Author: Gabriella Oldham
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486262659
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Delightfully nostalgic scenes from vintage sources include: children preparing for Halloween and awaiting Santa, patriotic portraits of Lincoln and Washington, sentimental valentines, plus other holiday greetings. 24 cards.
Survival of the Friendliest
Author: Brian Hare
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0399590676
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A powerful new theory of human nature suggests that our secret to success as a species is our unique friendliness “Brilliant, eye-opening, and absolutely inspiring—and a riveting read. Hare and Woods have written the perfect book for our time.”—Cass R. Sunstein, author of How Change Happens and co-author of Nudge For most of the approximately 300,000 years that Homo sapiens have existed, we have shared the planet with at least four other types of humans. All of these were smart, strong, and inventive. But around 50,000 years ago, Homo sapiens made a cognitive leap that gave us an edge over other species. What happened? Since Charles Darwin wrote about “evolutionary fitness,” the idea of fitness has been confused with physical strength, tactical brilliance, and aggression. In fact, what made us evolutionarily fit was a remarkable kind of friendliness, a virtuosic ability to coordinate and communicate with others that allowed us to achieve all the cultural and technical marvels in human history. Advancing what they call the “self-domestication theory,” Brian Hare, professor in the department of evolutionary anthropology and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University and his wife, Vanessa Woods, a research scientist and award-winning journalist, shed light on the mysterious leap in human cognition that allowed Homo sapiens to thrive. But this gift for friendliness came at a cost. Just as a mother bear is most dangerous around her cubs, we are at our most dangerous when someone we love is threatened by an “outsider.” The threatening outsider is demoted to sub-human, fair game for our worst instincts. Hare’s groundbreaking research, developed in close coordination with Richard Wrangham and Michael Tomasello, giants in the field of cognitive evolution, reveals that the same traits that make us the most tolerant species on the planet also make us the cruelest. Survival of the Friendliest offers us a new way to look at our cultural as well as cognitive evolution and sends a clear message: In order to survive and even to flourish, we need to expand our definition of who belongs.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0399590676
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
A powerful new theory of human nature suggests that our secret to success as a species is our unique friendliness “Brilliant, eye-opening, and absolutely inspiring—and a riveting read. Hare and Woods have written the perfect book for our time.”—Cass R. Sunstein, author of How Change Happens and co-author of Nudge For most of the approximately 300,000 years that Homo sapiens have existed, we have shared the planet with at least four other types of humans. All of these were smart, strong, and inventive. But around 50,000 years ago, Homo sapiens made a cognitive leap that gave us an edge over other species. What happened? Since Charles Darwin wrote about “evolutionary fitness,” the idea of fitness has been confused with physical strength, tactical brilliance, and aggression. In fact, what made us evolutionarily fit was a remarkable kind of friendliness, a virtuosic ability to coordinate and communicate with others that allowed us to achieve all the cultural and technical marvels in human history. Advancing what they call the “self-domestication theory,” Brian Hare, professor in the department of evolutionary anthropology and the Center for Cognitive Neuroscience at Duke University and his wife, Vanessa Woods, a research scientist and award-winning journalist, shed light on the mysterious leap in human cognition that allowed Homo sapiens to thrive. But this gift for friendliness came at a cost. Just as a mother bear is most dangerous around her cubs, we are at our most dangerous when someone we love is threatened by an “outsider.” The threatening outsider is demoted to sub-human, fair game for our worst instincts. Hare’s groundbreaking research, developed in close coordination with Richard Wrangham and Michael Tomasello, giants in the field of cognitive evolution, reveals that the same traits that make us the most tolerant species on the planet also make us the cruelest. Survival of the Friendliest offers us a new way to look at our cultural as well as cognitive evolution and sends a clear message: In order to survive and even to flourish, we need to expand our definition of who belongs.
Making Your Own Greeting Cards & Gift Wrap
Author: Vivienne Bolton
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1620083477
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
50+ step-by-step projects for cards, gift tags, wrapping paper, and envelopes. · Ideas for all occasions: birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, new baby, and new home. · Teaches a wide variety of papercrafting techniques. · Vivienne Bolton is the author of 20+ successful craft books.
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN: 1620083477
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
50+ step-by-step projects for cards, gift tags, wrapping paper, and envelopes. · Ideas for all occasions: birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, new baby, and new home. · Teaches a wide variety of papercrafting techniques. · Vivienne Bolton is the author of 20+ successful craft books.
The Practical Book of Card-Making
Author: Cheryl Owen
Publisher: Lorenz Books
ISBN: 9780754835189
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
200 step-by-step techniques and projects with 1100 photographs - a comprehensive course in making cards, envelopes, invitations, tags and papers in a host of different styles.
Publisher: Lorenz Books
ISBN: 9780754835189
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
200 step-by-step techniques and projects with 1100 photographs - a comprehensive course in making cards, envelopes, invitations, tags and papers in a host of different styles.
Card Keeper
Author: Eric Epstein
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781452150581
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Featuring lovely Art Nouveau–inspired designs, this timeless album invites users to collect and organize memorable cards, from birthday wishes and special announcements to postcards collected over the years. With acid-free pages, roomy sleeves to hold cards of different sizes, and space in the margins to jot down notes, this keepsake makes it easy to preserve cherished mementos for years to come.
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781452150581
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Featuring lovely Art Nouveau–inspired designs, this timeless album invites users to collect and organize memorable cards, from birthday wishes and special announcements to postcards collected over the years. With acid-free pages, roomy sleeves to hold cards of different sizes, and space in the margins to jot down notes, this keepsake makes it easy to preserve cherished mementos for years to come.
Tasha Tudor's Old-Fashioned Gifts, Presents and Favors for All Occasions
Author: Tasha Tudor
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
ISBN: 9780679209843
Category : Cookery
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Illustrations and instructions are presented for making holiday decorations, party favors, and a variety of gifts including patchwork pillows, Advent calendars, sachets, mittens, and stuffed animals.
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
ISBN: 9780679209843
Category : Cookery
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Illustrations and instructions are presented for making holiday decorations, party favors, and a variety of gifts including patchwork pillows, Advent calendars, sachets, mittens, and stuffed animals.
Vintage Valentines
Author: Golden Books
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 037587514X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This nostalgic Little Golden Book will conjure up memories of dolls, glitter, and shoeboxes full of homemade valentines! A perfect gift to show your love this Valentine's Day! A very special collection of vintage-style press-out cards and envelopes with red flocking on the cover that will make consumers long for the simpler times when these cards were originally created. Little Golden Books have been loved by children for over 75 years. When they were first published in 1942, high-quality books for children hadn’t been available at a price most people could afford. Little Golden Books changed that! Priced at just 25 cents and sold where people shopped every day, they caused an instant sensation and were soon purchased by the hundreds of thousands. Created by such talented writers as Margaret Wise Brown (author of Goodnight Moon) and Richard Scarry, Little Golden Books have helped millions of children develop a lifelong love of reading. Today, Little Golden Books feature beloved classics such as The Poky Little Puppy and Scuffy the Tugboat, plus new, original stories—the classics of tomorrow—ready to be discovered between their sturdy cardboard covers and gold-foil spines.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 037587514X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This nostalgic Little Golden Book will conjure up memories of dolls, glitter, and shoeboxes full of homemade valentines! A perfect gift to show your love this Valentine's Day! A very special collection of vintage-style press-out cards and envelopes with red flocking on the cover that will make consumers long for the simpler times when these cards were originally created. Little Golden Books have been loved by children for over 75 years. When they were first published in 1942, high-quality books for children hadn’t been available at a price most people could afford. Little Golden Books changed that! Priced at just 25 cents and sold where people shopped every day, they caused an instant sensation and were soon purchased by the hundreds of thousands. Created by such talented writers as Margaret Wise Brown (author of Goodnight Moon) and Richard Scarry, Little Golden Books have helped millions of children develop a lifelong love of reading. Today, Little Golden Books feature beloved classics such as The Poky Little Puppy and Scuffy the Tugboat, plus new, original stories—the classics of tomorrow—ready to be discovered between their sturdy cardboard covers and gold-foil spines.