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The Jewish Experience

Discovering the Soul of Jewish Thought and Practice

by Wildes, Mark ...

With so many people searching for meaning and happiness, Judaism is often seen as a tradition of outdated rules, rituals, and ancient beliefs. But what if it’s much more than that?Drawing on decades of teaching thousands of millennials at the Manhattan Jewish Experience (MJE), Rabbi Mark Wildes presents core beliefs and practices of Judaism – God, Torah, Prayer, Kindness/Charity, Shabbat, and ... Read more

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With so many people searching for meaning and happiness, Judaism is often seen as a tradition of outdated rules, rituals, and ancient beliefs. But what if it’s much more than that?Drawing on decades of teaching thousands of millennials at the Manhattan Jewish Experience (MJE), Rabbi Mark Wildes presents core beliefs and practices of Judaism – God, Torah, Prayer, Kindness/Charity, Shabbat, and
... Read more
Renewal

Liberal Protestants and the American City after World War II

by Mark Wild ...

Series series Historical Studies of Urban America
In the decades following World War II, a movement of clergy and laity sought to restore liberal Protestantism to the center of American urban life. Chastened by their failure to avert war and the Holocaust, and troubled by missionaries' complicity with colonial regimes, they redirected their energies back home.Renewal explores the rise and fall of this movement, which began as an effort to restore ... Read more

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In the decades following World War II, a movement of clergy and laity sought to restore liberal Protestantism to the center of American urban life. Chastened by their failure to avert war and the Holocaust, and troubled by missionaries' complicity with colonial regimes, they redirected their energies back home.Renewal explores the rise and fall of this movement, which began as an effort to restore
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Nightingale and the Rose, The (Story Time, Episode 201)

by Oscar Wilde ...

Narrated by Mark Young ...

Series Audiobook 201 - Story Time
Unabridged

13 min

A nightingale overhears a student complaining that the professor's daughter will not dance with him, as he is unable to give her a red rose;] a lizard, a butterfly and a daisy laugh at the student for doing so. The nightingale visits all the rose-trees in the garden, and one of the roses tells her there is a way to produce a red rose, but only if the nightingale is prepared to sing the sweetest ... Read more

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A nightingale overhears a student complaining that the professor's daughter will not dance with him, as he is unable to give her a red rose;] a lizard, a butterfly and a daisy laugh at the student for doing so. The nightingale visits all the rose-trees in the garden, and one of the roses tells her there is a way to produce a red rose, but only if the nightingale is prepared to sing the sweetest
... Read more
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Satirical Short Stories

Wit and satire used for amusement or even to critique society

by Oscar Wilde, Oscar Wilde, Nikolai Gogol, Mark Twain, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, D H Lawrence, Anton Chekhov, James Fenimore Cooper, Hristo Smirenski, Stacy Aumonier, E M Delafield0, Sadat Hasan Manto1, J M Barrie2, Nathaniel Hawthorne3, Jerome K Jerome4 ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley5, Hubert Gregg6, David Shaw-Parker7 ...

Unabridged

11 hours 3 min

Satire. That form of wit that ridicules all those shortcomings and flaws in individuals, society and its institutions in an effort to shame and mock them into a change of behaviour. And words in the hands of such talents as Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Jerome K Jerome and very many others are the mightiest weapons of such persuasion.01 - Satirical Short Stories - An Introduction02 - Lord Arthur Savile ... Read more

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Satire. That form of wit that ridicules all those shortcomings and flaws in individuals, society and its institutions in an effort to shame and mock them into a change of behaviour. And words in the hands of such talents as Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Jerome K Jerome and very many others are the mightiest weapons of such persuasion.01 - Satirical Short Stories - An Introduction02 - Lord Arthur Savile
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Remarkable Rocket, The (Story Time, Episode 204)

by Oscar Wilde ...

Narrated by Mark Young ...

Series Audiobook 204 - Story Time
Unabridged

25 min

This story concerns a firework, who is one of many to be let off at the wedding of a prince and princess. The rocket is extremely pompous and self-important, and denigrates all the other fireworks, eventually bursting into tears to demonstrate his "sensitivity." As this makes him wet, he fails to ignite and, the next day, is thrown away into a ditch. ... Read more

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This story concerns a firework, who is one of many to be let off at the wedding of a prince and princess. The rocket is extremely pompous and self-important, and denigrates all the other fireworks, eventually bursting into tears to demonstrate his "sensitivity." As this makes him wet, he fails to ignite and, the next day, is thrown away into a ditch.
... Read more
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Happy Prince, The (Story Time, Episode 200)

by Oscar Wilde ...

Narrated by Mark Young ...

Series Audiobook 200 - Story Time
Unabridged

19 min

In a town full of suffering poor people, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince", who has never experienced true sorrow, for he lived in a palace where sorrow was not allowed to enter. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument, the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby ... Read more

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In a town full of suffering poor people, a swallow who was left behind after his flock flew off to Egypt for the winter meets the statue of the late "Happy Prince", who has never experienced true sorrow, for he lived in a palace where sorrow was not allowed to enter. Viewing various scenes of people suffering in poverty from his tall monument, the Happy Prince asks the swallow to take the ruby
... Read more
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Devoted Friend, The (Story Time, Episode 203)

by Oscar Wilde ...

Narrated by Mark Young ...

Series Audiobook 203 - Story Time
Unabridged

22 min

Once upon a time, there was a kind and honest man named Hans. He lived alone in a tiny cottage. Hans was a little man who owned a beautiful garden, where he grew flowers of all kinds and colours which were sold in the market to make some money. He enjoyed the company of another man called Hugh, a miller who used to visit Hans very often during the summer time and with whom he shared thoughts about ... Read more

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Once upon a time, there was a kind and honest man named Hans. He lived alone in a tiny cottage. Hans was a little man who owned a beautiful garden, where he grew flowers of all kinds and colours which were sold in the market to make some money. He enjoyed the company of another man called Hugh, a miller who used to visit Hans very often during the summer time and with whom he shared thoughts about
... Read more
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Selfish Giant, The (Story Time, Episode 202)

by Oscar Wilde ...

Narrated by Mark Young ...

Series Audiobook 202 - Story Time
Unabridged

8 min

The Selfish Giant owns a beautiful garden which has 12 peach trees and lovely fragrant flowers, in which children love to play after returning from school. On the giant's return after visiting his friend the Cornish Ogre for seven years, he takes offence at the children and builds a wall to keep them out. ... Read more

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The Selfish Giant owns a beautiful garden which has 12 peach trees and lovely fragrant flowers, in which children love to play after returning from school. On the giant's return after visiting his friend the Cornish Ogre for seven years, he takes offence at the children and builds a wall to keep them out.
... Read more
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature [volume 2]

by James Joyce, Rudyard Kipling, D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann, H. P. Lovecraft, Marcel Proust, Herman Melville, Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker, Leo Tolstoy, Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Stendhal, Rabindranath Tagore, Jack London, Mary Shelley, George Sand, William Somerset Maugham, Walter Scott, Upton Sinclair, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jonathan Swift, Rebecca West ...

This 2nd volume of contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a Boat Joyce, James: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James: Ulysses Kingsley, Charles: The Water-Babies Kipling, Rudyard: Kim La Fayette, Madame de: The Princess of Clèves Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de: Dangerous Liaisons Lawrence, D. H.: Sons and Lovers ... Read more

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This 2nd volume of contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names: Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a Boat Joyce, James: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James: Ulysses Kingsley, Charles: The Water-Babies Kipling, Rudyard: Kim La Fayette, Madame de: The Princess of Clèves Laclos, Pierre Choderlos de: Dangerous Liaisons Lawrence, D. H.: Sons and Lovers
... Read more
Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

Edited by Mark Wild, Gregory J. Offer ...

A guide to lithium sulfur batteries that explores their materials, electrochemical mechanisms and modelling and includes recent scientific developmentsLithium Sulfur Batteries (Li-S) offers a comprehensive examination of Li-S batteries from the viewpoint of the materials used in their construction, the underlying electrochemical mechanisms and how this translates into the characteristics of Li-S ... Read more

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A guide to lithium sulfur batteries that explores their materials, electrochemical mechanisms and modelling and includes recent scientific developmentsLithium Sulfur Batteries (Li-S) offers a comprehensive examination of Li-S batteries from the viewpoint of the materials used in their construction, the underlying electrochemical mechanisms and how this translates into the characteristics of Li-S
... Read more
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Renewal

Liberal Protestants and the American City after World War II

by Mark Wild ...

Narrated by Auto-narrated ...

Unabridged

11 hours 18 min

In the decades following World War II, a movement of clergy and laity sought to restore liberal Protestantism to the center of American urban life. Chastened by their failure to avert war and the Holocaust, and troubled by missionaries’ complicity with colonial regimes, they redirected their energies back home.Renewal explores the rise and fall of this movement, which began as an effort to restore ... Read more

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In the decades following World War II, a movement of clergy and laity sought to restore liberal Protestantism to the center of American urban life. Chastened by their failure to avert war and the Holocaust, and troubled by missionaries’ complicity with colonial regimes, they redirected their energies back home.Renewal explores the rise and fall of this movement, which began as an effort to restore
... Read more

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The Canterville Ghost

by Oscar Wilde ...

Narrated by Mark Redfield, Mackenzie Menter ...

Unabridged

1 hour 20 min

Oscar Wilde’s delightful story comes to life with vivid performances by Mark Redfield and Mackenzie Menter (as Virginia), with an original music score by Jennifer Rouse. One of the first stories Wilde published in 1887, “The Canterville Ghost” tells the story of an American family that moves into a haunted country house in England. At first disbelieving in ghosts, the family soon accepts, and then ... Read more

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Oscar Wilde’s delightful story comes to life with vivid performances by Mark Redfield and Mackenzie Menter (as Virginia), with an original music score by Jennifer Rouse. One of the first stories Wilde published in 1887, “The Canterville Ghost” tells the story of an American family that moves into a haunted country house in England. At first disbelieving in ghosts, the family soon accepts, and then
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