Cosmo's Truth Or Dare


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Cosmos


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A “creatively captivating and intellectually challenging” existential mystery from the great Polish author—“sly, funny, and . . . lovingly translated” (The New York Times). Winner of the 1967 International Prize for Literature Milan Kundera called Witold Gombrowicz “one of the great novelists of our century.” Now his most famous novel, Cosmos, is available in a critically acclaimed translation by the award-winning translator Danuta Borchardt. Cosmos is a metaphysical noir thriller narrated by Witold, a seedy, pathetic, and witty student, who is charming and appalling by turns. In need of a quiet place to study, Witold and his melancholy friend Fuks head to a boarding house in the mountains. Along the way, they discover a dead bird hanging from a string. Is this a strange but meaningless occurrence or is it the first clue to a sinister mystery? As the young men become embroiled in the Chekhovian travails of the family that runs the boarding house, Grombrowicz creates a gripping narrative where the reader questions who is sane and who is safe. “Probably the most important 20th-century novelist most Western readers have never heard of.” —Benjamin Paloff, Words Without Borders




Mind and Cosmos


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The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mind-related features of our world as consciousness, intentionality, meaning, and value. This failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, is a major problem, threatening to unravel the entire naturalistic world picture, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmology. Since minds are features of biological systems that have developed through evolution, the standard materialist version of evolutionary biology is fundamentally incomplete. And the cosmological history that led to the origin of life and the coming into existence of the conditions for evolution cannot be a merely materialist history, either. An adequate conception of nature would have to explain the appearance in the universe of materially irreducible conscious minds, as such. Nagel's skepticism is not based on religious belief or on a belief in any definite alternative. In Mind and Cosmos, he does suggest that if the materialist account is wrong, then principles of a different kind may also be at work in the history of nature, principles of the growth of order that are in their logical form teleological rather than mechanistic. In spite of the great achievements of the physical sciences, reductive materialism is a world view ripe for displacement. Nagel shows that to recognize its limits is the first step in looking for alternatives, or at least in being open to their possibility.




Lost in the Cosmos


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“A mock self-help book designed not to help but to provoke . . . to inveigle us into thinking about who we are and how we got into this mess.” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). Filled with quizzes, essays, short stories, and diagrams, Lost in the Cosmos is National Book Award–winning author Walker Percy’s humorous take on a familiar genre—as well as an invitation to serious contemplation of life’s biggest questions. One part parody and two parts philosophy, Lost in the Cosmos is an enlightening guide to the dilemmas of human existence, and an unrivaled spin on self-help manuals by one of modern America’s greatest literary masters.




Cave and Cosmos


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The pioneering author of The Way of the Shaman continues his exploration of universal shamanism in this “wonderful, fascinating” guide (Carlos Castaneda) In 1980, Michael Harner blazed the trail for the worldwide revival of shamanism with his seminal classic The Way of the Shaman. In this long-awaited sequel, he provides new evidence of the reality of heavens. Drawing from a lifetime of personal shamanic experiences and more than 2,500 reports of Westerners’ experiences during shamanic ascension, Harner highlights the striking similarities between their discoveries, indicating that the heavens and spirits they’ve encountered do indeed exist. He also provides instructions on his innovative core-shamanism techniques, so that readers too can ascend to heavenly realms, seek spirit teachers, and return later at will for additional healing and advice. Written by the leading authority on shamanism, Cave and Cosmos is a must-read not only for those interested in shamanism, but also for those interested in spirituality, comparative religion, near-death experiences, healing, consciousness, anthropology, and the nature of reality.




Cosmos and Psyche


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Seeks to demonstrate the existence of a direct connection between the planetary movements and human history, and examines such ancient and modern events as the French Revolution and September 11th.




Cosmo's Naughty Notes


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Cosmo’s Naughty Notes is perfect for any chick who wants to excite and entice her man. Just peel out these racy messages and leave them on his dashboard, his pillow, or wherever else he might find them...and watch his temperature rise. The 100 sexy stickies provide the ultimate precursor to passion. Complete with clever innuendos and exciting designs, they’re perfect for any seductive scenario a reader might be planning--whether it’s describing a naughty night ahead, arranging a mid-afternoon tryst, or revealing a racy secret. Plus, there are notes that will make any special occasion sizzle, from his birthday to Valentine’s Day to the Fourth of July. Here’s a sample (and if you think these are saucy, just wait ’till you see the book!): � "My place. Tonight. Don’t forget the digital camera. (We can delete the evidence later.)” � "During your lunch hour, you can spend twenty minutes enjoying a sandwich or twenty minutes enjoying me.” � "This New Year’s, there one resolution I need you to help me keep: taking our sex life to the next level.”




Phantastes


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Cosmos and Republic


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In 20 essays inspired by Hannah Arendt's analysis of crisis-ridden modernity, Wolfgang R. Heuer addresses aspects of depoliticization and the loss of politics, and thus of freedom. The wide-ranging essays are grouped in five sections: When Politics Vanishes, The Call of Responsibility, Images and Emotions, Federations, and From Plurality to Cosmos. They lead to the insight that the crises of our time require a common change of perspective towards ecological and political sustainability, the unity of »Cosmos and Republic«.




REAL UNREAL COSMOS


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REAL UNREAL COSMOS is a non-fiction, physics & cosmology related book in which we talk about the Simulation Hypothesis i.e in simple words, Have you ever wondered, Who & Where is God? our almight creator that we pray and seek. Is everything that happens with us - our victories, losses & luck already preplanned? The universe in which we live, eat, feel, love, lose, achieve overall EXIST itself only doesn't seem to be real or authentic reality. Whatever we feel or see is just the image that our brain manifests for us to see hence the overall universe we call reality is nothing other than a mere simulation or a fake-world to be precise. We as humans have developed so far in technology that we created so much in this world. But......what if we're not creators but CREATIONS? Just like simple another character in a video game. So, Who is the Creator? REAL UNREAL COSMOS doesn't only just places myths behind facts like mere fantasies or probabilities but provides substantial evidence for why our universe, our cosmos, our reality, our existence is not real. Each chapter in the book provides an evidence or a reason to believe that REALITY IS UNREAL and that's what is REAL UNREAL COSMOS for you. ABOUT THE AUTHOR : SAURABH GUPTA is a Mumbai based Indian 21 years old cosmology & physics enthusiast with a Bachelors in Information Technology. He has a love for gaming and it was while a gaming session which brought upon the whole idea of this book. It took almost 3-5 years of research to complete his book. He is also an aspiring application developer. He always had a craving curiosity to learn, understand and manifest the universe since childhood. Due to his everlasting love for space and craving curiosity for the mysteries of the universe, he began researching in cosmology and theoretical physics as early as when he was in 5th grade. He started to study the universe deeply; and when he was in 5th grade, his love and interest in space rose at an exponential extent. What happened was, he usually kept records of the several satellites and spacecraft and kept on tracking them. And on a particular night he witnessed and observed the ISS (International Space Station) revolving around the earth through the sky and that was the moment which gave that chills of his and the existence of the universe around him.