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What does it mean to look beyond yourself and find a moral cause? To forget about independence and discover dependence - to be utterly enmeshed in a web of warm relationships? What does it mean to value intimacy, devotion, responsibility and commitment above individual freedom? In The Second Mountain David Brooks explores the meaning and possibilities that scaling a second mountain offer us and the four commitments that most commonly move us there: family, vocation, philosophy and community.

In The Road to Character, David Brooks, best-selling author of The Social Animal and New York Times columnist, explains why selflessness leads to greater success. We all possess two natures. One focuses on external success: wealth, fame, status and a great career. The other aims for internal goodness, driven by a spiritual urge not only to do good but to be good - honest, loving and steadfast. The inner self doesn't seek happiness superficially defined; it seeks emotional commitments without counting the cost and a deeper moral joy.

With unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bobos in Paradise, has long explored and explained the way we live. Now, with the intellectual curiosity and emotional wisdom that make his columns among the most read in the nation, Brooks turns to the building blocks of human flourishing in a multilayered, profoundly illuminating work grounded in everyday life.

If you are going to care for someone, you must first understand them. If you're going to hire, marry, or befriend someone, you have to be able to see them. And yet we humans don't do this well. All around us are people who feel invisible, unseen, misunderstood. In How to Know a Person, Brooks sets out to help us to do better, posing questions that are essential for all of us. If you want to know a person, what kind of attention should you cast on them? What kind of conversations should you have? What parts of a person's story should you pay attention to?

A weak Cthonian boy forges a bloody destiny among the stars. Tribal warriors hunt a beast in the Fenrisian snows. Prosperine sorcerers seek hidden secrets. The Emperor's Praetorian shows his ruthless side. Alpharius submits to questioning over a brutal campaign, and Mortarion returns to Terra for the first time since his ascension to daemonhood. Each of these six tales provides you with a new look at one of the primarchs, the demigod sons of the Emperor. Once brothers-in-arms, these legendary heroes fell into war and strife, loyalist and traitor.

Reading the Bible Better. Discussion on books of the Bible as we go through our church's Bible reading plans.

David Brooks, brillant éditorialiste du New York Times, jouissant d'une immense renommée internationale, semblait être à son zénith. Pourtant lorsque son mariage s'écroule après vingt-sept années de vie commune et deux enfants, ce sont aussi ses certitudes qui volent en éclats. Il remet brutalement en question son mode de vie hyper-individualiste où la productivité compte davantage que les relations. L'expérience de cet échec lui permet de développer la théorie de l'existence des "deux montagnes".

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"New Life in the Center" is from the September 28, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by David Brooks and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Trump, Taxes and Citizenship" is from the October 03, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by David Brooks and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"When Beauty Strikes" is from the Columns section of The New York Times. It was written by David Brooks and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

"The Roosevelt Approach
" is from the Column section of The New York Times. It was written by David Brooks and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"The Coming Political Realignment" is from the June 30, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by David Brooks and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Is US as Great as US Athletes Are?" is from the August 18, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by David Brooks and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"The Epidemic of Worry" is from the October 24, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by David Brooks and narrated by Corey M. Snow.

"Three Views of Marriage
" is from the Column section of The New York Times. It was written by David Brooks and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

"Trump’s Sad, Lonely Life" is from the October 10, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by David Brooks and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"The Democrats Win the Summer" is from the June 29, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by David Brooks and narrated by Caroline Miller.

"Time for a Realignment" is from the September 08, 2016 Opinion section of The New York Times. It was written by David Brooks and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.