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The history of San Pedro and its uses for healing, creativity, and conscious evolution • Includes interviews with practicing San Pedro shamans on their rituals, cactus preparations, and teachings on how San Pedro heals the mind and body • Contains accounts from people who have been...

Bernhard von Breydenbach’s Peregrinatio in terram sanctam (Journey to the Holy Land), first published in 1486, is one of the seminal books of early printing and is especially renowned for the originality of its woodcuts. In Picturing Experience in the Early Printed Book, Elizabeth Ross considers...

This is a guide on how to stay or get motivated. Motivation is behind the success of every individual. It is what pushes us to excel beyond our personal boundaries in order to reach our dreams and aspirations. Without it, a person lacks the attitude to hope in a failure and to persevere in a setback.Motivation...

Several years ago, Phillip’s granddaughters, Susan and Julia Jackson, begged him to write down everything he remembered. What tumbled out onto paper was a fascinating story of one member of the Greatest Generation. Phillip Charles Ross is from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and currently resides in Mishawaka, IN.

This book is a psychological primer for entrepreneurs who have either studied entrepreneurship, spent thousands of dollars on courses from business gurus, or read many business books and yet still struggle to achieve success or feel stuck. Doctors Ross and Latz give you insightful information to help...

「兩位獨步全球的社會心理學家合力出擊， 這是你在大學裡從未聽過的經典課程，別再錯過第二次了！」 ──哈佛大學心理學教授，丹尼爾．吉伯特   聰明人懂算計，有智慧的人懂行為心理。 5種心理智慧，教你避開思維陷阱， 在資訊迷霧中，做出最睿智的判斷。 不靠利誘威脅，無須唇槍舌戰， 有心理智慧的人運用某些簡單技巧，就能輕鬆達到想要的變革！ ◎報稅單上，簽名欄位在前或在後，哪個比較會誠實申報？ ◎丹麥的駕駛僅有4%願意器捐，瑞典卻完全相反，難道瑞典人比較有社會良心？ ◎沒人願意為了社會福利多繳稅，卻願意為了「儲蓄保險」乖乖繳錢，但這筆錢真的是用在自己身上嗎？ ◎若要提醒勿亂丟垃圾，花朵圖示跟眼睛圖示，哪個比較有效？ ◎為何一般人偏好80%是瘦肉的牛排，勝過20%是肥肉的牛排？   美國最重量級的社會心理學家，康乃爾的吉洛維奇與史丹佛的羅斯，爬梳社會心理學的重要研究，擷取精華重點，從實際例子檢視你我可能會落入的思維陷阱。小從個人減重、消費行為，大至政策包裝、全球暖化，他們將提出意想不到的解決方案。 解釋人類行為，必須從影響我們思維的情境驅力開始理解，尤其是那些最不被看見的幽微細節。與聰明人不同的是，有智慧的人理解希望、恐懼、熱情與驅力對人所產生的影響，因此，他們會是讓員工感到幸福的老闆、將國家帶向下一步的政治人物、耐心陪伴叛逆期小孩的爸媽。理解這些驅力，我們就能在往後的決定上，有更睿智的理解與處理能力，進而成為房間裡最有智慧的人。   【各界推薦】 ◎台大經濟系副教授馮勃翰...

In Boiling Point, Ross Gelbspan argues that, unchecked, climate change will swamp every other issue facing us today. Indeed, what began as an initial response of many institutions--denial and delay--has now grown into a crime against humanity. The fossil fuel industry is directing the Bush administration's...

On 18th April 2017, Theresa May stunned Britain by announcing a snap election. With poll leads of more than 20 points over Jeremy Corbyn’s divided Labour Party, the first Tory landslide since Margaret Thatcher’s day seemed certain. Seven weeks later, Tory dreams had turned to dust. Instead...

A literary family drama, with a murder at its heart, full of emotional twists and surprises Will you side with mother or daughter? When Mercy Mulcahy was 40 years old, she was accused of killing her elderly and tyrannical father. Now, at the end of her life, she has written a book about...

Required reading from great poets of our time. Drew Barrymore: “Upon Pondering Breasts.” Tom Cruise: “An Exegesis on Psychiatry.” Ann Coulter: “My Kind of Fun.” And Trump and Sheen and Snooki, John Boehner and Michelle Bachman, Miley and Ke$ha. Hugo Chavez. Even a Zen haiku by Emmitt Smith: I...

"A fascinating and genuinely accessible guide....Educating, enjoyable, and delightfully unscary."—Classical Music What if Bach and Mozart heard richer, more dramatic chords than we hear in music today? What sonorities and moods have we lost in playing music in "equal temperament"—the...

A step by step guide to stitching intricate blackwork designs. This book contains a stitch library with all the stitches used included and also contains twenty five original designs for you to stitch using those styles as well as a number of finishing ideas.

Discover how the mysterious, powerful form of the koan—known for bringing about sudden enlightenment—can disrupt and illuminate your everyday understanding of life. Traditionally, Zen koans—the teaching stories of Zen—are drawn from the words and teachings of ancient masters and primarily...

US society is notoriously complacent when it comes to the rise of fascist tendencies. When Dylann Roof murdered nine black parishioners in a Charleston church, media emphasis remained superficial. Familiar narratives of insane lone wolves and Confederate flags masked the organizations that inspired...