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The World of Illusions

Author : Temple H. Hernlund
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1434347109
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book The World of Illusions written by Temple H. Hernlund and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the gospel revealed in the Garden of Eden? What happened to the tree of the knowledge of good and evil? Why was it necessary for Christ to spend three days in the grave? These answers and much more are explained in Cursed Out: The Gospel Told from the Beginning. This book gives an in depth discussion and a fresh look at the gospel from the book of Genesis. It is designed as an evangelistic tool to win souls once they recognize and understand the significance of what happened in the beginning. The Gospel Told from the Beginning proves God was not taken off guard due to the fall of man. God had a plan. In the beginning, God promised and prophesied the birth of a Savior. Wanda Robinson is a very gifted and anointed teacher. Frequently she is asked to preach at various churches in the local area. Her background spans some thirty years, plus as a mathematics instructor in the public school system. She was ordained in 1998. She currently ministers Ihe word of God to female inmates in jails, prisons, and work release programs, as well as, teaches at Faith Christian University. She holds a Master's degree in Theology and is presently finishing up her Doctoral degree in Theology. She is a fine role model of a single woman that loves the Lord.

The Book of Illusions

Author : Paul Auster
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312990960
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Illusions written by Paul Auster and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man's obsession with a silent-film star sends him on a journey into a shadow world of lies, illusions, and unexpected love Six months after losing his wife and two young sons in an airplane crash, Vermont professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours mired in a blur of alcoholic grief and self-pity. Then, watching television one night, he stumbles upon a clip from a lost silent film by comedian Hector Mann. Zimmer's interest is piqued, and he soon finds himself embarking on a journey around the world to research a book on this mysterious figure, who vanished from sight in 1929 and has been presumed dead for sixty years. When the book is published the following year, a letter turns up in Zimmer's mailbox bearing a return address from a small town in New Mexico-supposedly written by Hector's wife. "Hector has read your book and would like to meet you. Are you interested in paying us a visit?" Is the letter a hoax, or is Hector Mann still alive? Torn between doubt and belief, Zimmer hesitates, until one night a strange woman appears on his doorstep and makes the decision for him, changing his life forever. This stunning novel plunges the reader into a universe in which the comic and the tragic, the real and the imagined, the violent and the tender dissolve into one another. With The Book of Illusions, one of America's most powerful and original writers has written his richest, most emotionally charged work yet.

The Science of Illusions

Author : Jacques Ninio
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801437700
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (377 download)

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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.

The World's Best Optical Illusions

Author : Charles H. Paraquin
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780806966441
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (664 download)

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Download or read book The World's Best Optical Illusions written by Charles H. Paraquin and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 1987 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of over 100 optical illusion puzzles, with explanations of the reasons for their effects.

The Ultimate Book of Optical Illusions

Author : Al Seckel
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9781402734045
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Ultimate Book of Optical Illusions written by Al Seckel and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2006 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains color and black-and-white illustrations of over three hundred optical illusions, each with brief, explanatory text.

The Art of the Illusion

Author : Brad Honeycutt
Publisher : Imagine Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781936140718
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book The Art of the Illusion written by Brad Honeycutt and published by Imagine Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While even the simplest of illusions please, this stunning volume showcases over 200 of the finest images from around the world. Artists include Rafael Olbinski, Rob Gonsalves, Octavio Ocampo, David MacDonald, Gene Levine and M.C Escher. From the most classic optical illusions to complex graphic and painterly designs.

Puzzling Optical Illusions

Author : Thomas Crawford
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486401515
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Puzzling Optical Illusions written by Thomas Crawford and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1998-02-06 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich assortment of visual mind-bogglers, including "impossible objects" — constructions that look fine on paper but can't possibly exist in reality — as well as pulsating patterns, vanishing spots, pictures that suddenly change into other configurations as you're looking at them, and much more. 60 black-and-white illustrations.

The Earth of Illusions

Author : Nano P Bott, S. Dave
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1948352796
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book The Earth of Illusions written by Nano P Bott, S. Dave and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2017-12-18 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever felt that humans are… insignificant? Has it ever been felt like this before? How about a change from the usual setup from humans and rebel passively? Hidden in the most insignificant place of the world, how can mere students hide facts from the rest? Demon, Yokai, Mythological Beast, these all are quite adept at hiding and blending yet, why does the most perfect student seem to have a secret? Who are we… exactly?

The Age of Illusions

Author : Andrew Bacevich
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 1250175097
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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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.

The Peace of Illusions

Author : Christopher Layne
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801474118
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book The Peace of Illusions written by Christopher Layne and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a provocative book about American hegemony, Christopher Layne outlines his belief that U.S. foreign policy has been consistent in its aims for more than sixty years and that the current Bush administration clings to mid-twentieth-century tactics--to no good effect. What should the nation's grand strategy look like for the next several decades? The end of the cold war profoundly and permanently altered the international landscape, yet we have seen no parallel change in the aims and shape of U.S. foreign policy. The Peace of Illusions intervenes in the ongoing debate about American grand strategy and the costs and benefits of "American empire." Layne urges the desirability of a strategy he calls "offshore balancing": rather than wield power to dominate other states, the U.S. government should engage in diplomacy to balance large states against one another. The United States should intervene, Layne asserts, only when another state threatens, regionally or locally, to destroy the established balance. Drawing on extensive archival research, Layne traces the form and aims of U.S. foreign policy since 1940, examining alternatives foregone and identifying the strategic aims of different administrations. His offshore-balancing notion, if put into practice with the goal of extending the "American Century," would be a sea change in current strategy. Layne has much to say about present-day governmental decision making, which he examines from the perspectives of both international relations theory and American diplomatic history.

The Great Book of Optical Illusions

Author : Al Seckel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781552976500
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (765 download)

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Download or read book The Great Book of Optical Illusions written by Al Seckel and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selection of over 280 optical illusions from historical and modern sources.

The End of Illusions

Author : Joe Loconte
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0742534995
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book The End of Illusions written by Joe Loconte and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the eve of America's entry into World War II, a fierce debate raged among religious leaders over the United States's participation in the war. In The End of Illusions, Joseph Loconte brings together pieces from the most significant religious thinkers of the day about the responsibilites of America and Europe in the face of Nazi agressions. As America faces a new war on terror, the arguments from half a century ago resonate with renewed passion, clarity, and poignancy.

The End of Illusions

Author : Andreas Reckwitz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509545719
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book The End of Illusions written by Andreas Reckwitz and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-06-28 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in a time of great uncertainty about the future. Those heady days of the late twentieth century, when the end of the Cold War seemed to be ushering in a new and more optimistic age, now seem like a distant memory. During the last couple of decades, we’ve been battered by one crisis after another and the idea that humanity is on a progressive path to a better future seems like an illusion. It is only now that we can see clearly the real scope and structure of the profound shifts that Western societies have undergone over the last 30 years. Classical industrial society has been transformed into a late-modern society that is molded by polarization and paradoxes. The pervasive singularization of the social, the orientation toward the unique and exceptional, generates systematic asymmetries and disparities, and hence progress and unease go hand in hand. Reckwitz examines this dual structure of singularization and polarization as it plays itself out in the different sectors of our societies and, in so doing, he outlines the central structural features of the present: the new class society, the characteristics of a postindustrial economy, the conflict about culture and identity, the exhaustion of the self resulting from the imperative to seek authentic fulfillment, and the political crisis of liberalism. Building on his path-breaking work The Society of Singularities, this new book will be of great interest to students and scholars in sociology, politics, and the social sciences generally, and to anyone concerned with the great social and political issues of our time.

City Of Illusions

Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1473205867
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (732 download)

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Download or read book City Of Illusions written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'She is unique. She is legend' THE TIMES 'A tour de force' EVENING STANDARD 'A wonderfully mordant analyst of human weakness' Martin Amis Earth, like the rest of the Known Worlds, has fallen to the Shing. Scattered here and there, small groups of humans live in a state of semi-barbarism. They have lost the skills, science and knowledge that had been Earth's in the golden age of the League of Worlds, and whenever a colony of humans tries to rekindle the embers of a half-forgotten technology, the Shing, with their strange, mindlying power, crush them out. There is one man who can stand against the malign Shing, but he is an alien with amber eyes and must first prove to paranoid humanity that he himself is not a creature of the Shing.

More Optical Illusions

Author : Al Seckel
Publisher : Carlton Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9781842224878
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book More Optical Illusions written by Al Seckel and published by Carlton Publishing Group. This book was released on 2002 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gallery of over one hundred optical illusions, each with an explanation.

Illusions of Seeing

Author : Thomas Ditzinger
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030636356
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Illusions of Seeing written by Thomas Ditzinger and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do we need two eyes? Why are all cats grey at night and appear to move faster the day? Why is the sky blue and the setting sun red? This book explains the multifaceted nature of perception, and discusses the mysteries of vision. It provides readers with experiments to help them discover optical illusions and the features of their own perception. Illusions of Seeing begins with a discussion on the essence of light and its perception to the human eye. It presents a comprehensive overview of the basic laws of human perception as well as the fundamentals of good gestalt. Subsequent chapters discuss geometric-optical illusions; the perception of form, brightness, and translucency and their interaction with each other; ambiguous perception, color vision, spatial vision. The book ends with a discussion of the perception of motion and its interaction with color, form, and spatial depth with a full chapter devoted to illusions in our everyday life. Consider this your travel guide in the marvelous world of sight, to experience a completely individual way to understand and improve your own perception. Illusions of Seeing will be of interest to psychologists, physicists, biologists, and undergraduate and graduate students within the field of cognitive psychology.

Bonfire of Illusions

Author : Alex Callinicos
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 074565939X
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Bonfire of Illusions written by Alex Callinicos and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something dramatic happened in the late summer and autumn of 2008. The post-Cold War world came to an abrupt end. This was the result of two conjoined crises. First, in its brief war with Georgia in August 2008, Russia asserted its military power to halt the expansion of NATO to its very borders. Secondly, on 15 September 2008 the Wall Street investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed. This precipitated a severe financial crash and helped to push the world economy into the worst slump since the 1930s. Both crises marked a severe setback for the global power of the United States, which had driven NATO expansion and forced through the liberalization of financial markets. More broadly they challenged the consensus that had reigned since the collapse of the Soviet bloc in 1989 that a US-orchestrated liberal capitalist order could offer the world peace and prosperity. Already badly damaged by the Iraq debacle, this consensus has now suffered potentially fatal blows. In Bonfire of Illusions Alex Callinicos explores these twin crises. He traces the credit crunch that developed in 2007-8 to a much more protracted crisis of overaccumulation and profitability that has gripped global capitalism since the late 1960s. He also confronts the interaction between economic and geopolitical events, highlighting the new assertiveness of nation-states and analysing the tense, complex relationship of interdependence and conflict that binds together the US and China. Finally, in response to the revelation that the market is not the solution to the world's problems, Callinicos reviews the prospects for alternatives to capitalism.