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Harnessed

Author : Mark Changizi
Publisher : BenBella Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1935618830
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Harnessed written by Mark Changizi and published by BenBella Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scientific consensus is that our ability to understand human speech has evolved over hundreds of thousands of years. After all, there are whole portions of the brain devoted to human speech. We learn to understand speech before we can even walk, and can seamlessly absorb enormous amounts of information simply by hearing it. Surely we evolved this capability over thousands of generations. Or did we? Portions of the human brain are also devoted to reading. Children learn to read at a very young age and can seamlessly absorb information even more quickly through reading than through hearing. We know that we didn't evolve to read because reading is only a few thousand years old. In Harnessed, cognitive scientist Mark Changizi demonstrates that human speech has been very specifically “designed" to harness the sounds of nature, sounds we've evolved over millions of years to readily understand. Long before humans evolved, mammals have learned to interpret the sounds of nature to understand both threats and opportunities. Our speech—regardless of language—is very clearly based on the sounds of nature. Even more fascinating, Changizi shows that music itself is based on natural sounds. Music—seemingly one of the most human of inventions—is literally built on sounds and patterns of sound that have existed since the beginning of time. From Library Journal: "Many scientists believe that the human brain's capacity for language is innate, that the brain is actually "hard-wired" for this higher-level functionality. But theoretical neurobiologist Changizi (director of human cognition, 2AI Labs; The Vision Revolution) brilliantly challenges this view, claiming that language (and music) are neither innate nor instinctual to the brain but evolved culturally to take advantage of what the most ancient aspect of our brain does best: process the sounds of nature ... it will certainly intrigue evolutionary biologists, linguists, and cultural anthropologists and is strongly recommended for libraries that have Changizi's previous book." From Forbes: “In his latest book, Harnessed, neuroscientist Mark Changizi manages to accomplish the extraordinary: he says something compellingly new about evolution.… Instead of tackling evolution from the usual position and become mired in the usual arguments, he focuses on one aspect of the larger story so central to who we are, it may very well overshadow all others except the origin of life itself: communication."

Pitch Hill

Author : Shelley Tomich
Publisher : Pitch Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780996085205
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (852 download)

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Download or read book Pitch Hill written by Shelley Tomich and published by Pitch Publications. This book was released on 2015-10-08 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you struggling with teaching solfege or looking for a fun, new method for teaching solfege to elementary students? Then look no further! Pitch Hill is for you! In Pitch Hill, each solfege note is a character with his or her own story. For example, Do is a Boxer! He LOVES to box! He wears special head gear and boxing gloves to protect him and when we sing the note that is Do, we show our hands like boxing gloves. Do is very strong and will catch Re if she falls off the roof! (You will have to purchase to hear her story!) The stories provide a way to remember the corresponding Curwen hand sign as well as help explain the relationship between individual pitches. Though the system is enhanced by technologies available in many schools (iPads, IWB, etc.) it can also be taught using a simple chalkboard. Pitch Hill was created to overcome the challenge of teaching solfege notes by engaging visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learning modalities as well as captivating students with wonderful story telling. This book provides: An overview of how to teach Pitch Hill. A catchy song for each character! A brief history of solfege and how to introduce this history to students. 20 lesson plans using Pitch Hill, including standards covered, process, and interdisciplinary connections. A list of folk and multi-cultural songs that use each progression of pitch patterns. 8 lessons from Pitch Hill incorporate children's literature into the lesson. 18 funsheets (worksheets) that can be used to assess students progress in identifying solfege notes. Rubrics to assess students on their singing and instrument performances that go along with Pitch Hill."

Moral Authority in Seamus Heaney and Geoffrey Hill

Author : Bridget Vincent
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198870922
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Moral Authority in Seamus Heaney and Geoffrey Hill written by Bridget Vincent and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do poems communicate moral ideas? Can they express concepts in ways that are unique and impossible to replicate in other forms of writing? This book explores these questions by turning to two of the late twentieth century's most important poets: Seamus Heaney and Geoffrey Hill. Their work shows that a poem can act as an example of a moral concept, rather than simply a description or discussion of it. Exploring these two poets via their shared preoccupation with poetry's moral exemplarity opens up new perspectives on their work. The concept of exemplarity is shown to play an important role in these poets' most significant preoccupations, from moral complicity to the nature of lyric speech to literary influence to memorialisation, responsibility, and aesthetic autonomy. Through this new analysis of poetry, critical prose, drama, and archival materials, this book offers a major new study of ethics in the later period of these two writers--including recent underexplored posthumous works. In turn, the book also makes an important intervention in larger debates about literature and morality, and about the field of ethical criticism itself: this is the first book-length study to expand ethical criticism beyond its customary narrative focus. The ethical criticism of fiction is often an exercise in methodological advocacy, urging the use of more literary examples in moral philosophy. As this book shows, including poetry among these examples introduces new, lyric-inflected caveats about the use of literature as a form of moral example: caveats which remain invisible in narrative-centred ethical criticism.

2002 American Alpine Journal

Author :
Publisher : The Mountaineers Books
ISBN 13 : 9781933056494
Total Pages : 882 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book 2002 American Alpine Journal written by and published by The Mountaineers Books. This book was released on with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special anniversary collection includes the 100 biggest accomplishments of American mountaineers, the most important voice in American climbing, the best books by American climbers and more. Climbers of 2001's hottest new routes includes Kenton Cool, Jonathan Copp, Stefan Glowacz, Alex and Tom Huber, Stephen Koch, Tim O'Neill, Dean Potter, Marko Preselj, Mark Richey, Raphael Slawinski, and more.

An Unexpected Light

Author : David C Mahan
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 0227903579
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (279 download)

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Download or read book An Unexpected Light written by David C Mahan and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Can poetry matter to Christian theology?' David Mahan asks in the introduction to this interdisciplinary work. Does the study of poetry represent a serious theological project? What does poetry have to contribute to the public tasks of theology andthe Church? How can theologians, clergy and other ministry professionals, and Christian laypeople benefit from an earnest study of poetry? A growing number of professional theologians today seek to push theological inquiry beyond the relative seclusion of academic specialisation into a broader marketplace of public ideas, and to recast the theological task as an integrative discipline, wholly engaged with the issues and sensibilities of the age. Accordingly, such scholars seek to draw upon and engage the insights and practices of a variety of cultural resources, including those of the arts, in their theological projects. Arguing that poetry can be a form of theological discourse, Mahan shows how poetry offers rich theological resourcesand instruction for the Christian church. In drawing attention to the 'peculiar advantages' it affords, this book addresses one of the greatest challenges facing the church today: the difficulty of effectively communicating the Christian gospel withincreasingly disaffected 'late-modern' people.

Where to Watch Birds in Surrey and Sussex

Author : Matthew Phelps
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1399404210
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Where to Watch Birds in Surrey and Sussex written by Matthew Phelps and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-15 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This site guide covers the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex and Surrey, including sites in southwest Greater London. From the heaths of Surrey to the chalky grassland of the North and South Downs, the great forests of the Weald and the headlands, shingle beaches and river valleys of England's south coast, these three counties are a bird-rich part of the country, with perhaps the most diverse range of habitats in the country, and all within easy distance of London, the southwest part of which contains birding sites such as Barnes wetland centre. This new book by Matthew Phelps and Ed Stubbs is the definitive guide to the birding highlights of the region. It contains a comprehensive review of all the major sites, and many lesser-known ones, with maps, notes on access, and information on target species and when to visit. Where to Watch Birds in Surrey and Sussex is indispensable for any birder heading to this bird-rich region, or anyone in London who wants to head south to enjoy some of the best birding England can offer.

Blind Man's Bluff: A Memoir

Author : James Tate Hill
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393867188
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (938 download)

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Download or read book Blind Man's Bluff: A Memoir written by James Tate Hill and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2021-08-03 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Editors' Choice A Washington Independent Review of Books Favorite Book of 2021 A writer’s humorous and often-heartbreaking tale of losing his sight—and how he hid it from the world. At age sixteen, James Tate Hill was diagnosed with Leber’s hereditary optic neuropathy, a condition that left him legally blind. When high-school friends stopped calling and a disability counselor advised him to aim for C’s in his classes, he tried to escape the stigma by pretending he could still see. In this unfailingly candid yet humorous memoir, Hill discloses the tricks he employed to pass for sighted, from displaying shelves of paperbacks he read on tape to arriving early on first dates so women would have to find him. He risked his life every time he crossed a street, doing his best to listen for approaching cars. A good memory and pop culture obsessions like Tom Cruise, Prince, and all things 1980s allowed him to steer conversations toward common experiences. For fifteen years, Hill hid his blindness from friends, colleagues, and lovers, even convincing himself that if he stared long enough, his blurry peripheral vision would bring the world into focus. At thirty, faced with a stalled writing career, a crumbling marriage, and a growing fear of leaving his apartment, he began to wonder if there was a better way.

Surrey

Author : Walter Jerrold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surrey written by Walter Jerrold and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pitch In!

Author : Pamela Hill Nettleton
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9781404806214
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Pitch In! written by Pamela Hill Nettleton and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2005 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tina Truly's advice column offers tips on being cooperative.

British Road Book ...: The south midland counties, Wales and East Anglia, comp. and ed. by F.W. Cook. 2d and rev. ed

Author : Cyclists' Touring Club
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book British Road Book ...: The south midland counties, Wales and East Anglia, comp. and ed. by F.W. Cook. 2d and rev. ed written by Cyclists' Touring Club and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Notorious Sir John Hill

Author : George Rousseau
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1611461219
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book The Notorious Sir John Hill written by George Rousseau and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2012-05-10 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first biography of one of Georgian England’s most notorious figures, who thrived on scandal, fracas, and the cultivation of notoriety. Despite this he managed to make contributions to diverse fields, including botany, geology, literature, medicine and the professionalization of science, whose value has stood the test of time. Hill appears here in the company of other illuminati such as Samuel Johnson, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Oliver Goldsmith, Christopher Smart, Linnaeus, Haller and the Fellows of the Royal Society.

100 Walks in Surrey

Author : Maggie Mellett
Publisher : The Crowood Press
ISBN 13 : 1785003038
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book 100 Walks in Surrey written by Maggie Mellett and published by The Crowood Press. This book was released on 2017-03-31 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surrey is a walker's paradise, with rolling chalk downland, picturesque villages and dense woodland, and this collection of 100 walks of up to 12 miles will help you explore the best of this diverse county. The Crowood Walking Guides give detailed and accurate route descriptions of the 100 walks, with full-colour mapping and details of where to park and where to eat and drink, and also places of interest to see along the way. With easy-to-follow directions, this will be of great interest to anyone living in Surrey, or visiting family or friends and who enjoys walking - from retirees to young families.

Southern Rambles for Londoners

Author : S P B Mais
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178366021X
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (836 download)

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Download or read book Southern Rambles for Londoners written by S P B Mais and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-10 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1948: with post-war Britain's sense 'dulled by traffic and by bombs', this pocket-sized book was a clarion call for readers to rediscover the beauties of the idyllic English countryside. Published by Southern Railways, it recounts the joys of listening to birdsong, picking whortleberries, gazing at the clouds and 'being genial' in the bars of tiny village inns – experiences that had been obscured by war, deprivation and the bus and train journeys that suburbanisation had brought. Offering twenty real country walks around Surrey and Kent, this guide reveals where the 1940s rambler would be 'most likely to find quietude and loveliness' – as well as the best cakes!

Highways and Byways in Surrey

Author : Eric Parker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Highways and Byways in Surrey written by Eric Parker and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Burial at Home Plate

Author : Bob Fulton
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book Burial at Home Plate written by Bob Fulton and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-06-13 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book Burial at Home Plate offers a colorful look at the Pittsburgh Pirates, with an emphasis on offbeat moments in team history. Read about the doubleheader completed underwater; the Pittsburgh outfielders whose pursuit of a batted ball was halted by a gun-wielding Cincinnati fan; the pitcher who earned a victory while taking a nap; the dead man who tied a franchise record for games played; the sparrow that flew from beneath batter Casey Stengel’s cap; and the rookie who struck out while seated on the bench. Burial at Home Plate touches on the indoor game that was rained out; the throng of 50,000 that turned out in Pittsburgh for a game played more than 400 miles away; the tipsy pitcher who fell asleep inside the tarp during a game; the future MVPs who delivered their first major league hits while still in the minors; the FBI agent who “pinch hit” for Ralph Kiner; and the Pirates manager who disproved the notion that you can’t steal first base. Burial at Home Plate also shines the spotlight on the Green Weenie, the alabaster plaster, Aunt Minnie, the Rickey Dinks, Destiny’s Darlings, Dr. Strangeglove, eephus pitches and—the inspiration for the book’s title—a strange pre-game interment that took place at home plate. About the Author Bob Fulton has written extensively about the Pittsburgh Pirates for regional and national publications such as Sports History, Pittsburgh Magazine, The National Pastime, Pittsburgh Sports Now, Pennsylvania, the Major League Baseball All-Star Game program and On Deck, formerly the official magazine of the Pirates. His work has also appeared in American Heritage, Football Digest, The NCAA News, NFL Exclusive, Delta Sky, Marathon and Beyond, Basketball Weekly, Referee, The Elks Magazine, Collegiate Baseball and Sports Heritage, among others. Fulton is the author of The Summer Olympics: A Treasury of Legend and Lore; Never Lost a Game (Time Just Ran Out); Top Ten Baseball Stats: Interesting Rankings of Players, Managers, Umpires and Teams; and Pirates Treasures: Facts, Feats, Firsts in Pittsburgh Pirates History. In addition, his story on the major league debut of 15-year-old pitcher Joe Nuxhall was included in an anthology, The Ol’ Ball Game. Fulton, a member of the Society for American Baseball Research, resides in Indiana, Pa.

Memoir of a Map of the County of Surrey

Author : Joseph Lindley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Memoir of a Map of the County of Surrey written by Joseph Lindley and published by . This book was released on 1793 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Memoir of a map of ... Surrey, from a survey made ... by Joseph Lindley ... and William Crosley [by J. Lindley.].

Author : Joseph Lindley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Memoir of a map of ... Surrey, from a survey made ... by Joseph Lindley ... and William Crosley [by J. Lindley.]. written by Joseph Lindley and published by . This book was released on 1793 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: