Added by: orchiddl | Karma: 2025.10 | Fiction literature | 20 February 2010
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IN LESS THAN A SECOND
In Less Than A Second is the story of a young woman who was recently involved in a car accident. She tries a meditation from a metaphysical teacher to relieve her pain and during the course of this meditation something unusual happens and she finds that she has been transported to a distant planet.
If you see a scorpion crawling close to you, watch out! This spooky-looking creature can do some serious damage. It has a poisonous stinger at the end of its tail that can be very painful - and sometimes even deadly - for an unlucky recipient. This is just one of the startling facts children will discover as they explore the strange and unusual world of this creepy crawler.
A highly motivating and amusing video for young learners. Wizadora is a young wizard. She hasn't yet mastered her magic spells, and her magic often goes wrong! Children will love to follow her adventures, and join in the fun with her unusual housemates and Tom and Katie, the children who live next-door.
Complete Text + Commentary + A Glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing.Vocabulary defined
Can a Robot Be Human?: 33 Perplexing Philosophy Puzzles
Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Non-Fiction | 27 February 2009
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In this book of puzzles and paradoxes, Peter Cave introduces some of life's most important questions with tales and tall stories, reasons and arguments, common sense and bizarre conclusions. From how to get to heaven, to speedy tortoises, paradoxes and puzzles give rise to some of the most exciting philosophical problems. Illustrated with quirky cartoons throughout, The Unusual, Please! takes the reader on a tour to the most interesting and delightful parts of philosophy.
