Author: Jack Black
Publisher: HarperThorsons
ISBN: 9780722529942
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 232
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Based on his lectures and tapes, this book is a distillation of Jack Black's approach to self-improvement. It is essentially a life management book, full of advice for achieving excellence in all areas of life.
Author: Jack Black
Publisher: HarperThorsons
ISBN: 9780722533505
Category : Self-actualization (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 162
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This work uses the techniques in Mindstore, Jack's first book, and applies them to the arena of the more personal; memory and learning, tip of the tongue triggers, relationships, communications, diet and nutrition and intuition.
Author: Jack Black
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486826805
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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"Much of this book is about loneliness. Yet its pages are bracingly companionable. It is one of the friendliest books ever written. It is a superb piece of autobiography, testimony that cannot be impeached. While it is a statement of an American tragedy, it has laughter, brevity, style; as a book to pass the time away with, it is in a class with the best fiction." — Carl Sandburg, New York World "Nothing half as rewarding has come down the highway of books about thieves, tramps, murderers, bootleggers and crooks in years " — New Republic "I believe Jack Black has written a remarkable book; it is vivid and picturesque; it is not fiction; it is a book that was needed and it should be widely read." — Clarence Darrow, New York Herald Tribune A major influence on William S. Burroughs and other Beat writers, this lost classic was written by Jack Black, a drifter and small-time criminal. Born in 1872, Black hit the road at the age of 16 and spent most of his life as a vagabond. In this plainspoken but colorful memoir, he recaptures a hobo underworld of the early twentieth century, a time when it was possible to pass anonymously from town to town. Black's firsthand accounts of hopping trains, burglaries, prison, and drug addiction offer a compelling portrait of life outside the law and honor among thieves.
Author: Joseph O'Connor
Publisher: Conari Press
ISBN: 1609258592
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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Some people appear more gifted than others. NLP, one of the fastest growing developments in applied psychology, describes in simple terms what they do differently, and enables you to learn these patterns of excellence. Introducing NLP by Joseph O’Connor, a leading international NLP trainer and the author of NLP Workbook, offers the practical skills used by outstanding communicators. Excellent communication is the basis of creating excellent results. NLP skills are proving invaluable for personal development and professional excellence in counseling, education and business. Introducing NLP includes: How to create rapport with others Influencing skills Understanding and using body language How to think about and achieve the results you want The art of asking key questions Effective meetings, negotiations, and selling Accelerated learning strategies.
Author: Anthony Storr
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1501122096
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 278
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Why does music have such a powerful effect on our minds and bodies? It is the most mysterious and most tangible of all forms of art. Yet, Anthony Storr believes, music today is a deeply significant experience for a greater number of people than ever before. In this book, he explores why this should be so. Drawing on a wide variety of opinions, Storr argues that the patterns of music make sense of our inner experience, giving both structure and coherence to our feelings and emotions. It is because music possesses this capacity to restore our sense of personal wholeness in a culture which requires us to separate rational thought from feelings that many people find it so life-enhancing that it justifies existence.
Author: Martin Krämer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139560166
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 277
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At the heart of generative phonology lies the assumption that the sounds of every language have abstract underlying representations, which undergo various changes in order to generate the 'surface' representations; that is, the sounds we actually pronounce. The existence, status and form of underlying representations have been hotly debated in phonological research since the introduction of the phoneme in the nineteenth century. This book provides a comprehensive overview of theories of the mental representation of the sounds of language. How does the mind store and process phonological representations? Krämer surveys the development of the concept of underlying representation over the last 100 years or so within the field of generative phonology. He considers phonological patterns, psycholinguistic experiments, statistical generalisations over data corpora and phenomena such as hypercorrection. The book offers a new understanding of contrastive features and proposes a modification of the optimality-theoretic approach to the generation of underlying representations.
Author: Teresa Reese
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491859628
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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If you are someone who has experienced a broken heart, a failed relationship, lost a close family member, or lost a dear friend, then you are invited to expand your mind and open up your heart as you travel across the pages of this book and discover that you are not alone. Get prepared to take an unpredictable journey with the author as she writes about some of her most vulnerable moments through her poetry. Her book, A Strong-willed Mind, awaits you!
Author: Wallace J. Nichols
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316252077
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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A landmark book by marine biologist Wallace J. Nichols on the remarkable effects of water on our health and well-being. Why are we drawn to the ocean each summer? Why does being near water set our minds and bodies at ease? In BLUE MIND, Wallace J. Nichols revolutionizes how we think about these questions, revealing the remarkable truth about the benefits of being in, on, under, or simply near water. Combining cutting-edge neuroscience with compelling personal stories from top athletes, leading scientists, military veterans, and gifted artists, he shows how proximity to water can improve performance, increase calm, diminish anxiety, and increase professional success. BLUE MIND not only illustrates the crucial importance of our connection to water-it provides a paradigm shifting "blueprint" for a better life on this Blue Marble we call home.
Author: National Academy of Sciences
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309045290
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 195
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The brain ... There is no other part of the human anatomy that is so intriguing. How does it develop and function and why does it sometimes, tragically, degenerate? The answers are complex. In Discovering the Brain, science writer Sandra Ackerman cuts through the complexity to bring this vital topic to the public. The 1990s were declared the "Decade of the Brain" by former President Bush, and the neuroscience community responded with a host of new investigations and conferences. Discovering the Brain is based on the Institute of Medicine conference, Decade of the Brain: Frontiers in Neuroscience and Brain Research. Discovering the Brain is a "field guide" to the brainâ€"an easy-to-read discussion of the brain's physical structure and where functions such as language and music appreciation lie. Ackerman examines: How electrical and chemical signals are conveyed in the brain. The mechanisms by which we see, hear, think, and pay attentionâ€"and how a "gut feeling" actually originates in the brain. Learning and memory retention, including parallels to computer memory and what they might tell us about our own mental capacity. Development of the brain throughout the life span, with a look at the aging brain. Ackerman provides an enlightening chapter on the connection between the brain's physical condition and various mental disorders and notes what progress can realistically be made toward the prevention and treatment of stroke and other ailments. Finally, she explores the potential for major advances during the "Decade of the Brain," with a look at medical imaging techniquesâ€"what various technologies can and cannot tell usâ€"and how the public and private sectors can contribute to continued advances in neuroscience. This highly readable volume will provide the public and policymakersâ€"and many scientists as wellâ€"with a helpful guide to understanding the many discoveries that are sure to be announced throughout the "Decade of the Brain."
Author: Richard Duane Orr
Publisher: Richard Duane Orr
ISBN: 1453886737
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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“This has some intriguing ideas in it and it's fun to read.” ----Stanley Schmidt, Analog Magazine WHAT IF a state enacted an income tax that was a mirror image of the federal rate brackets? The higher your federal rate, the lower your state rate, so everybody pays the same percentage of their income, no matter how small---or large---that income is.Jal Ferguson is a federal agent who has seen everything---OR SO HE THOUGHT. Frantically dispatched on an urgent mission to Domancy, he must neutralize the snowballing threat of Domancy's Tax Reorganization to the union. He works cocksure as usual, UNTIL he learns the real secret of the Domancy Tax Reorganization. Still reeling from his initiation, he finds himself embroiled in an intergalactic intrigue and species evolution, sweetened with more love than one person has a right to expect, as the whirlwind explodes into outer and inner space!
