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Surviving Death: The Evidence dives into one of humanity’s oldest, and most electrifying, questions: does consciousness continue after we die? Each episode guides listeners through compelling real-world accounts and cutting-edge research on near-death experiences, past-life memories, and other phenomena that challenge our understanding of life, death, and what might lie beyond. This podcast invites you to explore the stories, science, and mystery at the edge of existence, where the veil between the living and the dead becomes surprisingly thin.

Dorset Business Matters is a conversational podcast shining a light on the vibrant local business community across Dorset. Episodes feature candid chats with local business owners and entrepreneurs about the realities of running a business today, from the highs of success and innovation to the challenges of growth and sustainability. The show explores what makes Dorset a unique place to do business, celebrating the people, stories, and ideas driving the economy forward. Informal and inspiring, Dorset Business Matters offers listeners an authentic glimpse into the passion of local enterprise.

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Travel Like a Local is a series of travel guidebooks written by local experts to help travelers explore new places like an insider. From learning about the culture and customs to finding the best restaurants and attractions, these guidebooks provide comprehensive information to ensure a hassle-free unforgettable journey. Each guidebook is packed with insider tips and recommendations, tailored specifically to the location, so you can make the most of your time and truly get to know the destination.

Simon Schama explores the mysterious contradictions of the Dutch nation that invented itself from the ground up, attained an unprecedented level of affluence, and lived in constant dread of being corrupted by happiness. Drawing on a vast array of period documents and sumptuously reproduced art, Schama recreates in precise detail a nation's mental state. He tells of bloody uprisings and beached whales, of the cult of hygiene and the plague of tobacco, of thrifty housewives and profligate tulip-speculators.

An unparalleled practical training tool for investment analysis, On the Hunt for Great Companies helps listeners move beyond using rules of thumb for companies or investment hypotheses based on broad-level pattern recognition. Listeners will learn how to assess all the essential traits of a good business, including passionate management, staying power, abnormal reinvestment options, low dependency risk, and to identify emerging quality. This book is supported by a wealth of real-world examples, both contemporary and historical, and true business stories and anecdotes.

Why can humans alone invent? In The Pattern Seekers, Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen makes a case that autism is as crucial to our creative and cultural history as the mastery of fire. Indeed, Baron-Cohen argues that autistic people have played a key role in human progress for 70,000 years, from the first tools to the digital revolution. How? Because the same genes that cause autism enable the pattern seeking that is essential to our species' inventiveness.

The History of Money immerses you in this fascinating subject in 18 half-hour lectures taught by moneyman of letters Simon Middleton, Associate Professor of History at the College of William & Mary and an expert on American economic history. Professor Middleton follows money’s evolution across the centuries—from philosophers and rulers to swindlers and reformers, from market panics to multinational intrigues.

This is an audiobook about the big questions in life: knowledge, consciousness, fate, God, truth, goodness, justice. It is for anyone who believes there are big questions out there, but does not know how to approach them. Think sets out to explain what they are and why they are important. Simon Blackburn begins by putting forward a convincing case for the study of philosophy and goes on to give the listener a sense of how the great historical figures such as Descartes, Hume, Kant, and Wittgenstein have approached its central themes.

Temika and her family are big on recycling paper. Temika and her brother Tyler are ready to argue about where paper comes from–trees or recycled paper. Mom says they’re both right! Dad suggests they make their own paper so that Temika can use it for her Grandma’s birthday card. Mom teaches them how to make homemade paper from scraps of white paper, colored construction paper, and even flowers!

When you look around your home, what do you see? Does your bedroom invoke a feeling of soothing calm? Is your guest room reminiscent of a chic hotel? Can you entertain in your dining room with ease? Even if a few of the rooms in your home feel functional, finished and full of style, everyone has a space that just isn't meeting the needs and expectations of its occupants. It is quite common to have an eye for design but struggle with executing the ideas we see.

The world’s foremost expert on pricing strategy shows how this mysterious process works and how to maximize value through pricing to company and customer.

Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. Simon Horobin takes the listener on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words we use to describe routine activities - getting up, going to work, eating meals - have surprisingly fascinating histories.

"Unn jetz haltet eich fest – jetz geht’s los mit Dummgebabbeld is glei!" "Zwei Kerle, de Christof un de Danny, hocke sich hi, babble drufflos un wisse selbscht net so genau, wo’s am End lande soll." "Mol geht’s um Gott, mol um de Deiwel, mol um des, was de grad uff’m Klo denkt." "Un des Beste: Es is alles echt – nix g’schnitte, nix g’filtert. Wie’s halt is, wenn zwei Pfälzer babble." "Also, hol der e Schorle, setz dich hi – unn los geht’s mit Dummgebabbeld is glei!"

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In an era when a future audience is very much not guaranteed, what possible purpose could there be in something as seemingly marginal as artistic creation, specifically literary creation? Why bother writing when the world’s on fire?

The Beginner’s Guide to Mental Resilience offers a clear and supportive introduction to handling setbacks, stress, and uncertainty with greater emotional strength. Written for those new to resilience work, this book explains that challenges are a normal part of life—and that resilience is not about avoiding difficulty, but learning how to respond with patience and self-trust. The book begins by redefining emotional strength as awareness rather than constant calm. Listeners learn how pausing, breathing, and acknowledging emotions can create space between stress and reaction.

Welcome to Kitchen Doings: What Every Actor Should Know How to Do, an essential guide for actors who want to bring authenticity and depth to their performances, especially in scenes set within the kitchen. This book is a carefully crafted resource that bridges the gap between culinary ritual and acting craft, emphasizing how the kitchen is not merely a backdrop but a character in its own right—full of stories, emotions, and human truths waiting to be uncovered.

Est une œuvre profonde et inspirante conçue pour vous accompagner dans la découverte et la maîtrise du pouvoir immense que recèlent vos émotions. Ce livre s’adresse à ceux qui souhaitent comprendre, explorer et exploiter leurs sentiments afin de transformer leur vie quotidienne, leurs relations, et leur développement personnel.