James Olson is a management-trained philosopher whose studies have encompassed business, engineering, art, Eastern and Western religion, yoga, qigong, psychology, language, neuro-linguistic programming, philosophy, and brain perspective. Olson has spent his life working to unify his understanding of material things, ideas, and spiritual energies by embracing concepts that are in harmony and eliminating those that create conflict. He draws from a foundation of conservative farm and Christian values, integrating complementary Eastern religious perspectives, liberal European viewpoints, ancient Egyptian wisdom, scientific facts, business discipline, and modern spiritual insights. His mission is to help bring the planet's masculine and feminine energies into greater balance, and thus into a more peaceful state, through his advocacy of whole-brain thinking.
This book is about grandparenting as a Christian vocation for the afternoon and evening of life. The author presents the unconditional love of a grandparent as indicative of a vocation, a calling from God. He explores the vocation of grandparent in all of its multiple dimensions of being and doing, including play and joy and laughter. Each chapter includes questions for personal or group reflection.
In To Catch a Spy: The Art of Counterintelligence, former Chief of CIA counterintelligence James M. Olson offers a wake-up call for the American public, showing how the US is losing the intelligence war and how our country can do a better job of protecting its national security and trade secrets.
Our brains have numerous functioning parts, all of which serve us at any one moment. But decades of research reveal the existence of two basic brain "operating systems"--two fundamental ways in which the whole brain processes incoming information. Because of this phenomenon of brain dominance, most of us tend to favor the input of either our "dualistic" left-brain (which focuses on parts instead of wholes) or our holistic right hemisphere. This means that typically only half of our innate intelligence informs our thinking--and since the left-brain operating system dominates most males, our culture has itself become left-brain dominant. How Whole Brain Thinking Can Save the Future explores this left-brain bias in our civilization, revealing it to be the root cause for centuries of war, racism, and political polarization--and eons of misunderstanding between the sexes. While most of our technological and scientific progress is driven by left-brain thinking, the great advances to come will require that we consciously harness both sides of our brain to greatly improve our cognition. Award-winning author James Olson goes on to explain how we can achieve greater internal harmony between the two operating systems of the brain--both as individuals and as a culture--thus showing us how ad why thinking with our whole brains will lead us to peace and to the ultimate healing of our relationships and our world.
A handbook that lists and illustrates key principles in the field of landscape ecology, presenting specific examples of how the principles can be applied in a range of scales and diverse types of landscapes around the world.
A concise overview of the most important principles in clinical pharmacology, with drug comparisons in clear chart format. The book blends the essentials of basic pharmacology and clinical pharmacology so that transition from classroom to clinic is less abrupt. The text that surrounds the tables emphasize key issues pertaining to therapeutic rationale, basic pharmacologic principles and clinical use of drugs. Topics include Principles of Pharmacology (Pharmacokinetics, drug actions at multiple levels, drug interactions, tolerance, dependence and withdrawal), Peripheral Nervous System, Central Nervous System, Cardiovascular and Hematology Drugs, Respiratory Drugs, GI Drugs, Anti-Infective Agents, Anticancer drugs, Anti-Inflammatory and Immunomodulating Agents, and Endocrine System Drugs. Principles of pharmacology -- Peripheral nervous system -- Central nervous system -- Cardiovascular and hematology drugs -- Respiratory drugs -- Gastrointestinal agents -- Anti-infective agents -- Anticancer drugs -- Anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating agents -- Endocrine system