Bøger af Richard Shapiro

Have you ever taken a long car journey and as soon as you reached your destination, you couldn't get yourself to remember even one single thing you had seen? Or have you ever walked into a restaurant, ordered food, and proceeded to eat, but with hindsight, you realized you hadn't paid attention to how it tasted? If this sounds like you, you're not alone. Most of us are incapable of experiencing our reality to the full extent. And for this reason, we miss out on the beauty of life, and even worse, fail to listen when our bodies try to communicate. We are lacking in mindfulness.Mindfulness is our ability to stay aware of our thoughts, feelings, sensations, and the environment around us. When we practice mindfulness, we challenge ourselves to be fully present in our lives so that nothing escapes our attention. This book seeks to explore the various benefits of mindfulness and how regular practice can improve a person's life. What are some of these benefits?-Creating happiness-Improving cognitive function and emotional reactivity-Increasing productivity-Decluttering the mind-Eliminating stress-Improving self-esteem Practicing mindfulness is easily one of the best life hacks for living to the fullest.Grab this book now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Hekatompathia (1582), the first English sonnet sequence, surprises its readers with a cryptographic puzzle at a critical juncture in the text. The puzzle's instructions, enumerated in five points, promise that a message can be deciphered using a specific set of published cryptographic tables. This odd, indeed unique, interruption of a poetic text has long baffled critics. Some have dismissed the puzzle as esoterica; one critic argued that the puzzle is unsolvable because its construction is flawed; what no one has previously done is to solve the puzzle. And so, until now, the mystery has remained. However, by applying both cryptographic and literary skills, Labyrinth of Ruins uncovers the solution to this extraordinarily elaborate 7-stage puzzle, in which each stage produces a cryptographic message. Even more surprising, in its grand finale, the seventh stage's cryptographic message reveals that the work's author is not actually he whose name appears on the title page, Thomas Watson, but rather the philosopher, statesman, and harbinger of scientific progress, Francis Bacon. This study's arguments are quantifiable, unlike any matters of literary interpretation or authorship attribution based on the historical record. Indeed, false claims based on a true cryptographic system are difficult to concoct because such systems impose significant constraints. Mathematical techniques are applied to validate the deciphered messages. Solving the Hekatompathia's puzzle not only produces seven messages, but also reorders the sonnet sequence, producing what is, in effect, a new sequence with a different ending. Labyrinth of Ruins, in addition to solving the puzzle, is a critical study of the reordered sequence. The Hekatompathia, in its new order, provides valuable insights into the intellectual history of its day. It reveals much about early modern rhetorical practices, the role of natural philosophy (especially Lucretian cosmology) in Elizabethan poetry, and the structural organization of sonnet sequences. The Hekatompathia's poet, with the decipherer's assistance, has accomplished the unprecedented feat of publishing, what is effectively a new literary work four centuries after his death.Book's website: Hekatompathia.com