Download or read book Easily Fooled written by Bob Fellows and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Suggestible You written by Erik Vance and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2016 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Geographic's riveting narrative explores the world of placebos, hypnosis, false memories, and neurology to reveal the groundbreaking science of our suggestible minds. Could the secrets to personal health lie within our own brains? Journalist Erik Vance explores the surprising ways our expectations and beliefs influence our bodily responses to pain, disease, and everyday events. Drawing on centuries of research and interviews with leading experts in the field, Vance takes us on a fascinating adventure from Harvard's research labs to a witch doctor's office in Catemaco, Mexico, to an alternative medicine school near Beijing (often called "China's Hogwarts"). Vance's firsthand dispatches will change the way you think--and feel. Expectations, beliefs, and self-deception can actively change our bodies and minds. Vance builds a case for our "internal pharmacy"--the very real chemical reactions our brains produce when we think we are experiencing pain or healing, actual or perceived. Supporting this idea is centuries of placebo research in a range of forms, from sugar pills to shock waves; studies of alternative medicine techniques heralded and condemned in different parts of the world (think crystals and chakras); and most recently, major advances in brain mapping technology. Thanks to this technology, we're learning how we might leverage our suggestibility (or lack thereof) for personalized medicine, and Vance brings us to the front lines of such study.
Download or read book Fooled Ya written by Jordan D. Brown and published by Moondance Press. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don't be fooled by what your brain thinks you see! Fooled Ya! is a kid's guide to the mind bending world of illusions, perception, and why we can be tricked. Don't be fooled again, learn the tricks! Discover the variety of ways our brains can trick us, from the visual trickery of optical illusions, to magicians' masterful use of misdirection, to strategies used by con artists. You can't always trust your brain, learn why with Fooled Ya! and you'll be less likely to be swindled, hoodwinked, or bamboozled. Brian Z. Brain is your illustrated guide, he will explain the inner workings of your mind and what makes it tick. This mind bending guide to what you see and only think you see covers just about anything you could dream up. Sections include "Can You Trust Your Brain," "Fool the Five Senses," "How Magicians Mess with Your Mind," and "Learn to Be Less Gullible." Woven throughout are tons of articles that show off interesting stories and facts on subject ranging rang history, psychology, and even neuroscience! Named one of Bank Street College of Education's Best Children's Books of the Year, 2018!
Download or read book Easily Fooled written by Bob Fellows and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rodmoor written by John Cowper Powys and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In John Cowper Powys' 'Rodmoor', Adrian Sorio struggles with his mental health while torn between his love for two women, Nance Herrick and Philippa Renshaw, in a coastal village in East Anglia. This novel marks a significant departure from Powys' previous work, as he delves into an "unwholesome" morbidity of character and setting, while emphasizing the emotional depth of nature.
Download or read book Cosmopolitan written by and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tomorrow the Glory written by Heather Graham and published by Zebra Books. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author sets an “engrossing, sexy historical romance” against the tumultuous backdrop of the Civil War (Publishers Weekly). The Woman She is Kendall Moore—a spirited southern belle as proud as she is beautiful, driven by a cruel marriage-bed betrayal to risk her life in a dangerous gamble for freedom . . . The Man He is Brent McClain—the Confederate agent who meets Kendall aboard the warship Jenni-Lyn, and loses his heart in a single, searing night of passion . . . The Glory But war and treachery soon tear them apart—Brent into raging battle, Kendall into desperate flight from a scorned husband’s white-hot vengeance. They live only for the promise of tomorrow—and a love that will burn forever in both their hearts. Praise for Heather Graham “An incredible storyteller.” —Los Angeles Daily News “Engrossing, sexy historical romance.” —Publishers Weekly “Graham is a master at crafting stories that never feel old.” —RT Book Reviews “Will keep you glued to the pages . . . [with] the danger, drama, and energy.” —Fresh Fiction “Never fails to amaze and entertain.” —Rave Reviews
Download or read book Learn Portuguese Must Know Brazilian Portuguese Slang Words Phrases written by PortuguesePod101.com and published by Innovative Language Learning. This book was released on 2019-05-22 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to learn Portuguese the fast, fun and easy way? And do you want to master daily conversations and speak like a native? Then this is the book for you. Learn Portuguese: Must-Know Brazilian Portuguese Slang Words & Phrases by PortuguesePod101 is designed for Beginner-level learners. You learn the top 100 must-know slang words and phrases that are used in everyday speech. All were hand-picked by our team of Portuguese teachers and experts. Here’s how the lessons work: • Every Lesson is Based on a Theme • You Learn Slang Words or Phrases Related to That Theme • Check the Translation & Explanation on How to Use Each One And by the end, you will have mastered 100+ Portuguese Slang Words & phrases!
Download or read book English Idioms and Phrases Dictionary written by Daniel B. Smith and published by Daniel B. Smith. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Idioms are expressions that cannot be understood from their individual words alone, and the English language is full of them—and so is this dictionary: 4,800+ English idioms and phrases with example sentences included for you so as to understand them all. This is the essential idioms dictionary if you want to talk like a native speaker—or just find out more about the colorful phrases you hear and say every day.
Download or read book The Dramatic Oeuvre of Chu Yu Tun 1379 1439 written by Wilt Idema and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-09-13 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mike Nichols and the Cinema of Transformation written by J.W. Whitehead and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mike Nichols burst onto the American cultural scene in the late 1950s as one half of the comic cabaret team of Nichols and May. He became a Broadway directing sensation, then moved on to Hollywood, where his first two films--Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) and The Graduate (1967)--earned a total of 20 Academy Award nominations. Nichols won the 1968 Oscar for Best Director and later joined the rarefied EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) club. He made many other American cinematic classics, including Catch-22 (1970), Carnal Knowledge (1971), Silkwood (1983), Working Girl (1988), Postcards from the Edge (1990), and his late masterpieces for HBO, Wit (2001) and Angels in America (2003). Filmmakers like Steven Spielberg and Steven Soderbergh regard him with reverence. This first full-career retrospective study of this protean force in the American arts begins with the roots of his filmmaking in satirical comedy and Broadway theatre and devotes separate chapters to each of his 20 feature films. Nichols' permanent achievements are his critique of the ways in which culture constructs conformity and his tempered optimism about individuals' liberation by transformative awakening.
Download or read book I Believed and Therefore I Spoke written by timothy T. Jr Black and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting first person account of a family's battle against demons, of God's miraculous intervention, and of their introduction to a Holy Spirit they never knew before.
Download or read book Equal Educational Opportunity written by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Soft Computing Based Nonlinear Control Systems Design written by Singh, Uday Pratap and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-02-09 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A critical part of ensuring that systems are advancing alongside technology without complications is problem solving. Practical applications of problem-solving theories can model conflict and cooperation and aid in creating solutions to real-world problems. Soft-Computing-Based Nonlinear Control Systems Design is a critical scholarly publication that examines the practical applications of control theory and its applications in problem solving to fields including economics, environmental management, and financial modelling. Featuring a wide range of topics, such as fuzzy logic, nature-inspired algorithms, and cloud computing, this book is geared toward academicians, researchers, and students seeking relevant research on control theory and its practical applications.
Download or read book Abraham Lincoln Through the Eyes of High School Youth written by United States Lincoln Sesquincentennial Commission and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book DCZ Designated Conservation Zone written by Vanda Denton and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-09-19 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DCZ, written in a multiple narrative style is a work of speculative eco-fiction featuring a London setting, released zoo animals, global control and a mysterious, powerful organisation. Gaia can and will solve the problem of climate change as opposed to living in the ensuing disaster. And humans are not very important in the scheme of things. They will, like all else, be accounted for in the calculations as a part of a global eco-system. This is a story of reversing and preventing the problem rather than one of living with the dire consequences of it. Except from the human perspective this is a holocaust.
Download or read book Film Form and Culture written by Robert P. Kolker and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-03-29 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fifth edition of Film, Form, and Culture offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film. With extensive analysis of films past and present, this textbook explores how films are constructed from part to whole: from the smallest unit of the shot to the way shots are edited together to create narrative. Robert P. Kolker and Marsha Gordon demystify the technical aspects of filmmaking and demonstrate how fiction and nonfiction films engage with culture. Over 265 images provide a visual index to the films and issues being discussed. This new edition includes: an expanded examination of digital filmmaking and distribution in the age of streaming; attention to superhero films throughout; a significantly longer chapter on global cinema with new or enlarged sections on a variety of national cinemas (including cinema from Nigeria, Senegal, Burkina Faso, South Korea, Japan, India, Belgium, and Iran); new or expanded discussions of directors, including Alice Guy-Blaché, Lois Weber, Oscar Micheaux, Agnès Varda, Spike Lee, Julie Dash, Jafar Panahi, Ava DuVernay, Jane Campion, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne and Penny Lane; and new, in-depth explorations of films, including Within Our Gates (1919), Black Girl (1966), Creed (2015), Moonlight (2016), Wonder Woman (2017), Get Out (2017), Black Panther (2018), Parasite (2019), Da 5 Bloods (2020), The French Dispatch (2021), The Power of the Dog (2021), RRR (2022), and Tár (2022). This textbook is an invaluable and exciting resource for students beginning film studies at undergraduate level. Additional resources for students and teachers can be found on the eResource, which includes case studies, discussion questions, and links to useful websites.
