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A "entertaining and enlightening" deep dive into the alcohol-soaked origins of civilization-and the evolutionary roots of humanity's appetite for intoxication. (Daniel E. Lieberman, author of Exercised)

The gripping inside story of Paypal, the company that created the digital age as we know it.

"Though there are many books about the history of the alphabet, virtually none address how that history came to be. In Inventing the Alphabet, Johanna Drucker guides readers from antiquity to the present to show how humans have shaped and reshaped their own understanding of this transformative writing tool. From ancient beliefs in the alphabet as a divine gift to growing awareness of its empirical origins through the study of scripts and inscriptions, Drucker describes the frameworks-classical, textual, biblical, graphical, antiquarian, archaeological, paleographic, and political-within which the alphabet's history has been and continues to be constructed. Drucker's book begins in ancient Greece, with the earliest writings on the alphabet's origins. She then explores biblical sources on the topic and medieval preoccupations with the magical properties of individual letters. She later delves into the development of modern archaeological and paleographic tools, and she concludes with the role of alphabetic characters in the digital era. Throughout, she argues that, as a shared form of knowledge technology integrated into every aspect of our lives, the alphabet performs complex cultural, ideological, and technical functions, and her carefully curated selection of images demonstrates how closely the letters we use today still resemble their original appearance millennia ago"--

In this fascinating follow-up to the bestselling Information is Beautiful and Knowledge is Beautiful, the king of infographics David McCandless uses spectacular visuals to give us all a bit of good news.

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Filosofiens mål er efter Epiktet det rent praktiske, at virke etisk højnende, og den bliver derfor en stræben efter det gode; men denne stræben beror på erkendelsen, som Epiktet i højere grad end andre senere stoikere og i tilslutning til de ældre, navnlig Khrysippos, lagde vægt på.Det gælder først om at afgøre, hvad der står i vor magt og hvad ikke, og at frigøre sig for alt det, som vi ikke er herre over, alt, hvad der tilhører den ydre verden, og at finde alt det, som er værd at stræbe efter, i sit eget indre; sjælen er jo udgået fra Gud, og det gælder om at føle hans virken i sig. Bliver vore handlinger bestemt heraf, da vil de komme til at gå ud på det gode, at virke forbedrende på vore medmennesker, og dette hører med til den etiske fuldkommenhed.

he Holy Quran (Color: Black and White in Arabic) is a compilation of the verbal revelations given to the Holy Prophet Muhammad (sa) over a period of twenty three years.

Jill Liddington's classic edition of Anne Lister's extraordinary diaries. -- .

A classic for thirty years, Intended for Pleasure is an easy-to-read reference book that combines biblical teaching on love and marriage with the latest medical information on sex and sexuality. This popular resource gently encourages married couples to make their sexual relationship the fulfilling experience it was meant to be. This is a complete sex manual, with basic facts, illustrations, and frank discussion of all facets of human sexuality. A perfect gift for newlyweds and a source book for pastors and marriage counselors, this book has helped more than a million people understand and enjoy the gift God intended for pleasure.

Under perioden 1570-1660 koloniserades barrskogsområdena i mellersta Skandinavien av skogsfinnar från det inre av Finland. De hade med sig sin speciella kultur och en annorlunda odlingsteknik. De bosatte sig i områden som kom att kallas finnskogar, finnmarker eller finnbygder. Den skogsfinska kulturen levde länge kvar i många områden, där vardagsspråket var den egna finska dialekten och de traditionstyngda släktnamnen ännu användes. Denna kultur och dess folk uppmärksammades av den finske Carl Axel Gottlund.År 2021 är det 200 år sedan Gottlund företog en resa genom de värmländska och norska finnskogarna. Resan skulle resultera i en av de främsta källorna till kunskapen om finnskogen som vi känner den idag - hans resedagbok.Under 200 år som förflutit har intresset för finnskogens kultur varierat men ständigt fascinerat och förundrat. Det är därför en ny återutgivning av dagboken kan främja forskningen och ytterligare uppmuntra till förkovran i det skogsfinska kulturarvet.