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  A Brain for Innovation - The...

  Min W. Jung

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  What sets humans apart from other animals? The accumulation of discoveries throughout history, big and small, has enabled us to build global civilizations and gain power to shape our environment. But what makes humans as a species so innovative? 
   
   
   
  Min W. Jung offers a new understanding of the neural basis of innovation in terms of humans' exceptional capacity for imagination and high-level abstraction. He provides an engaging account of recent advances in neuroscience that have shed light on the neural underpinnings of these profoundly important abilities. Jung examines key discoveries concerning the hippocampus and neural circuits that have demystified the processes underlying imagination and abstract thinking. He also considers how these capacities might have evolved as well as possible futures for intelligence. 
   
   
   
  Bringing together disparate findings in neuroscience, psychology, anthropology, and artificial intelligence, A Brain for Innovation develops a unified perspective on the mechanisms of imagination, abstract thought, and creativity. Presenting cutting-edge neuroscientific research in a way that is accessible to listeners without a background in the subject, this book is essential for anyone interested in the biological basis of one of the most fundamental aspects of human nature.

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  Until the Streetlights Come On -...

  Ginny Yurich

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  FROM THE FOUNDER OF THE GLOBAL 1000 HOURS OUTSIDE MOVEMENT 
   
  The average American now spends just four to seven minutes outside each day, while we spend four to seven hours using devices with screens. Our physical, mental, emotional, and relational health has suffered--and so has that of our children.  
   
  But there is a solution: get outside!  
   
  A homeschooling mother of five and the founder of the global 1000 Hours Outside movement, Ginny Yurich explains how we got to this point--and how to get back to a healthier, more engaging relationship with the world outside.  
   
  With a mom's heart and an educator's eye, Ginny shows you 
  ● the importance of unstructured play for children 
  ● what boredom actually contributes to our brains 
  ● the value of sunlight and social play 
  ● the role of play in lifelong learning 
  ● how to make time outside more attractive than screen time 
   
  If you want your kids to grow up curious, resilient, and with a sense of adventure and community, it's essential to make outside play a priority. This book shows you why and how.

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  Bridging Our Political Divide -...

  Kenneth Barish

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  Bridging Our Political Divide: How Liberals and Conservatives Can Understand Each Other and Find Common Ground is an essential contribution to a better national conversation. 
   
   
   
  Psychologist Kenneth Barish explains the sources and consistency of our political beliefs and why we continue to disagree about fundamental issues in American life. He offers antidotes to the angry, repetitive, and unproductive arguments that now dominate our political culture. Barish teaches us how to listen, think, and speak about our political opinions in a way that allows us to understand each other's concerns, resist false dichotomies and ideological certainty, see new perspectives and possibilities, and find common ground. The concluding chapter shows how we can move beyond partisan divisions toward pragmatic solutions and a better future for America's children. 
   
   
   
  This fundamentally hopeful book is an essential listen for students in all areas of study, for professionals in the fields of conflict resolution, communication, political science, and social psychology, and for anyone seeking to improve the quality of their conversations with people who may disagree with them, in both politics and in their personal relationships.

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  INTERESTING STORYBOOK FOR...

  Angela Jenkins

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  Are you looking for some interesting bedtime stories?Does your kid love to read fiction?Do you want to develop the reading skill of your kid? 
  If yes, you are going to have this incredible "Interesting Storybook for Inquisitive Kids" to satisfy your kid's curious nature. 
  Stories have always been and will continue to be an integral element of human culture. We learn about one another, our pasts, and our cultures via stories. New stories are being lived, recounted, and created every day, whether for amusement or to chronicle a real-life incident. Even if there were only one story for every person who had ever lived, there would still be billions of stories around the globe; it would be impossible to count them all. 
  Bedtime stories are beneficial because they aid in the formation of ties, the promotion of reading, the development of speaking and language skills, and the inspiration of creativity. Reading bedtime stories to kids is critical to a child's development. As Philip Pullman rightly puts it, "After nourishment, shelter, and companionship, stories are what we need the most in the world." Telling stories helps children develop their reading skills, excellent writing, sentence construction, imagination, creativity, and communication skills. 
  By reading this book, the kids will be able toImprove their reading comprehension.Enhance their imaginative power.Learn some important life lessons.Learn some moral lessons.Become better human beings. 
  If you really wish to bring a positive change in your kid's life, click the "Buy Now" button and gift a valuable book to your kid.

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  Sparta: An Enthralling Overview...

  Enthralling History

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  Almost everyone has heard of the famous three hundred Spartan soldiers who stood against the Persians at Thermopylae. But did you know that Sparta was home to two kings? Or that their women had more freedom than the women of Athens?  
  The beautiful history of classical Sparta has been in the spotlight for some time now. Sometimes, it feels as if the details about this city-state are as vast as the Aegean! Before now, what has stood between you and an incredible, informative journey into Spartan antiquity were several boring pages of ambiguity. 
  If you’ve found this audiobook, then you have found everything you need to know about ancient Sparta! You will find yourself quickly pulled into vivid descriptions of the stories of Sparta. 
  In this audiobook, you will discover: 
  • The origin and foundations of ancient Sparta; 
  • The role of mythical divinity in the emergence of Sparta; 
  • Wars and conquests that helped shape Sparta’s foreign relations; 
  • The lives and times of the great kings and heroes of Sparta; 
  • The unique socio-political structure of classical and post-classical Sparta; 
  • The famous agoge and Sparta’s prestigious military; 
  • A typical day as a citizen or non-citizen living in ancient Sparta; 
  • And much, much more!

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  Asian Immigration in the United...

  Editors Charles River

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  One of the most important and memorable events of the United States’ westward push across the frontier came with the discovery of gold in the lands that became California in January 1848. Located thousands of miles away from the country’s power centers on the east coast at the time, the announcement came a month before the Mexican-American War had ended, and among the very few Americans that were near the region at the time, many of them were Army soldiers who were participating in the war and garrisoned there. San Francisco was still best known for being a Spanish military and missionary outpost during the colonial era, and only a few hundred called it home. Mexico’s independence, and its possession of those lands, had come only a generation earlier. 
  The flow of Chinese immigrants increased dramatically in 1852, sparked in large part by a crop failure in southern China that caused the custom houses in San Francisco to swell with 20,026 Chinese arrivals. Even more Chinese came as news reached China about the apparent ease of mining in California. By the end of the decade, ⅕ of the population of the Southern Mines consisted of Chinese miners. Chinese miners would become known as the most industrious and tireless of the miners, finding gold in claims that previous owners had thought depleted and persisting in mining an area far longer than others who eventually left the fields altogether. 
  In many ways, this represented the start of an influx of immigrants coming from Asia to the United States, kicking off an often turbulent relationship and history that would lead to alienation, conflicts, immigration quotas, and more. This book looks at that history from the start, and how it affected those who came from Asia in the 19th century.

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