Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny of Birds: Sexual Selection, Behavior, Conservation, Embryology and Genetics

 

This discusses sexual selection of ultraviolet and structural signals; melanins and carotenoids as feather colorants and signals; sexual selection and auditory signaling; odors and chemical signaling; sexual dimorphism; sexual selection, signal selection and the handicap principle; courtship and copulation; sexual conflict and its implications for fitness; intra- and extra-pair paternity; parental care (including cooperative breeding); brood parasitism in birds; applications of reproductive biology to bird conservation and population management; embryogenesis and development; molecular genetics of avian sex determination and gonadal development. Many new illustrations are provided throughout the volume.

 

Silva Ultramind's Remote Viewing and Remote Influencing

 

GET READY TO EXPLORE YOUR 'INNER SPACE' AND UNLOCK YOUR MIND'S TRUE POTENTIAL! There will be times when someone is making an important decision, perhaps a life-and-death decision, and you won't be there to help. At that moment, the only influence you will have with that loved one or customer or associate, when he or she is making a decision that will affect the rest of his or her life - is Remote Viewing and Remote Influencing. This unique mind technology will help you in every area of your life. Transform Your Health: With Remote Viewing you can detect health problems and threats to your health, and then take action both physically and mentally - with Remote Influencing - to protect your health or restore and maintain optimum health for yourself and your loved ones. While your doctor works from the outside-in with physical medicine, you help by working from the inside-out. Transform Your Relationships: Troubleshoot relationship problems by remotely viewing them, even before they develop. Sense the other person's needs and wants so that you can respond appropriately. Then use Remote Viewing to detect the invisible barriers they have erected, old wounds you may have forgotten, or not even know about, misunderstandings that have never been resolved. Then use Remote Influencing to establish deep rapport at deep, inner levels, and watch the changes that take place at the outer level. Transform Your Career and Your Business: Do you want a better job? A raise? Something more meaningful, interesting and satisfying to do? Do you want to start your own business? Bigger sales? Better employees? Better working conditions? First, use Remote Viewing to detect problem areas, then use Remote Influencing to convince others that you have the solution. Use Remote Viewing to detect the information that will help you do a better job, whatever your job is. Once you determine the things that need to be done, use Remote Influencing to help you implement your decisions.

Betting on Horse Racing For Dummies

 

How to enjoy a day at the races-and bet to win!
The last two years have seen a record number of Americans tune in for climatic Triple Crown races featuring Smarty Jones and Funny Cide; in 2004, television viewership jumped a whopping 61 percent over the record set in 2003, and the Belmont Stakes race itself drew a record crowd of more than 120,000! This easy-to-understand guide shows first-time visitors to the track how to enjoy the sport of horse racing-and make smart bets. It explains what goes on at the track, what to look for in horses and jockeys, how to read a racing form and do simple handicapping, and how to manage betting funds and make wagers that stand a good chance of paying off. Complete with coverage of off-track and online betting, it's just what anyone needs to play the ponies-and win! This has to read in epub reader.

 

     

   A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology (4th edition) Book

    

    The best-selling pathology textbook for massage therapy is now in its Fourth Edition. The book presents detailed information on the etiology, signs and symptoms, and treatment of over 200 diseases and conditions, emphasizing how massage influences the disease and healing processes and how therapists can maximize the benefits while minimizing the risks.This edition includes Modality Recommendation Charts offering specific advice about modalities to pursue or avoid in various circumstances. The book has been reorganized to include an introductory chapter on fundamental concepts and a concluding chapter on cancer. New topics covered include myeloma, sickle cell disease, and autism spectrum disorders.

 

This e-book contains 772 pages.

Memory (Handbook of Perception and Cognition)

 

Authored by the foremost researchers in cognitive psychology, the handbook Memory is an outstanding reference tool for all cognitive psychologists and interested professionals. Memory provides an excellent synopsis of the research and literature in this field, including comprehensive chapters on basic theory. The text discusses storage and access of information in both short-term and long-term memory; how we control, monitor, and enhance memory; individual differences in mnemonic ability; and the processes of retrieval and retention, including eye-witness testimony, and training and instruction.

 

This e-book contains 609 pages.

How You Stand, How You Move, How You Live

 

The Alexander Technique (AT) is a remarkably simple but powerful method for learning to skillfully control how your brain and body interact, allowing you to better coordinate your movements while increasing the accuracy of your minds thoughts and perceptions. Now, in How You Stand, How You Move, How You Live, leading Alexander Technique master teacher Missy Vineyard sheds a completely fresh light on this revolutionary method and, in the process, offers path-breaking insight into the mind-body connection.

 

This e-book contains 338 pages.

Positive Thinking Every Day: An Inspiration for Each Day of the Year

 

Norman Vincent Peale's philosophy of positive thinking has had an unprecedented influence on millions of people throughout the world. Now, the wisdom of nine books -- including The Power of Positive Thinking -- can be found within these pages. Timeless in their message, invaluable in the course of daily life, Dr. Peale's classic books provide inspiration when you most need it and lead the way to a fuller, happier, more satisfying life. With a new introduction by Dr. Peale, Positive Thinking Every Day will help make your every day the best it can possibly be.

 

This e-book contains 384 pages.

Power of Your Subconscious Mind

 

In The Power of Your Subconscious Mind, Dr. Joseph Murphy gives you the tools you will need to unlock the awesome powers of your subconscious mind. You can improve your relationships, your finances, your physical well-being. Once you learn how to use this unbelievably powerful force there is nothing you will not be able to accomplish.

 

This e-book contains 140 pages.

Face Reader: Discover Anyone's Personality, Compatibility, Talents, and Challenges Through Chinese Face Reading

What if you could learn powerful insights into a person just by seeing his or her face? For 2,500 years, the science of Mien Shiang (pronounced myen-shung), or Chinese face reading, has given anyone who studies its form this incredible ability.

Whether working with executives from Fortune 500 firms or readying the nation’s top attorneys to choose the ideal juries for their clients, Patrician McCarthy has built a reputation for her ability to help others determine a person’s personality, potential, and inherent talents by analyzing his or her facial structure and features. Now McCarthy shares her understanding of this ancient knowledge with readers everywhere.

Literally meaning face (mien) reading (shiang), mien shiang is a powerful means of both self-discovery and a way to understand others. Taoist ancients said, the face is a mirror that records your past, reflects your present, and forecasts your future. McCarthy introduces five essential influences in our lives revealed by the face and enables you to interpret and understand these influences. With the practice of Mien Shiang, you will live in a harmony of mind, body, and spirit.

This e-book contains 256 pages.

Brain Power: Learn to Improve Your Thinking Skills

 

Do you want to expand your mental power? Think more clearly, logically, and creatively? Improve your memory? Solve problems and make decisions more effectively?

 

This e-book contains 324 pages.

Thinking Games to Play with Your Child

 

Thinking Games to Play with Your Child provides educational and entertaining games to develop and enrich critical and creative thinking skills.

 

This e-book contains 176 pages.

How We Think: A Theory of Goal-Oriented Decision Making and its Educational Applications

 

 

Teachers try to help their students learn. But why do they make the particular teaching choices they do? What resources do they draw upon? What accounts for the success or failure of their efforts?

 

This e-book contains 264 pages.

Love as Passion: The Codification of Intimacy

 

Niklas Luhmann is one of the greatest of contemporary social theorists, and his ultimate aim is to develop a conceptual vocabulary supple enough to capture what he sees as the unprecedented structural characteristics of society since the eighteenth century. Ours is a society in which individuals can determine their own sense of self and function rather than have that predetermined by the strict hierarchy of former times, and a key element in the modern sense of individuality is our concept of love, marriage, and lasting personal relationships. This book takes us back to when passionate love took place exclusively outside of marriage, and Luhmann shows by lively references to social customs and literature how a language and code of behavior were developed so that notions of love and intimacy could be made the essential components of married life. This intimacy and privacy made possible by a social arrangement in which home is where the heart is provides the basis for a society of individuals--the foundation for the structure of modern life. Love is now declared to be unfathomable and personal, yet we love and suffer--as Luhmann shows--according to cultural imperatives. This e-book looks like Xerox-copy of the book.

 

This e-book contains 256 pages.

Man and His Symbols by Carl G.Jung

 

Illustrated throughout with revealing images, this is the first and only work in which the world-famous Swiss psychologist explains to the layperson his enormously influential theory of symbolism as revealed in dreams.

This e-book contains 320 pages.

Maximize Your Memory

 

Each of us has the ability to develop and improve our minds in amazing ways. All you need is motivation, an effective method, and an expert guide. Ramon Campayo’s method shows you the fastest, easiest and most effective way to:
Drastically and almost immediately increase your memorization capacity and reading speed.
Enhance your learning methods, study techniques, and psychological preparation.
Improve your study habits and prepare for exams.

 

This e-book contains 256 pages.

Improving the Decision Making Abilities of Small Unit Leaders

 

 

This report examines the operational environment, existing abilities, and gap to include data, technology, skill sets, training, and measures of effectiveness for small unit leaders in conducting enhanced company operations (ECOs) in hybrid engagement, complex environments. The book also determines how to understand the decision making calculus and indicators of adversaries.

 

This e-book contains 117 pages.

People Will Talk: The Surprising Science of Reputation

 

Why does a fish only bite another fish if no one else is watching? Why do people overshare online? Why do some people meet trivial insults with extreme violence? Why do so many gods have multiple eyes?

 

This e-book contains 256 pages.

The Compass of Pleasure

 

 

A leading brain scientist's look at the neurobiology of pleasure-and how pleasures can become addictions.

 

This e-book contains 240 pages.

Flourishing: Positive Psychology and the Life Well-Lived

 

Psychology has made great strides in understanding mental illness, but how much has it learned about mental health? When people want to reflect upon the good life and how to live it, they turn to philosophers and novelists, not psychologists. The emerging field of positive psychology aims to redress this imbalance. In Flourishing, distinguished scholars apply scientific analyses to study the good life, expanding the scope of social and psychological research to include happiness, well-being, courage, citizenship, play, and the satisfactions of healthy work and healthy relationships. Their findings reveal that a sense of meaning and a feeling of richness emerge in life as people immerse themselves in activities, relationships, and the pursuit of intrinsically satisfying goals like overcoming adversity or serving one's community through volunteering. This provocative book will further define this evolving field.

 

This e-book contains 350 pages.

Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior

 

Leonard Mlodinow, the best-selling author of The Drunkard��s Walk and coauthor of The Grand Design (with Stephen Hawking), gives us a startling and eye-opening examination of how the unconscious mind shapes our experience of the world and how, for instance, we often misperceive our relationships with family, friends, and business associates, misunderstand the reasons for our investment decisions, and misremember important events.

 

This e-book contains 272 pages.

Full Catastrophe Living: How to Cope with Stress, Pain and Illness using Mindfulness Meditation

 

A true breakthrough in the area of behavioural medicine and self control If you are looking for the best available book on this topic, this is it! Alan Marlatt, PhD Professor of Psychology, Director of the Addictive Behaviours Research Centre, University of Washington. In the fifteen years since its initial publication, Full Catastrophe Living has sold over 400,000 copies worldwide. It has established itself both as an excellent beginner's guide to meditation and as the bible for a mind/body movement that has transformed Western medicine. This practical, step-by-step meditation guide is based on a revolutionary eight-week programme called mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR), which stress-relief and meditation expert Jon Kabat-Zinn created at the world-renowned Stress Reduction Clinic at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Boston. This fifteenth anniversary edition includes a new introduction along with an expanded bibliography and resources section.

 

This e-book contains 496 pages.

Anger Management and Peace-making Curriculum for Kids

 

Seeing Red is a curriculum designed to help elementary and middle school-aged students better understand their anger so they can make healthy and successful choices and build strong relationships. Overall, it aims for participants to realize that they can control their behavior and develop practical skills and strategies to manage their feelings which, in turn, will increase their self-esteem. These objectives are achieved through role playing common situations, identifying associated feelings, problem solving, recognizing negative behaviors and anticipating consequences.

 

This e-book contains 80 pages.

Coaching Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom: A Practical Guide for 7-14, 3 edition

 

Coaching Emotional Intelligence in the Classroom is a practical resource to help Key Stage 2 and Key Stage 3 teachers explore and understand a range of concepts, principles and techniques gathered under the term emotional intelligence, and the way that this powerfully influences pupils behaviour and learning in the class-room. Creative activities are suggested throughout, leading towards a more explicit focus on coaching methods to help pupils become independent, creative and effective learners able to set goals, generate ideas, solve problems and arrive at reasoned decisions.

 

This e-book contains 136 pages.

Bullying, Suicide, and Homicide: Understanding, Assessing, and Preventing Threats to Self and Others for Victims of Bullying

 

In our society, bullying is commonly seen as a normal, inescapable part of growing up that children and adolescents must simply endure. In Bullying, Suicide, and Homicide, Butch Losey challenges this viewpoint, arguing that bullying is not a part of childhood development, but rather an aberrant behavior that, for the victim, can lead to adverse decisions, such as suicide and homicide. He provides a detailed understanding of the relationship between bullying, suicide, and homicide and an assessment and response strategy that can be utilized by mental health professionals who work with children and adolescents. This strategy involves a three stage ecological approach: screening to identify warning signs for bullying, depression, suicide, and violence by means of the Bullying Lethality Identification System (BLIS), developed by Losey and a colleague; assessing the risks of suicide and threats of violence using specially tailored forms and tools; and mediating to identify appropriate interventions. All of the associated tools and forms that the author has created are included as appendices and on the accompanying CD. Losey��s sensitive and compassionate treatment of this important subject will inform and motivate mental health professionals in their work with victims of bullying.

 

This e-book contains 171 pages.

Coping with Stress at University: A Survival Guide

 

Coping with Stress at University comprehensively covers the main problems and stresses that a student may experience during their university career. Looking at university life from a variety of angles, this book equips the student to be able to deal with stressful situations ranging from exam pressure to relationship problems, from homesickness to managing finances. Quotes and case studies from previous students illustrate how problems have been dealt with in the past, and a number of coping techniques and exercises are provided to help prepare students for the transition into and through university life.

 

This e-book contains 248 pages.

Brain Fitness: A Proven Program to Improve Your Memory, Logic, Attention Span, Organizational Ability, and More

 

With age, many of us experience lapses of memory, concentration, and reasoning power. This nonpathological cerebral dysfunction can be prevented or corrected, according to Le Poncin, the founder of a French institute on cerebral aging. While they admit that the program outlined in this book is based on scientific hypotheses, the authors cite experiments which suggest that certain kinds of degeneration can be overcome. A brief explanation of brain mechanisms is followed by a month's worth of practice exercises. Emphasizing speed and diversification, these exercises purport to develop perceptive, logical, verbal, structural, and visual/spatial abilities. After much initial failure and frustration, this reviewer's "efficiency rating" dramatically increased, though whether from simple improvement as a test-taker or actual improvement in mental fitness is unclear. A best seller in Europe, according to the publisher, this self-help book will undoubtedly find an audience among general readers eager to "improve" their minds.

 

This e-book contains 216 pages.

Essential Persona Lifecycle: Your Guide to Building and Using Personas

 

Personas play an essential role in the development of successful products. Without creating profiles of target customers and studying them throughout your product development lifecycle, it's impossible to truly understand user need, context, and pain points. The Essential Persona Lifecycle is an easy-to-reference guide on persona creation, use, and evaluation. Whether you are a student or a UX practitioner, if you are developing products that people are intended to use, this book is for you

 

This e-book contains 240 pages.

The Art of Inspired Living: Coach Yourself with Positive Psychology

 

This book is about learning to live your life more fully. It doesn't promise you abundant joy the relationship of your dreams, untold riches or miracle cures. But what it does promise you is a comprehensive program of personal development, change and growth that is highly effective.

 

This e-book contains 336 pages.

Moral Psychology

 

In recent decades the central questions of moral psychology have attracted renewed interest. Contemporary work on moral motivation and the rationality of moral action has broadened its focus to include a wide array of related issues. New interpretations of historical figures have also contributed to conceptual advances in moral psychology, in a way unparalleled in any other area of philosophy. This volume presents original work from some of the most prominent philosophers currently working on moral psychology, spanning both the historical and the contemporary problem-based approaches.

 

This e-book contains 352 pages.

Handbook on the Economics of Happiness

 

`After many years of neglect, the topic of happiness is returning to the agenda of economics. This wide-ranging collection of papers considers the significance of happiness for economic theory and policy, drawing on ideas from psychology, philosophy and history as well as economics itself. In stressing the importance of sociality as a source of happiness, the authors open up new territory for social science.'
- Robert Sugden, University of East Anglia, UK

This book is a welcome consolidation and extension of the recent expanding debates on happiness and economics. Happiness and economics, as a new field for research, is now of pivotal interest particularly to welfare economists and psychologists.

This Handbook provides an unprecedented forum for discussion of the economic issues relating to happiness. It reviews the more recent literature and offers the interested reader an insight into the vast scope of the field in terms of the theory, its applications and also experimental design. The Handbook also gives substantial indications as to the future direction of research in the field, with particular regard to policy applications and developing an economics of interpersonal relations which includes reciprocity and social interaction theory.

Reflecting the contribution of a major research activity on the study of happiness, economics and interpersonal relations, this book will be of great interest to economists and psychologists in general, as well as welfare economists and postgraduate scholars of cooperation, welfare, social planning, non-profit, corporate social responsibility and related fields.

This e-book contains 596 pages.

Wedding as Text: Communicating Cultural Identities Through Ritual

 

 

This volume, using intercultural weddings as its focus, examines what occurs when the signs & codes of different cultures come into contact & influence one another. For scholars & advanced level students of interpersonal, nonverbal, & intercultural comm.

 

This e-book contains 330 pages.

Self-determined Learning Theory: Construction, Verification, and Evaluation

 

This volume brings together four semi-autonomous bodies of research (choice, self-determination, self-regulation, and self-management) to form a new theory of self-engaged learning entitled, Self-Determined Learning Theory. This theory explains why and how students self-engage. It identifies the factors that give students the sense of control over their learning that is needed for sustained, adaptive, and ultimately successful learning. It begins by describing the characteristics of disengaged learners, then describes and illustrates self-determined learning theory within both normal and special populations. It then examines the theory's predictive value across several special population contexts and then concludes with a critique of the theory's credibility and worth.
Divided into three sections--theory construction, theory verification, and theory evaluation--this volume is organized using the four steps of a previous book, Learning to Theorize: A Four Step Strategy. Step 1 defines a problem of not understanding something as discrepancy between what is known and not known about a circumstance. Step 2 searches for information and explanations to change the condition of not knowing into a condition of knowing. Step 3 evaluates the credibility and worth of the explanation constructed in Step 2. Step 4 adjusts existing beliefs so they are consistent with the new theory.
Although aimed primarily at leaders in special education, it should also appeal to researchers and scholars in psychology, educational psychology, and school psychology who are interested in the applications of self-regulated learning theory--in this case to special populations.

 

This e-book contains 739 pages.

Thought and Knowledge: An Introduction to Critical Thinking

 

This best-selling textbook, written by award-winning educator and past president of the APA, Diane Halpern, applies theory and research from the learning sciences to teach students the thinking skills they need to succeed in today's world. This new edition retains features from earlier editions that have helped its readers become better thinkers. A rigorous academic grounding based in cognitive psychology is presented in a clear writing style with a humorous tone and supported by numerous practical examples and anecdotes.
Thought & Knowledge, Fourth Edition has been revised to help students meet the challenges of a global neighborhood and make meaningful conclusions form the overwhelming quantity of information now available at the click of a mouse. The skills learned with this text will help students learn more efficiently, research more productively, and present logical, informed arguments.

New features include:
*Template for Making Arguments. This is a crucial preparation tool for students in any subject area. For those planning on continuing to Graduate School, this feature is an essential reference. The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) now requires that all test takers write an argument on a contemporary topic.
*Concept Maps provide students with strategies to clarify complex information and retain long-term knowledge.
*Contemporary Examples, throughout the text, relate current events to the book discussions.
*Explanations on How to Evaluate Information found on Web sites.
*Revised Student Workbook. Thinking Critically About Critical Thinking, Fourth Edition is filled with new exercises to reinforce learning and practice newly acquired skills. This workbook can be purchased in a student package with the text or as a separate item.

Thought & Knowledge, Fourth Edition is appropriate for use as a textbook incritical thinking courses offered in departments of psychology, philosophy, English, humanities, or as a supplement in any course where critical thinking is emphasized.

This e-book contains 480 pages.

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Emotional Intelligence For Dummies

 

Take control of your emotions to achieve success in the workplace and happiness at home

Being aware of and able to control your emotions is oneof the keys to success in life, both professionally and personally. This friendly guide will help you to understand your feelings and how you can manage them, instead ofhaving them control you. Through practical, proven techniques and helpful exercises, you'll discover how you can increase your confidence, build stronger relationships with your partner, family, and colleagues, and find authentic happiness.

Manage your emotions identify your feelings, determine whatbeliefs cause negative emotions, and stop self-destructive behaviors

Discover the power of empathy  read other people's emotions through facial cues and body language and show them you understand their feelings

Thrive at work  find a job that's right for you, overcome hassles and fears, and develop your leadership skills

Build and sustain meaningful relationships  discover how to take your partner's emotional temperature and manage emotions to grow closer

Raise an emotionally intelligent child  keep your cool with your child, coax shy children out of their shells, and get your child to be less aggressive and defiant

I suspect Emotional Intelligence For Dummies will motivate you to adopt a broader view of what it means to be smart, and you will find yourself further developing the emotional skills that allow you to lead a more satisfying life.
Peter Salovey, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Yale University

Open the book and find:

The science behind emotional intelligence

Exercises to help you turn negative emotions positive

Ways to diffuse tense situations

How to improve your performance at work

Why emotionally intelligent workplaces are more productive

The four keys to a lasting relationship

What battles are worth fighting  and when to keep quiet

 

This e-book contains 384 pages.

Emotions: A Brief History

 

Emotions: A Brief History investigates the history of emotions across cultures as well as the evolutionary history of emotions and of emotional development across an individual��s life span.

 

This e-book contains 208 pages.

Personality and Social Behavior

The study of the relationship between the person and the situation has had a long history in psychology. Many theories of personality are set on an interpersonal stage and many social phenomena are played out differently as the cast of characters change. At times the study of persons and situations has been contentious, however, recent interest in process models of personality and social interaction have focused on the ways people navigate, influence, and are influenced by their social worlds.

Personality and Social Behavior contains a series of essays on topics where a transactional analysis of the person and situation has proved most fruitful. Contributions span the personality and social psychology spectrum and include such topics as new units in personality; neuroscience perspectives on interpersonal personality; social and interpersonal frameworks for understanding the self and self-esteem; and personality process analyses of romantic relationships, prejudice, health, and leadership.

This volume provides essential reading for researchers with an interest in this core topic in social psychology and may also be used as a text on related upper-level courses.

This e-book contains 320 pages.

Blackwell Handbook of Sensation and Perception

 

This state-of-the-art handbook provides an authoritative overview of the field of perception, with special emphasis on new developments and trends.
Surveys the entire field of perception, including vision, hearing, taste, olfaction, and cutaneous sensibility.
Ideal for researchers and teachers looking for succinct, state-of-the-art overviews of areas outside their speciality, and for anyone wanting to know about current research and future trends.
Uses a tutorial approach that results in a balanced description of topics.
A 'Selected Readings' section points to general references that provide more detailed treatments of each topic; 'Additional Topics' provide references to important topics.
Written by noted authorities in the field.

 

This e-book contains 801 pages.

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Dream Psychology

 

This little book of dream psychology is written in a simple, popular way which makes it readable and understandable by almost any one, without technical preparation or without special information regarding the psychoanalytic psychology. The style is very clear and the various matters discussed are put in a way which should be of considerable help in spreading a sympathetic attitude towards psychoanalysis. This e book is like exrox copy of the book.

 

This e-book contains 198  pages.

Personality in Adulthood: A Five-Factor Theory Perspective

 

An ideal text for advanced students and a timely reference for researchers and clinicians, this influential work examines how enduring dispositions or traits affect the process of aging and shape each individual's life course. In the process, it offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the Five-Factor Model of personality. From two well-known authorities in the field, the volume is grounded in a growing body of empirical evidence. Special attention is given to how research on the Five-Factor Model can contribute to the development of a comprehensive theory of personality.

 

This e-book contains 281 pages.

Your Road Map For Success You Can Get There From Here

 

Defining success is a difficult task. Most people equate it with wealth, power, and happiness. However, true success is not a thing you acquire or achieve. Rather, it is a journey you take your whole life long.

In a refreshingly straightforward style, John Maxwell shares unique insights into what it means to be successful. And he reveals a definition that puts genuine success within your reach yet motivates you to keep striving for your dreams.

I want to help you discover your personal road map for success, teach you what it means to be on the success journey, answer many of your questions, and equip you with what you'll need to change yourself and keep growing. - John C. Maxwell

Sexual Offenders: Personal Construct Theory and Devian Sexuality

 

Is there an alternative way of treating sexual offenders beyond traditional psychiatry? Sexual Offenders explores and develops personal construct theory in terms of forensic and social psychology, and examines the possibilities for sexual offender assessment and therapy. Rather than viewing sexual offenders as having a mental illness or possessing a set of pathological personality traits, personal construct theory indicates that all people learn particular ways of understanding their own experience, and use these 'personal constructs' to anticipate the future. Through a variety of experiences, sexual offenders appear to develop a set of constructs that demands a particular understanding of themselves and other people. James Horley suggests that if they desire change sexual offenders can alter these constructs through psychotherapy. Sexual Offenders describes a number of techniques used by the author and other clinicians as well as presenting new and more dynamic approaches to psychological assessment. Based on over 20 years of the author's clinical and research work, this book will provide professionals and students in the field of forensic psychology and psychiatry with an alternative way of treating sex offender clients.

 

This e-book contains 141 pages.

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Complete Idiot's Guide to Personality Profiles

 

The study of personality has fascinated people from the time of the Ancient Greeks. I am pleased to introduce this book, which covers many aspects of personality and change. Authors Allen Miller and Susan Shelly delve into some fairly complex ideas and explain them in everyday language. A recurring theme in the book, along with Dr. Aaron Beck��s cognitive therapy, is the schema-focused approach to personality. The schema approach recognizes the biological and environmental contributions to personality. It expands upon the research and clinical findings of cognitive-behavior therapy and is consistent with the constructivist view that we create our own realities. The ideas and practices of various theoretical and clinical approaches are integrated into schema-focused therapy.

 

This e-book contains 384 pages.

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Personnel Selection: Adding Value Through People

Complete history of murder, assassination and death by design

 

Now under one cover, here are all six volumes of the notorious How To Kill series, the complete history of murder, assassination and death by design. The Hatchet Job, Smothering, Drilled to Death and other chapters provide gruesome testimony to why these books have been banned in certain countries! For information purposes only!

 

This e-book contains 512 pages.

Feelings: The Perception of Self

This book aims to pinpoint the connection feelings have with behavior a connection that, while clear, has never been fully explained. Following William James, Laird argues that feelings are not the cause of behavior but rather its consequences; the same goes for behavior and motives and behavior and attitudes. He presents research into feelings across the spectrum, from anger to joy to fear to romantic love, that support this against-the-grain view. Laird discusses the problem of common sense, self-perception theory, the association between feelings and higher cognitive processes, and also the literature on facial expression, posture, and gaze.

Thinking Game: A Guide to Effective Study

This text provides a generalized framework for understanding how knowledge is developed, acquired, tested, and applied to human affairs, enabling the reader to evaluate and criticize the thinking process.

The Subtle Body: An Encyclopedia of Your Energetic Anatomy

All healers are "energetic" healers, whether they know it or not. Because every health issue has a physical and an energetic component, even a simple physical treatment like bandaging a cut also impacts the body's spiritual, mental, and emotional welfare.

Cryptozoology A To Z: The Encyclopedia of Loch Monsters, Sasquatch, Chupacabras, and Other Authentic Mysteries of Nature

The ultimate quest for the world's most mysterious creatures

The Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, the Abominable Snowman -- these are the names of the elusive beasts that have caught the eye and captured the imaginations of people around the world for centuries. Recently, tales of these "monsters" have been corroborated by an increase in sightings, and out of these legends a new science has been born: cryptozoology -- the study of hidden animals.

Cryptozoology A to Z, the first encyclopedia of its kind, contains nearly two hundred entries, including cryptids (the name given to these unusual beasts), new animal finds, and the explorers and scientists who search for them. Loren Coleman, one of the world's leading cryptozoologists, teams up with Jerome Clark, editor and author of several encyclopedias, to provide these definitive descriptions and many never-before-published drawings and photographs from eyewitnesses' detailed accounts. Full of insights into the methods of these scientists, exciting tales of discovery, and the history and evolution of this field, Cryptozoology A to Z is the most complete reference ever of the newest zoological science.

World Geography

World Geography helps students relate distant places and cultures to their own lives. Each unit addresses physical geography, human geography, and major issues of a specific region of the world. World Geography offers a vibrant, visual approach that captures students' attention. Large, concise maps and numerous charts and graphs make the information accessible.

Students are shown how to make comparisons between physical and human geography by exploring the similarities and differences across cultures. World Geography offers high-interest features, effective case studies, and primary sources to show the relevance of geography to current events.

Great Thoughts Funny Sayings

 

From Bible quotes and Christian teachings to the words of renowned historical figures, this collection of over 3,800 entries offers wit, wisdom, and an emphasis on practical living.

 

This e-book contains345 pages. 

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\Human Evolution: Trails from the Past

 

Human Evolution provides a comprehensive overview of hominid evolution, synthesising data and approaches from fields as diverse as physical anthropology, evolutionary biology, molecular biology, genetics, archaeology, psychology and philosophy.
The book starts with chapters on evolution, population genetics, systematics, and the methods for constructing evolutionary trees. These are followed by a comprehensive review of the fossil history of human evolution since our divergence from the apes. Subsequent chapters cover more recent data, both fossil and molecular, relating to the evolution of modern humans. A final section describes the evolution of culture, language, art, and morality.

 

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Rough Guide to Climate Change, 2nd Edition

 

The Rough Guide to Climate Change gives the complete picture of the single biggest issue facing the planet. Cutting a swathe through scientific research and political debate, this completely updated 2nd edition lays out the facts and assesses the options- global and personal- for dealing with the threat of a warming world. The guide looks at the evolution of our atmosphere over the last 4.5 billion years and what computer simulations of climate change reveal about our past, present, and future. This updated edition includes new information from the 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and an updated politics section to reflect post-Kyoto developments. Discover how rising temperatures and sea levels, plus changes to extreme weather patterns, are already affecting life around the world. The guide unravels how governments, scientists and engineers plan to tackle the problem and includes in-depth information and lifestyle tips about what you can do to help.

 

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Chess Openings For Dummies

 

Improve your chess game the fast and easy way

You never get a second chance to make a first imion?especially in the game of chess! Chess Openings For Dummies gives you tips and techniques for analyzing openings and strategies for winning chess games from the very first move you make!

This friendly, helpful guide pres you with easy-to-follow and step-by-step instructions on the top opening chess strategies and gives you the tools you need to develop your own line of attack from the very start.
Includes illustrations to help ensure victory
Equips you with the tools and strategies to plan a winning strategy
Also serves as a valuable resource for curriculums that use chess as a learning tool

Whether you?re a veteran or novice chess player, Chess Openings For Dummies is the ultimate guide to getting a grip on the openings and variants that will ensure you have all the right moves to open and win any chess game.

 

Maximizing Intelligence – IQ

 

How much of a role does genetics or environment play in accounting for reasoning skill and other intellectual aptitudes? At a time when the public school system in the United States is under attack, this debate has taken center stage in arguments about what accounts for differences in academic achievement. Maximizing Intelligence convincingly argues that, while both genetics and environment play a role in a child's intelligence, environmental factors, especially at an early age, are of primary importance. Working from this premise, Armor suggests how intelligence may be heightened. Armor presents four propositions about intelligence. His first is that intelligence exerts a major influence on educational and occupational success, following a chronological sequence, from a child's cognitive skills learned before school, to academic success during the school years, to eligibility for college. His second proposition is that intelligence can be changed, at least within limits. There is ample evidence that a child's intelligence is not fully given at birth, but continues to evolve and change at least through the early elementary school years, although at a declining rate. Proposition three is that intelligence is influenced by a series of quot;risk factors,quot; and most of the influence occurs before a child reaches school age. Risk factors include parent intelligence and education, family income, family structure and size, nutrition, and specific parenting behaviors. The fourth proposition flows from the second and third - that the most promising avenues for maximizing intelligence come from a child's parents. Armor persuasively argues for a quot;whole familyquot; approach whereby government programs are modified or created to inform parents of risk factors and to reward behaviors that optimize positive outcomes. Maximizing Intelligence is meticulously researched and reasoned, and will be welcomed by researchers in education, sociology, psychology, social theory, and policy studies.

 

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Classic Origami

 

Own it. Give it. This book is worth the price for the arched back cat fold alone. But the bonus fold is the Sampan. This book has an excellent balance of verbal and diagram instructions. Beautiful color pictures with exceptional detail.

 

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Drawing Cartoons and Comics For Dummies

 

An original American art form, comics thrill millions of people across the globe. Combining step–by–step instruction with expert tips and advice, Drawing Cartoons Comics For Dummies is a one–stop reference for creating and marketing original cartoons and comics.

While many books tend to focus on specific characters or themes, this thorough guide focuses instead on helping aspiring artists master the basic building blocks of cartoons and comics, revealing step by step how to create everything from wisecracking bunnies to souped–up super villains. It also explores lettering and coloring, and offers expert marketing advice. The book?s color insert provides guidance on how to add color to cartoon creations.

Brian Fairrington (Gilbert, AZ) is a nationally syndicated cartoonist whose work appears in over 800 newspapers and magazines in America. His work has appeared in the New York Times, USA Today, and Time magazine, as well as on CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. He has won many awards, including the Charles M. Schulz award for college cartooning and the John Locher Memorial Award, given annually by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC).

From the Back Cover:
Your real–world guide to creating and marketing original cartoons

Do you love comics? Want to become a cartoonist? This practical, hands–on guide is packed with step–by–step instructions and plenty of tips for creating your own cartoons. From inanimate objects to animals to aliens, you can see how to breathe life into your characters and make your cartoons stand out. Plus, you discover how to

Master the basic building blocks and set up your workspace; start creating with pencil, ink, and pens; and fix mistakes
Set the creative juices flowing  and find inspiration and formulate your cartoon idea, gag, or concept, and make it work
Create your characters from their heads to their toes, give your characters personality and presence
Assemble your comic strip  and create an effective background, plan your layout, letter your cartoons, create drama, and more
Line–tune your work to discover the tools and techniques for digitally formatting your comics

Open the book and find:

In overview of the different cartooning genres
Drawing techniques, such as shading and crosshatching
In exploration of body, gender, species, and character types
Tips for developing a cast of characters
The lowdown on drawing editorial cartoons
add color to your creations
Ten steps to a finished comic strip
Hints on breaking into the business

 

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The Hair and Make-Up Artist's Handbook: A Complete Guide to Professional Qualifications

 

Written by leading figures in the hair and make-up industry and education and endorsed by City & Guilds, The Hair and Make-up Artist's Handbook is the first book to give you all the information you need for VRQ courses in theatrical and media hair and make-up and the NVQ Diploma in Beauty Therapy Make-up route at Levels 2 and 3. Whether you are starting a new course, going back to refresh your skills, or are a practising make-up artist needing a comprehensive reference, this book tells you everything you need to know to succeed in this exciting industry. The authors cover all of the essential knowledge on the industry and go on to describe the techniques involved in theatrical and media hair and make-up, giving useful insight into who you'll meet, how to work in a team, and what it's really like working behind the scenes on a fashion shoot or film set. Packed with specially commissioned step-by-step sequences and inspirational shots, advice from industry professionals, as well as a fully comprehensive anatomy and physiology chapter.

 

Modern Origami

Clear instructions, diagrams, drawings, and photographs help you complete over 60 fascinating projects��from the relatively simple four-point star, water lily, and sitting crane to the more complex ballet dancer, Egyptian cat, and dachshund. Challenging subjects for intermediate and advanced paperfolders. Over 500 b/w illus. New Preface by author.

 

 

Art of Drawing: The Complete Course

 

The Complete Book of Arts and Crafts (The Complete book Series)

Tattoos Unlimited (3rd Edition)

Folk Art Tells a Story: An Activity Guide

Telling the stories of many generations and reflecting cultures everywhere, folk art gives children a glimpse into the traditions and experiences of the people who created it. This book brings the fascinating world of folk art into the classroom and offers extension activities that integrate art, social studies, science, language arts, and music. The engaging, authentic, and open-ended projects, book suggestions, songs, stories, recipes, and oral history interviews introduce students to real artists working in this genre. The book also includes interesting background information. Organized into three sections, the book covers traditional art activities, projects based on natural materials, and projects involving fabric.

 

Fireworks: The Art, Science, and Technique

 

Its a book that gives you an insight in all the facets of fireworks. It sometimes however does not go as deep into subjects as i would have liked ,but its probably a pleasant too read masterpiece by not doing so. It explanes a lot and in regard of safety features it scores very high in my book. So if you are interestit in firework the art the science or the technique this is the book too buy,i at least can safely work on somewhat nicer projects for next newyears in a safe setting .
A true classic of a hard to find subject!
Shimizu is a true pyrotechnic master and gives a view of the Japanese Pyrotechnics technique.

 

Beauty and Art: 1750-2000

 

Book of Art for Young People

 

Early twentieth century husband and wife collaboration concerning Fine Art, aimed at children. Full of famous paintings.

 

World Art History And Its Objects

 

Is writing a world art history possible? Does the history of art as such even exist outside the Western tradition? Is it possible to consider the history of art in a way that is not fundamentally Eurocentric? In this highly readable and provocative book, David Carrier, a philosopher and art historian, does not attempt to write a world art history himself. Rather, he asks the question of how an art history of all cultures could be written - or whether it is even possible to do so. He also engages the political and moral issues raised by the idea of a multicultural art history. Focusing on a consideration of intersecting artistic traditions, Carrier negotiates the way meaning and understanding shift or are altered when a visual object from one culture, for example, is inserted into the visual tradition of another culture. A World Art History and Its Objects proposes the use of temporal narrative as a way to begin to understand a multicultural art history.

This e-book contains 170 pages.

Art of Caricaturing

 

A series of lessons covering all branches of the art of caricaturing

This e-book contains 104 pages.

 

Leonardo da Vinci: The Marvellous Works of Nature and Man

 

This masterly account of Leonardo da Vinci and his vision of the world has long been recognized as the classic treatment of the Renaissance giant, offering unparalleled insight into Leonardo's intellect and vision at every stage of his artistic career.
Martin Kemp, one of the world's leading authorities on Leonardo, takes us on a mesmerizing journey through the whole span of the great man's life, painting a fully integrated picture of his artistic, scientific, and technological achievements. Kemp shows how Leonardo's early training in Florence provided a crucial foundation in the science of art, particularly perspective and anatomy, while his period in the service of the Sforzas of Milan enlarged his outlook to embrace a wide range of natural sciences and mathematics, as he searched for scientific rules governing both man and the universe. It was these rules, Kemp argues, which provided the basis for his imaginative reconstruction of nature in masterworks such as the Last Supper, The Mona Lisa, and St. John, which reveal his increasingly complex vision of man in the context of nature. And towards the end of his life, Leonardo became fascinated with the mathematics underlying the design of nature, behind which lay the ultimate force of the prime mover, as manifested with supreme power in his Deluge drawings.
Covering every aspect of Leonardo's achievement, generously illustrated, and now including a new introductory chapter setting Leonardo's work in its historical context, this fully updated edition provides unparalleled insight into the mind of this central figure in western art

This e-book contains 416 pages.

 

Mount Everest (Nature's Wonders)

 

Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world. It stands 5.5 miles high in the Himalaya Mountains. In Mount Everest, explore the majesty of its steep walls, sheer cliffs, deep snow, and icy slabs. Discover the wildlife that inhabits its peaks and valleys, the people who make it their home, and the efforts being made to protect one of Earth's grandest natural wonders.

This e-book contains 97  pages.

 

Book of Love, Sex and the Brain: The Neuroscience of How, When, Why and Who We Love

 

Who do we love? Who loves us? And why? Is love really a mystery, or can neuroscience offer some answers to these age-old questions?In her third enthralling book about the brain, Judith Horstman takes us on a lively tour of our most important sex and love organ and the whole smorgasbord of our many kinds of love-from the bonding of parent and child to the passion of erotic love, the affectionate love of companionship, the role of animals in our lives, and the love of God.

This e-book contains 264 Pages.

 

Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity

 

Homosexuality in its myriad forms has been scientifically documented in more than 450 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, and other animals worldwide. Biological Exuberance is the first comprehensive account of the subject, bringing together accurate, accessible, and nonsensationalized information. Drawing upon a rich body of zoological research spanning more than two centuries, Bruce Bagemihl shows that animals engage in all types of nonreproductive sexual behavior. Sexual and gender expression in the animal world displays exuberant variety, including same-sex courtship, pair-bonding, sex, and co-parenting��even instances of lifelong homosexual bonding in species that do not have lifelong heterosexual bonding.

 

How to Blog a Book: Write, Publish, and Promote Your Work One Post at a Time

 

Emotional Intelligence For Dummies

 

Take control of your emotions to achieve success in the workplace and happiness at home

Being aware of and able to control your emotions is oneof the keys to success in life, both professionally and personally. This friendly guide will help you to understand your feelings and how you can manage them, instead ofhaving them control you. Through practical, proven techniques and helpful exercises, you'll discover how you can increase your confidence, build stronger relationships with your partner, family, and colleagues, and find authentic happiness.

Manage your emotions identify your feelings, determine whatbeliefs cause negative emotions, and stop self-destructive behaviors

Discover the power of empathy  read other people's emotions through facial cues and body language and show them you understand their feelings

Thrive at work  find a job that's right for you, overcome hassles and fears, and develop your leadership skills

Build and sustain meaningful relationships  discover how to take your partner's emotional temperature and manage emotions to grow closer

Raise an emotionally intelligent child  keep your cool with your child, coax shy children out of their shells, and get your child to be less aggressive and defiant

I suspect Emotional Intelligence For Dummies will motivate you to adopt a broader view of what it means to be smart, and you will find yourself further developing the emotional skills that allow you to lead a more satisfying life.
Peter Salovey, PhD, Professor of Psychology, Yale University

Open the book and find:

The science behind emotional intelligence

Exercises to help you turn negative emotions positive

Ways to diffuse tense situations

How to improve your performance at work

Why emotionally intelligent workplaces are more productive

The four keys to a lasting relationship

What battles are worth fighting  and when to keep quiet

How to help your child become emotionally aware

 

Origami Kit For Dummies

 

Origami Kit For Dummies gives you all the material you need to get started in origami. Included in the kit is an expert guide book to origami, covering the different bases and techniques you need to create a huge variety of models. Illustrations and detailed instructions show you how to make 75 unique models, such as a frog, a settee, fantastic geometric shapes and even a festive Santa! There are also 25 sheets of 5x5 origami paper in five fun colours. So get folding, and show off your creations in style!
Discover How To:
* Get prepared to start folding
* Understand the international language of origami
* Fold all the basic bases
* Source your paper
* Design creations and draw your own diagrams
About the author
Nick Robinson is a professional origami artist, and has been folding paper for 25 years. He has been a member of the British Origami Society for over 20 years, and currently he edits their magazine, as well as maintaining their website.

Summary: an origami classic for all folders
Rating: 5

This is the perfect book to inspire beginners and rekindle the enthusiasm of experts because it is the most thoughtful work on origami that I have ever read. Yes, it includes a packet of origami paper so the beginner can begin immediately on opening the book. The layout of the material is attractive and the writing is welcoming. And there is the required plentitude of excellent models to captivate both the beginner and expert. All that is sufficient for a useful book, but there is much more offered by the author.
Nick Robinson is a creator of original models who understands the creative process and communicates possibilities to the reader. He is an accomplished illustrator who knows what the reader needs to be shown and how to reveal it. Best of all, he has been a teacher of origami over decades and experienced the requirements of instruction. This is far more than a barebones collection of models, however valuable such a lively gathering is. Robinson is both relaxed and serious about the craft, so he takes time to write about how to begin, tips on the process of folding, and a discussion of the different styles of folding that have appeared in this ancient craft. What he communicates is valuable for the beginner and a necessary reminder for the expert.
The book is not quite perfect. The model on the cover is not included in the text. The origami paper is not the usual sheet white on one side and color on the other side, not conforming to the illustrations. Some photographs of the completed models would have been instructive. But these are trivial matters. Robinson is a well-rounded, great teacher so all who seek to be stimulated by this craft, realizing that we are actually and always dummies, will enjoy his Origami Kit For Dummies.
Summary: Great book for beginners, but there's lots for experts too
Rating: 5

I'm generally somewhat sceptical of books describing themselves as for dummies: but after seeing a few people I respect in the origami community speak highly of this book, I decided to purchase a copy. I've been very pleased with the book: as with many of Robinson's books, there's a lot more text than one might expect to see in an origami book, but there are also lots of neat models diagrammed: the text is an unexpected bonus.
And as such, the book works well not just for beginners, but for experienced folders as well: I've recommended it to several people, and will continue to do so.
Summary: A definitive textbook
Rating: 5

Here is a book for anyone who has had a go at origami, and failed. It's a comprehensive guide filled with excellent diagrams, clear text and practical information. It features a variety of new and old models suitable for teachers of origami and the more experienced folder. This is destined to become a classic: a definitive textbook that wears its learning lightly. As such it is a bargain and I award it a richly-deserved five stars.

 

The Secret Universal Mind Meditation

 

 

Probationary Officer’s - Previous year Questions with Explanatory Answers

 

Bank Exam Books extends a great help in preparation for the Bank Exams and also helps in securing a good rank position. The details of the book is as mentioned below Free Download of Probationary Officer’s - Previous year Questions with Explanatory Answers.

 

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Test Your IQ: 400 Questions to Boost Your Brainpower

Test Your IQ contains IQ test questions written and compiled by IQ-test experts, complete with a guide to assessing individual performance. Working through the questions can help anyone develop powers of calculation and logical reasoning.

By studying the different types of test, and recognizing the different types of question, readers can improve their test scores and increase their IQ rating. Test Your IQ is helpful those who have to take an IQ test, and it's also great fun for anyone who likes to stretch their mind for their own entertainment.

 

Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning

The requirements of the candidates have been a major factor kept in mind during the compilation of this book and with this end in view all types of solved questions with a huge collection of practisable questions have been provided. Free eBook Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning by R.S. Aggarwal PDF Download. This book also consists of well illustrated examples and fully solved exercises with explanatory answers and clues. This book is highly meant for the competitive examinations like Bank Clerical, Bank P.O., SBI P.O., R.B.I., L.I.C., G.I.C., A.A.O., M.B.A., I.A.S., I.F.S., Railways, V.D.C., Sub-inspectors of Police, Asstt. Grade, Income Tax and Central Excise, etc

Barron's TOEFL iBT Internet-Based Test, 12th Edition

 

Your Brain: The Missing Manual

Puzzles and brain twisters to keep your mind sharp and your memory intact are all the rage today. More and more people Baby Boomers and information workers in particular are becoming concerned about their gray matter's ability to function, and with good reason. As this sensible and entertaining guide points out, your brain is easily your most important possession. It deserves proper upkeep.

Your Brain: The Missing Manual is a practical look at how to get the most out of your brain not just how the brain works, but how you can use it more effectively. What makes this book different than the average self-help guide is that it's grounded in current neuroscience. You get a quick tour of several aspects of the brain, complete with useful advice about:

Brain Food: The right fuel for the brain and how the brain commands hunger (including an explanation of the different chemicals that control appetite and cravings)
Sleep: The sleep cycle and circadian rhythm, and how to get a good night's sleep (or do the best you can without it)
Memory: Techniques for improving your recall
Reason: Learning to defeat common sense; logical fallacies (including tactics for winning arguments); and good reasons for bad prejudices
Creativity and Problem-Solving: Brainstorming tips and thinking not outside the box, but about the box in other words, find the assumptions that limit your ideas so you can break through them
Understanding Other People's Brains: The battle of the sexes and babies developing brains

Learn about the built-in circuitry that makes office politics seem like a life-or-death struggle, causes you to toss important facts out of your memory if they're not emotionally charged, and encourages you to eat huge amounts of high-calorie snacks. With Your Brain: The Missing Manual you'll discover that, sometimes, you can learn to compensate for your brain or work around its limitations or at least to accept its eccentricities.

Exploring your brain is the greatest adventure and biggest mystery you'll ever face. This guide has exactly the advice you need. 

Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form

 

India (Travel Guides)

 

The guides that show you what the others only tell you. Travel Guides have increasingly become the most sought after guides by seasoned and novice travels alike. Featuring up-to-date information and spectacular 3-D aerial views

This e-book contains 692 pages.

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Psychology of Achievement

Success can be yours with Brian Tracy's

The Psychology of Achievement

Develop the top achiever's mindset

The world's foremost producer of personal development and motivational audio programs offers an inside look at the thinking that leads to great achievement. Drawing on the work of leading psychologists and behavioral researchers, Brian Tracy America's "success mentor" demonstrates the attitude, deep self-knowledge and pin-pointed goals that are important factors in achieving great success. He'll help you identify your own "area of excellence" and master the tools that make each achiever tick, including:
# How to sharpen your natural intuition
# How to increase your brain power
# How to change thoughts from negative to positive
# How to break bad habits quickly and painlessly Packed with practical advice that lead to extraordinary results, The Psychology of Achievement will help you use every ounce of your potential

About the Author
Brian Tracy is one of the country's leading authorities on the development of human potential and personal effectivness. He is president of the Institute for Executive Development, a human resource company and the author of Thinking Big, Maximum Achievement, and The Psychology of Selling.

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Good to Great Hair: Celebrity Hairstyling Techniques Made Simple

 

All you need to create your own great hair style at home!
Vetica preaches that professional techniques are not difficult; readers just need to know what to do and follow directions. In this ultimate hair styling book, he delivers to the reader all they need to know to create great hair at home or direct a professional stylist. He reveals insider secrets and techniques for recreating magazine and celebrity hairstyles, and how to adapt the look for the average reader��s tools and time constraints.

 

 

Art of Bitch-craft: The Only Guidebook to the Magic of Getting What You Want

Being a bitch may seem to come naturally
but it is, in fact, an art form. And unless you practice your craft, you're just not going to rise to the top of the bitch hierarchy.
Complete with spells, brews, exercises and affirmations, this guidebook is for self-proclaimed and emerging bitches everywhere.

Learn how to:

Use Bitchcraft in the real world

Form your own bitch's coven with like-minded sisters

Repel the dark side of Bitchcraft

Deal with bitch hunts, bitch trials, and bitch-induced mass hysteria

Ensure a blissful life

Here it is: A survival manual for the enlightened bitch.

Himalayan Wonderland: Travels in Lahaul and Spiti

 

In the summer of 1962, a restless young Indian administrator, Manohar Singh Gill, made an arduous journey from the north Indian plains to the farthest reaches of the Indian Himalayas the Lahaul and Spiti valleys and spent a year there, living and working amongst the people. Gill went on to a distinguished career in the civil services and government, but his experience of the relentless beauty of these spectacular Himalayan deserts and the generosity of the people of this land changed him for life. Part memoir, part travel book and part anthropology, Himalayan Wonderland is a witty, opinionated account of Gill s lifelong affair with this extraordinary region. The book, however, is much more than one man s account of a place ... it is a hopeful and enlightening view of the practice of administration and the joy of working with people. Illustrated with more than forty photographs taken by Gill himself, and including detailed contour maps and information on trekking routes in Lahaul and Spiti, this is a remarkably illuminating and accessible account of this faraway land from the 1960s, when few knew about the place, to today s unpredictable world of receding glaciers and lost cultures.

This e-book contains 296 Pages.

Exploring Polar Frontiers: A Historical Encyclopedia

 

The next decade will see centennial celebrations marking the heroic age of the great polar explorers: Robert Falcon Scott, Roald Amundsen, and Sir Ernest Shackleton. From Pytheas's voyage to the Arctic Circle in 325 B.C. to Børge Ousland's solo crossing of the Arctic Ocean in 2001, the history of our quest to conquer the poles is filled with tales of courage, inspiration, tragedy, and triumph.

This e-book contains 844 Pages.

 

 

World's Hardest Puzzles By Charles Barry Townsend

A collection of 95 challenging puzzles of the "Five years ago, I was five times as old as my sister..." variety. Answers are provided at the back of the book.
If you can match minds with the greatest brains, then you have a chance of solving these puzzles. Try this one right now:
quot;A word 1 know.
Six letters it contains;
Subtract just one
And twelve, you'll find, remains.quot;
If you can prove that six minus one equals twelve, you win the prize for smart thinking!
If you miss it, or any others in this book, all the answers are in the back. Great cartoons and illustrations will help and entertain, while your brain gets to work on these topnotch, tricky challenges.

Mathematical Quantitative Aptitude

This revised edition of the book will be an asset to the candidates appearing for bank P.O.,Insurance A.A.O.,Assistant grade;Excise & income tax inspectors; C.B.I Sub-Inspectors; teachers exami C.D.S; Railways;Hotel management;M.B.A an all other competitive examinations..It contains a huge accumulaton of obhective type questions with their solutions by short cut methods. Latest questions asked in various examinations have been added. It is hoped that the book will help the students to get through their competitive exams in flying colours. But this e-book is made out of Xerox copy of the original book.

 

Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide

A complete course, from brain biology to abnormal psychology
Hundreds of questions and many review tests
Key concepts and terms defined and explained
Master key concepts. Answer challenging questions. Prepare for exams. Learn at your own pace.
What are the two basic psychological dimensions of emotions? How do you define abnormal behavior? Is extrasensory perception real? What is Viktor Frankl known for? With Psychology: A Self-Teaching Guide, you’ll discover the answers to these questions and many more.
Frank Bruno explains all the major psychological theories and terms in this book, covering perception, motivation, thinking, personality, sensation, intelligence, research methods, and much more. He presents the foundations of psychology and the biology of behavior; explores how children develop into adults and the psychological factors that make us individuals; and examines various mental disorders and the types of therapy used to treat them. The step-by-step, Q&A format of Psychology makes it fully accessible, providing an easily understood, comprehensive overview of the topic.
Like the other popular Self-Teaching Guides, Psychology allows you to build gradually on what you have learned–at your own pace. Questions and self-tests reinforce the information in each chapter and allow you to skip ahead or focus on specific areas of concern. Packed with useful, up-to-date information, this clear, concise volume is a valuable learning tool and reference source for anyone who seeks a greater understanding of human behavior.

Communication Skills: Stepladders to Success for the Professional

The ability to communicate effectively in written and oral presentation is essential for anyone seeking a successful career. In the course of their work, professionals will need to produce reports, perform well in interviews, give presentations, and chair meetings, as well as deal with the daily barrage of e-mails and phone calls. In Communication Skills, Richard Ellis offers essential reading for any ambitious professional. This book offers both practical exercises and realistic guidance. The effectiveness, as opposed to the efficiency of e-mail and PowerPoint, is discussed. Drawing from his experience as a communications consultant, Ellis provides strategies for enhanced interpersonal, group and organizational communication.

Mental Toughness Training for Sports-Persons

The bestselling author of Mental Toughness Training for Sports uses a practical step-by-step approach that combines mental and physical conditioning with the latest scientific advances in nutrition to create mind-body synergy that will help readers reinforce their immune systems, build energy levels, and toughen themselves up all around.

Drawing upon 16 years of research
and clinical experience, noted sports psychologist Loehr presents a comprehensive training program to convert stress into emotional, mental, and physical toughness. Such toughness is needed to achieve maximum productivity, health, and happiness in life, he claims. According to Loehr, the model in this program is a "quantum leap" beyond that detailed in his previous work, Mental Toughness Training for Sports ( LJ 8/86). Here, he adapts and expands his former model to treat topics such as toughness training for kids, women, the military, and recovering from rough times. Particularly interesting are chapters on the chemistry of toughness and strengthening the immune system. Aided by numerous charts, case studies, exercises, and a glossary, Loehr combines research with readable prose to provide superior stress management advice. Recommended for general psychology collections in public and academic libraries.

 

Sleep Techniques: Ease Stress, Sleep Soundly and Energize your Life

 

This book helps readers get a good nights' sleep and live life to the full. Disturbed sleep need not disrupt your life. Find out how to cope with problems from insomnia and sleep apnoea to night cramps and jet lag and snooze more soundly using this question-and-answer guide that helps you find answers fast. Understand what sleep is, why you need it, and the effect problems can have on your mind and body. Learn the pros and cons of different treatment options, including medications, therapies and self-help strategies and make changes to your diet, lifestyle and environment to promote healthier habits. Learn to sleep like a baby with this Q and A guide.

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Customizing the Body: The Art and Culture of Tattooing

 

Originally published in 1989, this ground-breaking ethnographic exploration of tattooing - and the art world surrounding it - covers the history, anthropology, and sociology of body modification practices; the occupational experience of the tattooist; the process and social consequences of becoming a tattooed person; and the prospects of serious tattooing becoming an accepted art form. Curiously, despite the greater prevalence of tattoos and body modification in today's society, there is still a stigma of deviance associated with people who get or ink tattoos.Retaining the core of the original book, this revised and expanded edition offers a new preface by the author and a new chapter focusing on the changes that have occurred in the tattoo world. A section on the new scholarly literature that has emerged, as well as the new modes of body modification that have come into vogue, are included along with a new gallery of photographs that show some splendid examples of contemporary tattoo art. A directory of artists' websites invites readers to discover the range of work being done around the world from suits (full body tattoos) to skulls.

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Thriving in the Workplace All-in-One For Dummies

 

Practical guidance on thriving-and surviving-in the workplace

Are you worried about losing your job? Are you retired but forced to re-enter the workforce to keep up with the rising cost of living? Do you find yourself lucky to have a job at all, no matter how difficult or unpleasant the environment may be? Thriving in the Workplace All-In-One For Dummies gives people of all ages, in any job, and in any type of workplace the information, tips, and advice needed to boost professional value, increase job security, and manage stress.

Inside this comprehensive book, you'll get friendly and practical guidance on dealing with a your boss; becoming self-motivated by setting effective goals; dealing with coworkers' attitudes; earning a better performance review, raise, or promotion; handling challenging customers; thriving amidst change; increasing morale and productivity; and much more!

* Proven tips, tools, and techniques to help employees at all levels
* Information on business ethics, negotiating, effective communication, success, and managing
* The most comprehensive guide of its kind
Thriving in the Workplace All-In-One For Dummies is the ultimate career bible that will help you survive and thrive at work!

 

Earthquake Geodynamics : Seismic Case Studies

Unless the geological, tectonic, seismological and engineering aspects of earthquakes are mastered, constructions will never be safe. A thorough knowledge of earthquake geodynamics is also vital if the safety/cost ratio of all constructions is to be increased.
Containing contributions from renowned geoscientists with first-hand experience, this book discusses various aspects of earthquake geodynamics in seismically active regions. The chapters include lessons learnt from earthquakes that have struck urban areas during the past two decades and cover a wide variety of topics including the analysis of seismic sequences, the study of surficial deformation and geophysical techniques for microzonation purposes.

This e-book contains 187 pages.

How to Read a Person Like a Book

100 Years of Fashion Illustration

 

A visual feast of 400 dazzling images, this is a comprehensive survey of the genre over the last century. The book also offers an overview of the development of fashion, as seen through the eyes of the greatest illustrators of the day. Early in the century fashion illustration reflected new, liberating currents in art and culture, such as the exoticism of the Ballets Russes, while the postwar period saw inspiration from the great Parisian couturiers. After the dominance of the celebrity fashion photographer in the '60s, a new generation of illustrators emerged, embracing the medium of the computer, while many returned to more traditional techniques.

 

Colour Perception: Mind and the Physical World

The last few decades have brought fascinating changes in the way that we think about color and the role that color plays in our perceptual architecture. In Colour: Connecting the Mind to the Physical World, leading scholars from cognitive psychology, philosophy, neurophysiology, and computational vision provide an overview of the contemporary developments in our understanding of colors and of the relationship between the 'mental' and the 'physical'. With each chapter followed by critical commentaries, the volume presents a lively and accessible picture of the intellectual traditions which have shaped research into color perception.

Football For Dummies

 

Whether you want to impress friends and colleagues with new-found football wisdom, brush up on details you're unsure about (the offside rule, anyone?) or improve your practical skills, this is the book for you! Covering all the basics of the game, rules and tactics, as well as giving an in-depth history of the sport and how it has evolved to the present day, this indispensable guide will get you up to speed on the most popular game in the world in no time. With dream team formations, tips on football betting and supporting, essential coverage on the World Cup, and stats on current teams, players and managers both at home and abroad, football expert and Guardian journalist Scott Murray keeps it fun, fresh and knowledgeable to get you through the major tournaments and beyond.

 

Ultimate Guide to Finding job After Residency

Description:It is said that necessity is the mother of invention. Well, the inspiration for this book was born from my recent experience in trying to find the ideal career for myself upon finishing residency. Like most residents and fellows, I was faced with several career decisions. As a member of over 25,000 medical and surgical  residents graduating each year, I was surprised to find that no single, comprehensive source of information existed to help with career planning after residency. Instead, I found myself asking a lot of folks about their opinions and thoughts, and occasionally came across a few facts. So, once I found my “ideal” career track, I decided to incorporate a lot of those facts, and a few opinions, into what I hope will be an insightful guide for those young physicians about to tread down a path, leading to the start of a wonderful continuation in the  Practice of medicine. It is well known that physicians, especially new graduates, are not always adept in  financial planning and management, contract negotiations, legal matters, and such. Unfortunately, it is not the  objective of residency programs to educate their young trainees to become “business savvy.” I find that  young residents find themselves well educated in the art of being a physician, yet in truth, a vast majority find  themselves in the position of negotiating the type of practice arrangement, finances, and significant legal issues  without an adequate knowledge base.

Test Your Numerical Aptitude: How to Assess Your Numeracy Skills and Plan Your Career

Test Your Numerical Aptitude will allow those who are uncertain of their numerical ability to build their confidence, slowly and surely, until they are ready to tackle any kind of numerical test. For those who already have some confidence in their numerical skills, this book will provide a chance to brush up on your knowledge, and to identify further levels of capability. Test Your Numerical Aptitude also provides motivation and personality tests along with career advice and a career index. The book will help you assess your numerical ability, to determine whether you are suited to a career involving numeracy skills, and if so, which one.

Winning The Interview game

Demystifying the dreaded interview process, Winning the Interview Game takes new and experienced job-seekers step by step from interview preparation to the first day on the job. Chock full of real-life examples, the book shows readers how to: 

1.  Thoroughly prepare for every interview

2.  Establish and maintain rapport with interviewers

3.  Prove that they ideally suit the position requirements

4.  Take advantage of the pressure on recruiters and human resources departments to fill jobs

5.  Recognize and disarm negative body language exhibited by interviewers

6.  Deal with difficult questions and tense situations to salvage a less-than perfect interview before it ends.

How to Answer Hard Interview Questions

Cultivating Creativity in Babies, Toddlers and Young Children

                                                                                      

Toddlers and Young Children shows how each of us can promote creativity in children. It explores the journey children take in developing their creativity, and helps child care students and practitioners to nurture creativity in babies, toddlers and young children. Written by a leading expert in an integrated approach to early childhood development and learning, Cultivating Creativity links theory and practice to provide a clear framework for this difficult, but vital, aspect of development and learning. It covers: discovering your own creativity; developing creativity in children; the inclusion of children with special educational needs or disabilities; diversity and cross-cultural approaches; useful websites; and, resources, including videos, books and reader friendly journals. Cultivating Creativity in Babies, Toddlers and Young Children is written in the clear and accessible style associated with Tina Bruce's bestselling books, and is generously illustrated in full colour. It is an essential text for NVQ and CACHE students at Levels 3 and 4, and students of the CACHE Certificate in Child Care and Education. Students following Foundation Degrees, Early Childhood Studies Degrees, and Certificate and Diploma students on in-service accreditation programmes will also find it useful, as will those wanting an introductory Masters Degree text. It is an ideal handbook for encouraging creativity in babies, toddlers and young children in any setting, or in the home.

 

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Face Reading: How to Know Anyone at a Glance

FACE READING WILL HELP YOU - Choose the Career you were born to do. Read your Boss's face. - Protect your children by knowing Dangerous features in strangers - Hire Smart! Know how to choose people of Destiny. - Date safely on the Internet. Avoid mistakes! - Gain insight about your Health or illness by using facial indicators. - Know the Secrets for effective managing and business strategy - Learn psychological meanings for over 100 Facial Features

Preparing the Perfect CV: How to Make a Great Impression and Get the Job You Want

Every job hunter needs an impressive CV that describes their educational and professional history. A well-prepared and individually tailored CV is invaluable and can greatly improve your chances of getting the job you want. "Preparing The Perfect CV" provides sample CVs for job seekers of different abilities applying for various types of work. It is therefore useful for every age and calibre, from school leavers to those wishing to return to work after a career break. Careers expert Rebecca Corfield analyses the content and presentation of a well-prepared CV, helping you to impress the employer and get an interview. Complete with new online CV templates to get readers started and a comprehensive checklist of dos and don'ts, "Preparing the Perfect CV" is an indispensible guide that every job seeker should have.

Freeing Your Child from Negative Thinking

Powerful, practical strategies to build a lifetime of resilience, flexibility, and happiness.

Several years ago Dr. Tamar Chansky, one of the nation’s leading clinical experts on children and anxiety disorders, realized that roughly half of the children she sees in her clinical practice exhibit “negative thinking.” These children see only those things that are wrong with themselves, the world, and the future. Distinct from the type of thinking Dr. Chansky encountered in children with anxiety and obsessive-compulsive symptoms, children who engage in negative thinking supersize their problems: Nothing ever works for me. There’s no point. I give up. This negativity creates emotional hurdles that often hinder children from achieving success and happiness, both now and in the years to come.

Now in this landmark book, Dr. Chansky thoroughly analyzes the underlying causes of children’s negative attitudes and provides numerous strategies to help parents and their children manage negative thoughts, build optimism, and establish emotional resilience. She shows how to buffer kids from disappointment, failure, and frustration by helping them to think more accurately about their problems—to right-size them.

Freeing your Child from Negative Thinking provides parents, caregivers, and clinicians with the tools they need to relieve a child from the burden of these emotional hurdles and to build the positive, confident mindset that will set them on their way to a bright, happy future.

Practical Science for Gardeners

Informative and entertaining, this book will stimulate experimentation and encourage gardeners to review and improve their current gardening practices. Once gardeners learn how plants are constructed, it is easier to envision how they’ll grow and flourish. An understanding of the structure behind good, healthy soil gives clues as to how to improve one’s own garden tilth. This practical guide helps readers identify what plants need to survive and how these fundamental scientific facts are at the heart of good plant care. A chapter on seeds and germination will encourage gardeners at any level to try their hand at propagation, while discussion of soil, pests, and diseases adds to the skills of all gardeners. The final sections of the book take a closer look at biodiversity, ecology, genetic engineering, and nomenclature. For the enthusiastic beginner or the master gardener, Practical Science for Gardeners unravels the mysterious inner life of plants.

Cricket For Dummies

 

Whether you��re a weekend cricketer or aspiring armchair expert, Cricket For Dummies helps you make sense of this fascinating sport. Not just a jargon busting guide to cricket��s laws, techniques and tactics, it also contains advice on kitting yourself out and provides lessons on playing the game and improving your batting, bowling and fielding skills. For the budding fan, there��s a guide to the greatest players, the memorable matches, and a tour through the cricketing scene �C both domestic and international �C giving you the knowledge you need to fully appreciate this special game.

 

Commercial Real Estate Investing For Dummies

 

Thinking about becoming a commercial real estate investor? Commercial Real Estate Investing For Dummies covers the entire process, offering practical advice on negotiation and closing win-win deals and maximizing profit. From office buildings to shopping centers to apartment buildings, it helps you pick the right properties at the right time for the right price.
Yes, there is a fun and easy way to break into commercial real estate, and this is it. This comprehensive handbook has it all. You’ll learn how to find great properties, size up sellers, finance your investments, protect your assets, and increase your property’s value. You’ll discover the upsides and downsides of the various types of investments, learn the five biggest myths of commercial real estate investment, find out how to recession-proof your investment portfolio, and more. Discover how to:
Get leads on commercial property investments
Determine what a property is worth
Find the right financing for you
Handle inspections and fix problems
Make big money in land development
Manage your properties or hire a pro
Exploit the tax advantages of commercial real estate
Find out what offer a seller really-really wants
Perform due diligence before you make a deal
Raise capital by forming partnerships
Investing in commercial property can make you rich in any economy. Get Commercial Real Estate For Dummies, and find out how.

Adopting a Pet For Dummies

 

Develop a loving relationship with your adopted pet

Your fun and easy guide to the challenges and rewards of adopting a pet

Thinking about adopting or rescuing an animal? This friendly guide gives you a no-nonsense introduction to the process and helps you select the right companion for you and your family. You'll see how to handle everything from feeding, health care, and housetraining to obedience, behavior issues, and special needs for older and abused animals.

Discover how to
* Work with shelters and rescue groups
* Navigate the procedures and paperwork
* Find a supportive veterinarian
* Adopt a dog, cat, bird, critter, or exotic pet
* Help your pet adjust to its new home

From the Back Cover
Develop a loving relationship with your adopted pet

Your fun and easy guide to the challenges and rewards of adopting a pet

Thinking about adopting or rescuing an animal? This friendly guide gives you a no-nonsense introduction to the process and helps you select the right companion for you and your family. You'll see how to handle everything from feeding, health care, and housetraining to obedience, behavior issues, and special needs for older and abused animals.

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Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy

 

Works of science fiction and fantasy increasingly explore gender issues, feature women as central characters, and are written by women writers. This book examines women's contributions to science fiction and fantasy across a range of media and genres, such as fiction, nonfiction, film, television, art, comics, graphic novels, and music. The first volume offers survey essays on major topics, such as sexual identities, fandom, women's writing groups, and feminist spirituality; the second provides alphabetically arranged entries on more specific subjects, such as Hindu mythology, Toni Morrison, magical realism, and Margaret Atwood. Entries are written by expert contributors and cite works for further reading, and the set closes with a selected, general bibliography.

Students and general readers love science fiction and fantasy. And science fiction and fantasy works increasingly explore gender issues, feature women as central characters, and are written by women writers. Older works demonstrate attitudes toward women in times past, while more recent works grapple with contemporary social issues. This book helps students use science fiction and fantasy to understand the contributions of women writers, the representation of women in the media, and the experiences of women in society.

 

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Healing the Shame that Binds You

This classic book, written 17 years ago but still selling more than 13,000 copies every year, has been completely updated and expanded by the author.

"I used to drink," writes John Bradshaw,"to solve the problems caused by drinking. The more I drank to relieve my shame-based loneliness and hurt, the more I felt ashamed."

Shame is the motivator behind our toxic behaviors: the compulsion, co-dependency, addiction and drive to superachieve that breaks down the family and destroys personal lives. This book has helped millions identify their personal shame, understand the underlying reasons for it, address these root causes and release themselves from the shame that binds them to their past failures.

Critical Thinking Skills Success: In 20 Minutes a Day, 2 Edition

Become an effective critical thinker in just 20 minutes a day! Whether at work, at school, or at home, critical-thinking skills are essential for success. Learning to think critically will improve your decision-making and problem-solving skills, giving you the tools you need to tackle the tough decisions and choices you face: At School Learn about the standardized exams that test your critical-thinking skills Learn the logical reasoning and deductive skills you need to eliminate At Work Solve problems intelligently by utilizing good troubleshooting techniques Be informed when making big decisions by learning how to find the right resources At Home Make sound judgment calls on the many decisions you face daily Learn quickly with practical, everyday examples How will Critical Thinking Skills Success in 20 Minutes a Day give you the edge? Our unique step-by-step approach is designed to help you: Diagnose your strengths and weaknesses - our 30 pretest helps you recognize where to concentrate your efforts Recognize and define problems, and sort out unnecessary information before making an important decision Improve your reasoning skills by mastering inductive and deductive reasoning techniques Learn the techniques of effective persuasion, and recognize when they are being used on you See the results for yourself - take our posttest after completing your lessons to measure your progress Added Value: Practice Exercises Online! Visit LearningExpress's Online Practice Center and use your unique access code to: Practice and improve your critical-thinking and logic skills online Receive immediate scoring and detailed answer explanation for all questions Benchmark your skills and focus your study with our customized diagnostic report.

Presence: How to Use Positive Energy for Success in Every Situation

Everyone has known the feeling of being present. Babies and toddlers live there almost constantly. Great performers work in this state. Great athletes win in it. Great teachers teach in it. Every great communicator speaks from this place. It is when fully present that we do our best work and make our deepest impression on others. In her years as an acting coach, Patsy Rodenburg has discovered the secrets to that elusive quality actors call 'it'. There are three basic ways human energy moves between people and you can be in any one of the 'three circles' in any situation. In the first, your focus is purely inward, in the third, all your energy is moving outward. In the second you are focused, you give energy out and you receive it. You communicate spontaneously and listen well, you are generous and people are generous in return. And by working on your breath, posture, voice, language, listening skills, focus, courage and trust you can access the second circle on a daily basis. Your work, relationships, spirituality and passions will all benefit.

Teaching Your Child to Love Learning

The "project approach" has long been a tremendous tool for educators working with young children. This is not an activity book but a book about doing in-depth investigations about topics that interest your child and you. The project approach stimulates your child's curiosity, shows the advantages of learning academic skills such as reading, writing and math and helps you build a strong relationship with your child as you share the adventure of learning together. In this book, we have adapted the approach to show parents, grandparents and other caregivers how to do meaningful and exciting projects at home. Featuring many photos of children doing project work this book thoroughly explains the benefits to both you and your child of doing projects together. Ideas are given for transforming your home into a place to learn including guidance for collecting and storing materials, making time for projects, and documenting your child's work. Seven complete examples of at-home projects are shared. Chapters also show you how to coach your child to build skills for reading and writing, mathematical development, scientific thinking, and more. Direction is also provided for adapting the project approach for use in family child care centers, home schooling, and gifted education.

Sewing For Dummies

 

Knowing nothing at all about sewing, when I first set out to master the craft I went straight to the big-name references (Singer books and the like) only to find either huge guides overloaded with incomprehensible technical information and impractical advice, or beautifully illustrated books with little or no instructions. I was about to give up the teach-yourself-idea and enroll in some very expensive classes when I chanced upon this book. Amazingly by the time it took me to finish studying it (less than a month) I had not only learned to sew, but had also completed several Halloween costumes that earned the praise and admiration of friends and family.
Written in the friendly Dummies style, illustrated with over 200 pictures, drawings, step-by-step diagrams, humorous icon guides and even hilarious cartoons, this book covers all the fundamentals of sewing from general information for beginners to tips and tricks for experienced sewers.
Through simple, yet detailed, fully cross-referenced, clearly written explanations in plain English, and using proper, well-defined terminology, this reference contains all the basics. It includes assembling a sewing kit; selecting fabrics and threads; understanding and using patterns; working with hems, sleeves, pockets, collars, and closures; sewing for the home; and making repairs and alterations. It also offers some projects to test your acquired knowledge and progress, an appendix listing wonderful sewing resources in the US and on the Web, and a very thorough index for quick check-ups and specific consultations.
Although the author could have been a bit more generous with the step-by-step diagrams, which are barely enough to get you through the instructions, and the projects could have been a bit more attractive, even if that meant sacrificing some of their simplicity, this fun to read, informative guide is still in my mind the best how-to reference available on the fundamentals of sewing, especially for those with no prior experience. The excellent instruction and practical tools and advice presented in this volume are well worth the price.

 

Ancient India (Myths of the World)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Looks at the culture and people of ancient India. Topics explored include religious practices and the roles of Brahman priests in society. This title also covers several important eras, including the Indus Valley civilization and Vedic periods

Your Baby's First Year For Dummies

 

Everything parents need to give their babies the best start
Each year, more than 4 million babies are born in the United States-and the first year of a baby's life is a joyous, challenging, and sometimes overwhelming time. Your Baby's First Year For Dummies serves as a complete guide for baby's first twelve months-from what to do when arriving home from the hospital to handling feeding, bathing, and sleeping routines to pring the right stimuli for optimal progress. Packed with tips on every aspect of baby's physical, emotional, and social development, this friendly guide gives parents advice on such important topics as breastfeeding vs. bottle-feeding, teething, baby toy safety, food preparation, food allergies, traveling, and much more.

 

 

Genuine Happiness: Meditation as the Path to Fulfillment

 

Wallace, founder of the Santa Barbara Institute for Consciousness Studies, explores key Buddhist meditation-related concepts that aid the "conquest of our inner obscurations" and "present a path to inner fulfillment and human flourishing." He first examines several particular methods—such as "mindfulness of breathing"—for cultivating shamatha, a state of "meditative quiescence" in which people's capacity for attention is refined and stabilized. They can then use these techniques to make a direct, delusion-free investigation of their own bodies, feelings and thoughts. These insights, in turn, help them nurture hearts of compassion and equanimity and, ultimately, realize more advanced teachings such as cultivating bodhichitta (a "spirit of awakening"), dream yoga and a highly developed meditation technique known as dzogchen. Wallace's discussions are usually clear and helpful (on why meditation works: "sustained, continuous effort can actually reconfigure your brain"), and his questions invite readers to see for themselves if his assertions resonate. Moreover, each chapter contains guided meditations to help readers encounter the teachings more directly. Nevertheless, the text can become dense and self-referential, and if readers miss a particular point early on, the effectiveness of later sections may be lessened. The result is a solid—if advanced—examination of some key Buddhist meditation techniques that will appeal to the serious student more than the casual seeker. (Apr.) (Publishers Weekly, February 28, 2005)

 

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Evolution

Text tells the story of evolution, from the history of the study to the most recent developments in evolutionary theory. For undergraduate students. Previous edition: c1996. Softcover. DLC: Evolution (Biology).

Evolution Of Desire: Strategies Of Human Mating

David Buss updates his classic study of the origin of human mating behavior with fascinating new research.

If we all want love, why is there so much conflict in our most cherished relationships? To answer this question, says noted psychologist David Buss, we must look into our evolutionary past. Based on the most massive study of human mating ever undertaken, encompassing more than ten thousand people of all ages from thirty-seven cultures worldwide, The Evolution of Desire is the first book to present a unified theory of human mating behavior.

Now in a revised and updated edition, Buss's classic presents the latest research in the field, including startling new discoveries about the evolutionary advantages of infidelity, orgasm, and physical attractiveness.

Increase In Confidence With Hypnosis

Increase In Confidence With Hypnosis by Benjamin Bonetti

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Critical Thinking : An Introduction to the Basic Skills

William Hughes' 'Critical Thinking' is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the essential skills required to make strong arguments. Hughes gives a thorough treatment of such traditional topics as deductive and inductive reasoning, logical fallacies and how to spot them, the importance of inference, how to recognise and avoid ambiguity, and how to assess what is or is not relevant to an argument. But he also covers a variety of topics not always treated in books of this sort: special concerns to keep in mind when reasoning about ethical matters; and how the nature of language can affect the structure of an argument. The book gives a lucid treatment of the differences between descriptive and evaluative meaning: one person's freedom fighter is another person's terrorist. Last but not least, 'Critical Thinking' includes a selection of logical paradoxes and puzzles that are as entertaining as they are enlightening. For the third edition a new chapter on criti! cal thinking and the media has been added and the text has been revised and updated throughout.: An Introduction to the Basic Skills

 

Conquer the Fear of Death

Fear is our worst enemy. If we let it terrify us, life will not be worth living. In fact, fear is nothing more than the expectation that something bad will happen. The opposite of fear is not courage, but simply the expectation that something good will happen. This is what we have to learn. This book offers some simple ways to manage fears and live life to the full.

Critical Thinking for Students: How to Assess Arguments and Effectively Present Your Own, 2 Edition

This handbook provides an introduction to the subject of critical thinking, showing A-level and university students how to assess arguments and construct their own for effective presentation. Points are illustrated with typical examples and case studies of argument in action.

Summary: Excellent book
Rating: 5

I purchased this book because I wanted to teach my students how to think critically so they could be better readers, writers, and consumers of information. Critical Thinking for Students is not a hefty tome, but it is hefty in value. It is well written, easy to follow, and presents information with such clarity that students should be able to use it for themselves. I've recommended this book to be used for freshman composition courses, and it should be a staple of every high school and university English course. That's how good it is. The book took a week or so to arrive from the UK, and it is well worth the wait.

 

Mental and the Physical

The Mental and the Physical was first published in 1967. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

 

Putting Emotional Intelligence To Work, Successful Leadership is More Than IQ

Putting Emotional Intelligence to Work offers a new paradigm of communication for the 21st-century workplace. Beginning with the thoughts of communication pioneer Carl Rogers, this book covers the origins and history of emotional intelligence, why it is essential at this point in the changing marketplace, how to delegate and negotiate more effectively, and how to change yourself to become a more effective player. An EQ (Emotional Quotient) survey helps you determine where you are on the scale of executive intelligence.
Putting Emotional Intelligence to Work leaves you with a greater understanding of the new work ethic for 21st-century leadership, its business and personal benefits, how to teach it in a corporate setting, and how to build self-managed teams with the right mix and match of personality types. Dr. Ryback's book brings many resources together to consolidate an approach to business that combines the practical with the thoughtful, emotional, and intuitive. A new paradigm for leadership in the 21st century is demonstrated clearly and incisively.
David Ryback, Ph.D. is a management consultant and speaker on personal and organizational success. His experience encompasses business management and government consulting, as well as teaching at Emory University's School of Business. His diverse client base includes the US Department of Defense, government legal offices, financial institutions, manufacturers_both domestic and international, health care organizations, and national retail outlets. In Putting Emotional Intelligence to Work, Dr. Ryback brings many resources together to consolidate an approach to business that combines the practical with the thoughtful, emotional, and intuitive. A new paradigm for leadership in the 21st century is demonstrated clearly and incisively.
A new emotionally intelligent approach to delegation and negotiation. 
Captures the shift from traditional workplace hierarchy to the new self-managed teamwork.
Self survey for measuring your EQ (Emotional Quotient).

Challenge of Effective Speaking (14th Edition)

Do you want to ace your public speaking course? All you need to know, including all of the skills that will help you become a confident speaker and conquer speaking anxiety, are thoroughly covered in The Challenge of Effective Speaking (14th Edition). A favorite with students, this best seller guides you through six key "Speech Planning Action Steps". The result? You'll learn how to prepare and deliver strong speeches that get you good grades in your public speaking course!

 

How to Buy a Diamond: Insider Secrets for Getting Your Money's Worth

 

Finally, one of the top diamond experts breaks the silence and demystifies the world of diamonds for regular folks like you and me.
- Gregory J. P. Godek, author of 1001 Ways To Be Romantic

Get Your Money's Worth on a Great Diamond

Buying a diamond can be one of the most important and intimidating purchases you ever make. Whether you're getting engaged or married, or are buying for an anniversary, investment, or just because, How to Buy a Diamond will take the pressure and uncertainty out of your purchase, and will show you how to get the best diamond for your money.

Newly revised and completely updated, How to Buy a Diamond is the only book on the market to include wholesalers' secret pricing charts that you, the public, never get to see! The charts are broken down by carat, clarity, and color - including the various types of color within each color grade.

Important sections include:
Matching your funds with the perfect diamond
The four Cs explained: clarity, color, cut, and carat size
Ring styles and settings
Insuring and caring for your diamond
Picking the right jeweler
Jewelers' tricks of the trade
Wholesalers' secret pricing charts!

 

Arts: A Science Matter

This book treats arts as part of science, from the unified perspective of Science Matters. It contains 17 chapters, with 18 contributors who are prominent humanists, professional artists, or scientists. It consists of three parts: Part I: Philosophy and History of Arts; Part II: Arts in Action; Part III: Understanding Arts. The book is aimed at both research scholars and lay people, and is unique in two important aspects.

It is probably the first and only book that academic professionals and practicing artists contribute to the same book, as equals, on the common theme of creating and understanding arts. (Artists here include Cristina Leiria whose huge Kun Iam (Goddess of Mercy) sculpture is an important landmark in Macau, and the famous movie director, Hark Tsui, who is publishing his first ever article on movie-making). Perhaps more importantly, a new understanding of the origin and nature of art is offered for the first time, which is more convincing than all the other hypotheses put forth in the last two thousand years.

Incredible Visual Illusions

 

Visual illusions is a fascinating collection of optical illusions, many of which have never before been published in this form. From classic illustrations of impossible figures to drawings of everyday objects which turn out to be extraordinary to scintillating graphic patterns which pulsate and change before your very eyes, the variety of different effects is almost endless!

This e-book contains 39 pages.

What is Packaging Design?

s compact-format sourcebook is highly visual, packed with top international packaging designers' contemporary work, with essays on the surrounding issues.
What Is Packaging? lays the foundations and professional guidelines for best practice when designing contemporary packaging. It opens with several short essays which define good packaging design and the issues faced by designers in this field. Design basics such as format, layout and typography are explored within the context of packaging design, taking into account genre-specific elements such as product information, branding, marketing and legislation

This e-book contains 255 pages.

Exploration of Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments

Antarctica is renowned for its extreme cold; yet liquid water occurs at the base of the Antarctic ice sheet, several kilometers beneath the surface.
Since 1970, radar, sonar, and other techniques have discovered more than 145 lakes underneath the ice of Antarctica, the largest about the same size as Lake Ontario. Rivers, streams, swamps, and other wetlands also exist, the water remaining liquid because of geothermal heat from below and the weight and insulation of ice from above.
As of 2007, no one had drilled into any of these environments, and the Council was asked for ideas on how to investigate them without contaminating them. The most exciting prospect, of course, is that things are living down there, cut off from the rest of Earth's environment for hundreds of thousands of years.

Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design

 

Becoming a Graphic Designer, Third Edition is the definitive guide to careers in the graphic design market, with complete coverage of print and electronic media and the evolving digital design disciplines that offer today's most sought-after jobs. This visual guide has more than 650 striking illustrations and features the latest material on interactive design, information design, motion graphics, and more.

Drawing on years of experience in the business, veteran designers Steven Heller and Teresa Fernandes cover everything an aspiring graphic designer needs to know, from educational paths, design specialties, and work settings to preparing an effective portfolio and finding a job. They profile major industries employing graphic designers and explore advertising, corporate, editorial, and other key design disciplines.

The major industries covered here include architecture, interactive design, television and film design, publishing, and more. Dozens of up-front interviews with leading graphic designers let you see how companies, such as Esquire magazine, Sony Music, and Aveda Corporation, hire and work with employees. These inside perspectives offer invaluable real-world insights on what different industries and positions are really like. A resource guide to design publications and organizations also points the way to further information and guidance.

Complete with compact, easy-to-use sections, useful sidebars, and sample design pieces, this outstanding guide is invaluable for anyone interested in launching or developing a career in graphic design.

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History in the Media: Film and Television

 

This volume provides an overview of the use of propaganda and bias, and the historical accuracy in more than 350 films and film series. The author chose works that are based on personal stories, or that portray documented historical incidents. The majority of films discussed deal with 19th- and 20th-century events. Organization is by broad topics such as the military, sports, music, race relations, labor, business, politics, and crime. Entries range from about a half-page to two pages. The extensive index includes film titles, actors, and others involved in the filmmaking process, historical characters and events, awards, and more. Film and history students and those researching social and cultural themes will find this a useful

 

Book of Love and Pain: Thinking at the Limit With Freud and Lacan

Addresses the limits in treating pain psychoanalytically, and offers a phenomenological description of psychic pain, particularly the pain of a lost loved one.

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In The Book of Love and Pain, Juan-David Nasio offers the first exclusive treatment of psychic pain in Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalytic literature. Using insights gained from more than three decades as a practicing psychoanalyst, Nasio addresses the limits faced by the analyst in attempting to think and treat pain psychoanalytically. He suggests that while pain is about separation and loss, psychic pain is intensified by paradoxical overinvestment in the lost loved one. Included are discussions of the pain of mourning, the pain of jouissance, unconscious pain, pain as an object of the drive, pain as a form of sexuality, pain and the scream, and the pain of silence. In offering a phenomenological description of psychic pain, The Book of Love and Pain fills a gaping void in psychoanalytic research and will play an important role in our understanding of the human psyche.

 

Creative Knowledge Environments: The Influences On Creativity In Research And Innovation

Although there is an ever increasing demand for new technology and innovations in the economy and society in general, we currently know little about the conditions for stimulating creativity in relation to research and innovative activity. This book fills a significant gap in the literature by examining the environmental factors that encourage creative working processes for research and innovation. Uniquely, the book investigates creative environments rather than creative individuals which has been the traditional focus of most previous research. The authors first explain what a creative knowledge environment (CKE) is and then examine the phenomenon in a number of case-studies at the micro, meso and macro-levels. By analysing the conditions and mechanisms conducive to creativity in both private and public institutions, they are able to identify which work environments appear to best stimulate the creation of knowledge. They combine and integrate the previously rather disparate literature on creativity and innovation, and summarise what we know about creativity on the basis of current research in a range of disciplines. They also link their findings to contemporary debates about the knowledge society, the knowledge economy and knowledge management, and address relevant issues in science and technology policy relating to knowledge production and exploitation. The concluding chapter summarises what we now know about CKEs and how best to stimulate them, including a discussion of the policy implications and an agenda for future research. Academics and researchers in the fields of science and technology policy, innovation management and business will welcome this original and insightful book. It will also be a useful reference for policymakers involved in knowledge management, and practitioners in RD departments, universities and knowledge-intensive business sectors. 

Companion to Contemporary Art Since 1945

 

A Companion to Contemporary Art is a major survey covering the major works and movements, the most important theoretical developments, and the historical, social, political, and aesthetic issues in contemporary art since 1945, primarily in the Euro-American context.
* Collects 27 original essays by expert scholars describing the current state of scholarship in art history and visual studies, and pointing to future directions in the field.
* Contains dual chronological and thematic coverage of the major themes in the art of our time: politics, culture wars, public space, diaspora, the artist, identity politics, the body, and visual culture.
* Offers synthetic analysis, as well as new approaches to, debates central to the visual arts since 1945 such as those addressing formalism, the avant-garde, the role of the artist, technology and art, and the society of the spectacle. This e-book looks like Xeroxed copy of the original

 

Styles of Ornament

 

Largest collection of decorated artifacts, all in line; prehistoric, Egyptian, Islamic, Baroque, Victorian, other areas, times. 3,700 illustrations. But however  this book is looks like a photo state copy.

 

 

Paper Toys of the World

 

Chapter I. The Early I listory of Paper
Making Printing 8
Chapter II. Paper Folding 
Educational Card Games . 10
Chapter III. Game Boards 33
Chapter IV. Blocks Puzzles 41
Chapter V. Peep Shows, Panoramas 
The Historiscope 47
Chapter VI. Toy Books With Movement
Chapter VII. The Magnificent Paper
Soldier 80
Chapter VIII. Paper Dolls 92
Chapter IX. Cardboard Dollhouses,
Room Settings 
Furnishings 121
Chapter X. Tinsel Figures The
Theater 143
Chapter XI. The Clowns, The Circus 
The Side Shows 161
Chapter XII. Construction Sets; Shops,
Buildings, Gardens Zoos
Chapter XIII. Movement by Sand Hot
Air 187
Chapter XIV. Optical Toys 196
Chapter XV. Transportation Vehicles 
Toys That Fly 201
Chapter XVI. Beautiful or Unusual
Oddities 213
Chapter XVII. Paper Toys For Today's
Collector 228
Chapter XVIII. Paper Conservation Hints
List of U.S. Patent Papers
Bibliography 237
Index. 

 

Perfect Phrases for Professional Networking: Hundreds of Ready-to-Use Phrases for Meeting

Put these words to work for you!
Learn the gift of gab and get closer to your dream job

This latest addition to the bestselling Perfect Phrases series is a must-read for anyone who dreads networking or who has ever fumbled or frozen during important and possibly career-changing conversations. Perfect Phrases for Professional Networking arms readers with foolproof and versatile phrases that help them take advantage of virtually any professional networking opportunity.

KNOW WHAT TO SAY IN ANY SITUATION

From cocktail parties to industry conferences, association meetings, and even unexpected run-ins on the street, this book has all the tools you need to feel comfortable striking up a conversation, steering it in the right direction, and following up effectively. Whether you're looking for a promotion, considering a career change, or just hoping to update that rolodex for a rainy day, this handy resource has you covered--including new-media tactics such as e-mail etiquette, rules for social networking, and the proper way to leave a blog comment.

Author Susan Benjamin shows you how to:

# Break the ice
# Use personal connections to create a conversation
# Steer the conversation toward leads
# Ask for an invitation to an exclusive gathering
# Get through to someone who's putting you off
# Get new leads from an old contact
# Perfect your elevator pitch
# Send a cold e-mail that gets a response
# Make the most of online networking functions

No matter how tough networking is for you, the Perfect Phrases format makes it simple for you to start building connections today.

Origami: A Step by Step Guide

 

Instructions and diagrams for fashioning such simple objects as a flower, Japanese box, and church as well as more challenging projects such as a squirrel on a log, birds in a nest, a unicorn, and a full-rigged sailing ship. Over 30 entertaining projects for origami fans of all ages and abilities.

This e-book contains 79 pages.

 

Stained Glass Work - Illustrated

 

Illustrated To Include Over 70 Figures - Chapters: Concerning Raw Material - Cutting - Painting - Matting - Cutting (Advanced) - Painting (Advanced) - Firing - The Second Painting - Staining And Aciding - Leading-Up And Fixing - Soldering - Color Light- Architectural Fitness - Limitations - Thought - Imagination - Of Economy - Of Perfection - A Few Little Dodges - General Conduct And Procedure - The Study Of Old Glass - Restoring Ancient Windows - Collotype Plates - Glossary – Index. This e-book looks like a Xeroxed copy of the original.

This e-book contains 382 pages.

 

Clay Art for all Seasons

 

This elegant craft book’s stunning clay creations were inspired by the flowers of Hawaii and beyond. Using its easy-to-follow instructions, readers will learn how to create realistic orchids, plumeria, hibiscus, gerbera daisies, and other flowers as well as charming themed pieces for Easter, Halloween, Christmas, weddings, and other special occasions. Clay flowers make fantastic party favors, homemade holiday gifts, elegant centerpieces, or everlasting bouquets. With gorgeous color photos and informative illustraions throughout, Clay Art for All Seasons guides readers step-by-step through the creative process, enabling them to enjoy the everlasting beauty of this delicate and highly decorative art form.

This e-book contains 76 pages.

 

Exploring art – Students’ Edition

 

EXPLORING ART takes a media approach to art, giving students insights into the ways artists are inspired, and the reasons they choose particular media to realize their artistic visions. Focusing on the elements and principles of art, students learn about various media and techniques, such as drawing, painting, printmaking and sculpting, as the chapters interweave compelling lessons on art, art history, aesthetics, and art criticism with opportunities for studio production.

 

This e-book contains 368 pages.

Art of the Portrait (Masterpieces of European Portrait Painting 1420-1670)

 

This work sets out to analyze some of the major works of early modern portraiture and takes a close look at 50 major works, including paintings by Jan Van Eyck, Holbein the Younger, Raphael, Mantegna and Botticelli. The portraits presented here are selected exclusively from works executed between the late Middle Ages and the 17th century - for it was then that portraiture came into its own. The portraits themselves have been chosen on the basis of their subjects' rank and profession. The value of this method of selection is its proximity to both the painters' intentions and their patrons' requirements.

The Art of the Portrait focuses on about a 200-year period, from the late Middle Ages to the Renaissance, during which the genre of painted portraiture flourished. For the first time since classical antiquity, interest in and attention to this type of painting grew. As a consequence, new visual types of portraiturefull length, profiles, groupsemerged, and a wider range of subjects (outside the traditional circle of royalty and clergy) was explored in the canvasses, along with psychological and atmospheric elements. During this heyday innumerable masterpieces were painted by a wealth of different artists. But the 19th century, with the advent of photography and impressionism, among other developments, put an abrupt end to the boom.

The paintings collected in this book include Botticelli's Profile of a Young Woman, in which his subject is draped in a lovely deep-red gown with pearls threaded through her intricately braided hair; Jan van Eyck's The Marriage of Giovanni Arnolfini, which doubled as something of a marriage certificate for the couple, as it attested to the presence of a witness (the artist himself) at the priestless ceremony; and da Vinci's Mona Lisa, arguably the most famous portrait in the world. Works by Poussin, Rembrandt, Titian, Dürer, Raphael, Rubens, Velázquez, and other artists illustrate the highlights of the period. The book itself is an interesting enough survey of some of the greatest portraits ever painted and the artists who created them. But it contains poorly reproduced plates of relatively common paintings and a conventional introductory essay, not to mention overlong annotations that tend to overtake the actual images. Still, The Art of the Portrait has achieved minor notoriety since being cited by David Hockney in The New Yorker (January 31, 2000) as supporting his theory that painters of the 16th century must have relied on optical devices such as the camera lucida to create the near-photographic perfection of the portraits. Jordana Moskowitz

 

Europe (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

 

An excellent travel guide that willl lead you straight to the best attractions this diverse continent has on offer. Packed with photographs, illustrations and detailed maps.

This e-book contains 800 Pages.

 

 

God, Sex, and Gender: An Introduction

 

Engagingly and clearly written by a highly respected theologian, God, Sex, and Gender is the first comprehensive introduction to a theology of both sexuality and gender available in a single volume.

Makes a theological contribution to understanding the unprecedented changes in sexual and gender relationships of the last fifty years
Discusses many topics including: sexual difference; sexual equality; gender and power; the nature of desire; the future of marriage in Christian sexual ethics; homosexuality and same-sex unions; the problems of sexual minorities; contraception in a time of HIV/AIDS; the separation of sexual experience from marriage; and offers new arguments for marriage and for chastity
Offers a consistent and engaging introduction at the cutting edge of theological inquiry, which is contemporary, undogmatic, questioning, and relevant to readers' experience, interests, and needs
Written lucidly and engagingly by an established and respected academic who has published widely in this area

 

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Europe For Dummies, 6 edition

The fun and easy way to explore Europe

From great museums and historic sights to fabulous food and trendsetting styles, Europe has it all. Get the lowdown on everything from passports to palaces, culture to nightlife, and cathedrals to cuisine. With mini-guides to fifteen of Europe's most popular cities and surrounding areas in eleven different countries, this book is your ticket to an exciting European adventure.

Open the book and find:
Down-to-earth trip-planning advice
What you shouldn't miss -and what you can skip
The best hotels and restaurants for every budget
Lots of detailed maps

This e-book contains 648 Pages.

Royal Museum of Fine Arts

 

This book presents outstanding masterpieces of West-European painting of XV-XVIII centuries, currently housed in one of the most famous museums of the world i.e Royal Museum of Antwerp.
Here the reader will find superb reproductions of the paintings and their historical background.

This e-book contains 68 pages.

 

 

Rough Guide to South Africa, 6th Edition

 

"The Rough Guide to South Africa" is the most comprehensive and informative guide available to this spectacular country. You'll find detailed information on everything from hiking in the mysterious Drakensberg to sampling wine in the many Western Cape's estates. Updated specifically for travellers visiting South Africa for the football World Cup in 2010, Lesotho and Swaziland have been excluded from the book allowing for more in-depth information on how to tackle the World Cup in this edition. Whether you want to wander the pastel-coloured streets of the Bo-Kaap, explore the Garden Route's dramatic Storms River Mouth, or get spine-tinglingly close to lions and other big game in Kruger National Park, this guide will lead you to the best attractions in South Africa. "The Rough Guide to South Africa" features up-to-date reviews of all the hottest new places to stay from hotels in South Africa to community minded accommodations and tour companies. You can find the best restaurants, shops, bars and clubs in South Africa across every price range giving you balanced reviews and honest, first-hand opinions. You can explore all corners of South Africa with authoritative background on everything from local cuisine to desert wildlife, relying on comprehensive maps and practical language tips

This e-book contains 696 Pages.

Secret Lives of Great Artists: What Your Teachers Never Told You About Master Painters and Sculptors

 

In the tradition of our best-selling Secret Lives of the U.S. Presidents (120 000 copies in print) here are outrageous and uncensored profiles of the world's greatest artists complete with hundreds of little-known politically incorrect and downright bizarre facts. Consider:

ï Michelangelo had such repellant body odor that his assistants couldn't stand working for him.
ï Pablo Picasso did jail time for ripping off several statues from the Louvre.
ï Gabriel Dante Rossetti's favorite pet was a wombat that slept on his dining room table.
ï Vincent van Gogh sometimes ate paint directly from the tube.
ï Georgia O'Keeffe liked to paint in the nude.
ï Salvador DalÌ concocted a perfume from dung to attract the attention of his future wife.

With outrageous anecdotes about everyone from Leonardo (accused sodomist) to Caravaggio (convicted murderer) to Edward Hopper (alleged wife beater) Secret Lives of Great Artists is an art history lesson you'll never forget!

 

 

Understanding Dance

 

This important book examines the aesthetics of dance. Philosophically rigorous, appropriately introductory, and genuinely focused, Understanding Dance provides comprehensive coverage of all the main areas surrounding dance. Features include an examination of both U.K. and U.S. ballet companies and a look at the work of critics on both sides of the Atlantic.

Mediating the Human Body

The ever-increasing integration of technology and the human body is attracting attention from religious, business, and political leaders around the world, and the topic promises to be a significant social issue in the 21st century. In Mediating the Human Body: Technology, Communication, and Fashion, editors Leopoldina Fortunati, James E. Katz, and Raimonda Riccini bring together a thoughtful group of leading international scholars and analysts to explore the effects of new technologies on human beings. They focus specifically on the intersection of new communication technologies and the body, and offer novel insights based on recent theoretical progress and current research on new interpersonal technology.

Historical Dictionary of Horror Cinema

 

This Historical Dictionary of Horror Cinema takes a close look at the genre, starting with an impressive chronology that ranges from its

origins through the present day. This is followed by a broad introduction, while the dictionary details individual actors, directors, producers,

authors of horror novels adapted as films, major themes and categories, and notable films. Since local tastes are involved, there are entries on American, British, and Chinese horror, among others. And for fans who want to know more, there is an extensive bibliography.

 

Drawings of Michelangelo and his Followers in the Ashmolean Museum

 

This volume comprises the fullest and most detailed catalogue of the drawings by and after Michelangelo in the Ashmolean Museum. It is one of the most important collections of drawings by this artist, which also includes drawings after his own by contemporaries that shed light on lost works as well as the artist's reputation and influence during the sixteenth century. The introduction provides a history of Michelangelo's drawings generally and also surveys the various types of drawing practiced by Michelangelo and an account of his development as a draughtsman.

 

Tamil Cinema: The Cultural Politics of India's other Film Industry

 

Previously, the academic study of Indian cinema has focused primarily on Bollywood, despite the fact that the Tamil film industry, based in southern India, has overtaken Bollywood in terms of annual output. This book critically examines the cultural and cinematic representations in Tamil cinema. The chapters outline the cinema��s history and distinctive characteristics, and proceed to consider a number of important themes such as gender and the portrayal of women, religion, class, sexuality, cinematic genre and the politics of identity. Throughout, the book manages to link the analysis to wider social, political and cultural phenomena in Tamil and Indian society. As interest in Indian cinema grows across the globe, Tamil Cinema is an exciting contribution to an under-studied field, facilitating a fresh consideration of the existing body of scholarship on Indian cinema.

 

Forgiveness in Perspective

Amidst the cacophony of claims made about forgiveness, this book serves to aid in an effort to put "forgiveness in perspective." Marieke Smit and Christopher R. Allers have collected here ten essays written by twelve authors from around the world and across the disciplinary spectrum including philosophers, practitioners, psychologists, literary theorists, and prison chaplains. All the essays offer a perspective on forgiveness and put forgiveness in perspective whether by tracing what forgiveness "is," how this religious inheritance is worked out in our secularizing societies, how forgiveness works in our quotidian experience, or a particular manifestation in a particular context such as marriage, prison, or after an abortion, to name a few. The multi-disciplinary character of this book provides a multi-disciplinary appeal as well as a resource to enlarge one's own perspective on this perplexing, enigmatic, and wonderfully complex concept of forgiveness.

Dictionary of Erotic Artists: Painters, Sculptors, Printmakers, Graphic Designers and Illustrators

 

This alphabetically arranged dictionary of artists known to have produced works depicting sexual imagery profiles the world's erotic artists from ancient times to the present. Each entry offers basic biographical information, including the artist's name and any variants, birth and death dates, and geographic focus. Each entry also includes a description of the artist's media, training and the nature of their artistic output, supplemented in most cases by a list of published reproductions of the artist's erotic work and a bibliography of articles and books which focus on the artist's erotica.

 

Superpower Rivalry in the Indian Ocean: Indian and American Perspectives

The vast, politically turbulent region encompassing the Indian Ocean, the Persian Gulf, forty-two littoral states, and one third of the world's population is one of the most potentially explosive theaters of superpower rivalry. In this study, three American and three Indian authors, reflecting different perspectives and areas of expertise, examine the principal factors that have led to the escalation of superpower tensions in the region: the war in Afghanistan, and its spillover into the Afghanistan-Pakistani borderlands; the Indo-Pakistani nuclear arms race; ethnic tensions in Sri Lanka; the Iran-Iraq war; Islamic fundamentalism; and the rapidly growing military presence of the superpowers in the area. Considering how India's emergence as a military power is influencing superpower and indigenous tensions in the region, the contributors compare Indian, American, and Soviet interests, and offer solutions for current Indian-American disagreements

This e-book contains 320 pages.

Sexy Vegan Cookbook: Extraordinary Food from an Ordinary Dude

 

Are you craving a way to eat killer food without killing yourself, animals, or the planet? Is your brain bloated from watching cooking shows that present recipes you’re never, ever going to make? Have you been searching for a way to prove to your friends that vegan food can be just as delicious, hearty, and satisfying as the meaty meals they’re accustomed to? Then this is the book for you.

This e-book contains 224 Pages.

Who Are You?: The Path of Self-Inquiry

 

Investigate the Infinite beyond Death - In the search for truth, there is only one question that needs to be answered: Who am I? This inquiry into the self is the core of advaita vedanta (radical non-dualism) �C a timeless teaching for breaking free of mental bonds and reclaiming your true identity: the Infinite that is beyond death. On Who Are You? American-born spiritual teacher Gangaji spells out the bedrock principles of self-inquiry �C a cluster of no-nonsense concepts that reveal how to effortlessly step outside limited psychological conditioning and mental constructs into the freedom, expansiveness, and peace of your own true nature.

 

 

Genius Explained

 

The cherished view of genius is that it is a special inborn gift: something mysterious, even miraculous. In Genius Explained, psychologist Michael Howe traces the lives of some exceptionally creative men and women, including Charles Darwin, the Brontë sisters, George Eliot, Michael Faraday, Albert Einstein and the railway inventor George Stephenson. Their biographies reveal how the extraordinary capabilities of these people were clearly rooted in the experiences and opportunities that forged their characters. Eschewing mysticism, Howe's study shows that to be a genius demands a strong sense of direction and an extraordinary degree of commitment, focus, practice, ardous training and drive. Michael J.A. Howe is professor of psychology at the University of Exeter. He is the author of A Teacher's Guide to the Psychology of Learning (Blackwell, 1999) and The Psychology of High Abilities (New York University Press, 1999). Previous paperback edition (1999) 0-521-64968-4

In Genius Explained Michael J. A. Howe addresses the commonly held belief that genius is born not made. Controversially he suggests that genius is not a mysterious and mystical gift but the product of a combination of environment, personality and sheer hard work. The exceptional talents of those we call geniuses are the result of a unique set of circumstances and opportunities but in every case they are pursued and exploited with a characteristic drive, determination and focus which the rest of us rarely show. Michael J. A. Howe develops these ideas through a series of case studies focusing on famous figures such as Charles Darwin, George Eliot, George Stevenson, the Bronte sisters, Michael Faraday and Albert Einstein in this fascinating and accessible book which will be of interest to academics and students of intelligence and the interested lay reader.

 

This e-book contains 231 pages..

Rules of Golf in Plain English

 

The hopes of renowned writer and golfer Henry Longhurst and millions of golfers before and after him have finally been realized. In The Rules of Golf in Plain English, Bryan A. Garner, American English language and usage expert, and Jeffrey S. Kuhn, volunteer USGA rules official, have translated the knotty Rules with the encouragement and permission of the United States Golf Association. The result is a modern, readable version that offers, for the first time, clear guidance to both amateurs and professionals.

 

This e-book contains 144 pages

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Geographic Answer Book: Fast Facts About Our World

 

A multifaceted reference book for the 21st century, the Answer Book will fascinate with up-to-date, authoritative, and endlessly interesting information about the world today.
From earth sciences to astronomy, from climate and habitats to human arts and cultures, from ancient history to cutting-edge technology, and including brief descriptions, flags, and statistics of all the countries of the world, it delivers exactly the kind of quick-dip information that modern readers crave.

 

This e-book contains 448 pages

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iPod: The Missing Manual

Apple has set the bar for portable media players, but still impressive features of the manual do not come with the iPod. This full color Missing Manual shows you how music, videos, and slideshows to play, shop the iTunes store, and create and manage your media library. It is the most comprehensive (and popular) book available on the iPod.

Important stuff you need to know:

     * It is complete. Music, photos, movies, TV shows, games, Ebooks, and load your iPod.
     * Tune in iTunes. Media from the iTunes store, download, rip your CDs, and organize your entire media

        collection.
     * A Touch of disposal. Use the touch shooting photos and video, send, and receive email and text        messages, and other iOS 5 gadgets for video calls.
     * Go wireless. Sync your data and surf the web on the air, using a touch of the new iOS 5 software.
     * Get moving with a Nano. FM radio dial, a built-in Nike + sensor to track your workouts can also create slideshows.
     * The Classic and Shuffle Master. Get your shuffle with VoiceOver, and Classics on your music, video, and play slideshows.