Dutton, Denis.
Summary: The Dinka have a connoisseur's appreciation of the patterns and colours of the markings on their cattle. The Japanese tea ceremony is regarded as a performance art. Some cultures produce carving but no drawing; others specialize in poetry. Yet despite the rich variety of artistic expression to be found across many cultures, we all share a deep sense of aesthetic pleasure. The need to create art...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 700 DuttonNicholson, Nigel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Business 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 NICRidley, Matt
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Publisher / Publication Date: 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.8 RIDSummary: The will to win is an instinct that has kept the human species alive for millions of years. This program explains why victory feels so good and why defeat is a losing proposition. Topics under consideration include the genetic basis for the euphoria known as a "winner's high," the different strategies of younger and older siblings to attract parental attention, social hierarchies and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Wilson, Edward O.
Summary: In The Meaning of Human Existence, his most philosophical work to date, Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson examines what makes human beings supremely different from all other species and posits that we, as a species, now know enough about the universe and ourselves that we can begin to approach questions about our place in the cosmos and the meaning of intelligent life in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 128 WILSummary: This program examines arguably the most human instinct of all: the instinct to protect, which, combined with other qualities, prompts people to risk everything for the sake of others. Three gripping stories-a mother who wrestled a cougar to save her son, a soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue a comrade, and two men who helped a woman in a wheelchair escape the collapse of the World Trade...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Every human being has an armory of instincts that helps keep him or her alive. This program analyzes how the senses, innate physical reactions, and the ability to manage risk boost the chances of survival. An infant's cry, its primary defense during life's most helpless time; a craving for high-calorie foods that harks back to eras of food scarcity; an inborn disgust mechanism that prompts...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: An unstoppable event threatens the world's population by attacking the most basic human instinct of all: survival. Elliot Moore is an ordinary man who is trying to save his family from a terrifying, invisible killer. As Elliot discovers the incredible possibility of what is happening, it becomes very clear that no one is safe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie HappeningPinker, Steven
Summary: Steve Pinker discusses the idea that language is an instinct, as innate to us as flying is to geese. This book covers the biological origin, acquisition by children and the grammatical structure of human language.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Folio Society 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 401 PINSummary: Humans may be the only species to shed tears. Does that make crying a strictly human act? This program explores the deep well of animal instinct that, shaped by eons of evolution, still informs our expression of grief, fear, anger, and even joy. Focusing on the development of distress signals in early hominid infant behavior, the program investigates differences in crying between adults and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Junger, Sebastian
Summary: "Draws on history, psychology, and anthropology to discuss how the tribal connection--the instinct to belong to small groups with a clear purpose and common understanding--can satisfy the human quest for meaning and belonging,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Twelve 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.3 JUNCopies Available at Peninsula
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 302.3 Junger 2016Raihani, Nichola
Summary: "In the tradition of Richard Dawkins's The Selfish Gene, Nichola Raihani's The Social Instinct is a profound and engaging look at the hidden relationships underpinning human evolution, and why cooperation is key to our future survival. Cooperation is themeans by which life arose in the first place. It's how we progressed through scale and complexity, from free-floating strands of genetic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 303.4 RAISummary: Dissecting the phenomenon of altruism-as well as its mirror image, the instinct of self-preservation-is perhaps best accomplished with real-world case studies. This program does so as it documents the aftermath of the 2004 Asian tsunami. Following four independent relief workers in the hardest-hit areas of Sri Lanka, the film captures scene after scene in which the most idealistic and pragmatic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010