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4th Rock from the Sun

The Story of Mars

By: Nicky Jenner

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Everything you ever wanted to know about the red planet revealed in an up-close and personal tour of Mars Mars is ingrained in our culture, from David Bowie's extra-terrestrial spiders to H.G. Wells's The War of the Worlds. The red planet has inspired hundreds of scientists, authors and filmmakers - but why? What is it about this particular planet that makes it so intriguing? Ancient mythologies defined Mars as a violent harbinger of war, and astrologers found meaning in the planet's dance through the sky. Stargazers puzzled over Mars's unfamiliar properties; some claimed to see canals criss-crossing its surface, while images from early spacecraft showed startling faces and pyramids carved out of rusty rock. Did Martians exist? If so, were they intelligent, civilised beings? We now have a better understanding of Mars: its red hue, small moons, atmosphere (or lack of it), and mysterious past. Robots have trundled across the planet's surface, beaming back astonishing views of the alien landscape and seeking clues on how it has evolved. While little green Martians are now firmly the preserve of literature, evidence is growing that the now arid, frozen planet was once warmer, wetter, and possibly thronging with microbial life. Soon, we may set foot on the planet. What challenges are involved, and how are we preparing for them? Is there a future for humanity on Mars? In 4th Rock from the Sun, Nicky Jenner reviews Mars in its entirety, exploring its nature, attributes, potential as a human colony and impact on 3rd Rock-culture - everything you need to know about the Red Planet.

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1472922514

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9781472922519

The Senses in Religious Communities, 1600-1800

Early Modern ‘Convents of Pleasure’

By: Nicky Hallett

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The Senses in Religious Communities, 1600-1800

Early Modern ‘Convents of Pleasure’

By: Nicky Hallett

Offering a comprehensive analysis of newly-uncovered manuscripts from two English convents near Antwerp, this study gives unprecedented insight into the role of the senses in enclosed religious communities during the period 1600-1800. It draws on a range of previously unpublished writings-chronicles, confessions, letters, poetry, personal testimony of various kinds-to explore and challenge assumptions about sensory origins. Author Nicky Hallett undertakes an interdisciplinary investigation of a range of documents compiled by English nuns in exile in northern Europe. She analyzes vivid accounts they left of the spaces they inhabited and of their sensory architecture: the smells of corridors, of diseased and dying bodies, the sights and sounds of civic and community life, its textures and tastes; their understanding of it in the light of devotional discipline. This is material culture in the raw, providing access to a well-defined locale and the conditions that shaped sensory experience and understanding. Hallett examines the relationships between somatic and religious enclosure, and the role of the senses in devotional discipline and practice, considering the ways in which the women adapted to the austerities of convent life after childhoods in domestic households. She considers the enduring effects of habitus, in Bourdieu's terms the residue of socialised subjectivity which was (or was not) transferred to a contemplative career. To this discussion, she injects literary and cultural comparisons, considering inter alia how writers of fiction, and of domestic and devotional conduct books, represent the senses, and how the nuns' own reading shaped their personal knowledge. The Senses in Religious Communities, 1600-1800 opens fresh comparative perspectives on the Catholic domestic household as well as the convent, and on relationships between English and European philosophy, rhetorical, medical and devotional discourse.

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Routledge

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1317016327

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9781317016328

Helping Children with Low Self-Esteem

A Guidebook

By: Margot Sunderland,Nicky Hancock

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Helping Children with Low Self-Esteem

A Guidebook

By: Margot Sunderland,Nicky Hancock

This is a guidebook to help children who: "don't like themselves or feel there is something fundamentally wrong with them"; "have been deeply shamed"; "have received too much criticism or haven't been encouraged enough"; "let people treat them badly because they feel they don't deserve better"; "do not accept praise or appreciation because they feel they don't deserve it"; "feel defeated by life, fundamentally unimportant, unwanted or unlovable"; "bully because they think they are worthless or think they are worthless because they are bullied"; and "feel they don't belong or do not seek friends because they think no-one would want to be their friend.

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4th Rock from the Sun

The Story of Mars

By: Nicky Jenner

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Helping Children Locked in Rage or Hate

A Guidebook

By: Margot Sunderland,Nicky Hancock

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Helping Children Locked in Rage or Hate

A Guidebook

By: Margot Sunderland,Nicky Hancock

This is a guidebook to help children who: hurt, hit, bite, smash, kick, shout, scream or who are out of control, hyperaroused or hyperactive; can only discharge their angry feelings in verbal or physical attacks, rather than being able to think about and reflect on what they feel; are angry because it is easier than feeling hurt or sad; are locked in anger or rage because of sibling rivalry; are controlling and punitive; regularly defy authority or are diagnosed with a conduct disorder; commit cold acts of cruelty, hurt animals or do not cry any more; spoil, damage or destroy what others do or make; create fear in others because they have locked away their own fears; do not want to please people, cannot trust, have stopped looking for love or approval or truly believe they do not need anyone; do not really know how to 'like' someone; and, definitely do not know how to love someone or are affectionate only if they want something.

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1351687670

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Sistahood

A Journal of Self-discovery

By: Natalie Bassingthwaighte,Nicky Moore

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Sistahood

A Journal of Self-discovery

By: Natalie Bassingthwaighte,Nicky Moore

Sistahood!is filled with quizzes, questionnaires, activities to do, pages for you to write down your innermost thoughts and feelings to help you create your very own journal. Sharing their own wishes and dreams, Nicole and Natalie will show you how to work out your strengths and weaknesses, how to believe in yourself and to love just being you. Sistahood!is about discovering who you are, learning how to jump those hurdles in life, following your heart and being the best you can be.

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4th Rock from the Sun

4th Rock from the Sun

The Senses in Religious Communities, 1600-1800

The Senses in Religious Communities, 1600-1800

Helping Children with Low Self-Esteem

Helping Children with Low Self-Esteem

4th Rock from the Sun

4th Rock from the Sun

Helping Children Locked in Rage or Hate

Helping Children Locked in Rage or Hate

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