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Unravel the Mysteries of Your Dreams and Peer into the Future with "The Witches' Dream Book and Fortune Teller" by A. H. NoeDive into the enigmatic world of 19th-century mysticism and occult with this enthralling audiobook. "The Witches' Dream Book and Fortune Teller" offers a fascinating exploration of dream interpretation linked to age-old fortune-telling techniques that have captivated the curious minds of many. Whether you're a believer in the supernatural or a...

Why human nature is an aesthetic phenomenon—and why we need art and philosophy to understand ourselvesIn The Entanglement, philosopher Alva Noë explores the inseparability of life, art, and philosophy, arguing that we have greatly underestimated what this entangled reality means for understanding human nature.Life supplies art with its raw materials, but art, Noë argues, remakes life by giving us resources to live differently. Our lives are permeat...

Winner of the Seaborg Civil War Prize: "Impressively researched . . . will please many readers, especially those who enjoy exciting battle histories." ― Journal of Military HistoryOn October 8, 1862, Union and Confederate forces clashed near Perryville in what would be the largest battle ever fought on Kentucky soil. The climax of a campaign that began two months before in northern Mississippi, Perryville came to be recognized as the high-water mark of the...

Baseball is a strange sport: it consists of long periods in which little seems to be happening, punctuated by high-energy outbursts of rapid fire activity. Because of this, despite ever greater profits, Major League Baseball is bent on finding ways to shorten games, and to tailor baseball to today's shorter attention spans. But for the true fan, baseball is always compelling to watch -and intellectually fascinating. It's superficially slow-pace is an opportunity to participate in the disti...

Discover the future of cybersecurity through the eyes of the world's first augmented ethical hackerIn Human Hacked: My Life and Lessons as the World's First Augmented Ethical Hacker by Len Noe, a pioneering cyborg with ten microchips implanted in his body, you'll find a startlingly insightful take on the fusion of biology and technology. The author provides a groundbreaking discussion of bio-implants, cybersecurity threats, and defenses.Human H...

Survival was their dearest hope...these mountain people. Their children were their greatest asset...but they died one by one, long before they reached the age of six, many times at birth along with their mother. When a mother died in childbirth the family was usually broken into tiny pieces...but Mary Breckenridge changed all that with her midwives and nurses. They rode their horses in the middle of the night, in the coldest of winter, to save a mother and her child...but they did more tha...

"What's the story, Wishbone?" was the question asked by the theme song of one of the most inspired children's TV shows ever made. Wishbone was a sort of Masterpiece Theater made just for youngsters — although easily enjoyed by adults as well. On Wishbone, children were introduced to the greats of classic literature as they watched a talented Jack Russell Terrier depict such literary luminaries as Ulysses, Romeo, Sherlock Holmes, and Oliver Twist. This book takes the reader behind the scene...

Kenneth W. Noe’s Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend boldly questions the long-accepted notion that the sixteenth president was an almost-perfect commander in chief, more intelligent than his generals. The legend originated with Lincoln himself, who early in the war concluded that he possessed a keen strategic and tactical mind. Noe explores the genesis of this powerful idea and asks why so many have tenaciously defended it.George McClellan, Lincoln’s top general, emerge...

The Witches' Dream Book and Fortune Teller by A. H. Noe

A philosopher makes the case for thinking of works of art as tools for investigating ourselves.In Strange Tools: Art and Human Nature, the philosopher and cognitive scientist Alva Noë argues that our obsession with works of art has gotten in the way of understanding how art works on us. For Noë, art isn't a phenomenon in need of an explanation but a mode of research, a method of investigating what makes us human—a strange tool. Art isn't just somet...

Faith carries a cost.Prophet Deripel Goombe gave up her childhood and her heart for the good of the Kingdom, watching as her once love took his place on the throne as King Sol, the shining conqueror.But the passage of time has not been kind and behind the impenetrable walls of Sol City, the glory is fading. Old enemies and dangerous friends encircle the throne and, for the first time, the Kingdom's Treasure lies vulnerable.In the unseen Realms, the ...

Nobody spins tall tales like my mixed pack family.Every fluffy, furry, feathery and scaly reprobate weaves their own backstory, given half a chance. So, if you've ever wanted to know why the White Wolf Alpha became the reclusive Mangy Curt, this short story collection is for you, concluding The Mangy Wolf Saga.Some of their stories made me roar with laughter, others shed tears, for betrayal, grief and goodbyes are painful, especially for a wolf.We'v...