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There may be as many as 100,000 vessels lying on the floor of the Baltic Sea, but perhaps the most spectacular of those is the battleship Mars, which vanished over 450 years ago on its second day at sea. Shrouded in legend, this ship has recently been discovered off the coast of Sweden and is proving that it more than lives up to the many myths that surround it.
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In lakes and rivers of the modern United States, teams of explorers are discovering forgotten shipwrecks from the American Revolution. By combing their data with cutting-edge computer graphics, the water is drained away to reveal these ships after 240 years of submersion. This modern investigation exposes startling new evidence about a nation’s against-all-odds battle for independence.
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"Ideally, science would indeed be focused entirely on facts, truth, and objectivity. But the reality is different. Science cannot be separated from the human experience. As long as science is a human endeavor, it will carry with it the biases of society"--Provided by publisher.
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James Hillman is the father of Archetypal Psychology. This rare program focuses on Education, Imagination and Myth with James Hillman. Here is a transcribed excerpt:
"And it's very important for the teacher to allow these things to occur, to feel them, to experience them even to record them so that she or he feels comfortable with the strangeness of the imaginative world with the gods and the demons and the animals and the jungles and the territories...
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"Pattern recognition. Systems perspective. Mental agility. Structured problem-solving. Visioning. Political savvy. For every good leader who has mastered of one of these disciplines is a great leader who knows and has mastered all of them. Michael D. Watkins, an expert on leadership transitions and organizational success, returns to the page with a new how-to guide for the modern leader. Here, he presents the six disciplines that separate the great...
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¿Te gustaría publicar tu libro sin pagar a una editorial?
Hoy en día muchas personas están utilizando plataformas digitales para catapultar su crecimiento y alcance profesional. Antes necesitabas mandar un manuscrito a una editorial y cruzar los dedos para ser publicado. Y si eras rechazado podías ver la opción de pagar a una editorial para que te publiquen. En ambos casos necesitabas suerte y dinero. Sin embargo, ahora existe la posibilidad...
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"Ever since Stanley Lambchop was flattened by a bulletin board, each day brings new adventures! According to Stanley's second grade teacher, Ms. Root, everyone in classroom 2E is a scientist. That's good news for Stanley because he has a problem in need of solving! Both his classmate, Josie, and his little brother, Arthur, think he's been using his flatness to cheat during playground games. But Stanley can't help being flat! It's time to test how...
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"Decades of use and refinement have confirmed How to Think Theologically as a guide for theology students realizing their call to be theologians. Focusing not on thinkers or thoughts, but on thinking, Stone and Duke induct readers into habits of mind that allow understanding of all things social, cultural, and personal in relation to God"--
13) Spy in the ocean
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Cutting-edge spy cameras called Spy Creatures take us deep into the ocean and reveal the surprising and hidden lives of its extraordinary creatures. The Spy Creatures are taking on their most exciting challenge yet, exploring one of the most magical and dynamic environments on Earth the ocean. A brand-new cast of camera-toting Spy Creatures takes us to places no spy camera has ever gone before from the color and beauty of coral reefs to the extremes...
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Abstract: Thirty interviews conducted with Nashville elders, recalling in autobiographical form their major life events and experiences. Most are audio recordings although a few may exist only as full or partial transcripts. Interviews were conducted as part of the statewide initiative known as Homecoming '86, a celebration of local communities and their history. Planning documents for the oral history project are also part of the collection.
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