ON SCREEN THEY WERE STARS.
"A portrait of four profoundly flawed yet awesome leading men, as well as a window into a time when glamour was sacrosanct and when stardom was achieved rather than manufactured." --"Playboy
""As the colorful anecdotes collected in this book make clear, some stars[...]

What if our soundest, most reasonable judgments are beyond our control?
Despite 2500 years of contemplation by the world's greatest minds and the more recent phenomenal advances in basic neuroscience, neither neuroscientists nor philosophers have a decent understanding of what the mind is or how[...]

a comprehensively illustrated overview of all aspects of garden bird behaviour that describes what garden birds do and why they do it. Thought provoking and animated text that analyses everyday bird activity as well as shedding light on some more unusual behaviour such as sparrow 'weddings' and fos[...]

Under Michel de Montaignes 1500-tal betydde "essä" ungefär övning eller smakprov. Ordet fanns också som verb, essayer: pröva, testa. När Montaigne började skriva använde han ordet främst som ett aktivt verb som beskriver hans sökande och prövande texter. Efter några år av essäistisk ve[...]

Gives students a unique advantage in understanding the mechanisms and clinical management of acid-base disorders. This book presents the information needed to understand renal and electrolyte physiology and also reviews the etiology, diagnosis, pathohysiology and treatment rationale for acid-base an[...]

You recognize when you know something for certain, right? You "know" the sky is blue, or that the traffic light had turned green, or where you were on the morning of September 11, 2001--you know these things, well, because you just do.In "On Being Certain," neurologist Robert Burton shows that feeli[...]

What if our soundest, most reasonable judgments are beyond our control?
Despite 2500 years of contemplation by the world's greatest minds and the more recent phenomenal advances in basic neuroscience, neither neuroscientists nor philosophers have a decent understanding of what the mind is or how[...]