Brothers: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Race, Nico Slate
Автор: Steven Pinker Название: The Blank Slate ISBN: 014027605X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780140276053 Издательство: Random House - Penguin Рейтинг: Цена: 11430.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: Recently many people have assumed that we are shaped by our environment: a blank slate waiting to be inscribed by upbringing and culture, with innate abilities playing little part. This title shows that this view denies the heart of our being: human nature.
Автор: Slate, Jenny Название: Little Weirds ISBN: 0349726426 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780349726427 Издательство: Little Brown Рейтинг: Цена: 11120.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: An essay collection from actor and stand-up comedian, Jenny Slate
Автор: Slate Magazine Название: The Explainer ISBN: 1400034264 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781400034260 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 7940.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть Описание: What happens to recalled meat? What's the difference between a serial killer and a spree killer? How do you stop a lava flow? Does homeowner's insurance cover murder? And what is Ovaltine anyway? Answers to these and other fascinating questions you never thought to ask, from the writers at Slate Magazine
An entertaining and genuinely informative compilation of answers to some of life's most improbable questions, from the writers of the online magazine Slate. Often inspired by events in the news, the "Explainer" column asks the questions we never think to ask, or that we're too embarrassed to admit we don't know how to answer. Filling in these overlooked blanks of our daily lives, the book provides memorable tidbits for conversations, further rumination, or important context as we follow current events from day to day. Full of fascinating information about unlikely but important subjects, The Explainer will entertain and inform anyone who has ever stopped to wonder who runs Antarctica, how cell phones can reveal your location, or whether one can live off lizard meat.
Автор: Slate, Joseph Название: Miss Bindergarten Celebrates 100th Day K ISBN: 0142500054 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780142500057 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 5510.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Miss Bindergarten, the world's best kindergarten teacher, is getting ready for another milestone. Tomorrow she and her class will have been together for 100 days. To celebrate, each student must bring "100 of some wonderful, one-hundred-full thing!" At night, while the students go to work assembling their projects, Miss Bindergarten is working, too, making special surprises for the class.
The 100th day of kindergarten is bound to be unforgettable! Children will delight in hearing about this special event, a common cause for celebration in kindergartens today.
Mahatma Gandhi redefined nutrition as fundamental to building a more just world. What he chose to eat was intimately tied to his beliefs, and his key values of nonviolence, religious tolerance, and rural sustainability developed in tandem with his dietary experiments. His repudiation of sugar, chocolate, and salt expressed his active resistance to economies based on slavery, indentured labor, and imperialism.
Gandhi’s Search for the Perfect Diet sheds new light on important periods in Gandhi’s life as they relate to his developing food ethic: his student years in London, his politicization as a young lawyer in South Africa, the 1930 Salt March challenging British colonialism, and his fasting as a means of self-purification and social protest during India’s struggle for independence. What became the pillars of Gandhi’s diet—vegetarianism, limiting salt and sweets, avoiding processed food, and fasting—anticipated many twenty-first-century food debates and the need to build healthier and more equitable global food systems.
"My entry into concentrated Catholicism, a forced alteration in my DNA, was to take place today." So begins John's parochial education in this enchanting, semi-autobiographical tale of a young boy ready to learn the mysteries of the Universe.
First-grader John has an interesting perspective on life, much to the dismay of the nuns at the Catholic school he attends. To them, boys who ask too many questions are dangerous and poised to enter the ultimate fiery pit. As he struggles to figure out the lessons the nuns are trying to teach him, John does his best to puzzle out the religious teachings and how they apply to his place is in this world.
This tale focuses on John and the complexities of his family, who do what they need to do in order to scrape by in a blue-collar town. Dominating the landscape of his life is his Irish culture, which informs every part of what he knows about family and the world around him.
At times touching and often very funny, readers will identify with a young boy's confusion over the contradiction between what he is told is right and what his heart tells him is right.
Автор: Robinson William E. Название: Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena ISBN: 0986239364 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780986239366 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 19610.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In the late nineteenth century, mediums across the country were busy delivering messages from the dead to anyone who would listen. And there were plenty who would. Often these words from beyond appeared on slates during s ances. But the brand of magic that mediums offered was nothing more than that-magic. Author William E. Robinson, an accomplished magician who worked as a stage manager and assistant to Alexander Herrmann and Harry Kellar, knew all the tricks of the trade. His book, Spirit Slate Writing and Kindred Phenomena, published in 1898, explained them all.
This new edition includes all the original illustrations, along with an introduction by Henry Ridgely Evans-another turn-of-the-century magician who knew the dead couldn't talk, except through the preservation of the written word. Just as Evans and Robinson will be doing between these covers.
Автор: Lastella Alyssa Название: Clean Slate ISBN: 1735636649 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781735636641 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 15630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
After an unexpected tragedy strikes, Dylan Fields struggles with what his life has become despite the support system that he has around him. Leaving the most important people in his life behind, he flees to the opposite side of the country in order to escape everything that reminds him of his late little sister. Being all alone in a new place to deal with his broken heart seems intriguing to Dylan, but he doesn't realize until he's on the plane that escaping the memory of Natalie might be harder than he thought.
On the plane, he meets Ellie, a girl who is fighting battles of her own as her past tries to control her. Dylan and Ellie find simplicity in bonding over the things that they don't want to talk about. Their conversations remain comfortably shallow and the two prefer small talk so that their designated touchy subjects don't come up.
Getting a better understanding of how the other's past has shaped who they are, the two grow closer. While they help each other deal with their struggles and cope with their new lives, they find themselves falling in love with the first person that they feel understands them and their stories.
In the midst of helping each other face the darkness and find their individual ways out of it, Dylan and Ellie manage to break down each other's walls and fall for each other, making facing things much more manageable.
Together, the two discover no matter what life throws at you, having someone who understands you by your side, makes everything that much easier.
Автор: Pankhurst, Sylvia Название: Writ on cold slate ISBN: 1916312144 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781916312142 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 9850.00 T Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Belongingsis, as it sounds, a collection of thoughts and feelings that depict the very heart of Asmas life as aBritish Sudanese woman. A life that contains multiple influences,expectations and juxtapositions. Her poems are raw and unfiltered Asma holds little backin her work, covering subjects personal to her such as migration, mentalhealth, racism and sport. These lines that started out as spokenpieces have finally made it to the page, to be read and savoured. Asma presentsyou with that which is hers. Her Belongings.
Автор: Company Slate Seed Название: Slate`s Guide to Gardening, 1928, Vol. 62 (Classic Reprint) ISBN: 0428150357 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780428150358 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 8800.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Excerpt from Slate's Guide to Gardening, 1928, Vol. 62 Wonder. The pods, are large, flat and of a clear wax color. One of the most productive of the wax beans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Автор: Alexander Scott Название: Slate Star Codex Essays: Volume II ISBN: 1735797111 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781735797113 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 34620.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
In this book, you will find essays concerning philosophy, politics, economics, religion, science, culture, society, history, mathematics, and other topics. They are written in various styles, including conversations, stories and something close to rants. Volume II contains 35 essays written between 2015 and 2017.
If Scott wrote his own intro about them, he might have said:
You will probably disagree with many of these essays. That's okay. Some of them are even wrong, in the sense that I made a mistake or I misunderstood something. Some of them are really hard to understand, because I'm exploring an unfamiliar topic. Some of them are just jokes.
But I think if you read all of them, there will be quite a lot that will be true and useful to you.
I have been writing about this stuff online for years, but this is the first time my work is collected in one place on paper. I hope that these essays are interesting, thought-provoking, and at least somewhat informative.
Essays include:
CBT In The Water Supply
Guided By The Beauty Of Our Weapons
It's Bayes All The Way Up
Plus over 30 additional essays, book reviews and works of fiction.
Автор: Pinker, Steven Название: Blank Slate, The ISBN: 0142003344 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780142003343 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 12870.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: A brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature from the author of The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now."Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read..also highly persuasive." --Time
Now updated with a new afterword
One of the world's leading experts on language and the mind explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political colorings. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits-a doctrine held by many intellectuals during the past century-denies our common humanity and our individual preferences, replaces objective analyses of social problems with feel-good slogans, and distorts our understanding of politics, violence, parenting, and the arts. Injecting calm and rationality into debates that are notorious for ax-grinding and mud-slinging, Pinker shows the importance of an honest acknowledgment of human nature based on science and common sense.
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