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A look at the extraordinary ways the brain turns thoughts into actions—and how this shapes our everyday livesWhy is it hard to text and drive at the same time? How do you resist eating that extra...

When Gwendy Peterson was twelve, a mysterious stranger named Richard Farris gave her a mysterious box for safekeeping. It offered treats and vintage coins, but it was dangerous. Pushing any of its...

Hans Reiss. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [208]-216.

The long-awaited reissue of Remnant's classic study of misericords in the United Kingdom, this new edition provides a complete listing of carvings from parish churches throughout the UK and also...

Seven years' residence in Japan has provided the author with the bases for a descriptive study of the values and behavior of contemporary Japan's various individual types, groups, and classes

This is a comprehensive guide to the themes, origins, symbolism, variations and distribution of medieval church art in the British Isles. The book includes a short biography of all the saints along...

The Oxford American Handbook of Pediatrics is the essential ready reference guide for medical students, residents, and clinicians caring for pediatric patients. Written in a concise, accessible...

This provocative, challenging, and controversial look at the balance between human activity and the environment takes traditional environmental ethics to task.

Examining Athenian democracy as an object lesson for democracy in general, and invoking Freud as his guide in this task, Eli Sagan explores the startling contradictions in the society of Athens: its...

Quiet Emily's sociable and daring best friend, Sloane, has disappeared leaving nothing but a random list of bizarre tasks for her to complete, but with unexpected help from popular classmate Frank...

The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel.   After missing the last bus home following a day trip to the...

This the first English-language history of the Federación Anarquista Ibérica, traces its history back to its founding and follows its development throughout the crucial civil war years. "Casas brings...

The country farmers of the Ausseerland in Austria take a special pride in one of life's most humble tasks: the building of a woodpile. Pieces of wood of varying shapes, colour and sizes are arranged...

The therepeutic task, with these patients, necessitates a special form of attunement and a particular treatment stance that take into account the often hidden sensitivities and painful feelings that...

" . . . elegant and provocative . . . Exhibit[s] a subtle mastery of Heidegger's works." —Review of Metaphysics" . . . splendidly precise study of Heidegger . . . to be recommended not only to...

In this classic book, Madeleine L'Engle addresses the questions, What does it mean to be a Christian artist? and What is the relationship between faith and art? Through L'Engle's beautiful and...

"I can steal anything." After Gen's bragging lands him in the king's prison, the chances of escape look slim. Then the king's scholar, the magus, needs the thief's skill for a seemingly impossible...

"Gripping. . . . Lombardo's achievement is all the more striking when you consider the difficulties of his task. . . . [He] manages to be respectful of Homer's dire spirit while providing on nearly...