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“Humans today love to look into their dogs’ eyes to “read” their emotions; it is part of bonding. Dogs apparently feel the same and will gaze into a human’s eyes in an attempt to communicate. The mutation that originally produced the white sclera trait in humans can be viewed as a key aid to reciprocal communication with dogs and may have been instrumental in the survival of our species over Neanderthals.”
― The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction
― The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction
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by G.I. Gurdjieff
Right around the turn of the 20th century, G.I. Gurdjieff initiated a group of spiritual adventurers called the "Seekers of Truth". These intrepid intellectuals of every stripe criss-crossed Africa and Asia in search of the hidden mysteries of antiquity. In Meetings with Remarkable Men, Gurdjieff narrates their exploits while drawing portraits of these extraordinary figure....
GRR 4.10
P/B £6.99 - Kindle £1.92
320 pages.
by Pat Shipman
In 1859, at age fourteen, Florence Szasz stood before a room full of men and waited to be auctioned to the highest bidder. But slavery and submission were not to be her destiny: Sam Baker, a wealthy English gentleman and eminent adventurer, was moved by compassion and an immediate, overpowering empathy for the young woman, and braved extraordinary perils to help her escape
GRR 3.63
PB £8.09 No Kindle
448 pages
by Gerard Woodward
It has become a tradition for Aldous Jones to take his family camping in Wales, and he has started to feel that a certain symbiosis has developed between their North London home and the Welsh village that they only ever see in August. However, as the years pass, Aldous's family idyll starts to disintegrate and the farm becomes a place drenched in memory.
GRR 3.62
PB £6.74 No Kindle
308 pages
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