Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I was 76 years old and Barbara was 70 when we went trekking in Papua New Guinea. We were tired and covered in sweat, and we should have been sipping Pernod at Les Deux Magots café on the Boulevard Saint-Germain or wandering through the back streets of the Trastevere in Rome. #2 Papua New Guinea is a destination that is enticingly exotic but too difficult to get to...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The first step in dream practice is to recognize the great potential that dream has for the spiritual journey. Dreaming is thought to be unreal, but there is nothing more real than dream. #2 Ignorance is the basis of samsara, and the defining characteristic of ordinary beings. It is the ignorance of our true nature and the true nature of the world, and it results...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 I was a haole, or white, kid in a primarily Hawaiian school in Honolulu. The other kids made fun of me, and I didn't have any friends. I was too scared to say anything. #2 I was sent to Kaimuki Intermediate School, a racially segregated school, where I was bullied and had no friends. I was bored in class and spent most of my time watching the trees outside for wind...

Get the Summary of Alice Sheldon's Why weren't we taught this at school? in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Alice Sheldon is the creator of Needs Understanding, a fresh and exciting approach for finding practical solutions to problems and building relationships that work. Alice graduated from Oxford University with an MA in Psychology and Neurophysiology. She's always had a strong interest...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Private equity investing is a unique asset class that can offer a number of attractive benefits to investors. Compared to more traditional investments, some of the benefits associated with private equity investing can include the ability to focus on long-term capital growth with higher uncorrelated returns. #2 There are many names for the noninvestment-related risks...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Susanna's ordeal began when the group was attacked by the Abenakis. She was taken captive with her children, who were crying at a distance where they were held by their masters. She was pregnant, and soon after her daughter was born, she began having pains. The group proceeded on its way. #2 The Abenakis brought Susanna to Fort St Frédéric, or Crown Point, at the...

Get the Summary of Matthew Pearl's The Taking of Jemima Boone in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: On a quiet midsummer day in 1776, weeks after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, thirteen-year-old Jemima Boone and her friends Betsy and Fanny Callaway disappear near the Kentucky settlement of Boonesboro, the echoes of their faraway screams lingering on the air. A Cherokee-Shawnee...

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Australia was originally an island, but it became a continent when it broke off from Antarctica 35 million years ago. It is currently on a collision course with Indonesia, but inhabitants of both countries should not be alarmed as it is moving at seven centimetres a year. #2 Australia is a large country that is home to many different types of terrain and climates....

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 If you regularly eat when you're not hungry, eat beyond fullness, or choose to eat unhealthy comfort foods, there is a good chance that your eating has an emotional component. If that's the case, you'll benefit from the mindfulness practice presented in this book.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Men who are dangerous have always been around us, and they always will be. We must learn what can and will keep us safe, and know the signs of dangerous men so that we can avoid them or get them out of our lives. #2 All types of women choose and respond to dangerous men. There are some factors that make it more likely that a woman will respond to and date a dangerous...