Authors:Peter, Ph.D. Seneviratna,
Publisher: Vantage Press Inc
Keywords: perceptions
Number of Pages: 30
Published: 2009-02-10
List price: $8.95
ISBN-10: 0533157668
ISBN-13: 9780533157662

From a very early age, poetry has fascinated and inspired Peter Seneviratna. He has found that the best way to express his feelings is through this art. He reminds us that "civilizations have been influenced more by poets than by emperors." In this publication of Perceptions, Mr. Seneviratna has compiled many of his personal favorites as well as three charming stories for young readers. The poet has derived inspiration from a diverse arena of subjects including Vivaldi’s "The Four Seasons," to imagining what would happen if we embarked on intergalactic travel, to several poems lauding fa

Author: J.C. Boone
Publisher: Xlibris
Keywords: perceptions, obersalzberg, hitler
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 2008-09-27
List price: $19.98
ISBN-10: 1436365449
ISBN-13: 9781436365444

Author: Petrie
Publisher: Psychology Press
Keywords: illnes, amp, health, perceptions
Number of Pages: 520
Published: 1997-07-01
List price: $43.56
ISBN-10: 905702103X
ISBN-13: 9789057021039

The study of how individuals perceive and make sense of health and illness is a new and rapidly developing area in health psychology. The field has seen important recent theoretical developments and applications to a wide range of health threats and illnesses. The first section of this book examines the current theoretical and measurement issues in the field and includes issues related to illness perceptions across the life-span, disability, and the assessment of illness representations in chronic illness. The second section addresses the role of illness perceptions in health screening and

Author: Richard L. Gregory
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: perceptions, odder
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1994-06-03
List price: $85.00
ISBN-10: 0415061067
ISBN-13: 9780415061063

In his latest collection of essays, Richard Gregory uses a series of whimsical tales of his childhood, family and friends, the famous and the infamous to illuminate scientific principles and puzzles. He weaves together these amusing anecdotes to form a personal vista of some of the most profound and puzzling questions in science today, quickly drawing the reader into debates on Hamlet’s feelings, Schrodinger’s cat, thinking machines and more. At times charming, entertaining and even confusing, Even Odder Perceptions will always leave the reader pondering. Each individual essay stan

Author: Angela L. Gibson
Publisher: Lulu.com
Keywords: perceptions, reflections
Number of Pages: 99
Published: 2007-05-30
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 1430321776
ISBN-13: 9781430321774

"reflections of perceptions" is a collection of selected poems, in English and Spanish, from 1983 to 2007. The poems serve as snapshots of life events and moments in time covering such areas as love, passion, loss, death, grief, aging, and the interconnections between them all.What critics have said:"!great feeling throughout -- has a crisp taste so that you can smell and feel fall!""!awesome use of word imagery, line breaks, and word play.""!fantastic way of describing natural beauty through unique words and thick emotion! Love it!"..."raw and real...""!I love the meter, the light-heartedness

Author: Yi-Fu Tua
Publisher: Columbia University Pre
Keywords: attitudes, values, perceptions, environmental, study, topophilia
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 1990-11-01
List price: $30.50
ISBN-10: 023107395X
ISBN-13: 9780231073950

What are the links between environment and world view? Topophilia, the affective bond between people and place, is the primary theme of this book that examines environmental perceptions and values at different levels: the species, the group, and the individual.Yi-Fu Tuan holds culture and environment and topophilia and environment as distinct in order to show how they mutually contribute to the formation of values. Topophilia examines the search for environment in the city, suburb, countryside, and wilderness from a dialectical perspective, distinguishes different types of environmental experi

Author: Bil Tierney
Publisher: CRCS Publications
Keywords: perceptions, astrology, new, analysis, aspect, dynamics
Number of Pages: 277
Published: 1993-09
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0916360563
ISBN-13: 9780916360566