In Zero Degrees of Empathy A New Theory of Human Cruelty & Kindness Simon Baron-Cohen takes fascinating & challenging new look at what exactly makes our behaviour uniquely human How can we ever explain human cruelty? We have always struggled to understand why some people behave in the most evil way imaginable while others are completely self-sacrificing Is it possible that
- rather than thinking in terms of 'good' & 'evil'
- all of us instead lie somewhere on the empathy spectrum & our position on that spectrum can be affected by both genes & our environments? Why do some people treat others as objects? Why is empathy our most precious resource? & does a lack of it always mean a negative outcome? From the Nazi concentration camps of World War Two to the playgrounds of today Simon Baron-Cohen examines empathy cruelty & understanding in a groundbreaking study of what it means to be human ' Fascinating dazzling a full-scale assault on what we think it is to be human' Sunday Telegraph ' Highly readable this is a valuable book' Charlotte Moore Spectator ' Important humane & immensely sympathetic' Richard Holloway Literary Review Simon Baron-Cohen is Professor at Cambridge University in the fields of psychology & psychiatry He is also the Director of the Autism Research Centre there He has carried out research into social neuroscience over a 20 year career His popular science book entitled The Essential Difference has been translated in over a dozen languages & has been widely reviewed

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Please note this is the NTSC version of the game which is compatible with PAL systems Any future DLC may require a US PSN account Both Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors (999) & its sequel Virtue&s Last Reward (VLR) are together in the same collection for the first time ever! Hi-res graphics bring the savage world of Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors to life with stunning clarity! Experience full immersion with English & Japanese dual voice audio! Your choices dictate the fate of you & your "teammates" & offer multiple paths to unique endings Both Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors (999) & its sequel Virtue&s Last Reward (VLR) are together in the same collection for the first time ever ...

Please note this is the NTSC version of the game which is compatible with PAL systems Any future DLC may require a US PSN account You thought you’d defeated the Nonary Game but now it’s back & more deadly than ever It’ll take cunning skill & more than a little luck to escape alive but do you really have a choice? IDO agents working in California report that preliminary findings indicate the exceedingly dangerous Japanese adventure game known as “ Zennin Shiboudesu” has somehow crossed the Pacific Attempts were made to contain it but some carriers seem to have escaped the quarantine & are now at large This game is extremely virulent & can be transmitted through physical contact (via the dual “ Nintendo 3DS & “ Play Station Vita retail vectors) as well as through the air (via the “PSN” vector) which has prompted the IDO to declare this a level 6 pandemic All uninfected persons are advised to remain indoors & avoid contact with others If you suspect you have been infected or suspect a friend or family member of being infected report or have them report to the nearest IDO quarantine facility Similarity to an earlier strain known as “ Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors” has lead to a reclassification Both strains will now be considered members of the “ Zero Escape” game series Exposure to North America also seems to have caused Zennin Shiboudesu to mutate & after much deliberation it has been determined that it will be referred to in all future literature as “ Virtue’s Last Reward” (see forthcoming department memo re choice of strain name) Virtue’s Last Reward—or alternatively “VLR”—has been known to exhibit the following symptoms If you begin to display any of these distance yourself from friends & loved ones immediately & proceed at once to the nearest IDO center Puzzles & Story – Preliminary investigations show that this game progresses rapidly through a repeating cycle of two distinct stages which have been termed the “ Novel” & “ Escape” stages During the Novel stage subjects find themselves engaged by a complex & mysterious story During the Escape stage subjects have been observed solving numerous puzzles Fully-Voiced Novel Sections – One of the indicators of the Novel stage is reportedly fully-voiced dialog All characters except for the protagonist can be heard speaking during this stage Numerous Endings – VLR has been shown to exhibit numerous paths of infection most of which are lethal At press time 24 different “endings” have been observed each unique Immersive Three-Dimensional Environment – Many infected patients have reported a feeling of increased immersion in their surroundings often manifested in the ability to rotate the camera around a 3D room rendered in-game & select & manipulate objects in three-dimensional space Introduces New Characters Brings Back Old Ones – Our files on 999 indicate that a number of the characters featured there appear again in VLR although in what capacity is still unclear This strain also introduces several new characters all of whom merit additional investigation ...

Ranmas sometimes panda father is making a rather adorable appearance in the figure world as Figuarts ZERO Genma Saotome! At just over 6 inches (16cm) Genma is perfect for displaying with the SHFiguarts Ranma 12 series Genma also comes with a sign in his paw that fans will recognize from the anime The set

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Sam Kieth&s (THE MAXX) signature style perfectly captures the mind of an adolescent girl as she struggles with school romance & anxiety-based superpowers Zero Girl is the story of Amy Smootster a 15-year-old high school student whose feelings of alienation & loneliness occasionally manifest in the form of odd abilities She deals as best she can with the help of her high school guidance counsellor Tim whom she is secretly in love with From Sam Kieth renowned creator of THE MAXX whose work has influenced the industry from The Sandman to MTV&s Liquid Television About the Author Sam Kieth is an American comic book writer & illustrator best known as the creator of The Maxx & Zero Girl Kieth first came to prominence in 1984 as the inker of Matt Wagner&s Mage & a year later as the inker of Fish Police In 1989 he penciled the first five issues (the " Preludes & Nocturnes" story arc) of Neil Gaiman&s celebrated series The Sandman & collaborated with Alan Grant on a Penguin story in Secret Origins Special 1 In 1993 Kieth created the original series The Maxx for fledgling publisher Image Comics The Maxx ran 35 issues all of which were plotted & illustrated by Kieth William Messner-Loebs scripted 1-15 & Alan Moore wrote 21 In 1995 The Maxx was adapted as part of MTV&s short-lived animation series MTV&s Oddities After taking a break from comics to pursue other interests Kieth created the series Zero Girl for DC Comics& Wildstorm imprint in 2001 He followed that with the drama Four Women later that year & Zero Girl Full Circle in 2003 In 2010 Kieth wrote & illustrated the original hardcover graphic novel Arkham Asylum Madness which spent two weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list reaching number five in the category of " Hardcover Graphic Books" ...

A burning helicopter crashes into Sydney Opera House & Kurt Austin is flung headlong into a race to avert global catastrophe Attempting to save a man in a speedboat from a sniper swooping in by helicopter Kurt Austin lands himself in trouble with the Australian secret service 432 pages Cussler Clive ...

Jeffrey Lockhart has been summoned to The Convergence a remote & secret compound where death is exquisitely cryogenically controlled He is there to say goodbye to his stepmother Artis who has chosen to surrender her dying body; preserving it until a future time when biomedical advances & new technologies can return her to a life of transcendent promise & his healthy father Ross might join her Hypnotic & seductive Zero K is a visionary novel about the legacies we leave the nobility of death & the ultimate worth of 'the mingled astonishments of our time here on earth' ...

The 5th Wave meets Beauty & the Beast in this fast-paced & heart-stopping novel about an invasion of murderous creatures & one girl fighting for her life at the end of the world He has no voice or name only a rank Eighth He doesn't know the details of the mission only the directives that hum in his mind Dart the humans Leave them where they fall His job is to protect his Offside Let her do the shooting Until a human kills her Sixteen-year-old Raven is at summer camp when the terrifying armored Nahx invade Isolated in the wilderness Raven & her fellow campers can only stay put Await rescue Raven doesn't like feeling helpless but what choice does she have? Then a Nahx kills her boyfriend Thrown together in a violent unfamiliar world Eighth & Raven should feel only hate & fear But when Raven is injured & Eighth deserts his unit their survival comes to depend on trusting each other ...

Re-live the drama! 15 years after the release of Dragon Ball Z Fusion Reborn in Japanese theaters in 1995 comes Super Saiyan Gogeta! Sculpted in a large 285mm size this is a powerful-looking impressive figure Floating colorful effects let you replicate dramatic scenes from the film ...

Samus Aran has took a break from blasting space pirates & has dove into the Amiibo world The Metroid protagonist is far from helpless without her power suit that she is famed for Instead she has increased agility & athleticism she gained through her childhood training with the Chozo This amiibo shows Samus in her blue Zero Suit which is what she wears under her body armour She appears in a mid jump pose with her self-protection device known as a Paralyzer that stops enemies cold Scan the Zero Suit Samus Amiibo on your Nintendo Wii U & 3DS consoles & play as the galactic bounty hunter Play as Samus in Super Smash Bros & compete against your friends After a hard day of battling display Zero Suit Samus & your other Amiibo collections at home or work A must have collectible Amiibo figure for any Metroid or Super Smash Bros fan! Compatible with popular games such as Super Smash Bros & Captain Toad&s Treasure Tracker All Power Up stats are saved on the figure so you can take the Amiibo to your friends house Comes packaged in the official Nintendo Amiibo box With over 80 Amiibos available Collect them all! Please Note Figures shown not actual size & designs may vary Compatibility & functionality of Amiibo may vary per game Software updates may be required ...