The human sciences
List the human sciences
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Condition: gooddust jacket: falseauthors: riessman, catherine kohlerfirst edition: falseproduct category: bookslist price (msrp)
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They are the ten types of humanbut who or what are these types? where do they come from? how did they get into our heads? the ten types of human is a pioneering examination of human natureit looks at the best and worst that human beings are capable of, and asks whyit explores the frontiers of the human experience, excavating the forces that shape our thoughts and actions in extreme situationsmixing cutting-edge neuroscience, social psychology and visceral true stories, the ten types of human is at once a provocation and a roadmap of the hidden parts of usin a way, you already know themwho are they? what are they for? how did they get into your head? we want to believe that there are some things we would never doonly they're not entirelyoxfam bookshop woodbridge used paperback goodbut how can we be sure? what are our limits? do we have limits? the answer lies with the ten types of human: the people we become when we are faced with life's most difficult decisionsit begins in a courtroom and journeys across four continents and through the lives of some exceptional people, in search of answersit is a book to inspire; to refashion our understanding of our many selves and semblances; and ultimately to find fresh ways to be freein a sense, they are youthis book will introduce you to ten peoplethey inform and shape the most important decisions in your lifeonly you don't - not reallywe want to believe that there are others we always wouldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut you're almost certainly unaware of their intervention
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Oxfam bookshop harrogate an unmarked copy of this comprehensive textbook intended to provide an overview of all the relevant sciences in one volumeunmarked inside and outsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreboards have minimal shelfwearxx, 762 pp; b&w illus
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It's time to make the world more humanthis book is a manifesto and call to action for a more local, more accountable and more human way of living that will make us more productive, more fulfilled and ultimately happierhe shows us how change is possible, offering the latest research, compelling stories and case studies from all over the world across industry, politics, education, design and social action to show us what can happen when we make our world more humansteve hilton, visiting professor at stanford university and former senior adviser to prime minister david cameron, believes that the frustrations people have with government, politics, their economic circumstances and their daily lives are caused by deep structural problems in the systems that dominate our modern world - systems that are broken because they've grown too far from the human scaleit's time to do something about itit's time to put people firstsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop byres road government, business, the lives we lead, the food we eat, the way our children are brought up, the way we relate to the natural world around us - it's all become too big and distant and industrialised
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Help students visualize human anatomy"for one-semester courses in human anatomythe number-1 best-selling textbook for the human anatomy course, human anatomy, eighth edition is widely regarded as the most readable and visually accessible book on the market" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street in excellent condition, no wear/damage and pages are clean and unmarkedthe book's hallmark strengths - detailed art that teaches better and a student-friendly narrative are enhanced through more prominent in-text media references and updated focus figureswithin the text, photos reinforce real-world applications, and cadaver photos and micrographs appear side-by-side with art, working together to help students accurately visualize key anatomical structures
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Questions such as 'what is human nature?', 'is there such a thing as an exclusively human nature?', 'through what methods might we best discover more about our nature?', and 'to what extent are our actions and beliefs constrained by it?' are of central importance not only to philosophy, but to our general understanding of ourselves as part of the human speciesoxfam bookshop preston an understanding of human nature has been central to the work of some of the greatest philosophical thinkers including plato, descartes, hume, hobbes, rousseau, freud and marxthis volume addresses such questions through the inclusion of special commissioned essays by specialists including john cottingham, hans-johann glock, psee oxfam website for delivery information read morehacker, wolfram hinzen, rosalind hursthouse, peter kail, sarah patterson and richard samuels
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Squishy human body game/ toy for salebrand new and unused by child who was too squeamish to open and use it! wonderful aid for learning about the human body and how it all worksbox size 34 cm x 25collection preferred, or can post for additional £3note - some slight creasing to box from when it was first sent to us in the post from the shopperfect for the inquisitive learner, including realistic organs to remove from the 'human body' and a booklet to learn from
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Good used condition, cost £120 new the human tool turns any traditional, stationary chair into a saddle chair with swivelthe human tool is for those who want to beat back pain by getting fitter rather than by supporting their backsitting on the human tool (without touching the backrest) causes the spine to balance and micro-move, and hence to be exercisedyou can use it in the office and at home read moreit's small, light and easily portableplus it works brilliantly for those for whom walking is relatively comfortable but sitting is notspend a lot of time sitting at a desk - improve your balanced posture & core fitness whilst you workit's a modern ergonomic approach for reversing the damage that static ergonomic sitting is known to cause
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Ijoy board featuresthe human touch ijoy board’ s unique balance challenge works your muscles while you simply keep your balancea unique and exciting way to work out! the human touch board has been engineered to work your muscles by challenging your stanceon-board display paneleasily see which speed or program is selected by glancing at the on-board display panel read morethe ijoy board balance trainer workout involves your hips, legs, abdominal and lumbar muscles, and obliqueswireless remote controlyou control the all the action with the wireless remote that slides right into the base of the board when your workout is finishedthis balance trainer is a fun and easy way to strengthen, tone, reshape and train your body!3 speedschoose from taking it easy (slow), getting serious (medium) or pump it up (fast)auto-programthe 15-minute auto program intermittently varies the board''s speed to challenge your balance while it strengthens your muscles
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Hi all, 4 human body books1) usborne, first encyclopedia of the human body(good for a present) 2) human body, with flaps to lift & explorenot bad condition, still lots of use in it, priced at £) body basics bonesas new condition, priced at £8(good for a present) 3) body facts by dr alan maryon davis, what happens when you laugh, sneeze, eat, hear, see & breathgood condition, priced at £4as new condition, priced at £
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This book tries to explore his life and find insight into the human mindoxfam bookshop deal ashley montagu has long been fascinated by the story of the remarkable john merrick and by the possible light it could throw on human nature and personality developmentthe book itself is quite discoloured due to age, though the pages do seem to all be intact with the only main damage being on the books slip coversee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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From the thinking about science series, the human body is an informative, fun-filled unit on the human bodythe puzzle may be used to evaluate knowledge or just for fun! grades 4 through 8students also learn how they fit into the rest of the animal kingdom and what sets them apart from other animalsit teaches about the major parts of each systemthe book explores each of the body systems and the relations between themstudents are presented with opportunities to practice crucial critical- and creative-thinking skillsa variety of types of activities are included: creative writing, research, analyzing, evaluating, and morea fun what's the question? game is provided to reinforce the concepts learned in the unitin addition, a crossword puzzle is included
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human universe hardback bookgoes alongside the human universe bbc seriesinteresting read for those interested in astronomy or that enjoyed the serieslike new with the exception of one small tear to the outer cover, as seen in photograph
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Illustrated portfolio of human anatomy and pathology: the definitive collection of 30 anatomical charts of the human bodycondition is like new
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Drawing human anatomy, civardi breaks down the body into its component parts and examines the skeletal, muscular and articular systems, enabling the reader to create anatomically correct drawings of the human form
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human body illustrated guide to every part of the human body and how it works over 700 colour photos and illustrations glossary of medical terms read more
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human - extended version 3human league - anthology: a very british synthesizer group (cd new) label: virgin format: cd release date: 18 novlife on your own (dj edit) 2
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead a field guide to the neogene sedimentary basins of the almerÃa province, se spain the almeria province of se spain, a semi-arid, tectonically active region, has formed the focus of a wide range of scientific teaching and research in the earth sciences by universities and associated bodies from all over the worldthe emphasis of the guide is initially to provide a general background to the area followed by a selection of more specialist trips which progressively explore the structure and development of the basins, the shallow marine sedimentation, the continental sedimentation and finally the uplift, dissection and geomorphic evolution of the sedimentary basinsthis field guide provides an up-to-date and integrated approach to the geology and geomorphology of almeria province, compiled by active scientific researchers in the regionin very good condition with clean and unmarked inside pagesthe guide assumes a basic knowledge of geology and geomorphology and will be of interest to earth scientists at all levels from the keen amateur through to undergraduate/postgraduate students and academics visiting the regionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis field guide provides the first widely published field guide on the almeria province and is unique in both its coverage and integrated earth science approach, providing a valuable support for both teaching and research in the regionthere is slight shelf wear to the cover
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Detroit: become human (playstation )lifelike androids have replaced the human workforce,they never tire or disobey or say no until something changessome of them have started to behave irrationally, as if they were feeling emotionstell your own story,every choice has a consequencetake control of these three androids in their quest to discover who they really areface moral dilemmas and make life or death decisions
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The ant trap rebuilding the foundations of the social sciences by brian epstein (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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A thought-provoking account of idealism, origins confronts the limitations of materialism and empiricism while salvaging the roles of agency and freedom that have been neglected by the biological sciencessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop glossop road very sligth shelf wear, otherwise very good condition in the first comprehensive work to articulate a psychoanalytic metaphysics based on process thought, the author uses dialectical logic to show how the nature and structure of mental life is constitutedarguing that ego development is produced not only by consciousness but also evolves from unconscious genesis, he makes the controversial claim that an unconscious semiotics serves as the template for language and all meaning structures
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Oxfam bookshop holmfirth america faces the air agesome bw maps and illustrationsthe brookings institution was established in with the twin objects of "aiding constructively in the development of sound national policies andaviation historyto offer training of a super-graduate character to students of the social sciences"parker van zandt the director prepared the introductory volume to a promised series, and he limits himself to outlining the basic setting of the world air transport problemjacket torn and soiled as shownin pursuance of these objects, it initiated in a programme of economic research in aviation under the direction of drowners name on first page see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This lot consists of 2 marvel masterworks limited edition (marble) these are the first 2 volumes of the human torch the first book contains stories from strange tales issues + annual 2 book two contains stories from strange tales issues those are the limited marvel marble edition issues 66 and 114are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe state of the books themself are great (nm), but there is some discoloration (see pictures)we have graded those book fn/vfplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeeverybody has his own way of looking at gradings, so please look at the pictures to get a good feel for the items listed click the fbi-comics beneath seller on the left side for combined shipping with other lots we do combine shipping and will refund the additional shipping when we have shipped the order read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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We appreciate the impact a good book can havewe all like the idea of saving a bit of cash, so when we found out how many good quality used books are out there - we just had to let you know!book binding:paperback
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear how can medical law and ethics take forward the issue of children's empowerment and protection? what are the key factors in considering the balance between protecting the welfare of the young and allowing them rights to autonomy? the child as vulnerable patient investigates the role that a human rights approach can play in establishing the parameters of autonomy and discusses the opportunities presented in the human rights act, the european convention on the rights of the child and new policy initiatives in the nhssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea valuable addition to existing literature in this area, this volume will be of interest to lawyers, health professionals and students of medical law
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The place of romantic love is nowhere in this world; its place is in the human soul, whose own proper place is in the eternal self-knowledge of godoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells shadow of the rose: the esoterism of the romantic tradition upton, charles and jennifer doane charles upton: human love has fallen on hard times; it has been "officially discredited" even liberal humanitarianism is not what it used to be; how then can romantic love, which in its origins is essentially aristocratic (in meister eckhart's sense when he said "the soul is an aristocrat") find any place in today's world? the truth is, it cannotfor most of us it is so secret that we are not even aware of itto look for the love of god itself within manifest conditions is always to go astraythe world is too small for itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall manifestations that appear around this love are false in a sense, and tend to mis-direct usjennifer doane upton: the love of god is always secretwe spend our time in the world being attracted to this and repulsed by that, and all the while we are blind to this one secret love
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Dodo is suffering from a cold - an unknown affliction in this era - and as the human guardians of the ship and their servant race the monoids have no resistance, a plague breaks outoxfam music shop byres road  digitally remastered doctor who classics the ark! the tardis arrives some ten million years in the future on a giant spaceship carrying all the earth's surviving plant, animal and human life (much of it miniaturised and in suspended animation) on a 700 year voyage to a new home on the planet refusis iifortunately, the doctor finds a curepartly as a result of the earlier plague, the monoids have now grown strong and enslaved the humansthe guardians place the travellers on trial and steven is forced to defend them against allegations that they spread the disease deliberatelysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe tardis leaves the spaceship, which dodo has nicknamed the ark, only to arrive back there as it is approaching the end of its voyage
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4 €
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Gorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, the bedside book of birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soulwhether as the christian dove, or quetzalcoatl the aztec plumed serpent or in plato s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves that part of us not bound to the earthbirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationswith the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centuriesbirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and tas divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the skybirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly timewas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher graeme gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birdsnor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinhe went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dust
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With caesar (serkis), the hyper-intelligent ape produced by human experimentation, now the leader of a growing band of cognisant simians, a fragile truce prevails between the apes and humansmany consider the outbreak of war to only be a matter of time, however, since the human population has been vastly reduced by a devastating virus and their role as the dominant species on earth is in questionoxfam shop okehampton matt reeves directs this big budget action sequel to 'rise of the planet of the apes' () starring andy serkis, gary oldman, jason clarke, kodi smit-mcphee and keri russellsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the tension ratchets up, it may only take a single spark to trigger an explosive war that will pit the humans against the apes in an all-out battle for survival
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Together with morpheus' acolyte trinity (carrie-anne moss), neo begins to fight back against the computerised hierarchy that is secretly manipulating the human racein the sequel 'matrix reloaded' () neo, trinity and morpheus continue their fight against the machines, as they advance towards zion, the last human city on earthwhile neo learns to harness his new abilities, he seeks out the oracle (gloria foster) in his search for the source of the matrixin 'the matrix' () keanu reeves stars as neo, a young computer hacker who comes to believe that the world around him is not as it appears to bewith the aid of mysterious subversive morpheus (laurence fishburne), neo discovers that his whole existence as he knows it is a liewith the oncoming threat imminent, the rebels manage to bargain neo's freedom and begin their final quest for freedomsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop okehampton sci-fi action trilogy co-written and directed by andy and larry wachowskiin the final instalment, 'the matrix revolutions' (), neo's quest for truth and journey into the real world has left him drained of his power and trapped on a subway station caught between the matrix and the machine worldmeanwhile, agent smith (hugo weaving) is now totally out of control and threatening to destroy both worlds
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