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  The Power of Not Thinking - How...

  Simon Roberts

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  Ask someone to point to the part of their body responsible for their intelligence and it is highly likely that they will point at their head. This assumption is understandable, given that, for centuries, from Descartes' "cogito ergo sum" to the computer age, this is what we have been told to think.And yet we all share common experiences that have revealed the incomparable power of "not thinking." Have you ever struggled to remember your pin number only to hold your fingers out and type it correctly with your hands, played the piano without focusing on remembering the correct notes, or listened to your gut feeling when under the pressure of a big decision? All these instances prove that it is time to stop neglecting the role the body plays in our acquisition of knowledge and to explore how it is that brain and body combine to deliver what we view as uniquely human intelligence.In this unique new book, Simon Roberts looks at the pivotal role that our body plays in how we learn. Drawing upon an incredible range of cutting-edge science, real-life examples, and personal experience, Roberts explores the complexity of even the simplest of tasks that humans perform every day and goes on to explain how, with a greater awareness of the processes at work, we can tap into our full potential and excel in any area of our lives.

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  Explorers and Travellers

  Adolphus W. Greely

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  “Explorers and Travellers” is a collection of short biographies of some of America’s intrepid explorers. Adolphus W. Greely writes brief but very complete histories of men who risked life and fortune to discover more of our world. A thoroughly enjoyable work if you enjoy exploration and adventure. - summary by William Tomcho

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  The Strike That Changed New York...

  Jerald E. Podair

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  “[This] admirably balanced book will most likely stand as the definitive account of the Ocean Hill-Brownsville crisis for some time . . . engrossing.” —New York History  Winner of the Allan Nevins Prize awarded by the Society of American Historians   On May 9, 1968, junior high school teacher Fred Nauman received a letter that would change the history of New York City. It informed him that he had been fired from his job. Eighteen other educators in the Ocean Hill–Brownsville area of Brooklyn received similar letters that day. The dismissed educators were white. The local school board that fired them was predominantly African-American. The crisis that the firings provoked became the most racially divisive moment in the city in more than a century, sparking three teachers’ strikes and increasingly angry confrontations between black and white New Yorkers at bargaining tables, on picket lines, and in the streets.   This superb book revisits the Ocean Hill–Brownsville crisis—a watershed in modern New York City race relations. Jerald E. Podair connects the conflict with the sociocultural history of the city and explores its legacy. The book is a powerful, sobering tale of racial misunderstanding and fear, and a New York story with national implications.   “Deftly weaves a complicated story about class and race, labor and civil rights…There are no faultless heroes or thoroughly evil villains here—only human beings struggling to make sense of their world and achieve justice as they understand it.” —Choice   “Compelling.” —Washington Monthly

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  Learn Korean - Level 7:...

  Innovative Language Learning

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  Ready to speak and understand Korean at an Intermediate level? Close your eyes and picture yourself arriving at an airport in South Korea, walking out and finding yourself on a busy street. Imagine hearing the native conversations all around you.This is the kind of Korean you learn here. Practical, everyday conversation. This Audiobook is great for Intermediates ready to go past basic phrases.In fact, you start speaking in minutes. Our native Korean teachers break down all the sentences, grammar and more in an easy-to-understand way! You learn conversations, key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar all in one shot. You can even read along with the bonus PDF eBook as you listen to your lessons.A few topics covered in this audiobook: - Expressing your thoughts in Korean- How to talk about other people- Stating facts in Korean- How to express opinions- Korean cultural tips and more!With this Audiobook, you get:- 25 Intermediate level lessons- 280+ page eBook so you can read alongBy the end of this book, you will... Learn & Master Brand New Conversations Learn Intermediate Level Expressions & Grammar Master Korean Listening Skills & Tune Your Ear to the Native Speaking Style Be Able to Speak at an Intermediate Level Level Improve Your Reading by Reading Along with the eBook Understand Everything with Translations Provided inside the eBookDownload the PDF and read along:https://bit.ly/33GweIg

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  The Liver Healing Diet - The...

  Michelle Lai, Asha Kasaraneni

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  The first book to provide you with a detailed program for reversing liver damage through optimal nutrition—from two of the country’s top liver specialists. 
   
  The only organ in your body that regenerates itself is the liver. And now, you can make it happen. With a complete program to rejuvenate your liver through optimal nutrition and routine exercise, The Liver Healing Diet shows you how to:Improve liver functionBeat fatty liver diseaseDetoxify the liverBoost all-around healthNourish the body with delicious recipes 
   
  The Liver Healing Diet teaches you basic liver facts, how to talk to your doctor about liver disease and what steps you need to reverse years of abuse. With your newly repaired liver you’ll feel better, have more energy and live a healthy lifestyle.

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  Paging God - Religion in the...

  Wendy Cadge

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  While the modern science of medicine often seems nothing short of miraculous, religion still plays an important role in the past and present of many hospitals. When three-quarters of Americans believe that God can cure people who have been given little or no chance of survival by their doctors, how do today’s technologically sophisticated health care organizations address spirituality and faith? 
    
  Through a combination of interviews with nurses, doctors, and chaplains across the United States and close observation of their daily routines, Wendy Cadge takes readers inside major academic medical institutions to explore how today’s doctors and hospitals address prayer and other forms of religion and spirituality. From chapels to intensive care units to the morgue, hospital caregivers speak directly in these pages about how religion is part of their daily work in visible and invisible ways. In Paging God: Religion in the Halls of Medicine, Cadge shifts attention away from the ongoing controversy about whether faith and spirituality should play a role in health care and back to the many ways that these powerful forces already function in healthcare today.

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