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Unthinkable

An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains

by Helen Thomson ...

In this Indiebound bestseller, the award-winning science writer unlocks the biggest mysteries of the human brain by examining nine extraordinary cases.Our brains are far stranger than we think. We take it for granted that we can remember, feel emotion, navigate, empathize and understand the world around us, but how would our lives change if these abilities were dramatically enhanced—or disappeared ... Read more

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In this Indiebound bestseller, the award-winning science writer unlocks the biggest mysteries of the human brain by examining nine extraordinary cases.Our brains are far stranger than we think. We take it for granted that we can remember, feel emotion, navigate, empathize and understand the world around us, but how would our lives change if these abilities were dramatically enhanced—or disappeared
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Unthinkable

An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains

by Helen Thomson ...

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7 hours 19 min

A prizewinning journalist with a background in neuroscience, Helen Thomson spent years tracking down people who live with the world's most extraordinary neurological disorders—like a man who tried to break his back because his legs no longer felt like his own, and another who believed that he was dead for nine years. Not content to simply read about these cases on paper, Thomson reached out to ten ... Read more

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A prizewinning journalist with a background in neuroscience, Helen Thomson spent years tracking down people who live with the world's most extraordinary neurological disorders—like a man who tried to break his back because his legs no longer felt like his own, and another who believed that he was dead for nine years. Not content to simply read about these cases on paper, Thomson reached out to ten
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Growing Australian Terrestrial Orchids: a Practical Guide for the Hobby Grower

by Mike Pieloor, Helen Richards, Richard Thomson ...

Growing Australian Terrestrial Orchids: A practical guide for the hobby growerWritten by three skilled Australian terrestrial orchid growers with decades of experience, and with contributions from expert growers worldwide.This essential handbook provides novice and expert hobby growers alike with clear and simple steps for success. It outlines detailed, step-by-step instructions that assist with ... Read more

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Growing Australian Terrestrial Orchids: A practical guide for the hobby growerWritten by three skilled Australian terrestrial orchid growers with decades of experience, and with contributions from expert growers worldwide.This essential handbook provides novice and expert hobby growers alike with clear and simple steps for success. It outlines detailed, step-by-step instructions that assist with
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Nazi Camps and their Neighbouring Communities

History, Memory, and Memorialization

by Helen J. Whatmore-Thomson ...

Nazi concentration camps (KZs) were established in the vicinity of local communities across Europe. Arguably, the individuals in these communities were not perpetrators, nor were they victims, like those imprisoned in the camps. Yet they did not simply stand by on the sidelines, passive, uninvolved, or untouched by the presence of the camps. Local citizenries engaged in ambiguous and highly ... Read more

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Nazi concentration camps (KZs) were established in the vicinity of local communities across Europe. Arguably, the individuals in these communities were not perpetrators, nor were they victims, like those imprisoned in the camps. Yet they did not simply stand by on the sidelines, passive, uninvolved, or untouched by the presence of the camps. Local citizenries engaged in ambiguous and highly
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This Book Could Fix Your Life

The Science of Self Help

by New Scientist, Helen Thomson ...

Narrated by Helen Thomson ...

Unabridged

8 hours 21 min

We all want to be happier, more successful and less stressed, but what really works?From improving creativity to building confidence, self-care to self-esteem, forming better habits and feeling happier, Fix Your Life debunks the fads and explores the real science of self-help.Can you learn to make better decisions?Or break bad habits and form new ones?What should you eat to feel happier?</st... ... Read more

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We all want to be happier, more successful and less stressed, but what really works?From improving creativity to building confidence, self-care to self-esteem, forming better habits and feeling happier, Fix Your Life debunks the fads and explores the real science of self-help.Can you learn to make better decisions?Or break bad habits and form new ones?What should you eat to feel happier?</st...
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Managing Your Research Project

A Guide for Researchers

by Inger Mewburn, Pat Thomson, Helen Kara, Aimee Grant ...

Series series Insider Guides to Success in Academia
Managing Your Research Project is a practical and accessible guide that will help researchers navigate the complexities of project management. This user-friendly resource offers valuable insights and tools for funded, commissioned, unfunded, and student research in academic settings.Instead of advocating for a single project management approach, the book provides a variety of options, empowering ... Read more

$28.99 USD

Managing Your Research Project is a practical and accessible guide that will help researchers navigate the complexities of project management. This user-friendly resource offers valuable insights and tools for funded, commissioned, unfunded, and student research in academic settings.Instead of advocating for a single project management approach, the book provides a variety of options, empowering
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Case Studies for School Leaders

Implementing the ISLLC Standards

by William Sharp, James K. Walter, Helen M. Sharp ...

Whatever your profession, a common base of knowledge and standards of performance are required for admission to practice. As an educator, while it is true that the individual states administer actual licensure procedures, they do so based on core standards established across states. These case studies, which cover a cross-section of these core values, are highly useful for people preparing to ... Read more

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Whatever your profession, a common base of knowledge and standards of performance are required for admission to practice. As an educator, while it is true that the individual states administer actual licensure procedures, they do so based on core standards established across states. These case studies, which cover a cross-section of these core values, are highly useful for people preparing to
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The Show What You Wrote

A BBC Radio 4 Sketch Comedy

by Various ...

Narrated by John Thomson, Helen Moon, Fiona Clarke, Gavin Webster, Jason Manford, Chris Addison, Shobna Gulati, Janice Connolly ...

Unabridged

5 hours 32 min

The hilarious BBC Radio comedy show where every sketch has been written by the publicThe complete series of the ground-breaking comedy series, which called for submissions from members of the public. With over 12,000 sketches sent in from 1,500 different people, The Show What You Wrote spans such diverse comedy topics as Crime & Thriller, Kitchen Sink, Body & Soul, and Geography, and features ... Read more

$18.79 USD

The hilarious BBC Radio comedy show where every sketch has been written by the publicThe complete series of the ground-breaking comedy series, which called for submissions from members of the public. With over 12,000 sketches sent in from 1,500 different people, The Show What You Wrote spans such diverse comedy topics as Crime & Thriller, Kitchen Sink, Body & Soul, and Geography, and features
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The Reality Bubble

How Science Reveals the Hidden Truths that Shape Our World

by Ziya Tong ...

Narrated by Ziya Tong ...

Unabridged

11 hours 29 min

**WINNER OF THE 2020 LANE ANDERSON AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 RBC TAYLOR PRIZEFrom one of the world's most engaging science journalists, a groundbreaking and wonder-filled look at the hidden things that shape our lives in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways.**Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality.We are blind in comparison to the X-rays that peer through skin, the mass ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE 2020 LANE ANDERSON AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 RBC TAYLOR PRIZEFrom one of the world's most engaging science journalists, a groundbreaking and wonder-filled look at the hidden things that shape our lives in unexpected and sometimes dangerous ways.**Our naked eyes see only a thin sliver of reality.We are blind in comparison to the X-rays that peer through skin, the mass
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Encounters at the Heart of the World

A History of the Mandan People

by Elizabeth A. Fenn ...

Narrated by Elizabeth A. Fenn, Christine Marshall ...

Unabridged

10 hours 32 min

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for HistoryElizabeth A. Fenn radically changes our understanding of North America before and after the arrival of Europeans.Encounters at the Heart of the World concerns the Mandan Indians, iconic Plains people whose teeming, busy towns on the upper Missouri River were for centuries at the center of the North American universe. We know of them mostly because Lewis and ... Read more

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Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for HistoryElizabeth A. Fenn radically changes our understanding of North America before and after the arrival of Europeans.Encounters at the Heart of the World concerns the Mandan Indians, iconic Plains people whose teeming, busy towns on the upper Missouri River were for centuries at the center of the North American universe. We know of them mostly because Lewis and
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The Exquisite Machine

The New Science of the Heart

by Sian Harding ...

Narrated by Polly Lee ...

Unabridged

7 hours 3 min

Your heart is a miracle in motion, a marvel of construction unsurpassed by any human-made creation. It beats 100,000 times every day—if you were to live to 100, that would be more than 3 billion beats across your lifespan. Despite decadesof effort in labs all over the world, we have not yet been able to replicate the heart’s perfect engineering. But, as Sian Harding shows us in The Exquisite ... Read more

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Your heart is a miracle in motion, a marvel of construction unsurpassed by any human-made creation. It beats 100,000 times every day—if you were to live to 100, that would be more than 3 billion beats across your lifespan. Despite decadesof effort in labs all over the world, we have not yet been able to replicate the heart’s perfect engineering. But, as Sian Harding shows us in The Exquisite
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Rapport

The Four Ways to Read People, Communicate Better, and Build Lasting Connections

by Emily Alison, Laurence Alison ...

Narrated by Emily Alison, Laurence Alison ...

Unabridged

10 hours 3 min

Learn how to read people, build trust and handle even the most difficult conversations with confidence.All of us have to deal with difficult people. Whether we're asking our neighbour to move a fence or our boss for a pay rise, we can struggle to avoid arguments and get what we want.Leading forensic psychologists Laurence and Emily Alison specialise in the most difficult interactions imaginable: ... Read more

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Learn how to read people, build trust and handle even the most difficult conversations with confidence.All of us have to deal with difficult people. Whether we're asking our neighbour to move a fence or our boss for a pay rise, we can struggle to avoid arguments and get what we want.Leading forensic psychologists Laurence and Emily Alison specialise in the most difficult interactions imaginable:
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