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Uno de los grandes científcos del comportamiento sondea las profundidades de la ciencia y la flosofía de la toma de decisiones para presentar un argumento devastador contra el libre albedrío. En Compórtate, su ya clásico ensayo sobre por qué los seres humanos hacen el bien y el mal, apuntaba a una conclusión inquietante: puede que no comprendamos la combinación precisa de naturaleza y educación que crea la física y la química en la base del comportamiento humano, pero eso no signifca que no exista.

New Techniques of Grief Therapy: Bereavement and Beyond expands on the mission of the previous two Techniques books, featuring innovative approaches to address the needs of those whose lives have been shadowed by loss—whether through bereavement, serious illness, the rupture of a relationship, or other complex or intangible losses, such as of an identity-defining career.

Life has gotten a little boring for Elmer Gilhooley. He hates his job as a process server and he’s so bad at it that he gets fired and rehired monthly when his employers are chronically unable to find a replacement. For a hobby, Elmer has taken to poaching wolves to annoy the local game warden, but so far the response isn’t what he’d hoped for. It looks as if Elmer may never have any fun again until a chance to resume his old job as a bounty hunter comes along.

Elmer Gilhooley has everything a guy could want. At just over thirty he’s retired and living off an ill-gotten windfall that he came into at his last job as a bounty hunter. He has a nice little house, a huge gun collection and plenty of time on his hands to enjoy both. His only problem is utter boredom and a longing for the sense of purpose and excitement that he used to know. When Elmer’s former boss lands him a new job to break up the monotony things get real interesting again, real quick.

We all suffer, but if you struggle with why that is and how to find the hope and strength to go on, this book is for you. Ryan shares his journey from the darkest depths of hysterical sadness to acceptance, understanding, and joy. He explores the purpose of suffering and shows you how to gain from it. He does this not on a grand humanity level, but on a vulnerable, personal level, with unique insights that will make a difference in how you live and how you approach death.

Traci Beller was thirteen when her father disappeared in the sleepy town of Rancha, not far from Los Angeles. The evidence says Tommy Beller abandoned his family, but Traci never believed it. Now, ten years later, Traci is a high-profile influencer with millions of followers and the money to hire the best detective she can find: Elvis Cole.

Nos quinze contos que compõem o livro, vemos o espírito de toda uma cidade no conjunto de seus cidadãos. As personagens que povoam essa Dublin são quase sempre marginalizadas e frívolas, marcadas pela frustração? jesuítas, mendigos, alcoólatras e artistas, que povoam velórios, pensões, cafés e comitês de província, declarando seus preconceitos de classe e revelando seus dramas pessoais. A experiência narrativa de Joyce adensa-se na direção da consciência de suas personagens, incluindo, misturando e confundindo os diversos gêneros do discurso e pontos de vista.

Rats - some people consider them as pests, while others consider them as pets. No matter on which side you are on, this book: 101 SUPER FACTS & MORE ABOUT RATS is bound to enrich your life with fascinating facts about these furry mammals. Impress your family and friends with amazing trivia about rats in the realms of Science, History, Literature, Music, Culture and more.

From the overwhelming operational victories at Kerch and Kharkov in May to the catastrophic defeats at El Alamein and Stalingrad, Death of the Wehrmacht offers an eye-opening new view of that decisive year. Building upon his widely respected critique in The German Way of War, Citino shows how the campaigns of 1942 fit within the centuries-old patterns of Prussian/German warmaking and ultimately doomed Hitler's expansionist ambitions.

Neither a protest against AI, nor a speculative work on how AI could replace humans, Algorithms of Armageddon provides a time-critical understanding of why AI is being implemented through state weaponization, the realities for the global power balance, and more importantly, U.S. national security.

A space-faring ne’er-do-well with more bravado than brains, Rex Nihilo plies the known universe in a tireless quest for his own personal gain. But when he fleeces a wealthy weapons dealer in a high-stakes poker game, he ends up winning a worthless planet…and owing an outstanding debt more vast than space itself!

Montana, winter. A small ranch with Gemma McWyntr, owner. Family owned it in the early 1900s. Each McWyntr family had one child, not for the lack of trying. Today, Gemma is the last, and the family name will end.

The 8 Steps to Freedom from Social Media Addiction is a practical user-friendly guide to breaking up with social media obsession to create a better lifestyle and improve Mental Health.

When a health scare forces Orla, 29, to move in with her secretive father, she decides it's time to swap family drama for sun-soaked Greek beaches. After checking into a charming B&B, she realises the turquoise sea isn't the only eye-catching sight. Her neighbour, brooding writer Georgios, is in dire need of inspiration – and Orla seems to be the muse he's been waiting for. But over candlelit dinners and Greek wine, he persuades Orla to share her past. As soon as she does, however, Georgios abruptly ends their rendezvous.

Il ragioniere Walter Vismara ha un problema. Il suo nuovo datore di lavoro, il Tosetto, sarà di certo una brava persona, però ha una mania, quella per il "folber", e obbliga i suoi impiegati a strazianti allenamenti, ogni giovedì, in vista della partita dell'anno, la grande sfida scapoli-ammogliati del 1° maggio. Purtroppo a Vismara del calcio non importa nulla, ma è stato subito nominato portiere titolare della squadra. I colleghi già lo chiamano "il Zamora", come il famoso portiere del Real Madrid, anche se le sue doti atletiche e agonistiche sono nulle.

In a world engulfed by darkness, the courageous determination of Jennifer Smith shines as the lone beacon of hope in a landscape destroyed by bitter cold and chaos. Stripped of technology, humanity teeters on the brink of collapse. Starvation grips the land as ruthless gangs ascend, engaged in a battle for supremacy in this new, savage world.

Lost in a sea of information about climate change and global warming? Let's dive in and explore the significance of this massive issue. You can't get away from it on the news, the flood of climate change information is like a barrage. How are you supposed to make sense of it all? You know about the conferences on global warming, and you are still concerned about the political actions needed to impact global warming, but struggling to understand what that change actually looks like?

Beginning in Italy, the Renaissance was a cultural movement that spread throughout Europe and affected art, science, technology, politics, and thought. From the 1300s to the beginning of the 1600s, scholars started to question what they knew and looked to literature and historical texts to develop new ideas for why things were the way they were. In just a short amount of time, the foundations for European life were uprooted and examined, leading people, including Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, to explore new ways of thinking and being.

The Archaeology of Ancient Israelite Knowledge reconstructs in carefully researched detail the worldview of the ancient Israelites writers responsible for the Hebrew Bible. What was the role of God in their lives? How did they see the relationship between God, nature, and themselves? Contrary to prevailing scholarly understanding, Robert Kawashima argues that the ancient Israelites saw God in a radically different way than the peoples around them. God no longer interconnected everything—humans, nature—but became seen as sharply separated from nature.

A mysterious guest has come to her estate under a shroud of mystery and violence. They have many secrets from one another, though Nina’s nature has been revealed when she bit the young woman on her first night there. After a tense evening of conversation, Nina attempts to build trust between them. She grants her access to the library where she can read about vampires and understand why she is not in danger...for the moment.