The Expertise of Perception. How Experience Changes the Way We See the World, New ed, Paperback - ***

Explores the interaction between perception and experience by studying perceptual experts, people who specialize in recognizing objects such as bir...

A fascinating investigation into what defines 'heavy' in music and how heaviness transfuses culture.Illustrations: 16pp. plate section

Publisher: Scribe PublicationsAuthor(s): Tobias HurterTranslator: David ShawNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 243 x 33Cov...

"Sherlock Holmes could glance at a bowler hat and tell that its owner's wife had ceased to love him. In this brilliant book about metaphor James Ge...

Publisher: SPCK PublishingAuthor(s): Steve EggletonNumber of pages: 96Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 198 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softb...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Alexander (Kulturstiftung des Bundes) KloseIllustration(s): 96 b 192 Illustrations, unspecifiedTranslator: Charl...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): Todd Hasak-LowyIllustration(s): Black-and-white photographs throughoutNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

Publisher: Elliott & Thompson LimitedAuthor(s): Natasha De TeranNumber of pages: 356Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 30Cover type: Pap...

DescriptionA stirring look at nonviolent activism, from American suffragists to Civil Rights to the Climate Change Movement We Are Power brings to ...

Money may be power, but payments are the real superpower.Publisher: Elliott & Thompson LimitedAuthor(s): Natasha De TeranNumber of pages: 320Public...

Each of the women in this series stepped out of the bounds of physical and social expectations to pursue her personal vision through photography. S...

How have our emotions shaped the course of human history? And how have our experience and understanding of emotions evolved with us?Publisher: Harp...

Reducere. A sweeping exploration of the ways in which emotions shaped the course of human history, and how our experience and understanding of emotions have ...

Reducere. As you prepare to become a mother, you face an experience unlike any other in your life. Having a baby will redirect your preferences and pleasures...

Publisher: Vintage PublishingAuthor(s): Daniel M DavisNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 17Cover type: Paperback / s...

A comprehensive and accessible overview of how the brain works and how you think, learn, remember, make choices and experience the world. In the cu...

Many advertisements these days make us feel as if we have an intimate, even passionate relationship with a product. But as Jean Kilbourne points ou...

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This collection of thirteen essays is an exploration of metal scenes throughout the world, from Dayton to Hull, from Copenhagen to Osaka. Unique po...

Reducere. "A perfect blend of cutting-edge science and compelling storytelling."--Bill Bryson A revolutionary new vision of human biology and the scientific ...

DescriptionIn Writing Wild, Kathryn Aalto celebrates 25 women, both historical and current, whose influential writing helps deepen our connection t...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER How can we summon a moment of lift for human beings--and especially for women? Because when you lift up women, you lift u...

In this ambitious global project, 200 women share their inspiring stories of success and courage, love and pain, redemption and generosity. This up...

I provide a sense for the texture of the Persian world by discussing what made poetry precious. By focusing on reports on poets' lives, I illuminat...

Publisher: Theater der ZeitAuthor(s): Anne FritschNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 199 x 17Cover type: Paperback / softb...

Reducere. DescriptionIn October 2017, over one million students and teachers from 168 countries and territories were transfixed by a universal story that tog...

Reducere. An entertaining and timely exploration of how our food--from where it's grown to how we buy it--is in the midst of a transformation, showing how th...

Reducere. In Saving Sight, Dr. Andrew Lam explains the intricacies of human sight and shines a light on the heroes who fought to save it, while also revealin...

Reducere. For many, true peace of mind remains elusive. But by making simple adjustments to our habits of thinking and doing, we can learn to keep stress at ...

A neurobiologist reexamines the personal nature of perception in this groundbreaking guide to a new model for our senses. We think of perception as...

This is the story of Mike and Bernadette Byrne's amazing and uniquely personal journey. They not only witnessed music history being made but they w...

Publisher: SPCK PublishingAuthor(s): Lela GilbertNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 21Cover type: Paperback / softba...

We have widely varying perceptions of time. Children have trouble waiting for anything. ("Are we there yet?") Boredom is often connected to our sen...

Publisher: Focus Multimedia LtdPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 135 x 189 x 4Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii si aleg...

Reducere. It's no secret that the center of Christianity has shifted from the West to the global South and East. While the truths of the Christian faith are ...

From fields, feasts and fairy rings to death caps, puffballs and ambrosia beetles, this is an intoxicating journey into the life of extraordinary o...

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