https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/ALLENQ?QRY=GENSU%3A%20CONSCIOUSNESS&QRYTEXT=Subject%3A%20Consciousness%20(Keywords)&SETLVL=SET&SORTS=MAIN.CREATED_DATE.DESC%5DMAIN.CREATED_TIME.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5524641 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Silva, Jose|Miele, Philip<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Gallery Books 2022<br />pbk<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Gerrards Cross Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 158.9 SIL - Onloan - Due: 07 Jun 2024 - 95100000403467<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5275880 We know science is awesome, as are its achievements. Yet so far scientists have managed to sidestep the most awesome reality of all, the true nature of human life, the source of their own genius. How is it that in the overwhelming immensity of the cosmos, on microscopic earth, human beings exist? We have not yet looked reality in the face and perceived the nobility and grandeur of who we are, each of us having a responsibility in the universe and being part of a vast and continuing process, which can only emerge from the shadows and darkest corners of our thought when we step aside away from all the noise. You Matter encourages people to think more deeply about the phenomenon of existence, what it means to be a unique human person, and how in unity with one another we can build a future in these uncertain times. We know science is awesome, as are its achievements. Yet so far scientists have managed to sidestep the most awesome reality of all, the true nature of human life, the source of their own genius. How is it that in the overwhelming immensity of the cosmos, on microscopic earth, human beings exist? We have not yet looked reality in the face and perceived the nobility and grandeur of who we are, each of us having a responsibility in the universe and being part of a vast and continuing process, which can only emerge from the shadows and darkest corners of our thought when we step aside away from all the noise. You Matter encourages people to think more deeply about the phenomenon of existence, what it means to be a unique human person, and how in unity with one another we can build a future in these uncertain times.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Smith, Delia<br />Unabridged ed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>[Melbourne, Vic.] : Bolinda audio, 2022.<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eAudiobook - Electronically available (Set: 14 Mar 2022) - Access resource<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5247109 For years, German lawyer and author Detlev Piltz has been observing England, its life, customs and above all its classes. He argues that whenever an English person meets another, they will immediately try and place the individual they are talking to in a class by their speech, deportment, clothing, address and general aura. Why might this be, and does the English class system still exist in the twenty-first century? This book argues that it is very much still alive. For years, German lawyer and author Detlev Piltz has been observing England, its life, customs and above all its classes. He argues that whenever an English person meets another, they will immediately try and place the individual they are talking to in a class by their speech, deportment, clothing, address and general aura. Why might this be, and does the English class system still exist in the twenty-first century? This book argues that it is very much still alive.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Piltz, Detlev Jürgen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury Continuum, 2022.<br />432 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Princes Risborough Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 305.50942 PIT - Available - 95100000360557<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5201284 'After' is a book for anyone curious about the scope of the human mind, the nature of consciousness, and the pursuit of a meaningful life. Here, Bruce Greyson shares the scientific revelations of four decades of research into the dying process. He has become increasingly convinced that dying is less an ending than a transition, the threshold between one form of consciousness and another. Dr Greyson challenges us to consider what these lessons can teach us about the relationship between our brain and our mind, expanding our understanding of consciousness and of what it means to be human. 'After' is a book for anyone curious about the scope of the human mind, the nature of consciousness, and the pursuit of a meaningful life. Here, Bruce Greyson shares the scientific revelations of four decades of research into the dying process. He has become increasingly convinced that dying is less an ending than a transition, the threshold between one form of consciousness and another. Dr Greyson challenges us to consider what these lessons can teach us about the relationship between our brain and our mind, expanding our understanding of consciousness and of what it means to be human.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Greyson, Bruce<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Penguin Books, 2022.<br />374 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.078 GRE - Available - 95100000352625<br />Bourne End Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.078 GRE - Available - 95100000353174<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5191487 Rob Beckett never seems to fit in. At work, in the middle-class world of television and comedy, he's the laddy, cockney geezer but to his mates down the pub in south-east London, he's the theatrical one, a media luvvy. Even his wife and kids are posher than him. Rob Beckett never seems to fit in. At work, in the middle-class world of television and comedy, he's the laddy, cockney geezer but to his mates down the pub in south-east London, he's the theatrical one, a media luvvy. Even his wife and kids are posher than him.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Beckett, Rob<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2021.<br />1 online resource (320 pages)<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eBook - Electronically available (Set: 19 Jan 2022) - Access resource<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5171499 In the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition. Within a century, world-renowned philosopher David J. Chalmers predicts, we will have virtual worlds that are impossible to distinguish from non-virtual worlds. But is virtual reality just escapism? In a highly original work of 'technophilosophy', Chalmers argues categorically no: virtual reality is genuine reality. Virtual worlds are not second-class worlds. We can live a meaningful life in virtual reality - and increasingly, we will. What is reality, anyway? How can we lead a good life? Is there a god? How do we know there's an external world - and how do we know we're not living in a computer simulation? In 'Reality+', Chalmers conducts a grand tour of philosophy, using cutting-edge technology to provide invigorating new answers to age-old questions. In the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition. Within a century, world-renowned philosopher David J. Chalmers predicts, we will have virtual worlds that are impossible to distinguish from non-virtual worlds. But is virtual reality just escapism? In a highly original work of 'technophilosophy', Chalmers argues categorically no: virtual reality is genuine reality. Virtual worlds are not second-class worlds. We can live a meaningful life in virtual reality - and increasingly, we will. What is reality, anyway? How can we lead a good life? Is there a god? How do we know there's an external world - and how do we know we're not living in a computer simulation? In 'Reality+', Chalmers conducts a grand tour of philosophy, using cutting-edge technology to provide invigorating new answers to age-old questions.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chalmers, David John, 1966-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Allen Lane, 2022.<br />528 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 111 CHA - Available - 95100000348920<br />Farnham Common Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Donation: adult non fiction - 111 CHA - This item cannot be reserved (Set: 06 Feb 2023) - Onloan - Due: 25 Jul 2024 - 95100000377328<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5069307 Consciousness is the great unsolved mystery in our scientific understanding of the brain. Somewhere, somehow, inscribed in the brain is everything that makes you you. But how do we grasp what happens in the brain to turn mere electrical impulses into the vast range of perceptions, thoughts and emotions we feel from moment to moment? Anil Seth, one of Britain's leading neuroscientists, charts the developments in our understanding of consciousness, revealing radical interdisciplinary breakthroughs that must transform the way we think about the self. Consciousness is the great unsolved mystery in our scientific understanding of the brain. Somewhere, somehow, inscribed in the brain is everything that makes you you. But how do we grasp what happens in the brain to turn mere electrical impulses into the vast range of perceptions, thoughts and emotions we feel from moment to moment? Anil Seth, one of Britain's leading neuroscientists, charts the developments in our understanding of consciousness, revealing radical interdisciplinary breakthroughs that must transform the way we think about the self.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Seth, Anil K.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Faber & Faber, 2021.<br />358 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm<br /><br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 153 SET - Onloan - Due: 22 Jun 2024 - 95100000345117<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=5056132 Am I my name? Am I my stuff? Am I my gender? Am I my skin colour? 'Who Am I?' is a trip into deepest inner space to answer one of life's biggest questions. We are all from the same place, and made of the same stuff, but we each see ourselves as individuals. It is an introspective exploration of that idea - a dive through the multitudes that comprise every one of us - to ask who we really are, once all of the external stuff is stripped away. Am I my name? Am I my stuff? Am I my gender? Am I my skin colour? 'Who Am I?' is a trip into deepest inner space to answer one of life's biggest questions. We are all from the same place, and made of the same stuff, but we each see ourselves as individuals. It is an introspective exploration of that idea - a dive through the multitudes that comprise every one of us - to ask who we really are, once all of the external stuff is stripped away.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bunting, Philip<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Scholastic Children's Books, 2021.<br />30 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm<br /><br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J158.1 BUN - Available - 95100000333134<br />Buckingham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J158.1 BUN - Available - 95100000333054<br />Castlefield Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J158.1 BUN - Available - 95100000333422<br />Chesham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J158.1 BUN - Available - 95100000332539<br />Flackwell Heath Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J158.1 BUN - Available - 95100000332078<br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J158.1 BUN - Onloan - Due: 23 Jul 2024 - 95100000332261<br />Winslow Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Children's non fiction - J158.1 BUN - Onloan - Due: 22 Jul 2024 - 95100000333395<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4977301 Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction? What about the fact that you are as hairy as a chimpanzee, various parts of your body don't belong to you, or that you can read other people's minds? Do you really know why you blush, yawn and cry? Why 90% of laughter has nothing to do with humour? Or what will happen to your mind after you die? You belong to a unique, fascinating and often misunderstood species. 'How to be Human' is your guide to making the most of it. Did you know that half your DNA isn't human? That somebody, somewhere has exactly the same face? Or that most of your memories are fiction? What about the fact that you are as hairy as a chimpanzee, various parts of your body don't belong to you, or that you can read other people's minds? Do you really know why you blush, yawn and cry? Why 90% of laughter has nothing to do with humour? Or what will happen to your mind after you die? You belong to a unique, fascinating and often misunderstood species. 'How to be Human' is your guide to making the most of it.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lawton, Graham<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : John Murray (Publishers), 2021.<br />426 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 126 LAW - Available - 95100000312320<br />Marlow Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 126 LAW - Available - 95100000315833<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4976425 What happens when we die? Ten per cent of people whose hearts stop, and then restart, report near-death experiences. Stories of lights, tunnels and reunion with late loved ones have been relayed - and dismissed - since ancient times. But when Dr Bruce Greyson's patients started describing events that he simply could not dismiss, he began to investigate. In 'After', he shares the scientific revelations of four decades of research into the dying process. He has become increasingly convinced that dying is less an ending than a transition, the threshold between one form of consciousness and another. Dr Greyson challenges us to consider what these lessons can teach us about the relationship between our brain and our mind, expanding our understanding of consciousness and of what it means to be human. What happens when we die? Ten per cent of people whose hearts stop, and then restart, report near-death experiences. Stories of lights, tunnels and reunion with late loved ones have been relayed - and dismissed - since ancient times. But when Dr Bruce Greyson's patients started describing events that he simply could not dismiss, he began to investigate. In 'After', he shares the scientific revelations of four decades of research into the dying process. He has become increasingly convinced that dying is less an ending than a transition, the threshold between one form of consciousness and another. Dr Greyson challenges us to consider what these lessons can teach us about the relationship between our brain and our mind, expanding our understanding of consciousness and of what it means to be human.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Greyson, Bruce<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bantam Press, 2021.<br />352 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Hazlemere Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.078 GRE - Available - 95100000316421<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4891535 In 'Becoming Bulletproof', former Secret Service Agent Evy Poumpouras shares the insights and skills she has learned from one of the oldest elite security forces in the world - to help you prepare for stressful situations, instantly read people, influence how you're perceived, and live a more fearless life. As a 5'2' Greek woman, Evy wasn't exactly a typical Secret Service Agent, but she excelled throughout gruelling training, in clandestine interrogation rooms, and protecting President Obama in the White House. She offers a guide to empowerment, mental strength, and overcoming fear and abuse - a guide to becoming bulletproof. In 'Becoming Bulletproof', former Secret Service Agent Evy Poumpouras shares the insights and skills she has learned from one of the oldest elite security forces in the world - to help you prepare for stressful situations, instantly read people, influence how you're perceived, and live a more fearless life. As a 5'2' Greek woman, Evy wasn't exactly a typical Secret Service Agent, but she excelled throughout gruelling training, in clandestine interrogation rooms, and protecting President Obama in the White House. She offers a guide to empowerment, mental strength, and overcoming fear and abuse - a guide to becoming bulletproof.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Poumpouras, Evy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Icon Books, 2020.<br />1 online resource (304 pages)<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eBook - 158.1 - If you have a valid Buckinghamshire library card and PIN, please click here for access - Electronically available (Set: 16 Jun 2020) - EDZ0002269212BUCCS<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4599210 Hardly a day goes by without some discussion about whether computers can be conscious, whether our universe is some kind of simulation, whether mind is a unique quality of human beings or spread out across the universe like butter on bread. Most philosophers believe that our experience is locked inside our skulls, an unreliable representation of a quite different reality outside. Colour, smell and sound, they tell us, occur only in our heads. Yet when neuroscientists look inside our brains to see what's going on, they find only billions of neurons exchanging electrical impulses and releasing chemical substances. 'Out of My Head' tells the gripping story of Tim Parks' quest to discover more about this fascinating topic. Hardly a day goes by without some discussion about whether computers can be conscious, whether our universe is some kind of simulation, whether mind is a unique quality of human beings or spread out across the universe like butter on bread. Most philosophers believe that our experience is locked inside our skulls, an unreliable representation of a quite different reality outside. Colour, smell and sound, they tell us, occur only in our heads. Yet when neuroscientists look inside our brains to see what's going on, they find only billions of neurons exchanging electrical impulses and releasing chemical substances. 'Out of My Head' tells the gripping story of Tim Parks' quest to discover more about this fascinating topic.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Parks, Tim<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Vintage, 2020.<br />312 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Buckingham Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 153 PAR - Onloan - Due: 22 Jun 2024 - 95100000260603<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4536226 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hawkins, David R., 1927-<br />Author's official authoritative edition.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Carlsbad, California : Hay House, [2014]<br />lvi, 412 pages ; 22 cm<br /><br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 155.234 HAW - Available - 95100000235256<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4351852 In 2006 Dr Adrian Owen and his team made medical history. They discovered a new realm of consciousness, somewhere between life and death, which they called the Grey Zone. The people who inhabit it are frequently labelled as irretrievably lost, with no awareness or sense of self. The shocking truth is that they are often still there, an intact mind trapped inside a broken body and brain, hearing everything around them, experiencing emotions, thoughts, pleasure and pain. But now, through Dr Owen's pioneering techniques, we can talk to them - and they can talk back. In 2006 Dr Adrian Owen and his team made medical history. They discovered a new realm of consciousness, somewhere between life and death, which they called the Grey Zone. The people who inhabit it are frequently labelled as irretrievably lost, with no awareness or sense of self. The shocking truth is that they are often still there, an intact mind trapped inside a broken body and brain, hearing everything around them, experiencing emotions, thoughts, pleasure and pain. But now, through Dr Owen's pioneering techniques, we can talk to them - and they can talk back.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Owen, Adrian M.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Guardian Books, 2018.<br />ix, 304 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Chalfont St Peter Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.849 OWE - Available - 95100000187004<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4333364 Tells the story of how two BBC broadcasters battled for the soul of English cricket during a time of great social change. For more than a quarter of a century after the Second World War, as the BBC tightened its grip on the national consciousness, two of the most famous English voices were commentators on games of cricket. John Arlott and E.W. ('Jim') Swanton transformed the broadcasting of the nation's summer game into a national institution. Swanton was born into a middle-class family and privately educated; Arlott was the son of a working-class council employee, educated at state schools until he left at the age of sixteen. Because of their strong personalities and distinctive voices - Swanton's crisp and upper-class, Arlott's with its Hampshire burr - each had a loyal following in the post-war years, when England's class system had a slot for almost everyone. Tells the story of how two BBC broadcasters battled for the soul of English cricket during a time of great social change. For more than a quarter of a century after the Second World War, as the BBC tightened its grip on the national consciousness, two of the most famous English voices were commentators on games of cricket. John Arlott and E.W. ('Jim') Swanton transformed the broadcasting of the nation's summer game into a national institution. Swanton was born into a middle-class family and privately educated; Arlott was the son of a working-class council employee, educated at state schools until he left at the age of sixteen. Because of their strong personalities and distinctive voices - Swanton's crisp and upper-class, Arlott's with its Hampshire burr - each had a loyal following in the post-war years, when England's class system had a slot for almost everyone.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Fay, Stephen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.<br />384 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Beaconsfield Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 796.358092241 FAY - Available - 154171978<br />Great Missenden Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 796.358092241 FAY - Available - 154177036<br />Haddenham Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Donation: adult non fiction - 796.358 FAY - This item cannot be reserved (Set: 22 Feb 2024) - 95100000380597<br />Marlow Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 796.358092241 FAY - Available - 154135170<br />Wing Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 796.358092 FAY - Onloan - Due: 23 Jul 2024 - 154184995<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4227882 From the best-selling author of 'Gratitude', 'On the Move' and 'Musicophilia', 'The River of Consciousness' is a collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engagement with the most compelling and seminal ideas of human endeavour: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness and experience. From the best-selling author of 'Gratitude', 'On the Move' and 'Musicophilia', 'The River of Consciousness' is a collection of essays that displays Oliver Sacks's passionate engagement with the most compelling and seminal ideas of human endeavour: evolution, creativity, memory, time, consciousness and experience.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Picador, 2017.<br />x, 237 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Castlefield Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 612.8233 SAC - Available - 15395346X<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4204828 In 2006 Dr Adrian Owen and his team made medical history. They discovered a new realm of consciousness, a twilight zone somewhere between life and death. They called this the 'Grey Zone'. The people who inhabit the 'Grey Zone' are often mistakenly labelled as being irretrievably lost, with no awareness and no sense of self. The shocking truth is that they are often still there, an intact mind trapped deep inside a broken body and brain, hearing everything around them, experiencing emotions, thoughts, pleasure and pain, just like the rest of us. Not quite living, and not quite gone, they have existed silently in these shadowlands. But now, through Dr Owen's pioneering techniques, we can talk to them - and they can talk back. Here, Dr Owen maps the inner universe of the self, showing us what it means to be alive and human. In 2006 Dr Adrian Owen and his team made medical history. They discovered a new realm of consciousness, a twilight zone somewhere between life and death. They called this the 'Grey Zone'. The people who inhabit the 'Grey Zone' are often mistakenly labelled as being irretrievably lost, with no awareness and no sense of self. The shocking truth is that they are often still there, an intact mind trapped deep inside a broken body and brain, hearing everything around them, experiencing emotions, thoughts, pleasure and pain, just like the rest of us. Not quite living, and not quite gone, they have existed silently in these shadowlands. But now, through Dr Owen's pioneering techniques, we can talk to them - and they can talk back. Here, Dr Owen maps the inner universe of the self, showing us what it means to be alive and human.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Owen, Adrian M.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Guardian Books and Faber & Faber, 2017.<br />ix, 304 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 616.849 OWE - Available - 153900582<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=4115160 Mammals and birds are widely seen as the smartest creatures on earth. But one other branch of the tree of life has also sprouted surprising intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus. New research shows that these creatures display remarkable gifts. What does it mean that intelligence on Earth has evolved not once but twice? Combining science and philosophy, Godfrey-Smith shows how primitive organisms bobbing in the ocean began sending signals to each other and how these early forms of communication gave rise to the advanced nervous systems that permit cephalopods to change colours and human beings to speak. By tracing the problem of consciousness back to its roots and comparing the human brain to its most alien and perhaps most remarkable animal relative, Godfrey-Smith's 'Other Minds' sheds new light on one of our most abiding mysteries. Mammals and birds are widely seen as the smartest creatures on earth. But one other branch of the tree of life has also sprouted surprising intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus. New research shows that these creatures display remarkable gifts. What does it mean that intelligence on Earth has evolved not once but twice? Combining science and philosophy, Godfrey-Smith shows how primitive organisms bobbing in the ocean began sending signals to each other and how these early forms of communication gave rise to the advanced nervous systems that permit cephalopods to change colours and human beings to speak. By tracing the problem of consciousness back to its roots and comparing the human brain to its most alien and perhaps most remarkable animal relative, Godfrey-Smith's 'Other Minds' sheds new light on one of our most abiding mysteries.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Godfrey-Smith, Peter<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : William Collins, 2017.<br />x, 255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Aylesbury Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 128.2 GOD - Available - 153733542<br />Farnham Common Community Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 128.2 GOD - Available - 153734720<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3999211 This title features simple mindfulness practices to help your child (ages 5-12) deal with anxiety, improve concentration, and handle difficult emotions. It includes a 60-minute audio CD of guided exercises read by Myla Kabat-Zinn. This title features simple mindfulness practices to help your child (ages 5-12) deal with anxiety, improve concentration, and handle difficult emotions. It includes a 60-minute audio CD of guided exercises read by Myla Kabat-Zinn.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Snel, Eline<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Boston : Shambhala, 2013.<br />1 online resource<br /><br />eLibrary - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - eBook - Electronically available (Set: 03 Feb 2021) - Access resource<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3964073 This title provides a profoundly moving exploration of the intelligence and personality of one of the world's most mysterious, beguiling creatures. This title provides a profoundly moving exploration of the intelligence and personality of one of the world's most mysterious, beguiling creatures.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Montgomery, Sy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2016.<br />272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Hazlemere Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 594.56 MON - Available - 95100000414644<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3960780 Do distinctions between social classes still exist? What about social stereotyping? Does your social class affect the kind of education you receive? This book looks at changing social classes in the UK, social mobility and equality. It also considers issues such as the influence of social class on a person s health, whether students from state schools should be given priority access to university places and the digital divide in the UK. Do distinctions between social classes still exist? What about social stereotyping? Does your social class affect the kind of education you receive? This book looks at changing social classes in the UK, social mobility and equality. It also considers issues such as the influence of social class on a person s health, whether students from state schools should be given priority access to university places and the digital divide in the UK.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cambridge : Independence, 2016.<br />48 pages ; 29 cm.<br />Issues ; 291.<br /><br />High Wycombe Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - R 305.5 - Adult non fiction - Available - 95100000076709<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3486151 Michael Singer explores the question of who we are and arrives at the conclusion that our identity is to be found in our consciousness, the fact of our ability to observe ourselves and the world around us. Who are you? When you start to explore this question, you find out how elusive it really is. Are you a physical body? A collection of experiences and memories? A partner to relationships? Each time you consider aspects of yourself, you realize that there is much more to you than any of these can define. In this book, spiritual teacher Michael Singer explores the question of who we are and arrives at the conclusion that our identity is to be found in our consciousness, the fact of our ability to observe ourselves and the world around us. By tapping into traditions of meditation and mindfulness, Singer shows how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and let go of painful thoughts and memories that keep us from achieving happiness and self-realization.Divided into five parts, the book offers a frank and friendly discussion of consciousness and how we can develop it. In part one, he examines the notion of self and the inner dialogue that all of us live with. Part two examines the experience of energy as it flows through us and works to show readers how to open their hearts to the energy of experience that permeates their lives. Ways to overcome tendencies to close down to the rest of the world are the subject of part three. Enlightenment and the embrace of universal consciousness are the subject of part four. And finally, in part five, Singer returns to daily life and the pursuit of "unconditional happiness." Throughout, the book maintains a light and engaging tone, free from heavy dogma and prescriptive religious references. The easy exercises that figure in each chapter help readers experience the ideas that Singer presents. Michael Singer explores the question of who we are and arrives at the conclusion that our identity is to be found in our consciousness, the fact of our ability to observe ourselves and the world around us. Who are you? When you start to explore this question, you find out how elusive it really is. Are you a physical body? A collection of experiences and memories? A partner to relationships? Each time you consider aspects of yourself, you realize that there is much more to you than any of these can define. In this book, spiritual teacher Michael Singer explores the question of who we are and arrives at the conclusion that our identity is to be found in our consciousness, the fact of our ability to observe ourselves and the world around us. By tapping into traditions of meditation and mindfulness, Singer shows how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment and let go of painful thoughts and memories that keep us from achieving happiness and self-realization.Divided into five parts, the book offers a frank and friendly discussion of consciousness and how we can develop it. In part one, he examines the notion of self and the inner dialogue that all of us live with. Part two examines the experience of energy as it flows through us and works to show readers how to open their hearts to the energy of experience that permeates their lives. Ways to overcome tendencies to close down to the rest of the world are the subject of part three. Enlightenment and the embrace of universal consciousness are the subject of part four. And finally, in part five, Singer returns to daily life and the pursuit of "unconditional happiness." Throughout, the book maintains a light and engaging tone, free from heavy dogma and prescriptive religious references. The easy exercises that figure in each chapter help readers experience the ideas that Singer presents.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Singer, Michael A.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oakland, Calif. : New Harbinger ; Enfield : Publishers Group UK [distributor], 2007.<br />vi, 181 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.<br /><br />Princes Risborough Library - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 153 SIN - Onloan - Due: 16 Jul 2024 - 95100000252398<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3081769 Laurence Sterne's most famous novel is a biting satire of literary conventions and contemporary 18th-century values. A cast of strange characters populate this strangest of novels: gentle Uncle Toby, sarcastic Walter and of course, the pompous, garrulous Tristram himself. Laurence Sterne's most famous novel is a biting satire of literary conventions and contemporary 18th-century values. A cast of strange characters populate this strangest of novels: gentle Uncle Toby, sarcastic Walter and of course, the pompous, garrulous Tristram himself.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Audio, 2011.<br />15 sound discs (19 hr.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - CDs - 12 or more - Available - 95100000379184<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1253074 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Smith, Adrian B.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : St. Pauls, c2002.<br />239 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 248.4 - Adult non fiction - Available - 138772265<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1234163 A new theory of the evolution and nature of the mind, this book presents the idea that the 'mindness state' evolved to allow predictive interactions between mobile creatures and their environment. A new theory of the evolution and nature of the mind, this book presents the idea that the 'mindness state' evolved to allow predictive interactions between mobile creatures and their environment.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Llinás, R. (Rodolfo), 1934-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, 2002.<br />x, 302 p. : ill., facsim., music, ports. ; 23 cm.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 612.82 - Adult non fiction - Available - 137756816<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1156414 Dealing with single moments in the life of the brain, this book argues that, by understanding just how much subconscious decision-making the brain gets through before each moment of awareness, we can begin to truly appreciate consciousness. Dealing with single moments in the life of the brain, this book argues that, by understanding just how much subconscious decision-making the brain gets through before each moment of awareness, we can begin to truly appreciate consciousness.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>McCrone, John<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Faber, 1999.<br />368p., [8]p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 612.82 - Adult non fiction - Available - 95100000005845<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1148163 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Clark, John H.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983.<br />xxiii,242p. : ill. ; 22cm.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 150 - Adult non fiction - Available - 95100000169803<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1145854 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Harth, Erich<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Brighton : Harvester Press, 1982.<br />285p. : ill. ; 25cm.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 153 - Adult non fiction - Available - 000641218<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1138072 The nature of human consciousness is a mystery that artists, philosophers and scientists have struggled with for centuries. In this book, Alwyn Scott offers a new perspective in which materialism and dualism co-exist. The nature of human consciousness is a mystery that artists, philosophers and scientists have struggled with for centuries. In this book, Alwyn Scott offers a new perspective in which materialism and dualism co-exist.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Scott, Alwyn, 1931-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>New York : Copernicus, c1995.<br />xix, 229p. : ill. ; 25 cm.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 153 - Adult non fiction - Available - 12758239X<br /> https://buckinghamshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=1129756 What processes of the brain or the mind can explain the uniquely personal experience of smelling a rose or seeing the point of a newspaper cartoon? This text explores the prospects of finding a scientific explanation of consciousness. What processes of the brain or the mind can explain the uniquely personal experience of smelling a rose or seeing the point of a newspaper cartoon? This text explores the prospects of finding a scientific explanation of consciousness.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.<br />xviii, 230p. : ill. ; 24 cm.<br /><br />Bucks Library Reserve Store - (Buckinghamshire libraries) - Adult non fiction - 153 - Adult non fiction - Available - 126756836<br />