Drawing on the latest neuroscience research, this visual guide makes the hidden workings of the human brain simple to underst&.  How the Brain Works begins with an introduction to the brain's anatomy, showing you how to tell your motor cortex from your mirror neurons. Moving on to function, it explains how the brain works constantly & unnoticed to regulate heartbeat & breathing, & how it collects information to produce the experiences of sight, sound, smell, taste, & touch. The chapters that follow cover memory & learning, consciousness & personality, & emotions & communication. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780241472224 •  Author: DK •  Publisher: DK •  Format: Hardback •  Pages: 224 •  Dimensions: 24 x 20.2 x 2.3cm ...

Have you ever wondered how the camel got his hump?

Meet Humphrey, the first ever camel, & learn all about how his

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When human remains are discovered in the grounds of an old convent, it quickly becomes clear that someone has been using the

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Once, in a time long forgotten, elephants had short, stubby noses. So how did they get their trunks?

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Each chapter of the How the End Begins deconstructs the dangers we face. Rosenbaum begins by showing all the ways the post-Cold War order that tried to impose a set of rules of averting a nuclear mistake has fallen apart; in chapter 2, he describes the journey of one Bruce Blair, once a missile launcher, whose experience inside the nuclear establishment left him alarmed about its vulnerabilities; chapter 3 looks at nuclear war from the Russian side, using the architect of that nation's early warning system as a focus; chapter 4 looks at how the Bush Administration helped pushed the world closer to a nuclear conflict by rewriting the rules of deterrence; chapter 5 describes all the ways the international incidents we have seen
- Georgia, the Israeli raid on Syria, the Iranian moves
- are evidence that some governments have shown a willingness to move closer to the brink of a conflict involving nuclear weapons. The rest of the book looks at the broader nuclear issues facing the world in the 21st century: What is deterrence? Who can claim to have it? How many nuclear weapons can we live with? Is zero really possible? In other words: Can we undream the nightmare?

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Once upon a time, the leopard was as plain & sandy-yellow as the plains where he hunted. So how did he get his spots?



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Once there was a leopard with a plain, yellow-brownish coat. So how exactly did Leopard get his spots? Find out in this delightful

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As a fierce, unrelenting winter grips Quebec, shadows are closing in on Chief Inspector Armand Gamache.

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How do the mighty fall? Can decline be detected early & avoided? How far can a company fall before the path toward doom becomes inevitable & unshakable? How can companies reverse course? This book confronts these questions by showing leaders how they can stave off decline & if they find themselves falling, reverse their course. ...

How the Peace was Won" is the inside track on how the deal was done. Rowan talks to the players in the endgame, & brings his years of reporting experience to the pages of this book. He discusses the dilemmas of reporting a war while living in that conflict
- a conflict in which the puppets & strings became a tangled mess. How did Adams & Mc Guinness change the orders? What made Paisley say yes? How now does the North make peace with its past? In " How the Peace was Won" the hardest questions are asked & answered.
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