Find out Former Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew’s take on the meaning of life in this clip. He was asked about this during a dialogue session held… Read more “Lee Kuan Yew on the meaning of life”
Month: September 2014
MM Lee with his jovial question
Aging population with 1.0 fertility rate is due to elitism by developed countries where 1 person eats a huge amount of luxury, the black africans …
Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us, and Why it Matters by James Zogby (Author)
Despite increased contact between the West and the Arab world, even top American political leaders have only limited awareness of the realities and complexities of their Arab… Read more “Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us, and Why it Matters by James Zogby (Author)”
Climate Peril: The Intelligent Reader’s Guide to Understanding the Climate Crisis by John J. Berger Ph.D (Author)
In an easily accessible work of enormous scope and depth, John J. Berger vividly evokes the looming hazards of a warmer world. Based on the latest climate… Read more “Climate Peril: The Intelligent Reader’s Guide to Understanding the Climate Crisis by John J. Berger Ph.D (Author)”
Becoming Enlightened ~ By His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Edited By: Jeffrey Hopkins
In Becoming Enlightened, His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws from traditional Buddhist meditative practices to present step-by-step contemplative exercises designed to expand the reader’s capacity for spiritual… Read more “Becoming Enlightened ~ By His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Edited By: Jeffrey Hopkins”
Gandhi Before India by Ramachandra Guha (Author)
Here is the first volume of a magisterial biography of Mohandas Gandhi that gives us the most illuminating portrait we have had of the life, the work… Read more “Gandhi Before India by Ramachandra Guha (Author)”
7 Things That May Surprise You About Muhammad ~ Lesley Hazleton
Everyone knows his name. He was, and still is, one of the most influential figures of all time, yet most of us have little real sense of… Read more “7 Things That May Surprise You About Muhammad ~ Lesley Hazleton”
After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam by Lesley Hazleton (Author)
In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, a… Read more “After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam by Lesley Hazleton (Author)”
Hack Attack: How the truth caught up with Rupert Murdoch by Nick Davies (Author)
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2014 At first, it seemed like a small story. The royal editor of the News… Read more “Hack Attack: How the truth caught up with Rupert Murdoch by Nick Davies (Author)”
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