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The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
David Abram Manufacturer: Vintage ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0679776397 Release Date: 1997-02-25 |
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David Abram's writing casts a spell of its own as he weaves the reader through a meticulously researched work that gently addresses such seemingly daunting topics as where the past and future exist, the relationship between space and time, and how the written word serves to sever humans from their primordial source of sustenance: the earth."Only as the written text began to speak would the voices of the forest, and of the river, begin to fade. And only then would language loosen its ancient associations with the invisible breath, the spirit sever itself from the wind, the psyche dissociate itself from the environing air," writes Abram of the separation caused by the proliferation of the written word.
In writing The Spell of the Sensuous, Abram consulted an engaging collection of peoples and works. He uses aboriginal song lines, stories from the Koyukon people of northwestern Alaska, the philosophy of phenomenology, and the speeches of Socrates to paint a poetic landscape that explains how we became separated from the earth in the first place. With minimal environmental doomsaying, Abram discusses how we can begin to recover a sustainable relationship with the earth and the nonhuman beings who live among us--in the more-than-human world. --Kathryn True
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David Abram draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. He explores the character of perception and excavates the sensual foundations of language, which--even at its most abstract--echoes the calls and cries of the earth. On every page of this lyrical work, Abram weaves his arguments with passion and intellectual daring.Customer Reviews:
mixed.......2007-08-05
Finding Lost Connections with the World.......2007-06-12
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Spell of the Sensuous, The: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World
David; Pantheon Books Abram Manufacturer: Pantheon Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000KYY1LA |
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Evolution and phylogeny of flowering plants: Dicotyledons; facts and theory, with over 550 illustrations and maps by the author
J Hutchinson Manufacturer: Academic Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006DXET0 |
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India: The Best of the Cities and Villages, Palaces, Temples, Wildlife Parks, Mountains and Beaches (2nd Edition)
Fodor's Manufacturer: Fodor's ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0679034897 Release Date: 1998-04-28 |
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Experienced and first-time travelers alike rely on Fodor's Gold Guides for rich, reliable coverage the world over. Smart travel tips and important contact info make planning your trip a breeze and detailed coverage of sights, accommodations, and restaurants give you the info you need to make your experience enriching and hassle-free. If you only have room for one guide, this is the one for you.Customer Reviews:
Wonderful Book!.......2000-08-11
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Escape from Nazi terror: A short history of the persecution of the Jews in Denmark and Norway and the Danish underground refugee service
Jørgen H Barfod Manufacturer: Forlaget for Faglitteratur ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007JB2XS |
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Great Escapes - Escapes from Nazi Persecution (Great Escapes)
Stephen Currie Manufacturer: Lucent Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Board book ASIN: 1590182790 |
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Escaping from one of history's most menacing empires was no easy task, yet many brave groups undertook the effort. Prisoners of war, targeted citizens, refugees, and those in concentration camps all sought their freedom from nazi persecution.
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Escape from Nazi terror: A short history of the persecution of the Jews in Denmark and Norway and the Danish underground refugee service
JØrgen H Barford Manufacturer: Forlaget for Faglitteratur ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007K6E3A |
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Exploring the Biomedical Revolution: A Look at the Work of Frontline Scientists and How They Are Changing Medicine
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Manufacturer: Howard Hughes Medical Institute ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0801865875 |
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The twentieth century will be remembered as an era of great biomedical discoveries: the development of antibiotics and other lifesaving medications, new insights into the genetic code and the workings of the brain, refined techniques for cloning and organ transplantation. In 1953, when James Watson and Francis Crick identified the shape and composition of the DNA molecule, they transformed the science of genetics; today, with the aid of increasingly sophisticated computers and imaging devices, biomedical science continues to advance at a rapid pace. But many of these discoveries seem mysterious to members of the general public who have never heard of x-ray crystallography or are unfamiliar with the ways that genes and proteins direct the workings of the body. Now, from one of the world's most prestigious medical institutions, this clearly written and richly illustrated volume helps to unravel the mysteries, allowing general readers and students to explore biomedical research and to understand its impact on the fight against human disease.
In his introduction, Philip Leder describes a revolution that "rumbles through every area of biomedicine -- immunology, brain chemistry, parasitology, developmental biology -- granting an intimacy with nature's workings, at a deep, molecular level, once unimaginable." Different sections of the book explore different questions: What can the study of fruit flies or worms tell us about our own genetic makeup? How does a cell "decide" to become male or female? How do our eyes perceive color and movement? How does our immune system work to fight disease, and what happens when the system malfunctions?
Exploring the Biomedical Revolution tells the human stories behind the research. We see the scientists' excitement as they develop magnetic imagery to "spy" on the brain's activity. We see competition and cooperation among scientists who work to develop treatments for Lyme disease, sickle cell anemia, and AIDS. We see some creative problem-solving as one scientist inserts the gene for luciferase, a protein from fireflies, into a strain of tuberculosis--thus producing lab samples that glow in the dark. Throughout, these stories also show the patients' perspective, detailing the symptoms of malaria or cystic fibrosis or showing how the treatment of hemophilia has changed over the years.
Written by leading science writers as a part of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's public education mission, this inexpensive book stimulates our imagination with numerous illustrations -- a life-sized diagram of a human brain, a dramatically magnified picture of T-cells attacking a cancer cell, computer-generated depictions of the influenza virus. Several of the sections include fold-out charts, including a colorful yet disturbing montage of the different microbes that threaten our health, and a flow chart that shows how scientists work to battle genetic disease. And with the aid of a stereoscopic viewer (included), the book also provides some striking three-dimensional images--the same computer-generated images that help scientists to understand complex biological structures.
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- Blazing a Genetic Trail
- From Egg to Adult
- Seeing, Hearing, and Smelling the World
- Blood: Bearer of Life and Death
- The Race against Lethal Microbes
- Arousing the Fury of the Immune System
- Finding the Critical Shapes
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Gorgeous book -- well worth the price.......2005-05-08
Absolutely wonderful book!.......2001-02-16
Focuses on explanations which are easy to understand.......2001-02-15
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Exploring the Biomedical Revolution : A Look at the Work of Frontline Scientists and How They Are Changing Medicine (Distributed for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Manufacturer: Howard Hughes Medical Institute ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000MBX8FQ |
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Excluded Volume Effects in Polymer Solutions
Lothar Schäfer , and Lothar Sch¿fer Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 3540655131 |
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Schäfer gives a concise overview of the static equilibrium properties of polymer solutions. In the first part diagrammatic perturbation theory is derived from scratch. The second part illustrates the basic ideas of the renormalization group (RG). The crucial role of dilation invariance is stressed. The more efficient method of dimensional regularization and minimal subtractions is worked out in part three. The fourth part contains a unified evaluation of the theory to the one loop level. All the important experimental quantities are discussed in detail, and the results are compared extensively to experiment. Empirical methods of data analysis are critically discussed. The final (fifth) part is devoted to extensions of theory. The first three parts of this book may serve as the basis of a course. Parts four and five are hoped to be useful for detailed quantitative evaluations of experiments.Customer Reviews:
What a treasure!!.......2005-06-30
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Excluded volume effects in polymer solutions, as explained by the renormalization group
Lothar Schafer Manufacturer: Springer ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006FDAE2 |
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The Discrete Fourier Transform: Theory, Algorithms and Applications
D. Sundararajan Manufacturer: World Scientific Publishing Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 9810245211 |
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Winnetou (Continuum Impacts)
Karl May Manufacturer: Continuum International Publishing Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0826418481 |
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Karl May's most popular work originally published in 1892 and influenced by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Winnetou is the story of a young Apache chief told by his white friend and blood-brother Old Shatterhand. The action takes place in the U.S. Southwest, in the latter half of the 1800s, where the Indian way of life is threatened by the first transcontinental railroad. Winnetou, the only Native Indian chief who could have united the various rival tribes to reach a settlement with the whites, is murdered. His tragic death foreshadows the death of his people. May's central theme here, as in much of his work, is the relationship between aggression, racism, and religious intolerance.Customer Reviews:
Just as I remembered.......2007-06-13
A great story about friendship, ethics, optimism and courage.......2007-04-20
Winnetou--A Nice Story.......2007-01-09
A Great Read.......2006-07-24
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Winnetou 2: Karl May
Marlies Bugmann Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1419635174 Release Date: 2006-11-20 |
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Winnetou and Old Shatterhand meet again deep in Ku Klux Klan territory. Bizarre circumstances lead them and their friend Old Death on a ride through the Mapimi desert; this will be the last journey for one of them. Later, when Old Shatterhand rescues a young boy from a disastrous oil fire in New Venango his heroic deed has far-reaching implications. The blood brothers cross paths again in Nebraska where they and Old Firehand must face the cruel white Indian chief Parranoh.
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Winnetou the Apache Knight
Karl Friedrich May Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1419194321 |
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When he had heard all there was to learn of me he bowed his head, saying: "You are at the beginning of the conflict which I am ending, but you need not fear. You have the good God with you who will never forsake you. It was otherwise with me. I had lost my God when I left home, or rather was driven from it, and instead of the staff of strong faith I took with me the worst companion a man can have--a bad conscience."Download Description
When he had heard all there was to learn of me he bowed his head, saying: "You are at the beginning of the conflict which I am ending, but you need not fear. You have the good God with you who will never forsake you. It was otherwise with me. I had lost my God when I left home, or rather was driven from it, and instead of the staff of strong faith I took with me the worst companion a man can have--a bad conscience."Customer Reviews:
Just as I remembered.......2007-06-13
wholesome, fabulous read.......2006-12-18
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Winnetou's Heirs: Karl May
Herbert Windolf Manufacturer: BookSurge Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1419635204 Release Date: 2006-10-13 |
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The aged Karl May and his wife receive invitations from Indian friends and foes in America, to participate in the decision making on a monument to Winnetou. May steps into Old Shatterhand's shoes one last time, and when they arrive at the Indians' gravesites, Old Shatterhand excavates Winnetou's long-lost legacy. In the meantime two opposing groups of Indians are gathering at the proposed location of the monument. Covertly, a large group of enemy warriors approaches through an extensive cave complex to attack, but natural events intervene. A geological catastrophe provides for an unexpected turn of events.
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Das grosse Karl May-Lexikon: [von der Wuste zum Silbersee : der grosse deutsche Abenteuer-Mythos : alles uber die Winnetou-Welt]
Michael Petzel Manufacturer: Lexikon Imprint ProductGroup: Book Binding: Perfect Paperback ASIN: 3896022377 |
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Gesammelte Werke, Auf Winnetous Spuren
Thomas Jeier , Lothar Schmid , and Bernhard Schmid Manufacturer: Karl-May-Verlag ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 3780201569 |
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Gesammelte Werke, Bd.33, Winnetous Erben
Karl May Manufacturer: Karl-May-Verlag ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 3780200333 |
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Gesammelte Werke, Bd.7, Winnetou I
Karl May Manufacturer: Karl-May-Verlag ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 3780200074 |
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Gesammelte Werke, Bd.8, Winnetou II
Karl May Manufacturer: Karl-May-Verlag ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 3780200082 |
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Gesammelte Werke, Bd.9, Winnetou III
Karl May Manufacturer: Karl-May-Verlag ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 3780200090 |
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