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A General Theory of Love

by Thomas Lewis, Fari Amini, Richard Lannon ...

This original and lucid account of the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being draws on the latest scientific research. Three eminent psychiatrists tackle the difficult task of reconciling what artists and thinkers have known for thousands of years about the human heart with what has only recently been learned about the primitive functions of the human brain.A General ... Read more

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This original and lucid account of the complexities of love and its essential role in human well-being draws on the latest scientific research. Three eminent psychiatrists tackle the difficult task of reconciling what artists and thinkers have known for thousands of years about the human heart with what has only recently been learned about the primitive functions of the human brain.A General
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Alice Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll ...

Narrated by Thomas Franklin ...

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3 hours 28 min

Alice is playing with two kittens, "Snowdrop" and "Kitty", while she ponders what the world is like on the other side of a mirror's glass. Climbing up onto the fireplace mantel, she pokes at the wall-hung mirror behind the fireplace and discovers, to her surprise, that she is able to step through it to an alternate world..."Alice Through the Looking-Glass" is a sequel to "Alice in Wonderland". ... Read more

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Alice is playing with two kittens, "Snowdrop" and "Kitty", while she ponders what the world is like on the other side of a mirror's glass. Climbing up onto the fireplace mantel, she pokes at the wall-hung mirror behind the fireplace and discovers, to her surprise, that she is able to step through it to an alternate world..."Alice Through the Looking-Glass" is a sequel to "Alice in Wonderland".
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The Lives of a Cell

Notes of a Biology Watcher

by Lewis Thomas ...

Elegant, suggestive, and clarifying, Lewis Thomas's profoundly humane vision explores the world around us and examines the complex interdependence of all things. Extending beyond the usual limitations of biological science and into a vast and wondrous world of hidden relationships, this provocative book explores in personal, poetic essays to topics such as computers, germs, language, music, death, ... Read more

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Elegant, suggestive, and clarifying, Lewis Thomas's profoundly humane vision explores the world around us and examines the complex interdependence of all things. Extending beyond the usual limitations of biological science and into a vast and wondrous world of hidden relationships, this provocative book explores in personal, poetic essays to topics such as computers, germs, language, music, death,
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The Youngest Science

Notes of a Medicine-Watcher

by Lewis Thomas ...

An engrossing account of the professional life of medical pioneer, poet, and philosopher Lewis Thoams.From the 1920s when he watched his father, a general practitioner who made housecalls and wrote his prescriptions in Latin, to his days in medical school and beyond, Lewis Thomas saw medicine evolve from an art into a sophisticated science. The Youngest Science is Dr. Thomas's account of his life ... Read more

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An engrossing account of the professional life of medical pioneer, poet, and philosopher Lewis Thoams.From the 1920s when he watched his father, a general practitioner who made housecalls and wrote his prescriptions in Latin, to his days in medical school and beyond, Lewis Thomas saw medicine evolve from an art into a sophisticated science. The Youngest Science is Dr. Thomas's account of his life
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School Counseling

The Path to Success

by Wladimir Lewis Thomas ...

In School Counseling: The Path to Success, Dr. Wladimir Lewis-Thomas shares his transformative journey from a young immigrant struggling in an unfamiliar school system to a respected leader in school counseling. Drawing on 32 years of experience in the public school system, Dr. Lewis-Thomas reflects on the power of school counseling in shaping the lives of students-beyond academics, fostering ... Read more

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In School Counseling: The Path to Success, Dr. Wladimir Lewis-Thomas shares his transformative journey from a young immigrant struggling in an unfamiliar school system to a respected leader in school counseling. Drawing on 32 years of experience in the public school system, Dr. Lewis-Thomas reflects on the power of school counseling in shaping the lives of students-beyond academics, fostering
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Natural Obsessions

Striving to Unlock the Deepest Secrets of the Cancer Cell

by Natalie Angier ...

This classic work of science writing chronicles the search for the origins of cancer—with a new introduction by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author.In Natural Obsessions, acclaimed science writer Natalie Angier holds a microscope up to the agony and ecstasy of scientific research. Angier spent close to a year observing the work of two prominent biologists—MIT's Robert Weinberg and Michael Wigler of ... Read more

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This classic work of science writing chronicles the search for the origins of cancer—with a new introduction by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author.In Natural Obsessions, acclaimed science writer Natalie Angier holds a microscope up to the agony and ecstasy of scientific research. Angier spent close to a year observing the work of two prominent biologists—MIT's Robert Weinberg and Michael Wigler of
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Defying Hitler

The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule

by Gordon Thomas, Greg Lewis ...

**"A terrifying and timely account of resistance in the face of the greatest of evils.”—Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of The First WaveAn enthralling story that vividly resurrects the web of everyday Germans who resisted Nazi rule**Nazi Germany is remembered as a nation of willing fanatics. But beneath the surface, countless ordinary, everyday Germans actively resisted Hitler. ... Read more

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**"A terrifying and timely account of resistance in the face of the greatest of evils.”—Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author of The First WaveAn enthralling story that vividly resurrects the web of everyday Germans who resisted Nazi rule**Nazi Germany is remembered as a nation of willing fanatics. But beneath the surface, countless ordinary, everyday Germans actively resisted Hitler.
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Black Homeownership on Martha's Vineyard

A History

by Thomas Dresser, Richard Lewis Taylor ...

Martha's Vineyard has always been a unique island and vacation destination, made even more diverse with the arrival of Black homeowners in the 19th century. Early landowners included the formerly enslaved Charles Shearer, who along with his wife Henrietta, founded Shearer Cottage. However, the fall of the first Black community on the island came in the 1890s when forty Black and Indigenous people ... Read more

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Martha's Vineyard has always been a unique island and vacation destination, made even more diverse with the arrival of Black homeowners in the 19th century. Early landowners included the formerly enslaved Charles Shearer, who along with his wife Henrietta, founded Shearer Cottage. However, the fall of the first Black community on the island came in the 1890s when forty Black and Indigenous people
... Read more
School Counseling: The Path To Success

by Wladimir Lewis-Thomas ...

In School Counseling: The Path to Success, Dr. Wladimir Lewis-Thomas shares his transformative journey from a young immigrant struggling in an unfamiliar school system to a respected leader in school counseling. Drawing on 32 years of experience in the public school system, Dr. Lewis-Thomas reflects on the power of school counseling in shaping the lives of students—beyond academics, fostering ... Read more

$9.99 USD

In School Counseling: The Path to Success, Dr. Wladimir Lewis-Thomas shares his transformative journey from a young immigrant struggling in an unfamiliar school system to a respected leader in school counseling. Drawing on 32 years of experience in the public school system, Dr. Lewis-Thomas reflects on the power of school counseling in shaping the lives of students—beyond academics, fostering
... Read more
A Lasting Prophetic Legacy

Martin Luther King Jr., the World Council of Churches, and the Global Crusade Against Racism and War

by Thomas Mulhall ...

Martin Luther King Jr. is widely viewed as an American civil rights leader who applied principled and situational nonviolence in efforts to eradicate racism, poverty, and violence in the United States in the 1950s and 60s. It is too often forgotten that he was also a self-proclaimed "world citizen" with a global vision, and that he envisioned the advance of globalization long before most of his ... Read more

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Martin Luther King Jr. is widely viewed as an American civil rights leader who applied principled and situational nonviolence in efforts to eradicate racism, poverty, and violence in the United States in the 1950s and 60s. It is too often forgotten that he was also a self-proclaimed "world citizen" with a global vision, and that he envisioned the advance of globalization long before most of his
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The Monk

by Matthew Lewis ...

Series series Modern Library Classics
When Matthew Lewis’s The Monk was published in 1796, readers were shocked by this gripping and horrific novel. Lewis’s story, which drove the House of Commons—of which he was a member—to deem him licentious and perverse, follows the abbot Ambrosio as he is tempted into a world of incest, murder, and torture by a young girl who has concealed herself in his monastery disguised as a boy. As Ambrosio ... Read more

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When Matthew Lewis’s The Monk was published in 1796, readers were shocked by this gripping and horrific novel. Lewis’s story, which drove the House of Commons—of which he was a member—to deem him licentious and perverse, follows the abbot Ambrosio as he is tempted into a world of incest, murder, and torture by a young girl who has concealed herself in his monastery disguised as a boy. As Ambrosio
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Why Philosophy Matters for the Study of Religion--and Vice Versa

by Thomas A. Lewis ...

Work in philosophy of religion is still strongly marked by an excessive focus on Christianity and, to a lesser extent, Judaism -- almost to the exclusion of other religious traditions. Moreover, in many cases it has been confined to a narrow set of intellectual problems, without embedding these in their larger social, historical, and practical contexts. Why Philosophy Matters for the Study of ... Read more

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Work in philosophy of religion is still strongly marked by an excessive focus on Christianity and, to a lesser extent, Judaism -- almost to the exclusion of other religious traditions. Moreover, in many cases it has been confined to a narrow set of intellectual problems, without embedding these in their larger social, historical, and practical contexts. Why Philosophy Matters for the Study of
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