Thinking of Thinking
This book explores what is exciting about thinking. How we think contributes to developing meaning-in-life and enhances relationships. The quality of our thinking enriches the connection between our inner and external worlds, propelling spiritual development and insight.
Just as pollution disrupts nature, toxic cultural elements erode society. This book provides a roadmap to reverse this decay, starting with individual empowerment and self-leadership to rebuild our communities and foster sustainable leadership.
Dive into the world of omics sciences. This guide explores the interdisciplinary realm of genomics, proteomics, and metabolomics, revealing their transformative potential in medicine, agriculture, and environmental science to shape the future of science and society.
The True Secret of Evolution
The concept of evolution has evolved. We have moved from an evolution based on competition to one that admits collaboration between species and their environment. The old scheme, used to justify the prevalence of one people over another, now shows its limits.
This book covers new deep neural networks that synthesize their optimal structure in online mode. Based on the principle of self-organization, this approach solves a wide class of Data Stream Mining problems, including pattern recognition, forecasting, and classification.
Gratitude and Palliative Care
Surprisingly, gratitude persists even at the end of life. This book explores profound gratitude in palliative care. Blending clinical experience and philosophy, it examines the transformative power of gratitude for patients, families, and professionals amidst serious illness.
This book analyzes the financial, economic, educational, and technological drivers of environmental sustainability from a global perspective. It presents findings and recommendations useful for researchers and policy-makers to advance sustainable development.
Custodians of Purity
This book integrates anthropological rigour with a personal quest for truth. Through the stories of four women in the Brahma Kumaris, it explores purity as a transformative force, revealing a path to profound self-respect, peace, and spiritual authenticity.
This book documents the effort of Barbados’s black-nationalist political elite to take control of the island’s petroleum resources. In a direct challenge to the white planter class, this brazen and defiant stand against colonialism was filled with political risk for the island.
Classroom Practice and Teacher Cognition
This collection bridges the gap between abstract research and classroom practice. Written by full-time language educators, it presents accessible findings from their own teaching that will resonate with both practicing teachers and academics.
Master unpredictable English pronunciation. This book demystifies the rules of English sounds for non-native learners, helping you improve your speech. Includes practical exercises with corrections, making it an essential guide for both students and teachers.
In Russia, millions of women underwent radical mastectomy without indications. This book explores invasive procedures used without sufficient cause, a surgical hyper-radicalism linked to paternalism, disregard for informed consent, and the training of medical personnel for war.
Learn about the most recent developments in English Language Teaching. Aimed at academics and educators, this book explores contemporary ideas and approaches, from creative techniques to cutting-edge technologies, providing theoretical foundations and real-world applications.
Rigid Body as a Constrained System
This book presents the dynamics of spinning bodies, the most confusing topic in Classical Mechanics. Starting from the variational problem, it treats the rigid body as a system of particles, creating a simple, transparent approach that eliminates the need for extra postulates.
Sex Tourism on the Kenyan Coast
This book challenges suppositions about sex tourism. Elderly men seeking romance are taken advantage of, while women delude themselves searching for a mzungu to fulfill their dreams. The success of the few becomes a false promise for the majority. Based on a Kenyan coast study.
This text explores theoretical issues in contemporary rhetoric, including the role of culture, citizenship, and how space and time affect language. A resource for scholars and students, its goal is to stimulate thought and provoke critical responses to the ideas within.
The Art of Artificial Intelligence
This book explores artificial intelligence through the unique lens of art, showing how we can engage with AI without being subjugated by it. Each chapter begins with a work of art to guide the reader through philosophical keywords like “author,” “memory,” and “human.”
Teaching Shakespeare in Film and the Arts Today
Explore past, present, and future approaches to Shakespeare on Film. This volume offers practical case-studies for teaching textual analysis through film and the arts—perfect for instructors to adapt or for any reader interested in the field to enjoy.
This guide offers a comprehensive understanding of robotics, automation, and CNC technology. Learn how they interact to enhance precision and productivity in modern manufacturing. With real-world examples, it’s an invaluable resource for students, engineers, and professionals.
This volume digitally reconstructs a 15th-century Book of Hours that was dismembered by a notorious dealer. It restores a cultural treasure, confronts the ethical challenges of manuscript destruction, and advocates for the preservation of our shared heritage.
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