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The Idiot Brain by Dean Burnett5/20/2023 ![]() The stomach is saying no but the brain is saying ‘let’s go’ Poison is the only thing that can affect your inner workings so bad so the brain thinks he is poisoned and throws up. The image of the world passing by can also mean it is moving, not you. But when you are travelling by car or plane, you only get part of these signals (the shifting fluids in your ear). Human motion (walking, running, crawling) produces a specific set of signals (up-down rocking motion, general velocity and the external forces such as the movement of air passing you and your shifting internal fluids that this produces). One theory is that the brain interprets the situation as poisoning. Why does movement sometimes make us throw up? Sitting too long in airplanes can even be fatal, due to deep vein thrombosis. Our bodies are ideally suited to regular ambulation. ![]() This may explain why an unconscious person can still wander about. There are nerve clusters in our spine that control our locomotion without any conscious involvement. Is anger really bad? How do we become smarter? Why you can’t trust group decisions? Understanding how the brain works will make you more able to use it in the direction you want.ġ. ![]()
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Amongst our weapons5/20/2023 ![]() ![]() If you're a fan of Terry Pratchett, you will love the imaginative, irreverent and all-round irresistible RIVERS OF LONDON books. Amongst Our Weapons: Rivers of London, Book 9. But what he doesn't know is that he's about to encounter something-and somebody-that nobody ever expects.Įffortlessly original, endlessly inventive and hugely entertaining-step into the world of the much-loved, number one best-selling Rivers of London series.ĭiscover why this incredible series has sold over two million copies worldwide. The disappearing act, the reports of a blinding flash of light and memory loss amongst the witnesses all make this a case for Detective Constable Peter Grant and the Special Assessment Unit.Īlongside their boss, DCI Thomas Nightingale, the SAU find themselves embroiled in a mystery that encompasses London's tangled history, foreign lands and, most terrifying of all, the North!Īnd Peter must solve this case soon because back home, his partner, Beverley, is expecting twins any day now. Not somewhere you can murder someone and vanish without a trace-only that's what happened. It has more locks than the Bank of England and more cameras than a celebrity punch-up. ![]() The London Silver Vaults-for well over a century, the largest collection of silver for sale in the world. ![]() There is a world hidden underneath this great city. THE HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED BRAND NEW NOVEL IN THE #1 BESTSELLING RIVERS OF LONDON SERIES ![]()
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Seven Plays by Sam Shepard5/20/2023 ![]() His style evolved from the absurdism of his early off-off-Broadway work to the realism of later plays like Buried Child and Curse of the Starving Class. ![]() Shepard's plays are known for their bleak, poetic, surrealist elements, black comedy, and rootless characters living on the outskirts of American society. New York magazine described Shepard as "the greatest American playwright of his generation." He received the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award as a master American dramatist in 2009. Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film The Right Stuff. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. ![]() He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director. ![]() Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American actor, playwright, author, screenwriter, and director whose career spanned half a century. ![]()
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Women and gender in islam by leila ahmed5/20/2023 ![]() Part 3 takes as its starting point the turn of the 19th century and outlines the socioeconomic, political, and cultural changes that accompanied European encroachment on the Middle East. Part 2 deals with Arabia at the time of the rise of Islam, tracing changes that occurred when Islam was instituted and changes that accompanied its spread to the wider Middle East. Part 1 outlines the practices and concepts relating to gender in some exemplary societies of the Middle East - Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean - antecedent to the rise of Islam. Women and gender in Islam: historical roots of a modern debateĪre Islamic societies inherently oppressive to women? Is the trend among Islamic women to appear once again in veils and other traditional clothing a symbol of regression or an effort to return to a 'pure' Islam that was just and fair to both sexes? This book contributes to the current debate about women and Islam by exploring its historical roots, tracing the developments in Islamic discourses on women and gender from the ancient world to the present. ![]() ![]() The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here ![]()
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![]() ![]() James have become my most adored tour guides when venturing into the impenetrable stygian darkness, providing nefarious cover for things that go bump in the night.īy way of a confession, my leanings toward such works have even found me enjoying Dennis Wheatley, though I’m unlikely to advertise this guilty pleasure unless tempted to do so by Bacchus himself! Counterpointing this reverence for the venerated masters of the Gothic genre, is a counterintuitive fondness for books which flagrantly lampoon this hallowed genre, and its iconic progenitors. These lucky finds remain one of my greatest joys, and go a long way to explaining the enduringly ineluctable pull of the second hand book shop upon both my curiosity, and book craving psyche.Īmongst my many predilections is a taste for the macabre, the supernatural and the luridly scintillating, recondite shibboleths of the occult. ![]() ![]() Quite by chance I will be drawn to a book ostensibly appearing to be something unlikely to tickle my fancy, yet upon closer inspection, said book magically provides unexpected noetic stimulation, and the invaluable balm of unadulterated entertainment. ![]() As with innumerable readers, my reading proclivities benefit from the deft hand of serendipity acting as a delightful agent of fortuitous thaumaturgy. ![]()
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Stratagem by Christina Hagmann5/20/2023 ![]() She does whatever she is told and waits in isolation for her next assignment. Meda has lived a sheltered life-essentially as a prisoner of The Agency that keeps her locked up until she is needed to impersonate a political figure to advance the Agency's evil plot to take over the US Government. That can lead to a sense that she is merely objectively reporting what she sees, but narration is enhanced as she discovers a reality she never understood. A first person narrator is often suspect, and we can't expect Meda to accurately interpret what happens as narrates the tale. The story is told through the eyes of Meda, a 17-year-old girl who has inherited the ability to shape shift at will, called a Mimic. ![]() ![]() Mixing all those genres isn't an easy task, but Hagmann pulls it off seemlessly. Christina Hagmann's debut novel, Stratagem, combines YA, magical realism, mystery and thriller in an action packed ride that starts on the first page and never lets up until the very end. ![]()
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Arnold lobel frog and toad5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The showrunner adds that when you have simple stories (“Frog and Toad” is targeted at early readers), you can dive into a scene and let the subtleties emerge. We’re able to take trees and rocks and bushes, landscape elements, and interchange them to create almost an infinite amount of environments.” “Since this show takes place outdoors, we were able to vary our backgrounds a lot by having foreground elements, midground elements and background elements we could mix and match. ![]() “You have a little bit more flexibility to change things around,” Hoegee said. One of the benefits of that is the ability to add new characters and details in a matter of hours, versus CG, where artists have to design and model each new element. Then those rigs are manipulated, but what’s different than, say, another CG platform, is you’re able to maintain linework and texture in a way that looks hand-drawn,” Hoegee explains. “It’s sort of a hybrid CG, so the characters are created with rigs and built within a computer program. The result is a similar style to the broken line illustrations originally featured in Lobel’s books. ![]() That’s why the animation team of roughly 30 (plus another 60 or so from animation studio Titmouse in Vancouver) hand-drew and painted the series before animating it through a program called Toon Boom Harmony. Animated Series ‘Mulligan’ Finds the Comedy in a Post-Apocalyptic America ![]()
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Discworld monstrous regiment5/19/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Borogravians believe in Nuggan, a god whose most. "men," to come to the aid of their country. If ‘Night Watch’ is a story about revolution and standing up to tyranny, ‘Monstrous Regiment’ focuses on lies, propaganda and the power of fear. ![]() But duty calls, the battlefield beckons, and now is the time for all good, er. Since a nation in such dire need of cannon fodder cannot afford to be too picky, Polly is eagerly welcomed into the fighting fold, along with a vampire, a troll, an Igor, a religious fanatic, and two uncommonly close "friends." It would appear that Polly "Ozzer" Perks isn't the only grunt with a secret. ![]() Jackrums for Borogravias Tenth Foot in the novel, Monstrous Regiment. So she cuts off her hair, dons masculine garb, and-aided by a well-placed pair of socks-sets out to join the army. Maladict is one of the volunteers who are recruited by Sgt. Monstrous Regiment, the 28th Discworldbook, is one of the few late-franchise Discworldbooks not to center around one of the major character sets (The Watch, Death, Rincewind, or the Witches), though William de Worde from The Truthand Sam Vimes make a few appearances. A year ago, Polly Perks's brother marched off to battle, and Polly is willing to resort to drastic measures to find him. And, to no one's great surprise, the conflict centers around the small, arrogantly fundamentalist duchy of Borogravia, which has long prided itself on its unrelenting aggressiveness. War rages on-with one unconventional soldier-in Terry Pratchett's bestselling Discworld® series Print Monstrous Regiment: (Discworld Novel 31) ![]()
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The red nation red deal5/19/2023 ![]() “The main question that we’re asking with the Red Deal- and thinking about the Green New Deal- is why is it easier for some to imagine the end of fossil fuels but not about colonialism and not the continued dispossession of indigenous lands?,” Nick Estes, an organizer for The Red Nation and assistant professor of American studies at the University of New Mexico, said. ![]() They want to incorporate justice not only for natural areas but also marginalized populations, she said. ![]() to recruit supporters as well as lay out a document called the Red Deal.Īlvarado said the Green New Deal inspired the Red Deal. The Red Nation, a volunteer-run organization, campaigns for anti-capitalistic reform and indigenous resistance through education, said Hope Alvarado, an organizer for The Red Nation and and the treasurer of the Albuquerque freedom council. ![]() The Red Nation website defines decolonization as “the action and practice of dismantling harmful structures of power, reclaiming previous subjectivities, and envisioning a future built on previous and current understandings of compassion, relation, and accountability.” The Red Nation, a movement for global decolonization and environmental protection, made its way to Farmington, NM in late September. ![]()
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Squared away annabeth albert5/19/2023 ![]() A forever future is within reach for all of them, if only Mark can find the courage he needs to trust Isaiah with his secrets-and his heart. ![]() But there’s no denying there’s something sexy about a big, tough military man with a baby in his arms.Īs the legal details get sorted out, their long-buried attraction resurfaces, leading to intimate evenings after the kids are tucked in. For now, he’s throwing himself into proving he’s the best person to care for his cousin’s kids. Squared Away ( 2018) (The fifth book in the Out of Uniform series) A novel by Annabeth Albert Buy from Amazon Search Sorry, we've not found any editions of this book at Amazon Find this book at 'Carina Press always promises an HEA in the stories they publish. ![]() In fact, he’s done with crushing on the wrong men altogether. Isaiah’s totally over the crush that made him proposition Mark all those years ago. Even after six years, Mark can’t shake the memory of his close encounter with Isaiah James, or face up to what it says about his own sexuality. But a conflicting will could give custody to someone else-someone Mark remembers as a too young, too hot, wild party boy. ![]() ![]() In the wake of tragedy, SEAL Mark Whitley rushed stateside to act as guardian to his sister’s three young children. “Whether making my heart melt or my head burst into flames, Annabeth Albert draws the reader in and keeps them captivated.” - Gay Book Reviews ![]() |