Chirag Patel
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For a few years, I ran a student support service at a university. Over that time, I discovered that most students were tripping up for easily avoidable reasons, and came in with the same problems each time. Contained herein are solutions for the most common student difficulties, including:
2) Living From A Suitcase: Join the Exciting and Implausible Real-Life Journey of an English Bohemia
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A collection of comic articles, collecting humorous travelogues as a Brit wanders the wilds of Africa and Asia. Includes...
• A rock diary following a gigging band in London in the mid 2000s, who might be any aspirant post student band you've ever known
• Travels around Asia on the modern Grand Tour, back in the years before the crisis hit
• Strange journeys and getting attacked at a go kart track in India
• The ruminations of an Englishman...
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New recording of the epic Science Fantasy tale. Three who become legend rise in the ranks. The first full volume of Still Light. Covers the birth of AI and posthumanity, and the hidden cabal of mystical powers that control humanity's fate. The three begin their rise to power, joining the mystical ranks of Abraxas. We begin an age of war unlike any known before, as individual soldiers are given the ability to change nations. An old rival is reborn...
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If you're struggling with how to demystify the world, check out this guide. With answers about everything from AI and mental health, to living through hard times and discussions of philosophy, theology and spirituality, it contains a wealth of interesting facts, ideas and opinions. Also includes a section on marijuana-related questions, and properly reflective reviews of great sci fi, fantasy, non-fiction and comedy books. You'll be guaranteed to...
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Sometimes, honour and bravery can win a reprieve from destiny. A story of hope and despair, as Artificial intelligences, posthumans, and other minds struggle against their fates. Amongst other events... The too-biological Zee leaves, feeling the call of an older blessing than the ones her peers have received. An old man, who knows more than he should, arrives at the school, to try and show Zu that here is a path other than the one others have demanded...
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A classic guide to tricks and tactics for winning arguments, with commentary on the use of and defence against each tactic.
The best summary of this book is 'being right doesn't mean you're gonna win, and this is why'. It's the ultimate guide to spotting the many different kinds of bullshit people pull in order to win over the crowd, rather than argue the point at hand. There's very few of them that don't immediately bring examples to mind, and having...
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The 21st century will see great changes for humanity. True Artificial Intelligence comes into existence, and in its wake the world is ripped apart and reborn. In new technology ancient ways will find new expression, as the secret rulers of the world choose its future shape. It is a time of great change, of disaster and destruction matched only by the flowering of mind. We know the great events of this time; but what of the others? What about those...
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Bite-sized columns & stories about gardening in tough environments from the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Learn how to compost, ferment, drought-proof, park build, and more.
Collected columns from the local paper, including container gardening, working through droughts, companion planting, and lots of organic and permaculture topics and projects.
9) Get To Grips With Grown Up Topics Thought-provoking & business focused articles on management the
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Articles on boring-but-interesting topics, including:
• Management styles and theory
• Quality philosophies
• The structure of law
• Case studies in reducing crime and recidivism
• A reflective study on criminal justice
• A case study on Warner Brothers' political cartoons
• Articles on occupy, disintermediation, and ethical concerns
• A wide range of short questions and answers about life issues, philosophy, theology, and more
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A wryly humorous telling of the British colonialisation in South Africa, told from the point of view of a not-very-successful family and the child that would become Emperor, thousands of miles away. Long before he became Emperor of the United States, Joshua Norton won his place in history as one of the 1820 Settlers, in the British colonialisation of the Cape Colony, in today's South Africa. Many think the patron saint of Discordianism a myth, or...
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This is not a self-help book, or a book of specific guidance. In fact, it was written because too many works that claim to help you find your way either disappear into meaningless abstraction or are so petty and particular they fall at the first hurdle, teaching control instead of acceptance. There are a lot of spiritual self help books out there, but most of them either pretend to be enlightened or provide such specific direction that you'll never...