There are now half a million centenarians in the world, and their num-ber is projected to grow eightfold by 2050 (Stepler 2016). Inevitably, longerhuman lifespans, especially at older ages, are reshaping how we must thinkabout work, planning, saving, investing, insuring, and financing our liveli-hoods in retirement. This volume offers a perspective on how public-privatepartnerships (PPPs) can p…
Near-death experiences offer a glimpse not only into the nature of death but also into the meaning of life. They are not only useful tools to aid in the human quest to understand death but are also deeply meaningful, transformative experiences for the people who have them. In a unique contribution to the growing and popular literature on the subject, philosophers John Martin Fischer and Benj…
This glorious new Kindle in Motion edition of Newt Scamander's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (considered a classic throughout the wizarding world) features an extraordinary array of magical creatures, from Acromantula to Yeti via ten different breeds of dragon – all beautifully illustrated in full colour in a beautifully designed digital reading experience by the brilliantly inventi…
What if charisma could be taught? For the first time, science and technology have taken charisma apart, figured it out and turned it into an applied science: In controlled laboratory experiments, researchers could raise or lower people's level of charisma as if they were turning a dial. What you'll find here is practical magic: unique knowledge, drawn from a variety of sciences, revealing what …
Game studies, formalism, game analysis, aesthetic theory of games.