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The Human Blend

Author : Alan Dean Foster
Publisher : Del Rey
ISBN 13 : 0345511980
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book The Human Blend written by Alan Dean Foster and published by Del Rey. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this first novel of a thrilling new series set in our near future, New York Times bestselling author Alan Dean Foster reveals a place where criminals are punished through genetic engineering and body manipulation—and poses profound questions about what it means to be human. Given his name because radical surgery has reduced him to preternatural thinness, Whispr is a thug. In a dark alley in Savannah, Whispr and his partner in crime, Jiminy Cricket, murder what they take to be a random tourist in order to steal his artificial hand. But the victim is also carrying an unusual silver thread, which Whispr and Jiminy grab as well. Chance later deposits a wounded Whispr at the clinic of Dr. Ingrid Seastrom. Powerful forces have been searching for Whispr since he acquired the mysterious thread, and Jiminy has vanished. All Whispr wants to do is sell the thread, and when he offers to split the profits with Ingrid, she makes an astonishing discovery. So begins the formidable partnership between the Harvard-educated physician and the street-smart thief—as long as they can elude the enhanced assassins that are tracking them.

The Origin of Ideas

Author : Mark Turner
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019998882X
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book The Origin of Ideas written by Mark Turner and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans are unique among all other species in having one cognitive attribute-the ability, almost without conscious effort, to engage in blending. This is the first book that brings the theory of blending to a wide audience and shows how blending is at the heart of the origin of ideas.

Human Blend

Author : Lori Pescatore
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781453765135
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book Human Blend written by Lori Pescatore and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2010-06-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laney has had a terrifying and mysterious past. Kidnapped from her father and used and abused by evil men because of her unique abilities, she has escaped to a small town in Virginia to begin a new life as Julie Miller. Still plagued by broken memories of her traumas, she's determined to live a "normal" life and, although terrified to form close relationships for fear of exposing others to harm by the pursuers who have found her before, she is unable to ignore the kindness and charm of local college student, Austin Dorsett. But her new job as volunteer at the hospital brings her to the attention of the handsome and reticent Dr. Eli Elsworth, who has secrets of his own, when he witnesses her healing a young cancer patient, and a train of events is set in motion that will lead not only to danger for Julie and her new friends, but also to the revelation of incredible secrets about her past and her identity,

The Night Will Find Us

Author : Matthew Lyons
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 1684425433
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book The Night Will Find Us written by Matthew Lyons and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say never go into the woods at night... School’s out for summer and that means one thing to Parker, Chloe, and their four friends: a well-deserved camping trip in the Pine Barrens, a million-acre forest deep in the heart of New Jersey. But when old grudges erupt, an argument escalates into the unthinkable, leaving one of them dead and the killer missing. As darkness descends and those left alive try to determine a course of action, the forest around them begins to change... In the morning, more of the group has vanished and the path that led them into the woods is gone—as if consumed by the forest itself. Lost and hungry, the remaining friends set out to find help, only to realize that the forest seems to have other plans—a darker, ancient horror lies dead and dreaming in a lake in the center of the woods. And it’s calling to them. Meanwhile, deep in the trees, the killer is still at large, and one of the group’s own has started to transform and warp into something other. Something inhuman. Something that wants to feast. Banding together to survive, the friends soon begin to understand the true nature of the horror waiting for them in the Pine Barrens—and that not all of them will make it out alive.

More Than Human

Author : Theodore Sturgeon
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453295410
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book More Than Human written by Theodore Sturgeon and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six misfits, one powerful entity. An award-winning novel about belonging by “one of the greatest writers of science fiction and fantasy who ever lived” (Stephen King). Individually, they are a seemingly simpleminded young man living in the woods who can read the thoughts of others, a runaway girl with telekinetic powers, twin girls who can barely speak but can teleport across great distances, and an infant with a mind like a supercomputer. Together, they are the Gestalt—a single extraordinary being comprised of remarkable parts—although an essential piece may be missing . . . But are they the next stage in human development or harbingers of the end of civilization? The answer may come when they are joined by Gerry. Powerfully telepathic, he lacks a moral compass—and his hatred of the world that has rejected him could prove catastrophic. Winner of the International Fantasy Award and considered Theodore Sturgeon’s masterpiece, More Than Human is a genre-bending wonder that explores themes of responsibility and morality, individuality, and belonging. Moving and suspenseful, lyrical and provocative, the novel was one of the first to elevate science fiction into the realm of literature, and inspired musicians and artists, including the Grateful Dead and Crosby, Stills and Nash. From the Nebula Award–winning author of Godbody, The Dreaming Jewels, and other great works of science fiction, this is an unforgettable reading experience and a must for anyone who enjoys Ramsey Campbell, Robert Silverberg, or Philip José Farmer. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Theodore Sturgeon including rare images and never-before-seen documents from the University of Kansas’s Kenneth Spencer Research Library and the author’s estate, among other sources.

Evolution, Culture, and the Human Mind

Author : Mark Schaller
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1136950508
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Evolution, Culture, and the Human Mind written by Mark Schaller and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolution, Culture, and the Human Mind is the first scholarly book to integrate evolutionary and cultural perspectives on human psychology. The contributors include world-renowned evolutionary, cultural, social, and cognitive psychologists. These chapters reveal many novel insights linking human evolution to both human cognition and human culture – including the evolutionary origins of cross-cultural differences.

THE PERFECT BLEND

Author : BERNICE T. JOHNSON
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1493172182
Total Pages : 111 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book THE PERFECT BLEND written by BERNICE T. JOHNSON and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bernice and her husband Michael raised their three children as a blended family in their nearly 30 year marriage. Although Michael transitioned to heaven in 2012, you’ll hear Bernice talk about how Michael led his family graciously and how he loved and provided a close knit environment for them to flourish. Bernice opens up about their family’s ups and downs and how through prayer and perseverance, they were successful in their goal to blend five people together as one unit. This book was written to be a helpful tool to mothers, fathers, foster parents and other relatives who are part of a blended family. By grasping the information in this book and using it for groups or on an individual basis, the reader will find helpful, effective ways to strengthen their blended family. She is confident that anyone who truly trusts, who knows how to love, and will put in the work can win over any obstacle and against all opposition. Bernice is continuing the ministry work which she and her husband shared in preaching and teaching the Word of God. She is an example of living holy, exemplifying compassion, and walking by faith. Her motto is “I’ll never give up on anyone, because God has never given up on me.”

The Ethics of the Gospel and the Ethics of Nature

Author : Herbert Hayes Scullard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Ethics of the Gospel and the Ethics of Nature written by Herbert Hayes Scullard and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hitting the Ethanol Blend Wall

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (2011). Subcommittee on Energy and Environment
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Book Synopsis Hitting the Ethanol Blend Wall by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (2011). Subcommittee on Energy and Environment

Download or read book Hitting the Ethanol Blend Wall written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (2011). Subcommittee on Energy and Environment and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Joy of Movement

Author : Kelly McGonigal
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525534121
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book The Joy of Movement written by Kelly McGonigal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback. The bestselling author of The Willpower Instinct introduces a surprising science-based book that doesn't tell us why we should exercise but instead shows us how to fall in love with movement. Exercise is health-enhancing and life-extending, yet many of us feel it's a chore. But, as Kelly McGonigal reveals, it doesn't have to be. Movement can and should be a source of joy. Through her trademark blend of science and storytelling, McGonigal draws on insights from neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, and evolutionary biology, as well as memoirs, ethnographies, and philosophers. She shows how movement is intertwined with some of the most basic human joys, including self-expression, social connection, and mastery--and why it is a powerful antidote to the modern epidemics of depression, anxiety, and loneliness. McGonigal tells the stories of people who have found fulfillment and belonging through running, walking, dancing, swimming, weightlifting, and more, with examples that span the globe, from Tanzania, where one of the last hunter-gatherer tribes on the planet live, to a dance class at Juilliard for people with Parkinson's disease, to the streets of London, where volunteers combine fitness and community service, to races in the remote wilderness, where athletes push the limits of what a human can endure. Along the way, McGonigal paints a portrait of human nature that highlights our capacity for hope, cooperation, and self-transcendence. The result is a revolutionary narrative that goes beyond familiar arguments in favor of exercise, to illustrate why movement is integral to both our happiness and our humanity. Readers will learn what they can do in their own lives and communities to harness the power of movement to create happiness, meaning, and connection.

Homewaters

Author : David B. Williams
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295748613
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book Homewaters written by David B. Williams and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2021-04-24 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not far from Seattle skyscrapers live 150-year-old clams, more than 250 species of fish, and underwater kelp forests as complex as any terrestrial ecosystem. For millennia, vibrant Coast Salish communities have lived beside these waters dense with nutrient-rich foods, with cultures intertwined through exchanges across the waterways. Transformed by settlement and resource extraction, Puget Sound and its future health now depend on a better understanding of the region’s ecological complexities. Focusing on the area south of Port Townsend and between the Cascade and Olympic mountains, Williams uncovers human and natural histories in, on, and around the Sound. In conversations with archaeologists, biologists, and tribal authorities, Williams traces how generations of humans have interacted with such species as geoducks, salmon, orcas, rockfish, and herring. He sheds light on how warfare shaped development and how people have moved across this maritime highway, in canoes, the mosquito fleet, and today’s ferry system. The book also takes an unflinching look at how the Sound’s ecosystems have suffered from human behavior, including pollution, habitat destruction, and the effects of climate change. Witty, graceful, and deeply informed, Homewaters weaves history and science into a fascinating and hopeful narrative, one that will introduce newcomers to the astonishing life that inhabits the Sound and offers longtime residents new insight into and appreciation of the waters they call home. A Michael J. Repass Book

The Runaway Species

Author : David Eagleman
Publisher : Catapult
ISBN 13 : 1936787679
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (367 download)

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Download or read book The Runaway Species written by David Eagleman and published by Catapult. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enlightening examination of creativity looks “at art and science together to examine how innovations . . . build on what already exists and rely on three brain operations: bending, breaking and blending” (The Wall Street Journal) The Runaway Species is a deep dive into the creative mind, a celebration of the human spirit, and a vision of how we can improve our future by understanding and embracing our ability to innovate. David Eagleman and Anthony Brandt seek to answer the question: what lies at the heart of humanity’s ability—and drive—to create? Our ability to remake our world is unique among all living things. But where does our creativity come from, how does it work, and how can we harness it to improve our lives, schools, businesses, and institutions? Eagleman and Brandt examine hundreds of examples of human creativity through dramatic storytelling and stunning images in this beautiful, full–color volume. By drawing out what creative acts have in common and viewing them through the lens of cutting–edge neuroscience, they uncover the essential elements of this critical human ability, and encourage a more creative future for all of us. “The Runaway Species approach[es] creativity scientifically but sensitively, feeling its roots without pulling them out.” —The Economist

Mixed Magic

Author : Anna Katrina Gutierrez
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027265453
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Mixed Magic written by Anna Katrina Gutierrez and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mixed Magic: Global-local dialogues in fairy tales for young readers considers retellings and adaptations from a ‘glocal’ context: a framework focused on the reciprocal and cross-cultural exchange between global processes and local practices and their potential transformative effects. The study examines an eclectic range of retellings from the East and West from the 19th century until the present, among them orientalized picturebook versions of Beauty and the Beast and Bluebeard; Disney’s animated classics; Asian versions of Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid; Gene Luen Yang's graphic novel American Born Chinese; and the fantasy films of Hayao Miyazaki. Drawing on theories of globalization, cognitive narratology, subjectivity, and eastern thought, the book reveals new implications for intertextual analysis. This beautifully illustrated volume is the first sustained study of the effects of global-local and East-West interchanges on representations of self and Others in children’s literature and folklore studies.

Micro- and Nanostructured Multiphase Polymer Blend Systems

Author : Charef Harrats
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000611736
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Micro- and Nanostructured Multiphase Polymer Blend Systems written by Charef Harrats and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-09-29 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Micro- and Nanostructured Multiphase Polymer Blend Systems: Phase Morphology and Interfaces focuses on the formation of phase morphology in polymer blends and copolymers and considers various types of blends including thermosets, thermoplastics, thermoplastic vulcanizates, and structured copolymers. The book carefully debates the processing

The Humans

Author : Matt Haig
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476727929
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Humans written by Matt Haig and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling, award-winning author of The Midnight Library offers his funniest, most devastating dark comedy yet, a “silly, sad, suspenseful, and soulful” (Philadelphia Inquirer) novel that’s “full of heart” (Entertainment Weekly). When an extra-terrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are less than positive. Taking the form of Professor Andrew Martin, a prominent mathematician at Cambridge University, the visitor is eager to complete the gruesome task assigned him and hurry home to his own utopian planet, where everyone is omniscient and immortal. He is disgusted by the way humans look, what they eat, their capacity for murder and war, and is equally baffled by the concepts of love and family. But as time goes on, he starts to realize there may be more to this strange species than he had thought. Disguised as Martin, he drinks wine, reads poetry, develops an ear for rock music, and a taste for peanut butter. Slowly, unexpectedly, he forges bonds with Martin’s family. He begins to see hope and beauty in the humans’ imperfection, and begins to question the very mission that brought him there. Praised by The New York Times as a “novelist of great seriousness and talent,” author Matt Haig delivers an unlikely story about human nature and the joy found in the messiness of life on Earth. The Humans is a funny, compulsively readable tale that playfully and movingly explores the ultimate subject—ourselves.

The Intimate Blend

Author : Gail Smith
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1665721898
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book The Intimate Blend written by Gail Smith and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2022-09-22 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Intimate Blend, author Gail Smith offers an invitation to explore close, authentic, and even intimate relationships in this age of hi-tech, instant connections. From age ten to now age eighty-three and through her current journey of widowhood, she’s enjoyed inspiring relationships on many levels. Some of the common projects and pursuits have included catching crickets for bait, building a treehouse, starting a Christian school, and touring Israel. Culled from sermon notes, Bible study fellowship, precept sessions, conferences, book studies, devotional materials, scripture passages, and Facebook posts, this book gives encouragement to emerge from longing and separateness and move forward to merging, meshing, and blending in family life, friendship, marriage, and the singular life. For example, “To have a friend, is to be one.” The “being” comes before the “having.” The Intimate Blend shares life principles and provides suggestions for ways to explore the possibilities of intimacy and then enhance connections throughout the various seasons of life.

Figurative Language

Author : Barbara Dancygier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107782775
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Figurative Language written by Barbara Dancygier and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively introduction to figurative language explains a broad range of concepts, including metaphor, metonymy, simile, and blending, and develops new tools for analyzing them. It coherently grounds the linguistic understanding of these concepts in basic cognitive mechanisms such as categorization, frames, mental spaces, and viewpoint; and it fits them into a consistent framework which is applied to cross-linguistic data and also to figurative structures in gesture and the visual arts. Comprehensive and practical, the book includes analyses of figurative uses of both word meanings and linguistic constructions. • Provides definitions of major concepts • Offers in-depth analyses of examples, exploring multiple levels of complexity • Surveys figurative structures in different discourse genres • Helps students to connect figurative usage with the conceptual underpinnings of language • Goes beyond English to explore cross-linguistic and cross-modal data