Author : Cynthia Portaro
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0578715929
Beyond The Unthinkable
Cynthia Portaro
Beyond The Unthinkable
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The Unthinkable
Amanda Ripley
Author : Amanda Ripley
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-16
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780307352903
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Discover how human beings react to danger–and what makes the difference between life and death Today, nine out of ten Americans live in places at significant risk of earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, terrorism, or other disasters. Tomorrow, some of us will have to make split-second choices to save ourselves and our families. How will we react? What will it feel like? Will we be heroes or victims? In her quest to answer these questions, award-winning journalist Amanda Ripley traces human responses to some of recent history’s epic disasters, from the explosion of the Mont Blanc munitions ship in 1917–one of the biggest explosions before the invention of the atomic bomb–to the journeys of the 15,000 people who found their way out of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. To understand the science behind the stories, Ripley turns to leading brain scientists, trauma psychologists, and other disaster experts. She even has her own brain examined by military researchers and experiences, through realistic simulations, what it might be like to survive a plane crash into the ocean or to escape a raging fire. Ripley comes back with precious wisdom about the surprising humanity of crowds, the elegance of the brain’s fear circuits, and the stunning inadequacy of many of our evolutionary responses. Most unexpectedly, she discovers the brain’s ability to do much, much better–with just a little help.
Unthinkable
Nancy Werlin
Author : Nancy Werlin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101600078
Unthinkable by Nancy Werlin Pdf
This much anticipated sequel to the New York Times Bestseller Impossible – a fantasy full of suspense, mystery, and romance – will appeal to fans of Beautiful Creatures, Raven Boys, and Wicked Lovely. Fenella was the first Scarborough girl to be cursed, hundreds of years ago, and she has been trapped in the faerie realm ever since, forced to watch generations of daughters try to break this same faerie curse that has enslaved them all. But now Fenella’s descendant, Lucy, has accomplished the impossible and broken the curse, so why is Fenella still trapped in Faerie? In her desperation, Fenella makes a deal with the faerie queen: If she can accomplish three acts of destruction, she will be free, at last, to die. What she doesn't realize is that these acts must be aimed at her own family – and if she fails, the consequences will be dire, for all of the Scarborough girls. How can she possibly choose to hurt her own cherished family – not to mention the new man whom she’s surprised to find herself falling in love with? But if she doesn’t go through with the tasks, how will she manage to save her dear ones?
Thinking Beyond the Unthinkable
Jonathan Stevenson
Author : Jonathan Stevenson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0670019011
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STEVENSON/THINKING BEYOND THE UNTH
The Age of the Unthinkable
Joshua Cooper Ramo
Author : Joshua Cooper Ramo
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780316070010
The Age of the Unthinkable by Joshua Cooper Ramo Pdf
Today the very ideas that made America great imperil its future. Our plans go awry and policies fail. History's grandest war against terrorism creates more terrorists. Global capitalism, intended to improve lives, increases the gap between rich and poor. Decisions made to stem a financial crisis guarantee its worsening. Environmental strategies to protect species lead to their extinction. The traditional physics of power has been replaced by something radically different. In The Age of the Unthinkable, Joshua Cooper Ramo puts forth a revelatory new model for understanding our dangerously unpredictable world. Drawing upon history, economics, complexity theory, psychology, immunology, and the science of networks, he describes a new landscape of inherent unpredictability -- and remarkable, wonderful possibility.
Unthinkable
Scott Rigsby
Author : Scott Rigsby
Publisher : Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781414333151
Unthinkable by Scott Rigsby Pdf
Documents the nine years between the cars accident that claimed both his legs to Scott Rigsby becoming the first double-leg amputee using prosthetics to cross the finish line in the grueling Ford Ironman World Championship triathlon in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
Planning the Unthinkable
Peter René Lavoy,Scott Douglas Sagan,James J. Wirtz
Author : Peter René Lavoy,Scott Douglas Sagan,James J. Wirtz
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 0801487048
Planning the Unthinkable by Peter René Lavoy,Scott Douglas Sagan,James J. Wirtz Pdf
The proliferation of chemical, biologial and nuclear weapons is now the single most serious security concern for governments around the world. This text compares how organisations shape the way leaders intend to employ these armaments.
Unthinkable
Mia Wright
Author : Mia Wright
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781629995021
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LIFE LESSONS FROM THE BIBLE'S RULE BREAKERS
Unthinkable
Kenneth Pollack
Author : Kenneth Pollack
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781476733937
Unthinkable by Kenneth Pollack Pdf
A foremost expert on Middle Eastern relations examines Iran's current nuclear potential while charting America's future course of action, recounting the prolonged clash between both nations to outline options for American policymakers. By the author of The Persian Puzzle.
Unthinkable
Helen Thomson
Author : Helen Thomson
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062391186
Unthinkable by Helen Thomson Pdf
An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the Month Indiebound Bestseller Award-winning science writer Helen Thomson 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, empathise and understand the world around us, but how would our lives change if these abilities were dramatically enhanced – or disappeared overnight? Helen Thomson has spent years travelling the world, tracking down incredibly rare brain disorders. In Unthinkable she tells the stories of nine extraordinary people she encountered along the way. From the man who thinks he's a tiger to the doctor who feels the pain of others just by looking at them to a woman who hears music that’s not there, their experiences illustrate how the brain can shape our lives in unexpected and, in some cases, brilliant and alarming ways. Story by remarkable story, Unthinkable takes us on an unforgettable journey through the human brain. Discover how to forge memories that never disappear, how to grow an alien limb and how to make better decisions. Learn how to hallucinate and how to make yourself happier in a split second. Find out how to avoid getting lost, how to see more of your reality, even how exactly you can confirm you are alive. Think the unthinkable.
Sodom’S Threshold
Isaac B. Rosler PhD
Author : Isaac B. Rosler PhD
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-03
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781532021749
Sodom’S Threshold by Isaac B. Rosler PhD Pdf
In Sodoms ThresholdThe Desire for the Unthinkable, author Dr. Isaac B. Rosler deconstructs the narrative of Sodom and highlights how religion borrows its fervor and passion from a nonreligious impetus that is not only other than religion but also other than God. He invites us to trespassto think about what has already trespassed our senses and to make sense of an overabundant excess that remains unsacrificable even through ruins, ashes, and forgetfulness. Sodoms Threshold explores concepts of alterity and otherness, and it calls us to think about a space of passion that keeps returning in spite of interruptionsin spite of religious, family, or state mandates that command us not to touch an alterity that has already arrived and is in excess of every touch. The Sodomites forbidden passion is an excess that impassionsit is a surplus that will be usurped and neutralized ad infi nitum by the multiple religions that both rise against its mystery and yet are also founded by it. Though Sodom was erased, its alterity and its surplus are indestructible.
Unthinkable
Brad Parks
Author : Brad Parks
Publisher : Thomas & Mercer
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1542024951
Unthinkable by Brad Parks Pdf
From international bestselling author Brad Parks comes a new thriller about an ordinary man who may be able to save the world as we know it--but to do so, he must make an impossible choice. Nate Lovejoy is a self-proclaimed nobody, a stay-at-home dad who doesn't believe he's important to anyone but his wife and their two daughters. So it's a shock when members of a powerful secret society kidnap and spirit Nate away to a mansion at the behest of their leader, Vanslow DeGange, who claims to know the future. He's foreseen that a billion people could die--unless Nate acts. It seems improbable, especially given what DeGange says will set this mass casualty incident in motion: a lawsuit against the biggest power company in Virginia, being brought by Nate's wife, Jenny. Nate quickly smells a scam being perpetrated by the power company. But at every turn, it becomes apparent there's more to DeGange's gift than Nate wants to acknowledge. A billion people really could die, and Nate might be the only one who can save them. All he has to do is the unthinkable.
Techlash
Ian I. Mitroff,Rune Storesund
Author : Ian I. Mitroff,Rune Storesund
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030432799
Techlash by Ian I. Mitroff,Rune Storesund Pdf
Technology has made human lives incomparably better. Civilization as we know it would utterly collapse without it. However, if not properly managed, technology can and will be systematically abused and misuse and thereby become one of the biggest threats to humankind. This open access book applies proactive crisis management to the management of technology organizations to make them more sustainable and socially responsible for the betterment of humankind. It forecasts the unintended consequences of technology and offers methods to counteract it.
Beyond Civilization
Daniel Quinn
Author : Daniel Quinn
Publisher : Crown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2009-02-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780307554642
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In Beyond Civilization, Daniel Quinn thinks the unthinkable. We all know there's no one right way to build a bicycle, no one right way to design an automobile, no one right way to make a pair of shoes, but we're convinced that there must be only one right way to live -- and the one we have is it, no matter what. Beyond Civilization makes practical sense of the vision of Daniel Quinn's best-selling novel Ishmael. Examining ancient civilizations such as the Maya and the Olmec, as well as modern-day microcosms of alternative living like circus societies, Quinn guides us on a quest for a new model for society, one that is forward-thinking and encourages diversity instead of suppressing it. Beyond Civilization is not about a "New World Order" but a "New Personal World Order" that would allow people to assert control over their own destiny and grant them the freedom to create their own way of life right now -- not in some distant utopian future.
A Brief History of Infinity
Brian Clegg
Author : Brian Clegg
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-07
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781472107640
A Brief History of Infinity by Brian Clegg Pdf
'Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the street to the chemist, but that's just peanuts to space.' Douglas Adams, Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy We human beings have trouble with infinity - yet infinity is a surprisingly human subject. Philosophers and mathematicians have gone mad contemplating its nature and complexity - yet it is a concept routinely used by schoolchildren. Exploring the infinite is a journey into paradox. Here is a quantity that turns arithmetic on its head, making it feasible that 1 = 0. Here is a concept that enables us to cram as many extra guests as we like into an already full hotel. Most bizarrely of all, it is quite easy to show that there must be something bigger than infinity - when it surely should be the biggest thing that could possibly be. Brian Clegg takes us on a fascinating tour of that borderland between the extremely large and the ultimate that takes us from Archimedes, counting the grains of sand that would fill the universe, to the latest theories on the physical reality of the infinite. Full of unexpected delights, whether St Augustine contemplating the nature of creation, Newton and Leibniz battling over ownership of calculus, or Cantor struggling to publicise his vision of the transfinite, infinity's fascination is in the way it brings together the everyday and the extraordinary, prosaic daily life and the esoteric. Whether your interest in infinity is mathematical, philosophical, spiritual or just plain curious, this accessible book offers a stimulating and entertaining read.