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All across America, people are knitting for peace. In yarn shops and private homes, churches and synagogues, schools and even prisons, they meet on weekday evenings or weekend afternoons to knit afghans for refugees, mittens for the homeless, socks for soldiers, or preemie caps for AIDS babies. The tradition goes back as far as Martha Washington, who spearheaded knitting efforts for the soldiers of the Revolutionary War, and has seen a recent flourishing...
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Having been a preacher's wife in the South for more than twenty years, Hannon believes that people who are cooked for feel cared for. In this book, she shares recipes and encourages cooks to embrace hospitality as a way of enjoying the life that happens when you make and serve food for your people.
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We have summarized the essentials of four short texts by this prestigious thinker: from LA CABEZA BIEN PUESTA. RETHINKING REFORM. REFORMING THOUGHT, we offer ANNEX 2 INTER-PLURI-TRANSDISCIPLINARITY. It is followed by INTRODUCTION TO COMPLEX THINKING and the text closes with brief synthesized passages from "Science with Conscience" and "The Lost Paradigm".
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This book, full of lucid, penetrating insights into consciousness, definitively closes the gap between mind, matter, and cosmic intelligence. Parrish elegantly identifies the pathways to highest consciousness-a place we all are but don't know it. Starting with a layman's examination of Freud's psychology, the author moves seamlessly through existentialism, cognitive systems, quantum physics, and mysticism to arrive at his unique synthesis of them...
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Why do the heavenly bodies behave in a contrary fashion to what we are familiar with on earth?
Before a wheel can turn, we must ensure rim is joined to axle; before a couple can dance in circle, their hands must be joined. In contrast, the planets circle the sun and the moons circle the planets without any securing mechanism, and so precisely that their movements can be predicted to a millisecond. Again, why is it that, released from the effects of...
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Víctor Manuel Toledo, un destacado referente académico en el pensamiento ambiental, presenta en su libro una antología de sus contribuciones teóricas y metodológicas. Sus planteamientos se materializan en experiencias concretas, enriqueciendo el libro. Toledo analiza ecos históricos y se destaca como un crítico comprometido, iluminando posibilidades en medio de la crisis. No se conforma con la descomposición, sino que identifica resistencias...
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Everyone knows that today's rate of technological change is unprecedented. With breakthroughs from the Internet to cell phones to digital music and pictures, everyone knows that the social impact of technology has never been as profound or overwhelming. But how much is truth and how much is hype?
Future Hype surveys the past few hundred years to show that many of the technologies we now take for granted transformed society in far more dramatic ways...
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The battles over evolution, climate change, childhood vaccinations, and the causes of AIDS, alternative medicine, oil shortages, population growth, and the place of science in our country - all are reaching a fevered pitch. Many people and institutions have exerted enormous efforts to misrepresent or flatly deny demonstrable scientific reality to protect their nonscientific ideology, their power, or their bottom line. To shed light on this darkness,...
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-¡Cante con todas sus fuerzas! Es una certeza: cantar es bueno para nosotros. Entre otros beneficios, reduce la presión sanguínea y mejora la autoestima y la postura.
-Este libro ofrece una guía experta y ejercicios prácticos para ayudarle a añadir ritmo a su vida.
-De la mano de Rosie Dow, profesora de canto con una extensa carrera y experiencia, descubra cómo controlar la voz, disfrutar de los beneficios físicos y emocionales del canto,...
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Get the Summary of Rebecca Boyle's Our Moon in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Our Moon" by Rebecca Boyle offers a comprehensive exploration of Earth's satellite, the Moon, and its profound impact on human history, culture, and scientific understanding. The Moon's desolate landscape, with its extreme temperature fluctuations and seismic activity, contrasts sharply with the vibrant life on Earth. Boyle delves into...
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Get the Summary of Meghan O'Gieblyn's God Human Animal Machine in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Meghan O'Gieblyn's "God Human Animal Machine" delves into the philosophical and ethical implications of advanced technology, particularly AI, and its intersection with human consciousness, identity, and the soul. O'Gieblyn's experience with Aibo, a robotic dog, prompts her to reflect on the nature of emotions, understanding,...
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In today's digital age, the realm of bullies has expanded far beyond the confines of the traditional playground. They now reside in our pockets, hidden behind screens, poised to strike through our devices. 'The Bully in Your Pocket,' authored by Lorenzo Gomez III, offers an indispensable and comprehensive manual for comprehending, managing, and ultimately triumphing over the pervasive menace of online bullying.
Within these pages, Lorenzo Gomez...
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"A social and design history of the sewn-in pocket, from the mid-1500s up to today, that uncovers what pockets reveal about us, our place in society, and how we move through the world"--
Why do men's clothes have so many pockets and women's so few? Why are the pockets on women's clothes too small to be practical-- if they open at all? Carlson examines issues of gender politics, security, sexuality, power and privilege-- all tucked inside our pockets....
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Beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st, Chrisman-Campbell looks at garments worn on monumental occasions across centuries. She offers capsule fashion histories of everything from space suits to wedding gowns, Olympics uniforms, and armor. In every case there is a newsworthy narrative behind the garment, whether famous and glamorous or anonymous and humble. From celebrities to ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events, the stories...
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It's not just computers--hacking is everywhere. Legendary cybersecurity expert and New York Times best-selling author Bruce Schneier reveals how using a hacker's mindset can change how you think about your life and the world.
It's not just computers: hacking is everywhere. A hack is any means of subverting a system's rules in unintended ways. Schneier takes hacking out of the world of computing and uses it to analyze the systems that underpin our...
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This is a collection of many of Whitehead's papers that are scattered elsewhere. It was the penultimate book he published, and represents his mature thoughts on many topics. Philosophical Library has done a great service by publishing a representative collection of his writings on the subjects of Philosophy, Education and Science. The portion on Philosophy includes five papers: "Immortality", "Mathematics and the Good", "Process and Reality", "John...
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El mal, el robo, las relaciones sexuales, el asesinato, la conciencia..., han sido tradicionalmente objeto de la teoría de la moral. Sin embargo, mientras que las tradiciones morales históricas entendieron durante mucho tiempo estos comportamientos, capacidades o características como producto de la formación socioeconómica, la costumbre y la voluntad, la neurociencia contemporánea sitúa directamente la moralidad en el cerebro.
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Le cadre éthique et légal de l'enseignement propose une mine d'informations accessibles et concises au personnel enseignant à propos des cadres éthiques et légaux qui s'appliquent à leurs fonctions ainsi qu'à celles des directions d'établissement scolaire. La société exige de ces derniers qu'ils rencontrent certaines attentes en matière de conduite professionnelle, notamment par le truchement de codes de déontologie, de normes de pratique,...
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This book on forgiveness, lovingly assembled and written by Michael Delia, is based on the work of Fr. Gerry O'Rourke, a Roman Catholic priest. Of course, all Catholic priests are schooled in the sacrament of forgiveness. Knowing something and believing it is not the same as being able to get your hands on it when you need it most. We know we should forgive, and we may want to forgive, but often we struggle to find a way. Gerry created four questions...
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