Author: Cheiro
Publisher: Gramercy
ISBN: 9780517189306
Category : Fortune-telling
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Language of the Hand A brand-new edition of the classic work first published in 1894. Cheiro was a renowned palmist whose world travels gained attention in the press and whose palm readings for the rich and famous of his day, including Mark Twain, elicited words of praise. In this unique book are methods for reading personalities, recognizing astrological links, and prognostication, along with drawings of hands showing structural types and lines. A series of photographic hand prints taken directly from the famous people Cheiro read for, such as Sara Bernhardt, is also included.
Palmistry
Author: Cheiro
Publisher: Gramercy
ISBN: 9780517189306
Category : Fortune-telling
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Language of the Hand A brand-new edition of the classic work first published in 1894. Cheiro was a renowned palmist whose world travels gained attention in the press and whose palm readings for the rich and famous of his day, including Mark Twain, elicited words of praise. In this unique book are methods for reading personalities, recognizing astrological links, and prognostication, along with drawings of hands showing structural types and lines. A series of photographic hand prints taken directly from the famous people Cheiro read for, such as Sara Bernhardt, is also included.
Publisher: Gramercy
ISBN: 9780517189306
Category : Fortune-telling
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Language of the Hand A brand-new edition of the classic work first published in 1894. Cheiro was a renowned palmist whose world travels gained attention in the press and whose palm readings for the rich and famous of his day, including Mark Twain, elicited words of praise. In this unique book are methods for reading personalities, recognizing astrological links, and prognostication, along with drawings of hands showing structural types and lines. A series of photographic hand prints taken directly from the famous people Cheiro read for, such as Sara Bernhardt, is also included.
Language Of The Hand
Author: Cheiro
Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
ISBN: 9788171821204
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher: Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd.
ISBN: 9788171821204
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Hand
Author: Frank R. Wilson
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679740473
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
"A startling argument . . . provocative . . . absorbing." --The Boston Globe "Ambitious . . . arresting . . . celebrates the importance of hands to our lives today as well as to the history of our species." --The New York Times Book Review The human hand is a miracle of biomechanics, one of the most remarkable adaptations in the history of evolution. The hands of a concert pianist can elicit glorious sound and stir emotion; those of a surgeon can perform the most delicate operations; those of a rock climber allow him to scale a vertical mountain wall. Neurologist Frank R. Wilson makes the striking claim that it is because of the unique structure of the hand and its evolution in cooperation with the brain that Homo sapiens became the most intelligent, preeminent animal on the earth. In this fascinating book, Wilson moves from a discussion of the hand's evolution--and how its intimate communication with the brain affects such areas as neurology, psychology, and linguistics--to provocative new ideas about human creativity and how best to nurture it. Like Oliver Sacks and Stephen Jay Gould, Wilson handles a daunting range of scientific knowledge with a surprising deftness and a profound curiosity about human possibility. Provocative, illuminating, and delightful to read, The Hand encourages us to think in new ways about one of our most taken-for-granted assets. "A mark of the book's excellence [is that] it makes the reader aware of the wonder in trivial, everyday acts, and reveals the complexity behind the simplest manipulation." --The Washington Post
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0679740473
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
"A startling argument . . . provocative . . . absorbing." --The Boston Globe "Ambitious . . . arresting . . . celebrates the importance of hands to our lives today as well as to the history of our species." --The New York Times Book Review The human hand is a miracle of biomechanics, one of the most remarkable adaptations in the history of evolution. The hands of a concert pianist can elicit glorious sound and stir emotion; those of a surgeon can perform the most delicate operations; those of a rock climber allow him to scale a vertical mountain wall. Neurologist Frank R. Wilson makes the striking claim that it is because of the unique structure of the hand and its evolution in cooperation with the brain that Homo sapiens became the most intelligent, preeminent animal on the earth. In this fascinating book, Wilson moves from a discussion of the hand's evolution--and how its intimate communication with the brain affects such areas as neurology, psychology, and linguistics--to provocative new ideas about human creativity and how best to nurture it. Like Oliver Sacks and Stephen Jay Gould, Wilson handles a daunting range of scientific knowledge with a surprising deftness and a profound curiosity about human possibility. Provocative, illuminating, and delightful to read, The Hand encourages us to think in new ways about one of our most taken-for-granted assets. "A mark of the book's excellence [is that] it makes the reader aware of the wonder in trivial, everyday acts, and reveals the complexity behind the simplest manipulation." --The Washington Post
Chirologia
Author: John Bulwer
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498056915
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1644 Edition.
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781498056915
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1644 Edition.
Language in Hand
Author: William C. Stokoe
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
ISBN: 9781563681035
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Integrating current findings in linguistics, semiotics, and anthropology, Stokoe fashions a closely reasoned argument that suggests how our human ancestors' powers of observation and natural hand movements could have evolved into signed morphemes.".
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
ISBN: 9781563681035
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Integrating current findings in linguistics, semiotics, and anthropology, Stokoe fashions a closely reasoned argument that suggests how our human ancestors' powers of observation and natural hand movements could have evolved into signed morphemes.".
Cheiro's Guide to the Hand ...
Chironomia; or, A treatise on rhetorical delivery
Author: Gilbert Austin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gesture
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Gesture
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
From Hand to Mouth
Author: Michael C. Corballis
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691088037
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Writing with wit and eloquence, Corballis makes nimble reference to literature, mythology, natural history, sports, and contemporary politics as he explains in fascinating detail what is now known about the evolution of language. Line illustrations.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691088037
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Writing with wit and eloquence, Corballis makes nimble reference to literature, mythology, natural history, sports, and contemporary politics as he explains in fascinating detail what is now known about the evolution of language. Line illustrations.
Talking with Your Hands, Listening with Your Eyes
Author: Gabriel Grayson
Publisher: Square One Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 9780757000072
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Grayson makes sign language accessible, easy, and fun with this comprehensive primer to the techniques, words, and phrases of signing. 800 illustrative photos.
Publisher: Square One Publishers, Inc.
ISBN: 9780757000072
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Grayson makes sign language accessible, easy, and fun with this comprehensive primer to the techniques, words, and phrases of signing. 800 illustrative photos.