Richard Davidson: 22 books

The crime fiction canopy's a broad one, with room to give shelter to writing of all sorts, as editor Lawrence Block shows with At Home in the Dark: "Some of these stories have one or both feet planted in another genre. James Reasoner's story is a period western, Joe Lansdale's is bleakly dystopian,...

Imaginarium 3: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing is a reprint anthology collecting speculative short fiction and poetry (science fiction, fantasy, horror, magic realism, etc.) that represents the best work published by Canadian writers in the 2013 calendar year. Featuring Colleen Anderson,...

The UK Catalysis Hub is a consortium of universities working together on fundamental and applied research to find out how catalysts work and to improve their effectiveness. The contribution of catalysis to manufacturing contributes to almost 40% of global GDP, making development and innovation within...

一心多用的分心年代 禪修是拉回你的注意力、強化心智的過程 脫去其宗教性、神秘性，從腦科學研究驗證 你我都能更專注、更慈心、擁有持續改變人生的力量 現代EQ情緒之父X腦神經科學權威 這是即將改變你生命的一本書！ 有一種方法讓你不必被隨時冒出的心念、被恐懼和憤怒等情緒所掌控 東方智慧的心靈修鍊，啟動深層的大腦變化 　　禪修、正念過去經常被拿來強調於減壓、加強人際關係、甚至增進工作生產力，但在其神秘的儀式或簡單的方法中，不乏一些誤解與過度誇大的神話。到底禪修、正念可以為我們做什麼？不能做什麼？ 　　心理學家也是暢銷科普作家丹尼爾・高曼，在二十年前著書揭露EQ是決定個人成功、快樂與否的關鍵；二十年後，他與大腦╱情緒研究國際權威的神經科學家理查‧戴維森博士，在達賴喇嘛的鼓勵下，從倆人的禪修經驗出發，佐以大量的腦神經科學研究，萃取出禪修有益於廣大世界的價值，進一步提出禪修科學。 心腦相依，鍛鍊心就能訓練大腦 　　禪修真正的好處是增強腦部的神經可塑性，改變大腦的結構和功能，帶來長期深層正向的生命轉變，遠超越以往心理學所能想像 　　禪修能重塑大腦的四種主要神經迴路 　　1.焦慮煩躁惱人的反應系統—受到壓力並從中恢復的迴路 　　2.提升專注力的神經迴路—禪修的核心就是重新訓練我們的專注習慣，減少分心散漫 　　3...

A survey of the last 100 years of science fiction, with representative stories and illuminating essays by the top writers, poets, and scholars, from Edgar Rice Burroughs and Samuel Butler to Robert A. Heinlein and and Jack Vance, from E.E. "Doc" Smith and Clifford D. Simak to Ted Chiang and Charles Stross-- and everyone in between. More than one million words of classic fiction and essays!

More than 70 very short stories in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror! Why are 18 million spoons disappearing from Melbourne, Australia each year? How good is the magic of a discount wizard? What if superheroes were afraid to use their powers? These and other flash fiction challenges were put to...

¿Por qué la economía mundial sufre graves crisis una y otra vez? ¿Por qué es tan difícil controlar el sistema financiero? ¿Por qué no hemos logrado acabar con el hambre, la miseria y el desempleo en un mundo tan próspero como éste? ¡Actúen ya! es un manifiesto escrito por cinco...

Die internationale Wirtschaftspolitik kann man mit Fug und Recht als Debakel bezeichnen. Nur eine wirklich radikale Änderung in der nationalen und in der internationalen wirtschaftspolitischen Ausrichtung kann ein globales Desaster noch verhindern und das Aufkommen extremistischer Parteien stoppen...