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Book Synopsis Quarantine Reflections by : Obioma Osae-Brown
Download or read book Quarantine Reflections written by Obioma Osae-Brown and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideas come from unexpected moments of inactivity. The pandemic created lots of free time to ponder and wonder, and often the mind was plagued with thoughts. The inspiration came from Facebook’s caption page, “What’s on your mind?.” Initially, it started as simple quotes, a few “likes” and comments, but grew into “Quarantine Reflections.” The editing and photography for the book was done by my son, Jordan who had just finished a study abroad program at Osaka University, Japan, and graduated with a B.A. from University of California, Riverside. It was a great way of inculcating the values of engagement, resilience, and vision. The pandemic has brought the toughest challenge in a generation, but has also brought the greatest stories of heroism, resiliency, camaraderie, and human dependency. As you ponder on the various thoughts in this book, it is hoped you will find, feel, and dwell on the things that influence us as humans, or the mantras to build character, integrity, and passion. The charge is to seize every opportunity in life as a call to make a difference.
Book Synopsis Quarantine Reflections Across Two Worlds by : Nora D. Clinton
Download or read book Quarantine Reflections Across Two Worlds written by Nora D. Clinton and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-18 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quarantine Reflections across Two Worlds is a captivating memoir about life in two strikingly different worlds, an ardent defense of freedom, and a thought-provoking analysis of current events and ideologies. Nora D. Clinton shares her story of growing up in Bulgaria—from her childhood under communism, to watching the Berlin Wall fall in twelfth grade, to arriving in America, which she made her home. Throughout, she illustrates the dangers of utopian abstractions and the need for common sense and humanity. Her story is for anyone trying to fathom the current surreal reality—fascination with socialism, 2020 pandemic and protests, and so much more. “It is all about basic humanity, so often drowned these days by enthusiastic efforts to promote abstract ‘values.’ The author reminds us that totalitarian mentality is essentially anti-humanist—no matter whether it claims to be defending a communist or a Nazi state, a nature deprived of people, or the equality of sexes by imposing manufactured uniformity of their roles.” —Philip Dimitrov, PhD, former prime minister of Bulgaria, ambassador of Bulgaria to the USA and of the EU to Georgia, current constitutional justice and VP of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe “Quarantine Reflections across Two Worlds is a vivid and compelling account of childhood and youth in communist Bulgaria, which says, in a few words and through illustrative stories, a lot about the misery of living in a totalitarian state. Its talented author, Nora D. Clinton, possesses wide culture and knowledge, which enables her to offer interesting comments about the superiority of liberty and democracy and to address some clichés of the contemporary political discourse.” —Nassya Kralevska-Owens, journalist and author of numerous books, including Communism Versus Democracy—Bulgaria 1944 to 1997, whose Bulgarian edition became an unsurpassed bestseller about recent history. “Dr. Nora D. Clinton’s vivid booklet is part personal memoir of a childhood under communist tyranny and part impassioned tribute to political liberty. It is a product of noble independence of spirit and an ode to it.” —Andrew Bernstein, PhD, American philosopher and internationally acclaimed lecturer and author of fiction and academic books, including Heroes, Legends, Champions: Why Heroism Matters.
Download or read book On the Roof written by Josh Katz and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This view of a life-altering moment in our history—captured from one photographer’s Brooklyn rooftop—is a testament to human hope and resilience, and what we’ve learned about living in community. The roof of a New York apartment building, like some New York neighbors, can be elusive—you could live there for years and never see it. The unique constraints of 2020’s quarantine drove photographer and Brooklyn transplant Josh Katz up to his Bushwick rooftop and introduced him to both. What he discovered there astonished him. Families, lovers, dogs, meditators, artists, exercise fanatics, daredevils, drinkers, dancers—in this strange time the world below had found a way to continue ticking on up above, subject to new patterns and distances. And then, there were the pigeon fanciers, who had been up there for decades, watching the neighborhood change around them. Josh reached for his camera. The project grew from a man’s attempt to cope with his own isolation to a tender portrait of his community—captured entirely from his own roof—and a resonant chronicle of how some of us found new hope and space in a life-altering year. Characters as heartfelt as any in the now-classic Humans of New York accompany Josh’s keen observations on urban space, human interaction, and new ways of city living we can bring down from the roof to apply in a post-quarantine world.
Book Synopsis Stories and Reflections in Quarantine by : Angel Freddy Medina Segura
Download or read book Stories and Reflections in Quarantine written by Angel Freddy Medina Segura and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-19 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stories and reflections in quarantine" takes us through real situations experienced amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The work synchronizes numbers four and forty. It gives us four parts; each of them contains ten themes for forty topics. Its content combines humor, intrigue, and reflection as an incentive for the soul in turbulent situations.The work is a tribute to those who were fighting in this battle but, unfortunately, were defeated. Meanwhile, we dedicate it to all those who overcame this pandemic. With its reflections, it offers us practical solutions in those moments when family and work crises arise in everyday situations. It also invites us to enjoy life and be better people.
Book Synopsis Touch in the Time of Corona by : Henriette Steiner
Download or read book Touch in the Time of Corona written by Henriette Steiner and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronicle, a memoir, a reflection on the pandemic, and a cultural analysis of the new spatial, social, and epistemological forms that have arisen with it, this volume weaves together cultural history, aesthetics, and urban and digital studies. It looks at the particular ways in which the possibilities for touch, touching and being touched, both physically and affectively, are reconfigured by the pandemic. How are love, care, and humanity’s complex relationships with technology and nature played out in the interval between abandoned city centres and digitally mediated gatherings? How can we comprehend the reconfiguration of relationships through the human response to the pandemic as an experience that concerns us all but affects each of us in different ways? How do we think through the technological and material dependencies that the pandemic situation establishes? And how does this allow us to imagine the world beyond the pandemic—both utopian and dystopian? The essays in this book explore the new forms of intimacy and distance that are developing in the wake of COVID-19, offering a distinctive, topical analysis in the fields of urban and digital studies.
Book Synopsis The Lockdown Diary by : Abila Joseph, Aarya D'souza
Download or read book The Lockdown Diary written by Abila Joseph, Aarya D'souza and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So, in 2020, the world became the playground of a spiky but invisible monster that made its way into everyone’s lives and everything besides. And it isn’t in any mood to get off our backs anytime soon. It was thus that The Lockdown Diary came about — in the wake of perhaps the most colossal tragedy in living memory. The Lockdown Diary is a heart-warming and entertaining story, seen and told through the eyes and voice of Aarya, a cheeky 10 year old Generation Z kid, who takes you through his and his family’s experiences during the Corona lockdown. The highs and the lows, the nuances of his relationship with his mother and 4 year old sister, their bitter-sweet dynamics, and the things they do while being walled in make this story a compelling read. What also makes this book or journal interesting is that while Aarya takes us through his chronicle, he also gets us to engage with our own unique stories and experiences. Amidst all the gloom that surrounds us currently, this book is a breath of fresh air and is sure to put a smile on our face.
Book Synopsis Stories and Reflections in Quarantine by : Angel Medina Segura
Download or read book Stories and Reflections in Quarantine written by Angel Medina Segura and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stories and reflections in quarantine" takes us through real situations experienced amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The work synchronizes numbers four and forty. It gives us four parts; each of them contains ten themes for forty topics. Its content combines humor, intrigue, and reflection as an incentive for the soul in turbulent situations.The work is a tribute to those who were fighting in this battle but, unfortunately, were defeated. Meanwhile, we dedicate it to all those who overcame this pandemic. With its reflections, it offers us practical solutions in those moments when family and work crises arise in everyday situations. It also invites us to enjoy life and be better human beings.
Download or read book Quarantine written by Alison Bashford and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over five centuries, a global archipelago of quarantine stations came to connect the world's oceans from the Mediterranean to the South Pacific, from Atlantic coasts to the Red Sea. In the process, great new carceral structures materialised, many surviving into the present as magnificent ruins or as 5 star hotels with a dark tourism edge. This book offers new histories and geographies of quarantine islands and isolation hospitals across the world, bringing their local and global pasts and present into view. An international cast of leading experts examine the enduring historical problems of migration and mobility, segregation, prevention and protection by states with different interests in freedoms, health and commerce. With case studies from as far afield as the Red Sea, Hong Kong and New Zealand, and from the early modern period forward, this book provides an invaluable insight into the history of quarantine.
Book Synopsis Pandemic Reflections by : Geoffrey Karabin
Download or read book Pandemic Reflections written by Geoffrey Karabin and published by Ethics International Press. This book was released on 2023-11-25 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Francis of Assisi, one of the most acclaimed and enduring of saints, is particularly significant when reflecting upon the COVID pandemic. Francis lived, and ministered, amid a leprosy pandemic. How he lived in relation to that pandemic makes him a source of insight to as well as a potential critic of contemporary responses to COVID. In turn, one can use COVID to question Francis. Did he exhibit a harmful form of religious devotion, perhaps fanaticism, by exposing himself and others to a lethal pathogen? This edited collection examines a highly visible and impactful religious figure with the intent of bringing him into conversation with one of the defining issues of the early 21st Century.
Book Synopsis Some Quarantine Reflections by : Joseph Holt
Download or read book Some Quarantine Reflections written by Joseph Holt and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Lockdown Diary: Reflections of a 10 Year Old in Quarantine by : Aarya d'Souza
Download or read book The Lockdown Diary: Reflections of a 10 Year Old in Quarantine written by Aarya d'Souza and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-06-10 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So, in 2020, the world became the playground of a spiky but invisible monster that made its way into everyone's lives and everything besides. And it isn't in any mood to get off our backs anytime soon. It was thus that The Lockdown Diary came about - in the wake of perhaps the most colossal tragedy in living memory. The Lockdown Diary is a heart-warming and entertaining story, seen and told through the eyes and voice of Aarya, a cheeky 10 year old Generation Z kid, who takes you through his and his family's experiences during the Corona lockdown. The highs and the lows, the nuances of his relationship with his mother and 4 year old sister, their bitter-sweet dynamics, and the things they do while being walled in make this story a compelling read. What also makes this book or journal interesting is that while Aarya takes us through his chronicle, he also gets us to engage with our own unique stories and experiences. Amidst all the gloom that surrounds us currently, this book is a breath of fresh air and is sure to put a smile on our face.
Book Synopsis When We Turned Within by : Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Download or read book When We Turned Within written by Sarah Tuttle-Singer and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is much more than a record of loss. It is a collection of reflections, prayers, and poems of many, many individual souls who collectively tell the story of right now with depth and heart and startling brilliance. On these pages you will find honest testimony of a very difficult time on our planet. Be inspired by these voices and see patterns emerge, feel the pain and longing and hope and faith and frustration and loneliness and transcendence of each contribution. When We Turned Within will help you believe once again that all people share a common humanity, that our souls bind us together, that a better day is possible.
Book Synopsis Ponderings During the Pandemic by : Yvonne Hall
Download or read book Ponderings During the Pandemic written by Yvonne Hall and published by . This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The time of the COVID-19 Pandemic was a time of quarantine and isolation for many people, causing much loneliness and sadness. As an Associate Minister and a member of a few ministries in my church, I felt led to try to bring some encouragement and inspiration to the members of these ministries. And so, with the aid and anointing of the Holy Spirit, I began frequently sending these short messages to the ministries via e-mail. Those messages have resulted in the compilation of this present work. They are my thoughts, reflections, musings, and meditations during the year-long period of quarantine, isolation and restrictions. However, the majority of these reflections are not merely my thoughts, but they are scripturally based, backed by the Word of God. Some of them may be considered Sermonettes. For example, let's take a look at one of the readings dated April 1, 2020 and entitled "In the Valley." Psalm 23:4 says "Yea though I walk through the valley and the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me." Because of this Coronavirus (COVID-19), we are most certainly in a valley right now. Sickness and death are all around us. Nevertheless, the operative phrase in this verse is: "THROUGH THE VALLEY" with emphasis on the word, "THROUGH." Yes the situation seems dark right now; it's frightening and scary, but it's also temporary. We shall not stay in this valley. We can put our CONFIDENCE in the Lord of the valley, believe that He will lead us THROUGH this valley. Also, we are not alone in this valley, for the Lord of the valley is with us. He is our COMPANY-KEEPER, and if we can look away from the scary shadows and focus on the company-keeper, the author and finisher of our faith, He will keep us by His grace and mercy, and we know that His grace is sufficient, and His mercy endures forever. Finally, this verse not only gives us confidence and a company-keeper, but it promises COMFORT, and this comfort comes from the Lord of the valley's Rod and His staff--the Written Word and the Living Word. The Written Word (the Bible) with its promises of provision and protection is our source of comfort, and the Living Word, who is Jesus, our Shepherd, leads us THROUGH this valley. "Wait on the Lord, be of good courage, and He will strengthen our heart. WAIT, I SAY, ON THE LORD!" (Psalm 27:14). In April of 2020, many folk were becoming so anxious, so devastated, and actually fearful of what was happening, I was led to try to help people understand that they were not alone, and that they would get through it in God's time. Although, at this writing, we are almost completely through that valley, it is my prayer that these readings will continue to strengthen you and comfort you in any other "valley" you may find yourself going through.
Download or read book My POV written by Mauri Winfree and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-14 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the time of America's Quarantine from the Coronavirus in March 2020, college student/app developer Mauri Winfree decided to open up about his point of view as a millennial in today's society especially during a time of isolation. This book is also a toolkit for the readers as well to help them find more positivity in their lives.
Book Synopsis Reflections on Faith Inspired by Covid by : Phil Ridden
Download or read book Reflections on Faith Inspired by Covid written by Phil Ridden and published by . This book was released on 2020-07 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This a book to provide encouragement and inspiration during the pandemic. It is based on a daily blog. It contains 60 reflections, and is littered with coloured photographs.
Book Synopsis Pantheologies by : Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Download or read book Pantheologies written by Mary-Jane Rubenstein and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pantheism is the idea that God and the world are identical—that the creator, sustainer, destroyer, and transformer of all things is the universe itself. From a monotheistic perspective, this notion is irremediably heretical since it suggests divinity might be material, mutable, and multiple. Since the excommunication of Baruch Spinoza, Western thought has therefore demonized what it calls pantheism, accusing it of incoherence, absurdity, and—with striking regularity—monstrosity. In this book, Mary-Jane Rubenstein investigates this perennial repugnance through a conceptual genealogy of pantheisms. What makes pantheism “monstrous”—at once repellent and seductive—is that it scrambles the raced and gendered distinctions that Western philosophy and theology insist on drawing between activity and passivity, spirit and matter, animacy and inanimacy, and creator and created. By rejecting the fundamental difference between God and world, pantheism threatens all the other oppositions that stem from it: light versus darkness, male versus female, and humans versus every other organism. If the panic over pantheism has to do with a fear of crossed boundaries and demolished hierarchies, then the question becomes what a present-day pantheism might disrupt and what it might reconfigure. Cobbling together heterogeneous sources—medieval heresies, their pre- and anti-Socratic forebears, general relativity, quantum mechanics, nonlinear biologies, multiverse and indigenous cosmologies, ecofeminism, animal and vegetal studies, and new and old materialisms—Rubenstein assembles possible pluralist pantheisms. By mobilizing this monstrous mixture of unintentional God-worlds, Pantheologies gives an old heresy the chance to renew our thinking.
Book Synopsis Reflections from the Covid-19 Pandemic: Pursuits of Panaceas by : Neha B. Jampala
Download or read book Reflections from the Covid-19 Pandemic: Pursuits of Panaceas written by Neha B. Jampala and published by LifeRich Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-07 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a nonfiction endeavor that aims to capture a snapshot of what American society was like during the public health crisis of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Through a series of interviews featuring people who have struggled with loss, financial limitations, and working strenuous frontline jobs, the book aims to elucidate crucial voices who share their experiences of how they coped, persisted, and reflected during quarantines and lockdowns. These interviews, all of which have been transformed into a cohesive article/story-like format, also feature people who have pioneered change during the pandemic, such as PPE providers, nonprofit organizations, and heads of major institutions in education and healthcare. Hopefully, readers will be left with a scintilla of each person’s story and will reflect upon the lessons we have learned during the pandemic — lessons that remind us of the strength and intricacy of humanity.
