Our skin covers us in a mantle no thicker than this line of type, separating us from the outside by the thinnest of margins. It is the real and symbolic boundary between ourselves and the external world. It is there, at the body's edge, that some of the most interesting stories about human biology, mythology, medicine, and health are told, and Marc Lappe, author of several highly acclaimed science books, is the right person to tell them.He discusses how the "newly discovered" permea...

Food makes philosophers of us all. Death does the same . . . but death comes only once . . . and choices about food come many times each day. In The Ethics of Food, Gregory E. Pence brings together a collection of voices who share the view that the ethics of genetically modified food is among the most pressing societal questions of our time. This comprehensive collection addresses a broad range of subjects, including the meaning of food, moral analyses of vegetarianism and starvation, the ...

This one-of-a-kind collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative practices from classrooms, schools, districts, communities, and faraway places in the world. Each of the chapters-organized under six headings-tells an authentic, compelling story of a pioneering and successful initiative that breaks the traditional mold of instructional delivery and time-honored school organization. Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization guides readers thr...

Engineering the Farm offers a wide-ranging examination of the social and ethical issues surrounding the production and consumption of genetically modified organisms (GMOs), with leading thinkers and activists taking a broad theoretical approach to the subject. Topics covered include:the historical roots of the anti-biotechnology movementethical issues involved in introducing genetically altered cropsquestions of patenting and labelingthe...

La colère d'Achille, les origines de Rome, la création de Pandore, la première femme, la peste d'Athènes, le mythe de la caverne, la débauche de Néron ou le festin de Trimalcion, autant de pièces maîtresses de la littérature antique rassemblées dans cette bibliothèque idéale. Non seulement les Grecs et les Latins ont inventé la plupart des genres, de la tragédie à la satire en passant par l'histoire et le roman, mais ils y ont tant excellé qu'ils ont servi de référence et influencé toute l...

NLP wirkt – mehr als 30 Jahre Entwicklung, Wirkung und ZukunftSeit drei Jahrzehnten begleitet NLP Menschen dabei, Veränderung wirksam zu gestalten – im Coaching, in Führung, Bildung und persönlicher Entwicklung. Dieser Jubiläumsband des größten europäischen Verbandes für NLP vereint die Stimmen renommierter Trainer:innen, Coaches und Wissenschaftler:innen und zeigt eindrucksvoll, wie lebendig, vielfältig und wirksam NLP heute ist.Von neuropsychologischen Gr...