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Book I Am Peace

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  • Author : Susan Verde
  • Publisher : Abrams
  • Release : 2017-09-26
  • ISBN : 1683351282
  • Pages : 32 pages

Download or read book I Am Peace written by Susan Verde and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the world feels chaotic, find peace within through an accessible mindfulness practice from the bestselling picture-book dream team that brought us I Am Yoga. Express emotions through direct speech. Find empathy through imagination. Connect with the earth. Wonder at the beauty of the natural world. Breathe, taste, smell, touch, and be present. Perfect for the classroom or for bedtime, Susan Verde’s gentle, concrete narration and Peter H. Reynolds’s expressive watercolor illustrations bring the tenets of mindfulness to a kid-friendly level. Featuring an author’s note about the importance of mindfulness and a guided meditation for children, I Am Peace will help readers of all ages feel grounded and restored.

Book Music and Conflict Transformation

Download or read book Music and Conflict Transformation written by Olivier Urbain and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-10-24 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1999 the Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim and the Palestinian writer Edward Said organised a concert in Weimar in which half the performers were Palestinians and the other half Israelis.The performance itself and the rehearsals which preceded it had a lasting effect on all the participants. How far can the relationship between music and politics be used to promote a more peaceful world? That is the central question which motivates this challenging new work by some of the leading musicians and music scholars of our time. Combining theory from experienced academics such as Johan Galtung, Cindy Cohen and Karen Abi-Ezzi with compelling stories from musicians like Yair Dalal, the book also includes an exclusive interview with folk legend Pete Seeger. In each instance, practical and theoretical perspectives have been combined in order to explore music's role in conflict transformation. The book is divided into five sections. The first, 'Frameworks', reflects in-depth on the connections between music and peace, while the second, 'Music and Politics', discusses the impact of music on society. The third section, 'Healing and Education', offers examples of the transformative power of music in prisons and settings of conflict-resolution, while the fourth, 'Stories from the Field', tells true stories about music's impact in the Middle East and elsewhere. Finally, 'Reflections' encourages the reader to consider a personal evaluation of the work with a view to further explorations of the power of music to promote peace.

Book Music and Conflict

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  • Author : John Morgan O'Connell
  • Publisher : University of Illinois Press
  • Release : 2010-09-23
  • ISBN : 0252035453
  • Pages : 306 pages

Download or read book Music and Conflict written by John Morgan O'Connell and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-09-23 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the role of music in conflict situations across the world, this study shows how it can both incite violence & help rebuild communities.

Book Peace  Hope and Love

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
  • Release : 2014-06
  • ISBN : 9781480339941
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Peace Hope and Love written by and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2014-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Ukulele). Over 50 folky favorites perfect for uke, including: All You Need Is Love * Bless the Beasts and Children * Blowin' in the Wind * Bridge over Troubled Water * Candle on the Water * Everything Is Beautiful * From a Distance * The Greatest Love of All * Heal the World * I'd like to Teach the World to Sing * Imagine * Lean on Me * Let It Be * Let There Be Peace on Earth * Love Can Build a Bridge * Over the Rainbow * Peace Train * The Rainbow Connection * The Rose * Seasons of Love * Shower the People * Sing * Somewhere Out There * Tears in Heaven * Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season) * What a Wonderful World * What the World Needs Now Is Love * You Light up My Life * You Raise Me Up * and more.

Book Let There Be Peace on Earth

Download or read book Let There Be Peace on Earth written by Jill Jackson and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrates the award-winning song about each person's responsibility to help bring about world peace. Includes a history of the song and biographical notes on the husband and wife songwriting team.

Book Mediating Peace

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  • Author : Sebastian Kim
  • Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
  • Release : 2016-01-14
  • ISBN : 1443887757
  • Pages : 430 pages

Download or read book Mediating Peace written by Sebastian Kim and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-14 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the role and contributions of art, music and film in peace-building and reconciliation, offering a distinctive approach in various forms of art in peace-building in a wide range of conflict situations, particularly in religiously plural contexts. As such, it provides readers with a comprehensive perspective on the subject. The contributors are composed of prominent scholars and artists who examine theoretical, professional and practical perspectives and debates, and address three central research questions, which form the theoretical basis of this project: namely, ‘In what way have particular forms of art enhanced peace-building in conflict situations?’, ‘How do artistic forms become a public demonstration and expression of a particular socio-political context?’, and ‘In what way have the arts played the role of catalyst for peace-building, and, if not, why not?’ This volume demonstrates that art contributes in conflict and post-conflict situations in three main ways: transformation at an individual level; peace-building between communities; and bridging justice and peace for sustainable reconciliation.

Book Music and Mantras

Download or read book Music and Mantras written by Girish and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Singing is as human as breathing, and this book tells us why.” —Mark Guarino, contributing music writer, The Guardian Celebrated yogi-musician Girish opens new possibilities for transforming your life through song, combining the ancient art of singing mantra with twenty-first century neuroscience research. For as long as he can remember, Girish has created rhythm to accompany life. His first experience of music as sacred art came in college, playing with jazz bands. “During improvisational sessions,” he recalls, “there were these unexplainable moments of synchronicity and intuition that felt like magic.” This led Girish to an unexpected journey—a seeming detour to live as a monk in an ashram for five years that inadvertently nourished his musical artistry. Here, he studied Sanskrit as a means to understand the deeper meanings of ancient chants, which sparked a life-changing event that led him back to music—and to combine music with Sanskrit chants. Now he shares what he’s learned to help people of all ages, backgrounds, and traditions to transform body, brain, and life through mantra and music. With Music and Mantras, Girish has created an interactive toolkit—including more than ninety minutes of companion audio material—for personal transformation through singing, sharing his own experience as a musician, yogi, and former Hindu monk. Weaving simple, elegant mantras from ancient traditions with neuroscience, Girish shows us how to achieve greater peace of mind, clarity, calm, focus, and even improved health and wealth through the yogic art of chanting—an ideal practice for singing our way to happiness, health, and prosperity.

Book Woodstock  94

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  • Author :
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Press
  • Release : 1994
  • ISBN : 9780935112238
  • Pages : 222 pages

Download or read book Woodstock 94 written by and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Louder Than Bombs

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  • Author : Ed Vulliamy
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2020-09-01
  • ISBN : 022671540X
  • Pages : 497 pages

Download or read book Louder Than Bombs written by Ed Vulliamy and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part memoir, part reportage, Louder Than Bombs is a story of music from the front lines. Ed Vulliamy, a decorated war correspondent and journalist, offers a testimony of his lifelong passion for music. Vulliamy’s reporting has taken him around the world to cover the Bosnian war, the fall of the Berlin Wall and collapse of Communism, the Iraq wars of 1991 and 2003 onward, narco violence in Mexico, and more, places where he confronted stories of violence, suffering, and injustice. Through it all, Vulliamy has turned to music not only as a reprieve but also as a means to understand and express the complicated emotions that follow. Describing the artists, songs, and concerts that most influenced him, Vulliamy brings together the two largest threads of his life—music and war. Louder Than Bombs covers some of the most important musical milestones of the past fifty years, from Jimi Hendrix playing “Machine Gun” at the Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 to the Bataclan in Paris under siege in 2015. Vulliamy was present for many of these historic moments, and with him as our guide, we see them afresh, along the way meeting musicians like B. B. King, Graham Nash, Patti Smith, Daniel Barenboim, Gustavo Dudamel, and Bob Dylan. Vulliamy peppers the book with short vignettes—which he dubs 7" singles—recounting some of his happiest memories from a lifetime with music. Whether he’s working as an extra in the Vienna State Opera’s production of Aida, buying blues records in Chicago, or drinking coffee with Joan Baez, music is never far from his mind. As Vulliamy discovers, when horror is unspeakable, when words seem to fail us, we can turn to music for expression and comfort, or for rage and pain. Poignant and sensitively told, Louder Than Bombs is an unforgettable record of a life bursting with music.

Book The Cupcake Club

Download or read book The Cupcake Club written by Sheryl Berk and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-04-01 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful, delicious middle grade debut by New York Times bestselling author Sheryl Berk and her cupcake-obsessed daughter, Carrie. Cupcake Club is the first book in the Peace, Love and Cupcakes series. This is The Babysitter's Club for a generation raised on Cake Boss and Ace of Cakes and is slated to be a sweet success! Meet Kylie Carson. She's a fourth grader with a big problem. How will she make friends at her new school? Should she tell her classmates she loves monster movies? Forget it. Play the part of a turnip in the school play? Disaster! Then Kylie comes up with a delicious idea: What if she starts a cupcake club? Soon Kylie's club is spinning out tasty treats with the help of her fellow bakers and new friends. But when Meredith tries to sabotage the girls' big cupcake party, will it be the end of the Cupcake Club? Includes recipes and tips to try at home! "Kids and cupcakes are the perfect recipe!"—Sophie and Katerine, stars of TLC's DC Cupcakes Cupcake Club is the perfect... cupcake book for kids who love to bake, with bonus recipes included! mother daughter book club pick preteen gift for girls book for middle school girls who are reluctant readers

Book Give Peace a Chant

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dario Martinelli
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2017-02-22
  • ISBN : 9783319505374
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Give Peace a Chant written by Dario Martinelli and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-02-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph offers a unique analysis of social protest in popular music. It presents theoretical descriptions, methodological tools, and an approach that encompasses various fields of musicology, cultural studies, semiotics, discourse analysis, media studies, and political and social sciences. The author argues that protest songs should be taken as a musical genre on their own. He points out that the general approach, when discussing these songs, has been so far that of either analyzing the lyrics or the social context. For some reason, the music itself has been often overlooked. This book attempts to fill this gap. Its central thesis is that a complete overview of these repertoires demands a thorough interaction among contextual, lyrical, and musical elements together. To accomplish this, the author develops a novel model that systemizes and investigates musical repertoires. The model is then applied to four case studies, those, too, chosen among topics that are little (or not at all) frequented by scholars.

Book When Words Fail

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ed Vulliamy
  • Publisher : Granta Books
  • Release : 2018-09-13
  • ISBN : 1783783389
  • Pages : 370 pages

Download or read book When Words Fail written by Ed Vulliamy and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can music make the world a better place? Can it really 'belong' to anyone? Can the magic, mystery and incertitude of music - of the human brain meeting or making sound - can it stop wars, rehabilitate the broken, unite, educate or inspire? From Jimi Hendrix playing 'Machine Gun' at The Isle of Wight Festival in 1970 to the Bataclan under siege in 2015, Ed Vulliamy has lived the music, met the legends, and asked, when words fail, might we turn to music? There's only one way to find out, and that is to listen...

Book Peace Train

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  • Author : Cat Stevens
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2021-05-11
  • ISBN : 0063089653
  • Pages : 41 pages

Download or read book Peace Train written by Cat Stevens and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The instant #1 New York Times and Indie bestseller! Hop aboard the Peace Train in this picture book adaptation of Cat Stevens’s legendary anthem of unity and harmony in time for the song’s 50th anniversary! With illustrations by New York Times bestselling illustrator Peter H. Reynolds. “Now I've been happy lately Thinking about the good things to come And I believe it could be Something good has begun Oh, I've been smiling lately Dreaming about the world as one And I believe it could be Someday it's going to come” Readers are invited to hop on the PEACE TRAIN and join its growing group of passengers who are all ready to unite the world in peace and harmony. Featuring the timeless lyrics of Cat Stevens’s legendary song and illustrations by New York Times bestselling artist Peter H. Reynolds, this hopeful picture book inspires tolerance and love for people of all cultures and identities.

Book Only Love Can Bring You Peace

Download or read book Only Love Can Bring You Peace written by Simon Joyner (Vocalist) and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Music. For twenty-five years, Nebraska songwriter Simon Joyner has crafted haunting, honest songs about the unsettled dust of lovers and strangers. A pioneer of the Omaha music scene, Joyner has earned the praises of Conor Oberst, Beck, Gillian Welch, John Peel, John Darnielle, and more. As Dennis Callaci explains in his heartfelt foreword, Joyner has spent those years and earned those praises for songs about the "sorrow and southbound turns" of "the put- upon, the tortured, builders of arcs." ONLY LOVE CAN BRING YOU PEACE is the first selection of Simon Joyner's lyrics (assembled and edited by Simon and his wife Sara) to appear in book form, showcasing the images and characters of over 15 albums, EPs, and rare releases. ONLY LOVE CAN BRING YOU PEACE also features two interviews with Joyner and full illustrations for each section. Whether you're new to Joyner's work, or you've had his songs stuck in your head since 1992, this book serves as a sturdy companion to what Callaci calls the "the grass, branch and bone of a lifetime."

Book Teaching Peace

    Book Details:
  • Author : J. Denny Weaver
  • Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN : 9780742514577
  • Pages : 308 pages

Download or read book Teaching Peace written by J. Denny Weaver and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book opens a new frontier in understanding nonviolence. Discussions of peace and nonviolence usually focus on either moral theory or practical dimensions of applying nonviolence in conflict situations. Teaching Peace carries the discussion of nonviolence beyond ethics and into the rest of the academic curriculum. This book isn't just for religion or philosophy teachers--it is for all educators. Teaching Peace begins with a discussion rooted in Christian theology, where nonviolence is so central and important. But it is clear that there are other paths to nonviolence, and that one certainly doesn't have to be a Christian to practice nonviolence. The pieces that follow, therefore, show how a nonviolent perspective impacts disciplines across the curriculum--from acting, to biology, to mathematics, to psychology.

Book The Routledge Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Conflict and Peace Communication written by Stacey L. Connaughton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-29 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides a comprehensive review of research in conflict and peace communication and offers readers a range of insights into foundational, ongoing, and emerging discussions in this field. The volume brings together peace studies, conflict studies, and communication studies to acknowledge the power of communication—both cooperative, solidarizing, and integrative as well as destructive and divisive—in constituting social relations. It features a multiplicity of authors, including academics and practitioners from all corners of the globe and from across the communicative spectrum. The handbook is divided into four parts: (1) Meta-theoretical, theoretical, and methodological approaches in conflict and peace communication research; (2) Conflict communication; (3) Peace communication; and (4) Cross-cutting and emergent themes. This handbook is essential reading for scholars, research-driven practitioners, graduate-level students, and upper-level undergraduate students in conflict and peace communication within disciplines such as communication studies, political science, international relations, security studies, and human rights.

Book Inner Peace Made Easy

    Book Details:
  • Author : Aaron Soltys
  • Publisher : FriesenPress
  • Release : 2016-09-14
  • ISBN : 1460295927
  • Pages : 98 pages

Download or read book Inner Peace Made Easy written by Aaron Soltys and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2016-09-14 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day we’re bombarded with information on world events that are almost too much to process. Add marketing that’s designed to make us want more — more and better — and you have a recipe for free-floating stress, anxiety and debt. But, if you’re like author Aaron Soltys, you realize one day that there has to be more to life than constant consumerism and always looking out for “Number 1”. Inner Peace Made Easy will help you arrive at a place where you can consistently think about things from a positive and empowering perspective. It will help you approach life with focus and purpose so you can live your best life and find the inner peace that eludes so many. Inner Peace Made Easy is a powerful mental health primer for simplifying your life, your thinking and finding and maintaining a calm center. It focuses on minimalism, creating a Zen home environment, showing compassion, feeling gratitude, respecting life (yours and others) and so much more. This easygoing, straightforward book presents concepts that can be practiced by anyone, anywhere, regardless of religious or spiritual beliefs and values. Inner Peace Made Easy will help you change how you look at yourself and the world around you — almost immediately.