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Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Controversial knowledge
Romantic love presents some of life's most challenging questions.
Can we choose who to love? Is romantic love rational? Can we love
more than one person at a time? And can we make ourselves fall out
of love? In On Romantic Love, Berit Brogaard attempts to get to the
bottom of love's many contradictions. This short book, informed by
both historical and cutting edge philosophy, psychology, and
neuroscience, combines a new theory of romantic love with
entertaining anecdotes from real life and accessible explanations
of the neuroscience underlying our wildest passions. Against the
grain, Brogaard argues that love is an emotion; that it can be, at
turns, both rational and irrational; and that it can be manifested
in degrees. We can love one person more than another and we can
love a person a little or a lot or not at all. And love isn't even
always something we consciously feel. However, love - like other
emotions, both conscious and not - is subject to rational control,
and falling in or out of it can be a deliberate choice. This
engaging and innovative look at a universal topic, featuring
original line drawings by illustrator Gareth Southwell, illuminates
the processes behind heartbreak, obsession, jealousy, attachment,
and more.
How would you respond if a New Zealander invited you to a "leg-in"?
Would you know what to do if someone told you to pull up a
"browser"? Without some assistance, most foreigners would indeed be
baffled by the intricacies of the Kiwi tongue. Now, however, help
is available as Louis S. Leland Jr., a professor of psychology at
the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, unravels the
mysteries of this colorful language. Composed in equal parts of
fact and hilarity, this specialized dictionary will aid the
traveler, amuse the linguist, and delight even the casual observer.
This book is a perfect companion volume to Pelican's comprehensive
Maverick Guide to New Zealand, widely acclaimed as the best
guidebook on the subject.
What was the first toy advertised on TV? Who was the first Star
Wars character to speak? Is the Baby Ruth candy bar really named
after the legendary baseball player? When was the very first selfie
taken? Learn the answers to all of these things and more facts you
probably never knew in 254 Cool Facts You Probably Never Knew. Liam
Willis is a junior high student in a rural Texas town. He became
fascinated with facts and trivia at a young age and has read dozens
of fact books. In 254 Cool Facts, he shares the best of the
best...and debunks a few that are widely thought to be facts but
aren't. 254 Cool Facts You Probably Never Knew is Liam Willis's
first book.
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