Ancestors and Descendants of John Quarles Winn and His Wife Mary Liscome Jarvis: Including Also the Descendants of Their Parents, Winn David Watson, Winn Elizabeth Jarvis

Автор: DiCamillo Kate
Название: Because of Winn-Dixie
ISBN: 1406357626 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781406357622
Издательство: Walker Books
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Описание: Funny and poignant, this 2001 Newbery Honor novel captures life in a quirky Southern town as Opal and her mangy dog, Winn-Dixie, strike up friendships among the locals.

Автор: Winn, Janet Boehm
Название: Quicksands of belief
ISBN: 1433126117 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781433126116
Издательство: Peter Lang
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Описание: The Quicksands of Belief: The Need for Skepticism draws on history, anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and the cognitive sciences in an accessible, non-academic style in order to argue that humans don’t question enough. Instead, uncritically accepting the often absurd beliefs swirling around them, too many lack the skepticism needed to avoid global disaster. The claim of this book is that humans need to question everything they think they know.
The way the human brain works is impressive and has taken Homo sapiens a long way. However, it is also the source of our failure to doubt. Janet B. Winn explores consciousness first, then the sense of self and how it affects thought. Subsequent chapters deal with beliefs – about reality, politics, religion, pseudo-science – and attempts made to explain human behavior by the social sciences. This concept includes a consideration of the failure to grasp the meaning of evolution, the evolution of language, and how language distorts understanding, along with the role culture plays in these distortions. The remarkable human brain has made an extraordinary creativity possible, yet this ability is used to find ever-more powerful ways to destroy the planet and its inhabitants. Winn argues that this sequence follows primarily from absolutist thinking. In spite of the fact that we cannot know what is true with any certainty, we try to impose our certainties on each other, leading to the lies and chaos of the political world, to the destruction of the environment, and to war.

Автор: Winn, Christopher
Название: I never knew that about wales
ISBN: 0091918588 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780091918583
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Packed with legends, firsts, birthplaces, inventions and adventures, this work talks about the thirteen traditional Welsh counties. It aims to unearth the hidden gems that they each hold. It stands as a pantheon of writers and artists, thinkers and inventors, heroes and villains who have lived and toiled in this small country.

Автор: Winn, Christopher
Название: I never knew that about london
ISBN: 009191857X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780091918576
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Climb the famous 311 steps of the Monument, go from East to West and back again at Greenwich and fly the world`s biggest big wheel. Brimming with facts, stories and snippets providing a spellbinding insight into the history of London, this beautifully illustrated gem of a book is guaranteed to inform and amuse in equal measure.