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Discover the amazing human body, system by system and layer by layer, and the incredible things it is capable of with Inside Out Human Body.What do you think is the most amazing machine in the universe? A superconductor? The modern computer? A rocket ship? Think again: It’s the human body! Astonishingly intricate and complex, your body grows, heals itself, and performs a mind-boggling number of complex functions all at the same time.Inside Out Human Body features a layered 3-D model of the human body that serves as the center point of each section, revealing key body parts and functions, alongside entertaining and informative text that explains how the body works.Take an incredible journey through:  The powerful muscular system The “bone zone” (aka the skeletal system) The long and wind

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Explore the reaches of your imagination by combining art, craft, and mathematics to create the age-old geometric form of the polyhedra. More than 50 projects use just one center point to create shapes that are folded symmetrically and build upon each other. With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions, you can construct models from regular polygons, including equilateral triangles, squares, pentagons, hexagons, octagons, and decagons. These engaging projects require active, mental participation and can aid in reshaping familiar thought patterns as well as keeping your focus on the present moment as a form of relaxation. Also included is a wealth of detail on the subject of geometry. Once a requirement for entry into the philosopher Plato’s Academy, now geometry can be enjoyed by everyone with an eye for fun. The book includes a chapter of tips to create your own designs.

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What’s going on inside your head? With this interactive die-cut book, dive under your cranium and deep into your cerebrum and cerebellum to uncover the mysteries of your body’s supercomputer. Amazingly powerful and complex, the brain is an endless source of fascination. Flipping through Inside Out Human Brain, discover a layered 3D model of the brain serving as the center point of each section. Each motion, feeling, and physical response you experience originates here in your body’s central command area. Moving from the front to the back of the brain, learn about the functions of each lobe. Through engaging illustrations, photos, and text, Inside Out Human Brain explores: The outer layer of the brain that protects the interior The functions of each lobe The cerebellum or “little brain” The brain stem The brain’s neural network And more! Each section includes colorful photos and illustrations that bring brain science to life. Next time you open your mouth to speak, call to mind a past event, or inhale a delicious scent, you’ll know what part of your brain to thank. There’s no more fascinating journey than the one inside, discovering how the amazing brain keeps us standing, speaking, sensing and more!

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Discover the amazing human body, system by system and layer by layer, and the incredible things it is capable of with Inside Out Human Body. A layered 3-D model of the human body serves as the center point of each section, revealing key body parts and functions, while entertaining and informative text explains how the body works. What do you think is the most amazing machine in the universe? A superconductor? The modern computer? A rocket ship? Think again: It’s the human body! Astonishingly intricate and complex, your body grows, heals itself, and performs a mind-boggling number of complex functions all at the same time.Inside Out Human Body takes you on an incredible journey through the powerful muscular system, the "bone zone" (aka the skeletal system), the long and windy road of the digestive system, the blood-pumping circulatory system, the forty-seven-mile long nervous system, and beyond. Each section is fully illustrated with colorful diagrams and includes fun, interactive lessons for you to try yourself. You can learn how to take your own pulse, how to make your arms float, and even what the color of your urine means. Sometimes the most incredible wonders are right under our noses. The Inside Out series also includes: Inside Out Pirate Ship, Inside Out Shark, Inside Out T-Rex, Inside Out Mummy, Inside Out Horse, and Inside Out Medieval Castle.

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Discover the amazing human body, system by system and layer by layer, and the incredible things it is capable of with Inside Out Human Body. What do you think is the most amazing machine in the universe? A superconductor? The modern computer? A rocket ship? Think again: It’s the human body! Astonishingly intricate and complex, your body grows, heals itself, and performs a mind-boggling number of complex functions all at the same time.Inside Out Human Body features a layered 3-D model of the human body that serves as the center point of each section, revealing key body parts and functions, alongside entertaining and informative text that explains how the body works. Take an incredible journey through: The powerful muscular system The “bone zone” (aka the skeletal system) The long and windy road of the digestive system The blood-pumping circulatory system The forty-seven-mile long nervous system And beyond! Each section is fully illustrated with colorful diagrams and includes fun, interactive lessons for you to try yourself. You can learn how to take your own pulse, how to make your arms float, and even what the color of your urine means. Sometimes the most incredible wonders are right under our noses.

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Explore the Extraordinary Intelligence and Healing Potential of Your Heart The heart is the center point of all human experience. Though our modern culture focuses on the brain, current neuroscience is confirming what shamans have always known: that the heart is the gateway to healing, maturity, and fully engaged living. With The Shaman’s Heart Meditation Training Program, shamanic teacher and transpersonal psychologist Byron Metcalf combines progressive meditation training with cutting-edge sound technology to help you explore and expand the four essential aspects of your heart: • The Clear and Intelligent Heart: Unlock your visionary gifts for clarity, intuition, and spiritual perception • The Full and Compassionate Heart: Discover your healing potential as you expand your capacity for love, empathy, and generosity • The Open and Trusting Heart: Follow your heart’s guidance for releasing unhealthy attachments and trusting in the unfolding of reality • The Strong and Powerful Heart: Awaken your warrior nature as you tap new resources for strength, courage, and confidence Using his proprietary Field Effect Audio Technology™ (FEAT) to help you easily and safely access expanded states of consciousness, this renowned teacher offers his most comprehensive training program—created to support you in fully developing your authentic power, purpose, and presence.

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Since World War II, historians have analyzed a phenomenon of “white flight” plaguing the urban areas of the northern United States. One of the most interesting cases of “white flight” occurred in the Chicago neighborhoods of Englewood and Roseland, where seven entire church congregations from one denomination, the Christian Reformed Church, left the city in the 1960s and 1970s and relocated their churches to nearby suburbs. In Shades of White Flight, sociologist Mark T. Mulder investigates the migration of these Chicago church members, revealing how these churches not only failed to inhibit white flight, but actually facilitated the congregations’ departure. Using a wealth of both archival and interview data, Mulder sheds light on the forces that shaped these midwestern neighborhoods and shows that, surprisingly, evangelical religion fostered both segregation as well as the decline of urban stability. Indeed, the Roseland and Englewood stories show how religion—often used to foster community and social connectedness—can sometimes help to disintegrate neighborhoods. Mulder describes how the Dutch CRC formed an insular social circle that focused on the local church and Christian school—instead of the local park or square or market—as the center point of the community. Rather than embrace the larger community, the CRC subculture sheltered themselves and their families within these two places. Thus it became relatively easy—when black families moved into the neighborhood—to sell the church and school and relocate in the suburbs. This is especially true because, in these congregations, authority rested at the local church level and in fact they owned the buildings themselves. Revealing how a dominant form of evangelical church polity—congregationalism—functioned within the larger phenomenon of white flight, Shades of White Flight lends new insights into the role of religion and how it can affect social change, not always for the better.

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