In Angels, Butterflies & Dragons # 3, Donna L. Armstrong continues to weave pictures of her journey by sharing her beliefs along with the people in her life. Inside the book: "The Daughters Keeper, this author went beyond the scope with this extraordinary gift, written from the depths of her soul. The Love Letter gives us a glimpse of the love and compassion she has for her husband. The Tale of the Talking Shoes will have you roaring with laughter.The greatest of all are; My Cultural Heritage which offers shared beliefs, traditions passed down by divine women in her family. The Sacred Treasure a cab driver transformed by the mystery of an angel".
Our large human brains evolved some 1.8 million years ago to facilitate social cohesion in small groups, supporting higher-order thinking as well as emotional cooperation as a survival strategy. But when written symbolic language, which developed as a result of agriculture and complexity, made possible the abstract group identity known as “the public,” we were seduced by collective support of the public identity to engage in environmentally maladaptive group “fictive play.” In Seducing Ourselves, you will encounter a wide range of intriguing concepts and ideas concerning complex societies, connecting together a vast multitude of topics—from evolutionary neurobiology and social psychology to the billions of US tax dollars that are going to the energy-intensive agricultural industry to produce the comfort foods behind the obesity epidemic. An epidemiologist by profession, Donna L. Armstrong's theories are distinctive within the fascinating literature of complex social collapse in making the important distinction between collective behavior and individual choice, and in the use of the United States as a case study to illustrate the stages of complex development and decline. A provocative yet hopeful “slow read,” Seducing Ourselves is an enormously important work for the sustainability and “transforming communities” movements.
A page turner all the way! This action, adventure, love story draws you into the world of a herpetologist and his team as they enter the dangerous habitat of Varanus komodoensis, better known as the Komodo dragon. Studying the Komodo dragon has been a life long persuit for Skyler Smith. Now he has been selected to study them in their natural habitat. Unbeknownst to him, this amazing opportunity will fullfill his career's ambition while taking him on a journey of personal discovery and more happiness than he could ever imagine. You won't believe what happens next!
In Angels, Butterflies & Dragons # 3, Donna L. Armstrong continues to weave pictures of her journey by sharing her beliefs along with the people in her life. Inside the book: "The Daughters Keeper, this author went beyond the scope with this extraordinary gift, written from the depths of her soul. The Love Letter gives us a glimpse of the love and compassion she has for her husband. The Tale of the Talking Shoes will have you roaring with laughter.The greatest of all are; My Cultural Heritage which offers shared beliefs, traditions passed down by divine women in her family. The Sacred Treasure a cab driver transformed by the mystery of an angel".
In 2006, about 69 million U.S. households had pets, giving homes to around 73.9 million dogs, 90.5 million cats, and 16.6 million birds, and spending more than 38 billion dollars on companion animals. As never before in history, our pets are truly members of the family. But the notion of “companion species”—knotted from human beings, animals and other organisms, landscapes, and technologies—includes much more than “companion animals.” In When Species Meet, Donna J. Haraway digs into this larger phenomenon to contemplate the interactions of humans with many kinds of critters, especially with those called domestic. At the heart of the book are her experiences in agility training with her dogs Cayenne and Roland, but Haraway’s vision here also encompasses wolves, chickens, cats, baboons, sheep, microorganisms, and whales wearing video cameras. From designer pets to lab animals to trained therapy dogs, she deftly explores philosophical, cultural, and biological aspects of animal–human encounters. In this deeply personal yet intellectually groundbreaking work, Haraway develops the idea of companion species, those who meet and break bread together but not without some indigestion. “A great deal is at stake in such meetings,” she writes, “and outcomes are not guaranteed. There is no assured happy or unhappy ending-socially, ecologically, or scientifically. There is only the chance for getting on together with some grace.” Ultimately, she finds that respect, curiosity, and knowledge spring from animal–human associations and work powerfully against ideas about human exceptionalism.
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