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MINOAN LINEAR A, Volume I
2017 || Paperback || Peter George van Soesbergen || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
MINOAN LINEAR A, VOLUME I, HURRIANS AND HURRIAN IN MINOAN CRETE, PART 1.
The author has reviewed previous attempts to decipher Minoan Linear A concluding that none can be accepted as presenting consistent phonological and morphological evidence, which is required for identification of an idiom written with an undeciphered script. Using phonological and morphological evidence, he has shown that Linear A may well be the notation of an idiom with specific phonological features and a morphology o...
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Minoan Linear A, Volume I, Part 2
2017 || Paperback || Peter George van Soesbergen || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
MINOAN LINEAR A, VOLUME I: HURRIANS AND HURRIAN IN MINOAN CRETE, PART 2: The author identified the idiom written with Linear A as a language of agglutinative character. The Hurrian language appeared to be the best candidate from a linguistic and historical point of view. The predominantly Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni, with its vassal states in Syria such as Alalakh and Aleppo (Khalba in Hurrian, Khalab in Semitic), was the only great political and military power next to Egypt, contemporary with...
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The climate in perspective
New insights
2022 || Paperback || Drs.P.A.J. Coelewij || Brave New Books
Here you can read the latest insights on how the climate is created and the mechanisms that determine it, and why the climate fluctuates between tropical hot and icy cold.
These mechanisms include:
-Plate tectonics that controls the import of CO2 into the atmosphere and chemical processes to remove the CO2 from the atmosphere.
-New logically constructed analyses of the ice cores drilled in the Antarctica ice cap that shows the minimum reaction temperature of the CO2 removal chemical processe...
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DISCOURSES
kabbalah and science
2015 || Paperback || Hans Christiaan Mol || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
In the years when I studied transpersonal psychology I wrote three
books on kabbalah and science. Now for the first time you get all three-in-one.
The book gives a first and unique glance
on the intimate relations between the old kabbalistic teachings and the present day psychological sciences.
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100 Sociological Theories
A Treasure of Social Insights
2023 || Paperback || Fred Charger || Brave New Books
Embark on a captivating voyage through the realm of sociological theories. This book presents a tapestry of insights, from classic frameworks to contemporary perspectives, each offering a unique thread in the understanding of our complex society.
Ideal for students, educators, and those with a curious mind, this exploration provides a deeper comprehension of the intricate forces that mold human behavior and societal structures. It's a journey into the heart of social understanding, where theo...
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Tolerance & Acceptance
Where is the line in a polarizing society
2024 || Paperback || Dr. Randy Ph.D. Roso || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
In this book, I discuss the important issue of tolerance and acceptance in a polarizing society and where to draw the line. At a time when our society seems increasingly divided by opposites and different views, it is vital to consider how we can deal with these challenges.
The concept of tolerance and acceptance is not new, but the rapidly changing dynamics of our contemporary world have further emphasized its importance. We see that political, social, cultural and religious divisions are gr...
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The Tragedy of Dogmas
Science, Religion, Civilization and the Secular Liberal Democratic State
2020 || Paperback || Folkert Castelein || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
Do we survive as a species of 10 billion people on Earth? Then we must build our society better and quicker than so far using our collective brain. Freedom, inclusion, and respect for all? This study shows that our dogmas are a tragedy for the development of our civilization on earth. We are a fast growing population on a planet with limits. Increasing inequality is a threat. Too many are living in the past with dogmatic religion, nationalism, racism, and many are living in fear for the futur...
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Minoan Linear A, Volume II, Part 1
Corpus of transliterated Linear A text: Arkhanes - Kea
2017 || Paperback || Peter G. van Soesbergen || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
MINOAN LINEAR A, VOLUME II: CORPUS OF TRANSLITERATED LINEAR A TEXTS, PART 1: ARKHANES – KEA.
D.W. Packard proved in several publications (1967 -1974) that use of the Ventris's values of signs with graphic identity in Linear A and B showed a ratio of confirmatory alternations of just over 2 : 1 within Linear A in favour of decipherment by the Ventris's values over the average result of nine fictitious decipherments. M. Pope and J. Raison, ‘Linear A: Changing perspectives’ (Études minoen...
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Minoan Linear A, Volume II, Part 2
Corpus of transliterated Linear A texts: Khania - Zakros
2017 || Paperback || Peter George Van Soesbergen || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
MINOAN LINEAR A, VOLUME II: CORPUS OF TRANSLITERATED LINEAR A TEXTS, PART 2: KHANIA - ZAKROS.
After publication of photographs and transcriptions of the Linear A texts, in particular L. Godart – J.-P. Olivier, Recueil des inscriptions en linéaire A, Vol. 1-5, Paris 1976-1985, and transnumeration of the texts by J. Raison and M. Pope, scholars were in need of a reliable transliteration of all Linear A texts. The present Volume offers transliterations of texts, bibliographies, critical annot...
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Legal psychology
2020 || Paperback || Eric Rassin || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
In recent decades, worldwide, a number of disturbing miscarriages of justice have occurred. Strikingly, in some instances, jury members as well as professional judges misjudged the available evidence. Why, and how does this happen? Legal psychology is about the psychological interpretation of legal evidence, particularly criminal evidence. This book contains a general introduction to psychology as a science. Three psychological domains are discussed, namely perception, memory, and decision ma...