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'For twenty- one years I have been shuffling back and forth between
classrooms and libraries. Now you tell me what the hell it's got
me.' That's how Benjamin Braddock talked when he came down from
university. Somehow it didn't seem to be what his father expected
from a college education, and everyone was really appalled when Ben
raped Mrs Robinson (that was her story anyway) and ran off with her
daughter in the middle of her wedding to someone else... a
brilliantly sordid tale of a young man's search for identity and a
portrayal of the worst-behaved yet most sympathetic anti-hero of
the day.
TABLOID HAIKU Is a collection of haiku based on tabloid headlines.
The inspiration for composing these haiku came to me one afternoon
while standing in a supermarket checkout line listening to a fellow
customer read loudly from the Weekly World News. Off the wall and
beyond the fringe pulp poetry resonated down the supermarket aisles
as the man read through the paper, then folded it neatly and placed
it back on the rack. Haiku immediately came to mind, since the
utter strangeness of many of these gems gave them an almost
koan-like quality.
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The Graduate (Paperback)
Charles Webb; Introduction by Hanif Kureishi
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As far as Benjamin Braddock's parents are concerned, his future is
sewn up. Now he has graduated from college, he will go to Yale or
Harvard, get a good job and enjoy a life of money, cocktails and
pool parties in the suburbs, just like them. For Benjamin, however,
this isn't quite enough. When his parents' friend Mrs Robinson, a
formidable older woman, strips naked in front of him and they begin
an affair, it seems he might have found a way out. That is, until
her daughter Elaine comes into the picture, and things get far more
complicated.
In the blistering summer of 1911, City stockbroker George Chesshyre
moves his family to a new house in south London. George looks
forward to a life of domestic bliss but a continuous chain of
events conspires against him and his yearned for reverie is
repeatedly thwarted and dashed by the arrival of cantankerous and
odd relatives, unexpected animals and a merciless drain on his
wallet. Not helped by the unceasing, debilitating heat of one of
the hottest summers on record, George battles to and from the City
each day on the 'Slow Train to Suburbia'. As the year progresses
and the autumn leaves fall, a procession of colourful characters
adds, by turn, hilarity and heartbreak, culminating in a riotous
Christmas Day, a fitting climax to an event-filled year. In 'Slow
Train to Suburbia' the author paints a sympathetic and nostalgic
picture of life in the suburbs before the First World War. The
world is rapidly changing and old certainties are fading fast. The
dying embers of the Edwardian age are captured beautifully in the
situations, characters and prose, and will leave a deep and lasting
impression in the memories and imaginations of everyone who reads
and enjoys this unusual novel.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1835 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1836 Edition.
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1832 Edition.
YOU are a bodymind, not a body with a mind or vice versa. You are a
verb, not a noun. You are fluid, constantly changing. The static
you is a persistent illusion. You... your self, persona, ego...who
you are... is a construct that is formed by the interaction of
genetics, imprinting, and learning. You have little input into this
process until after you have been thoroughly shaped by parents,
peers and culture. Now consider that this you that you now seem to
be is, actually, very much like a fictitious character that may
appear in a novel, play or movie and may be re-written, re-produced
and re-performed, using the techniques of those media. One part of
your character description that can effectively be re-written,
re-produced and re-performed is your functional age, which is
defined as a combination and interaction of your chronological,
physiological, psychological, and emotional ages. The Cinemorphic
techniques discussed in METHOD AGING open the door to this
transformation.
There may be no path to follow or method to use to attain
realization, enlightenment, waking up, satori...but it is often
said that if the fruit is ripened fully it will fall from the tree
more readily. Kwatz shakes the tree a bit. What follows is a
confrontation...a strange and amusing, encounter...Dharma
combat...between two modern masters...one from the Zen tradition,
the other an unlikely Taoist...who has decided that this deadly
serious "combat" may be a new and amusing way to spend an
afternoon. Each answers the other using variations on sayings from
other "masters" that they find apropos to the situation. The
writers, philosophers, artists, comedians, etc. whom they
paraphrase, are not mentioned by name during the combat itself. The
"combat" is intended to have multiple effects upon the reader...a
possible shaking of the tree - koan like impact via the odd
juxtapositions... confusion trying to figure out who... sort
of...said what (a list is provided at the end but no pairings are
made)...as well as simply allowing an entertaining and weirdly
comic ride with these masters as they verbally whack away at each
other...and their audience of students...and readers...and YOU...
As The Tao of Aging opens, we encounter a strange old, sage-like
Chinese philosopher and raconteur who claims to actually be
Zhuangzi (ChuangTzu) - the second most important originator of
Taoist thought after Lao Tzu. Zhuangzi now lives in San Francisco
and is known simply as "Z." As it turns out, over 2000 years after
his exploits in ancient China, "Z" is still rambling about the
world - trickster to the bone - tinkering with the way we look at
what we call reality. He insists that he is not some mythical
Taoist Immortal whose condition is due to an alchemical elixir but
rather an ordinary man who pays attention to the Laws of Nature. "I
am not the Zhuangzi you have read about in books...wallowing in the
mud all day. Stuck in the mud really, if you believe what you read,
which you shouldn't. There are those who will say that the ideas I
am telling you about now are not those of Zhuangzi - that they are
different from Zhuangzi's teachings - contrary even. But if they
were not freethinking - even heretical - they would not truly be
Zhuangzi's - MY - ideas... ...And so you ask about some Tao of
Aging? First, there is no Tao OF anything...just Tao. And Tao is
not a noun, Tao is a verb. But even Taoing is not Tao because Tao
has no name, even though I have just named it. Then, look for
yourself. What you call your body may change in a way you call
aging, but do 'you' age? Does your awareness get wet when it rains?
Does your awareness turn into wearoutness over 'time'? I think not
Just think of yourself as a constantly changing field of energy and
potential...swirling and twirling with the Tao..." Is "Z" the real
thing? Our conclusion by the end of our encounter with
him...MAYBE...
YOU are a bodymind, not a body with a mind or vice versa. You are a
verb, not a noun. You are fluid, constantly changing. The static
you is a persistent illusion. You... your self, persona, ego...who
you are... is a construct that is formed by the interaction of
genetics, imprinting, and learning. Now consider that this you that
you now seem to be is, actually, very much like a fictitious
character that may appear in a novel, play or movie and may be
re-written, re-produced and re-performed, using the techniques of
those media. One part of your character description that can
effectively be re-written, re-produced and re-performed is your
functional age, which is defined as a combination and interaction
of your chronological, physiological, psychological, and emotional
ages. The Cinemorphic techniques discussed in METHOD AGING an the
Infinite Game open the door to this transformation.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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