When They Severed Earth from Sky: How the Human Mind Shapes Myth, Paperback - Elizabeth Wayland Barber

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Reducere. A TURNING POINT IN PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN HISTORYStanislav Grof, M.D., formerly a professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and founde...

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It's warming. It's us. We're sure. It's bad. But we can fix it. After speaking to the international public for close to fifteen years about sustain...

Queen Elizabeth II, Her Story recounts the story of Queen Elizabeth's life, from when she was a young princess, to her coronation in 1953 through t...

Reducere. Tommy Murphy is just an ordinary kid. He goes to school, hangs out with his friends, and fanboys over his favorite TV show. But when a chance encou...

Soon to be a film: Girl Who Fell from the Sky, starring Game of Thrones' Sophie Turner. The amazing true story of the sole survivor of a plane cras...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Heba GowayedIllustration(s): 4 tables.Number of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 155 x 2...

An illustrated anthology of nature poetry featuring 28 poems and published in association with The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Publisher: Welbeck Pu...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Contributor(s): Author: Andrew J. HoffmanThough the scientific community largely agrees that climate change is underway, debates about this issue r...

African Independence is a dynamic discussion of how Africa shapes world events today. Tukufu Zuberi weaves interview excerpts and stories from many...

With her trademark gifts of both humor and insight, she offers a vision that transcends the either/or ideologies on both sides of the gender debate...

Reducere. The remarkable story of a ""talking"" chimp, a leading scientist, and the profound insights they have uncovered about our speciesHe has been featur...

DescriptionThe true story of how a scientist saved the planet from environmental disaster. Mexican American Mario Molina is a modern-day hero who h...

Curious about how billions of neurons make up your consciousness? How anxiety hijacks your body? Why Freud was such a weirdo? Whether AI will repla...

Reducere. Louise Erdrich meets Karen Russell in this deliciously strange and daringly original novel from Pulitzer Prize finalist Margaret Verble: set in 192...

Reducere. Over the past 15 years Nancy Kline has identified 10 behaviors that form a system called a Thinking Environment, a model of human interaction that ...

Reducere. Dynamic and engaging, the human figure is an enduringly popular subject for artists, presenting constant challenges and many rewards. This comprehe...

Offers a new interpretation of Kant's theory of judgment that clarifies his suggestion that a genuine philosophy is guided by a world concept. Rudo...

In Earth in Mind, noted environmental educator David W. Orr focuses not on problems in education, but on the problem of education. Much of what has...

Reducere. Award-winning journalist Elizabeth Becker started covering Cambodia in 1973 for The Washington Post, when the country was perceived as little more ...

Reducere. The origin of the human mind remains one of the greatest mysteries of all times. The last 150 years since Charles Darwin proposed that species evol...

Reducere. You have to live with the thoughts in your mind 24/7. Choose them wisely, for your own sanity.Have you ever tired yourself out and lost sleep becau...

Reducere. According to Santa Ana Pueblo legend, the animals' spirit Leader created the sun, moon, and stars by using woven yucca mats and hot coals. He selec...

Reducere. How did your favorite young actors get started? What kind of training did they get, and how did they find their agent or manger? How did they manag...

DescriptionThis series of lectures on the science of spiritual knowledge begins by addressing an audience in Dornach, Switzerland, where only month...

A world-renowned scientist explains how God may be found in the evolution of the human mind.

Reducere. Unlock the ultimate secret of human life--the knowledge to change the world lies within you... Have you ever wondered what makes us, humans, such c...

Reducere. Unlock the ultimate secret of human life--the knowledge to change the world lies within you... Have you ever wondered what makes us, humans, such c...

Reducere. In 2011, the Midwest suffered devastating floods. Due to the flooding, the US Army Corps of Engineers activated the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway...

'Hungry City is a sinister real-life sequel to Animal Farm with the plot turned upside down by time in ways even George Orwell could not have fores...

Publisher: Hobeck Books LimitedNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 22Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera farm...

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An intelligently provocative book about Darwin's 'other' theory discusses the curious ways in which sexual attraction has influenced the evolution ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gary MarcusHow is it that we can recognize photos from our high school yearbook decades later, but cannot remember what we ...