Wake Up

"If, like me, you{u2019}re sick and tired of being told how to think, speak, eat and behave, then this book is for you. ... (more)

"If, like me, you{u2019}re sick and tired of being told how to think, speak, eat and behave, then this book is for you. If, like me, you think the world{u2019}s going absolutely nuts, then this book is for you. If, like me, you think NHS heroes and Captain Tom are the real stars of our society, not self-obsessed tone-deaf celebrities (and royal renegades!), then this book is for you. If, like me, you{u2019}re sickened by the cancel culture bullies destroying people{u2019}s careers and lives, then this book is for you. From feminism to masculinity, racism to gender, body image to veganism, mental health to competitiveness at school, the right to free speech and expressing an honestly held opinion is being crushed at the altar of {u2018}woke{u2019} political correctness."--Back cover. (less)

"If, like me, you{u2019}re sick and tired of being told how to think, speak, eat and behave, then this book is for you. ... (more)

"If, like me, you{u2019}re sick and tired of being told how to think, speak, eat and behave, then this book is for you. If, like me, you think the world{u2019}s going absolutely nuts, then this book is for you. If, like me, you think NHS heroes and Captain Tom are the real stars of our society, not self-obsessed tone-deaf celebrities (and royal renegades!), then this book is for you. If, like me, you{u2019}re sickened by the cancel culture bullies destroying people{u2019}s careers and lives, then this book is for you. From feminism to masculinity, racism to gender, body image to veganism, mental health to competitiveness at school, the right to free speech and expressing an honestly held opinion is being crushed at the altar of {u2018}woke{u2019} political correctness."-- (less)

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Prayers and official speeches of His Holiness accompanied by new modern musical compositions inspired by the hymns of th... (more)

Prayers and official speeches of His Holiness accompanied by new modern musical compositions inspired by the hymns of the Christian tradition. (less)

Though raised Catholic, in the early 1950s Jack Kerouac became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a p... (more)

Though raised Catholic, in the early 1950s Jack Kerouac became fascinated with Buddhism, an interest that would have a profound impact on his ideas of spirituality and their expression in his writing. Published for the first time in book form, this is Kerouac's retelling of the story of Prince Siddhartha Gautama, who as a young man abandoned his wealthy family and comfortable home for a lifelong search for enlightenment. As a compendium of the teachings of the Buddha, Wake Up is a meditation on the nature of life, desire, wisdom, and suffering. Distilled from a variety of canonical scriptures, Wake Up serves as both a concise primer on the concepts of Buddhism and as a document of Kerouac's evolving beliefs. It is the work of a devoted spiritual follower of the Buddha who also happened to be one of the twentieth century's most influential novelists. (less)