage is happening today. Four girls are missing from Guatemala City, including the daughter of a high-ranking government official. When a young archaeologist is brutally murdered, Tempe realizes that she may be the next victim in a web of intrigue that connects the historical and contemporary murders.


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Stephen King - Carrie - Audiobook

Stephen King - Carrie - Audiobook
Read by Sissy Spacek MP3 24kbpss 7:30 hrs ISBN:0743536983 58 Mb
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Unabridged edition (February 7, 2005)

Stephen King's first published novel offers a warning to bullies in the person of Carrie White, a high school misfit who wreaks her revenge in a now-famous prom scene. While the story is no less fresh today than it was in 1974, this audio edition promises a brand-new introduction from the author. he story is narrated by Sissy Spacek, who played the title role in the movie. While Spacek perfectly understands the protagonist and amply projects both her hopes and misery, this listener found it unsettling to hear a story about Maine natives in a Maine town read in a clear Texas drawl. Spacek's consistency and acting ability somewhat make up for this incongruity, but King's "Mainiacs" still sound more performed than real.

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"Eerie and haunting sheer terror!"
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"Gory and horrifying ...you can't put it down."
-- Chicago Tribune

"Guaranteed to chill you."
-- The New York Times

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Stephen King - The Man in the Black Suit: 4 Dark Tales

Title: [Audiobook] Stephen King - The Man in the Black Suit: 4 Dark Tales
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Another four short stories from EVERYTHING'S EVENTUAL (a 14-story collection) begin with the title piece, read by John Cullum. While his performance of Satan appearing to a little boy captures evil incarnate, the boy's accent--indistinctly Western or Southern--clashes harshly with the story's setting in western Maine. A better choice is "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away," read by Peter Gerety, who nails a traveling salesman's suicidal despair, which is tempered by a flicker of hope burning on the thin wick of his graffiti collection. Becky Ann Baker offers a competent rendering of "You Can Only Say What It Is in French," and Arliss Howard gives a spirited performance of the Dillinger gang on the run.

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《斯蒂芬·金 有声读物合集》(Stephen King)[MP3]
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斯蒂芬·金1947年出生于美国缅因州一贫困家庭。在州立大学学习英国文学。毕业后因工资菲薄而走上写作之路。70年代中期声名渐起，被《纽约时报》誉为“现代恐怖小说大师”。自80年代至90年代以来，历年的美国畅销书排行榜，他的小说总是名列榜首，久居不下。

他是当今世界上读者最多、声名最大的美国小说家。他的每一部作品，都成为好莱坞制片商的抢手货。1979年，在他32岁时，成为全世界作家中首屈一指的亿万富翁。

今天，他的每部作品的版税，均逾千万美金之巨。

金的作品，超越于传统的恐怖小说。他不靠具体的意象来获得恐怖效果，而是通过对事件气氛的营造来震慑读者。金用他那魔鬼般的手指一拨，所有紧绷的心弦都为之轰响，在一阵惊悸又一阵心跳中，带你进入颤栗的深渊。

“对我来说，最佳的效果是读者在阅读我的小说时因心脏病发作而死去。”－斯蒂芬·金

对于史蒂芬．金（Stephen King）这个名字，早已不陌生了。任何一个美国娱乐界影响力榜，或者每一年的文艺界富豪榜上都有他的大名，而且必然名列前茅。年初，这位当今全球最成功的畅销书作家在接受《洛杉矶时报》采访时却表示，在完成手边的写作计划后，年底将正式封笔。这个消息虽然令众多读者泄气，但并不令人震惊，史蒂芬．金欲收山的意图曾不止一次向新闻界透露过。其最大原因是想在颠峰时终止写作生涯，而不是在状态、销量、名声一路下滑时“恶梦般的结束”。当然史蒂芬．金在内心深处仍有无法言说的心事，那就是他十分渴望成为马克．吐温式的大作家，但不管他如何努力，人们总是称他为“恐怖小说家”——无疑，这令他异常沮丧。

史蒂芬．金的离去，我们不仅将读不到他的小说了，而且也将看不到根据他的新作改编的电影了。以往，他的每一部小说几乎都曾搬上过银幕。据说，论原著被改编为影视剧的比率，史蒂芬．金可以排第二，第一则是莎士比亚。的确很多人虽然没读过他的书，却为他的电影痴迷过，其中最著名的是《肖申克的救赎》，最伟大的是《闪灵》，还有许许多多……本文将对根据史蒂芬．金小说改编的经典影片，沿着主题的线索做一个巡礼，或许也可当作你观看“惊悚片”和“悬念片”一个藏宝图。

Stephen King - Apt Pupil (audiobook)

Stephen King - Apt Pupil (audiobook)
Read by Frank Muller Unabridged mp3 24kbps 62 Mb 7 hrs

It doesn't get any better than Frank Muller reading vintage Stephen King! In Apt Pupil, this master of suspense treats his readers to a sinister plot in which a 13-year-old boy, Todd Bowden, becomes completely absorbed by the life and true stories of a former Nazi, Kurt Dussander. When Todd uncovers the identity of a war criminal hiding out in his town, he blackmails Kurt into telling, and reliving, all of the concentration camp horrors so Todd can almost feel what it was like to have been there. The more involved the two become, the deeper and harder it is for Todd to remain the "apt pupil" that he once was. And, of course, the author's (Bag of Bones, Audio Reviews, LJ 12/98) plots always have twists. This audiotape is pure, unadulterated Stephen King; it's "must- have audio" at its best. Highly recommended.

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Audiobook: Stephen King - Blood & Smoke (read by SK)

This is brilliant! It's read by Stephen King himself!
My favourite in this is In The Deathroom, but all of them are good, really.

Stephen King had such fun recording the epic, unabridged audio version of his haunting novel Bag of Bones, he decided to publish the three-story collection Blood and Smoke exclusively on audio. They're horror stories, good and dark, loosely linked by the theme of cigarettes and a macabre humor. The flip-top cigarette-box package is amusingly cool, too.

In the first tale, "Lunch at the Gotham Café," Steve Davis quits smoking two days after his wife dumps him. King cleverly compares the two kinds of withdrawal: obsession blends with emotional flatness, and you're left "with a feeling the world has taken on a decidedly dreamy cast." Driven, Steve meets with his wife and her lawyer at a midtown Manhattan restaurant, where the nightmare begins. "I was pretty sure something was wrong with the maitre d' almost as soon as I saw him," says Steve, and gothic café events soon prove him right.

But the gory denouement actually worked better on the page, in the 1995 book Dark Love. King's two new stories, written directly for audio, outdo the first. In "1408," Mike Enslin, a writer who once studied with Jane Smiley, dreamed of being a Yale Younger Poet, and "starved on the payroll of The Village Voice," is reduced to hacking out stuff like "10 Nights in 10 Haunted Houses." For a follow-up, he visits room 1408 of the film noir-ish Dolphin Hotel. "Five women and one man have jumped from that room's single window, Mr. Enslin," notes the proprietor. "Twelve suicides in 68 years." Ah, but Mike is wearing his "lucky Hawaiian shirt--it's the one with the ghost repellent," and an unlit cigarette is tucked behind his ear.

"In the Deathroom" evokes another scary small space: a bloodstained basement Ministry of Information in which Fletcher, a reporter who quit smoking long ago, asks Escobar and his torturer's assistants--Ramon and a woman who reminds Fletcher of the Bride of Frankenstein--for a last cigarette. Fletcher recognizes the "we don't need no steenkeeng badges" cliché he's trapped in, and is "amazed to discover that one's sense of humor ... could function this far into a state of terror." But when Fletcher takes a drag, "knowing he might be dead before it burned down to the filter," you'll be tense. King's nasal, sarcastic delivery puts you right in there with his horrified protagonists.

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From A Buick by Stephen King [Audio Book]

From A Buick
by Stephen King

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Stephen King, an evil car, and a teenage boy coming to terms with the fragility and randomness of life.... Wait, haven't we read this before? Diehard King fans, worry not. Aside from the titular car playing a main role in the story, From a Buick 8 could not be less like King's 1983 masterpiece, Christine. If anything, this story resembles King's serial novel The Green Mile, with reminiscing police characters flashing back on bizarre events that took place decades earlier.

The book's intriguing plot revolves around the troopers of Pennsylvania State Patrol Troop D, who come into possession of what at first appears to be a vintage automobile. Closer inspection and experimentation conducted by the troopers reveal that this car's doors (and trunk) sometimes open to another dimension populated by gross-out creatures straight out of ... well, a Stephen King novel. As the plot progresses, the veteran troopers' tales of these visits from interdimensional nasties, and the occasional "lightquakes" put on by the car, are passed on to the son of a fallen comrade whose fascination with the car bordered on dangerous obsession.

Unlike earlier King works, there is no active threat here; no monster is stalking the heroes of the story, unless you count the characters' own curiosity. In past books, King has terrorized readers with vampires, werewolves, a killer clown, ghosts, and aliens, but this time around, the bogeyman is a more passive, cerebral threat, and one for which they don't make a ready-to-wear Halloween costume--man's fascination with and fear of the unknown. While some readers may find this tale less exciting than the horror master's earlier works, From a Buick 8 is a wonderful example of how much King's plotting skills and literary finesse have matured over his long career. And, most of all, it's a darn creepy book.
--Benjamin Reese

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恐怖小说之王完成魔幻史诗《黑暗塔》

2004年全年51周里，丹·布朗凭《达·芬奇密码》(Da Vinci Code)在美国《出版商周刊》排行榜榜首位置牢牢盘踞了31周之久。另外还有13本新书曾成为畅销书冠军，但除了史蒂芬·金(Stephen King)的《黑塔系列之7终结篇:黑塔》(The Dark Tower VII The Dark Tower)曾做了三周魁首之外，其他在榜首停留的位置都不过一两周时间。

四年前，美国恐怖惊悚小说之王斯蒂芬·金（Ｓｔｅｐｈｅｎ Ｋｉｎｇ）被一辆普利茅斯小型货车撞倒在地，身负重伤，奄奄一息。数以万计的书迷祈祷：最坏的事情不要发生，让斯蒂芬·金完成《黑暗塔》（Ｔｈｅ Ｄａｒｋ Ｔｏｗｅｒ）这部七卷本的魔幻史诗。不幸中之大幸，斯蒂芬·金缓慢复原，他自己形容说：我和货车“迎头相撞，险些一命呜呼，这促使我重新回到《黑暗塔》，完成最后的三部”。
　　１９７０年在缅因大学读书时，斯蒂芬·金便开始创作《黑暗塔》的第一部《枪手》（Ｔｈｅ Ｇｕｎｓｌｉｎｇｅｒ），１９７８年在《科幻杂志》Ｆａｎｔａｓｙ ａｎｄ Ｓｃｉｅｎｃｅ Ｆｉｃｔｉｏｎ ｍａｇａｚｉｎｅ分五次连载，１９８２年出版单行本。《枪手》的灵感来自托肯恩（Ｊ．Ｒ．Ｒ． Ｔｏｌｋｉｅｎ）的《魔戒》Ｔｈｅ Ｌｏｒｄ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ Ｒｉｎｇｓ和利昂（Ｓｅｒｇｉｏ Ｌｅｏｎ）的《善恶丑》（Ｔｈｅ Ｇｏｏｄ ｔｈｅ Ｂａｄ ａｎｄ ｔｈｅ Ｕｇｌｙ），书名来自布朗宁（Ｒｏｂｅｒｔ Ｂｒｏｗｎｉｎｇ）的长篇叙事诗《罗兰少爷前往黑暗塔》（Ｃｈｉｌｄｅ Ｒｏｌａｎｄ ｔｏ ｔｈｅ Ｄａｒｋ Ｔｏｗｅｒ Ｃａｍｅ）。凭着“年轻人特有的狂热和激情”，斯蒂芬·金要“创作一部流行小说，不仅仅是一部长篇，而且是历史上最长的一部”，书中的主题是托肯恩的寻觅和魔法，背景则是利昂的莽荒西部―苍凉世界，劫后文明，黑暗之塔，时空交错。
　　第二部《三中取一》（Ｔｈｅ Ｄｒａｗｉｎｇ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ Ｔｈｒｅｅ）１９８７年出版，第三部《荒原》（Ｔｈｅ Ｗａｓｔｅ Ｌａｎｄｓ ）１９９１年出版。自从第四部《巫师与玻璃》（Ｗｉｚａｒｄ ａｎｄ Ｇｌａｓｓ）在１９９７年出版后，斯蒂芬·金收到几百位读者的来信，表示他们对故事的进展急不可待，请求作者透露一些线索，其中一名死囚甚至立下毒誓，保证如果知道后绝不外泄，会将秘密带进坟墓，“这简直使我毛骨悚然”，斯蒂芬·金回忆说。
　　在未来的１７个月内，《黑暗塔》最后三部将陆续面世。第五部《卡拉之狼》（Ｗｏｌｖｅｓ ｏｆ ｔｈｅ Ｃａｌｌａ）、第六部《苏珊娜之歌》（Ｓｏｎｇ ｏｆ Ｓｕｓａｎｎａｈ）、第七部《黑暗塔》（Ｄａｒｋ Ｔｏｗｅｒ）将分别于２００３年１１月、２００４年８月和１１月出版。全部完成的七部长达３５００页。
　　在６月２２日，《枪手》的修订版首先由维京出版社（Ｖｉｋｉｎｇ）出版精装本２５美元，羽毛出版社Ｐｌｕｍｅ出版简装本１５．９５美元。在修订本中，几乎每页都有修改，并且增加了三处场景、约３５页的篇幅，重写了与后续几乎毫无关联的原作开头。
　　１９４７年９月２１日，斯蒂芬·金生于美国缅因州的波特兰（Ｐｏｒｔｌａｎｄ）。在他三岁那年，父亲有一天出去买香烟就一去不返。他在七岁写了第一部短篇小说。现年５５岁的斯蒂芬·金已经出版４０本书、２００篇短篇小说，作品销售超过一亿本，翻译成多种语言，被改变成电影、电视剧，１９９４年的《肖申克的救赎》（Ｓｈａｗｓｈａｎｋ Ｒｅｄｅｍｐｔｉｏｎ）获得七项奥斯卡奖提名。斯蒂芬·金是最富有的作家之一，据《富比斯》杂志统计，仅１９９６年他的收入就达８４００万美元。
　　他的《骑在弹头上》（Ｒｉｄｉｎｇ ｔｈｅ ｂｕｌｌｅｔ）是第一本网络出版的小说，２０００年３月在上网发行的头两天，就有５０万份拷贝被下载，一时在美国掀起电子图书风暴。后来，他又自己在网上出版《植物》（Ｔｈｅ Ｐｌａｎｔ），这是第一本集作者、出版商和发行人于一体的网络出版小说。
　　斯蒂芬·金身高６英尺４英寸，体重２００磅。据说他生活节俭，一周仅花２００美元作为休闲活动，他喜欢打扑克、玩保龄球，参加摇滚乐队活动。斯蒂芬·金在１９７１年１月与塔比瑟（Ｔａｂｉｔｈａ Ｓｐｒｕｃｅ）结婚，有三个儿女和三个孙儿女。他与妻子仍然住在缅因州的小镇班戈尔（Ｂａｎｇｏｒ）和中罗维尔（Ｃｅｎｔｅｒ Ｌｏｖｅｌｌ），冬季则前往佛罗里达。他多次提及自己在考虑退休，但会更自由的创作。
　　成为富翁的斯蒂芬·金再不必为保障家庭的生活来源而笔耕不止。多年来为宣传自己的作品，他接受了无数采访和巡回演讲、签售活动，对此已心生厌倦，但斯蒂芬·金表示，自己对《黑暗塔》的宣传活动将全力支持和参与，因为“写作的最后活动就是将其展示，获得读者”。


斯蒂芬.金 1947年出生于美国缅因州一贫困家庭。在州立大学学习英国文学。毕业后因工资菲薄而走上写作之路。70年代中期声名渐起，被《纽约时报》誉为“现代恐怖小说大师”。自80年代至90年代以来，历年的美国畅销书排行榜，他的小说总是名列榜首，久居不下。他是当今世界上读者最多、声名最大的美国小说家。他的每一部作品，都成为好莱坞制片商的抢手货。1979年，在他32岁时，成为全世界作家中首屈一指的亿万富翁。今天，他的每部作品的版税，均逾千万美金之巨。 金的作品，超越于传统的恐怖小说。他不靠具体的意象来获得恐怖效果，而是通过对事件气氛的营造来震慑读者。金用他那魔鬼般的手指一拨，所有紧绷的心弦都为之轰响，在一阵惊悸又一阵心跳中，带你进入颤栗的深渊。 “对我来说，最佳的效果是读者在阅读我的小说时因心脏病发作而死去。”－斯蒂芬.金

Audio Hypnosis CD's | 250 MB | MP3

Audio Hypnosis CD's 250 MB MP3
1) Stop Smoking
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4) Stress Relief Hypnosis
5) Unstoppable Self Confidence
6) Power Focus for Concentration



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TTC Audio - Life Lessons from the Great Books

TTC Audio - Life Lessons from the Great Books
English | Mp3 | 96 kbps/44Khz | 754MB | RS.com


In Life Lessons from the Great Books, Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma—a marvelous storyteller with deep historical knowledge—shows you how some of Western civilization's greatest literary masterpieces can speak to you and provide guidance in your life across the gulf of time and culture. Rich in historical perspective and infused with layers of meaning, these 36 lectures reveal the wealth of insight these enduring works can provide in your life. You'll come to see that each of these works—whether written 2,000, 200, or 20 years ago—remain relevant to all of us.

For every important moment and stage in your life, there is a Great Book that can offer you invaluable lessons and place your unique experiences in a larger perspective.

Some of history's greatest authors have written about timeless themes and trying points in our lives. If you're unlucky in love, you can seek sympathy in Goethe's epistolary novel, The Sufferings of Young Werther, and its title character's frustrations with unrequited love. If you're looking to explore new environments, you can follow along with Lewis and Clark in their detailed journals as they journey through the Louisiana Territory. And if you're trying to lead a noble and hard-working life, you can learn from Albert Schweitzer, whose autobiography Out of My Life and Thought details his work providing medical care in a remote African village.

In Life Lessons from the Great Books, Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma—a marvelous storyteller with deep historical knowledge—shows you how some of Western civilization's greatest literary masterpieces can speak to you and provide guidance in your life across the gulf of time and culture. Rich in historical perspective and infused with layers of meaning, these 36 lectures reveal the wealth of insight these enduring works can provide in your life. You'll come to see that each of these works—whether written 2,000, 200, or 20 years ago—remain relevant to all of us.

What Makes a Book "Great"?

According to Professor Fears, four characteristics define a Great Book:

* Its focus on great themes such as love, courage, and patriotism
* Its composition in a noble language
* Its ability to speak to readers across the ages
* Its ability to speak to readers not as groups, but as individuals

In Life Lessons from the Great Books, you focus on more than three dozen works that span the timeline of Western history, from ancient Greece and Rome to the modern age. Each of these 36 books provides insights not only into the human experience of their particular time and place but also into your own situation.

Great Books are touchstones to history and the story of humanity. Every Great Book you explore in this course—from the Odyssey and the Gospel of John to Hamlet and Animal Farm—is a unique expression of the human spirit and a fountain of advice, from how to conduct yourself in times of trouble to how to better appreciate the simple moments in your life.

In addition to pointing out the merits and virtues of each text in the course, Professor Fears explains how authors learned from and influenced each other, and how certain texts are interrelated.

"We will be very concerned in our course not with just what each one of these books says, but also with how it has built upon the lessons of the books that have come before and how it contributes to an ongoing current of intellectual excitement and dialogue," he notes.

Great Themes, Enduring Life Lessons

The lectures in Life Lessons from the Great Books are grouped into six broad themes that run through history's most compelling stories. Each of these themes is universal—we've all, at some point or another, felt the pangs of love or tried to steel our souls with courage. In exploring these themes within the context of these Great Books, you learn new ideas about both the works themselves and the broad scope of the human condition.

* The Unconquerable Human Spirit: Why can your spirit endure so much hardship without crumbling? Fyodor Dostoevsky displays the inner battle of the human spirit against sensuousness, violence, and mystery in The Brothers Karamazov. Similarly, Elie Wiesel's Night presents a single individual struggling to survive during one of history's darkest moments: the Holocaust.
* Youth and Old Age: How can you cope with the trials and tribulations of youth? Of old age? Goethe's The Sufferings of Young Werther remains an enduring statement about the passions of youth, while Cicero's "On Old Age" counsels us on the importance of old age and the wisdom that comes with it.
* Romance and Love: Why can love bring both pain and pleasure? How can you overcome heartache? Great Books such as Tristan and Isolde (with its depiction of chivalric romance) and Macbeth (with Lady Macbeth's use of love to manipulate her husband) help you understand love in all its complex forms.
* Adventure and Courage: How can you find the strength within yourself to face life's many challenges? T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom, which charts the soldier's experiences in the Middle East during World War I, reveals how one can reinvent oneself in new environments and discover inner strengths.
* Laughter and Irony: How can humor help to console you in times of trouble? How can it offer us unique perspectives on horrible situations? See how George Orwell's Animal Farm uses pointed satire as an opportunity to skewer Communist ideals.
* Patriotism: What is the true meaning of patriotism? President George Washington's farewell address called for the avoidance of savage partisan strife—a message that still rings true in today's world. President Theodore Roosevelt's Autobiography offers you timeless views on patriotic characteristics such as honesty and integrity.

A Storyteller Who Brings Literature to Life

An extraordinary orator, Professor Fears possesses a passion, knowledge, and authority that shine through in each of these inspirational lectures. You quickly understand why he has earned 25 teaching awards in his distinguished career.

His deep knowledge of classical history sheds new light on these literary masterpieces. With each lecture in Life Lessons from the Great Books, you discover fascinating new vantage points from which to view classic works.

Professor Fears's analogies between ancient dilemmas and their modern-day counterparts close the gap between literature and your daily life; they show you how these resonant themes are not new to the modern human condition but instead have been felt throughout history. You take solace in the realization that the ancient Greeks, medieval scholars, and our country's Founding Fathers all experienced social struggles, ethical dilemmas, and personal challenges similar to those we all face.

If you haven't read these Great Books before, the warmth of Professor Fears's storytelling and his insightful approach to literature will have you heading to the library to learn more. And if you've already read these works, you'll discover new themes and ideas that will help you get more out of them.

Regardless of your previous familiarity with these works, you'll come to understand why these masterpieces remain eternal testaments to the variety of human experience and the powerful ways in which literature can guide and inspire us.


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http://rapidshare.com/files/202013171/02._The_Gospel_of_John.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012708/03._Boethius__Martin_Luther_King_-_Conscience.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012765/04._Dostoevsky_-_The_Brothers_Karamazov.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012903/05._Elie_Wiesel_-_Night.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012733/06._Schweitzer_-_Out_of_My_Life_and_Thought.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013121/07._Goethe_-_The_Sufferings_of_Young_Werther.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012786/08._Shakespeare_-_Hamlet.mp3
]http://rapidshare.com/files/202012891/09._Sophocles_-_Ajax.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012834/10._Plato_-_Epistle_VII.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013247/11._Cicero_-_On_Old_Age.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013222/12._Isaac_Bashevis_Singer_-_The_Penitent.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013253/13._Euripides_-_Alcestis.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013252/14._Euripides_-_Medea.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012800/15._Von_Strasburg_-_Tristan_and_Isolde.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013282/16._Shakespeare_-_Antony_and_Cleopatra.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012743/17._Shakespeare_-_Macbeth.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012738/18._Aldous_Huxley_-_Brave_New_World.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013249/19._Homer_-_Odyssey.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013199/20._Sophocles_-_Philoctetes.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012846/21._The_Song_of_Roland_-_Chivalric_Adventure.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012818/22._Nibelungenlied_-_Chivalric_Romance.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012792/23._Lewis_and_Clark_-_Journals.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013280/24._T._E._Lawrence_-_Seven_Pillars_of_Wisdom.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013278/25._Aristophanes_-_Comedies.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012772/26._Menander_-_The_Grouch.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013218/27._Machiavelli_-_La_Mandragola.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012788/28._Erasmus_-_In_Praise_of_Folly.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013158/29._Thomas_More_-_Utopia.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202012724/30._George_Orwell_-_Animal_Farm.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013842/31._Josephus_-_History_of_the_Jewish_War.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013875/32._Joseph_Addison_-_Cato.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013846/33._George_Washington_-_Farewell_Address.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013411/34._Abraham_Lincoln__George_Patton_-_War.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013762/35._Theodore_Roosevelt_-_An_Autobiography.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013380/36._The_Wisdom_of_Great_Books.mp3
http://rapidshare.com/files/202013012/Guidebook.pdf

Paul R. Scheele «Living the Law of Attraction Paraliminal»

Paul R. Scheele «Living the Law of Attraction Paraliminal»
Learning Strategies Corporation | ISBN-13: 978-0925480910 | FLAC | 101 Mb


Consistently attract the good, positive, and extraordinary

The Law of Attraction says: you get what you think about... you are a living magnet... like energy attracts like energy... what you sow, you reap... you attract people, situations, jobs, opportunities into your life...

The good and the bad. It works both ways. In other words, if you’re deep in debt, you attracted it. If you have a lousy relationship (or none at all), you attracted it. If you have an uninspiring job, you attracted it.

You may be thinking right now:
"I know that! I know the Law of Attraction. But it is not working the way I want it to work. What do I have to do differently?"

Listen to this new Paraliminal, Living the Law of Attraction.

Paul Scheele created this Paraliminal with Jack Canfield, who is the Law of Attraction personified! He’s one of the superstars of the DVD phenomenon The Secret, and his Chicken Soup for the Soul® series of books has sold almost $2 billion dollars! Isn’t that incredible? Isn’t he the person you want to learn from? Of course!

You’ll soon find yourself attracting what you need to make your life better and better. On a deep, inner mind level you will be systematically raising the “vibrational level” of your physical, emotional, and mental energy. Why is this so important?

Because the lower your energy, the more resistance you have, which shows up as blocks, problems, insurmountable challenges, difficult people, inaction, indecision... or things just being out of your reach, or always around the corner...

And the higher your energy the less resistance, which means your success comes easier and quicker and more sure. Just like Jack said on The Secret about reaching the $100,000 level.

That’s what happens when you listen to your new Paraliminal.

Discover an inner blueprint for effortless success.
Eliminate depressed states of stagnation, illness, and inflexibility.
Consciously act in a consistent way to create abundant wealth in your life.
Attract the ideas, attitudes, people, and positive resources you need.
Clarify your intentions so the actions you take bring you even better results.

Jack is a leading expert in the field of peak performance and the author of The Success Principles™, a practical guide based on 64 timeless principles used by successful men and women. He has helped hundreds of thousands of entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, managers, sales professionals, employees, and educators to accelerate success, achieve dreams, and create joy in their lives.

As you listen you will align spontaneously with the universal laws that bring your goals and dreams into reality. From the first moment, you will begin to live your day the same way that Jack lives his day... as do the most successful and happiest people in the world.

http://rapidshare.com/files/211061257/PS-LOA.zip

Personal Genius Paraliminal

Paul R. Scheele «Personal Genius Paraliminal»
Learning Strategies Corporation | ISBN-10: 0925480142 | FLAC | 116 Mb


Use your true, natural genius for learning

Tap the power of your inner mind. Discover the real genius within.

Use your dynamic imagination and powerful inner resources to draw on and build your personal genius.

Listen before studying, learning languages, writing, problem solving, learning the computer, participating in sports, or playing a musical instrument. You will find you are able to access your mind's profound capacity to learn.

"Turn on a switch in your brain for supreme learning power"

A Bulgarian scientist, Dr. Georgi Lozanov, discovered that you can increase your ability to learn from 5 to 50 times faster by simply relaxing. When you slow your breath and calm the little voice in the back of your head, you go to a "relaxed state of alertness," also called the "accelerative learning state."

When you listen to Paul Scheele’s Personal Genius CD, you automatically enter the accelerative learning state. It takes only 16 minutes. Here are benefits other customers have reported to us:

"When I listen before playing the piano, I seem to play much better with less stress and effort."

"Study sessions whiz by, and I know I’ve learned more."

"I never have writer’s block when I listen to the CD first."

"Things are easier to understand when I listen to Personal Genius first."

We recommend listening to this CD before study or work sessions and listening to the Memory Supercharger afterwards to store the information properly and retrieve it effectively from your brain's memory banks. The combination of Personal Genius and Memory Supercharger will increase concentration, retention, and recall in all your studies.

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American Accent Training[Audiobook]

American Accent Training
Audiobook(Mp3 | 333 MB) and Ebook | PDF l

American Accent Training 5 CD's Audiobook All-In-One Guide to Speaking and Pronouncing American English for Anyone Who Speaks English As a Second Language

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Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello, "I Am America (And So Can You!) audiobook"

Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello, "I Am America (And So Can You!) audiobook"
English | Hachette Audio; Abridged edition 2007 | ISBN: 1600240364 | 214 min. | MP3 128Kbps 22kHz Mono | 172 MB



"Hi, I'm Stephen Colbert, and I am no fan of books." So opens the audiobook version of that late-night-cable comedian's "I Am America (And So Can You!)".

"Unlike a lot of books, this audio is almost a different animal", said Jamie Raab, publisher of Grand Central Publishing. "It's not a verbatim reading of the book. It's really a creative adaptation. People have these profound experiences of these works and then either want to memorialize them with a physical incarnation or they actually want to go back and read the texts."


Mr. Colbert worked with Paul Dinello, who plays Geoffrey Jellineck, the closeted gay art teacher on Comedy Central's "Strangers With Candy", to edit the book for audio. Along with Mr. Colbert and Mr. Dinello, the 14-member cast for the audio book includes Mr. Stewart and the comedian Amy Sedaris.



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English | Grand Central Publishing 2007 | ISBN: 0446580503 | 244 pages | PDF | 6.3 MB


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Hannah Arendt, The Origin of Totalitarianism [Audiobook]

Hannah Arendt, The Origin of Totalitarianism [Audiobook]
Blackstone Audio | 2007 | ISBN: 1433206668 | 24 Hrs 10 Mins | MP3 zipped | 642 MB


A recognized classic and definitive account of its subject, The Origins of Totalitarianism traces the emergence of modern racism as an "ideological weapon for imperialism," beginning with the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe in the nineteenth century and continuing through the New Imperialism period from 1884 to World War I.

In her analysis of the institutions and operations of totalitarian movements, Arendt focuses on the two genuine forms of totalitarian government in the twentieth century: Nazi Germany and Stalinist Russia. She discusses the transformation of classes into masses, the role of propaganda, and the use of terror essential to this form of government. In her brilliant concluding chapter, she discusses the nature of individual isolation and loneliness as preconditions for total domination.



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Advanced WordPress Training Videos

Advanced WordPress Training Videos
10 Videos | 106 Mb RAR | Rapidshare

10 Advanced WordPress Videos That Will Help Drive More Traffic, Make You More Money and Have a Better Looking Site.


Video 1 Changing a header graphic Sample
Video 2 Playing with CSS Style Sheets
Video 3 Inserting code and scripts
Video 4 Content Management CMS
Video 5 Auto Blogging and Content
Video 6 Graphics and logins
Video 7 Desktop Blogging
Video 8 RSS uses and stats
Video 9 404 pages Customize your error pages
Video 10 Widgets
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The Economist (March 21st - March 27th 2009) + 5mins economic audio

And how the world should see China:

Over the past quarter-century no country has gained more from globalisation than China. Hundreds of millions of its people have been dragged out of subsistence into the middle class. China has been a grumpy taker in this process. It helped derail the latest round of world trade talks. The G20 meeting offers it a chance to show a change of heart. In particular, it is being asked to bolster the IMF’s resources so that the fund can rescue crisis-hit countries in places like eastern Europe. Some in Beijing would prefer to ignore the IMF, since it might help ex-communist countries that have developed “an anti-China mentality”. Rising above such cavilling and paying up would be a small step in itself. But it would be a sign that the Middle Kingdom has understood what it is to be a great power.



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Arthur Conan Doyle The Red-Headed League

Arthur Conan Doyle The Red-Headed League
Publisher: Sidiki Distribution | | 2006 | MP3 | ~60 MB
Hear about the adventures of the most famous detective in the world literature.

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Steve Moore - V For Vendetta AudioBook(Rare!!)

Steve Moore - V For Vendetta AudioBook(Rare!!)


REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER

Imagine a Britain stripped of democracy: a world of the not-too-distant future, in which freedom was not lost, but surrendered willingly to a totalitarian regime that rose to power by exploiting the people's worst fears and most damning weaknesses.

This is the setting for the parable of Evey, a young woman who is saved from death by a masked man calling himself only V. Beguiling and dangerous, V ignites the fuse of revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to wake up and shed the blanket of tyranny and oppression in which they have permitted themselves to be cloaked.

While those in power take steps to neutralize the threat, the police pursue the mystery of V, unaware of the terrible truth that awaits them at the end of the trail. It is Evey, however, who, with V as her enigmatic guide, sets out on the most painful path of all: a journey of deception and self-discovery, deconstruction and re-creation, vindication and vengeance.



I think that the Wachowski Brothers got the idea for the movie from the book by Alan Moore, and then Steve Moore re-novelized the book based off the movie. But regardless to find this book in audio format would be hard!!!



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Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse

Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse



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In Meltdown, the free-market answer to the Fed-created economic crisis, New York Times bestselling author Thomas E. Woods, Jr., explains what led up to the current economic crisis, who's really to blame, and why government bailouts won't work.

Summary: The Fed's Fingerprints Are All Over It
Rating: 5

Deregulation. Market failure. Greed. Not enough government oversight. All kinds of fallacious explanations are being trotted out as primary causes of the economic meltdown that dropped like a bombshell on baffled Americans. After all, weren't they basking in the most prosperous years of their lives? They were indulging in a soaring stock market, buying extraordinary houses, and going on fantasy vacations. Wasn't that the American Dream? What happened? The "American dream" is a phrase attributed to American author James Truslow Adams in his 1931 book, _The Epic of America_. He wrote: "It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position." In view of that, the modern interpretation has strayed far from the original meaning. In fact, the "American Dream" represents something more than the cars and big money that Adams warned about. Central planners and social engineers misappropriated the term, a long time ago, and put it into use as a slogan to convey a sense of entitlement and equality as they began to shape and subsidize the home ownership nation that started with the creation of Fannie Mae in 1938. A new book by Regnery author Thomas E. Woods, Jr., _Meltdown_, suggests that the American dream became an American bubble brought on by the reckless, self-serving actions of government institutions that commenced a series of interventions that culminated in a collapse of the stock market and financial institutions, along with the rapid disintegration of the US economy. Ergo, the American nightmare. Woods at once puts his finger on the unmistakable "elephant in the living room," the Federal Reserve System. As he points out, other than a few assorted rumblings, there has been almost no discussion in the mainstream media of the Federal Reserve's role in launching this crisis. The Federal Reserve, which centrally plans monetary policy and interest rates, sparked the crisis by drastically reducing interest rates beyond levels that would otherwise have been set by a free market. "Making cheap credit available for the asking does encourage excessive leverage, speculation, and indebtedness," Mr. Woods writes. He adds, "Manipulating interest rates and thereby misleading investors about real economic conditions does in fact misdirect capital into unsustainable lines of production and discombobulate the market." This begins the authors' explanation of the boom-bust phenomenon and how an artificial boom, and the financial holocaust it leaves behind, can be perfectly clarified and understood in terms of the Austrian theory of the business cycle.
--Turn on the Bubble Machine--
Thanks to the Fed's easy-credit policies, the housing bubble became ground zero for the catastrophe. Mr. Woods points out several factors that contributed to this mess, all of which were significant government interventions that emerged in order to fulfill a specific agenda. First there were Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, two government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that had the benefit of an implied government backing, thus giving investors the appearance that their investments in these entities were essentially risk-free. Both entities were created for the sole purpose of intervening in the housing market and subsidizing home ownership, especially for the politically favored classes. Besides easing credit requirements so that banks could loan to dubious buyers, both Fannie and Freddie helped to spread the bubble's aftermath by buying mortgages on the secondary market and pooling and selling the mortgages in the form of mortgage-backed securities. Soon everyone was getting their mitts on these securities and holding them as investments, creating conditions that were ripe for disaster. Another factor in the housing bubble that Woods points to is the Community Reinvestment Act, a law born in 1977 that was given a new lease on life from Bill Clinton. The CRA was a crusade to jettison traditional lending standards in favor of an equality-based agenda aimed at putting minorities and the poor into homes they couldn't afford. Woods points to a study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston that concluded, "even allowing for differences in creditworthiness, minority applicants were still getting mortgage loans at lower rates than whites." Consequently, it was determined that the mortgage banking industry was engaging in discriminatory lending policies and a massive government intervention was needed to stamp out the disparity. The result was the birth of the CRA, and the beginnings of a massive lending spree to unqualified, or subprime, borrowers. In spite of the obvious problem of granting long-term loans to high-risk individuals, perhaps one of the more illuminating points made by Mr. Woods is that the subprime loan mishap may have been overemphasized while the flurry of impractical lending innovations, such as 100 percent loans, ARMs, and interest-only loans, were given less attention. The push for relaxed lending standards for low and middle-income borrowers was so pervasive and systemic, persisting for a full decade, that it is no surprise that it should have spilled over into the standards for higher-income borrowers as well. "...Not only were these easier mortgage terms available to speculators, but the surge in demand for housing caused by the much easier access to financing also led to increases in home prices that had the unintended effect of enticing speculators into the market in the first place." Alan Greenspan, as chairman of the Federal Reserve, publicly put his stamp of approval on ARMs , thereby leading people to believe that they were reasonably safe options. Woods points out that the foreclosure crisis has not been confined to the subprime sphere, and in fact prime loan foreclosures increased in unison with subprime foreclosures.


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The Confucian Analects 《论语》英文版

The Confucian Analects



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The Confucian Analects (literally translated as "discussion over Confucius' words") collects a record of the philosophy, discussions and day to day life of the great Chinese scholar Confucius (551-479 BCE). Coming into existence during a particularly war-torn period in Chinese history know as the Spring and Autumn period, this text came about at a time of newfound literacy and burgeoning awareness in ancient Chinese thought. Probably written posthumously over a period of many years by his disciples, Confucious' main values of propriety, righteousness, loyalty and filial piety are repeated throughout the book via various examples and conversations. This code of ethics has come to form the backdrop of Chinese conduct and is a core text in modern Chinese education.

Author: Confucius
Narrator: Phil Chirco
Publisher: LearnOutLoud.com
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02. Book II - Wei Chang.mp3
03. Book III - Pa Yih.mp3
04. Book IV - Le Jin.mp3
05. Book V - Kung-Ye Ch'ang.mp3
06. Book VI - Yung Yey.mp3
07. Book VII - Shu R.mp3
08. Book VIII - T'ai-Po.mp3
09. Book IX - Tsze Han.mp3
10. Book X - Heang Tang.mp3
11. Book XI - Hsien Tsin.mp3
12. Book XII - Yen Yuan.mp3
13. Book XIII - Tsze-Lu.mp3
14. Book XIV - Hsien Wan.mp3
15. Book XV - Wei Ling Kung.mp3
16. Book XVI - Ke She.mp3
17. Book XVII - Yang Ho.mp3
18. Book XVIII - Wei Tsze.mp3
19. Book XIX - Tsze-Chang.mp3
20. Book XX - Yao Yueh.mp3

Also included, in .txt format, THE CHINESE CLASSICS (CONFUCIAN ANALECTS) With a translation, critical and exegetical
notes, prolegomena, and copious indexes by James Legge


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Ishmael - Daniel Quinn

Ishmael - Daniel Quinn



Random House | MP3 | 95 MB + 17 MB

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Teacher Seeks Pupil. Must have an earnest desire to save the world. Apply in person. It was just a three-line ad in the personals section, but it launched the adventure of a lifetime. Ishmael So begins Ishmael, an utterly unique and captivating spiritual adventure, which redefines what it is to be human. And thus, we are introduced to Ishmael, a creature of immense wisdom. He has a story to tell, one that no human being has ever heard before. It is the story of man's place in the grand scheme, and it begins at the birth of time. This history of the world has never appeared in any schoolbook. "Does the earth belong to man?" Ishmael asks. "Or does man belong to the earth?" Author Daniel Quinn is the first winner of the prestigious Turner Tomorrow Fellowship, awarded for fiction providing creative and positive solutions to global problems. Sly, witty, and profound, Ishmael is a tour de force of the mind and spirit -- an extraordinary intellectual adventure that listeners will never forget.

One of the greatest books of all time
Rating: 5

This is an amazing book, an eye opener! I just finished reading it for the fifth time, and this will not be the last one. We need to learn to live in the world without destroying it, and Ishmael tells us how to do it. I hope many people will read this story and recommend it to their friends.


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A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life - Jack Kornfield

A Path with Heart: A Guide Through the Perils and Promises of Spiritual Life - Jack Kornfield

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In a classic inspirational guide, Jack Kornfield explains how to cope with the perils and promises of spiritual life, discussing such topics as addiction, compassion, psychological and emotional healing, and ways to achieve simplicity and balance in our busy lives.

Review
'A warm, inspiring and, above all, practical book', Pride Magazine .'It's encouraging to find Westerners who've sufficiently assimilated the traditions of the East to be able to share them with others as Jack is doing. May such efforts further the peace of all beings.', His Holiness the Dalai Lama, .'This important guidebook shows in detail and with great humour and insight the way to practise the Buddha's universal teachings here in the West. Jack Kornfield is a wonderful storyteller and a great teacher.', Thich Nhat Hanh, .'Jack Kornfield is a remarkable and thoughtful teacher.', Sogyal Rinpoche, --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.


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[AudioBook] The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell 领导力21法则

[AudioBook] The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership by John C. Maxwell
Publisher: Thomas Nelson MP3 256 kbps Publication Date: 2004-01-22 ISBN-10: 0785261362 238 Mb

What would happen if a top expert with more than thirty years of leadership experience were willing to distill everything he had learned about leadership into a handful of life-changing principles just for you? It would change your life.
John C. Maxwell has done exactly that in The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership Audio CD. He has combined insights learned from his thirty-plus years of leadership successes and mistakes with observations from the worlds of business, politics, sports, religion, and military conflict. The result is a revealing study of leadership delivered as only a communicator like Maxwell can.

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[AudioBook] Meditation for Optimum Health: How to Use Mindfulness and Breathing to Heal by Andrew Weil

[AudioBook] Meditation for Optimum Health: How to Use Mindfulness and Breathing to Heal by Andrew Weil
Publisher: Sounds True, Incorporated | MP3 | 96 kbps | Publication Date: 2001-05-01 | ISBN-10: 1564558827 | 30 Mb

An easy-to-learn meditation guide for achieving optimum mind/body health.

The same ability that helps ordinary people achieve extraordinary success is also the secret to optimizing your lifespan, letting go of stress, and even enhancing your body’s self-healing powers. In Meditation for Optimum Health, you will join best-selling authors Dr. Andrew Weil and Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn for a practical introduction that makes it simple to enjoy the life-changing benefits of meditation – even if you’ve never tried it before.

How does meditation work? Can anybody do it? What do I need to get started? Is it religious? Does it have the power to heal? In alternating sessions, Dr. Weil and Dr Kabat-Zinn give you straight answers to the most common questions about meditation, and dispel the myths and misconceptions surrounding this time-honored practice. By learning to cultivate the power of your attention through daily practice, you can harness the full potential of your mind, and use it to enrich every dimension of your life. You will learn how meditation can actually unify your mind and body’s many related functions – and help you start enjoying the best health of your life. Complete with real-life examples, and a proven program of step-by-step meditations to get you started, here is the perfect introduction to the oldest and most effective system for feeling better, naturally.

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[AudioBook] The Denial of Death: Library Edition by Ernest Becker

[AudioBook] The Denial of Death: Library Edition by Ernest Becker
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks | MP3 | 128 kbps | Publication Date: 2005-09 | ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0786176865 | 316 Mb

Finishing this book, which won the Pulitzer in 1974, shortly before his own premature death, Becker called it “a bid for the peace of my scholarly soul.” There are no sound effects, nor is there any crackle of dialogue, but I listened five times. Never strident or hectoring, Raymond Todd has a voice you can enjoy, even when you don’t yet quite understand. “The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal,” Becker writes. It’s not that we’re horny and don’t know it, as Freud postulated. We’re going to die and pretend not. To understand is to free humans from their blindest and most destructive impulses.

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[AudioBook] The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates the New Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God by Lee Strobel

The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates the New Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God by Lee Strobel
Publisher: Zondervan MP3 128 kbps Publication Date: 2004-04-01 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0310254396 280 Mb

Are Christianity and science incompatible? If there is a God, is he only an impersonal starter force? An introductory high school biology class first propelled Lee Strobel toward a life of atheism. God and science, he reasoned, were mutually exclusive. When the former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune converted to Christianity, he decided to investigate the science he had once accepted as truth. Did science point toward or away from God? As Strobel interviews a variety of scientists on everything from debunking evolutionary icons to the implications of the Big Bang to the existence of the human soul, he builds his case: scientific evidence points toward Intelligent Design.
Although the discussion often veers into the academic, Strobel works hard to make it accessible to those without scientific training. Throughout the book, he salts interview transcript information with interesting personal stories of his own spiritual and scientific quest for knowledge, as well as sometimes over-detailed descriptions of the actual interviews (right down to the type of beverages consumed). Each chapter contains suggestions for further reading on particular issues of science and faith.
Strobel concludes that, when correctly interpreted, science and biblical teaching support each other. He quotes physicist Paul Davies, “…science offers a surer path to God than religion.” Open-minded readers will find that this book, and its questions for reflection and group study, invites conversation and investigation.–Cindy Crosby


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MEDITATION - Move Beyond Your Emotional Pain

MEDITATION - Move Beyond Your Emotional Pain
Play Time: 23 minutes | MP3 | 128KBPS Stereo | 30MB

“When we surrender, we allow the universe to work its magic; we say yes to infinite possibilities; we trust that things will work out as they are meant to; and we give ourselves permission to let go of the outcome. The act of surrendering can be liberating, intimidating, blissful, scary, and a swirl of so many other emotions. But in the end, we accept that life will work its magic if our words, thoughts, and actions have integrity and are impeccable." ~ davidji

The human mind, inherently impatient, triggers emotional reactions when our ideas about how things should be collide with how things are. We sometimes torment ourselves about choices we’ve made, words we’ve spoken, and the path not taken. Or we dwell on the future, postponing our happiness with thoughts about what is missing or wrong in the present moment. These thoughts and judgments are the source of our emotional pain.

The mind has a lifetime of conditioned beliefs and expectations through which it filters all perceptions. While the body spontaneously lets go of pain the moment the underlying cause is healed, the mind has a mysterious instinct for holding on. Through the mind, we create a prison of suffering and then forget that we are the architect and that we ourselves hold the key that will set us free.

Even after years of emotional healing work, we all sometimes make the mistake of believing that something “out there” makes us angry, depressed, anxious, or afraid. In reality, outside events are only triggers. The cause of every emotion is within.

In this Meditation Moment, we invite you to discover the false perceptions that cause you to cling to pain . . . and practice the tools that will help you let go & Coping with Job Loss etc.

Let’s get started right now with a guided meditation led by the Chopra Center’s master meditation instructor, davidji

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Mastering the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense

Mastering the Gentle Art of Verbal Self-Defense
Audio Literature Date: 1995-05 ISBN: 0787102822 MP3 192kbps 41 + 41 + 24 Mb


Summary: Poor title, great audio book!
Rating: 5

While the title and beginning of this audio book suggest a focus on verbal combat/conflicts, the content is important and applicable in a much wider scope of situations. It is very impressive the range of topics covered in this relatively brief presentation. While the audio format allows greater clarity when explaining tone of voice and voice stress issues, for those that are more visual, I strongly suggest taking notes. This audio book offers great ideas toward helping you communicate whatever it is you want to say. Some of the topics covered include matching your sensory style to your audience, preventing reflex arguments, making your voice more pleasing (without spending considerable time or money), giving feedback (positive and negative) in a way it will be best received, and, of course, disarming verbal attacks (without pissing off your attacker).

Summary: learn to spar verbally with people…not worth sparring with
Rating: 2

i found the book interesting enough to give a few hours to…because Elgin’s really studied this carefully, but what really struck me loud and clear as i read on is that she misses the most OBVIOUS (and most emotionally healthy, or martically artistic) option for how to deal with verbally aggressive/abusive people: TO GET AWAY FROM THEM! (and she forgets that SAYING NOTHING…i.e. not engaging…is a form of verbal communication too.) the “presupposition” (she loves that word) she completely misses is that people don’t always HAVE to stay (stuck) in verbally abusive relationships, and she never really suggests, either subtly or overtly, that people can leave. her basic unspoken assumption is that you should stay and learn how to spar better verbally so as not to be verbally taken advantage of and trampled. (rather a conservative point of view for a “modern” feminist, wouldn’t you say?)

one other thing that irked me: she often suggests that in times of real emotional attack the best verbal mode to enter into is “computer” mode. psychologically, what she’s suggesting is to pull one’s emotions out of the interaction…to basically emotionally detach from the situation…and become an analytical computer that lacks a self. the people who have really mastered this art into the marrow of their personalities have earned a label in psychology: that of schizoid personality disorder.

i hate to say it, but i think this book is really a big crock, and while i did find parts of it engaging, as i think analyzing interactions to be fascinating, as a self-help book, which is really what it is, i found it to be USELESS!

other gripe: she makes FAR TOO MANY stereotypes about men’s and women’s patterns of verbal interaction, and while she makes occasional attempts to demonstrate that such stereotypes are not always so, she still regularly falls back into them, suggesting she has an emotional bone to pick of her own.

and finally, a saying i love, that applies here: “don’t argue with idiots…they’ll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience…”

Summary: Audio presentation offers something the written page doesn’t
Rating: 5

For those familiar with the “Gentle Art” series this audio offers an added dimension in understanding and incorporating the skills of gentle art communication into your own vocabularly. An essential part of the Gentle Art communication skills are tone of voice and stresses that are placed on each word and this audio is exceptionally helpful in demonstrating the content that is being discussed. It will also serve as an excellent introduction to the material for anyone who enjoys audio books.

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Clear Speech Student's Book: Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension in American English

Judy B. Gilbert, “Clear Speech Student's Book: Pronunciation and Listening Comprehension in American English”
Cambridge University Press | 2004 | ISBN: 0521543541 | 192 pages | 20:34 Minutes | PDF + mp3 | 72,5 MB

Review
'I would like to take this opportunity to express my excitement over the book "Clear Speech." Rarely, do I find a book that deals expressly with aural and oral skills. This little book is huge in its delivery of those skills. I am truly impressed!' Irene K. Tron, Marion City Schools USA

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The Google Story [ Audio Book ]

The Google Story [ Audio Book ] -

Product Description:
"Here is the story behind one of the most remarkable Internet successes of our time. Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to Google, the book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company whose name is a favorite brand and a standard verb recognized around the world. Its stock is worth more than General Motors’ and Ford’s combined, its staff eats for free in a dining room that used to be run by the Grateful Dead’s former chef, and its employees traverse the firm’s colorful Silicon Valley campus on scooters and inline skates.

The Google Story is the definitive account of the populist media company powered by the world’s most advanced technology that in a few short years has revolutionized access to information about everything for everybody everywhere.

In 1998, Moscow-born Sergey Brin and Midwest-born Larry Page dropped out of graduate school at Stanford University to, in their own words, “change the world” through a search engine that would organize every bit of information on the Web for free.

While the company has done exactly that in more than one hundred languages, Google’s quest continues as it seeks to add millions of library books, television broadcasts, and more to its searchable database.

Readers will learn about the amazing business acumen and computer wizardry that started the company on its astonishing course; the secret network of computers delivering lightning-fast search results; the unorthodox approach that has enabled it to challenge Microsoft’s dominance and shake up Wall Street. Even as it rides high, Google wrestles with difficult choices that will enable it to continue expanding while sustaining the guiding vision of its founders’ mantra: DO NO EVIL."


Amazon.com Review:
Social phenomena happen, and the historians follow. So it goes with Google, the latest star shooting through the universe of trend-setting businesses. This company has even entered our popular lexicon: as many note, "Google" has moved beyond noun to verb, becoming an action which most tech-savvy citizens at the turn of the twenty-first century recognize and in fact do, on a daily basis. It's this wide societal impact that fascinated authors David Vise and Mark Malseed, who came to the book with well-established reputations in investigative reporting. Vise authored the bestselling The Bureau and the Mole, and Malseed contributed significantly to two Bob Woodward books, Bush at War and Plan of Attack. The kind of voluminous research and behind-the-scenes insight in which both writers specialize, and on which their earlier books rested, comes through in The Google Story.
The strength of the book comes from its command of many small details, and its focus on the human side of the Google story, as opposed to the merely academic one. Some may prefer a dryer, more analytic approach to Google's impact on the Internet, like The Search or books that tilt more heavily towards bits and bytes on the spectrum between technology and business, like The Singularity is Near. Those wanting to understand the motivations and personal growth of founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin and CEO Eric Schmidt, however, will enjoy this book. Vise and Malseed interviewed over 150 people, including numerous Google employees, Wall Street analysts, Stanford professors, venture capitalists, even Larry Page's Cub Scout leader, and their comprehensiveness shows.
As the narrative unfolds, readers learn how Google grew out of the intellectually fertile and not particularly directed friendship between Page and Brin; how the founders attempted to peddle early versions of their search technology to different Silicon Valley firms for $1 million; how Larry and Sergey celebrated their first investor's check with breakfast at Burger King; how the pair initially housed their company in a Palo Alto office, then eventually moved to a futuristic campus dubbed the "Googleplex"; how the company found its financial footing through keyword-targeted Web ads; how various products like Google News, Froogle, and others were cooked up by an inventive staff; how Brin and Page proved their mettle as tough businessmen through negotiations with AOL Europe and their controversial IPO process, among other instances; and how the company's vision for itself continues to grow, such as geographic expansion to China and cooperation with Craig Venter on the Human Genome Project.
Like the company it profiles, The Google Story is a bit of a wild ride, and fun, too. Its first appendix lists 23 "tips" which readers can use to get more utility out of Google. The second contains the intelligence test which Google Research offers to prospective job applicants, and shows the sometimes zany methods of this most unusual business. Through it all, Vise and Malseed synthesize a variety of fascinating anecdotes and speculation about Google, and readers seeking a first draft of the history of the company will enjoy an easy read. --Peter Han


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