Author : Gary Gutting
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 20,57 MB
Release : 2011-03-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0199227039
Gary Gutting tells the story of the remarkable flourishing of philosophy in France in the last four decades of the 20th century. He examines what it was to 'do philosophy', what this achieved, and how it differs from the Anglophone tradition. His key theme is that French philosophy in this period was mostly concerned with thinking the impossible.
Author : Ramón Riobóo
Publisher :
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 46,43 MB
Release : 2012-07
Category :
ISBN : 9780945296751
Author : Karl S. Rosengren
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 26,75 MB
Release : 2000-05-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780521665872
This volume, first published in 2000, is about the development of human thinking that stretches beyond the ordinary boundaries of reality. Various research initiatives emerged in the decade prior to publication exploring such matters as children's thinking about imaginary beings, magic and the supernatural. The purpose of this book is to capture something of the larger spirit of these efforts. In many ways, this new work offers a counterpoint to research on the development of children's domain-specific knowledge about the ordinary nature of things that has suggested that children become increasingly scientific and rational over the course of development. In acquiring an intuitive understanding of the physical, biological or psychological domains, even young children recognize that there are constraints on what can happen. However, once such constraints are acknowledged, children are in a position to think about the violation of those very same constraints - to contemplate the impossible.
Author : Colin Cook
Publisher : Pearson Prentice Hall
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 23,59 MB
Release : 2006-01-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0132716089
50,000 copies sold, now in paperback... If you can think impossible thoughts, then you can do impossible things!! The power of change: create new thinking for new solutions! Includes a new introduction demonstrating the "power of impossible thinking," plus access to exclusive book summary and authors' interview at the book's companion Web site. The Power of Impossible Thinking is about getting better at making sense of what's going on around you so you can make decisions that respond to reality, not inaccurate or obsolete models of the world. This bestseller reveals how mental models stand between you and the truth and how to transform them into your biggest advantage! Learn how to develop new ways of seeing, when to change to a new model, how to swap amongst a portfolio of models, how to understand complex environments and how to do "mind R and D," improving models through constant experimentation. Jerry Wind and Colin Crook review why it's so hard to change mental models and offer practical strategies for dismantling "hardened missile silos". Finally they show how to access models quickly through intuition, and assess the effectiveness of any mental model. Purchasers of this book gain access to audio summaries on a companion web site, along with a new half-hour interview with the authors.
Author : Lindsay Lackey
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 16,99 MB
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 125020285X
A bit of magic, a sprinkling of adventure, and a whole lot of heart collide in All the Impossible Things, Lindsay Lackey's extraordinary middle-grade novel about a young girl navigating the foster care system in search of where she belongs. "Wise and wondrous, this is truly a novel to cherish.” —Katherine Applegate, New York Times–bestselling author of Wishtree An Indies Introduce Selection Red’s inexplicable power over the wind comes from her mother. Whenever Ruby “Red” Byrd is scared or angry, the wind picks up. And being placed in foster care, moving from family to family, tends to keep her skies stormy. Red knows she has to learn to control it, but can’t figure out how. This time, the wind blows Red into the home of the Grooves, a quirky couple who run a petting zoo, complete with a dancing donkey and a giant tortoise. With their own curious gifts, Celine and Jackson Groove seem to fit like a puzzle piece into Red’s heart. But just when Red starts to settle into her new life, a fresh storm rolls in, one she knows all too well: her mother. For so long, Red has longed to have her mom back in her life, and she’s quickly swept up in the vortex of her mother’s chaos. Now Red must discover the possible in the impossible if she wants to overcome her own tornadoes and find the family she needs.
Author : Nancy Werlin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 15,71 MB
Release : 2009-08-11
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1101575956
A beautifully wrought modern fairy tale from master storyteller and award-winning author Nancy Werlin Inspired by the classic folk ballad “Scarborough Fair,” this is a wonderfully riveting novel of suspense, romance, and fantasy. Lucy is seventeen when she discovers that she is the latest recipient of a generations-old family curse that requires her to complete three seemingly impossible tasks or risk falling into madness and passing the curse on to the next generation. Unlike her ancestors, though, Lucy has family, friends, and other modern resources to help her out. But will it be enough to conquer this age-old evil?
Author : Ged Martin
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 11,62 MB
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780802086457
In Past Futures, Ged Martin advocates examining the decisions that people take, most of which are not the result of a 'process, ' but are reached intuitively.
Author : Jason Boreyko
Publisher : Jason Borekyo Enterprises
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 30,67 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780967040004
Drawing from his vast experience, [the author] guides his reader through the process that has helped him [become] a millionaire in just two years. [He] is currently the co-CEO and co-Founder of New Vision International, which has become the fastest growing nutritional network marketing company in the history of the industry ... According to [the author], it all starts with dreaming big dreams and developing belief structures that will allow you to achieve anything. [He] will help you determine what it is you truly want, and his program will help you set out on your journey to make it possible. [He] devised his exclusive "D.B.D." plan, (Dream Big Dreams) which shows anyone how to set and achieve goals, create an action plan to get results, and chart their course for the future. To create the life you desire, learn [his] secrets to thinking it, acting and becoming it (Also known as [his] TAB Plan!) Learn the power of the spoken word and the strength of visualization ... Through exercises and ... examples, supported by ... memorable stories, [he] offers everyone ways to sharpen and develop the skills necessary to achieve the success you desire in work and in life.-Dust jacket.
Author : Ray Hollenbach
Publisher : Lone Valley Publishing
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 28,98 MB
Release : 2012-09
Category :
ISBN : 9780988278707
Can you live up to the example Jesus set? Why would anyone choose a mentor who's impossible to follow? What if it's possible to experience real transformation? What if we really can be conformed to his image--in this life? The Impossible Mentor explores why Christians find Jesus a worthy role model but also hold the conviction that no one could possibly live up to his example. Discipleship and spiritual formation books come and go at the pace of diet and exercise manuals, with approximately the same results in the lives of believers. It's the same cycle: good intentions, fresh starts, followed by frustration, guilt, and eventually resignation. You can break the yo-yo cycle of false starts and the guilt that follows when you stumble. The Impossible Mentor explores the four great challenges to following Jesus, and suggests five practical answers that have helped people of faith through the ages. You can put these answers to work in your life, right now. Author Ray Hollenbach combines slice-of-life vignettes with Biblical resources in a highly readable, conversational style: part pastor, part theologian and fellow-traveller, he explores how to take the yoke of discipleship Jesus offered in a manner that will break the cycle of resolve-and-failure.
Author : Patrick Bet-David
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 32,66 MB
Release : 2012-01-16
Category :
ISBN : 9780997622300
What does Doing the Impossible really mean? This book is for those who have a desire to achieve greatness and are ready to take the steps to turn that desire into a reality. At one point or another in this book, you will experience several different reactions - excitement, curiosity, joy, laughter, or even tears - but the ultimate goal is to encourage and challenge you to make a decision to do the impossible. That may have a totally different meaning to you than it did to Steve Jobs, Thomas Edison, or any of the other role models we will look at; but whatever Doing the Impossible means to you, the goal of this book is to help you realize that you have the capacity to do what the critics think is impossible. - Patrick Bet-David, Introduction to Doing the Impossible. Doing the Impossible is a roadmap for those who want to do something big with their lives. The book goes over 25 steps that the reader should take to re-create themselves, identify their cause, and make history. Patrick Bet-David shares his own impossible crusade and gives key principles for anyone looking to do the same.
