Download or read book Coming Distractions written by Frank W. Baker and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes what media is, how movies are part of media, and encourages readers to question the medium's influencial messages"--Provided by publisher.
Download or read book Coming Distractions written by Frank Baker and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes what media are, how movies are part of media, and encourages readers to question the medium's influencial messages.
Download or read book Distracted written by Maggie Jackson and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an important book...a harrowing documentation of our modern world's descent into fragmentation, self alienation, and emptiness-brought on, to a large extent, by communication technologies that distract us, dislocate us, and destroy our inner lives.--Alan Lightman, author of the bestselling Einstein's Dreams and National Book Award finalist The Diagnosis and MIT professorThis fascinating book on America's collective ADD is a wake-up call to all of us to take back our lives, turn off the technology, and focus on paying attention to what makes us human and fulfilled.--Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School Professor and author of America the Principled and ConfidenceWe have oceans of information at our disposal, yet we increasingly seek knowledge in online headlines glimpsed on the run. We are networked as never before, but we connect with friends and family via e-mail and fleeting face-to-face moments that are rescheduled and interrupted a dozen times. Despite our wondrous technologies and scientific advances, we are nurturing a culture of diffusion, fragmentation, and detachment.In this new world, something crucial is missing: attention-the key to recapturing our ability to connect, reflect, and relax; the secret to coping with a mobile, multitasking, virtual world. How did we get to the point where we keep one eye on our Blackberry and one eye on our spouse-in bed? We can contact millions of people worldwide, so why is it hard to schedule a simple family supper? Most importantly, what can we do about it? Distracted vividly shows how day by day, our hyper-mobile, cyber-centric, interrupted lives erode our capacity for deep focus and awareness. The implications for a healthy society are stark.Attention is the building block of intimacy, wisdom, and cultural progress. Jackson makes it clear that if we squander our powers of attention, our technological age could ultimately slip into cultural decline. And yet we are just as capable of igniting a renaissance of attention by strengthening our skills of focus and perception, the keys to judgment, memory, morality, and happiness. Jackson reveals the astonishing scientific discoveries that can help us rekindle our powers of attention in a world of speed and overload. She offers us a wake-up call, and reasons for hope.Distracted is an original exposé of the multifaceted nature of attention, an engaging and often surprising portrait of postmodern life, and a compelling roadmap for cultivating sustained focus and nurturing a more enriched and literate society. More than ever, we cannot afford to let distraction become the marker of our time.Maggie Jackson (New York, NY) is an award-winning author and journalist who writes the popular Balancing Acts column in the Boston Globe. Her work also has appeared in The New York Times and on National Public Radio, among other national publications. Her acclaimed first book, What's Happening to Home? Balancing Work, Life and Refuge in the Information Age, examined the loss of home as a refuge.
Download or read book Days of Distraction written by Alexandra Chang and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Startlingly original and deeply moving.... Chang here establishes herself as one of the most important of the new generation of American writers.” — George Saunders A Recommended Book From Buzzfeed * TIME * USA Today * NPR * Vanity Fair * The Washington Post * New York Magazine * O, the Oprah Magazine * Parade * Wired * Electric Literature * The Millions * San Antonio Express-News * Domino * Kirkus A wry, tender portrait of a young woman—finally free to decide her own path, but unsure if she knows herself well enough to choose wisely—from a captivating new literary voice The plan is to leave. As for how, when, to where, and even why—she doesn’t know yet. So begins a journey for the twenty-four-year-old narrator of Days of Distraction. As a staff writer at a prestigious tech publication, she reports on the achievements of smug Silicon Valley billionaires and start-up bros while her own request for a raise gets bumped from manager to manager. And when her longtime boyfriend, J, decides to move to a quiet upstate New York town for grad school, she sees an excuse to cut and run. Moving is supposed to be a grand gesture of her commitment to J and a way to reshape her sense of self. But in the process, she finds herself facing misgivings about her role in an interracial relationship. Captivated by the stories of her ancestors and other Asian Americans in history, she must confront a question at the core of her identity: What does it mean to exist in a society that does not notice or understand you? Equal parts tender and humorous, and told in spare but powerful prose, Days of Distraction is an offbeat coming-of-adulthood tale, a touching family story, and a razor-sharp appraisal of our times.
Download or read book Distracted written by James M. Lang and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keeping students focused can be difficult in a world filled with distractions -- which is why a renowned educator created a scientific solution to one of every teacher's biggest problems. Why is it so hard to get students to pay attention? Conventional wisdom blames iPhones, insisting that access to technology has ruined students' ability to focus. The logical response is to ban electronics in class. But acclaimed educator James M. Lang argues that this solution obscures a deeper problem: how we teach is often at odds with how students learn. Classrooms are designed to force students into long periods of intense focus, but emerging science reveals that the brain is wired for distraction. We learn best when able to actively seek and synthesize new information. In Distracted, Lang rethinks the practice of teaching, revealing how educators can structure their classrooms less as distraction-free zones and more as environments where they can actively cultivate their students' attention. Brimming with ideas and grounded in new research, Distracted offers an innovative plan for the most important lesson of all: how to learn.
Download or read book DISTRACTIONS written by Diana Rouse and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distractions—The Not-So-Secret Weapon was written, with the help of the Holy Spirit, for the sole purpose of opening the eyes of the saints of God to the truth that the “storms” in our lives are very much the same as the storm that Peter faced when he stepped out of that boat. It is designed to point out the many ways the enemy of our souls attack the people of God and why. It is also designed to show the people of God how to be the “more than conquerors” that God says we are.
Download or read book Exploring the Appalachian Trail Hikes in the Mid Atlantic States written by Glenn Scherer and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 41 day hikes and overnight trips in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York Complete with elevation profiles, topographic maps, descriptions of terrain, and notes on landmarks, side trails, and shelters Includes directions to trailheads and information on available parking Completely revised and updated to reflect recent trail changes Indexes sort the hikes by difficulty and length 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}
Download or read book Coming Distractions written by Pat Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For the employees of Cinema 13, movies are a way of life. Whether they are promoting blockbusters, mocking the rottenest of tomatoes, or dressing up as their favorite characters, every film is an opportunity for adventure. At least, until they shatter the fourth wall and become characters in charge of their own movie! Join Nate Taylor (The adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle) and Pat Johnson (this book) in a story about four minimum-wage employees who love movies, but not customers. After they take charge of their theater, their little world is turned upside-down in a free-wheeling irreverent journey into a world where movie magic is real and everyone is a character, whether they know it or not. With a wickedly off-beat mix of movie references, self-aware meta-commentary, and over-buttered popcorn, prepare for an out-of-control story of characters trying to figure out their plot before it spirals into creative-oblivion, taking them with it."--back cover.
Download or read book Funny Things Can Happen on Your Way through the Bible Volume 1 written by Charles D. Barrett and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceeding from Voltaire's conclusion that "God is a comedian playing to an audience that's afraid to laugh," this book seeks to uncover some of the many instances in which biblical texts offer readers grace and insight through the divine gifts of humor, wit, and laughter. Readers are invited to take a strikingly unusual, if not unique, approach to the texts, imagining not only the voice inflections but also the body language of their narrators to capture the humorous nuances and ripples of laughter that likely attended the first telling of many biblical stories.
Download or read book Baseball and the Blame Game written by John Billheimer and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2007-07-02 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most baseball fans know what links Fred Merkle, Fred Snodgrass, Mickey Owen and Bill Buckner. It's a pantheon of public failure. They would be harder put to say what links Eric Byrnes, Tony Fernandez, and Babe Ruth, though these players made misplays every bit as egregious. In this smart, highly readable history of scapegoating, John Billheimer identifies the elements that combine to condemn one player to a life sentence while another gets a wrist slap for the same offense. As it turns out, the difference between a lower-case e in some forgotten box score and a lifetime of ignominy can hinge on a number of factors, including timing, geography, reputation, misunderstanding, media bias, and just plain bad luck.
Download or read book Arthur C Clarke written by Gary Westfahl and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Already renowned for his science fiction and scientific nonfiction, Arthur C. Clarke became the world's most famous science fiction writer after the success of 2001: A Space Odyssey. He then produced novels like Rendezvous with Rama and The Fountains of Paradise that many regard as his finest works. Gary Westfahl closely examines Clarke's remarkable career, ranging from his forgotten juvenilia to the passages he completed for a final novel, The Last Theorem. As Westfahl explains, Clarke's science fiction offered original perspectives on subjects like new inventions, space travel, humanity's destiny, alien encounters, the undersea world, and religion. While not inclined to mysticism, Clarke necessarily employed mystical language to describe the fantastic achievements of advanced aliens and future humans. Westfahl also contradicts the common perception that Clarke's characters were bland and underdeveloped, arguing that these reticent, solitary individuals, who avoid conventional relationships, represent his most significant prediction of the future, as they embody the increasingly common lifestyle of people in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book The Many Lives of Cy Endfield written by Brian Neve and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cy Endfield (1914-1995) was a filmmaker (Try and Get Me!, Hell Drivers, Zulu) with interests in close-up magic, science, and invention. The director of several distinctive Hollywood movies, he was blacklisted and refused to "name names" before the House Un-American Activities Committee.
Download or read book All That Twitters Is Not Goldberg written by Matthew J. Goldberg and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-11-29 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real-life adventures of your average left-of-center, sports-crazed, technophobic, irreverent yet sentimental humor writer come to life within the pages of All That Twitters Is Not Goldberg. An almost fifty year-old (how the heck did that happen?) first-time father who tries to find meaning in everything from supermarket signs to presidential politics to the purgatory of being a Philly sports fan and weekend athlete, Matt strikes a blow for truth, justice and irreverence on his adventures, which include: Ensuring that a local supermarket provides Guest Services, as advertised Pondering the unlimited potential of selling ice cream to Eskimos Flushing In Flushing during a Chinese New Years family dinner gone bad Consulting a fictitious psychologist about his sports addiction Preparing himself to author his first tweet Matthew J. Goldbergauthor of the brand new Wordapodia, Volume One is a uniquely dynamic writer and speaker noted for his irreverent, offbeat sense of humor. All That Twitters Is Not Goldberg is a compendium of his The Tip of the Goldberg columns. He resides in Cherry Hill, NJ with his wife Ruby, and son, Baby Bena beautiful boy who always makes the author smile and laugh with his sheer joy, kindness and playfulness. For more information on all current, past and future writings and appearances, please visit www.tipofthegoldberg.com, or contact him at [email protected].
Download or read book For Fun And Profit written by Richard Butsch and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 1990-06-19 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the nineteenth century, leisure industries emerged to provide recreation and entertainment to Americans of all classes. Entertainment has become a multi-billion dollar industry. The essays collected here explore the transformation this wrought in leisure and analyze its effects on class relations in American society.
Download or read book Strokes Revised Edition written by Martin J. H. Povser and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows practical uses of handwriting analysis including personal, commercial and governmental and shares the professional experiences of analyst Allan K. Grim.
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Download or read book TV Takeover written by Guofang Wan and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2007 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes what media is, how television is part of media, and encourages readers to question the medium's influencial messages"--Provided by publisher.
