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So Long, See You Tomorrow - PDF
So Long, See You Tomorrow - PDF
نویسندگان: William Maxwell خلاصه: This Orange Inheritance Edition of "So Long, See You Tomorrow" is published in association with the Orange Prize for Fiction. Books shape our lives and transform the way we see ourselves and each other. The best books are timeless and continue to be relevant generation after generation. "Vintage Classics" asked the winners of The Orange Prize for Fiction which books they would pass onto the next generation and why. Ann Patchett chose "So Long, See You Tomorrow". In rural Illinois, two tenant farmers share much, finally too much, until jealously leads to murder and suicide. A tenuous friendship between lonely teenagers - the narrator, whose mother has died young, and Cletus Smith, the troubled witness to his parent's misery - is shattered. After the murder and upheavals that follow, the boys never speak again. Fifty years on, the narrator attempts a reconstruction of those devastating events and the atonement of a lifetime's regret. "The novel comes from a place so deep inside the human soul that I cannot imagine a time its wisdom would not feel fresh and applicable". (Ann Patchett).
Are You Considering Therapy? - PDF
Are You Considering Therapy? - PDF
نویسندگان: Anouchka Grose خلاصه: Are You Considering Psychotherapy? is a guidebook for people who are thinking about going into therapy but aren't quite sure where to start. Anouchka Grose looks at the various aspects of choosing a therapist, from sorting through the numerous types of treatment on offer, to deciding whether an individual practitioner is someone you might want to work with. In addition to explaining the differences between a psychiatrist, a psychotherapist and a psychologist, Grose also gives you some sense of what might happen in a session—as well as looking at the many and varied notions of “cure”. For example, while a behavioral counsellor might make it their mission to rid you of your symptom as quickly as possible, a Lacanian psychoanalyst may consider it their ethical duty to see you through an experience of subjective destitution. (The book would also explain what on earth this means.) Are You Considering Psychotherapy? treats all therapies equally and allows readers to make their own choices about what might suit them. As well as outlining different treatments, the book explores the possibilities of going into therapy one-to-one, with a child or partner, or with a group. It is as light-hearted as possible about this serious and often anxiety-provoking process, and speaks straightforwardly about a notoriously unstraightforward field.
What Makes You Not a Buddhist - PDF
What Makes You Not a Buddhist - PDF
نویسندگان: Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse خلاصه: An innovative meditation master cuts through common misconceptions about Buddhism, revealing what it truly means to walk the path of the Buddha So you think you’re a Buddhist? Think again. Tibetan Buddhist master Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse, one of the most creative and innovative lamas teaching today, throws down the gauntlet to the Buddhist world, challenging common misconceptions, stereotypes, and fantasies. In What Makes You Not a Buddhist, Khyentse reviews the four core truths of the tradition, using them as a lens through which readers can examine their everyday lives. With wit and irony, he urges readers to move beyond the superficial trappings of Buddhism—beyond the romance with beads, incense, or exotic robes—straight to the heart of what the Buddha taught. Khyentse’s provocative, non-traditional approach to Buddhism will resonate with students of all stripes and anyone eager to bring this ancient religious tradition into their twenty-first-century lives.
Do You Matter? How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company - PDF
Do You Matter? How Great Design Will Make People Love Your Company - PDF
نویسندگان: Robert Brunner, Stewart Emery, Russ Hall خلاصه: In 1997, shortly after Steve Jobs returnedto Apple, Dell’s founder and chairman, MichaelS. Dell, was asked at the Gartner Symposiumand ITxpo97 how he would fix fi nancially trou-bled Apple. “What would I do?” Dell said. “I’dshut it down and give the money back to theshareholders.”He had no idea he’d be eating those wordsjust ten years later when Apple’s market capital-ization surpassed not just Dell’s $64 billion ($47billion as we write this), but IBM’s as well. Inmid-2007, Apple was the most valuable computermaker in the world. Its market capitalizationstood at nearly $162 billion, $6 billion more thanthat of industry heavyweight IBM. At that sametime, Apple’s market cap was the fourth largestamong technology companies, lagging behindonly Cisco ($189 billion), Google ($208 billion),and Microsoft ($290 billion).The message: “Apple matters.”The question: “What’s to learn?”
True Blood and Philosophy: We Wanna Think Bad Things with You (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series) - Original PDF
True Blood and Philosophy: We Wanna Think Bad Things with You (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series) - Original PDF
نویسندگان: William Irwin, George A. Dunn, Rebecca Housel خلاصه: When Amy Burley gives Jason Stackhouse a quick tutorialon the “circle of life” (you know, squirrels eating nuts, snakeseating squirrels, and so on), using the decor of Merlotte’s as avisual aid, he exclaims, “Jesus Christ, I want to lick your mind!”Our boy Jason may be better known in Bon Temps for hisgood looks and “sex abilities,” but it’s phrases like “lick yourmind” that draw fans to True Blood ’s most earnest, if sometimestragically misguided, seeker of life’s meaning and purpose (orat least his life’s meaning and purpose). In fact, “lick your mind”perfectly captures the blend of smarts and sensuality in the bril-liant, sexually charged HBO series that inspired us to producethe book you hold in your hands, True Blood and Philosophy
Teaching, the Hardest Job You'll Ever Love: Helpful Ideas for Teachers In and Out of the Classroom - Original PDF
Teaching, the Hardest Job You'll Ever Love: Helpful Ideas for Teachers In and Out of the Classroom - Original PDF
نویسندگان: Steven Sonntag خلاصه: Teaching Is The Hardest Job You Will Ever Love! is a realistic guide that can help the high school teacher and community. It includes ways to maintain one's health, how to balance one's personal and school life, and how to interact in a better, successful manner. In order to become successful, it is important for high school teachers to include personal fulfillment so that students will ultimately learn not only the subject matter but also how to be self-sufficient, be self-accountable, and learn with others. While students need to learn how to accept their learning and their grades, parents or guardians also need to be able to be a support system for their young adults with encouragement when needed and with praise when earned.
Vegan for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Be Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diet - PDF
Vegan for Life: Everything You Need to Know to Be Healthy and Fit on a Plant-Based Diet - PDF
نویسندگان: Jack Norris, Virginia Messina خلاصه: Are you considering going vegan, but you're not sure how to start? Are you already committed to an animal-free diet, but are unclear about how to get proper nutrients? Vegan for Life is your comprehensive, go-to guide for optimal plant-based nutrition. Registered dietitians and long-time vegans Jack Norris and Virginia Messina debunk some of the most persistent myths about vegan nutrition and provide essential information about getting enough calcium and protein, finding the best supplements, and understanding the "real deal" about soy.Covering everything from a six-step transition plan to meeting calorie and nutrient needs during pregnancy and breastfeeding, Vegan for Life is the guide for aspiring and veteran vegans alike, complete with an easy-to-use food chart, tasty substitutions, sample menus, and expansive resources.
CNET Do-It-Yourself Home Video Projects: 24 Cool Things You Didnt Know You Could Do! - PDF
CNET Do-It-Yourself Home Video Projects: 24 Cool Things You Didnt Know You Could Do! - PDF
نویسندگان: Troy Dreier خلاصه: Now you can get the most out of your home video equipment and video phone with the fun and practical projects packed inside this easy-to-follow guide. Produced in conjunction with CNET.com, the place you go for the latest in tech and consumer electronics, this book shows you how to create all kinds of videos and special effects.Youll also find out how to enhance, edit, store, and share your movies.Inside, youll find 24 self-contained projects, step-by-step instructions, a list of tools needed at the beginning of each project, and hundreds of clear photos and screenshots. With CNET Do-It-Yourself Home Video Projects, youll be able to create your own professional-quality videos.
If You Teach It, They Will Read: Literature's Life Lessons for Today's Students - PDF
If You Teach It, They Will Read: Literature's Life Lessons for Today's Students - PDF
نویسندگان: John V. MacLean خلاصه: What does it mean to 'teach' a poem, novel or play? Surely it is about lessons in comprehension and improvements in language facility, but what does literature teach us beyond literacy? Students can read substantive literature for what its authors intended: an insight into the human condition. Students, even those who appear indifferent, struggle with questions of right and wrong, good and evil, love and loss, self-interest and self-sacrifice. Using literature he has used with his students, MacLean insists that asking the right questions, discussing ideas that still matter, will show students that others have wrestled with the same issues, expressing that struggle in timeless stories. For the teacher of literature, the student of literature, the lover of literature, this book is a reminder of why, in the words of Maya Angelou, 'we stumble and fall, and how, miraculously, we can stand up.' What more important lesson is there?
The Five-Year Party: How Colleges Have Given Up on Educating Your Child and What You Can Do About It - PDF
The Five-Year Party: How Colleges Have Given Up on Educating Your Child and What You Can Do About It - PDF
نویسندگان: Craig Brandon خلاصه: ForeWord Book of the Year Award winner "The Five-Year Party provides the most vivid portrait of college life since Tom Wolfe's 2004 novel, I Am Charlotte Simmons. The difference is that it isn't fiction. The alcohol-soaked, sex-saturated, drug-infested campuses that Mr. Brandon writes about are real. His book is a roadmap for parents on how to steer clear of the worst of them…. The Five-Year Party is a useful handbook for parents to pack when they take their teenager on a college tour, and its list of suggested questions is smart. My favorite: How many of the school's professors send their own children there?” —The Wall Street Journal “High costs and debt, insufficient instruction, dangerous campuses, and poor job prospects: for too many students, a five-year college party often turns into a lifelong nightmare. The Five-Year Party is packed with illuminating stories and details about this crisis situation, and helps readers to avoid the dangers and get the most for their money.” —Marc Scheer, author, No Sucker Left Behind: Avoiding the Great College Rip-Off "In one dismaying and maddening episode and circumstance after another, Craig Brandon's survey of college campuses sounds a vital warning for parents: 'The institutions and administrators you trust to foster and guide your children's formation are more interested in their pocketbooks than their intellects. Buyer beware!'" —Mark Bauerlein, author of The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future “After reading only a few pages of The Five-Year Party, I immediately started telling people about its important message. This crucial book exposes the consumer mentality now all too prevalent on college campuses, detailing how higher education has given students what they want at the expense of giving them what they need to compete in the global marketplace. Even better, the book tells parents and educators how this nefarious trend can be circumvented. Any parent who wants their college-bound teen to actually learn something for their heaps of tuition money should read this book.” —Jean M. Twenge, author of Generation Me and co-author of The Narcissism Epidemic "With broad, unforgiving strokes, Craig Brandon paints a dark picture of residential college life that will give every parent pause before sending a child off to any of his 'Party Schools.'" —Barrett Seaman, author of Binge: Campus Life in an Age of Disconnection and Excess Colleges look much the same as they did five or ten years ago, but a lot has changed behind the scenes. While some mixture of study and play has always been part of college life, an increasing number of schools have completely abandoned the idea that students need to learn or demonstrate that they've learned. Financial pressures have made college administrations increasingly reluctant to flunk anyone out, regardless of performance, although the average length of time to get a degree is now five years, and for many students it's six or more. Student evaluations of professors—often linked to promotion and tenure decisions—have made professors realize that applying tough standards, or any standards, only hurts their own career progress. For many professors, it's become easier and more rewarding to focus on giving entertaining lectures and to give everyone reasonably good grades. The worst of these schools are the "subprime" colleges, where performance standards and accountability have been completely abandoned. Students enjoy a five year party with minimal responsibilities while their parents pay the bills. These schools' investment decisions (first-class gyms and dining centers) are all geared to attracting students that want to have a good time, and their brochures all emphasize the fun aspects of the college experience—there are very few pictures of students actually studying or in class. And after graduation, former students are frequently unable to find work in their chosen fields, thanks to their school’s reputation with employers, and unable to afford the payments on sizable student loans. The subprime colleges, which "teach" a significant percentage of college students, are only the tip of the iceberg. All colleges, even the most elite, have moved in this direction to some extent. If you are a parent sending your child to college, "The Five-Year Party" will give you critical information you need about what is really happening at your child's college, and what you can do to ensure help your child gets a real education.

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