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"Creativity is the unique and defining trait of our species, and its ultimate goal, self-understanding", begins Edward O. Wilson's sweeping examination of the humanities and its relationship to the sciences. By studying fields as diverse as paleontology, evolutionary biology, and neuroscience, Wilson demonstrates that human creativity began not 10,000 years ago, as we have long assumed, but over 100,000 years ago in the Paleolithic Age.

In January 2019, while working in London, Jonathan Hirons’s life suddenly changed.He remembers sitting in a business meeting with colleagues discussing a work project when he “began to feel strange”.Jonathan soon found that he couldn’t make changes to the document he was working on, and he began to struggle to find the words to speak.Fortunately, realising something was very wrong, his colleagues acted quickly and called an ambulance.Jonathan was rushed to University College Hospital, where CT and MRI scans showed he had suffered a stroke caused by a bleed on the brain. He spent five ...

Searching for meaning in what Nietzsche once called “the rainbow colors” around the outer edges of knowledge and imagination, Edward O. Wilson bridges science and philosophy to create a 21st century treatise on human existence. Once criticized for his over-reliance on genetics, Wilson unfurls here his most expansive and advanced theories on human behavior, recognizing that, even though the human and spider evolved similarly, the poet’s sonnet is wholly different than the spider’s web.

Smallpox, the only infectious disease to have been eradicated, was one of the most terrifying of human scourges. It covered the skin with hideous, painful boils, killed a third of its victims, and left the survivors disfigured for life. In this riveting, often terrifying look at the history of smallpox, Jonathan B. Tucker tells the story of this deadly disease, the heroic efforts to eradicate it worldwide, and the looming dangers it still poses today.

For as long as he has served at the highest levels of business and government, Vice President Dick Cheney has also been one of the world’s most prominent heart patients. Now, for the first time ever, Cheney, together with his longtime cardiologist, Jonathan Reiner, MD, shares the very personal story of his courageous thirty-five-year battle with heart disease, from his first heart attack in 1978 to the heart transplant he received in 2012.

Do you have a hard time expressing your wants and needs? Do you feel terrible when criticized? Are you in a constant battle with negative inner chatter? If you have answered yes to any of the above, then this audiobook was recorded for you. It is time to stop seeing yourself as your own worst enemy and become your own best friend! A happy, confident, and attractive you awaits you in this audiobook.

Do you feel down and out after interacting with a particular person? Do you sense someone is taking you for a ride but you can’t break free from them? Do you easily get used and dumped by others? If so, this audiobook will be a great resource for you! This audiobook is focused on how to identify and wriggle yourself free from emotional manipulations that occur in personal relationships and workplace situations.

Master your introversion, and learn how to smash the chains that have limited your social connections. Packed with advice you can put to use right away, you'll learn how to develop conversational skills, talk to strangers, and feel comfortable in new social situations.