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  • Evolution and the Fate of Humankind

    by Peter A. Corning ...
    Series series Elements in Applied Evolutionary Science
    In recent years we have come to understand better the forces that have shaped biological evolution over the course of time. Evolved purposiveness (teleonomy) in living systems themselves has been an important influence. Cooperative effects (synergies) of various kinds have also been influential. And the bioeconomics (functional costs and benefits) have been important constraints. Now we are facing ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Superorganism

    Toward a New Social Contract for Our Endangered Species

    by Peter A. Corning ...
    Series series Elements in Applied Evolutionary Science
    As evidence of our global survival crisis continues to mount, the expression 'too little, too late' comes to mind. We all live in an interdependent world which has an increasingly shared fate. We are participants in an emerging global 'superorganism' that is dependent on close cooperation. Indeed, positive synergy (cooperative effects) has been the key to our evolutionary success as a species. ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD

  • Synergistic Selection: How Cooperation Has Shaped Evolution And The Rise Of Humankind

    by Peter A Corning ...
    'Nothing about the evolution of biological complexity makes sense except in the light of synergy.' Peter Corning's new book is being hailed as a major contribution to what is perhaps the greatest shift in our understanding of evolution since The Origin of Species. It's a tour de force that takes us on a synergy-guided tour of the history of life. As Corning puts it, 'life on Earth has been a ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • Evolution "On Purpose"

    Teleonomy in Living Systems

    Edited by Peter A. Corning, Stuart A. Kauffman, Denis Noble, James A. Shapiro, Richard I. Vane-Wright ...
    Series series Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology
    A unique exploration of teleonomy—also known as “evolved purposiveness”—as a major influence in evolution by a broad range of specialists in biology and the philosophy of science.The evolved purposiveness of living systems, termed “teleonomy” by chronobiologist Colin Pittendrigh, has been both a major outcome and causal factor in the history of life on Earth. Many theorists have appreciated this ... Read more

    $78.39 CAD

  • Developing Talent Across the Lifespan

    Edited by Peter Heymans, Cornelis F.M. Van Lieshout ...
    This volume presents fascinating new theoretical perspectives and empirical findings on the life-span development of talent. It shows how talents are the result of the acquisition of a sequence of skills and how the acquisition of these skills is facilitated by changes in the individual's environment. It explores to what degree the development of high intelligence or achievement is similar to the ... Read more

    $68.70 CAD

  • Innovative Food Processing Technologies

    Advances in Multiphysics Simulation

    Edited by Kai Knoerzer PhD, Pablo Juliano PhD, Peter Roupas PhD, Cornelis Versteeg PhD ...
    Series series Institute of Food Technologists Series
    Part of the IFT (Institute of Food Technologists) series, this book discusses multiphysics modeling and its application in the development, optimization, and scale-up of emerging food processing technologies. The book covers recent research outcomes to demonstrate process efficiency and the impact on scalability, safety, and quality, and technologies including High Pressure Processing, High ... Read more

    $327.99 CAD

  • Coleridge and the Armoury of the Human Mind

    Essays on his Prose Writings

    Edited by Peter J. Kitson, Thomas N. Corns ...
    Series series RLE: Wordsworth and Coleridge
    First published in 1991, this book collects a broad array of path-finding scholarship by specialists in Coleridge and Romantic literature on the subject of his prose. They range from broad appraisals of Coleridge’s own critical practises; demonstrations of the fecundity of his autobiography, the Biographia Literaria, for contemporaries; the effect of Milton and the radical polemicists of the ... Read more

    $56.33 CAD

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    Russian Roulette

    The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump

    by Michael Isikoff, David Corn ...
    Narrated by Peter Ganim ...

    Unabridged

    12 hours 19 min

    The incredible, harrowing account of how American democracy was hacked by Moscow as part of a covert operation to influence the U.S. election and help Donald Trump gain the presidency."Russian Roulette is...the most thorough and riveting account." -- The New York TimesRussian Roulette is a story of political skullduggery unprecedented in American history. It weaves together tales of international ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

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    by James R. Clapper, Trey Brown ...
    Narrated by Mark Bramhall ...

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    New York Times bestsellerThe former Director of National Intelligence's candid and compelling account of the intelligence community's successes--and failures--in facing some of the greatest threats to AmericaWhen he stepped down in January 2017 as the fourth United States director of national intelligence, James Clapper had been President Obama's senior intelligence adviser for six and a half ... Read more

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    Collusion

    Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win

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    It's Even Worse Than You Think

    What the Trump Administration Is Doing to America

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    Narrated by Danny Campbell ...

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    The Plot to Destroy Democracy

    How Putin and His Spies Are Undermining America and Dismantling the West

    by Malcolm Nance ...
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    A provocative, comprehensive analysis of Vladimir Putin and Russia's master plan to destroy democracy in the age of Donald Trump.In the greatest intelligence operation in the history of the world, Donald Trump was made President of the United States with the assistance of a foreign power. For the first time, The Plot to Destroy Democracy reveals the dramatic story of how blackmail, espionage, ... Read more

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