The Story of the Human Body

Reducere. What is life? Why do bees dance? How do animals know their mothers? Who discovered germs? Biology is the story of our quest to understand the livin...

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Reducere. The real story of the shocking Jeffrey Dahmer murders, as told by the Milwaukee Journal reporter who broke the story--from the dramatic scene when ...

Reducere. In any human life there are going to be periods of unhappiness. That is part of the human experience. Learning how to be sad is a natural first ste...

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In Janelle Monáe's full-length debut, the science fiction concept album The ArchAndroid, the android Cindi Mayweather is on the run from the author...

Reducere. A woman in her forties is a victim of a suicide bombing at a Jerusalem market. Her body lies nameless in a hospital morgue. She had apparently work...

Reducere. In this deeply emotional memoir, a longtime ESPN writer reflects on the suicide of his son Max and delves into how their complicated relationship l...

Reducere. A Body Across Two Hemispheres is a timely book, one many of us need and will be grateful to have read. --Shara McCallum A Body Across Two Hemispher...

Reducere. The Brain and the Spirit invites readers to embark on a practice of listening to the Christ story through the earpiece of neuroscience. After many ...

Reducere. There is a wealth of potential trapped within our hidden and unresolved places of pain. Yet, without conscious participation, we can become stuck i...

Reducere. Blissfully Human is an intimate account of a profound spiritual awakening. In the long tradition of mystics throughout the ages, the author provide...

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Reducere. There is a wealth of potential trapped within our hidden and unresolved places of pain. Yet, without conscious participation, we can become stuck i...

Reducere. A comprehensive guide to how you can avoid wasting your life on the fruitless games played by the human ego Today many people are trapped within ti...

Documents a day in the life of Bobby Sands while he was imprisoned in Long Kesh. Written on toilet paper with a biro refill and hidden inside Bobby...

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Reducere. The Gladium Province is on the verge of civil unrest as humans and Morgons, the dragon-hybrid race, clash once more. But amid disorder can also ari...

An accessible guide to the most important discoveries and theories in the history of biologyWhat is life? Why do bees dance? How do animals know th...

DescriptionWith clear explanations and many contemporary examples drawn from popular culture and everyday life, author Paul Herrick untangles the c...

If it is true that God is a male, then His Divinity or Deity is expressed in His masculinity. Yet I am a woman, and there are parts of my body; suc...

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From the critically acclaimed and award-winning author comes the stunning story of telepathically sensitive Mary and her fight to free herself and ...

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Reducere. Triumphant Warrior is an incredible and compelling story of how Wayne Moore found strength through struggle after finding himself in prison for pro...

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From New York Times bestselling author Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body And Other Parties, In The Dream House) comes a story so horrifying you won't ...

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Reducere. What would it really be like to have x-ray vision? Beyond diagnosing illness or injury, can images of ourselves tell us more about life?What if you...

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Reducere. Trapped tells the story of a young woman, recently graduated from an Eastern college and teaching in a small New Mexico town who follows her boyfri...

Tells the story of Matteo, which offers a glimpse into the world of Da Vinci. Fleeing from a murderous brigand, Matteo is saved by the companions o...

Reducere. HOW TO KISS THE UNIVERSE describes the shocking spiritual trips of a journalist from his physical body all the way to the Source of everything. The...

Reducere. In an epic, game-changing, moving and brilliant story of love and hate, two immortals chase each other across continents and centuries, binding the...

Elaborating the history, variety, pervasiveness, and function of the adornments and ornaments with which we beautify ourselves, this book takes in ...

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Description-A new take on perception and preconceptions about the unclothed body and how, through art, the naked becomes the nude Unframing the Nud...

Reducere. It is the ultimate quest for the ultimate treasure. Chasing a map tattooed on human skin. Across an omniverse of intersecting realities. To unravel...

Reducere. An exploration, both personal and deeply reported, of how we learn to eat in today's toxic food culture.Food is supposed to sustain and nourish us....

"We find that the story of Abraham and Isaac rises almost spontaneously in the mind of one generation after another.... Constantly past and present...

Reducere. What if photography is more listening than seeing? Come Get Your Honey uses this question as a compass while telling a story about the trans* and q...

Reducere. Stable Weight is a story of resilience, empowerment, and the transformative power of the human-animal bond, revealing how even the most sensitive s...

Reducere. As a horny little kid, Holly Lorka had no idea why God had put her in the wrong body and made her want to kiss girls. She had questions: Was she a ...

Reducere. The Road from Orion is a story of magical realism, fictional characters and historical facts, based on an authentic study of signs in ancient Egypt...

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Reducere. It is the ultimate quest for the ultimate treasure. Chasing a map tattooed on human skin. Across an omniverse of intersecting realities. To unravel...

This is a powerful and positive story about a quest for a change in life and the extraordinary possibilities of the human spirit. "Before I wrote t...

Using the Greek story of the Twelve Labors of Hercules, which outlines the progressive stages of spiritual development that spiritual practitioners...

Reducere. If it is true that God is a male, then His Divinity or Deity is expressed in His masculinity. Yet I am a woman, and there are parts of my body; suc...

In this volume, based on the series of Alexander Lectures she delivered at the University of Toronto, Julia Kristeva explores the philosophical asp...

DescriptionWhen a dinner between Inspector Maigret and friends ends abruptly at the discovery of a body, the detective must plumb the darker side o...

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Reducere. In the late fall of 1870 T.C. Everts found himself the unwilling lead in a man-versus-nature drama set against the backdrop of Manifest Destiny and...

Reducere. A young girl is murdered in a cemetery. And Wexford's doctor has prescribed no alcohol, no rich food and, above all, no police work. When a young g...

Reducere. Drawing its title from the biblical story of the prodigal son, The Journey Back to the Father's House explains that we have wandered away from know...

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Reducere. Vampires drink blood, they're superior to humans, and they're sexual Dominants. Every vampire knows those truths. A vampire's human servant is prop...

Reducere. DescriptionA Girl's Mutilated Body is Found on a Portland, Maine Hiking Trail in A Child Shall Lead Them, a Murder Mystery Thriller by Kate Flora -...

Reducere. Susan Chernak McElroy credits her astounding triumph over cancer to the love of the animals in her life. In Animals as Teachers & Healers she share...

Reducere. Nothing is as elemental, as essential to human life, as the air we breathe. Yet around the world, in rich countries and poor ones, it is quietly po...

Reducere. One by one, three waterlogged suitcases were pulled from the Chesapeake Bay. In each were body parts of a man. In a forensics room, the truth was d...

Reducere. The true confessions of an eating disorders survivor This confessional self-help guide explores the complex emotional truth of what it's like when ...

In Da Vinci's Ghost, critically acclaimed historian Toby Lester tells the story of the world's most iconic image, the Vitruvian Man, and sheds surp...

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Reducere. In the fall of 1994, Erich Baumeister (13), was playing in a wooded area of his family's estate, when he stumbled across a partially buried human s...

DescriptionLiterary Nonfiction. Women's Studies. From award-winning essayist Chelsea Biondolillo, THE SKINNED BIRD is about all the ways we break o...

Reducere. The ultimate head-to-toe guide to the human body for kids. Incredible computer-generated images reveal the amazing inside story of what goes on und...

DescriptionNo two pages look alike in this eye-popping children's encyclopedia. Exploring everything from amazing animals to art, this book is pack...

Reducere. This is a true story of awakening kundalini and the massive transformations it generates in the body/mind system. Kundalini is an old Eastern term ...