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Book The Lost Words

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher : Edition Peters
  • Release : 2022-05
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 68 pages

Download or read book The Lost Words written by and published by Edition Peters. This book was released on 2022-05 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lost Words by composer James Burton takes its inspiration and text from the award-winning 'cultural phenomenon' and book of the same name by Robert Macfarlane and Jackie Morris: a book that was, in turn, a creative response to the removal of everyday nature words like acorn, newt and otter from a new edition of a widely used children's dictionary. Both the book and Burton's 32-minute work, which is written in 12 short movements for upper-voice choir in up to 3 voice parts (with either orchestral or piano accompaniment), celebrates each lost word with a beautiful poem or 'spell', magically brought to life in Burton's music. At its heart, the work delivers a powerful message about the need to close the gap between childhood and the natural world. Burton's piece was co-commissioned by the Hallé Concerts Society for the Hallé Children's Choir and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The piano accompaniment version was premiered at the Tanglewood Festival in 2019 by the Boston Symphony Children's Choir, of which Burton is founder and director. The Hallé Children's Choir will premiere the orchestral version of the full work in Manchester, UK, post-pandemic. Vocal Score Co-commission by Boston Symphony and Hallé Concerts Society for their respective Children's Choirs. Two versions - with orchestral or with piano accompaniment. The vocal score is the same for both versions. James Burton is a composer but also a conductor. He is conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and choral director of the Boston Symphony. The book The Lost Words, exquisitely designed, has won multiple awards and is an international best-seller. The vocal score includes Jackie Morris's beautiful imagery in its cover design.

Book Phenomena

    Book Details:
  • Author : Susan Tarr
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2014-01-21
  • ISBN : 9780991084555
  • Pages : 262 pages

Download or read book Phenomena written by Susan Tarr and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his mother died, Malcolm, at six years old, became one of the "lost" children, those forgotten or abandoned by their families. He grew up mirroring many of the mannerisms of the other children, while knowing he was different from them. Malcolm's story is one of immeasurable sadness, when considering the tragedy and abuse of his wasted earlier life, and yet, with an admirable strength, courage and innate resilience, he ultimately rose above it all, and was able to "free the regular boy within" as he had always wanted. In Tarr's moving story of one boy's journey through Seacliff's version of New Zealand insane asylums, with all its tragi-comic consequences, many unasked questions about why large psychiatric institutions have now been closed are answered. This gripping gothic tale, told and retold then assembled into an integrated and compelling story is a must-read for those touched by institutionalization. -- Book cover.

Book Ensouling Our Schools

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jennifer Katz
  • Publisher : Portage & Main Press
  • Release : 2018-06-04
  • ISBN : 1553797442
  • Pages : 282 pages

Download or read book Ensouling Our Schools written by Jennifer Katz and published by Portage & Main Press. This book was released on 2018-06-04 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an educational milieu in which standards and accountability hold sway, schools can become places of stress, marginalization, and isolation instead of learning communities that nurture a sense of meaning and purpose. In Ensouling Our Schools, author Jennifer Katz weaves together methods of creating schools that engender mental, spiritual, and emotional health while developing intellectual thought and critical analysis. Kevin Lamoureux contributes his expertise regarding Indigenous approaches to mental and spiritual health that benefit all students and address the TRC Calls to Action.

Book  Unexplained Phenomena  Fact or fiction Volume 2

Download or read book Unexplained Phenomena Fact or fiction Volume 2 written by Michael C Bertsch and published by BLURB. This book was released on 2023-07-28 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unexplained Phenomena" Fact or fiction Volume 2 The truth awaits in this strange but true book by author Michael C Bertsch. "Unexplained Phenomena" Fact or fiction Volume 2 includes explanations on Crop circles, Fairies, Tunguska, Cattle mutilation, Spontaneous human combustion, Hollow moon and alien placed moon theory, Noah's ark, Jersey devil, Trail cameras, Coral castle, Monster river fish, "Julia", Pascagoula incident, Walter summerford, Lonnie zamora incident, Aliens in backyard, Ghost ship, The green children, Hoia baciu forest, Hutchison effect, Crystal skulls, Alien skulls of peru and egypt, Allegheny lunatic asylum, Walking trees and plants, Skunk ape, Phantom black dogs, Betty and barney hill, Flight 513, Mad gasser, Faces of belmez, La mancha Negra, Frederick valentich, DB cooper, Hollow earth, Mandela effect, Aliens and alien bases on the moon, Ball lightning, Taured, The miracle of the sun, Hopkinsville encounter, Mels hole, Dyatlov pass Incident, SCP foundation, Alien abduction and many more Unexplained Phenomena type stories.

Book A Constellation of Vital Phenomena

Download or read book A Constellation of Vital Phenomena written by Anthony Marra and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-05-16 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** Granta Best of Young American Novelists 2017 *** In a snow-covered village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa watches from the woods as her father is abducted in the middle of the night by Russian soldiers. Their life-long friend and neighbour, Akhmed, has also been watching, and when he finds Havaa he knows of only one person who might be able to help. For tough-minded doctor Sonja Rabina, it’s just another day of trying to keep her bombed-out, abandoned hospital going. When Akhmed arrives with Havaa, asking Sonja for shelter, she has no idea who the pair are. But over the course of five extraordinary days, Sonja’s world will shift on its axis, revealing the intricate pattern of connections that binds these three unlikely companions together and unexpectedly decides their fate. 'A Constellation of Vital Phenomena is simply spectacular' Ann Patchett

Book Unnatural Phenomena

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jerome Clark
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • Release : 2005-06-21
  • ISBN : 1576074315
  • Pages : 404 pages

Download or read book Unnatural Phenomena written by Jerome Clark and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-06-21 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized geographically, Unnatural Phenomena: A Guide to the Bizarre Wonders of North America explores the history of natural phenomena in virtually every U.S. state. Can the sky quake? Can sand play music? Have UFOs been sighted in your town? Unnatural Phenomena crosses the centuries and travels America to chronicle the strangest natural phenomena, the most bizarre scientific findings, and events from history that defy rational explanation. Conveniently organized by region, state, and locality, this one-volume, illustrated encyclopedia maps a landscape straight out of The Twilight Zone. From apparitions in the sky to inhuman skeletons rising from the earth—and everything in between—Jerome Clark, expert on strange phenomena and author of ABC-CLIO's Extraordinary Encounters: An Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrials and Otherworldly Beings, sifts through the legends, the hoaxes, and the science. Authoritatively researched, the entries in Unnatural Phenomena will expand the most skeptical reader's sense of the possible. The truth is out there ... the evidence is in here.

Book Forgotten Children

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  • Author : Michael W. Davis
  • Publisher : Lulu.com
  • Release : 2007-12-01
  • ISBN : 1897445008
  • Pages : 224 pages

Download or read book Forgotten Children written by Michael W. Davis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a principled man come to terms with the guilt of his sins and save civilization from disaster?

Book The Adopted Child

Download or read book The Adopted Child written by Christa Hoffmann-Riem and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exploration of the experiences of adopting parents and children offers unusual insight into adoption's complexity and its profound impact on family life. Based on the author's research in Germany, where she lived and taught, The Adopted Child has a great deal to say about child rearing and identity, as well as offering insights into similarities and differences in family life and adoption in Germany and the United States.Hoffmann-Reim takes the reader through the decision to adopt, the adoption placement procedure, and the transition from "applicant" to "mother and father." She explores differences between emotions experienced in adopting a baby, a toddler, and an older child, and how these emotions can affect relations with the world outside the nuclear family. A central concern is secrecy and disclosure with regard to the adopted child's origins.Based on case studies and extensive interviews, The Adopted Child has fascinated American readers as it did those in Germany. Professionals as well as those interested in adoption and family life in general will find it significant. Sociologists will find it solidly grounded in concepts and traditions from a diversity of related disciplines. And anyone interested in Germans and German society will find the materials revealing, and the author's interpretation insightful and wise.

Book Imaginary Playmates and Other Mental Phenomena of Children

Download or read book Imaginary Playmates and Other Mental Phenomena of Children written by Nathan Albert Harvey and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Psychic Phenomena

Download or read book Psychic Phenomena written by Dorothy Bomar Bradley and published by New York : Paperback Library. This book was released on 1967 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Authentic case histories of floating objects, the power of prayer on plants, telepathy, dreams that predict the future and proof of life after death! This fantastic book holds a golden lode of true, documented stories of the mysteries of precognition, telepathy, and clairvoyance. On your journey you'll meet outstanding researchers of psychic phenomena such as Arthur Ford, who sends "messengers" on "errands" into another world. Learn the incredible story of the "tape recorder" which plays back the history of our former lives. Discover the plants that use a unique form of "mind reading" to receive thoughts. All this and much, much more await you on the most thrilling trip of your lifetime--a voyage into the land of the "obstructed universe."

Book Lifelines and Risks

Download or read book Lifelines and Risks written by Robert B. Cairns and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert and Beverley Cairns follow the pathways of 695 young people growing up in the 1980s and 1990s (the events and feelings they experience).

Book The Handbook of Solitude

Download or read book The Handbook of Solitude written by Robert J. Coplan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-02-03 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reference work offers a comprehensive compilation of current psychological research related to the construct of solitude Explores numerous psychological perspectives on solitude, including those from developmental, neuropsychological, social, personality, and clinical psychology Examines different developmental periods across the lifespan, and across a broad range of contexts, including natural environments, college campuses, relationships, meditation, and cyberspace Includes contributions from the leading international experts in the field Covers concepts and theoretical approaches, empirical research, as well as clinical applications

Book Selected Writings

    Book Details:
  • Author : Anna Freud
  • Publisher : Penguin UK
  • Release : 2015-07-02
  • ISBN : 0141981881
  • Pages : 351 pages

Download or read book Selected Writings written by Anna Freud and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'There are few situations in life which are more difficult to cope with than an adolescent son or daughter during the attempt to liberate themselves' Anna Freud was one of the most creative and innovative thinkers in the history of psychoanalysis, whose pioneering work in child analysis and development revolutionized the treatment of the young. This essential anthology of her writings includes extracts from her classic The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence, as well as papers on normal and pathological child development, on adolescence, trauma, aggression and analytical technique. Together they offer a definitive overview of her entire career, displaying the richness, variety and originality of her thinking. 'An achievement of the first importance ... underlines the clarity and cogency of Anna Freud's thinking, [and] makes it accessible to a wide audience' Clifford Yorke, former Medical Director, the Anna Freud Centre, London

Book Roman Tales

    Book Details:
  • Author : Thomas V. Cohen
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2019-05-21
  • ISBN : 1351699431
  • Pages : 417 pages

Download or read book Roman Tales written by Thomas V. Cohen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roman Tales: A Reader’s Guide to the Art of Microhistory explores both the social and cultural life of Renaissance Rome and the mind-set and methods of microhistory. This book draws the reader deep into eight stories: a Christian-Jewish picnic plus an ill-aimed stone fight, an embassy-driven attack on Rome's police, a magic prophetic mirror, an immured mad hermit, a stolen dwarf, and the bizarre misadventures of a stolen roll of velvet, a truly odd elopement, and a thieving child who treats his cronies to dinner at the inn. It meditates on the resources and lacunae that shape the telling of these stories and, through them, it models an historical method that contrives to turn the limits of our knowledge into an advantage by writing honestly and movingly, to bring a dead past back to life, exemplifying and stretching the genre of microhistory. It also discusses strategies for teaching through intensive use of old documents, with a particular focus on criminal tribunal papers. Engagingly written, Roman Tales outlines the main principles of microhistorical research and draws the reader outwards towards a wider exploration and discovery of sixteenth-century Rome. It is ideal for researchers of microhistory, and of medieval and early modern Italy.

Book Transforming Primary Mathematics

Download or read book Transforming Primary Mathematics written by Mike Askew and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully updated to reflect the new curriculum, the revised edition of Transforming Primary Mathematics sets out key theories and cutting-edge research in the field to enable teachers to take a fresh look at how they teach mathematics. The book encourages teachers to reflect on their own beliefs and values about mathematics, and asks them to question whether their current methods meet the needs of all learners, and the challenge of having high expectations for all. It provides clear, practical approaches to help implement fundamental change in classroom environments, and offers motivational teaching styles to ensure meaningful mathematics learning. Chapters take an inspiring, sometimes controversial, and often unconventional look at the subject of mathematics, by: endorsing the use of a ‘new mathematics’ – one based on problem solving, modelling, inquiry and reasoning, not on abstract rules, memorising, and regurgitation arguing that there is more to maths teaching than ‘death by a thousand worksheets’ challenging norms, such as the practice of sorting children into sets based on their perceived mathematical ability asking whether mathematical ability is innate or a result of social practices examining what a ‘mastery’ approach might entail highlighting the role of variation in supporting learning advocating an environment where teachers are encouraged to take risks. Transforming Primary Mathematics is for all primary school teachers who want to make mathematics welcoming, engaging, inclusive and successful.

Book Children

Download or read book Children written by and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Integrating Psychodrama and Systemic Constellation Work

Download or read book Integrating Psychodrama and Systemic Constellation Work written by Ronald Anderson and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2011-10-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Systemic Constellation Work is a rapidly growing experiential healing process that is being embraced by a variety of helping professionals, both traditional and alternative, worldwide. This book explores the history, principles and methodology of this approach, and offers a detailed comparison with psychodrama - the original mind-body therapy - explaining how each method can enhance the other. Constellation work is based on the notion that people are connected by unseen energetic forces and suggests that the psychological, traumatic and survival experiences of our ancestors are genetically passed forward to the next generation and may live within us. Using insightful case studies from a variety of client groups, this book shows how Systemic Constellation Work can expand the possibilities of psychodrama techniques, and can be successfully integrated with psychodramatic enactment, guided imagery, ritual, concretization and other methods of healing and personal growth. This book will be essential reading for students and practitioners of psychodrama and Constellation work, as well as counselors, mental health professionals, experiential therapists, creative and expressive arts therapists and alternative practitioners looking to widen their knowledge of mind-body therapies.