Author: Jonathan Miller
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 0992627079
Category : Theatrical producers and directors
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Published in the month of his 80th birthday, this selection gives an idea of the depth and variety of Jonathan Miller's talents and preoccupations. Actor, doctor, TV presenter, film director, opera director, sculptor - Miller's careers cover a vast range. He is also a gifted and insightful writer, but his writings have been scattered across a series of books and articles over the last sixty years. Each extract has an introduction by Miller, setting it in the context of his interests in the arts and sciences. The essays range from Beyond the Fringe to The Afterlife of Art; the Kennedy Assassination to Lennie Bruce; The Body in Question to Camouflage; Schooldays to Mesmerism.
On Further Reflection
Author: Jonathan Miller
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 0992627079
Category : Theatrical producers and directors
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Published in the month of his 80th birthday, this selection gives an idea of the depth and variety of Jonathan Miller's talents and preoccupations. Actor, doctor, TV presenter, film director, opera director, sculptor - Miller's careers cover a vast range. He is also a gifted and insightful writer, but his writings have been scattered across a series of books and articles over the last sixty years. Each extract has an introduction by Miller, setting it in the context of his interests in the arts and sciences. The essays range from Beyond the Fringe to The Afterlife of Art; the Kennedy Assassination to Lennie Bruce; The Body in Question to Camouflage; Schooldays to Mesmerism.
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 0992627079
Category : Theatrical producers and directors
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Published in the month of his 80th birthday, this selection gives an idea of the depth and variety of Jonathan Miller's talents and preoccupations. Actor, doctor, TV presenter, film director, opera director, sculptor - Miller's careers cover a vast range. He is also a gifted and insightful writer, but his writings have been scattered across a series of books and articles over the last sixty years. Each extract has an introduction by Miller, setting it in the context of his interests in the arts and sciences. The essays range from Beyond the Fringe to The Afterlife of Art; the Kennedy Assassination to Lennie Bruce; The Body in Question to Camouflage; Schooldays to Mesmerism.
Upon Further Reflection
Author: Burrhus Frederic Skinner
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book deals with global issues concerning ecology and world government. It moves from the very general to the very specific.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
This book deals with global issues concerning ecology and world government. It moves from the very general to the very specific.
After Further Review
Author: Joe Sweeney
Publisher: Triunity Publications
ISBN: 9780692890707
Category : Personality development
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
"The focus nowadays is always on more. People fret about making more money, achieving more success, buying more things, and having more fun. What they don't realize is that all the worrying stops them from receiving what they truly need. Joe Sweeney knows what it's like to live life in the fast lane. He was a highly successful businessman, sports agent, and entrepreneur, Sweeney, like many people, developed a smoldering discontent. His success wasn't making him truly happy, and he was trying to find more meaning and purpose in his life. In this inspirational book, Sweeney uses sports analogies to guide readers to a similar revelation. His wisdom and advice come in the form of reflective questions, interactive exercises, action prompts, and other activities designed to make you think about your own path forward. Sweeney encourages you to start looking for something important, not simply something more."--Back cover.
Publisher: Triunity Publications
ISBN: 9780692890707
Category : Personality development
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
"The focus nowadays is always on more. People fret about making more money, achieving more success, buying more things, and having more fun. What they don't realize is that all the worrying stops them from receiving what they truly need. Joe Sweeney knows what it's like to live life in the fast lane. He was a highly successful businessman, sports agent, and entrepreneur, Sweeney, like many people, developed a smoldering discontent. His success wasn't making him truly happy, and he was trying to find more meaning and purpose in his life. In this inspirational book, Sweeney uses sports analogies to guide readers to a similar revelation. His wisdom and advice come in the form of reflective questions, interactive exercises, action prompts, and other activities designed to make you think about your own path forward. Sweeney encourages you to start looking for something important, not simply something more."--Back cover.
Reflection
Author: W. Scott Causey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514400367
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
By the year 2126, CEO Carlton Ferguson and his immensely powerful corporation have already introduced the world to Reflection Technology, a means to view any event that has happened in a previous forty-eight-hour window. Effectively ridding the world of crime, the technology is far too valuable for society to abandon but too dangerous for one person to control. Still, Carlton is determined that he, and he alone, should hold the key to this Pandoras box and finds himself in a battle to keep what is his. Further, he is secretly deep within the process of enhancing the technology to go far beyond a mere two-day limit and does not intend to stop until he can witness the very beginning of time itself. Governments covet the technology, while world faiths fear it will unmask the very gods to whom they pray. Though their goals may be mutually exclusive, religious and political opponents conspire to force Carlton into revealing his secrets. With few available options, Carlton agrees to a tenuous partnership with the United States government but quickly learns that his innate reluctance to freely offer his trust is justified.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1514400367
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
By the year 2126, CEO Carlton Ferguson and his immensely powerful corporation have already introduced the world to Reflection Technology, a means to view any event that has happened in a previous forty-eight-hour window. Effectively ridding the world of crime, the technology is far too valuable for society to abandon but too dangerous for one person to control. Still, Carlton is determined that he, and he alone, should hold the key to this Pandoras box and finds himself in a battle to keep what is his. Further, he is secretly deep within the process of enhancing the technology to go far beyond a mere two-day limit and does not intend to stop until he can witness the very beginning of time itself. Governments covet the technology, while world faiths fear it will unmask the very gods to whom they pray. Though their goals may be mutually exclusive, religious and political opponents conspire to force Carlton into revealing his secrets. With few available options, Carlton agrees to a tenuous partnership with the United States government but quickly learns that his innate reluctance to freely offer his trust is justified.
Handing One Another Along
Author: Robert Coles
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679604030
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In this book on shaping a meaningful and ethical life, the renowned, Pulitzer Prize–winning author explores how character, courage, and human and moral understanding can be fostered by reflecting on the lives of others, through stories. Based on Robert Coles’ legendary course at Harvard, this provocative book addresses such questions as, “Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?” It calls on us to become stronger and more aware, by reflecting on ourselves and others with the help of great literature and art. Dr. Coles shows how the work of writers, artists, and thinkers of the past two centuries can inspire our own reflections on the daily lives we lead. He offers a compelling call to venture outside of our own selves and lives and to listen, attentively and with growing humanity, to the way others get through life. Coles encourages us to examine our own character, kindness, and complexity by looking carefully at our perceptions of others, and by studying the wisdom of authors from Charles Dickens to Flannery O’Connor, from James Agee to George Orwell, and many others. In this influential conversation about empathy and engagement, Coles inspires us to seek out deeper meaning in our lives, and guides us toward achieving greater clarity, strength, and richness of understanding, amid the moral, psychological, and social complexities of the modern world.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0679604030
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
In this book on shaping a meaningful and ethical life, the renowned, Pulitzer Prize–winning author explores how character, courage, and human and moral understanding can be fostered by reflecting on the lives of others, through stories. Based on Robert Coles’ legendary course at Harvard, this provocative book addresses such questions as, “Who are we? Where do we come from? Where are we going?” It calls on us to become stronger and more aware, by reflecting on ourselves and others with the help of great literature and art. Dr. Coles shows how the work of writers, artists, and thinkers of the past two centuries can inspire our own reflections on the daily lives we lead. He offers a compelling call to venture outside of our own selves and lives and to listen, attentively and with growing humanity, to the way others get through life. Coles encourages us to examine our own character, kindness, and complexity by looking carefully at our perceptions of others, and by studying the wisdom of authors from Charles Dickens to Flannery O’Connor, from James Agee to George Orwell, and many others. In this influential conversation about empathy and engagement, Coles inspires us to seek out deeper meaning in our lives, and guides us toward achieving greater clarity, strength, and richness of understanding, amid the moral, psychological, and social complexities of the modern world.
Upon Further Reflection...
Author: Linda Richard
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411612728
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The 2nd in a series of books which makes the connection between daily life and Christian Faith. Short anecdotes and reflections examine the myriad events of day-to-day living through the lens of Christian Faith. Thought provoking, sometimes humorous reflections provide excellent fodder for the task of crafting sermons which proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ: the same yesterday, today, and forever!
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1411612728
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
The 2nd in a series of books which makes the connection between daily life and Christian Faith. Short anecdotes and reflections examine the myriad events of day-to-day living through the lens of Christian Faith. Thought provoking, sometimes humorous reflections provide excellent fodder for the task of crafting sermons which proclaim the Good News of Jesus Christ: the same yesterday, today, and forever!
Reflecting on America
Author: Clare L. Boulanger
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351551914
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Anthropologists travel back in time and across the globe to understand human culture?but, surprise, there is culture right here in the United States. This second edition of the best-selling textbook and anthology, Reflecting on America, again focuses on how we can recognize the common cultural thread running through diverse American phenomena?from heroin addiction and Big Business?s efforts to shape the identities of children, to Civil War reenactments and the popularity of burlesque in the Midwest. In addition, this second edition includes chapters written especially for this volume on striptease, Burning Man, The Big Bang Theory TV show, and Groundhog Phil. Written throughout with verve and quirky humor, and offering ?Questions for discussion? after every article, this book is perfect for undergraduate classes in anthropology and American studies. Drawing together twenty-two scholars with expertise in anthropological ideas about culture, Reflecting on America examines what it means to be American.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351551914
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 500
Book Description
Anthropologists travel back in time and across the globe to understand human culture?but, surprise, there is culture right here in the United States. This second edition of the best-selling textbook and anthology, Reflecting on America, again focuses on how we can recognize the common cultural thread running through diverse American phenomena?from heroin addiction and Big Business?s efforts to shape the identities of children, to Civil War reenactments and the popularity of burlesque in the Midwest. In addition, this second edition includes chapters written especially for this volume on striptease, Burning Man, The Big Bang Theory TV show, and Groundhog Phil. Written throughout with verve and quirky humor, and offering ?Questions for discussion? after every article, this book is perfect for undergraduate classes in anthropology and American studies. Drawing together twenty-two scholars with expertise in anthropological ideas about culture, Reflecting on America examines what it means to be American.
Reflection in Learning and Professional Development
Author: Jennifer A. Moon
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136763635
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Reflection is a technique for aiding and reinforcing learning, used in education and professional development. This volume offers practitioners and students guidance that cuts across theoretical approaches, enabling them to understand and use reflection to enhance learning in practice.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136763635
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Reflection is a technique for aiding and reinforcing learning, used in education and professional development. This volume offers practitioners and students guidance that cuts across theoretical approaches, enabling them to understand and use reflection to enhance learning in practice.
Learning Critical Reflection
Author: Laura Béres
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135103328X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Learning Critical Reflection documents the actual learning experiences of social work students and practitioners. It explores how a more in-depth understanding of the process of learning, combined with an analysis of how to critically reflect, will help improve the learning process. The contributors are all professionals who have learnt, in a formalised way, how to critically reflect on their practice. They speak in depth, and with feeling, about their experiences, how downsides and upsides worked together to transform the way they understood themselves, their professional identity, and their practice. Existing literature about critical reflection is reviewed, identifying the details of learning, and pulling no punches in recognising the difficulty and complexity of becoming transformed through this learning process. The editors of this book also contribute their own reflections on learning how to teach critical reflection and include the findings of a research study conducted on students’ learning. Edited by two experienced educators, this book showcases the process of learning, from the perspective of the learners, in order that educators and students, managers, supervisors, and frontline practitioners alike, may make the most of opportunities to critically reflect in both educational and workplace settings. It should be considered essential reading for social work students, practitioners, and educators.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 135103328X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Learning Critical Reflection documents the actual learning experiences of social work students and practitioners. It explores how a more in-depth understanding of the process of learning, combined with an analysis of how to critically reflect, will help improve the learning process. The contributors are all professionals who have learnt, in a formalised way, how to critically reflect on their practice. They speak in depth, and with feeling, about their experiences, how downsides and upsides worked together to transform the way they understood themselves, their professional identity, and their practice. Existing literature about critical reflection is reviewed, identifying the details of learning, and pulling no punches in recognising the difficulty and complexity of becoming transformed through this learning process. The editors of this book also contribute their own reflections on learning how to teach critical reflection and include the findings of a research study conducted on students’ learning. Edited by two experienced educators, this book showcases the process of learning, from the perspective of the learners, in order that educators and students, managers, supervisors, and frontline practitioners alike, may make the most of opportunities to critically reflect in both educational and workplace settings. It should be considered essential reading for social work students, practitioners, and educators.
Reflection
Author: Tyler Lockett
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1524858536
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Fueled by faith and powered by a strong work ethic, Tyler Lockett's debut book of poetry is a reflective and uplifting journey through topics such as identity, sports, race, relationships, and how to live a purposeful life. As an NFL All-Pro wide receiver and return specialist for the Seattle Seahawks, Lockett draws on his unique perspective as a professional athlete to address life's many challenges, temptations, and rewards. From reminding young people to pursue their dreams, to pleading with a friend not to take his own life, Lockett's poetry encourages readers to stay positive even when confronting impossible odds. In addition to never-before-published poems, Reflection also includes workshop questions, notes, and inspirational messages that give readers an opportunity to reflect on their own lives as well.
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1524858536
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Fueled by faith and powered by a strong work ethic, Tyler Lockett's debut book of poetry is a reflective and uplifting journey through topics such as identity, sports, race, relationships, and how to live a purposeful life. As an NFL All-Pro wide receiver and return specialist for the Seattle Seahawks, Lockett draws on his unique perspective as a professional athlete to address life's many challenges, temptations, and rewards. From reminding young people to pursue their dreams, to pleading with a friend not to take his own life, Lockett's poetry encourages readers to stay positive even when confronting impossible odds. In addition to never-before-published poems, Reflection also includes workshop questions, notes, and inspirational messages that give readers an opportunity to reflect on their own lives as well.