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The Blind Spot goes where no science book goes, urging us to create a new scientific culture that views ourselves both as an expression of nature and as a source of nature's self-understanding, so that humanity can flourish in the new millennium.

FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE Named one of the best books of the year by: THE NEW YORKER THE WASHINGTON POST THE ATLANTIC NPR PUBLISHERS WEEKLY LITHUB "Fascinating...The great strength of this memoir is its voracious, humble curiosity." - The Atlantic, The 10 Best Books...

After months of following one-size-fits-all advice for a 57-year-old widow, Linda Crill is still miserable, until she makes a rebellious spur-of-the-moment decision: she trades her corporate suits for motorcycle leathers and commits herself to a 2,500-mile road trip down America’s Pacific Northwest coast on a Harley. The problem: she doesn’t know how to ride and has only 30 days to learn. Four short weeks later, Linda joins two men and a woman for a white-knuckled, exhilarating road trip along the west coast from Vancouver, Canada, to the wine country of Mendocino, California....

Blind Visionaries and AI: Seeing Differently explores how people living with vision loss are reshaping their lives through artificial intelligence and other technologies. Edited by Dagmar Jamieson, who lost her sight to cone-rod dystrophy, and Mark Rawleigh, diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, the book gathers the voices of blind and partially sighted artists, scholars, and researchers who have embraced AI tools in creative and practical ways.

In den Clubs der Stadt ist es laut, grell und hektisch. Doch für DJ Artin ist das der perfekte Zeitpunkt, um die Bässe erklingen zu lassen. DJ Artin veranschaulicht mit seinem Hörspiel "Blind DJ Moments" seinen Weg als blinder DJ, der sowohl von Erfolgen als auch von Hürden geprägt ist. Schau auch gern auf dem Instagram-Kanal von DJ Artin vorbei: @djartin_germany

When confronted with an ethical dilemma, most of us like to think we would stand up for our principles. But we are not as ethical as we think we are. In Blind Spots, leading business ethicists Max Bazerman and Ann Tenbrunsel examine the ways we overestimate our ability to do what is right and how we act unethically without meaning to.

Baseball, like many other sports, requires good hand-eye coordination. This is especially true if you're trying to hit a pitched ball with a bat – for instance, a 75-mile-per-hour fastball (which is fast for amateurs, but comically slow if you're a Major League pitcher) reaches home plate in less than a second.

No espionage missions have been kept more secret than those involving American submarines. Now, Blind Man's Bluff shows for the first time how the Navy sent submarines wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables. It unveils how the...

Alan S. Blinder - esteemed Princeton professor, Wall Street Journal columnist, and former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve Board under Alan Greenspan - is one of our wisest and most clear-eyed economic thinkers. In After the Music Stopped, he delivers a masterful narrative of how the worst economic crisis in postwar American history happened, what the government did to fight it, and what we must do to recover from it.

Blind and Brown is a conversation between two friends whose different lived experiences shape the way they see the world. Hosted by Cold Girl and The Blind Redhead, the show dives into everything from job hunting and family to tarot, alter egos, gay penguins, and snacks. With curiosity, humor, and respect, they bring fresh perspectives to life’s biggest (and smallest) topics.

If you scream at the TV every time someone says “Love is blind,” this is your new obsession. On Pod Is Blind, Sloppers AI's own Kurt Motown breaks down every messy pod date, every red flag fiancé, and every post-reveal meltdown from Netflix’s wildest dating experiment. Hosted with equal parts wit and chaos, each episode delivers sharp recaps, juicy commentary, and fan theories so unhinged they just might be true. Whether you’re Team Romance or Team Reality Check, we’ve got your binge companion right here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Aus dem Club der Blinden informieren blinde, sehbehinderte und sehende Menschen aus ihrem Alltag und Themen die sie bewegen.

Imagine if the most severe physical pain and sorrow in your life were inflicted by the people you trusted most. In the spring of 2007, Belo Cipriani was beaten and robbed of his sight at the hands of his childhood friends. Blind: A Memoir chronicles the two years immediately following the assault.

No espionage missions have been kept more secret than those involving American submarines. Now, Blind Man's Bluff shows for the first time how the Navy sent submarines wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables. It unveils how the...

Blind Ambition is an autobiographical account of a young lawyer who accelerated to the top of the Federal power structure to become Counsel to the President at 30 years of age, only to discover that when reaching the top, he had touched the bottom. Most striking in this chronicle is its honesty. Dean spares no one, including himself. But, as Time noted, Dean survived, despite the opposition of powerful foe, because he had no false story to protect and he had an amazing ability to recall the truth.

Join me on this wonderfully crazy journey, where the unique experience of blindness intersects with a fervent and passionate love for the art of photography. I have been on the road to blindness for a few years. Each day is an adventure. Join me, won't you?

A journey to Accept the past, Embrace the present, and Rise into your purpose.”

Pharmacists who refuse to fill prescriptions for contraceptives. Surgeons who pray in the OR. Pro-life clinics and end-of-life interventions, intelligent-design activists and stem-cell-research opponents. Is this the state of modern medicine in America? In Blind Faith, Dr. Richard P. Sloan examines the fragile balance and dangerous alliance between religion and medicine - two practices that have grown disconcertingly close during the 21st century.

Os Peaky Blinders que conhecemos graças à série de TV transbordam drama e medo. Elegantemente vestidos, os carismáticos―mas profundamente falhos―Thomas Shelby e aliados se tornaram famosos por seus feitos atrozes, cujos desdobramentos resultaram em guerras sangrentas contra gangues irlandesas, em embates contra autoridades, em esquemas de extorsão de dinheiro e no competitivo ambiente de apostas legais e ilegais nas pistas de corrida de cavalos na virada do século XIX para o XX.

In association with Blind Low Vision NZ, host Sam Smith interviews great people doing great things in the blind community.