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The History Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Sigmund Freud is rightly called the godfather of psychoanalysis. He forever changed the way we view ourselves and developed our understanding of human nature. His concepts have become part of our psychological vocabulary: unconscious thoughts and feelings, conflict, the meaning of dreams, the sensuality of childhood. He dared to try new methods and treatments. Everyone knows the term Freudian slip and has a basic understanding of his theories, however,...
Publisher
Worth Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Man's Search for Meaning tells you what you need to know--before or after you read Viktor E. Frankl's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl includes: Historical context Chapter-by-chapter summaries Important quotes...
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English
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World-leading natural and social scientists shed light on their discoveries and lives in conversation with an award-winning science writer When acclaimed science writer Stefan Klein asks Nobel Prize- winning chemist Roald Hoffmann what sets scientists apart, Hoffmann says, "First and foremost, curiosity." In this collection of intimate conversations with 19 of the world's best-known scientists (including three Nobel Laureates), Klein lets us listen...
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Publisher
New Academia Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A social anthropologist recounts his time living and working in the Middle East. In Left-Handed in the Islamic World , the author, a social anthropologist, shares stories of Arabs he met and lived with, covering a period from 1968 to 2012. Lawrence of Arabia serves as an inspiration for the journey. Throughout the book the author calls upon a significant amount of history to give a background and to contextualize the stories. The stories describe...
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Harlequin / Open Road Integrated Media
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
She saved the merciless prince… Now she must meet him at the altar! When sweet scientist Josephine rescues a drowning stranger, she's captivated by his devastating good looks and charm. Alexander doesn't remember who he is, but the desire in his eyes sweeps innocent Josephine on an intensely passionate journey! Until it's revealed he's Prince Alexander, heir to the throne of Aargau… Now the threat of scandal means this shy Cinderella must become...
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Series
To the stars volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Space Platform tells the exciting story of a young man helping to build this first station. With scientific accuracy and imagination Murray Leinster, one of the world's top science-fiction writers, describes the building and launching of the platform. Here is a fast-paced story of sabotage and murder directed against a project more secret and valuable than the atom bomb Reaching for the Stars....Ever since ancient man first gazed in wonder at the...
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Essays and examples that reveal how scientists figure things out: "An excellent piece of work with lots of fascinating information." -- Brian Clegg, Popular Science Göran Grimvall is determined to help mere mortals understand how scientists get to the kernel of perplexing problems. Entertaining and enlightening, his latest book uses examples from sports, literature, and nature -- as well as from the varied worlds of science -- to illustrate how...
10) The Judas strain
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English
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A worldwide pandemic grows rapidly out of control as Gray Pierce, commander of the covert organization SIGMA, joins with a would-be assassin to discover a cure for the unknown killer disease, the secret to which may lie with Marco Polo.
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English
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Hedy Kiesler is lucky. Her beauty leads to a starring role in a controversial film and marriage to a powerful Austrian arms dealer, allowing her to evade Nazi persecution despite her Jewish heritage. But Hedy is also intelligent. At lavish Vienna dinner parties, she overhears the Third Reich's plans. One night in 1937, desperate to escape her controlling husband and the rise of the Nazis, she disguises herself and flees her husband's castle. She lands...
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Series
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Spies in Disguise hits the big screen on December 25, 2019. The all-star cast includes Will Smith, Tom Holland, Karen Gillan, Rashida Jones, and DJ Khaled! Spies in Disguise: The Junior Novel retells the exciting, hilarious movie and features a full-color section with action-packed art! Super spy Lance Sterling and scientist Walter Beckett are almost exact opposites. Lance is smooth, suave and debonair. Walter is ... not. But what Walter lacks in...
13) Frankenstein
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English
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The premier monster story of English literature-a tale of science pursued to horrifying extremes An origin story nearly as famous as the book itself: One dreary summer on the shores of Lake Geneva, amid discussions of galvanism and the occult and fireside readings from a collection of German ghost stories, Lord Byron proposed a game. Each of his guests-eighteen-year-old Mary Godwin and her future husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, among them-would...
15) Quicksilver
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Baroque cycle volume 1
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English
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Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe, in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight.
It is a chronicle of the breathtaking exploits of "Half-Cocked Jack" Shaftoe -- London street urchin turned swashbuckling...
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Series
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A disturbed criminal wants to destroy her life. After her colleague's brutal murder, Dr. Waylynn Hargraves's past makes her a suspect, but Blackhawk Security investigator Elliot Dunham is certain she's innocent. When Waylynn's research reveals she faces a danger worse than being framed, Elliot will defy all of the rules he's set for himself in order to protect Waylynn from the killer who is stalking her."--
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Series
My weirdest school volume 9
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"With more than 11 million books sold, the My Weird School series really gets kids reading! In this ninth book in the new My Weirdest School series, Miss Universe is coming to Ella Mentry School! Her real name is Miss Tracy, and she's a retired scientist who will teach the students about planets and the solar system. But what happens when A.J. is cast as the planet Uranus in the school play? Perfect for reluctant readers and word lovers alike, Dan...
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Publisher
David & Charles
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
A collection of surprising revelations and quirky stories about one of the most amazing people who ever lived. This engaging volume reveals Leonardo da Vinci's phenomenal accomplishments: mathematical discoveries, investigations of the secrets of the human body, the invention of a robot . . and even a plan to divert Italy's Arno River. Packed with fascinating facts, the book also covers biographical details, modern reflections on da Vinci's legacy,...
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Series
Olga volume 1
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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A Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Book of the Year!
Meet Olga, the amazing child scientist who LOVES animals (because they are super-cute)! Brightly put this heavily illustrated don't-miss book on their "Ultimate Summer Reading List for 9- to 12-Year-Olds."
Olga and the Smelly Thing from Nowhere is jam-packed with fun: vibrant illustrations, word bubbles, quirky humor, olgamus
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