Science Identity

Vivek Shraya knows this to be true: people change. We change our haircuts and our outfits and our minds. We change names, titles, labels. We attempt to blend in or to stand out. We outgrow relationships, we abandon dreams for new ones, we start fresh. We seize control of our stories. We make resolutions. In fact, nobody knows this better than Vivek, who’s made a career of embracing many roles: artist, performer, musician, writer, model, teacher. In People Change, she reflects on the origins of this impulse, tracing it to childhood influences from Hinduism to Madonna.

Long-term social and demographic changes - and the conflicts they create - continue to transform British politics. In this accessible and authoritative book, Sobolewska and Ford show how deep the roots of this polarization and volatility run, drawing out decades of educational expansion and rising ethnic diversity as key drivers in the emergence of new divides within the British electorate over immigration, identity, and diversity.

Marvin the Magnificent, formerly employed by King Parking as his Black (mediocre) Magician, messed up royally when his potion meant to turn Tundra from beast to beauty cast her into a near fatal sleep. After he was banished, the only employment he could get as an unlicensed magician was mixing drinks at the Black Cauldron, a tavern in the Magic Kingdom. After a bit of effort, Marvin announced to his girlfriend he’d come up with something he called Identity Theft. He took on the appearance of the king, and started walking around helping himself to everything…including the queen.

Chicago, 1954. When his father, Montrose, goes missing, 22-year-old army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his uncle George - publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide - and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhite - heir to the estate that owned one of Atticus’ ancestors - they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales George devours.

After 1660, English governments aimed to convert scattered overseas dominions into a coordinated territorial power base. Stuart monarchs encouraged schemes for expansion in America, Africa, and Asia, tightened control over existing territories, and endorsed systems of slave labor. But English power was precarious, and colonial designs were subject to regular defeats and failed experimentation. Recovering from recent Civil Wars at home, England was shaken by unrest and upheaval through the later seventeenth century.

Le premier guide sur une nouvelle façon d'envisager sa vie amoureuse. Qu'il soit question de sentiments ou de sexe, le polyamour est une manière de vivre plusieurs relations intimes en parallèle, non-exclusives, que vous soyez célibataire, en couple, en trouple ou en communauté. Vos liaisons peuvent tout à fait coexister et être durables, ou d'une jolie lueur éphémère. Mais quelle est l'éthique que cela sous-tend ? Quelles sont les implications dans chaque relation et leurs liens entre elles ? Est-ce compliqué pour s'organiser au quotidien ?

In Scientific Americans, Susan Branson explores the place of science and technology in American efforts to achieve cultural independence from Europe and America's nation building in the early republic and antebellum eras. This engaging tour of scientific education and practices among ordinary citizens charts the development of nationalism and national identity alongside roads, rails, and machines.

Has the hunter gotten too close to the prey? My name is Ember Rose. That’s not my real name, though. The truth is, I don’t have one. And I’m not from here. I was raised along with other genetically engineered supernaturals in a secret compound where we endured excruciating training to hone and control our powers. We have one mission – to kill. As a massage therapist, I am quiet and unassuming, which works in my favor. I lure my targets to my table and there, once they relax completely, I shift into my feline form. All it takes is one tiny scratch for me to administer the lethal ...

The war is not going well for Captain McNair and the only way to get the battle off the front doorstep of the planet of Pacifica is to save a mortal enemy. Fleet Captain Lomar has information that will help with the war. Can McNair put aside his hate long enough rescue Lomar from certain death? Find out what happens in the thrilling conclusion of the trilogy The Veterans of the Psychic Wars.

As Asian Americans are rising in terms of number and influence, the need for understanding their identity becomes important on academic, social, political, economic, and intellectual levels. This book is a very important book to meet the rising need that has been largely neglected in academia and in the publishing industry thus far. This book is an essential addition to all serious university libraries, public libraries, and private personal libraries of educated individuals.

The Heavenly Realm is stirred into a frenzy of excitement when a prophecy claims that the supreme god and goddess will give birth to a uniquely talented little god. When the child is born, all eyes are on her. She is picture-perfect, but what is her talent? Everyone in the Heavenly Realm wants to know.

When a prank goes terribly wrong, Mark loses his twin brother. If losing half of him wasn't enough, he learns Thomas has a secret. And now Mark is the target of some very bad people, who think he's Thomas. It's a case of mistaken identity. How will Mark get out of this mess? Will the ghost of his dead brother help him or make more trouble? Will Mark be the victim of another prank gone bad?

Verständnis. Vergebung. Neubeginn: der inspirierende Aufruf von Bestsellerautor Veit Lindau zur Versöhnung der Geschlechter. Die anstehenden Herausforderungen der Menschheit - individuell und kollektiv - sind nur durch eine neue, bewusstere Cokreation der Geschlechter zu lösen. Paare können an Krisen zerbrechen, Männer und Frauen sich ewig an alten Wunden zerreiben, oder aber in eine völlig neue Dimension an Ehrlichkeit, Intimität und WIR-Power hineinreifen.

What is it that makes you distinct from me? Identity is a term much used but hard to define. For that very reason, it has long been a topic of fascination for philosophers but has been regarded with aversion by neuroscientists - until now. Susan Greenfield takes us on a journey in search of a biological interpretation of this most elusive of concepts, guiding us through the social and psychiatric perspectives and ultimately to the heart of the physical brain.

Perhaps the biggest secret - the open secret - is that men and women are very different, especially when it comes to what they find "hot" or a "turn on"...both in and out of the bedroom. When men think about doing something "hot" for a woman, it usually involves some form of maneuver to be executed between her legs. But, that's not where she wants you to be.

This novel is set in the near future, where human genome editing has become routine. First adopted to fight a lethal virus, it is now widely used to prevent diseases and favor other traits. Ben, Eiko, Celia, Raphael, and Leo have just had their coming-of-age genome reading and are struggling with this new information each for their own reasons. Soon, they are cast into the middle of a crisis that threatens the future of their society and pits it against a parallel, but strictly separated, society where genome manipulation is forbidden on religious grounds.

M.G. Vassanji has been exploring the immigrant experience for over three decades, drawing deeply on his own transnational upbringing and intimate understanding of the unique challenges and perspectives born from leaving one's home to resettle in a new land. The question of identity, of how to configure and see oneself within this new land, is one such challenge faced. But Vassanji suggests that a more fundamental and slippery endeavour than establishing one's identity is how, if ever, we can establish a sense of belonging.

It is critical to break down the growing body of myths and misinformation and to discover the truth about everyday health and well-being. Dr. Bernard Patten suggests that the benefits from even small changes in nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle are enormous, and, properly applied, will increase your life-span and greatly decrease your healthcare costs. Health Is Wealth is the place to start making these changes.

The boundary that once protected our intimate lives from outside interests is an artefact of the 20th century. In the 21st, we have embraced a vast array of technology that enables constant access and surveillance of the most private aspects of our lives. From non-consensual pornography, to online extortion, to the sale of our data for profit, we are vulnerable to abuse. As Citron reveals, wherever we live, laws have failed miserably to keep up with corporate or individual violators, letting our privacy wash out with the technological tide.

As traditional powers of pre-modernity - church and throne - waned, a new myth took their place: that of the 'self-made man', whose unique powers of personality - or canny self-presentation - give him not just the opportunity, but the obligation, to remake reality in the image of what he wants it to be. From the Renaissance genius to the Regency dandy, the American prophets of capitalism to the aspirational übermensch of European fascism, Hollywood's Golden Age to today's Silicon Valley, Self-Made takes us on a dazzling tour of modern history's most prominent self-makers.