Throughout, Sapolsky considers the most important question: what causes acts of aggression or compassion? What inspires us to terrible deeds and what might help foster our best behaviour? Wise, humane, often very funny, Behave is a towering achievement, powerfully humanising, that is unlikely to be surpassed for many years. And continues over centuries and millennia through the profound influences of genetic inheritance, cultural context and ultimately the evolutionary origins of our species. He proceeds through the experiences of adolescence, childhood and foetal development that shape us over our lifespans… Next, he explains the interactions of hormones, which prime our behaviour in the preceding hours and days… Then we consider our response to sight, sound and smell in the minutes and seconds beforehand… We begin with the split-second reactions of the brain and nervous system… Robert Sapolsky's ingenious method is to move backwards in time from the moment at which a behaviour occurs, layer by layer through the myriad influences that led to it: Brought to life through simple language, engaging stories and irreverent wit, it offers the fullest picture yet of the origins of tribalism and xenophobia, hierarchy and competition, morality and free will, war and peace. Behave is at once a dazzling tour and a majestic synthesis of the whole science of human behaviour.
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“Elaborate, sensual.a writer whose books are too exotic and unusual to be missed."- The New York Times “Lauren Groff is a writer of rare gifts, and Fates and Furies is an unabashedly ambitious novel that delivers – with comedy, tragedy, well-deployed erudition and unmistakable glimmers of brilliance throughout.” - The New York Times Book Review (cover review) NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY: THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, TIME, THE SEATTLE TIMES, MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE, SLATE, LIBRARY JOURNAL, KIRKUS, AND MANY MORE A FINALIST FOR THE 2015 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Who knows, if someone can convince me, I just might be interested in reading it. The fact that I already know what's going to happen in the Kiss of Deception now is kind of making me want to push the book down on my tbr, because the reason I was so interested in that book is because of the plot twist that happens at the end of the first book, but now that I apparently know what happens, I don't feel like I want to read it as much anymore. I know that Kaden and Pauline are both from that series, and they appear in this book. I also got spoiled for the Remnant Chronicles again, but whatever. Like all of Jase's siblings, it took me a while to remember who they were, and I feel ashamed. It took me a while to remember who certain characters were, what certain things were, where certain places were. I still like them though.Īlso, I remembered nothing that happened in the first book. I got so upset when Kazi and Jase almost met back up but then GUNNER AND MASON AND PRIYA had to throw Kazi out. I was on the edge of my seat for this entire book, waiting for things to happen, waiting for CERTAIN events to occur. The beginning was chill and normal, just Kazi and Jase riding their horses and then BOOM. Sometimes it was only a certain way to die.” “Waiting for someone else to write your history was no way to live. So, as you know from the previous post, I was seriously excited to open this book and settle in for a good read. Marthe left the apartment to her granddaughter, Madame de Florian, who shuttered the apartment and fled Paris at the start of WWII. The actual Marthe started out as a bartender at the famous Les Folies Bergères, became an elegant courtesan known for having famous lovers, including a few prime ministers, a French president and the artist Boldini. Then contrast that with the modern-day story of the antiques experts who must have been agog at the opportunity to research the priceless antiques and delve into Marthe’s journals. Perhaps I had unrealistically high expectations – what a great story could be told - the unopened apartment, the story behind the painting, Marthe and the time of the Belle Epoque*. I admire any first time author who has the courage and fortitude to keep writing and get a novel (any novel) published, so it is with mixed feelings that I must tell you I tried to look at this debut from several different viewpoints, but there is no getting around my disappointment. Remember THIS POST? Well readers I finally finished A Paris Apartment, a novel based on the life of Marthe de Florian and her forgotten apartment crammed with antiques and a famous portrait. Indestructubles Little Golden Books Magic School Bus Magic Tree House Pete the Cat Step Into Reading Book The Hunger Games By POPULAR SERIES Chronicles of Narnia Curious Geoge Diary of a Wimpy Kid Fancy Nancy Harry Potter I Survived If You Give.
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