When club-hopping bad girl Tiara Kent is found dead in her plush Manhattan apartment, the killing has all the earmarks of a vampire attack. The ever-practical Lieutenant Eve Dallas has to deal with superstitious cops carrying garlic and stakes, as well as the ever-hysterical press. None of the wealthy young victim's friends seem to know much about the Dark Prince she has been secretly seeing. The chase to stop him before he kills again will lead Eve and her team into areas of the city that not even the most intrepid cop wants to visit, and into the very heart of darkness.
Simple Heuristics That Make Us Smart invites readers to embark on a new journey into a land of rationality that differs from the familiar territory of cognitive science and economics. Traditional views of rationality tend to see decision makers as possessing superhuman powers of reason, limitless Knowledge, and all of eternity in which to ponder choices. To understand decisions in the real world, we need a different, more psychologically plausible notion of rationality, and this book provides it.
"Jean Dubuis' long awaited treatise may be the single most important esoteric document of the 21st Century. Densely written with 37 illustrations, Dubuis presents classical esotericism, alchemy, qabala, and natural magic in a way that allows each person to undertake the road of interior initiation without need of a guru, master, or teacher. Extensive discussion of the creation of the universe, our place in it, and reason for being are presented in concise language.
Added by: susan6th | Karma: 3133.44 | Fiction literature | 4 February 2010
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A Whisper of Eternity
When artist Tracy Warner purchases the rambling seaside house built above Dominic St. John's hidden lair, he recognizes in her spirit the woman he has loved countless times over the centuries. Drawing her into the fascinating, seductive world of the vampire, he aches to believe that this time she will not refuse his Dark Gift. But when Dominic' ancient rival appears in Sea Cliff, hungry for territory and power, Tracy becomes a pawn in a deadly game. To save her and the passion that burns between them-Dominic must offer...A Whisper of Eternity.
