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Book Synopsis Superior Illusions by : Richard Pope
Download or read book Superior Illusions written by Richard Pope and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 1998-10-15 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic portrayal of the lives of fur traders on the Voyageur Route from Lachine to the great summer meeting-place at Grand Portage.
Book Synopsis Superior Rendezvous-Place by : Jean Morrison
Download or read book Superior Rendezvous-Place written by Jean Morrison and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2007-06-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean Morrison has written a fascinating and important book, full of drama and colourful historical figures. Rare paintings, drawings, maps and archival photographs complement her impeccable research and lively text. Superior Rendezvous-Place encompasses the French predecessors of Fort William, Native Peoples of the time and the evolution of the fur trade, with an emphasis on the North West Company era. This most important work concludes with details of the reconstruction of the fort and the development of Old Fort William, one of Ontario’s "must see" attractions. "Jean Morrison is a natural story teller, and hers is an essential historical document in the compelling history of Fort William, once the centre of the North American commercial universe." - Peter C. Newman, author of Caesars of the Wilderness "This book is wonderful reading. Jean Morrison’s prose is beautiful." - Carolyn Podruchny, fur trade historian, Newberry Library, Chicago
Book Synopsis The Age of Illusions by : Andrew Bacevich
Download or read book The Age of Illusions written by Andrew Bacevich and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thought-provoking and penetrating account of the post-Cold war follies and delusions that culminated in the age of Donald Trump from the bestselling author of The Limits of Power. When the Cold War ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Washington establishment felt it had prevailed in a world-historical struggle. Our side had won, a verdict that was both decisive and irreversible. For the world’s “indispensable nation,” its “sole superpower,” the future looked very bright. History, having brought the United States to the very summit of power and prestige, had validated American-style liberal democratic capitalism as universally applicable. In the decades to come, Americans would put that claim to the test. They would embrace the promise of globalization as a source of unprecedented wealth while embarking on wide-ranging military campaigns to suppress disorder and enforce American values abroad, confident in the ability of U.S. forces to defeat any foe. Meanwhile, they placed all their bets on the White House to deliver on the promise of their Cold War triumph: unequaled prosperity, lasting peace, and absolute freedom. In The Age of Illusions, bestselling author Andrew Bacevich takes us from that moment of seemingly ultimate victory to the age of Trump, telling an epic tale of folly and delusion. Writing with his usual eloquence and vast knowledge, he explains how, within a quarter of a century, the United States ended up with gaping inequality, permanent war, moral confusion, and an increasingly angry and alienated population, as well, of course, as the strangest president in American history.
Book Synopsis The Great Illusion by : Sir Norman Angell
Download or read book The Great Illusion written by Sir Norman Angell and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Grand Illusion by : Brendan D Murphy
Download or read book The Grand Illusion written by Brendan D Murphy and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Grand Illusion synthesizes the best consciousness research with decades of cutting-edge discovery and hard science, empowering you with an intelligent new paradigm and new direction for humanity. This acclaimed book destroys the materialist notion of humans as "meat computers" and lays the foundation for a scientifically-based metaphysics.
Download or read book Four Illusions written by Candrakirti and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-02-27 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the first English translation of Candrakirti's commentary (ca. 6-7th century C.E.) on four illusions that prevent us from becoming Buddhas. Lang's translation captures the clarity of Candrakirti's arguments and the lively humor of the stories and examples he uses. Lang's introduction explores the range of Candrakirti's interests in religion, philosophy, psychology, politics, and erotic poetry.
Book Synopsis The Great Illusion by : Norman Angell
Download or read book The Great Illusion written by Norman Angell and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Great Illusion by : Norman Angell
Download or read book The Great Illusion written by Norman Angell and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-28 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Illusion is a work by Norman Angell. It attempts to provide an answer for one of the greatest problems in human history: War and the reasoning behind the need for it.
Book Synopsis The Neurology of Vision by : Jonathan D. Trobe
Download or read book The Neurology of Vision written by Jonathan D. Trobe and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-03-29 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Neurology of Vision sets out the principles and information needed to understand and manage disorders of the visual pathways in the brain. The author divides vision into three components. The optical component addresses the eye's ability to properly focus light on the retina. The retinocortical component converts light into neural signals in the retina, transmitting them to the primary visual cortex. Finally, the integrative component converts this simple visual information into more complicated forms. The symptoms and signs, testing methods, and diseases of each part of the visual system are presented using this unique, structural component approach. A final chapter discusses the visual manifestations of psychiatric disturbances. The book is heavily illustrated with over 150 beautifully rendered line illustrations, 50 radiographic brain images, and 60 retinal photographs. Case studies with teaching questions are also included, to further the reader's knowledge and test understanding.
Download or read book The Self Illusion written by Bruce Hood and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us believe that we are an independent, coherent self--an individual inside our head who thinks, watches, wonders, dreams, and makes plans for the future. This sense of our self may seem incredibly real but a wealth of recent scientific evidence reveals that it is not what it seems--it is all an illusion.In The Self Illusion, Bruce Hood reveals how the self emerges during childhood and how the architecture of the developing brain enables us to become social animals dependent on each other. Humans spend proportionally the greatest amount of time in childhood compared to any other animal. It's not only to learn from others, Hood notes, but also to learn to become like others. We learn to become our self. Even as adults we are continually developing and elaborating this story, learning to become different selves in different situations--the work self, the home self, the parent self. Moreover, Hood shows that this already fluid process--the construction of self--has dramatically changed in recent years. Social networking activities--such as blogging, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter--are fast becoming socialization on steroids. The speed and ease at which we can form alliances and relationships are outstripping the same selection processes that shaped our self prior to the internet era. Things will never be the same again in the online social world. Hood offers our first glimpse into this unchartered territory.Who we are is, in short, a story of our self--a narrative that our brain creates. Like the science fiction movie, we are living in a matrix that is our mind. But Hood concludes that though the self is an illusion, it is an illusion we must continue to embrace to live happily in human society.
Book Synopsis The Vertical-horizontal Illusion by : Harry Dexter Kitson
Download or read book The Vertical-horizontal Illusion written by Harry Dexter Kitson and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes music.
Book Synopsis Shattering the Illusion by : Tracy J. Trothen
Download or read book Shattering the Illusion written by Tracy J. Trothen and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shattering the Illusion is the first book to gather and comparatively analyze policies addressing child sexual abuse complaints in a selection of religious institutions in Canada. Although there is a substantial body of literature regarding Christianity and sexual abuse, very little of it focuses on religious institutions in Canada and their respective policies. In the foreword, Tracey J. Trothen summarizes the Cornwall Inquiry, out of which this book arose. She then examines the Roman Catholic Church, The United Church of Canada, the Anglican Church, the Mennonite Church, Islam, and the Canadian Unitarian Council/Unitarian Universalist Association, describing in detail the evolution and particular content of policies and procedures that address child sexual abuse complaints directed at paid and volunteer faith community representatives and/ or leaders. She identifies differences and common themes among the approaches taken by the institutions and provides a summary table for an accessible comparative overview. Child sexual abuse is not new, but the emergence of policies to address abuse complaints within religious institutions is. This book identifies significant and shared causal factors behind the emergence of policy and reviews their content carefully. This review will serve as a significant tool for furthering the development of such policies.
Book Synopsis The Science of Illusions by : Jacques Ninio
Download or read book The Science of Illusions written by Jacques Ninio and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A specialist in visual perception, Ninio (Centre National des Recherches Scientifiques, Paris) presents many classic and new illusions, explains the underlying logic of the various types, and suggests their value for neurological and physiological research. He does not provide an index. La Science des Illusions was published in 1998 by Editions Odile Jacob. Philip has translated widely from the French, including an autobiography of Francois Jacob. c. Book News Inc.
Book Synopsis Twelve Examples of Illusion by : Jan Westerhoff
Download or read book Twelve Examples of Illusion written by Jan Westerhoff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tibetan Buddhist writings frequently state that many of the things we perceive in the world are in fact illusory, as illusory as echoes or mirages. In Twelve Examples of Illusion, Jan Westerhoff offers an engaging look at a dozen illusions--including magic tricks, dreams, rainbows, and reflections in a mirror--showing how these phenomena can give us insight into reality. For instance, he offers a fascinating discussion of optical illusions, such as the wheel of fire (the "wheel" seen when a torch is swung rapidly in a circle), discussing Tibetan explanations of this phenomenon as well as the findings of modern psychology, and significantly clarifying the idea that most phenomena--from chairs to trees--are similar illusions. The book uses a variety of crystal-clear examples drawn from a wide variety of fields, including contemporary philosophy and cognitive science, as well as the history of science, optics, artificial intelligence, geometry, economics, and literary theory. Throughout, Westerhoff makes both Buddhist philosophical ideas and the latest theories of mind and brain come alive for the general reader.
Book Synopsis The Vertical-horizontal Illusion by : Sarah Margaret Ritter
Download or read book The Vertical-horizontal Illusion written by Sarah Margaret Ritter and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Illusion of Freedom and Equality by : Richard Stivers
Download or read book The Illusion of Freedom and Equality written by Richard Stivers and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 2009-01-07 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how Enlightenment values have been transformed in a technological civilization.
Book Synopsis Between Truth and Illusion by : John O'Loughlin
Download or read book Between Truth and Illusion written by John O'Loughlin and published by Centretruths Digital Media. This book was released on 2022-03-08 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr O'Loughlin's first exercise in philosophy, dating from 1977, takes as its starting-point an analysis of the inter-relativity of dualities and expands, via a series of aphoristic essays and dramatic lessons, towards a dialogue climax in which the two - inevitably! - characters discuss the implications of a dualistic philosophy both as it impacts on theory and practice. Although the author didn't realize it at the time, truth and illusion are a lot closer together than may at first appear to be the case, even if one doesn't necessarily have to get between them!
