A review of major post-World War II American foreign policy decisions made by authorities who were blinded by ideology. It tells us a simple lesson about politics: of all the motivations for political action, none is as lethal as ideology.
Are we our brains? How can you map the mind? Can brain scans read our minds?Based on Rob Newman's live stand-up show and new BBC Radio 4 series, his thought-provoking new book explores the scientific breakthroughs that have turned received ideas of brain science upside down.
This collection of essays is concerned with fatherhood. It includes disparate viewpoints—funny, poignant, and philisophical, and reflects on the first inklings of male broodiness, the nine months of pregnancy, and the moment of birth and beyond.
Set in Elizabethan England during a vibrant era of trade and art, the story follows young Nat Bramble and poet Darius Nouredini as they embark on an adventurous quest for a secret oil well beneath the Temple of Mithras in Persia. Their journey ignites a series of events that entangles Nat in a fierce conflict between the monarchy and emerging corporations in London. The narrative blends espionage and intrigue while exploring the impactful forces of capitalism and corporate power.
The “trauma of childbirth” is a commonly heard phrase, but one that Calm Birth authoritatively counters. A resource for pregnant women and birth workers looking for empowering mind-body practices for a healthier kind of birth, this edition, revised with updated research and new material, shows how we can restore childbirth to its sacred status. The Calm Birth method, based on successful programs of the Harvard Medical School and the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, combines three proven practices—relaxation, meditation, and healing—with current scientific knowledge to nurture the expectant mother’s natural ability to give birth in true harmony with her body and her baby. Newman contextualizes the multilayered method within the existing literature of mind-body medicine and meditation science, as well as the meditation traditions from which two of the methods originate. In eight inspiring case studies of women who have experienced calm births, the author complements the thoughts of renowned experts including Carlos Castaneda and Carolyn Myss. With 25% new material, this revised edition contains a new foreword by Sandra Bardsley, updated research in the fields of meditation, birth, and the prenatal period, two new birth stories, three new chapters, and new photo documentation.
Covering the period from the first Grand Prix win in 1906, to Michael Schumacher's 2006 retirement, this book is one man's idea of the 20th century's motor racing heroes.
Police and soldiers across Tamaulipas, Mexico's north-eastern state are hunting Chano Salgado. A reclusive young widower and political apostate, Salgado is forced to go on the run after he is persuaded to blow up the pipelines of Ethylclad, a sluicing operation sucking the local groundwater dry. schovat popis
A part-autobiographical tale of paranoia, loneliness and sexual obsession, by one of the Newman and Baddiel comedy act. A drug-related murder in a Manchester pub transforms the lives of all the characters, including the angst-ridden hero and his girlfriend, a Romanian highjumper.
