Download or read book The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs written by Jennifer Speake and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and thoroughly revised collection contains over 1,100 of the most widely used proverbs in English, drawing on the resources of the Oxford Languages team for the most up-to-date research. Lively and compelling, it is filled with favourites - old and new - with a strong emphasis on meanings of proverbs catalogued.
Download or read book Trust in God But Tie Your Camel and Other Arab Proverbs written by Stephen J. McGrane and published by Llumina Press. This book was released on 2009-10 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To understand a people, acquaint yourself with their proverbs." -- Arab Proverb "Stephen McGrane has compiled an extremely thorough volume of Arab proverbs that offers the outsider a view into the Arab way of thinking." --Feather Quill Book Reviews "From personal experience in the Arab world, Stephen McGrane has collected the most meaningful and commonly used Arabic proverbs, providing non-Arabic speakers an understanding of our culture. Also, with the availability of his book, explaining Arab proverbs to our Western friends could not be easier." -- Ali A. Dashti, PhD, Kuwait University, Department of Mass Communication "Stephen McGrane draws significant parallels between the proverbs of the Arabic and Western worlds. If anything, one realizes that the value systems of the two cultures are not as disparate as frequently perceived." -- James I. Martin, PhD, Campbell University, Department of Government, History and Justice "What a great way to explore another culture! A very thought provoking look at the Arab thought process." -- H. Keith Hight, Theatre Coordinator, College of Southern Maryland "This book is not only a collection of proverbs, but a gateway to the understanding of a whole different culture." --Abdulrahman Thakir Alhashemi, M.D., Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychological Counselor and PhD researcher in the 'Islamic Perspective of Psychotherapy, ' South Carolina, USA Stephen J. McGrane, MBA, MA, has ten years experience working and traveling in the Middle East. He is a former U.S. Marine Corps infantry officer and currently teaches business at Campbell University in North Carolina. He is the author of Sit Crooked and Speak Straight: Doing Business on the Arabian Peninsula, available from Lumina Press and Amazon.com. Mohamed I. Ismail, PhD, P.Eng. has taught at several universities in Canada, USA, Europe, Japan, and the Middle East. He is the author/editor of over 500 books and 1,452 journal articles on various related subjects. His books and articles are available from The National Library of Canada Web site (http: //www.amicus.collectionscanada.ca). He currently lives in Kuwait. Visit his Web site at: www.creative-csc.com.
Download or read book The Multicultural Dictionary of Proverbs written by Harold V. Cordry and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All cultures have proverbs that capsulize subjects simply and effectively. Many of these are cross-cultural. For example, according to a Danish proverb, "The greater the fear, the nearer the danger," while a Latin proverb says, "The less there is of fear, the less there is danger." This work includes over 20,000 proverbs from more than 120 languages, nationalities and ethnic groups. The proverbs are arranged under 1,300 headings (e.g., accidents, divided loyalty, marriage, prosperity, shame), and each includes the nationality, group or language in which it originated. Comprehensive keyword and subject indexes allow access to the material in multiple ways.
Download or read book Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs written by Elizabeth Knowles and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs features over 2,000 proverbs and sayings from around the world, arranged across 250 subjects - from 'Books' and 'Borrowing' to 'Dreams' and 'Drink'. Each theme has a short introduction giving an overview of the proverbial treatment of the topic and each proverb is accompanied by information on its date, source, and meaning. Not only is this book a pleasure to browse but it is ideal for quick reference with its comprehensive index that makes it easy to find the exact phrase you're looking for. Beautifully produced and designed, it is the perfect gift for anyone who loves language. Drawing on Oxford's ongoing dictionary research and language monitoring, the second edition of this delightful book adds phrases that have come to prominence, or increased in popularity, since publication of the first edition, such as 'Never waste a good crisis' and 'Dress for the job you want, not for the job you have', which add a contemporary flavour to the selection of more traditional English proverbs, and the popular sayings used in the English-speaking world from Asia, Africa, Middle East, and many other cultures. Find phrases on all aspects of life in this fascinating little book.
Download or read book Understanding Ethics in Applied Behavior Analysis written by Ann Beirne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-23 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides the foundation for a lifelong journey of ethical practice in service for individuals with autism spectrum disorder and other developmental disabilities. The second edition of Understanding Ethics in Applied Behavior Analysis includes an explanation of each element in the Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts, along with considerations for ethical practice and examples from the field. Professional behavior for the behavior analyst is also addressed when fulfilling roles as teacher, employee, manager, colleague, advocate, or member of a multidisciplinary team. This new edition expands on the first chapter’s introduction of moral philosophy, adds a new chapter on ethical decision-making and core principles, and provides a study guide to assist those preparing for the Behavior Analyst Certification Board exams. Drawing upon Beirne and Sadavoy’s combined 40 years of clinical experience as well as the reflections of colleagues in the field, this is an indispensable guide to ethics for behavior analysis students.
Download or read book The Routledge Book of World Proverbs written by Jon R. Stone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-09-27 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Book of World Proverbs draws together proverbs that transcend culture, time and space to provide an enduring collection that is both useful and enjoyable.
Download or read book Egypt written by Mona L. Russell Ph.D. and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 696 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook provides an overview of the society, culture, geography, history, and politics of contemporary Egypt. While such historic monuments as the pyramids at Giza, the Karnak Temple, and the Valley of the Kings draw visitors to Egypt each year, the country is today a large and varied collection of some 79 million people. An important political and cultural force in the Middle East and home to one of Africa's most advanced economies, Egypt is rapidly becoming a major player in the 21st-century world. This comprehensive text examines all facets of life in Egypt, including its land, history, politics, and culture. It is written in a manner that makes the subject accessible and engaging for readers with little prior knowledge about the country, but also provides a critical analysis of the latest research for students and scholars familiar with Egypt and its people. Special attention is given to the historical period following the rise of Islam to enable a greater understanding of Egypt's contemporary government, religious practices, popular culture, and current events.
Download or read book Jordan s Proverbs as a Window into Arab Popular Culture written by Mohammed Farghal and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2019-03-29 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers an insightful account of Arab popular culture through the lens of about four hundred annotated Jordanian proverbs. The collection touches on almost every aspect of daily life (including animals, kinship, religion, weather, generosity, money, food, and love). The proverbs cover a wide spectrum of morals related to competence, appearance, ignorance, naivety, corruption, wisdom, experience, courage, and kindness, among many others. Specialized readers, including linguists, translators, anthropologists, psychologists, diplomats, and military persons, among others, will find significant material and insights relevant to their work in this book. It serves to provide the reader with a better, deeper understanding of Jordanian/Arab mentality and behaviour, which will encourage intercultural communication and help remove several socially-biased stereotypes, in addition to enriching the culture of proverbs in human language.
Download or read book First Tie Your Camel Then Trust in God written by Chivvis Moore and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An American carpenter travels to Egypt to meet the architect Hassan Fathy, the author of the book Architecture for the poor, and spends 16 years in Egypt and Palestine immersing herself in Arab and Muslim culture.
Download or read book Hypocrisy written by Leonard Feinberg and published by Pilgrims Process, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-02 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Trust and Change written by Judy Mackenzie and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 2018-09-26 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trust and Change explains the democratic basis of therapeutic communities (TCs) and what exactly happens in community meetings including those in prison. It deals with commonly asked questions about TCs and describes their four basic pillars: democratisation, tolerance, communality and reality confrontation as well as the ‘no secrets’ principle (commonly referred to as a footstool). It examines the need to create a culture of enquiry and ways of avoiding trauma and other risks. It shows how TCs integrate with normal prison regimes and locations and the arrangements for record keeping and auditing. Throughout, the book contains ‘Thinking Points’ and gives examples of typical structures and schedules together with the aims, purposes and rationale of key aspects of TC work. Explains TC work in basic, straightforward terms. Deals with problems, pitfalls and possibilities of encouraging engagement in a TC. Includes educational anecdotes in an easy-to-read format. For newcomers and seasoned TC workers alike. Reviews ‘A wonderful helpful book that beautifully encapsulates the work of a TC’— Jinnie Jefferies, Founder, London Centre of Psychodrama and senior trainer in NHS and Prison TCs. ‘Speaks directly to some of the real confusions and dilemmas faced by the staff member in a TC…offers good advice…enlivened and illustrated by examples…I recommend it’— Barbara Rawlings.
Download or read book Rohi Mataluna written by Mohammad Nawaz Tair and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For a Pashtun, the world is a dangerous place. . . . To negotiate such a world, a man or woman needs wise words. . . . Pashto proverbs provide critical lessons about faith and honor, human nature and relationships, friends and enemies, power and revenge, in short, how to live in a society that is at once fragrant with friendship, fraught with ambiguities, and seared by treachery." You are invited to look into the world of the Pashtun through the pages of Rohi Mataluna: Pashto Proverbs. This selection of 1,350 Pashto proverbs (mataluna) from the mountainous (rohi) Afghan borderlands, with English translation and cultural annotations, aims to preserve some of the original flavor of an oral literature that reflects a traditional culture now facing turmoil and inevitable change. This second edition has been completely updated, revised, and expanded with new material, while taking care to preserve and honor the original work of the first edition. It includes: -- Cultural background and context of the Afghan frontier -- Explanations of key words and concepts -- Examples of the use of texts in social situations -- Observations on the form and structure of proverbs -- Parallel and variant texts -- Background stories -- Index of key words, persons, and places This book will appeal to readers and students of Pashto and English, to scholars and tourists, to anthropologists and folklorists, and to all those interested in learning more about the Pashtun people of the Afghan frontier.
Download or read book A Small Key Opens Big Doors 50 Years of Amazing Peace Corps Stories written by Jay Chen and published by Travelers' Tales. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cold War officially ended in 1991 and opened a world of fresh opportunities for the Peace Corps. The fact that PCVs could move seamlessly into a constellation of states that once comprised the USSR is a testament to the flexibility and durability of the organization. All Peace Corps needs is an invitation. Volunteers are always ready to step up, learn a new language, learn some new skills, and then go to work in unfamiliar lands. Of the 40 stories in this volume, some reach back to early Peace Corps years in Iran and Turkey. Others engage with the newness of democratic freedoms, drawing back the curtain on old suspicions. Here you’ll see why walking a Thanksgiving carrot cake through a revolution is easy. But following a whole new script for free market, democratic customs? Not so much. And meanwhile, in Mongolia, you’ll learn how to celebrate the Lunar New Year with a shot of fermented horse milk, Cheers!
Download or read book Pilgrim Spirituality written by Rodney Aist and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-04-13 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pilgrim-themed spirituality for Christian formation, Pilgrim Spirituality resources everyday Christianity, congregational life, social outreach, and religious travel through definitional frames of pilgrimage. Pilgrimage is a prominent biblical image. Yet, despite its contemporary resurgence, its capacity for Christian formation remains untapped. While our understanding of pilgrimage has been too narrow, we lack a definitional framework that fosters transformational practice. Definitions matter, thought creates possibilities, and intentionality enhances experience. Recognizing pilgrimage as a comprehensive expression of the Christian life, Pilgrim Spirituality provides tools for perceiving spiritual possibilities, engaging situational context, and interpreting lived experience. Espousing both personal and social holiness, Pilgrim Spirituality gives definitional status to the Other, attends to the self, and seeks the presence of God in the facts in which we find ourselves. Pilgrim Spirituality examines Christian concepts of time, place, and journey, while emphasizing the personal, corporate, incarnational, metaphorical, and tensional character of the pilgrim life. Exploring the motives, experiences, and practices of pilgrimage, Pilgrim Spirituality resources readers in their destinational pursuit of the Christian faith: the union of God, self, and the Other.
Download or read book The 99 Success Secrets of Jesus written by Don Daniel Ortiz and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the 99 Success Secrets of the Greatest Teacher of All Time Jesus You Will Learn.. Leadership secrets of Jesus the bible doesn't reveal The hidden lessons in Jesus' teachings Your mission, message and purpose in life The fastest way to unlock your God-given potential Spiritual strategies for achieving your dreams The book achieves these objectives by. Illustrating specific examples utilized by Jesus Unlocking the mystery of Jesus' power Blending spiritual concepts with practical solutions Revealing insights into Jesus' miracles Providing a daily "Action Plan" for success ".say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there, ' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you." Jesus Daniel Ortiz is "America's #1 Latino Success Coach"TM and the author of the book 101 Secret Ways to Tell If You Are Living Your Life Purpose." As a business coach, Ortiz has taught thousands of entrepreneurs, managers and sales professionals how to bridge the gap between worldly success and their spiritual calling. Over the last ten years he has developed a unique life coaching system that blends spiritual principles with practical personal development skills to help you unlock your God-given potential.
Download or read book Understanding Culture and Society in India written by Abha Chauhan and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-26 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an in-depth account of people’s cultural and religious life in the Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It brings out the significance of Sufi and deity shrines as alternative places of worship that give meaning and purpose to people’s lives. It includes sites and practices commonly associated with Islam/Sufism and Hinduism as spaces of shared culture. Most of the existing literature of Jammu and Kashmir is on Kashmir focusing mostly on topics such as politics, state, identity, conflict or violence. This book proposes to go beyond these works by delimiting the focus and area of the study to culture, society and religion. It explores the sites of religious pluralism and tolerance in the violence-ridden territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The chapters are mainly based on ethnographic data collected through qualitative methods like observation – participant and non-participant, case studies, in-depth interviews and oral history. The book is of interest to researchers, both faculty and graduate students, in the areas of sociology of religion, social anthropology, religious studies, cultural studies, Sufism, shrines and deity worship in South Asia.
Download or read book The Cup of Salvation written by Beth Wickenberg Ely and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-15 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed specifically for laity, this manual offers practical tips and theological underpinnings of this Eucharistic ministry. In the Episcopal Church, the term Eucharistic Minister is used to denote someone who assists the priest with administering the Eucharist, often handling the wine. Ely offers historical perspective on this ministry, a theological overview, practical tips, plus an invitation to engage in the spiritual dimensions of serving one's local congregation as a Eucharistic Minister. She concludes the book with a chapter on how to establish this ministry in a local parish.
