The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Sex at Dawn explores the ways in which “progress” has perverted the way we live—how we eat, learn, feel, mate, parent, communicate, work, and die—in this “engaging, extensively documented, well-organized, and thought-provoking” (Booklist) book.Most of us have instinctive evidence the world is ending—balmy December days, face-to-face conversation replaced with heads-to-screens zomboidism, a world ...

El progreso, la ilusión básica de nuestra época, se agota. En general, los niños ya no esperan que sus vidas sean mejores que las de sus padres. Los escenarios distópicos están cada vez más presentes en la conciencia pública a medida que las piscifactorías colapsan, los niveles de CO2 aumentan y nubes de vapor radiactivo surgen de las plantas nucleares "a prueba de fallos". A pesar de las maravillas tecnológicas de nuestra época, o quizá debido a ellas, vivimos días oscuros. Producimos más...

What if Paul Farrington, a veteran fixer for a shady corporation, found himself targeted for elimination just as he was trying to finance his daughter’s Ivy League education? How far would he go to provide for his family and keep them safe? What if detectives Frank Mallory and Alberto “Gunner” Gennaro were forced to play catch up with a killer who may or may not be a demon and who leaves trails of Dantesque murders, each one occurring further south in Manhattan and deeper into his version ...

La civilizzazione è il più grande progetto dell’umanità, il progresso il suo più importante risultato. Ne siamo proprio sicuri? Com’è possibile allora che il mondo sia in guerra costante, i sistemi politici allo sbando, l’ecosistema sofferente e malato? Ascoltiamo tutti i giorni narrazioni false, ripetute così di frequente da sembrare verità evidenti. Ci raccontano che possiamo andare solo avanti, perché “il progresso è nella natura dell’uomo”. Ma se ci voltiamo a guardare chi ci ha preced...

Eighty-five-year-old Helen Bryan thinks she might have found a new bird species on one of the many feeders in her yard. On the same day, her dead husband appears and tells her a riddle that brings back memories she would rather leave behind.As she tries to solve the mystery of the new bird, she must also find answers to the riddle. The two quests become deeply intertwined as she seeks help from her former ornithology professor, a mentor turned tormenter. When the professor kills th...

“Sex at Dawn challenges conventional wisdom about sex in a big way. By examining the prehistoric origins of human sexual behavior the authors are able to expose the fallacies and weaknesses of standard theories proposed by most experts. This is a provocative, entertaining, and pioneering book. I learned a lot from it and recommend it highly.” — Andrew Weil, M.D.“Sex at Dawn irrefutably shows that what is obvious—that human beings, both male and female, are lustful...

Bestseller del New York Times e già tradotto in 15 lingue, In principio era il Sesso (Sex at Dawn) è il più potente attacco al concetto di matrimonio vibrato tramite un volume. Per quanto le spiegazioni di antropologi e filosofi si siano affannate a ricondurre il matrimonio alle prime forme sociali e addirittura alle relazioni nei gruppi di scimmie antropomorfe, le loro conclusioni restano basate su fraintendimenti di fondo piuttosto grossolani. Ryan e Jethà decostruiscono le teorie di Dar...

Desde los tiempos de Darwin, nos han contado que nuestra especie tiende naturalmente a la monogamia sexual. Pero, ¿cómo podemos conciliar la realidad, mucho menos monógama, con este tipo de discurso? En el principio era el sexo, siguiendo la tradición de la mejor literatura histórica y científica, da la vuelta con insolencia a postulados injustificados y a conclusiones sin fundamento, ofreciendo a cambio una forma revolucionaria de entender por qué vivimos y amamos como lo hacemo...

In the words of the creeds, the church is the one, holy, catholic, and apostolic body of Christ.Of those features, perhaps none is as misunderstood as the church's catholicity (that is, its universality)—because while the church is universal, it is also radically local, connected to a particular community or even found on a specific street corner. How might we reclaim the universality of the church without losing its local situatedness?In this Studies in Ch...

RESUMEN COMPLETO: EN EL PRINCIPIO ERA EL SEXO (SEX AT DAWN) - BASADO EN EL LIBRO DE CHRISTOPHER RYAN Y CACILDA JETHA ¿Estás listo para potenciar tu conocimiento sobre "EN EL PRINCIPIO ERA EL SEXO"? ¿Quieres aprender de manera rápida y concisa las lecciones clave de este libro? ¿Estás preparado para procesar la información de todo un libro en tan solo una lectura de aproximadamente 20 minutos? ¿Te gustaría tener una comprensión más profunda de las técnicas y ejercicios del libro original? ¡...

Monogamie ist von der Natur nicht vorgesehen. Mit dieser wissenschaftlich fundierten Erkenntnis stellen die Autoren unser Verständnis menschlicher Evolution und den angeblichen Kern unserer westlichen Gesellschaften infrage: die monogame Paarbeziehung.Dieses Buch stellt so ziemlich alles infrage, was wir bislang über Partnerschaft, Ehe und Gesellschaft geglaubt haben. Die beiden Autoren untersuchen die prähistorischen Wurzeln der menschlichen Sexualität und hinterfragen, welches Sex...

The Handbook of Reading Theological German is the premier resource for equipping those interested in reading and translating original German source materials and preparing academics for German comprehension examination. The book is ideal for students in biblical studies, church history, Jewish studies, and theology.Coauthored by Katharina Hirt, a native German speaker and professional linguist, and Christopher Ryan Jones, a native English speaker and doctoral candidate in ...