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The first 20 minutes: the surprising science of how we can exercise better, train smarter and live longercondition is like newdispatched with royal mail 2nd class
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Buy and read dianetics: the modern science of mental health by l(click to reveal full phone number)ron hubbard it contains discoveries heralded as greater than the wheel or firethe unconscious, subconscious or reactive mind underlies and enslaves manlearn to control your reactive mindit's the source of your nightmares, unreasonable fears, upsets and any insecurityavailable at your local church of scientology, 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dn
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Yoga was created as a science for liberation, but in modern times it is used by many to improve physical and mental health, helping us become more productive at work, more caring in relationships, more responsible contributors to society, and better inhabitants of this planeteddie stern's one simple thing: a new look at the science of yoga and how it can transform your life explains from both a yogic and a scientific perspective how the human nervous system is wiredoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionit describes the mechanics taking place beneath the surface of our bodies and shows how we can consciously use yogic practices to direct and change our lives in positive waysinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedif yoga does accomplish all that-as many practitioners report-how exactly does yoga do it? how does yoga work? believe it or not, the answers lie in how the human body and mind functionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon the front cover and spine there is some signs of wear to the dust jacket
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" french philosopher of science michel serres states that girard's theory provides a darwinian theory of culture because it "proposes a dynamic, shows an evolution and gives a universal explanationequally, girard's theory is presented as having the potential to become for the human and social sciences something akin to the integrating framework that present-day biological science owes to darwin-something compatible with it and complementary to it in accounting for the still remarkably little understood phenomenon of human emergencethe contributors provide major evidence in favor of girard's hypothesis" he posits that archaic religion (or "the sacred"), particularly in its dynamics of sacrifice and ritual, is a neglected and major key to unlocking the enigma of "how we became humanoxfam books & music lancaster from his groundbreaking violence and the sacred and things hidden since the foundation of the world, rené girard's mimetic theory is presented as elucidating "the origins of culturesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" this major claim has, however, remained underscrutinized by scholars working on girard's theory, and it is mostly overlooked within the natural and social sciencesjoining disciplinary worlds, this book aims to explore this ambitious claim, invoking viewpoints as diverse as evolutionary culture theory, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, ethology, and philosophy
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Poststructuralist deconstructions of traditional metaphysical conceptions of subjectivity have led to debates about whether there are any grounds (moral if not metaphysical) for reconstructing the notion of selfin addition, advances in developmental psychology have pushed to the forefront questions about the ontogenetic origin of self-experience, while studies of psychopathology suggest that concepts like self and agency are central to explaining important aspects of pathological experiencethe oxford handbook of the self is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that address questions in all of these areasthese and other issues motivate questions about how we understand, not only "the self", but also how we understand ourselves in social and cultural contextsoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the oxford handbook of the self gallagher, shaun (ed) research on the topic of self has increased significantly in recent years across a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, and neurosciencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith respect to self-agency, similar questions arise in experimental psychologyin philosophy and some areas of cognitive science, the emphasis on embodied cognition has fostered a renewed interest in rethinking personal identity, mind-body dualism, and overly cartesian conceptions of selfquestions about whether selves actually exist or have an illusory status have been raised from perspectives as diverse as neuroscience, buddhism, and narrative theory
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This book makes the complex science of persuasion simplewe will do our best to turn any less than satisfactory experience into a positive onecommunication is key to helping us give you the best experience
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In this updated edition of lakoff and johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how we think and how we express our thoughts in languagemetaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless other subjectsoxfam bookshop preston the now-classic "metaphors we live by" changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebecause such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by"-metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them
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In this updated edition of lakoff and johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how we think and how we express our thoughts in languagemetaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless other subjectssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston the now-classic metaphors we live by changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mindbecause such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by"-metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them
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Siegel and parenting expert tina payne bryson explain the new science of how a child's brain is wired and how it maturesfeaturing clear explanations, age-appropriate strategies and illustrationsoxfam bookshop shaftesbury in this pioneering, practical book for parents, neuroscientist daniel jdifferent parts of a child's brain develop at different speeds and understanding these differences can help you turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child's brain and raise calmer, happier childrenbook condition: cover in very good clean condition and almost unread conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages all clean and crisp
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Can post extra ÂŁ3through these teachings, readers can start to gain personal freedom and power, overcome negative habitual patterns, find the sacred dimension of everyday life, and discover the basic goodness of human lifethere is a mark on the front of box too (see all pictures) rrp ÂŁ149 since ancient times, the path of the enlightened warrior has been a powerful and inspiring ideal, showing us how we can master the challenges of life and draw power not from violence or aggression but through the cultivation of gentleness, courage, and self-knowledgethe box includes: 53 four-color cards, with a shambhala warrior slogan on one side and commentary from the tibetan buddhist master chĂ·gyam trungpa on the reverse sidethe shambhala book and card set offers readers a unique and accessible way to put the principles of the sacred warrior to practice in daily life through a series of slogans or maxims that emphasize facing the world with openness and fearlessnessalso a little blue has transfered from the box faintly onto the rim of pages (nothing which is going to effect the reading of it) and the same has also happened on the edges of the cardsthe remainder of the slogans, which have never before been available to a general audience, were composed by chogyam trungpa to be used in shambhala training, a program that he developed as a way to train people in the path and practice of warriorshipan 16-page booklet with instructions on how the slogans can be applied to one's own life throughout the day - a 256-page unabridged edition of trungpa's classic book shambhala: the sacred path of the warrior the majority of the slogans and commentary are drawn from shambhala: the sacred path of the warriorshambhala: the sacred path of the warrior: book and card set rrp ÂŁ149 the set is practically like new apart from small tear along 2 side of lid on the crease (which lifts away like a flap) - which could be glued and you probably wouldn't notice
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Even fewer know that us politicians pushed this policy over the forceful objections of top diplomatic and military expertsdespite warnings such as this one, president truman supported establishing a jewish state on land primarily inhabited by muslims and christians
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Richly detailed and deeply researched, american disruptor restores leland stanford's rightful place as a revolutionary force and architect of modern americait is also the saga of how stanford, once a serial failure, overcame all obstacles to become one of america's most powerful and wealthiest men, using his high elective office to enrich himself before losing the one thing that mattered most to him - his only child and sonscandal and intrigue would follow stanford through his life, and even after his death, when his widow was murdered in a honolulu hotel - a crime quickly covered up by the almost stillborn university she had savedoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wearamerican disruptor is the untold story of leland stanford - from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of silicon valleythe rags to riches story of the tumultuous tycoon who built silicon valleysee oxfam website for delivery information read more the life of this robber baron, politician, and historic influencer is the astonishing tale of how one supremely ambitious man became this country's original "disruptor" - reshaping industry and engineering one of the greatest raids on the public treasury for america's transcontinental railroad, all while living more opulently than maharajas, kings, and emperors
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Network marketing is the perfect vehicle to cut through the noise and make a real difference, but only when we learn to harness the real power of what we havekyle and kierston kirschbaum, top-ranking network marketing professionals and us leadersthe power to connect
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Of course you can 4:41for this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casingthe title is of course you can
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The physicist and the philosopher tells the remarkable story of how this explosive debate transformed our understanding of time and drove a rift between science and the humanities that persists todaythe physicist and the philosopher is a magisterial and revealing account that shows how scientific truth was placed on trial in a divided century marked by a new sense of timeshe shows how it provoked responses from figures such as bertrand russell and martin heidegger, and carried repercussions for american pragmatism, logical positivism, phenomenology, and quantum mechanicson april , in paris, albert einstein and henri bergson publicly debated the nature of timebergson, who gained fame as a philosopher by arguing that time should not be understood exclusively through the lens of science, criticized einstein's theory of time for being a metaphysics grafted on to science, one that ignored the intuitive aspects of timeeinstein considered bergson's theory of time to be a soft, psychological notion, irreconcilable with the quantitative realities of physicssee oxfam website for delivery information read morejimena canales introduces readers to the revolutionary ideas of einstein and bergson, describes how they dramatically collided in paris, and traces how this clash of worldviews reverberated across the twentieth centurycanales explains how the new technologies of the period-such as wristwatches, radio, and film-helped to shape people's conceptions of time and further polarized the public debateoxfam shop kendal paperback as newshe also discusses how bergson and einstein, toward the end of their lives, each reflected on his rival's legacy-bergson during the nazi occupation of paris and einstein in the context of the first hydrogen bomb explosion
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The authors explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with othersalgorithms to live by is full of practical takeaways to help you solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind
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So can life be explained by known physics and chemistry, or do we need something fundamentally new?in this penetrating and wide-ranging new analysis, world-renowned physicist and science communicator paul davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name, a domain where computing, chemistry, quantum physics and nanotechnology intersectweaving together cancer and consciousness, two-headed worms and bird navigation, davies reveals how biological organisms garner and process information to conjure order out of chaos, opening a window on the secret of life itselffrom life's murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, the demon in the machine is a breath-taking journey across the landscape of physics, biology, logic and computingand yet, huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mysteryat the heart of these diverse fields, davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity with the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and even to illuminate the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universesee oxfam website for delivery information read morelife really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match itoxfam bookshop preston for generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question
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It is a book that presents the story of our evolution, striking right at the heart of ourselves as individuals and of our sense of identitynews of the discovery of the ice man and his age, which was put at over years old, fascinated the worldin europe there are only seventhe conclusions: amost everyone of native european descent, wherever they live in the world, can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women, the seven daughters of evesykes has named them ursula, xenia, helena, velda, tara, katrine and jasminesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter plotting thousands of dna sequences from all over the world he found that they had clustered around a handful of distinct groupsbut what made the story particularly extraordinary was that professor sykes was also able to track down a living generic relative of the ice man, a woman living in britain todayoxfam bookshop cheltenham in professor brian sykes, a leading world authority on dna and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern italyhow was he able to locate a living relative of a man who died thousands of years ago?;in this work, sykes gives us a first hand account of his research into a remarkable gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line and shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors through time and spacein this scientific adventure story we learn exactly how our origins can be traced; how and where our ancient genetic ancestors lived; what their lives were like; and how we are each living proof of the almost miraculous strength of our dna which has survived and prospered over so many thousands of years to reach us today
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Only you don't - not reallywe want to believe that there are others we always wouldit is a book to inspire; to refashion our understanding of our many selves and semblances; and ultimately to find fresh ways to be freeit begins in a courtroom and journeys across four continents and through the lives of some exceptional people, in search of answersbut you're almost certainly unaware of their interventionbut 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 decisionsthey are the ten types of humanin a sense, they are youoxfam bookshop woodbridge used paperback goodit explores the frontiers of the human experience, excavating the forces that shape our thoughts and actions in extreme situationsonly they're not entirelyin a way, you already know themsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit looks at the best and worst that human beings are capable of, and asks whywho 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 dothis book will introduce you to ten peoplethey inform and shape the most important decisions in your lifemixing 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 usbut 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 nature
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How to dj (properly): the art and science of playing records by billthere’s a little crease on the front (see picture) and a bit of scuffingdispatched with royal mail 1st classit is tidy insidecondition is good
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Marglin dissects the ways in which the foundational assumptions of economics justify a world in which individuals are isolated from one another and social connections are impoverished as people define themselves in terms of how much they can afford to consume marglin presents an account of how this happened and an argument for righting the imbalance in our lives that this ideology has fosteredoxfam bookshop hertford economists celebrate the market as a device for regulating human interaction without acknowledging that their enthusiasm depends on a set of half-truths: that individuals are autonomous, self-interested, and rational calculators with unlimited wants and that the only community that matters is the nation-statehowever, as stephen marglin argues, market relationships erode communitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the past, for example, when a farm family experienced a setback - say the barn burned down - neighbours pitched ininsurance may be a more efficient way to organise resources than a community barn raising, but the deep social and human ties that are constitutive of community are weakened by the shift from reciprocity to market relationsnow a farmer whose barn burns down turns, not to his neighbours, but to his insurance companyover the last four centuries, this economic ideology has become the dominant ideology in much of the world
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But the very existence of consciousness raises profound questions: why would any collection of matter in the universe be conscious? how are we able to think about this? and why should we?in this wonderfully accessible book, annaka harris guides us through the evolving definitions, philosophies, and scientific findings that probe our limited understanding of consciousnessconscious offers lively and challenging arguments that alter our ideas about consciousness--allowing us to think freely about it for ourselves, if indeed we canoxfam bookshop preston what is consciousness? how does it arise? and why does it exist? we take our experience of being in the world for grantedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhere does it reside, and what gives rise to it? could it be an illusion, or a universal property of all matter? as we try to understand consciousness, we must grapple with how to define it and, in the age of artificial intelligence, who or what might possess it
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Whether 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 earthgorgeously 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 soulbirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and tfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdbirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationshe 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 dustas 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 skythe 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 himselfbirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezthey'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 birdssee oxfam website for delivery information read morenor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinwith 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 centuries
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From creating a calmer morning routine to setting yourself up for a good night's sleep, and everything in between, there are easy and proven ways to do things betteran unused present with original posting boxwe all have areas of our lives that make us feel disorganised, unprepared or stressed outwhether you need advice on how to end an argument, iron a shirt or keep your inbox under control, erin has spoken to experts including arianna huffington, gretchen rubin, rachael ray and dr oz, and condensed their wisdom into easy to follow steps for all of life's simple and not-so-simple tasks, such as: - working from home effectively - keeping a houseplant alive - unplugging from your phone - walking into a room with confidence, and many more the little book of life skills offers simple strategies for streamlining your lifeit's the perfect guide for anybody who wants to get their life in order, be more efficient throughout the day and finally learn the best way to fold that tricky fitted sheet! read more
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The ghost in my brain how a concussion stole my life and how the new science of brain plasticity hel by clark ainternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailselliott (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working days
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This transmission, compounded with countless discoveries, would not have been possible without the surprising decipherment of the cuneiform writing systemoxfam bookshop leeds 311ppbottero also focuses on divination in the ancient world, contending that certain modes of worship in mesopotamia, in their application of causality and proof, prefigure the "scientific mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this collection of essays, the french scholar jean bottero attempts to go back to the moment which marks the very beginning of historyour ancestors, the mesopotamians, invented writing and with it a new way of looking at the worldto give the reader some sense of how mesopotamian civilization has been mediated and interpreted in its transmission through time, bottero begins with an account of assyriology, the discipline devoted to the ancient culture
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In the making of the british landscape, eminent historian, archaeologist and farmer, francis pryor explains how to read these clues to understand the history of our land and of how people have lived on it throughout timecovering both the urban and rural and packed with pictures, maps and drawings showing everything from how we can still pick out bronze age fields on bodmin moor to how the industrial revolution really changed our landscape, this book makes us look afresh at our surroundings and really see them for the first timeoxfam bookshop ludlow this is the story of britain as it has been preserved in fields, roads, buildings, towns and villages, mountains, forests and islandsfrom the suburban streets that still trace out the boundaries of long vanished farms to the norfolk broads, formed when medieval peat pits flooded, from the ceremonial landscapes of stonehenge to the spread of the railways - evidence of how man's effect on britain is everywheresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Filled with thought-provoking quotes from great thinkers such as nietzsche, karl marx, and mao zedong, the politics book is a thought-provoking and unmissable read for both students and everyone interested in how the world of government and power workshumankind has always asked profound questions about how we can best govern ourselves and how rulers should behaveideologies inevitably clash and the politics book takes you through the big ideas such as capitalism, communism, and fascism exploring their beginnings and social contexts in step-by-step diagrams and illustrations, with clear explanations that cut through the jargonoxfam bookshop cheltenham politics affects us all and the same questions reverberate across historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe politics book charts the development of long-running themes, such as attitudes to democracy and violence, developed by thinkers from confucius in ancient china to mahatma gandhi in 20th-century indiawho should rule? is property theft? what's mightier - the bullet or the ballot? discover 80 of the world's greatest thinkers and their political big ideas that continue to shape our lives todayjustice goes hand in hand with politics, and in this comprehensive guide you can explore the championing of people's rights from the magna carta to thomas jefferson's bill of rights and malcolm x's call to arms
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Through meditations, stories, and the meeting of buddhism and psychology, the dalai lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day depression, anxiety, anger, jealousy, or just an ordinary bad moodthe world's greatest spiritual leader teams up with a psychiatrist to share, for the first time, how he achieved his hard-won serenity and how we can find the same inner peacebased on years of buddhist mediations and a healthy dose of common sense, the art of happiness is a book that crosses the boundaries of traditions to help readers with a difficulties common to all human beingshe discusses relationships, health, family and work to illustrate how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace
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