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A fourth grade English textbook published by the Minister of Education for Ontario in 1909. This reader features various pieces of Poetry and Prose by well known authors of the time. - Summary by David Lawrence

Em Determinados, Robert M. Sapolsky desconstrói a fantasia de que há um eu separado dizendo à nossa biologia o que fazer. Com uma prosa que combina anedotas bem-humoradas e o rigor de pesquisas científicas, o cientista comportamental apresenta e elimina todos os principais argumentos a favor do livre-arbítrio, explorando questões científicas e filosóficas.

Музыка—одно из древнейших лекарств в истории человечества. От Дальнего Востока до Османской империи, от Европы до Африки и доколониальной Америки многие культуры разработали богатые традиции использования звука и ритма для облегчения страданий и помощи в исцелении. Современные исследования подтверждают, что музыка воздействует на биологию мозга, активизируя специализированные нейронные пути, синхронизируя паттерны передачи импульсов в нейронных ансамблях и модулируя ключевые нейропередатчики.

**Includes a bonus Q&A with Claudia Hammond** ' Signals is a special book, a witty, utterly fascinating guide to who you are and how you work . . . It's compassionate, humane and grounded in the author's deep clinical experience. A true gift.' Chris van Tulleken, author of Ultra-Processed People...

In a compelling new analysis, Dr. T. Colin Campbell, coauthor of The China Study and author of the New York Times bestselling follow-up, Whole, brings to light a series of first-hand experiences that starkly demonstrate how corporate influence in academia, government and the media determines—and sometimes actively suppresses—public access to nutrition research.

Excerpted anecdotes from the biographies of Swift, Curran, O'Leary and O'Connell, relating humorous snippets of politics in 18th and 19th century Ireland. For some these may be poignant in addition to being humorous and for others they may be humorous in addition to being poignant. ( Summary by JCarson )

An eclectic, catholic even, collection from the exquisitely excellent tale-telling of Mr. Edgar Allan Poe. Hilarious and terrifying. Need I say more? - Summary by Tony Addison

Public Domain newspaper articles in the US span a period of nearly two and a half centuries. Subjects, styles, period, publisher, and length vary greatly. This collection is a sampling of twenty such articles including one from the Journal de Paris. Although some of the works on the LibriVox catalog such as the Federalist Papers were published in newspapers, this is the first collection of newspaper articles. (Summary by James Smith)

These two publications put out by the U.S. government are about the Trinity site in New Mexico where in 1945 the first atomic bomb was tested. Each publication (about 1984 and about 1995) complements the other, though there is some duplication. These are descriptions of the test itself and of the planning and organization leading up to the test. They also tell what was done with the site after the test and how it became a national historic landmark. - Summary by david wales

The History Teacher's Magazine was a monthly publication devoted to the interests of teachers specializing in history, civics, and geography. It provides scholarly articles as well as advice on organizing course content, tips for engaging students, book reviews, and inspiration. - Summary by Sarah Jennings

War and Peace (Russian: Война и мир, Voyna i mir; in original orthography: Война и миръ, Voyna i mir”) is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy, first published from 1865 to 1869 in Russki Vestnik, which tells the story of Russian society during the Napoleonic Era. It is usually described as one of Tolstoy’s two major masterpieces (the other being Anna Karenina) as well as one of the world’s greatest novels. War and Peace offered a new kind of fiction, with a great many characters caught up in a plot that covered nothing less than the grand subjects indicated by the title, ...

The Listener' First, it was a strange array of cats, then an increasingly mysterious, and then terrifying increase in...happenstances and...appearances... 'Number Thirteen' Unlucky for some this room is...on a visit to a Denmark with an ancient presence... 'The Horla' Yes, I believed, that an invisible being lived beneath my roof. How weak our head is, and how quickly it is terrified and goes astray, we immediately imagine terrible mysteries and supernatural powers. 'The Beast with Five Fingers' With murderous vengeance, the beast pursues the two friends. Will secrecy, intense surveillance and...

Синтетическая биология преобразит наше понимание семейных связей, время нашего старения, то, чем мы лечимся, где живем и что едим. В этой бурно развивающейся области, задействующей компьютеры для исправления и изменения генетического кода, уже разработаны революционные решения—от мРНК-вакцин и диагностики врожденных заболеваний у эмбрионов до выращенного в лаборатории мяса, которое на вкус почти неотличимо от настоящего. Она дает нам шанс справиться с глобальными угрозами—изменением климата, нехваткой еды и энергетическим кризисом.

At once elegant and riveting, Sync tells the story of the dawn of a new science. Steven Strogatz, a leading mathematician in the fields of chaos and complexity theory, explains how enormous systems can synchronize themselves, from the electrons in a superconductor to the pacemaker cells in our hearts. He shows that although these phenomena might seem unrelated on the surface, at a deeper level there is a connection, forged by the unifying power of mathematics.

Neste livro de estreia, a cientista brasileira Rossana Soletti apresenta os avanços científicos e os personagens que ajudaram a moldar nosso entendimento sobre a reprodução humana. Escritora de mão cheia, e na melhor tradição da divulgação científica, Soletti oferece um texto saboroso que explora desde os conceitos clássicos sobre de onde viemos até as mais recentes pesquisas a respeito do desenvolvimento embrionário e fetal.

A profound, playful, and kaleidoscopic collection from one of our most evocative contemporary philosopher-poets. A posthumanist polymath and "trans-public" intellectual, Báyò Akómoláfé has produced a vast body of work that represents a startling picture of the world in perpetual process and radical relation. Through an ever-growing archive of books, articles, interviews, films, social media posts, workshops, and rituals, Akómoláfé seeks to interrogate the fundamental assumptions and epistemological blind spots of our current culture in crisis.

Дофамин — это источник всех наших желаний, химическое вещество, которое не позволяет нам останавливаться на достигнутом. Благодаря дофамину, с одной стороны, мы добиваемся успеха, открываем что-то новое, а с другой — играем в азартные игры, растрачиваем деньги на ненужные вещи или пускаемся во все тяжкие в поисках удовольствий, порой весьма сомнительных. Зачастую мы не в состоянии оторваться от вещей или занятий, которые стимулируют выработку дофамина. Таковыми могут быть соцсети, музыка, шопинг, секс, еда, азартные игры.

Обладатель одного из самых быстрых математических умов в мире и создатель популярной системы работы с памятью убежден: именно талант запоминать и обрабатывать информацию быстрее других открывает пути большого успеха. И этот талант можно развивать. Майк Байстер призывает не бояться чисел и тренировать мозг интересными и необычными способами не ради развития математических способностей как таковых.

Considered one of the greatest travel narratives, The Sea and the Jungle is H.M. Tomlinson's firsthand account of the first journey of an English steamer up the Madeira in Brazil. Bored with his unfulfilling job in London, Tomlinson boards the steamer "Capella" at Swansea and embarks on a journey to deliver supplies to the men building railroads for the rubber harvest. The book overflows with vivid descriptions of the sea voyage and the tropics, as well as Tomlinson's dry sense of humor and observations. In his time in the Amazon and at sea, Tomlinson encounters storms, rotted food, yellow ...

"In the course of time a very considerable public feeling was aroused in the United States and Canada over this state of affairs. The lack of reciprocity in it seemed unfair. It was felt (or at least I felt) that the time had come when some one ought to go over and take some impressions off England. The choice of such a person (my choice) fell upon myself. By an arrangement with the Geographical Society of America, acting in conjunction with the Royal Geographical Society of England (to both of whom I communicated my proposal), I went at my own expense." And from thence follow the impressions ...