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A vibrant account of how measurement has invisibly shaped our world, from ancient civilizations to the modern day.

William James propounded his theories of pragmatism in this book. He emphasized "radical empiricism" and the concept that the meaning of any idea - philosophical, political, social, or otherwise - only has validity in terms of its experiential and practical consequences. He wished to test competing systems of thought in the "marketplace of actual experience" to determine whether adopting a particular philosophical theory or way of looking at the world makes an actual difference in individual conduct or in how people perceive and react to the varieties of experience.

An Essay on Demonology, Ghosts and Apparitions, and Popular Superstitions was written by James Thacher, and first published in 1871. It contains sections on ghosts and apparitions, the power of the imagination, superstition, witchcraft and sorcery, among others. This work is an essential addition to the libraries of researchers of the dark arts.

A Pluralistic Universe by the philosopher and psychologist William James (1842-1910) is based on a series of lectures held at Oxford University in 1908. James is mainly concerned with the nature of relations, stating the possibility of external relations which were excluded from monistic idealism. James maintains that we are guided by beliefs that we attempt to justify in order to keep our beliefs going.

You’ve heard this story before. Woman feels her biological clock ticking and gets someone to knock her up. Not for love, for baby. Crazy, right? That’s what I thought. Then I found out my fiancé had a vasectomy. The life I thought I had? Nope. Suddenly I’m 33, and I don’t even have a kissing buddy. When my mom’s health takes a turn and I wind up back in my hometown of Fate, Alabama, I tell myself to leave things up to…well, you know. Then I see Gabriel McKellan. He’s Fate’s most famous son, a best-selling author who is beautiful, complicated, and living below me.

She was my foster sister, her luxurious house the only home I'd ever known. I fell in love with Evie before her doctor parents signed my adoption papers. They threw me out the day they caught us. Now I'm Dr. Jones, so far removed from who I used to be, it seems like a bad dream. I tell myself nothing can touch me. Until I see the residency roster at Alpine University Hospital. There's only two incoming neurosurgery residents each year. This year it's Landon Jones - and Evie Rutherford.

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We measure rainfall and radiation, the depths of space and the emptiness of atoms, calories and steps, happiness and fear. If we could not measure then we could not observe the world around us; we could not experiment, learn, and co-operate. But why did this urge to measure flourish? And when did measurement become ubiquitous? It is an incredible story that spans hunter-gatherer societies to ancient Egyptians, the French Revolution to the relentless quantification of the 21st-century self. It is a tale that tracks humanity's search for dependable truths in a chaotic universe.

Mexican cuisine has a long history, and food is an important part of the country's culture and values. Its cuisine reflects the country's diverse geography, various crops grown there, and links to cultures dating back thousands of years. Authentic Mexican cuisine is believed to have originated with the Mayan Indians, who were nomadic farmers who ate mainly game meat, fresh fruits, and beans.

After manifesting thorned magic and nearly destroying his hometown, Kieren Belltower is summoned to join the Magic Service—an institution in charge of magical affairs—and start an apprenticeship with a high-ranking magician. But instead of the mage assigned to teach him, Kieren is greeted by his haughty and annoyingly handsome senior apprentice Esten, who clearly has more important things to do than chaperone some newbie.

An ancient relic once belonging to Alexander the Great is found and the race to save the world begins. Major Donovan Stone and his elite team of Omega Sector operatives are called upon to prevent a cataclysmic disaster threatening the entire world, Stone and his team are up against not just a geological deadline but formidable foes from within the American government and the military itself. Using the mysterious manuscripts of Nostradamus and Copernicus, Stone and his team will need to survive ancient traps, solve harrowing riddles and try not to die in the process.

How to live a life worth living is a question as old as mankind itself. Humans have an average of 79 years of life on this planet, and for most people, it will be a life filled with worry, stress, anxiety, problems, and frustration. Very few people have the skill or knowledge to plan their lives to get the most enjoyment out of it. We all chase happiness, but few can honestly say that they are truly happy. Even fewer can end their days with the satisfaction of having lived a life filled to the brim with adventure.

Secrets unravel and danger mounts as Theresa's search for her missing twins leads her straight into the shadows of her own dark history. When twins Ashley and Sarah disappear, their mother Theresa's world shatters. Guided by Detective Hal, clues eerily point to her past lover—the twins' father. Plunged into a dark maze with enemies lurking at every turn, can Theresa's fierce love bring her daughters back from a perilous fate? Dive into a pulse-pounding tale of love, betrayal, and suspense.

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any hotter…Beau and Ash’s sinful romance now includes super scandalizing, never-before-published scenes in this special, eBook-only companion to the steamy printed original. There was something wicked about Beau that drew me to him. What was wrong...

Jonathan Evergreen is a talented sophomore at a prestigious, isolated college in Vermont, who dreams of a career in book conservation. But Jonathan’s life isn’t as rosy as it may appear. Disowned by his family after they caught him with another boy, he struggles to overcome heartbreak and support himself through his studies. To make matters worse, his advisor and the only ally in the institution run by old money and family connections mysteriously vanishes, and a new enigmatic professor, Dacian Bathory, takes his place.

Get seduced by a sizzling account of attraction and betrayal in this previously self-published phenomenon. There was something wicked about Beau that drew me to him. What was wrong with me? Why did I want to sin so badly? Ashton is getting tired of being good, of impressing her parents and...

Humble, absent-minded Doctor Kinoklevsky, after travailing as a scientific researcher for twenty-odd years, is suddenly excommunicated from the institute he works for because they fear he may actually find a cure for The Plague which would negate all future funding. Rather than despair, he soon realizes he's free to get to the crux of the matter in the privacy of his own apartment/lab.

By mid-1942 the Allies were losing the Mediterranean war: Malta was isolated and its civilian population faced starvation. In June 1942 the British Royal Navy made a stupendous effort to break the Axis stranglehold. The British dispatched armed convoys from Gibraltar and Egypt toward Malta. In a complex battle lasting more than a week, Italian and German forces defeated Operation Vigorous, the larger eastern effort, and ravaged the western convoy, Operation Harpoon, in a series of air, submarine, and surface attacks culminating in the Battle of Pantelleria.