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Empty-handed Odin wields the power of the gods within him. He is lightning, thunder, fire, rain, and wind incarnate. All these nature powers can be manifested through him into this physical dimension by channeling the knowledge and understanding of these forces from his mind, through his body, and out of his empty hands. He is pure power potential, manifested in its human form. This book is about the path of the empty-hand. Primitive survival ...

An epic, extraordinary account of rivalry and obsession in the quest to survey all of life on Earth—a competition whose consequences still reverberate today—from the bestselling author of A Sense of the WorldIn the eighteenth century, two men—exact contemporaries and polar opposites—dedicated their lives to the same daunting task: identifying and describing all life on Earth. Carl Linnaeus, a pious Swedish doctor with a huckster’s flair, belie...

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Im 18. Jahrhundert verschrieben sich zwei Männer unabhängig voneinander einem spektakulären Ziel: zum ersten Mal alles Leben auf der Erde zu finden, zu beschreiben und zu benennen. Ihre Wege jedoch hätten unterschiedlicher nicht sein können. Carl von Linné (1707-1778), ein gottesfürchtiger schwedischer Arzt, glaubte, dass alles im Leben in ordentliche, feste Kategorien gehörte. Georges-Louis de Buffon (1707-1788), universalgelehrter Aristokrat...

Written in a clear and relatable style for students, We Stay the Same combines ethnographic and ecological research to show how the people of New Hanover, Papua New Guinea, continue to survive and make meaningful lives in a situation where their own hopes for economic development via logging and commercial agriculture have often been used against them as a mechanism of a more distantly profitable dispossession.

This collection considers the implications for privacy of the utilisation of new technologies in the criminal process. The threat that technology poses to privacy interests demands critical re-evaluation of current law, policy, and practice. This is provided by the contributions to this volume.

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Welcome to Fountain of Life. This book is an assembled collection of simple Christianity-inspired writings I've done over the course of a year. Each writing is unique, offering advice and my found insight. This book is a relaxed, simple bunch of pages talking about lovely life lessons for you and me to both reflect upon. I want this book to inspire you to be positive!

In an era when the blind were routinely warehoused in asylums, James Holman was studying medicine, fighting the slave trade in Africa, hunting rogue elephants, surviving a frozen captivity in Siberia, and circumnavigating the world alone in the 19th century.

In an era when the blind were routinely warehoused in asylums, James Holman was studying medicine, fighting the slave trade in Africa, hunting rogue elephants, surviving a frozen captivity in Siberia, and circumnavigating the world alone in the 19th century.

From the author of A Sense of the World the story of two 19th century men, one Japanese and one Native American, who inadvertently changed history

This collection of 642 outrageous and witty writing prompts will get the creative juices flowing in no time. From crafting your own obituary to penning an ode to an onion, each page of this playful journal invites inspiration and provides plenty of space to write. Brimming with entertaining exercises from the literary minds of the San Francisco Writers' Grotto, this is the ultimate gift for scribes of every stripe.

If you want to eat healthy without sacrificing flavor but are so busy that you often find yourself resorting to take-out or packaged convenience foods, this book is for you! Chef Jason Roberts shows how eating a rainbow of fruits and vegetables and other nutritious foods can fuel our bodies and minds-and still excite our palates!

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