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Adages and Aphorisms from Philosophilus is a collection of humorous, curmudgeonly pronouncements about the nature of the human condition. It addresses issues of human relations, politics, commerce, education, creativity, medicine, science, religion, and the meaning of life. Philosophilus is a curmudgeonly Greek philosopher from ancient Athens reportedly being channeled by a man named Richard Calkins. During their discourses over the years, Philosophilus has learned much about modern times. Not surprisingly, he does not approve of them. But then, he doesn't approve of much of anything. This...

Oneliners will show you how to use the magic of the line to communicate with the human mind. You will learn how a single unbroken line can create and empower objects, communicate feelings, instill emotions and even tell a story. You even will learn how the entire universe, at least in theory, could be captured on a single continuous line. Oneliners takes a unique approach to demonstrate its message. Every illustration in the book from simple examples to entire landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes and abstracts is drawn with a single uninterrupted line which never crosses nor even touches itself...

Development and Growth of the External Dimensions of the Human Body in the Fetal Period was first published in 1929. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.This fundamental study of the growth of the human body in prenatal life and of its proportions and dimensions at birth is based on 35,000 observations by two of the world's leading anatomists. The authors have given especial emphasis to obstetric factors. The monograph is copiously...

This book explores the emergent character of social orders in Sudan and South Sudan. It provides vivid insights into multitudes of ordering practices and their complex negotiation. Recurring patterns of exclusion and ongoing struggles to reconfigure disadvantaged positions are investigated as are shifting borders, changing alliances and relationships with land and language. The book takes a careful and close look at institutional arrangements that shape everyday life in the Sudans, probing how social forms have persisted or changed. It proposes reading the post-colonial history of the Sudans...