The Mirroring

Author : Marco Iacoboni
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781429990752

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Mirroring People by Marco Iacoboni Pdf

What accounts for the remarkable ability to get inside another person's head—to know what they're thinking and feeling? "Mind reading" is the very heart of what it means to be human, creating a bridge between self and others that is fundamental to the development of culture and society. But until recently, scientists didn't understand what in the brain makes it possible. This has all changed in the last decade. Marco Iacoboni, a leading neuroscientist whose work has been covered in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and The Wall Street Journal, explains the groundbreaking research into mirror neurons, the "smart cells" in our brain that allow us to understand others. From imitation to morality, from learning to addiction, from political affiliations to consumer choices, mirror neurons seem to have properties that are relevant to all these aspects of social cognition. As The New York Times reports: "The discovery is shaking up numerous scientific disciplines, shifting the understanding of culture, empathy, philosophy, language, imitation, autism and psychotherapy." Mirroring People is the first book for the general reader on this revolutionary new science.

Author : Charlotte Grimshaw
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Authors
ISBN : 0143776002

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The Mirror Book by Charlotte Grimshaw Pdf

"Brave, explosive, and thought-provoking, this is a powerful memoir. 'It's material, make a story out of it,' was the mantra Charlotte Grimshaw grew up with in her literary family. But when her life suddenly turned upside-down, she needed to re-examine the reality of that material. The more she delved into her memories, the more the real characters in her life seemed to object. So what was the truth of 'a whole life lived in fiction'? This is a vivid account of a New Zealand upbringing, where rebellion was encouraged, where trouble and tragedy lay ahead. It looks beyond the public face to the 'messy reality of family life - and much more'."--Back cover.

Author : Gregory Conti
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108428736

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Parliament the Mirror of the Nation by Gregory Conti Pdf

The notion of 'representative democracy' seems unquestionably familiar today, but how did the Victorians understand democracy, parliamentary representation, and diversity?

Author : Marion Crook
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2002-07-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781551523231

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The Face in the Mirror by Marion Crook Pdf

Being a teenager in today's complex world is a difficult enough task, but adopted teens have a unique struggle: to discover their identity and a sense of belonging and place in the world, which often means coming to terms with their past. The Face in the Mirror, based on numerous interviews with adopted teens, adoptive parents, and birth parents, brings attention to the growing and often controversial phenomenon of teenagers wanting to know where they came from. The book, written for both teenagers and adults, is a frank discussion of the issues surrounding adoption, and in particular what adoptees, adoptive parents, and birth parents should know when adopted teens want to discover their past. The book also addresses the impact of cross-cultural or cross-racial adoption, as well as the legal parameters of adoption in the US and Canada, including the complex emotions involved. As written by Marion Crook, an adoptive parent herself and the author of previous books about teens, The Face in the Mirror articulates the complexity of adoption issues with candor and compassion.

Author : Janis Heaphy Durham
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781444799187

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The Hand on the Mirror by Janis Heaphy Durham Pdf

In 2004, Janis Heaphy Durham's husband, Max Besler, died of esophageal cancer at age 56. While coping with her grief, Janis soon began encountering phenomena unlike anything she had ever experienced: lights flickering, doors opening and closing, clocks stopping at 12:44, the exact time Max died. But then something startling happened that changed her life forever. A powdery handprint spontaneously appeared on her bathroom mirror on the first anniversary of Max's death. Incredibly, a similar image appeared on the second and third anniversaries as well. Clearly, something otherworldly was occurring. This launched Janis on a journey that transformed her spiritually and altered her view of reality forever. She interviewed scientists and spiritual practitioners along the way, as she discovered that the veil between this world and the next is thin, and that love is what bridges the two.

Author : Sara Buttsworth,Maartje Abbenhuis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313382178

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Monsters in the Mirror by Sara Buttsworth,Maartje Abbenhuis Pdf

This collection provides readers with a comprehensive overview of postwar representations of Nazism in popular culture, documenting and critiquing their enormous impact and importance. From Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator to the depiction of Nazis in the Raiders of the Lost Ark to other various literature, comic books, video games, television programs, and pop music, Nazism has maintained a constant presence in popular culture after World War II. Why are representations of Nazism—which are often used to depict the ultimate expression of human evil—so entrenched in our culture? Each chapter in this book examines this multifaceted topic from different angles, highlighting the different incidences of Nazistic representations in the post-1945 period. The diverse subject matter in this text ranges from analysis of recent allo-historical novels, to the music of the "neo-folk" movement, to fetishes and pornography. Readers will gain insight on how the imagery and symbology of Nazism in popular culture has changed over time and understand how the disconnect between representations of Nazism and the historical record have developed, particularly with regard to the genocide that resulted from Nazi politics.

Author : Martin Seay
Publisher : Melville House
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781612195155

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The Mirror Thief by Martin Seay Pdf

A globetrotting, time-bending, wildly entertaining masterpiece hailed by the New York Times Book Review as "Audaciously well written...the book I was raving about to my friends before I'd even finished it." Publishers Weekly raved that "with near-universal appeal . . . Seay’s debut novel is a true delight, a big, beautiful cabinet of wonders that is by turns an ominous modern thriller, a supernatural mystery, and an enchanting historical adventure story." Set in three cities in three eras, The Mirror Thief calls to mind David Mitchell and Umberto Eco in its mix of entertainment and literary bravado. The core story is set in Venice in the sixteenth century, when the famed makers of Venetian glass were perfecting one of the old world's most wondrous inventions: the mirror. An object of glittering yet fearful fascination—was it reflecting simple reality, or something more spiritually revealing?—the Venetian mirrors were state of the art technology, and subject to industrial espionage by desirous sultans and royals world-wide. But for any of the development team to leave the island was a crime punishable by death. One man, however—a world-weary war hero with nothing to lose—has a scheme he thinks will allow him to outwit the city's terrifying enforcers of the edict, the ominous Council of Ten . . . Meanwhile, in two other Venices—Venice Beach, California, circa 1958, and the Venice casino in Las Vegas, circa today—two other schemers launch similarly dangerous plans to get away with a secret . . . All three stories will weave together into a spell-binding tour-de-force that is impossible to put down—an old-fashioned, stay-up-all-night novel that, in the end, returns the reader to a stunning conclusion in the original Venice . . . and the bedazzled sense of having read a truly original and thrilling work of art.

Author : Jennifer Higgie
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781474613804

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The Mirror and the Palette by Jennifer Higgie Pdf

Until the twentieth century, art history was, in the main, written by white men who tended to write about other white men. The idea that women in the West have always made art was rarely cited as a possibility. Yet they have - and, of course, continue to do so - often against tremendous odds, from laws and religion to the pressures of family and public disapproval. In THE MIRROR AND THE PALETTE, Jennifer Higgie introduces us to a cross-section of women artists who embody the fact that there is more than one way to understand our planet, more than one way to live in it and more than one way to make art about it. Spanning 500 years, biography and cultural history intertwine in a narrative packed with tales of rebellion, adventure, revolution, travel and tragedy enacted by women who turned their back on convention and lived lives of great resilience, creativity and bravery. This is a dazzlingly original and ambitious book by one of the most well-respected art critics at work today.

Author : Vese Aghoghovbia Aladewolu
Publisher : Philly & Belle Publishing
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781999349806

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Philly & Friends: Who Do I See in the Mirror? by Vese Aghoghovbia Aladewolu Pdf

Who Do I See in the Mirror? is the debut book from Philly & Friends. "There is only one me!" As Philly looks at her reflection in the mirror, she realises that from her curly hair to her legs that love to dance, she is unique. But what makes her truly special is her good heart and curious mind. The important message conveyed is for children to love the skin they are in. It's what you are on the inside that matters most. Philly & Friends is a contemporary children's brand created to empower literacy. We offer unique products that encourage confidence, self-love and diversity in our beloved children while supporting underprivileged children around the world. Philly & Friends was born out of a desire to teach children to see beauty in themselves and to believe they can be anything they want to be. ***Children's picture book with a purpose, each book sold ships a book to Africa, empowering literacy.***

Author : Michael Ende
Publisher : hockebooks
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783957513748

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The Mirror in the Mirror by Michael Ende Pdf

“The Mirror in the Mirror” – in the E-Book now also with illustrations by his father Edgar Ende, to whom Michael Ende dedicated this book. It is a fantastic story labyrinth of a very special kind. For the author himself, this work was of great importance: in interviews, he liked to call it his “never-ending story for adult readers.” The reader is taken into a mysterious narrative world, full of bizarre situations and mysterious fates, surreal images and philosophical thoughts. Those who open themselves in amazement to these enigmatic visions and allow themselves to be drawn into the fantastic stories will emerge from Michael Ende’s magic labyrinth with a new perspective. The core question is: What is reflected in a mirror that is reflected in a mirror? If two readers read the same book, they are still not reading the same thing. For both people immerse themselves into the reading. The book becomes a mirror in which the reader is reflected. But in the same way, the reader is also a mirror in which the book is reflected: The mirror in the mirror refers the reader back to himself. The FAZ, one of the major newspapers in Germany, writes that Michael Ende shows with the book “how much darkness, wildness and rawness is inherent in dreams. He does not trivialize. His dreams make reference to reality because in dreams, Cicero wrote, ‘the remnants of those objects roll and tumble about in the souls which we have thought and impelled while awake’.”

Author : The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction: VOL.XXXIII
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555032115

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The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction: VOL.XXXIII by The Mirror of Literature,Amusement,and Instruction: VOL.XXXIII Pdf

Author : Margaret Safo (Mrs.)
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006-12-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Mirror by Margaret Safo (Mrs.) Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1828
Category : English periodicals
ISBN : UCAL:B3044971

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The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction by Anonim Pdf

Containing original essays; historical narratives, biographical memoirs, sketches of society, topographical descriptions, novels and tales, anecdotes, select extracts from new and expensive works, the spirit of the public journals, discoveries in the arts and sciences, useful domestic hints, etc. etc. etc.

Author : Nicholas Alando
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1976-02-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Mirror by Nicholas Alando Pdf

Author : Eben C. Sam
Publisher : Graphic Communications Group
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-02-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Mirror by Eben C. Sam Pdf