Seriously Curious

Author : Tom Standage
Publisher : The Economist
ISBN 13 : 1541730127
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seriously Curious written by Tom Standage and published by The Economist. This book was released on 2018-11-27 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Smart, savvy answers to universal questions, from the highly popular The Economist Explains and Daily Chart blogs-a treat for the knowing, the uninitiated, and the downright curious. Seriously Curious: The Facts and Figures that Turn Our World Upside Down brings together the very best explainers and charts, written and created by top journalists to help us understand such brain-bending conundrums as why Swedes overpay their taxes, why America still allows child marriage, and what the link is between avocados and crime. Subjects both topical and timeless, profound and peculiar, are explained with The Economist's trademark wit and verve. The Economist Explains and its online sister, the Daily Chart, are the two most popular blogs on The Economist's website. Together, these online giants provide answers to the kinds of questions, quirky and serious, that may be puzzling anyone interested in the world around them. Want to know why exorcisms are on the rise in France or how porn consumption changed during a false alarm missile strike warning in Hawaii? We have the answers They are sometimes surprising, often intriguing, and always enlightening.

Author : Robert Colacurcio
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1524580236
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the True Nature of the Soul: Essays for the Seriously Curious written by Robert Colacurcio and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-02-16 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a compilation of essays written mostly to family members and friends in response to their questions and comments to my other books. These essays were written in over a period of two years and can be read singly, although I have grouped them to try to achieve a cumulative effect. Many people seem satisfied with the childhood information about the soul that they carry into adulthood. Some people just find the subject beyond them, even though the soul is their most intimate companion. Everyone agrees that proper feeding requires accurate information about the animal or person being fed, and yet the spiritual nurture of the soul is not examined with the same critical eye. Much that I have to say, therefore, has to do with the proper feeding of the soul based on a critical examination of the true nature of the soul. As in all my books, I am indebted to the methods of examination from the Buddhas spiritual technology toolkit.

Author : Tom Standage
Publisher : Profile Books
ISBN 13 : 1782834842
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seriously Curious written by Tom Standage and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some questions you never think to ask. Others, you didn't know you didn't know. And some facts are so surprising they cry out for answers. What can a president actually do? Why do cities sink into the ground? Why is Australia seemingly invulnerable to recessions? Why do people in couples do more housework than singletons? The brilliant minds of the Economist collect these questions. Individually, they might seem bite-sized and inconsequential, but taken together they can reveal a whole new world.

Author : Tom Standage
Publisher : Economist Books
ISBN 13 : 9781788161367
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seriously Curious written by Tom Standage and published by Economist Books. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some questions you never think to ask. Others, you didn't know you didn't know. And some facts are so surprising they cry out for answers. What can a president actually do? Why do cities sink into the ground? Why is Australia seemingly invulnerable to recessions? Why do people in couples do more housework than singletons?The brilliant minds of the Economist collect these questions. Individually, they might seem bite-sized and inconsequential, but taken together they can reveal a whole new world.

Author : Kenneth S. Bowers
Publisher : W. W. Norton
ISBN 13 : 9780393953398
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hypnosis for the Seriously Curious written by Kenneth S. Bowers and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 1983 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Franz Mesmer captured the imagination of Paris in the 1780s with his marvelous "magnetic" powers, hypnosis has been the subject of enormous controversy.

Author : Cynthia Enloe
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520938518
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Curious Feminist written by Cynthia Enloe and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-12-15 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of lively essays, Cynthia Enloe makes better sense of globalization and international politics by taking a deep and personal look into the daily realities in a range of women's lives. She proposes a distinctively feminist curiosity that begins with taking women seriously, especially during this era of unprecedented American influence. This means listening carefully, digging deep, challenging assumptions, and welcoming surprises. Listening to women in Asian sneaker factories, Enloe reveals, enables us to bring down to earth the often abstract discussions of the global economy. Paying close attention to Iraqi women's organizing efforts under military occupation exposes the false global promises made by officials. Enloe also turns the beam of her inquiry inward. In a series of four candid interviews and a new set of autobiographical pieces, she reflects on the gradual development of her own feminist curiosity. Describing her wartime suburban girlhood and her years at Berkeley, she maps the everyday obstacles placed on the path to feminist consciousness—and suggests how those obstacles can be identified and overcome. The Curious Feminist shows how taking women seriously also challenges the common assumption that masculinities are trivial factors in today's international affairs. Enloe explores the workings of masculinity inside organizations as diverse as the American military, a Serbian militia, the UN, and Oxfam. A feminist curiosity finds all women worth thinking about, Enloe claims. She suggests that we pay thoughtful attention to women who appear complicit in violence or in the oppression of others, or too cozily wrapped up in their relative privilege to inspire praise or compassion. Enloe's vitality, passion, and incisive wit illuminate each essay. The Curious Feminist is an original and timely invitation to look at global politics in an entirely different way.

Author : Richard P. Feynman
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393355683
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character written by Richard P. Feynman and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most famous science books of our time, the phenomenal national bestseller that "buzzes with energy, anecdote and life. It almost makes you want to become a physicist" (Science Digest). Richard P. Feynman, winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, thrived on outrageous adventures. In this lively work that “can shatter the stereotype of the stuffy scientist” (Detroit Free Press), Feynman recounts his experiences trading ideas on atomic physics with Einstein and cracking the uncrackable safes guarding the most deeply held nuclear secrets—and much more of an eyebrow-raising nature. In his stories, Feynman’s life shines through in all its eccentric glory—a combustible mixture of high intelligence, unlimited curiosity, and raging chutzpah. Included for this edition is a new introduction by Bill Gates.

Author : Phil N. Nguyen
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1469118823
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Feng Shui for the Curious and Serious Volume 1 written by Phil N. Nguyen and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2008-03-24 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are two volumes to Feng Shui For The Curious and Serious book. Feng Shui For The Curious and Serious Volume 1 will introduce you to the basic of feng shui and feng shui principles. This book will also show you how to use feng shui principles to bring you and your family good health, good fortunes, harmony, and prosperity. This book not only discuss the basic of feng shui principles, but will also discuss the intermediate aspect of feng shui principles to provide you with an extensive understanding of feng shui. This book give you an extensive look at the five elements theory, the concept of chi, the heaven-man-earth principle, the Tao philosophy, and the yin and yang principle which is the core of feng shui. This book will also show you how to use feng shui measurement, how to identify the good fortune section of your house, how to identify feng shui poison arrows, how to take feng shui compass measurement, how to identify the four celestial animals of feng shui, and how to identify your good luck direction and bad luck direction. There are a lot of information in this book and many extra knowledge about feng shui that is not available in any other feng shui books.

Author : Tom Standage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610399920
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Seriously Curious written by Tom Standage and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Cindy Anstey
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1250252261
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Deadly Curious written by Cindy Anstey and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A twisty tale reminiscent of Jane Austen—with a dash of murder—Cindy Anstey's Deadly Curious is perfect for fans of Kerri Maniscalco and Agatha Christie. Some secrets are better left buried... 1834. Sophia Thompson wants nothing more than to be one of the famed Bow Street Runners, London's most elite corps of detectives. Never mind that a woman has never before joined their ranks—and certainly never mind that her reclusive family has forbidden her from pursuing such an unladylike goal. She gets the chance to prove her capabilities when an urgent letter arrives from her frantic cousin Daphne, begging Sophia to come look into the suspicious death of Daphne's brother. As Sophia begins to unravel the tangled threads of the case—with the help of a charming young policeman—she soon realizes that the murderer may be even closer to her family than she ever suspected.