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Book Learning to Kneel

Download or read book Learning to Kneel written by Carrie J. Preston and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this inventive mix of criticism, scholarship, and personal reflection, Carrie J. Preston explores the nature of cross-cultural teaching, learning, and performance. Throughout the twentieth century, Japanese noh was a major creative catalyst for American and European writers, dancers, and composers. The noh theater's stylized choreography, poetic chant, spectacular costumes and masks, and engagement with history inspired Western artists as they reimagined new approaches to tradition and form. In Learning to Kneel, Preston locates noh's important influence on such canonical figures as Pound, Yeats, Brecht, Britten, and Beckett. These writers learned about noh from an international cast of collaborators, and Preston traces the ways in which Japanese and Western artists influenced one another. Preston's critical work was profoundly shaped by her own training in noh performance technique under a professional actor in Tokyo, who taught her to kneel, bow, chant, and submit to the teachings of a conservative tradition. This encounter challenged Preston's assumptions about effective teaching, particularly her inclinations to emphasize Western ideas of innovation and subversion and to overlook the complex ranges of agency experienced by teachers and students. It also inspired new perspectives regarding the generative relationship between Western writers and Japanese performers. Pound, Yeats, Brecht, and others are often criticized for their orientalist tendencies and misappropriation of noh, but Preston's analysis and her journey reflect a more nuanced understanding of cultural exchange.

Book Learning to Kneel

Download or read book Learning to Kneel written by Carrie J. Preston and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this inventive mix of criticism, scholarship, and personal reflection, Carrie J. Preston explores the nature of cross-cultural teaching, learning, and performance. Throughout the twentieth century, Japanese noh was a major creative catalyst for American and European writers, dancers, and composers. The noh theater’s stylized choreography, poetic chant, spectacular costumes and masks, and engagement with history inspired Western artists as they reimagined new approaches to tradition and form. In Learning to Kneel, Preston locates noh’s important influence on such canonical figures as Pound, Yeats, Brecht, Britten, and Beckett. These writers learned about noh from an international cast of collaborators, and Preston traces the ways in which Japanese and Western artists influenced one another. Preston’s critical work was profoundly shaped by her own training in noh performance technique under a professional actor in Tokyo, who taught her to kneel, bow, chant, and submit to the teachings of a conservative tradition. This encounter challenged Preston’s assumptions about effective teaching, particularly her inclinations to emphasize Western ideas of innovation and subversion and to overlook the complex ranges of agency experienced by teachers and students. It also inspired new perspectives regarding the generative relationship between Western writers and Japanese performers. Pound, Yeats, Brecht, and others are often criticized for their orientalist tendencies and misappropriation of noh, but Preston’s analysis and her journey reflect a more nuanced understanding of cultural exchange.

Book Why We Kneel How We Rise

Download or read book Why We Kneel How We Rise written by Michael Holding and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2021 WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR THE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR THE HIGHLY ACCLAIMED SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'The best book about racism I’ve ever read' Piers Morgan Through the prism of sport and conversations with its legends, including Usain Bolt, Adam Goodes, Thierry Henry, Michael Johnson, Ibtihaj Muhammad, Makhaya Ntini, Naomi Osaka and Hope Powell, Michael Holding explains how racism dehumanises people; how it works to achieve that end; how it has been ignored by history and historians; and what it is like to be treated differently just because of the colour of your skin. Rarely can a rain delay in a cricket match have led to anything like the moment when Holding spoke out in the wake of the #BlackLivesMatter protests about the racism he has suffered and has seen all around him throughout his life. But as he spoke, he sought not only to educate but to propose a way forward that inspired so many. Within minutes, he was receiving calls from famous sports stars from around the world offering to help him to spread the message further. Now, in Why We Kneel, How We Rise, Holding shares his story together with those of some of the most iconic athletes in the world. He delivers a powerful and inspiring message of hope for the future and a vision for change, and takes you through history to understand the racism of today. He adds: 'To say I was surprised at the volume of positive feedback I received from around the world after my comments on Sky Sports is an understatement. I came to realise I couldn’t just stop there; I had to take it forward – hence the book, as I believe education is the way forward.'

Book Kneel

    Book Details:
  • Author : Candace Buford
  • Publisher : Harlequin
  • Release : 2021-09-14
  • ISBN : 0369702832
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book Kneel written by Candace Buford and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A must read. 10/10.” —Broderick Hunter, actor, model, and activist This fearless debut novel explores racism, injustice, and self-expression through the story of a promising Black football star in Louisiana. The system is rigged. For guys like Russell Boudreaux, football is the only way out of their small town. As the team’s varsity tight end, Rus has a singular goal: to get a scholarship and play on the national stage. But when his best friend is unfairly arrested and kicked off the team, Rus faces an impossible choice: speak up or live in fear. “Please rise for the national anthem.” Desperate for change, Rus kneels during the national anthem. In one instant, he falls from local stardom and becomes a target for hatred. But he’s not alone. With the help of his best friend and an unlikely ally, Rus will fight for his dreams, and for justice. "A gripping story about what it looks like when we demand equity, justice, and recognition of our own humanity." —Kalynn Bayron, author of Cinderella Is Dead

Book Kneel

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  • Author : Dani René
  • Publisher : Dani Rene Books
  • Release : 2021-03-09
  • ISBN : 9781990955648
  • Pages : 330 pages

Download or read book Kneel written by Dani René and published by Dani Rene Books. This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the USA Today bestselling author comes a story of two shattered souls trying to find love in the dark. It's raw, unapologetic, and carnal. "Greed was my vice. A sin that led to my addiction." I hid the monster from everyone, including myself. Emotions were firmly locked away. As much control as I had in my life, I could never control my heart. Eva exposed me. She begged and pleaded, and I swore I'd make her kneel. And when she finally did, I broke the only jewel I ever owned.

Book When We Kneel  We Learn

Download or read book When We Kneel We Learn written by Kayla Morgan Dudley and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When We Kneel, We Learn is an autobiographical work based on Kayla Morgan Dudley's experience in a caregiving facility over the expanse of two years. The book touches on the relationships she cultivated with the elderly--including those living with Alzheimer's and dementia. The audience that the author hopes to reach are those who are interested in caring for the geriatric population. The memoir is written from the lens of Christianity. However, the lessons that are learned throughout the piece are so profoundly human that they are accessible to anyone who wants to deepen their relationships and have a greater understanding of others. The book is shaped in such a way that it gives the reader insight into the personalities of our elders, including quotes and stories from individual persons, as well as ways that Kayla learned to approach caring for those enduring the effects of aging.

Book MovNat

    Book Details:
  • Author : Erwan Le Corre
  • Publisher : Victory Belt Publishing
  • Release : 2013-01-10
  • ISBN : 9781936608539
  • Pages : 304 pages

Download or read book MovNat written by Erwan Le Corre and published by Victory Belt Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you want to be able to keep up with your children or grandchildren? Do you want to move like you are young again? Do you want to not just look fit, but also be fit? Do you want to move with power, efficiency, and grace? The modern world has become sedentary. Running, crawling, jumping, squatting, kicking, throwing—these are all movements the human body was designed for, and yet we are losing the ability to perform these tasks without injury or great exertion. In MovNat, Erwan Le Corre, a world-renowned expert in evolutionary and natural fitness, lays out a fitness program and philosophy that will allow you to forever reconcile with your body and natural motion. You will learn: - More than 200 natural exercises that can be performed virtually anywhere: the gym, the park, in your living room, while on vacation. -The "ten natural-approach principles" to movement training and conditioning. -How to discover limitless exercises based upon fundamental techniques. -How to boost your fitness progress by making your training scalable, progressive, and safe. -Dozens of exercise combos and circuits, and how to build exercise obstacle courses.

Book Learning to Kneel

    Book Details:
  • Author : Cheshirecat _MMH
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017-02-04
  • ISBN : 9781520524153
  • Pages : 344 pages

Download or read book Learning to Kneel written by Cheshirecat _MMH and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-04 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A complete guide to making BDSM work. This book covers a staggering array of topics in a far greater depth than seen in previous works on BDSM. Along with providing an introduction for the novice who is seeking to discover how to enter into the world of BDSM, it provides thoughtful articles from a diverse group of writers considering everything from talking dirty, electric play, how pain works, through to detailed analysis of punishment/funishment play. This book is the one stop guide for submissives and would be submissives to explore their kinky identity.

Book Kneel  Mr  President

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lauren Gallagher
  • Publisher : GallagherWitt
  • Release : 2017-03
  • ISBN : 1943426589
  • Pages : 356 pages

Download or read book Kneel Mr President written by Lauren Gallagher and published by GallagherWitt. This book was released on 2017-03 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ex-SEAL in a wetsuit, a bisexual President, and a First Lady with a tattoo on her ass… Secret Service agent Kent Sinclair, head of POTUS security, thought he was prepared for anything. Then, the First Lady—a woman who barely tolerates his presence—approaches him with a request that startles the hell out of him. Carlene Broderick is scared. Her husband James is buckling under the strain of the highest office in the land. With the weight of the country and an impending war on his shoulders, he’s a heart attack waiting to happen. Carlene is out of options, so she resorts to the man whose name James calls out in his sleep—a buddy from his SEAL days. His ex-lover. Kent. There’s nothing Kent won’t do for his best friend, but he quickly realizes it’s not him that James needs—the Commander in Chief is desperate to give up complete control in the bedroom. And if she’s willing, Kent can teach Carlene to be what her husband needs. Now James is caught deep in forbidden territory—torn between his beloved wife and the man he’s never stopped loving. Kneel, Mr. President is a sexy, military, friends to lovers, over 40 menage romance full of dominance, submission, and exploration.

Book PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT KNEEL

Download or read book PEOPLE WHO WOULD NOT KNEEL written by HOWE JAMES and published by Smithsonian Books (DC). This book was released on 1998-10-17 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Kuna also contended with official campaigns to suppress traditional noserings and mola blouses and to impose schools, dance clubs, and modernity. In 1924 they turned to Richard Marsh, a North American explorer in search of a mythical tribe of white Indians. Marsh helped lead an armed revolt against Panama, which led to intervention by the United States and ultimately to a shipboard peace agreement that guaranteed the Kuna much of what they had fought for.

Book Love is the Way

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bishop Michael Curry
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2020-09-22
  • ISBN : 052554304X
  • Pages : 272 pages

Download or read book Love is the Way written by Bishop Michael Curry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-09-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walk the path of love with one of the warmest, most beloved spiritual leaders of our time, and learn how to put faith into action. As the descendant of slaves and the son of a civil rights activist, Bishop Michael Curry's life illustrates massive changes in our times. Much of the world met Bishop Curry when he delivered his sermon on the redemptive power of love at the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at Windsor Castle. Here, he expands on his message of hope in an inspirational road map for living the way of love, illuminated with moving lessons from his own life. Through the prism of his faith, ancestry, and personal journey, Love Is the Way shows us how America came this far and, more important, how to go a whole lot further. The way of love is essential for addressing the seemingly insurmountable challenges facing the world today: poverty, racism, selfishness, deep ideological divisions, competing claims to speak for God. This book will lead readers to discover the gifts they need in order to live the way of love: deep reservoirs of hope and resilience, simple wisdom, the discipline of nonviolence, and unshakable regard for human dignity.

Book When We Kneel  We Learn

Download or read book When We Kneel We Learn written by Kayla Morgan Dudley and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When We Kneel, We Learn is an autobiographical work based on Kayla Morgan Dudley’s experience in a caregiving facility over the expanse of two years. The book touches on the relationships she cultivated with the elderly—including those living with Alzheimer’s and dementia. The audience that the author hopes to reach are those who are interested in caring for the geriatric population. The memoir is written from the lens of Christianity. However, the lessons that are learned throughout the piece are so profoundly human that they are accessible to anyone who wants to deepen their relationships and have a greater understanding of others. The book is shaped in such a way that it gives the reader insight into the personalities of our elders, including quotes and stories from individual persons, as well as ways that Kayla learned to approach caring for those enduring the effects of aging.

Book The Kneeling Warrior

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Ireland
  • Publisher : Charisma Media
  • Release : 2013-07-09
  • ISBN : 1621360253
  • Pages : 237 pages

Download or read book The Kneeling Warrior written by David Ireland and published by Charisma Media. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIV The Kneeling Warrior gives you the tools you need to develop a warrior’s mentality and passion in your prayer life in order to launch an all-out spiritual attack against your adversary./div

Book We Learn About Mass

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gerard Moore
  • Publisher : LiturgyTrainingPublications
  • Release : 2009
  • ISBN : 1568547595
  • Pages : 50 pages

Download or read book We Learn About Mass written by Gerard Moore and published by LiturgyTrainingPublications. This book was released on 2009 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Men on Their Knees

    Book Details:
  • Author : Kenneth O. Eaton
  • Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Release : 2015-11-12
  • ISBN : 9781519136251
  • Pages : 98 pages

Download or read book Men on Their Knees written by Kenneth O. Eaton and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand new copy of Kenneth Eaton's timeless book. "No loneliness is so devastating as the loneliness of a man who cannot walk and talk with God. Our need for prayer is aggravated by the nature of the world in which we live, and only those whose hearts are established in religious faith, only those who have learned how to kneel, can hope to be adequate for the demands of living in our chaotic mid-twentieth century." This book will help keep our religious experience constantly God-centered and God-controlled. MEN ON THEIR KNEES is richly rewarding devotional reading for both ministers and layman.

Book Kneeling Under the Lemon Tree

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michele Lesko
  • Publisher : Kelsay Books
  • Release : 2019-04-25
  • ISBN : 9781949229899
  • Pages : 102 pages

Download or read book Kneeling Under the Lemon Tree written by Michele Lesko and published by Kelsay Books. This book was released on 2019-04-25 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ascension / is the work of a lifetime on one's knees," writes Michele Lesko. The women in her poems kneel for loveless sex, unrelenting housework, and prayer to a tortured god. Emotionally intense and bracingly honest, a jolt of lemon in the sea of sweetness that is much contemporary poetry. Julie Kane, the 2011-2013 Louisiana Poet Laureate, is Professor of English Emeritus at Northwestern State University and is the author of six volumes of poetry. To read the poems in Lesko's Kneeling Under the Lemon Tree, is to live by both their tart and promise. Nothing and no one is to be turned from--not the priest, not the parents, not lovers, professors, or the poet herself. The ache and yearning in the sharp lines are balanced by a sweet the poet insists upon, but still refuses (at first) in total fullness. You walk a knife's edge of exquisitely crafted line-breaks, which in their patience and balance hold the understanding of several opposing truths at once. Even silence works overtime, refuses to let you take it for granted, as it writes itself large in these poems' tight blooms of music. This collection of poems is record and mirror, and in those hustles, provides us with a powerful witness and a catalog of questions to challenge the power we wield and the power to which we're subject. This is a powerful book. It won't let you off easy, and it won't let you down. Roger Bonair-Agard, a Cave Canem fellow and National Poetry Slam champion, is the author of three volumes of poetry and the co-founder of louderARTS Project. He teaches writing at the Free Write Arts & Literacy Program in Chicago. There is such tenderness here: "Two pale breasts softly sit / atop twelve bones aligned / to protect a single heart" and "Maybe I will grow to love this sorrow." Lesko has conjured a strong, steady voice that carries her speaker from childhood to motherhood, from religion to spirituality, in intimate, vulnerable narratives that both lighten the spirit and break the heart of the reader. Here is not brokenness or resolution; what's found here is recognition and purpose. Reneé Ashley is the author of six volumes of poetry, two chapbooks, and the novel, Someplace Like This. Part of Ashley's poem, "First Book of the Moon," appears in the permanent installation by artist Larry Kirkland in Penn Station Terminal.

Book Kneel Or Die

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael Anderle
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2017-08-04
  • ISBN : 9781974219216
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book Kneel Or Die written by Michael Anderle and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The future just went upside down, when a nascent AI is added against Bethany Anne's wishes.Then, there is David and his issues to take care of, permanently. Bethany Anne has had it with Terrorists. Not encumbered with law, she seeks only justice for those who were killed in France.New members are added to the team as they continue their efforts to reach for the stars.---Read the series one Amazon Reviewer says: "I have absolutely DEVOURED this series in a period of 36 hrs, and am considering knocking on the authors door to ask him to hurry up with the rest of the series."