Our minds on freedom

Our Minds on Freedom

Explores the organisational and leadership roles female civil rights activists in Louisiana played from the 1920s to the 1960s. Shannon Frystak highli

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Movies on Our Minds

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Freedom Rights

Brings together the best new scholarship on the modern civil rights movement. It expands our understanding of the movement by engaging issues of local

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On the Other Side of Freedom

Our work needs no more martyrs. You can fight these fights and live.

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The End of Bias : How We Change Our Minds - Nordell Jessica

Anotace: Implicit bias affects us all, every day of our lives. But it can be overcome.Here`s how we begin to change our minds.Implicit bias leads us to discriminate on the basis of race, gender, age, body type anda host of other factors. It robs organizations of talent, science of breakthroughs, art ofwisdom, politics of insight, individuals of their futures, and communi...

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The End of Bias : How We Change Our Minds - Jessica Nordell

<p>Implicit bias affects us all, every day of our lives. But it can be overcome.Here's how we begin to change our minds. Implicit bias leads us to discriminate on the basis of race, gender, age, body type anda host of other factors. It robs organizations of talent, science of breakthroughs, art ofwisdom, politics of insight, individuals of their futures, and commun...

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Our Wild World

Ireland’s favourite force of nature, Éanna Ní Lamhna, is on a mission to open our hearts and minds to our wonderful, wild world – to help us find

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Freedom and Evolution

Finally, Professor Bejan explains how people, like everything else that moves on earth, are driven by power derived from our “engines” that consume

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The Road to Freedom

A major reappraisal, by the Nobel-prizewinning economist, of the relationship between capitalism and freedomDespite its manifest failures, the narrative of neoliberalism retains its grip on the public mind and the policies of governments all over the world. By this narrative, less regulation and more ‘animal spirits’ capitalism produces not only greater prosperity, but mo...

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Stand out of our Light

Are the systems of intelligent persuasion developed by today's tech giants a threat to human freedom? Drawing on insights from Ancient Greece through

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Very Short Introductions for Curious Young Minds: The Earth's Essential Rainforests

Rainforests around the world keep our world in perfect balance. They are essential to life on earth and are the world's oldest living ecosystems. The

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-Tactical Grips: • Kevlar for abrasion resistance and moisture-wicking • No slipping (even on powder-coated bars) • Our thinnest grips at 1.3mm • No stretching • False grip protection • Thumb guard for comfort and protection • 2.5X stronger than... Mozolníky chrání vaše ruce a jsou vystaveny velkému mechanickému opotřebení. Berte prosím na vědomí, že životnost je přímo ú...

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On the Origin of Stories

Brian Boyd explains why we tell stories and how our minds are shaped to understand them. After considering art as adaptation, Boyd examines HomerÂ’s O

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Notes on an Execution

Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours.He knows what he's done, and now awaits the same fate he forced on those girls, years ago. Ansel doesn't want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood. But this is not his story.As the clock ticks down, three women uncover the history of a tragedy and the long shadow it casts.Lavender, Ansel's mother, is a seventeen-ye...

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Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future Beyond Earth - Avi Loeb

From the iconoclastic Harvard astronomer and New York Times best-selling author of Extraterrestrial, an urgent explanation of why becoming an interstellar species is imperative for humanity's survival - and a game plan for how we can settle among the stars. <p>In 2017, Avi Loeb, Chair of Harvard's Astronomy Department, went public with a theory that shook the scient...

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Money Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps to Financial Freedom - Tony Robbins

<p>NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR TONY ROBBINS BRINGS YOU 7 SIMPLE STEPS TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM 'Tony Robbins needs no introduction. He is committed to helping make life better for every investor. Every investor will find this book extremely interesting and illuminating' Carl Icahn, billionaire and investor 'Tony Robbins is a catalyst for getting people to change'...

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Orwell on Truth - Orwel George

Anotace: 'To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle.' A selection of George Orwell's prescient, clear-eyed and stimulating writing on the subjects of truth and lies. With an introduction by Alan Johnson.<br> 'Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.'<br&...

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Notes on an Execution - Kukafka Danya

Anotace: Ansel Packer is scheduled to die in twelve hours.He knows what he`s done, and now awaits the same fate he forced on those girls, years ago. Ansel doesn`t want to die; he wants to be celebrated, understood.But this is not his story.As the clock ticks down, three women uncover the history of a tragedy and the long shadow it casts. Lavender, Ansel`s mother, is a se...

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Goodbye, Things : On Minimalist Living - Fumio Sasaki

<p>Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert; he's just a regular guy who was stressed at work, insecure, and constantly comparing himself to others -- until one day he decided to change his life by reducing his possessions to the bare minimum. The benefits were instantaneous and absolutely remarkable: without all his ''stuff,'' Sasaki finally felt true f...

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Will We Survive on Earth? - Stephen William Hawking

<p>'Be brave, be curious, be determined, overcome the odds. It can be done' Will we survive on Earth? Should we colonise space? Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest mysteries. In Will We Survive on Earth? the world-famous cosmologist and bestselling author of A Brief Hi...

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This Is Your Mind On Plants : Opium-Caffeine-Mescaline - Pollan Michael, Pollan Michael

Anotace: Of all the many things humans rely on plants for, surely the most curious is our use of them to change consciousness: to stimulate, calm, or completely alter the qualities of our mental experience. In This Is Your Mind On Plants, Michael Pollan explores three very different drugs - opium, caffeine and mescaline - and throws the fundamental strangeness of our thi...

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Will We Survive on Earth? - Hawking Stephen William, Hawking Stephen William

Anotace: `Be brave, be curious, be determined, overcome the odds. It can be done`Will we survive on Earth?Should we colonise space?Throughout his extraordinary career, Stephen Hawking expanded our understanding of the universe and unravelled some of its greatest mysteries. In Will We Survive on Earth? the world-famous cosmologist and bestselling author of A Brief History...

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The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality - Amanda Montell

<p>In the modern information age, our brain's coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to eleven. Amanda Montell blends cultural criticism and personal narrative to explore our modern cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages and highlights of magical overthinking. "Magical thinking" can be broadly de...

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The Amazing Book is Not on Fire - The World of Dan and Phil - Dan Howell

<p>Hello reader! In this book is a world. A world created by two awkward guys who share their lives on the internet! We are Dan and Phil and we invite you on a journey inside our minds! From the stories of our actual births, to exploring Phil’s teenage diary and all the reasons why Dan’s a fail. Learn how to draw the perfect cat whiskers, get advice on how to mak...

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When the Heavens Went on Sale Intl/E - Vance Ashlee

Anotace: A momentous look at the private companies driving a revolutionary new economy in space, from the New York Times bestselling author of Elon MuskWith the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in 2008, Elon Musk`s SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. And that milestone carried major implications: Silicon Valley, not NAS...

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When the Heavens Went on Sale Intl/E - Ashlee Vance

<p>A momentous look at the private companies driving a revolutionary new economy in space, from the New York Times bestselling author of Elon Musk With the launch of the Falcon 1 rocket in 2008, Elon Musk's SpaceX became the first private company to build a low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. And that milestone carried major implications: Silicon Valley, not NA...

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The Amazing Book is Not on Fire - The World of Dan and Phil - Dan Howell; Phil Lester

Anotace: In this book is a world. A world created by two awkward guys who share their lives on the internet! We are Dan and Phil and we invite you on a journey inside our minds! From the stories of our actual births, to exploring Phil´s teenage diary and all the reasons why Dan´s a fail. Learn how to draw the perfect cat whiskers, get advice on how to make YouTube vid...

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Inner Cause

Explores the body as a map of consciousness, where physical symptoms reflect stresses on our minds, emotions, and Higher Self

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Private Life of the Brain

As our minds develop we create a personalized inner world based on our experiences. But during periods of intense emotion, such as anger, fear or euph

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Beholding and Becoming

We become what we behold when we set our hearts and minds on Christ and His redemption story here in the details of our daily lives. Bestselling autho

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Life Scientific: Inventors

Inside the lives and minds of the unsung heroes who are changing our world, as heard on The Life Scientific on BBC Radio 4.

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50 Politics Classics

Your shortcut to the most important ideas on freedom, equality and power - revised and updated for our politically charged times.

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Digital Totalitarianism

Digital Totalitarianism focuses on important challenges to democratic values posed by our computational regimes: policing the freedom of inquiry, risk

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Quantum World

The laws governing the very small and the very swift defy common sense and stretch our minds to the limit. Drawing on a deep familiarity with the disc

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Music and the Mind

Why does music have such an effect on our minds and bodies? It is the most mysterious and most intangible of all forms of art. Anthony Storr believes

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Why We Doubt

N. Ăngel Pinillos explores what is going on in our minds when we experience skeptical doubt. He suggests that there is a hidden mental rule which, fo

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Neuropolis

Are we our brains? How can you map the mind? Can brain scans read our minds? Based on Rob Newman’s live stand-up show and ne

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Happy Workbook

We all feel sad sometimes, especially when things aren't going so great. It can also be because our minds are dwelling on sad thoughts and we have too

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Cabin Fever

Cabin fever occurs at sea, on land, in the air, in space. Principally, it occurs in our minds. This book examines â€cabin fever’ in the wake of

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In Praise of Walking

In this hymn to walking, neuroscientist Shane OÂ’Mara invites us to marvel at the benefits it confers on our bodies and minds, and urges us to appreci

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Being Human - Lewis Dartnell

'Illuminating' TIM MARSHALL, author of Prisoners of Geography'Refreshing' THOMAS HALLIDAY, author of OtherlandsBeing Human is history made flesh. It will change how you see the world. We’re a wonder of evolution, capable of incredible feats.But we’re also deeply flawed. Our bodies and minds often break, fail, and hinder us. To be human is to live with this extraordinary c...

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Dreams : Vintage Minis - Sigmund Freud

<p>Have you ever dreamt you were naked on stage, or woken having failed an exam? In these fascinating, pioneering essays, Sigmund Freud plunges into the recesses of our minds, and awakens the hidden meanings behind our most typical and surprising night-time fantasies. From dreams of violence and death, to the more prosaic moments in our dream-life, Freud shines a li...

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END OF BIAS

Implicit bias affects us all, every day of our lives. But it can be overcome.Here's how we begin to change our minds. Implicit bias leads us to discriminate on the basis of race, gender, age, body type anda host of other factors. It robs organizations of talent, science of breakthroughs, art ofwisdom, politics of insight, individuals of their futures, and communities of ...

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The Code of the Extraordinary Mind

Learn how to think like some of the greatest nonconformist minds of our era, and how to question, challenge, hack, and create new rules for YOUR life in this inspiring manifesto to defining success on your own terms. What if everything we think

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In Praise of Wasting Time

In this timely and essential book that offers a fresh take on the qualms of modern day life, Professor Alan Lightman investigates the creativity born from allowing our minds to freely roam, without attempting to accomplish anything and without any assigned

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PSYCHATHANE Dominator 72mm 86A

“Dominik Kowalski” is possibly the finest genius among all the minds that make up The Cult. He saw a need for a super-hard version of our Downhill wheel, perfect for supreme grip on smooth surfaces, ultra-high roll speed, and controllable slides of vast and epic proportions. Together we fused our collective knowledge into this – The Dominator. Perfect for Slalom, Downhill...

Dreams (1784874094)

Kniha - autor Sigmund Freud, 140 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Have you ever dreamt you were naked on stage, or woken having failed an exam? In these fascinating, pioneering essays, Sigmund Freud plunges into the recesses of our minds, and awakens the hidden meanings behind our most typical and surprising night-time fantasies. From dreams of violence and ...

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Marvel Comics Q-Fig Figure Captain America Civil War 11 cm

Enhanced by super-soldier serum, Captain America is the pinnacle of human perfection. With his superior intelligence, strength, agility, speed, endurance and reaction time, he's just about unbeatable in hand-to-hand combat.Good thing he's on our side!This charming chibi-style diorama of Captain America as featured in the Marvel movie Captain America: Civil War stands at a...

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One of the Girls - Clarkeová Lucy

Anotace: WE WERE DYING FOR A HOLIDAYThe six of us arrived on that beautiful Greek island dreaming of sun-drenched beaches and blood orange sunsets, ready to lose ourselves in the wild freedom of a weekend away with friends.On the first night we swam under a blanket of stars.On the second night the games began on our clifftop terrace.On the third night the idyll cracked, ...

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How to Spot a Fascist - Umberto Eco

<p>We are here to remember what happened and to declare solemnly that 'they' must never do it again. But who are 'they'?HOW TO SPOT A FASCIST is a selection of three thought-provoking essays on freedom and fascism, censorship and tolerance - including Eco's iconic essay 'Ur-Fascism', which lists the fourteen essential characteristics of fascism, and draws on his own...

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The Source: Open Your Mind, Change Your Life - Tara Swartová

<p>A phenomenon with all the transformative power of The Secret – but based on ground-breaking neuroscience. 'The Source marries universal truths with scientific rigor for a persuasive, important exploration of The Law of Attraction.' - Deepak Chopra MD ‘[Like] the self-help success The Secret, but cooler and more sciencey.’ - Evening Standard Life-changing oppo...

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Entangled Life - Merlin Sheldrake

<p>The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller now illustrated with over 100 spectacular full-colour images, showcasing this wondrous and wildly various lifeform as never beforeThe more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. They can change our minds, heal our bodies and even help us avoid environmental disaster; they are metabolic masters, earth-makers ...

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The Myth of Normal : Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture - Maté Gabor

Anotace: Western countries invest billions in healthcare, yet mental illness and chronic diseases are on a seemingly unstoppable rise. Nearly 70% of Americans are now on prescription drugs. So what is `normal` when it comes to health?Over four decades of clinical experience, renowned physician and addiction expert Dr Gabor Mate has seen how health systems neglect the rol...

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The Myth of Normal : Trauma, Illness &amp; Healing in a Toxic Culture, 1. vydání - Gabor Maté

<p>Western countries invest billions in healthcare, yet mental illness and chronic diseases are on a seemingly unstoppable rise. Nearly 70% of Americans are now on prescription drugs. So what is 'normal' when it comes to health? Over four decades of clinical experience, renowned physician and addiction expert Dr Gabor Mate has seen how health systems neglect the ro...

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First Person Singular - Murakami Haruki

Anotace: The eight masterly stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator. From nostalgic memories of youth, meditations on music and an ardent love of baseball to dreamlike scenarios, an encounter with a talking monkey and invented jazz albums, together these stories challenge the boundaries between our minds and the exte...

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This Book Will Make You Sleep

We all go through patches when we find it hard to sleep. Either we have problems dropping off at night or we wake in the early hours with thoughts buzzing round in our minds. Sometimes it seems impossible to get that elusive night's sleep we so badly crave, but this book will show you how to break negative patterns, get more rest and improve your wellbeing. Dr Jessamy Hib...

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Emotional Intelligence

Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until Emotional Intelligence, we could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's brilliant report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers startling new insight into our “two minds”—the rational and the emotional—and how they together shape our destiny.Drawing on groundbreaking brain ...

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The End of Eddy (0099598469)

Kniha - 192 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Edouard Louis grew up in a village in northern France where many live below the poverty line. His bestselling debut novel about life there, The End of Eddy, has sparked debate on social inequality, sexuality and violence.It is an extraordinary portrait of escaping from an unbearable childhood, inspired by the auth...

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