Download or read book Bittersweet Destiny written by Del Thiessen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bittersweet Destiny combines discourse on the evolution of human behavior with a philosophical perspective. It explores evolutionary theory aimed at determining human behavior. Del Thiessen presents this material against the broad background of everyday life, allowing the reader to see the theory of evolution as it has shaped his or her own behavior. However, he points out that when evolutionary theory is aimed at human behavior, the critics object, and controversy results. Thiessen argues that nothing in our lives makes sense unless we look at it through a biological lens. We can thereby understand our origin, our affiliation with all animals and plants, and our cultural destination. However, we can also discover a dark side to our destiny—our favoritism to those who share our own genes, our ability to deceive, and our capacity for abuse, rape, and murder. Good, bad, and indifferent, we serve the replication of our DNA. Critics extrapolate evolutionary theory to a wide range of animal species, and even human morphology and physiology, but when the same perspective is applied to human behavior there is strong dissent. What these critics fear, according to Thiessen, is that accepting evolutionary notions about human behavior strikes at the heart of free will, self-determination, and social equality. Bittersweet Destiny describes the heroic efforts of naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace to unlock the secrets of evolution. It continues with a vivid description of our fossil history and our chance beginnings. From there the story implicates disease processes in evolution, highlights our rational and irrational nature, focuses on those characteristics of brain evolution and language that make us distinctive, and illustrates our most basic survival and reproductive mechanisms. Thiessen warns the reader that things are as they are no matter what we might wish; we ignore facts and controversy at our own risk. This book will be significant to anthropologists, psychologists, biologists, and sociologists.

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Download or read book Bittersweet Destiny written by Del Thiessen and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bittersweet Destiny combines discourse on the evolution of human behavior with a philosophical perspective. It explores evolutionary theory aimed at determining human behavior. Del Thiessen presents this material against the broad background of everyday life, allowing the reader to see the theory of evolution as it has shaped his or her own behavior. However, he points out that when evolutionary theory is aimed at human behavior, the critics object, and controversy results. Thiessen argues that nothing in our lives makes sense unless we look at it through a biological lens. We can thereby understand our origin, our affiliation with all animals and plants, and our cultural destination. However, we can also discover a dark side to our destiny—our favoritism to those who share our own genes, our ability to deceive, and our capacity for abuse, rape, and murder. Good, bad, and indifferent, we serve the replication of our DNA. Critics extrapolate evolutionary theory to a wide range of animal species, and even human morphology and physiology, but when the same perspective is applied to human behavior there is strong dissent. What these critics fear, according to Thiessen, is that accepting evolutionary notions about human behavior strikes at the heart of free will, self-determination, and social equality. Bittersweet Destiny describes the heroic efforts of naturalists Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace to unlock the secrets of evolution. It continues with a vivid description of our fossil history and our chance beginnings. From there the story implicates disease processes in evolution, highlights our rational and irrational nature, focuses on those characteristics of brain evolution and language that make us distinctive, and illustrates our most basic survival and reproductive mechanisms. Thiessen warns the reader that things are as they are no matter what we might wish; we ignore facts and controversy at our own risk. This book will be significant to anthropologists, psychologists, biologists, and sociologists.

Download or read book Bittersweet Destiny written by F. Brewster and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1879, 21-year-old Amanda Jacobsen is at a crossroads strongly bolstered by clashing deceptions. Deceived by her unscrupulous brother, she reluctantly agrees to help a small band of cattle rustlers who are planning a raid on a Texan ranch. She has been strictly warned by the ruthless leader Benito not to double cross his plans. When Amanda meets the ranch owner Miles Elliott to get the information she needs, she feels an instant attraction, and her loyalty begins to waver. Despite being engaged to another woman, Miles, too, feels the attraction. After Amanda leaves Houston with Benito, Miles learns of her cunningness. At the time of their separation, their feelings for each other are left unspoken, however, when the two meet again, their desire for one another cannot be denied. Can the challenges that lie ahead be withstood and forgiven? Set in the Wild West, at a time when survival was paramount, Bittersweet Destiny is a powerful love story of two people determined to save their land and each other.

Download or read book Tiger s Destiny Book 4 in the Tigers Curse Series written by Colleen Houck and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With three of the goddess Durgas quests behind them, only one prophecy now stands in the way of Kelsey, Ren, and Kishan breaking the tigers curse. But the trios greatest challenge awaits them: A life-endangering pursuit in search of Durgas final gift, the Rope of Fire, on the Adaman Islands in the Bay of Bengal. Its a race against time--and the evil sorcerer Lokesh--in this eagerly anticipated fourth volume of the bestselling Tigers Curse series, which pits good against evil, tests the bonds of love and loyalty, and finally reveals the tigers true destiny once and for all.

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Download or read book A Sociobiology Compendium written by Delbert D. Thiessen and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To demonstrate the point that much of what we "know" today about romantic love, criminality, creativity, and death has been known since the earliest times, the author compares current "scientific findings" in sociobiology with the highly entertaining "non-scientific" voices of poets, playwrights, and philosophers from Buddha to Shakespeare to Simone Weil and all points in between. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Ego Development and Psychopathology written by David Ausubel and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ego Development and Psychopathology presents an original theoretical underpinning for classification and interpretation of the major mental disorders, one based largely on the author's clinical experience. Ausubel's central thesis is that the most significant and crucial factors predisposing persons to mental disorders are critical developmental defects that arise at vital transitional phases of ego development. He sees both normal and pathological personality functioning as most cogently explained in terms of an individual's ego structure at a given point in the life cycle. Ausubel relates his developmental theory to the phenomenology and related clinical problems of psychiatric diagnosis. He classifies mental disorders in terms of their developmental history. Such factors, in his opinion, offer the most precise delineation of etiological, functional, and phenomenological similarities and differences among the various psychiatric syndromes. He provides an overview of ego development, as well as major variants of the norm. He also discusses development of conscience and moral values, as well as psychopathological considerations that follow from deficiencies, defects, failure, and distortions in ego development. He examines at length classification of mental disorders, such as anxiety states, psychotic depression and mania, schizophrenia, autism, antisocial and narcissistic personality disorders, and defense mechanisms. Ausubel is careful to point out that ego development is not the only significant determinant of normal and aberrant personality. Genetic predispositions, situational stress, and sociocultural factors must always be taken into consideration since mental disorder is always a product of multiple causality. However, he believes ego development is by far the most critical factor, and hence offers the most for classification of mental illness. This intriguing study will be of interest to professionals as well as educated and concerned practitioners in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, child psychotherapy, and social work.

Download or read book Bitter Sweet Love written by Jennifer L. Armentrout and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2024-06-25 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Blood and Ash series, a sizzling prequel novella to the Dark Elements trilogy that draws readers into the irresistible world of Wardens and demons... Dez wasn't just Jasmine's crush. A gargoyle Warden like Jas, he helped her come to terms with her destiny—fending off demons and maintaining the balance between good and evil. He was her everything…right until the moment he disappeared without a trace. It didn't help that Jas's father had just announced that she and Dez would one day be mated. Hard not to take that personally. And now he's back, three years older, ten times hotter, ready to pick up exactly where they left off. But Jas isn't taking that risk again. Dez has seven days to meet all her conditions and earn back her trust. Seven days filled with terrifying danger and sweet temptation. Seven days to win her heart—or shatter it all over again… The Dark Elements Series: Bitter Sweet Love (ebook prequel) White Hot Kiss Stone Cold Touch Every Last Breath

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Download or read book Destiny written by Danielle Forbes and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Destiny didn't grow up with a silver spoon in her mouth by any means. She was born to a single parent named Maureen - Maureen experienced things, that no young girl ever should. However, she was not going allow history to repeat itself. Maureen was determined to raise Destiny to be a child after Gods own heart, but when Destiny reaches her teenage years, she decides that she wants a different life for herself. That's when Destiny leaves life as she's known and returns to her old neighborhood, to show her "schoolgirl crush" Romeo, that she is no longer the little girl that lived across the hall; That is where life of the sweet choir girl ends, and all her problems begin. Get your tissues ready, as you prepare for an ending you never saw coming! Destiny is a must read! From start to finish, this book will grab you and never let you go! Destiny will have you on the edge of your seat! Danielle Forbes is brilliant as she tells a story that any parent, teenager and adolescent can relate to. Your heart will pound as you read the story of a single mother, solely depending on her faith in God to free her only child from the hands of a dangerous man, but Romeo isn't giving up that easily. He is determined to show Destiny how to survive and live life on the streets by any means necessary. Train up a child.... Proverbs 22:6

Download or read book Dark Destiny written by Christine Feehan and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-06-22 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The thrilling 13th book in #1 New York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan’s paranormal Carpathian/Dark series. They were masters of the darkness, searching through eternity for a mistress of the light . . . Destiny’s childhood had been a nightmare of violence and pain until she heard his voice calling out to her. Golden and seductive. The voice of an angel. Nicolae had shown her how to survive, taught her to use her unique gifts, trained her in the ancient art of hunting the vampire. Yet he could not bend her to his will. He could not summon her to him, no matter how great his power. As she battled centuries-old evil in a glittering labyrinth of caverns and crystals, he whispered in her mind, forging an unbreakable bond of trust and need. Only with him can she find the courage to embrace the seductive promise of her. . . Dark Destiny.

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Download or read book Dark Destiny written by M. J. Putney and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-07-03 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tory and her friends receive an urgent summons, leading the young mages known as Merlin's Irregulars to ask Rebecca Weiss, an untrained telepath from 1940, to join them in 1804 and stop Napoleon from invading England.

Download or read book A Chosen Destiny written by Drew McIntyre and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From a young age, Drew McIntyre dreamed of becoming WWE Champion and following in the footsteps of his heroes Stone Cold Steve Austin and Undertaker. With his parents' support, he trained and paid his dues, proving himself to tiny crowds in the UK's Butlin circuit. At age twenty-two, McIntyre made his WWE debut and was touted by none other than WWE Chairman Vince McMahon as "The Chosen One" who would lead WWE into the future. With his destiny in the palm of his hands, Drew watched it all slip through his fingers. Through a series of ill-advised choices and family tragedy, Drew's life and career spiraled. As a surefire champ, he struggled under the pressure of expectations and was fired from the company. But the WWE Universe had not seen the last of this promising athlete. Facing a crossroads, the powerful Scotsman set a course to show the world the real Drew McIntyre."--

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Download or read book Bitter Destiny written by C E Floyd and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-11-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bitter Destiny Archangel Gabriel has been cast from Heaven to save a mortal in order to fulfil a secret prophecy. Unknown to anyone, Gabriel is supernaturally transformed by the will of his father into the school headmaster Dr. Valentine. This gives him the ultimate disguise to spend time on Earth allowing the prophecy to prevail. Summer, a perfectionist teacher, cannot deny her sudden desire for Dr Valentine. The couple cannot resist the desire to be together despite the consequences and threats from above. Gabriel remains on edge to protect Summer from the brother who followed him to Earth seeking answers. Attacks on people around the town, by his fallen brother and comrades, lead Gabriel into action as he struggles to deal with his feelings for Summer and his duty to protect divinity. Can Gabriel save the secret prophecy and keep Summer safe? Will the serial-killing angel seek redemption, or will Gabriel succeed in sending him back to Heaven for judgement?