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A pragmatic and succinct introduction to the purposes and benefits of yoga - philosophical, physiological, mental, and spiritual - and how practice affects the body/mind to realize those purposes and benefits

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Poetry. For this new collection of poems and prose, Leslie Scalapino has gathered four sequences into what she calls "an aeolotropic series." The poems reflect each other like crystals and change like highly polished glass illuminated by a shifting light. They follow the mind from thought and observation to afterthought, reflection, and obsession.

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One of the most respected and sought-after story consultants in the film industry delivers his long-awaited first book, and shares all of his secrets for writing a compelling script.

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A renowned nutritionist takes readers on a guided tour of the supermarket, explaining the issues with verve and wit as well as a scientist's expertise and a food lover's experience. She untangles the issues, decodes the labels, clarifies the health claims, and debunks the sales hype.

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The Bhagavad Gita, a small section of the massive Sanskrit epic the Mahabharata, is one of the central texts of Indian culture and philosophy, and one of the great works of world literature. It has been translated into English many times since 1785. This title emphasizes the social, historical, and philosophical contexts surrounding the text.

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From the author of what has become the standard edition of The Yoga Sutras of Patajali, an exploration of probably the most significant tradition in Hinduism, along with a rendering of key texts and parables from that tradition.

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Moving with verve and wit through a series of fascinating case studies that illuminate the changing place of leisure in the American republic, this text revises the way readers understand slackers and work itself.

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Disgruntled misfit Yul Carroll takes a job as an attack dummy in a women's self-defence class and finds himself mysteriously drawn to Sadie, the repressed bookworm mercilessly honing her skills on him. Meanwhile, alls not well on the unassuming Midwestern streets of Bloggs.

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"Richly absorbing . . . Part autobiography and part travelogue . . . [with] drama, enchantment, and grist." -The New Yorker

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A clear, concise guidebook to the essentials of yogic thought and practice.

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A veteran journalist tells the inside story of the Laurel Canyon music scene of the '60s and '70s, an unprecedented gathering of some of the leading musical lights who forever changed the way popular music is recorded, marketed, and consumed.

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A succinct, approachable guide to the origins, development, key texts, concepts, and practices of yoga.

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A guide to Ashtanga Yoga. It outlines the ethical principles and philosophy underlying the discipline, explains important terms and concepts, and guides the reader through Ashtanga's Sun Salutations and the subsequent primary sequence of forty-two asanas, or poses, describing how to execute each position and what benefits each provides.

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A new approach to learning Sanskrit that synthesizes Eastern traditional and Western academic methods.

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In an engaging, accessible, and graphically appealing style, the authors explore what happens to humans when their brains are constantly assaulted by advertising and corporate messages. The result is an entertaining and eye-opening account of the many ways consumer culture continues to pervade and transform American life.

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Offers a revisionist view of recent human evolution, beginning with the vast increase in brain size that set us apart from our primate relatives and brought an accompanying increase in our need for nourishment. Eventually we embarked upon the agricultural experiment that has been part of our history for the past 10000 years.

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In small-town America, a young adult novel about teen pregnancy is banned by the local school board, igniting a fierce and violent debate over abortion, religious beliefs, and modern feminism. Its directionless New York City author arrives in town to defend the book and finds that it has inspired a group of local teens to rebel in strange ways.

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From 1881 to 1932, vaudeville was at the heart of show business in the States. This book chronicles vaudeville's far-reaching impact and explores the many ways in which vaudeville's story is the story of show business in America, documenting the history and cultural legacy of this indigenous theatrical form.

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A pragmatic and succinct introduction to the purposes and benefits of yoga - philosophical, physiological, mental, and spiritual - and how practice affects the body/mind to realize those purposes and benefits

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