Otherwise Evilicious
Author: Steven S. Schneiderman
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2011-06-21
Total Pages: 445
ISBN-13: 1462892280
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Evilicious
Author: Marc D. Hauser
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2013-10
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9781484015438
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is a fact that humans destroy the lives of other humans — strangers, friends, lovers, and kin — and have been doing so for a long time. These cases are unsurprising and easily explained: We harm others when it benefits us directly, fighting to win resources or wipe out the competition. In this sense we are no different from any other social animal. The mystery is why seemingly normal people torture, mutilate, and kill others for the fun of it — or for no apparent benefit at all. Why did we, alone among the social animals, develop an appetite for gratuitous cruelty? This is the core problem of evil. It is a problem that has engaged scholars for centuries and is the central topic of this book. Drawing on the latest scientific discoveries, Hauser provides a novel and elegant explanation for why some individuals engage in evil and why we uniquely evolved this capacity: Evildoers emerge when unsatisfied desires combine with the denial of reality, enabling individuals to engage in gratuitous cruelty toward innocent victims. This simple recipe is part of human nature, and part of our brain's uniquely evolved capacity to combine different thoughts and emotions. The implications of Hauser's theory of evil are unsettling: due to individual differences that begin with our biology, and can be enhanced by certain environments, seemingly normal people are capable of causing horrific harms, feeling rewarded and justified or nothing at all.PRAISE for "Evilicious"Noam Chomsky "an entertaining and compassionate essay.."Robert Trivers "Highly ambitious, relentless in its logic"Nicholas Wade "“What Steven Pinker has done for violence, Marc Hauser has achieved with evil - this book brings the light of science to illumine the heart of darkness.”Michael Shermer "Every Congressman, Senator, and journalist voting or writing on what to do about violence should read this book first."
The Honey Woods
Author: Lakshyajay Kalita
Publisher: Sankalp Publication
Published:
Total Pages: 94
ISBN-13: 939072077X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the story of the world of Honey Bees, named The Honey Woods. It is all about how the famous detective of Honey Woods, Mr. Boris bee, and his associate Watson Bee solves a mysterious case of Honey adulteration.. The Novel describes the thrilling sequences that take place, when it is found that someone has adulterated the delicious honey of Honey Woods. Get ready for a roller coaster ride of suspense, thrill and action
Psychology Gone Wrong
Author: Tomasz Witkowski
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
Published: 2015-01-29
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 1627345280
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPsychology Gone Wrong: The Dark Sides of Science and Therapy explores the dark sides of psychology, the science that penetrates almost every area of our lives. It must be read by everyone who has an interest in psychology, by all those who are studying or intend to study psychology, and by present and potential clients of psychotherapists. This book will tell you which parts of psychology are supported by scientific evidence, and which parts are simply castles built on sand. This is the first book which comprehensively covers all mistakes, frauds and abuses of academic psychology, psychotherapy, and psycho-business.
Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei
Author: Koji Kumeta
Publisher: Kodansha Comics
Published: 2013-07-16
Total Pages: 168
ISBN-13: 1612625142
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTeachers are supposed to inspire the younger generation to follow their dreams and achieve great things. However, our hero, Nozomu is not that teacher. Nozomu's probably the most depressive man in Japan--so depressive, in fact, that every little setback in life inspires yet another suicide attempt! But then why is being in Nozomu's class such a blast? Is it his quirky and endearing students? The bizarre adventures he leads them on? Or is there something after all to "the Power of Negative Thinking"? IT'S SPRINGTIME FOR ZETSUBOU It's spring which can only mean cherry blossoms, spring tidings, Golden Week, a new fiscal year, and warm weather! But leave it to Zetsubou-sensei to rain on everyone's parade. Why do we always look at the flowers and forget to eat the dumplings? Why focus on spring tidings, when there are so many spring "chidlings"? What about the people have to work during Golden Week? And what about Zetsubou-sensei's life-threatening outbreak of spring fever? Hilarity ensues in this newest volume of Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei! Includes special extras after the story!
Practical ASP.NET Web API
Author: Badrinarayanan Lakshmiraghavan
Publisher: Apress
Published: 2013-09-20
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 1430261765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPractical ASP.NET Web API provides you with a hands-on and code-focused demonstration of the ASP.NET Web API in action. From the very beginning, you'll be writing working code in order to see best practices and concepts in action. As the book progresses, the concepts and code will become more sophisticated. Beginning with an overview of the web service model in general and Web API in particular, you'll progress quickly to a detailed exploration of the request binding and response formatting that lie at the heart of Web API. You'll investigate various scenarios and see how they can be manipulated to achieve the results you need. Later in the book more sophisticated themes will be introduced that will set your applications apart from the crowd. You’ll learn how you can validate the request messages on arrival, how you can create loosely coupled controllers, extend the pipeline processing to compartmentalize your code for security and unit testing before being put onto a live hosting server.
Adland
Author: James P. Othmer
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2010-06-01
Total Pages: 338
ISBN-13: 0767928970
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJames P. Othmer, advertising executive turned novelist, gives us a hilarious, personal, and sneakily profound chronicle of the past, present, and future of the advertising business. On one level it’s the wickedly funny, compelling personal chronicle of the rise and fall of a modern-day ad man; a riveting insider’s look at the astonishing transformation taking place in advertising's hottest idea factories. But take a step back from the tales of lavish shoots, agencies on the brink, and pampered mega-brands and Adland becomes much more: a snapshot of how we are living our lives thirty seconds at a time. Funny, deeply thoughtful, and utterly unique, this book is both a wildly amusing ride in Adland, brilliantly recounted, and an exploration of the value of life in the information age.
Prescription for an Ailing World
Author: Wayne Allen
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2017-09-29
Total Pages: 207
ISBN-13: 1532615671
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1924, an Australian minister observed that while the world may be getting better off, the world is not getting better. Almost one hundred years have passed and little has changed. No doubt people today are healthier and wealthier than ever before. But people do not seem to be any more virtuous. New technologies have changed the way people live, but violence, torture, terrorism, cruelty, deception, dishonesty, and disrespect continue to threaten how well people live. Wayne Allen argues that while humanity may be ailing, it is not beyond treatment and cure. By embracing ten essential principles rooted in the Bible and putting them into practice it is possible to make people better. Allen takes the reader through a tour of the sad state of moral health of humanity and suggests a remedy. With remarkable humor and sharp insight, Allen will bring readers to an appreciation of how the world can be transformed.
Cheating and Business Ethics
Author: Wallace R. Baker
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2019-10-15
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 1527541606
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume is a unique collection of inspiring reflections designed to enhance the reader’s understanding of both the importance and the relativity of business ethics. It invites experts and specialists of business ethics to explore threads from history, religion, philosophy and biology, but will also appeal to the thoughtful citizen, academic, businessman, banker and lawyer who has chosen to critically reflect upon the value of ethical conduct in today’s world. The book draws from a rich mine of academic sources to consider how business ethics relate to today’s key concerns, including wealth inequality, the need for effective financial regulations and sustainability—how best to engage with our duties to planet earth. Nourished by the author’s life-long practice of international law and his exploration of academic thinking on ethics, this book is neither an analysis nor a sermon. It is an invitation to make the world a better place by engaging in ethical thought.
Battle of the Beast
Author: Jack Meggitt-Phillips
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2023-01-17
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1665903848
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLemony Snicket meets Roald Dahl in this riotously funny, deliciously macabre, and highly illustrated third book in the middle grade The Beast and the Bethany series in which Bethany and Ebenezer find themselves with a surprising new roommate: the beast itself. After being vanquished in spectacular fashion that included an umbrella with human-puddling capabilities and a darn good show, the beast is transferred to a hidden island and placed in an impenetrable cage where it can no longer hurt anyone or carry out its dastardly plan to make Bethany its next meal. Meaning Bethany and Ebenezer’s lives are finally beast free and they can pursue their do gooding activities in peace—even if the “gooding” part is questionable. But when it’s revealed that the beast has lost its memory and D.O.R.R.I.S. declares that it’s no longer dangerous, the beast is delivered back where it came from: Ebenezer and Bethany’s house. Can the beast really be good? Or, if its newfound manners aren’t to be trusted, what could it be planning next?
