The year is 1929 and Honora Beecher and her husband, Sexton, are just settling into a new marriage and a cottage on the coast of New Hampshire. While Honora fixes up the derelict house and searches for bits of sea glass on the beach, Sexton risks everything they own to buy the house they both love. Along with millions of other Americans, he is blindsided by the stock market crash and finds himself penniless. The only work he can find is at a nearby mill, where a labour conflict is erupting into violence. Shaken by forces they scarcely understand, Honora and Sexton try to build a marriage and home while overwhelmed by passions of every kind. Writing with the power and immediacy that have made her novels bestsellers, Shreve unfolds interlocking lives, each with its own share of love, loss and challenge. This is another gripping and unforgettable story of the human heart from one of the mos
Drawing on strange and thought-provoking case studies, an eminent neurologist offers unprecedented insight into the evolution of the uniquely human brain. Titel: The Tell-Tale Brain af V. S. Ramachandran (Bog) Genre: Science/Cognitive Psychology Sammendrag: In this landmark work, V. S. Ramachandran investigates strange, unforgettable cases—from patients who believe they are dead to sufferers of phantom limb syndrome. With a storyteller's eye for compelling case studies and a researcher's flair for new approaches to age-old questions, Ramachandran tackles the most exciting and controversial topics in brain science, including language, creativity, and consciousness. Lucid and provocative, The Tell-Tale Brain offers a wealth of new clues into the mysteries—and the unique abilities—of the human brain. Type: Paperback
Bogen gennemgår på en lettilgængelig måde grundlæggende spørgsmål i videnskabsteori og erkendelsesteori: Hvordan hænger vores tanker, begreber og sprog sammen med den virkelighed, vi forsøger at beskrive? Thurén giver en introduktion til centrale retninger inden for humanistisk og samfundsvidenskabelig teori og diskuterer, hvordan forskellige syn på viden, sandhed, objektivitet og fortolkning påvirker forskningen. Der inddrages klassiske og moderne teoretikere, og bogen sigter mod at styrke læserens kritiske sans og evne til at vurdere udsagn om verden. Velegnet som grundbog i videnskabsteori for begyndere i gymnasiet, HF og på mellemlange og videregående uddannelser, samt for alle med interesse for sprogets og tænkningens betydning for vores forståelse af virkeligheden. Type: Paperback Dansksproget fagbog af Torsten Thurén om forholdet mellem tanke, sprog og virkelighed. Bogen introduce
Sean Riever er helikopterpilot for en humanitær organisation, der fjerner landminer i Afghanistan, men opdager, at organisationen er dække for et vestligt spionagenet, som skal tilintetgøre afghanske stingermissiler. Dermed trækkes han atter ind i krigens rædsler Forfatter: John Nichol Forlag: Vinten Udgivelsesår: 2000 Sider: 268 Sprog: Dansk
Chronicles the life of the booklover Poggio Bracciolini who rescued the text "On the nature of things" and describes the impact that the translation of this philosophical text by Roman philosopher Lucretius had on history, inspiring artists, great thinkers, and scientists of the fifteenth century and fueling the beginning of the Renaissance In the winter of 1417, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late thirties plucked a very old manuscript off a dusty shelf in a remote monastery, saw with excitement what he had discovered, and ordered that it be copied. He was Poggio Bracciolini, the greatest book hunter of the Renaissance. His discovery, Lucretius’ ancient poem On the Nature of Things, had been almost entirely lost to history for more than a thousand years. It was a beautiful poem of the most dangerous ideas: that the universe functions without the aid of gods, that religious fe
Examines the moral and ethical issues surrounding sport in contemporary society. This book addresses a spectrum of debates, including sportsmanship, doping, gender roles, social ethics, spectatorship and violence in sport. It features a section on drug use and genetic technology to explain ethical questions in these controversial areas Titel: Ethics in sport Forfatter: William J. Morgan Udgave: Second Edition Genre: natur_videnskab_teknologi Sammendrag: "Ethics in Sport, Second Edition" er en omfattende engelsksproget antologi om sportsetik. Bogen introducerer læseren til grundlæggende etiske teorier og anvender dem på nutidige problemstillinger i sport og idræt, herunder sportsmanship, fairness, køn og ligestilling, social retfærdighed, tilskuervold og sportens rolle i samfundet. En opdateret del omhandler doping, brug af præstationsfremmende stoffer og genetisk teknologi og diskuterer
Aqqaluk Lynge is a Greenlander who has served as President of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC) from 1997 to the present, and as Vice President and ICC council member for 16 years before that. He has also been a Member of Greenland's parliament and a Minister in Greenland's Home Rule Government. Mr. Lynge has advocated for the human rights of Inuit and other indigenous peoples throughout his life and is the author of numerous books. He was born in Aasiaat, Greenland on October 12, 1947. Type: Hardcover
How Leaders Package Themselves to Stand Out for the Right Reasons Image consultant, Sylvie di Giusto, shares her advice on creating a personal executive brand based on a strong, professional image. The Image of Leadership is the result of Sylvie di Giusto’s journey through two career paths: one in the field of human resources, the other one as a professional image consultant. The title reflects the reality that everyone can and should acknowledge, which is that true leadership manifests itself in ways that are both seen and unseen. This book will take you step-by-step through the development of your professional imprint. The focus will be on all of those things that people perceive about you, with an emphasis on your appearance and your image. By all means, it’s not a “How-to” book, because there simply is no “one-size-fits-all” formula for a look of leadership. Instead this book provide
