A thoroughly revised edition of the much-sought-after early work by Terence and Dennis McKenna that looks at shamanism, altered states of consciousness, and the organic unity of the King Wen sequence of the I Ching.[...]

A guide to dialogic learning for trainees and practising teachers. It includes practical ways to develop dialogic learning across the curriculum; a guide to developing talk for thinking in the classroom; and more than 100 activities for stimulating talk with children of all ages and abilities.[...]

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A highly successful guide to encourage classroom discussion for developing children's thinking, learning and literacy skills containing material on the latest trends in teaching thinking, including dialogic teaching, creativity and personalized learning. This sourcebook of ideas is essential reading[...]

Rome is more than ever bursting at the seams with newly unleashed vitality. Just in time for 2012's 2 million American visitors is all-color, photo-packed "Fodor's Rome, " revealing the "festa romana" that is the pulse of the Eternal City. If proof were needed that Romans are switching into the fast[...]

This volume covers all 572 species of birds known to occur within the 7100 islands that make up the Philippines. Many are now endangered, due to high levels of habitat destruction. The book gives detailed information on plumage, voice, range, distribution, status and habitat.[...]

Buffett is back... and better than before! A decade has passed since the book that introduced the world to Warren Buffett -- The Warren Buffett Way by Robert Hagstrom -- first appeared. That groundbreaking book spent 21 weeks on the New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller list and sold over 1[...]

Tibet has produced some of the most distinctive art in the world, with qualities which set it apart from other Buddhist and Asian art. The author of this volume seeks to unravel the intertwined relationship between the art and the spiritual life of the region - a pantheon of variety and complexity. [...]

The subjects of computer vision and image processing have advanced very much over the past 5 years, and keeping up to date in this fast-moving subject area can be very challenging.[...]