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Author: Brian Rotman Publisher: Duke University Press ISBN: 9780822342007 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 220
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DIVTheoretical study of the relationship between technoscience and the human body that examines the ways in which bodies and machines "speak" not just through language but also through gesture, numbers, and other non-alphabetic systems of expressio/div
Author: Leonard Shlain Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9780140196016 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 500
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This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and feminine values. Writing drove cultures toward linear left-brain thinking and this shift upset the balance between men and women, initiating the decline of the feminine and ushering in patriarchal rule. Examining the cultures of the Israelites, Greeks, Christians, and Muslims, Shlain reinterprets ancient myths and parables in light of his theory. Provocative and inspiring, this book is a paradigm-shattering work that will transform your view of history and the mind.
Author: Madhulika Sikka Publisher: Crown ISBN: 0385348517 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 226
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A definitive and approachable guide to life during, and after, breast cancer The biggest risk factor for breast cancer is simply being a woman. Madhulika Sikka's A Breast Cancer Alphabet offers a new way to live with and plan past the hardest diagnosis that most women will ever receive: a personal, practical, and deeply informative look at the road from diagnosis to treatment and beyond. What Madhulika Sikka didn't foresee when initially diagnosed, and what this book brings to life so vividly, are the unexpected and minute challenges that make navigating the world of breast cancer all the trickier. A Breast Cancer Alphabet is an inspired reaction to what started as a personal predicament. This A-Z guide to living with breast cancer goes where so many fear to tread: sex (S is for Sex - really?), sentimentality (J is for Journey - it's a cliché we need to dispense with), hair (H is for Hair - yes, you can make a federal case of it) and work (Q is for Quitting - there'll be days when you feel like it). She draws an easy-to-follow, and quite memorable, map of her travels from breast cancer neophyte to seasoned veteran. As a prominent news executive, Madhulika had access to the most cutting edge data on the disease's reach and impact. At the same time, she craved the community of frank talk and personal insight that we rely on in life's toughest moments. This wonderfully inventive book navigates the world of science and story, bringing readers into Madhulika's mind and experience in a way that demystifies breast cancer and offers new hope for those living with it.
Author: Tashena Ebanks Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 32
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ABC Humanity is a call on the young at heart inspiring them to do unto others as they would have it done unto them. Each child can make the world a better place. ABC Humanity engenders values that fit a child for love as part of the human family. Children are shown how they can love, be kind and express empathy among other values. They are challenged to accept the diversity within the human family. The book unearths children's potential and acceptance of the future in a world where we live together as one. As Bob Marley said 'One love, one heart, let's get together and feel alright'. ★★★★★★★★★★Here is what's Inside:★★★★★★★★★★ Inside you will find;26 Values that inspire and prepare and equip kids to be worthy citizens of society. Each Alphabet page includes: ✓a value, ✓powerful colorful illustrations depicting the value; and ✓a statement expressing the value. ★★★★★Yes! I Need This! I want the "ABC for Humanity' Book★★★★★ OTHER FEATURES: ♥♥♥FOSTERS COHESIVENESS: Each page illustrates ways in which kids can work with others, helping and sharing with those around them. ♥♥♥BUILDS STRONG SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL SKILLS: ABCs Humanity helps Parents, Teachers and Guardians show kids how to be caring, thankful and compassionate. ♥♥♥DEMONSTRATES APPROPRIATE ACTIONS: Vivid Illustrations display appropriate responses to others in need and a child's responsibility he or she plays his/her role in society. ♥♥♥FILLED WITH POSITIVITY: The inspiring words used in the book will build kid's vocabulary with engaging words such as Acceptance, Diversity, Empathy, Justice, Optimism, Self-control, and Yield. ♥♥♥PRECIOUS KEEPSAKE: This book is a meaningful and precious gift for adults to share with children. ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ Don't forget to hit the 'BUY' button.
Author: James R. Doty, MD Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0698404025 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 288
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The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, with an alcoholic father and a mother chronically depressed and paralyzed by a stroke. Today he is the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University, of which the Dalai Lama is a founding benefactor. But back then his life was at a dead end until at twelve he wandered into a magic shop looking for a plastic thumb. Instead he met Ruth, a woman who taught him a series of exercises to ease his own suffering and manifest his greatest desires. Her final mandate was that he keep his heart open and teach these techniques to others. She gave him his first glimpse of the unique relationship between the brain and the heart. Doty would go on to put Ruth’s practices to work with extraordinary results—power and wealth that he could only imagine as a twelve-year-old, riding his orange Sting-Ray bike. But he neglects Ruth’s most important lesson, to keep his heart open, with disastrous results—until he has the opportunity to make a spectacular charitable contribution that will virtually ruin him. Part memoir, part science, part inspiration, and part practical instruction, Into the Magic Shop shows us how we can fundamentally change our lives by first changing our brains and our hearts.
Author: Devika Dalal Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers ISBN: 1787758095 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 64
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A is for Agender, B is for Bigender and C is for Cisgender. Welcome to the ABC of Gender Identity! Gender identity is an important part of who we are, and how we express ourselves in the world. This bright and playful A - Z book is an introduction to 26 different genders, accompanying young readers as they explore and discover their authentic selves. With simple explanations, a helpful guide for adults by Dr. Michele Angello, and a quirky cast of illustrated characters, this is the perfect book for learning about gender diversity with children age 5+.
Author: Camilla Grudova Publisher: Coffee House Press ISBN: 1566894999 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 117
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"This doll's eye view is a total delight and surveys a world awash with shadowy wit and exquisite collisions of beauty and the grotesque." —Helen Oyeyemi, author of Boy, Snow, Bird "Down to its most particular details, The Doll's Alphabet creates an individual world—a landscape I have never encountered before, which now feels like it was been waiting to be captured, and waiting to captivate, all along." —Sheila Heti, author of How Should a Person Be "Marvellous. Grudova understands that the best writing has to pull off the hardest aesthetic trick—it has to be both memorable and fleeting." —Deborah Levy, author of Hot Milk Dolls, sewing machines, tinned foods, mirrors, malfunctioning bodies—by constantly reinventing ways to engage with her obsessions and motifs, Camilla Grudova has built a universe that's highly imaginative, incredibly original, and absolutely discomfiting. The stories in The Doll's Alphabet are by turns child-like and naive, grotesque and very dark: the marriage of Margaret Atwood and Angela Carter. Camilla Grudova lives in Toronto. She holds a degree in Art History and German from McGill University, Montreal. Her fiction has appeared in The White Review and Granta.
Author: Dwedor Morais Ford Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 1481730088 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 32
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Authors Note: I was born in Liberia and moved to the United States more than three decades ago. This book is a result of my desire to share with my children and grandchildren some of the foods I enjoyed while growing up in Liberia. All but three of the alphabets do not represent foods because I wanted to add geographic, historic, and cultural features to the book: A is a Africa pinpoints where Liberia is located; L is for Liberia depicts the Liberian map and flag; and Q is for e(Q)uator shows how close Liberia is to the middle of the Earth.
Author: Leesa McGregor
Author: Leesa McGregor
Author: Brian Rotman
Author: Inger Christensen
Author: Leonard Shlain
Author: Madhulika Sikka
Author: Tashena Ebanks
Author: James R. Doty, MD
Author: Devika Dalal
Author: Camilla Grudova
Author: Dwedor Morais Ford