Download or read book The Seven Sources of Pleasure in Life written by Luciano L'Abate and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-06-02 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines a seemingly simple and absolutely essential topic: learning how to enjoy every aspect of your life on a daily basis. All of us look for happiness, well-being, and positivity throughout our lives, but for most people these goals are abstract and the processes established to achieve them ambiguous. The Seven Sources of Pleasure in Life: Making Way for the Upside in the Midst of Modern Demands focuses attention upon the concrete, specific, and everyday sources of pleasure that are within the grasp of almost everyone. Prolific author Luciano L'Abate, PhD, ABEPP, examines at all kinds of pleasures, investigating where we find them, why they appeal to us, and what benefits they provide in terms of both mental and physical health. He explains how to increase our sensitivity to everyday opportunities for pleasure, and then gives tangible techniques to focus upon these moments in order to fully experience them. The author employs personal memories from his childhood in Italy, more recent stories from his travels abroad, and the findings of most recent scientific research on the benefits of pleasure-seeking to further illustrate his points.

Download or read book Becoming Inummarik written by Peter Collings and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to become a man in the Arctic today? Becoming Inummarik focuses on the lives of the first generation of men born and raised primarily in permanent settlements. Forced to balance the difficulties of schooling, jobs, and money that are a part of village life with the conflicting demands of older generations and subsistence hunting, these men struggle to chart their life course and become inummariit - genuine people. Peter Collings presents an accessible, intelligent, humorous, and sensitive account of Inuit men who are no longer youths, but not yet elders. Based on over twenty years of research conducted in Ulukhaktok, Northwest Territories, Becoming Inummarik is a profound and nuanced look at contemporary Inuit life that shows not just what Inuit men do, but who they are. Collings recounts experiences from his immersion in the daily lives of Ulukhaktok's men - from hunting and sharing meals to playing cards and grocery shopping - to demonstrate how seemingly mundane activities provide revelations about complex issues such as social relationships, status, and maturity. He also reflects on the ethics of immersive anthropological research, the difficulties of balancing professional and personal relationships with informants, and the nature of knowledge in Inuit culture. Becoming Inummarik shows that while Inuit born into a modern society see themselves as different from their parents' generation, their adherence to traditional ideas about life ensures that they remain fully Inuit even as their community has witnessed drastic upheaval.

Download or read book Wasted Morning written by Gabriela Adamesteanu and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2011-05-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Upon its original publication in 1983, Wasted Morning catapulted Gabriela Adamesteanu to the first rank of Romanian novelists. She has since been translated into many languages, and now her most famous novel is available in English for the first time. At the center of Wasted Morning is Vica Delca, a simple, poor woman in her seventies who has endured the endless series of trials and tribulations that was Romanian history from WWI to the end of the twentieth century. She's a born storyteller, chatting and gossiping tirelessly. But she also listens, so it is through her that Adamesteanu is able to show us a panoramic portrait of Romanian society as the fortunes of its various strata shift violently. Rich or poor, honest (more or less) or deceitful, all of the characters in this polyphonic novel are brought vividly to life. From Bucharest's aspirations to be the Paris of Eastern Europe to the darkest days of dictatorship, the novel presents a sweeping vision of the personal and collective costs of a turbulent century.

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Download or read book How to Become a Modern Genius written by Carl Harris and published by Booktango. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will teach and guide you on the way to becoming a modern day genius.

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Download or read book Expedition to Willow Key written by Ed Decter and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-11 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM THE BLOG OF CAM WALKER Our biology teacher, Mr. Mora, had been planning an ultra-cool field trip to Willow Key (which is kind of like the Everglades). One humongous problem: We couldn't raise enough money for our class to go. But then the richest guy in town, Mr. Chapman Thorpe, made us a proposal that changed everything. So we got to go to Willow Key ( in an awesome seaplane!) and while down there we got to: 1 DIVE THE WRECK OF A SPANISH GALLEON AND FIND SOME CLUES TO A LONG-LOST TREASURE 2 HELP MR. MORA WITH HIS BOIMASS STUDY AND HELP PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT OF WILLOW KEY 3 DISCOVER A HUGE SECRET ABOUT OUR FRIEND TY oh, and I probably should mention that we ran into a bunch of really bad dudes who tried to prevent us from ever leaving Willow Key. But I'm getting ahead of myself....

Download or read book The Power written by Maggie M Lily and published by Big Diction Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2020-03-05 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lucy Wallace is just trying to make ends meet. She's living in a terrible part of Chicago and working a dead-end job while trying to find someone--anyone!--to help pay for her nephew's cancer treatment. She doesn't expect to find Adrian Trellis. Adrian Trellis is the second son of the wealthy Trellis family and runs the family's charity. He's a really nice guy. He's a doctor. He's extremely hot. And he's the physical embodiment of rage itself. It comes with a power Adrian has learned to control through many years of hard work and harder workouts. But Lucy has awakened a new energy in Adrian. It's more powerful… and much harder to control. If Adrian and Lucy are going to have a future together, the whole Trellis clan will need to share their secrets. The Power is the second book in the bestselling Building the Circle series. If you're new to the series, start with The Call. If not, read on for a love story fraught with psychic rage incidents, sick kids, family antics, a strong desire for a puppy, and a severe lack of dinner leftovers. The Power is not your average paranormal romance. And Adrian is not your average billionaire. If you like your heroines smart and snarky, your heroes kind and compassionate, and your romance novels snort-your-wine funny, then The Power is for you. And if you want a series that will keep you turning pages until the wee hours, then you can't miss Building the Circle.

Download or read book Explaining Politics written by Oliver Woshinsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-03-04 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique text offers a comprehensive overview of who participates in politics and why, how social and political institutions shape that involvement, and, ultimately, what form citizen political participation takes. Drawing on a multitude of factors to explain politics and political behaviour, Woshinsky shows that political outcomes depend on a complex interplay between individuals and their environment. Psychology, personality, and ideology, together with culture, institutions, and social context shape political behaviour. Explaining Politics offers a wealth of comparative examples and practical applications through a lively and engaging narrative.

Download or read book Schooling and Society written by Gordon Tait and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-24 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new book is a wide-ranging, contemporary and accessible analysis of familiar and recurring myths about mass education in the United Kingdom. Looking at a variety of important issues and problems, each chapter begins by dispelling myths and assumptions about the classroom, going beyond class, race and gender, to offer analysis of topics such as discipline, youth cultures, information technology and globalisation. Utilising an interdisciplinary lens, this book offers knowledge from disciplines as diverse as sociology, philosophy, jurisprudence and cultural studies. Gordon Tait examines the strengths and weaknesses of different theoretical approaches to education, from critical theory to postmodernism, and Foucaultian governance to post-colonialism. Analysing the many assumptions about education taken for granted in British public discourse, important conclusions are drawn about which of these assumptions are fair and reasonable, and which we should challenge. This book is an essential resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate courses on the sociology of education, culture and education, and the philosophy of education.

Download or read book Making Sense of Mass Education written by Gordon Tait and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Sense of Mass Education provides a comprehensive analysis of the field of mass education. The book presents new assessment of traditional issues associated with education - class, race, gender, discrimination and equity - to dispel myths and assumptions about the classroom. It examines the complex relationship between the media, popular culture and schooling, and places the expectations surrounding the modern teacher within ethical, legal and historical contexts. The book blurs some of the disciplinary boundaries within the field of education, drawing upon sociology, cultural studies, history, philosophy, ethics and jurisprudence to provide stronger analyses. The book reframes the sociology of education as a complex mosaic of cultural practices, forces and innovations. Engaging and contemporary, it is an invaluable resource for teacher education students, and anyone interested in a better understanding of mass education.

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Download or read book Contingency Management in Education written by Richard W. Malott and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of the classroom discipline problems are actually created by the teacher. The way a kid can be sure of getting her reinforcing attention is by misbehaving. If you put misbehaving on extinction and provide other avenues to reinforcement, there will be no discipline problems.