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Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
The Oracle
Author: The Oracle of Buffalo
Author: Larry StolzenburgPublisher:
ISBN: 9780692761175
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
One of New York's most celebrated philanthropists has wealth that goes beyond her stocks. In her remarkable life, crippling illness and heartache threatened Stephanie Mucha with a passive and lackluster existence. But, she met challenges, pushed boundaries, and showed the world what real compassion was. A simple girl from Buffalo leaves an indelible mark on all who know her.
The Oracle of Night
Author: Sidarta RibeiroPublisher: Pantheon
ISBN: 1524746916
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
A groundbreaking history of the human mind told through our experience of dreams—from the earliest accounts to current scientific findings—and their essential role in the formation of who we are and the world we have made. "A resounding case for the mystery, beauty and cognitive importance of dreams." —The New York Times What is a dream? Why do we dream? How do our bodies and minds use them? These questions are the starting point for this unprecedented study of the role and significance of this phenomenon. An investigation on a grand scale, it encompasses literature, anthropology, religion, and science, articulating the essential place dreams occupy in human culture and how they functioned as the catalyst that compelled us to transform our earthly habitat into a human world. From the earliest cave paintings—where Sidarta Ribeiro locates a key to humankind’s first dreams and how they contributed to our capacity to perceive past and future and our ability to conceive of the existence of souls and spirits—to today’s cutting-edge scientific research, Ribeiro arrives at revolutionary conclusions about the role of dreams in human existence and evolution. He explores the advances that contemporary neuroscience, biochemistry, and psychology have made into the connections between sleep, dreams, and learning. He explains what dreams have taught us about the neural basis of memory and the transformation of memory in recall. And he makes clear that the earliest insight into dreams as oracular has been elucidated by contemporary research. Accessible, authoritative, and fascinating, The Oracle of Night gives us a wholly new way to understand this most basic of human experiences.
The Oracle Encyclopaedia
Author: R. W. Egerton EastwickPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 730
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: Östasiatiska museetPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
The Wizards Who Flew Into America
Author: Tunde AkingbadePublisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1410796213
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
This selection of short stories deals with everyday situations. Some go unnoticed, and others very obvious. Still these issues need to be dealt with. In all these stories there is a lesson to learn. These stories tell about situations and the consequences that followed. I'm hoping to reach the youth so they don't fall into these situations. It is my hope that today's youth will learn their lessons better than we did.
The Bantu of North Kavirondo
Author: Gunter WagnerPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429941099
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Originally published in 1949, this is the first of 2 volumes studying the Bantu tribes inhabiting the westernmost part of Kenya. The book analyses family, lineage and clan structure, kinship relations and the various rituals connected with every stage of the human life cycle. Also included is a section on European colonization and its effects and the magico-religious and ceremonial aspects of tribal life.
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Author: Washington Irving