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  Myths and Legends of Japan -...

  HENRY ROMANO

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  We are told that in the very beginning, "Heaven and Earth were not yet separated, and the In and Yo not yet divided." This reminds us of other cosmogony stories. The In and Yo, corresponding to the Chinese Yang and Yin, were the male and female principles. It was more convenient for the old Japanese writers to imagine them coming into creation not very remote from their manner of birth. In Polynesian mythology, we find pretty much the same conception, where Rangi and Papa represented Heaven and Earth, and further parallels may be found in Egyptian and other cosmogony stories. We find the male and female principles taking a prominent, and after all, very rational, place in nearly all. We are told in the Nihongi that these male and female principles "formed a chaotic mass like an egg which was of obscurely defined limits and contained germs." Eventually, this egg was quickened into life, and the purer and clearer part was drawn out and formed Heaven, while the heavier element settled down and became Earth, which was "compared to the floating of a fish sporting on the surface of the water." A mysterious form resembling a reed-shoot suddenly appeared between Heaven and Earth, and as suddenly became transformed into a God called Kuni-Toko-Tachi, ("Land-eternal-stand-of-august-thing"). We may pass over the other divine births until we come to the important deities known as Izanagi and Izanami ("Male-who-invites" and "Female-who-invites"). About these beings has been woven an entrancing myth.

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  Colorado apprenticeship program...

  PBS NewsHour

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  Some high school students in Colorado may get prime jobs even before they get their diplomas. That’s because CareerWise, the nation’s first statewide youth apprenticeship program, links students to industries and addresses manufacturers’ demand for skills, while offering employment, academic credit and support for college. Hari Sreenivasan reports as part of our Rethinking College series.

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  At the 11th Hour - Twenty-one...

  Johnny Rafter, Julie Dean,...

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  At the 11th Hour is designed especially for intermediate to advanced learners of English as a Second Language. It contains 21 thrilling stories which have plot twists and surprise endings. It was written, developed, and tested by English teachers with many years of classroom experience. The audio-book brings the stories to life with male and female voices, music and sound effects.
  
  A woman from Germany receives a letter from the United States saying that she has inherited all the assets of her deceased uncle. She is excited and can’t wait to become rich. But a big surprise awaits her across the Atlantic Ocean.
  
  Two terrorists decide to steal a truck on the street in the middle of the night. They have no idea that something inside is waiting for them. If only they knew.
  
  A young woman who hates beggars finds herself on the street as a beggar herself. Will the experience change her?
  
  And much more. What happens next? A mystery, the unexpected, the surprise will reveal itself in each story. Learning is fun and easy when you can’t wait to find out what happens next while acquiring new vocabulary and expressions.An Open Book audio production.

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  Talking to a Brick Wall - How...

  Deborah Mattinson

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  With a foreword by Michael Portillo. Deborah Mattinson had a unique perspective on the New Labour project. As Britain's leading political pollster, she has been monitoring public opinion since the mid-1980s, and helped transform Labour into Europe's greatest election-winning machine of the modern era. Most recently as chief pollster to Gordon Brown as Prime Minister, she has been on the frontline of electoral politics, consistently representing the voter's side of the story to the politicans. Sometimes, she has encountered scepticism - a belligerent John Smith made an unappreciative witness to one of Deborah's focus groups - and she has often had to convey unwelcome results - telling a grumpy Gordon Brown he needed to spruce up his appearance cannot have been easy. With a stellar cast, including Neil Kinnock, Peter Mandelson, John Smith, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, Talking to A Brick Wall reviews the New Labour years from the voter's point of view. It tracks the ups and downs of the Blair/Brown era as seen from beyond Westminster, showing how closely political reputation correlates with voter connection. It profiles the swing voter, shows the importance of women's votes, and what gives a politician popular appeal, and maps the voters' views through the 2010 campaign and its immediate aftermath, showing how the electorate has been left out of political decision making and revealing the public's recipe for rehabilitating the Labour Party and rebuilding trust in democracy. A champion of democratic renewal through citizen engagement, Deborah Mattinson believes that we must move to new grown up partnership politics if democracy is to thrive.

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  Stoicism Minimal Edition - How...

  Richard Avant

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  Where can уou find happineѕѕ? Gain ѕtrength? How ѕhould we face our fearѕ? Deal with the death and grief of a loved one? While traditional ѕchooling doeѕn’t addreѕѕ ѕuch ԛueѕtionѕ, it’ѕ exactlу what ancient ѕchoolѕ of philoѕophу all about were: Theу taught уou how to live. 
  Even though theѕe ѕchoolѕ don’t exiѕt anуmore, уou and I and moѕt people are in aѕ much the need for a philoѕophу that guideѕ uѕ through life aѕ we ever were. Thiѕ compelling, highlу actionable guide ѕhowѕ уou how to deal more effectivelу with whatever life throwѕ at уou and live up to уour beѕt ѕelf. 
  A mix of leѕѕ time wiѕdom and empowering advice, Stoiciѕm will point the waу to anуone ѕeeking a calm and wiѕe life in a chaotic world. 
  What You Will Learn in Thiѕ Book  
  •        The different waуѕ to practice ѕtoiciѕm 
  •        How to be a Stoic 
  •        How to deal with death and grief 
  •        How to practice ѕtoiciѕm in everу daу and how we can applу it to our dailу liveѕ 
  •        Stoiciѕm and the art of happineѕѕ 
  And a lot more. 
  Happу Reading.

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  Revolution and other Essays

  Jack London

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  A collection of 13 essays written between 1900 and 1908, published in 1910. The lead essay, "Revolution", outlines how and why London renounced capitalism as a failed social system and declared himself an active participant in the "socialist revolution", the last essay is an autobiographical piece, and the essays in between are on diverse subjects. A few of the “essays” are actually humorous short fiction stories; others are serious, sometimes angry rants against capitalistic greed and political corruption. All of the pieces are thought-provoking and excellently written, though only loosely intellectual, highly opinionated, and rife with contradiction, as was London himself. -- Summary by Michele Fry

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