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 Seeing the Sacred in Life: A Guide To Living Each Day In The Present $27.95 This book holds an invitation to a celebration-the celebration of your spirit. Once you venture inside its covers, you will realize that your invitation was sent many years ago. It's an invitation that has special significance for your well-being. Open your invitation and you will discover what nourishes your spirit. Your dinner companions are well known to you: Power, Freedom, Joy, Peace, Patience, and Reverence, to name a few. They are here to honor you and the spirit that resides within you. As you read and work with this book, you will discover your own spirit, and when you do, you will begin to see the sacred in all of life. In that moment, you will be given the gift of being in the present. Your guide on this inner journey is David D. Dameron, a well-known trainer, teacher, consultant, and author, who lives in San Antonio, Texas. For over thirty years, David has trained thousands of individuals on how to improve the quality of their lives through his workshops and public speaking events. David holds a BA and a master's degree in teaching from Trinity University. He is the author of Remembering Our Spirit. This volume, Seeing the Sacred in Life, is the second in the Practical Spirituality Series. Let this book be your guide as you are taken on an exciting journey to the place that holds the power to make all things happen in life, and where you will find inner peace, prosperity, and fulfillment.  Leaves From Satan's Book $2.99 This is one of those quintessential anti-recommendations for people interested in silent cinema, since it displays a lot of the old stereotypes about things such as overacting, a boring storyline, and a camera that isn't very fluid. Though it was shot in 1919 (and released in 1921), it already appears like a relic from a decade earlier. Another problem is how chatty it is; there are some silents with a lot of intertitles that do work, but this sure isn't one of them. The appeal of the silent drama is that it's supposed to show, not tell, the audience. And for a film from 1919/1921, it's incredibly long. I've seen quite a few silents over the usual maximum length of 80 or 90 minutes that held me captivated throughout, but this one was so dull to begin with that the excess length only hindered it. The plot itself is interesting and did have potential, what with the novel idea of Satan not wanting to be a bad guy and wanting people to do good instead of evil, so that he'll have a thousand years of respite if his latest victim doesn't succumb to temptation. It could be that the episodic structure bogs it down even more--just as we're getting to know these characters and getting into the storyline, we change eras and get introduced to a new set of characters (played by the same actors) and a new plot. If this film was inspired by 'Intolerance,' then that hardly puts me in a hurry to see that film (in addition to the fact that I don't like D.W. Griffith anyway), which is even longer than this one! I also dislike films that are overly preachy and moralistic, making the whole thing into some sort of overwrought morality play instead of just telling a good story without hitting the viewer over the head with some heavy message. The first story is about the Crucifixion. Besides the fact that as a non-Christian and a historian I have a lot of issues with the things being presented as fact, it just moves slowly, the least interesting of the 4 tales. And since this tale has already been told so many times before, it just seems predictable, not bringing anything new to this familiar story. The second story is about the Spanish Inquisition, which has a lot of images that were probably considered rather graphic for the time, such as the priest flaggelating himself while fantasising about Isabel, his forbidden love interest, beneath a cross. Probably the best section is the third, taking place during the French Revolution. There seems to be more character and plot development in this one. It's also the time period that interests me most of the 4 represented. The final segment is a modern story, taking place during the 1918 revolution in Finland, when the nation won their independence and threw off the yoke of Russian/Soviet rule. This one is also better-developed than the earlier tales, but since this isn't a period of history that most people outside of Scandinavia are familiar with (unfortunately), it probably isn't going to mean anything to the average viewer. One feels relief not only for the fact that Satan finally got his thousand years of respite but also for the fact that it's finally over! The film is worth watching for its historical merit, but other than that, it's far from an ideal first silent, and far from an ideal first film to see if one is interested in the works of Carl Theodor Dreyer. He directed far better films than this, ones that are actually interesting and faster-paced, such as 'The Parson's Widow' and his famous 'The Passion of Joan of Arc.' This isn't exactly going to be a film that most people will want to watch over and over again, or to put in the player to kill some time when bored.  Stay Golden, Smog: The Best of Golden Smog - The Rykodisc Years (+3 Bonus Tracks) $35.86 INCLUDES 3 PREVIOUSLY UNISSUED BONUS TRACKS! In the late '80s, Minneapolis was home to a tightly knit music scene that claimed its fair share of groups on college and alternative radio playlists. When they weren't playing in their own bands, singer Kraig Johnson (Run Westy Run) and guitarists Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum) Gary Louris (the Jayhawks) and Marc Perlman (the Jayhawks) got together as Golden Smog to play with friends and have a good time. The band recorded a pair of albums for Rykodisc in the early '90s, featuring Uncle Tupelo/Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and drummers Noah Levy (Honeydogs) and Jody Stephens (Big Star). Rhino brings together the essential tracks from both of those early releases for STAY GOLDEN, SMOG: THE BEST OF GOLDEN SMOG. Track listing: 1. Until You Came Along 2. Looking Forward To Seeing You 3. Ill Fated 4. Lost Love 5. Jennifer Save Me 6. Making Waves 7. Glad And Sorry 8. V 9. To Call My Own 10. Pecan Pie 11. Won't Be Coming Home 12. Red Headed Stepchild 13. He's A Dick 14. Radio King 15. Please Tell My Brother 16. If I Only Had A Car 17. Until You Came Along '97 * 18. Love And Mercy * Bonus tracks: 19. Each And Every Day * 20. Poor Myleena * 21. Winter Song * *previously unissued |
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