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Christmas Collection, The

Author : Various

Performed By : Full Cast Production

Publisher : Select Music & Distribution

Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes

Categories : Poetry
Classic Literature
Dramatizations
Religious

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Christmas brings out the best and the worst in us, as can be seen in this evocative anthology. Among what Thomas Love Peacock calls the 'many poetical charms in the heraldings of Christmas' there are eulogies by saints and diatribes from curmudgeons. Here, Christmas is expounded by divines, sung by rustics, deplored by philosophers, made mystical in stories and summed up in a line by the poet Elizabeth Jennings: 'The hush, the star, the baby, people being kind again'.

This collection includes complete versions of such old favourites as 'The Little Match Girl', 'The Night Before Christmas', 'Ring out Wild Bells' and 'Christmas Day in the Workhouse'. But there are also discoveries: a sermon by Lancelot Andrewes, an account of Christmas under the Puritans, a first, poverty-stricken Christmas in turn of the century New York and a Mummer's Play. Adding the final touch is the music: from traditional Christmas carols and Corelli to Benjamin Britten. On this recording, Christmas past brings alive Christmas present.

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Dance, The

Author : Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Performed By : Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Publisher : Harper Collins US

Runtime : 5 hours

Categories : Poetry
Inspiration & Devotion

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"You have a true higher self and [The Dance] tells you how to come from there all the time and be authentic and make a lasting difference."  --- Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator of the New York Times bestselling series Chicken Soup for the Soul

Welcome to The Dance. In this compelling audio, the acclaimed author of The Invitation challenges listeners to savor the everyday world of family friends, love, and work, with clear minds and open hearts. When we are physically and emotionally stressed and our spirits are depleted, we must realize that happiness has not vanished, but is buried under the clutter of our harried lives. With rare courage and honesty, Oriah Mountain Dreamer unveils the challenge of her inspiring poem through compelling stories from her own experience, offering us tools not to change but to become fully the person we already are.

To dance is to discover a gift that we can give ourselves again and again over a lifetime and to be who we truly are as we live our soul's desires. To do this, we must learn how to let go and slow down, returning to the sacred emptiness where we encounter our true self Practical, inspiring, and profoundly illuminating, The Dance is an invitation to discover a place of connection, serenity, and joy that is uniquely our own.

Oriah Mountain Dreamer is a visionary teacher and writer, and author of the bestselling The Invitation. She speaks and leads workshops, ceremonies and retreats throughout the United States and Canada.