13.10.2020

“Defying Reality: The Inside Story of the Virtual Reality Revolution” by David M. Ewalt

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"Defying Reality: The Inside Story of the Virtual Reality Revolution" by David M. Ewalt
"You’ve heard about virtual reality, seen the new gadgets, and read about how VR will be the next big thing. But you probably haven’t yet realized the extent to which this technology will change the way we live. We used to be bound to a physical reality, but new immersive computer simulations allow us to escape our homes and bodies. Suddenly anyone can see what it’s like to stand on the peak of Mount Everest. A person who can’t walk can experience a marathon from the perspective of an Olympic champion. And why stop there? Become a dragon and fly through the universe. But it’s not only about spectacle. Virtual and augmented reality will...>>
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13.10.2020

“Black Elk, Lakota Visionary: The Oglala Holy Man and Sioux Tradition” by Harry Oldmeadow

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"Black Elk, Lakota Visionary: The Oglala Holy Man and Sioux Tradition" by Harry Oldmeadow
"Black Elk (1863-1950), the Lakota holy man, is beloved by millions of readers around the world. The book Black Elk Speaks is the most widely-read Native American testimony of the last century and a key work in our understanding of American Indian traditions. In Black Elk, Lakota Visionary, Harry Oldmeadow draws on recently discovered sources and in-depth research to provide a major re-assessment of Black Elk’s life and work. The author explores Black Elk’s mystical visions, his controversial engagement with Catholicism, and his previously unrecognized attempts to preserve and revive ancestral Sioux beliefs and practices. Oldmeadow’s lively and highly readable account also examines the controversies that have surrounded Black Elk and his collaborators, John...>>
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12.10.2020

“Practical Astrology the Easy Way” by Jonathan Dee

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"Practical Astrology the Easy Way" by Jonathan Dee
"You don't need endless tables and mathematical formulas to create and interpret an astrological birth chart--not when an expert does your calculations for you. Simply add all the relevant information to fill-in-the-blank charts, which can be photocopied to use again and again. The hard work is already done here on circle degrees, angles between planets, decans of a star sign, and other complexities. Follow the three-step calculations for finding sun, moon, and rising signs. Look up each of the planets and add them to the appropriate places on each blank birth chart. When you're ready to take the next steps beyond reading your horoscope in the newspaper, the "Easy Way" is the place to...>>
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11.10.2020

“The Helmet Of Horror: The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur” by Victor Pelevin

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"The Helmet Of Horror: The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur" by Victor Pelevin
"They have never met, they have been assigned strange pseudonyms, they inhabit identical rooms which open out onto very different landscapes, and they have entered a dialogue which they cannot escape - a discourse defined and destroyed by the Helmet of Horror. Its wearer is the dominant force they call Asterisk, a force for good and ill in which the Minotaur is forever present and Theseus is the great unknown. Victor Pelevin has created a mesmerising world where the surreal and the hyperreal collide. "The Helmet of Horror" is structured according to the internet exchanges of the twenty first century, radically reinventing the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur for an age where information...>>
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