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A Brief Guide to Self-Help Classics - From How to Win Friends and Influence People to the Chimp Paradox by James M. Russell
Category: Business
From Dale Carnegie''s How to Win Friends and Influence People, published in 1936, which has sold over 30 million copies to date, to the mind management programme of Professor Steve Peters'' The Chimp Paradox, a concise and insightful guide to seventy of the most influential self-help books ever publishe ...Show more
Adventures in Space Short Stories by Chinese and English Science Fiction Writers by Patrick Parrinder; Yao Haijun; Leah Cypess; Ronald Ferguson; Russell James; Alex Shvartsman; Amdi Silvestri; Allen Stroud; Eleanor Wood; Bao shu; Zhao Haihong; Chen Zijun; Han Song; Wang Jinkang; He Xi
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction
If you love the mission of science fiction, the interchange between cultures, the hopeful and inexorable trajectory of technology and ideas, you'll love this anthology of new stories from Chinese and English language writers. An impressive joint project, this outstanding new anthology brings the best o ...Show more
Brief Guide to Philosophical Classics, a the Thinking Person's Guide to the Great Books of Philosop by James Russell
Category: Reference | Series: Brief Histories Ser.
Big ideas sometimes come from the strangest places. In this wide ranging introduction, James M Russell takes the fear out of philosophy and selects seventy-six works - from Plato, Descartes and Wittgenstein to Philip K Dick and the Moomins as well as contemporary thinkers such as Peter Singer and John R ...Show more
Brief Guide to Spiritual Classics by James M. Russell
Category: Mind, Body & Spirit | Series: Brief Histories
This very readable brief guide examines a wide range of spiritual writing that can be read for enjoyment or inspiration, including some books that come from beyond any religious tradition. While written from within the Christian tradition, and offering introductions to the writings of medieval mystics, ...Show more
Cerebrum 2010 - Emerging Ideas in Brain Science by Benjamin S. Carson (Preface by); Emily A. Kuhl; William E. Narrow; Darrel A. Regier; Paul McHugh; Mahlon R. DeLong; Russell A. Poldrack; Natalie Denburg; Lyndsay Harshman; Marcelo O. Dietrick; Tamas L. Horvath; Michael Posner; R. Douglas Shytle; Paula C. Bickford; Dimitrios Kapogiannis; Jordan Grafman; Andrew Newberg; Scott A. Huettel; Julian E. Asher; Lisa J. Merlo; Mark S. Gold; Michael F. Huerta; Brenda Patoine; Dana Press Staff; Dan Gordon (Editor); Scott T. Grafton; Howard Gardner; James Traub; Jay N. Giedd; Douglas A. Gentile; David J. Kupfer
Category: Non-Fiction
Cerebrum 2010offers a feast for readers keen to know what the world’s leading thinkers see as the newest ideas and implications arising from discoveries about the brain. Drawn fromCerebrum’shighly regarded Web edition, this fourth annual collection brings together the foremost experts in brain science. ...Show more
Demon Dagger by Russell James
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction
"James (Lambs Among Wolves) makes a familiar trope fresh in this gripping horror novel ... a thrilling game of supernatural cat and mouse." - Publishers Weekly Drew Price has a gift, or perhaps a curse. When a demon possesses a person, Drew can see the horrific-looking demon that dwells within. This abi ...Show more
Eight Spinning Planets by Brian James and Russell Benfanti (illustrator)
Category: Education | Series: Cartwheel Board Bks.
Get set to explore the solar system one planet at a time! Counting backwards from Mercury to Neptune, EIGHT SPINNING PLANETS features innovative die-cuts throughout to reveal realistic, touchable planets on every spread that disappear one by one with each turn of the page. Young readers will love disco ...Show more
Elementary - The Periodic Table Explained by James M. Russell
Category: Science
The periodic table, created in the early 1860s by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, is one of the most extraordinary advances in modern chemistry. This basic visual aid helped scientists to gain a deeper understanding of what chemical elements really were: and, astonishingly, it also correctly predicted ...Show more
Elementary - The Periodic Table Explained by James M. Russell
Category: Science
The periodic table, created in the early 1860s by Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, marked one of the most extraordinary advances in modern chemistry. This basic visual aid helped scientists to gain a deeper understanding of what chemical elements really were: and, astonishingly, it also correctly pre ...Show more
Interwoven Journeys: the Michael Abbott Collections of Asian Art by James Bennett (Editor); Russell Kelty (Editor)
Category: Art
Interwoven Journeys: The Michael Abbott Collections of Asian Art celebrates the generosity of one of Australia's leading patrons whose passion for the art and cultures of Asia has resulted in a deep and generative legacy at cultural institutions across Australia. Published by the Art Gallery of South Au ...Show more
Known Only to Kings: Diamonds in Mythology and Folklore by James Russell
Category: Philosophy