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Author | : Angela Carstensen |
Publisher | : American Library Association |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2011-05-27 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 083899315X |
More than simply a vital collection development tool, this book can help librarians help young adults grow into the kind of independent readers and thinkers who will flourish at college.
Author | : Mary Roach |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 305 |
Release | : 2004-04-27 |
Genre | : Medical |
ISBN | : 0393324826 |
A look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 554 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Encyclopedias and dictionaries |
ISBN | : |
An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.
Author | : Shinshu Roberts |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2018-03-20 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1614291381 |
A tour-de-force guide to Zen Master Dogen’s most subtle and sophisticated philosophical premises: that being and time are inseparable. “Impermanence is time itself, being itself—yet time and being are not at all as we imagine them to be. To really understand and fully embrace this point is to live in a radically different world—a world of awakening, inclusion, and love. Zen Master Dogen frames the teaching on impermanence explicitly as a teaching about time—and all of Dogen’s profoundly poetic teachings flow from his seminal understanding of time, as expressed in Uji (Being-Time), the famous—and famously difficult—essay in his masterwork, Shobogenzo. In Uji, Dogen teaches that time itself, being itself, is luminous awakening. It is all-inclusive, all-elusive, ultimately healing, and eternal. In this book, Shinshu Roberts does full justice, as does no other book I know of, to Dogen’s words. She offers interpretation of Uji only after careful consideration and marshaling of many sources—and offers simple everyday examples to illustrate points that seem at first abstruse. If this text causes you to doubt your most cherished concepts about your life, it will have done its work.” —from the Foreword by Norman Fischer Being-Time thoroughly explores Dogen’s teaching on how we practice as Buddhas by understanding the relationship between being and time as it is—and as we perceive it to be. Using Dogen’s Shobogenzo Uji (The True Dharma Eye, Being-Time), Shinshu Roberts offers a twofold analysis of this teaching: the meaning of the text and practice with the text, giving examples how we apply Dogen’s complex teaching to our daily lives.
Author | : Lisa Reichley |
Publisher | : Sourcebooks, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2021-08-10 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1648768873 |
From asteroids to zodiac constellations—500 amazing space facts for kids ages 8 to 12 Do you know a kid who wants to know all about space? This intergalactic entry into space books for kids is bursting with 500 out-of-this-world facts for hours of space exploration from the comfort of Earth. Alongside full-color pictures on every page, kids can adventure through stars, planets, and space technology with this book of astronomy for kids. Go beyond other space books for kids 8-12 with trivia such as: Mars is often referred to as the red planet because its surface is red due to iron oxide, or rust. The average lifespan of a star is 10 billion years. All the other planets in our solar system could fit between Earth and its moon. Kids will light up as they discover ice giants and famous astronomers with this standout among space books for kids.
Author | : Elizabeth Greenwood |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2016-08-09 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 1476739366 |
A darkly comic foray into the world of men and women who fake their own deaths, the consultants who help them disappear, and the private investigators who’ll stop at nothing to bring them back to life. “A delightful read for anyone tantalized by the prospect of disappearing without a trace.” —Erik Larson, New York Times bestselling author of Dead Wake “Delivers all the lo-fi spy shenanigans and caught-red-handed schadenfreude you’re hoping for.” —NPR “A lively romp.” —The Boston Globe “Grim fun.” —The New York Times “Brilliant topic, absorbing book.” —The Seattle Times “The most literally escapist summer read you could hope for.” —The Paris Review Is it still possible to fake your own death in the twenty-first century? With six figures of student loan debt, Elizabeth Greenwood was tempted to find out. So off she sets on a darkly comic foray into the world of death fraud, where for $30,000 a consultant can make you disappear—but your suspicious insurance company might hire a private detective to dig up your coffin...only to find it filled with rocks. Greenwood tracks down a British man who staged a kayaking accident and then returned to live in his own house while all his neighbors thought he was dead. She takes a call from Michael Jackson (no, he’s not dead—or so her new acquaintances would have her believe), stalks message boards for people contemplating pseudocide, and gathers intel on black market morgues in the Philippines, where she may or may not obtain some fraudulent goodies of her own. Along the way, she learns that love is a much less common motive than money, and that making your death look like a drowning virtually guarantees that you’ll be caught. (Disappearing while hiking, however, is a way great to go.) Playing Dead is a charmingly bizarre investigation in the vein of Jon Ronson and Mary Roach into our all-too-human desire to escape from the lives we lead, and the men and women desperate enough to give up their lives—and their families—to start again.
Author | : Katrius |
Publisher | : Vantage Press, Inc |
Total Pages | : 36 |
Release | : 2008-07 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780533159215 |
Focuses on some of the more important tools for self-improvement and getting along with your friends, classmates and neighbors."--Back cover
Author | : Mark Twain |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : Christian Science |
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Author | : William A. Sherden |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 330 |
Release | : 1997-10-28 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780471181781 |
Ein Klassiker jetzt neu als Broschurausgabe. Das Erstellen von Zukunftsprognosen ist ein millionenschweres Geschaft. Doch haufig entstehen Zweifel an der Zuverlassigkeit der Vorhersagen. Sherden entlarvt falsche Prophezeiungen und trennt die Tatsachen von Trugschlussen, um den Leser zu zeigen, wie man Prognosen am besten nutzt und wie man sich die "Rosinen" herauspickt. Eine faszinierende Lekture, mit einer Unmenge erkennbarer, offensichtlicher Tatsachen und handfester Beispiele. (12/99)
Author | : Jane C. Flinn |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 127 |
Release | : 2017-07-17 |
Genre | : Games & Activities |
ISBN | : 147582310X |
Curious about the world around you? Think you know everything you need to know about science and scientists, food, animals, space, or the Earth? Look no further than All Things Science: Learning by Reading Fun Facts. Jane Flinn tests your knowledge about all those topics and more in this fun, factual, and educational book. The multiple-choice, true/false, fill-in-the-blank, and open-ended questions offer information, encourage critical thinking, and provide an opportunity for readers to not only test their knowledge of all aspects of science, but to learn something new along the way. Special Did You Know facts expand on the answers and develop knowledge and deeper understanding of the topic. Readers of all ages will enjoy exploring the world around them with this engaging book.