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Silences and Nonsenses

Author : Adrian Plass
Publisher : Authentic Media Inc
ISBN 13 : 1850789231
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book Silences and Nonsenses written by Adrian Plass and published by Authentic Media Inc. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adrian Plass has been delighting readers with his poetry for over twenty-five years, and this book finally brings it all together in one volume. As he says, 'To have them all, good, not so good, simple, complicated, light-hearted, funny, serious, sensible and silly collected into one volume is more exciting than I can say.' Funny, poignant, challenging and downright hysterical - these poems will delight readers. Some were born from times of incredible personal difficulty. Others have come from his visits to dangerous and poor parts of the world. Others come from his love affair with the Church. All of them reflect the man, his faith, his life and his joy

The Shadow Doctor

Author : Adrian Plass
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 1444745484
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book The Shadow Doctor written by Adrian Plass and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Shadow Doctor isn't your usual kind of doctor. Sure, you can bring him your problems - but the chances are his solutions will blow your mind. This man can see into your soul, and the cures he prescribes don't come from the pharmacy. If you have fears you just cannot face, wounds you can't even bear to remember - if you've been abused, ignored, damaged by all life throws at you - the Shadow Doctor is here to help. But the Shadow Doctor has shades of his own, and the work of helping others may be the only thing keeping him afloat. Can he stay ahead of the demons that torment him long enough to help those who need him?

Nonsense

Author : Jamie Holmes
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0385348398
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Nonsense written by Jamie Holmes and published by Crown. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating look at the surprising upside of ambiguity—and how, properly harnessed, it can inspire learning, creativity, even empathy Life today feels more overwhelming and chaotic than ever. Whether it’s a confounding work problem or a faltering relationship or an unclear medical diagnosis, we face constant uncertainty. And we’re continually bombarded with information, much of it contradictory. Managing ambiguity—in our jobs, our relationships, and daily lives—is quickly becoming an essential skill. Yet most of us don’t know where to begin. As Jamie Holmes shows in Nonsense, being confused is unpleasant, so we tend to shutter our minds as we grasp for meaning and stability, especially in stressful circumstances. We’re hard-wired to resolve contradictions quickly and extinguish anomalies. This can be useful, of course. When a tiger is chasing you, you can’t be indecisive. But as Nonsense reveals, our need for closure has its own dangers. It makes us stick to our first answer, which is not always the best, and it makes us search for meaning in the wrong places. When we latch onto fast and easy truths, we lose a vital opportunity to learn something new, solve a hard problem, or see the world from another perspective. In other words, confusion—that uncomfortable mental place—has a hidden upside. We just need to know how to use it. This lively and original book points the way. Over the last few years, new insights from social psychology and cognitive science have deepened our understanding of the role of ambiguity in our lives and Holmes brings this research together for the first time, showing how we can use uncertainty to our advantage. Filled with illuminating stories—from spy games and doomsday cults to Absolut Vodka’s ad campaign and the creation of Mad Libs—Nonsense promises to transform the way we conduct business, educate our children, and make decisions. In an increasingly unpredictable, complex world, it turns out that what matters most isn’t IQ, willpower, or confidence in what we know. It’s how we deal with what we don’t understand.

The City of Beautiful Nonsense

Author : E. Temple Thurston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The City of Beautiful Nonsense written by E. Temple Thurston and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The City of Beautiful Nonsense

Author : Ernest Temple Thurston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The City of Beautiful Nonsense written by Ernest Temple Thurston and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Silence, Space and Absence in Conrad's Works

Author : John G. Peters
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303144910X
Total Pages : 121 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Silence, Space and Absence in Conrad's Works written by John G. Peters and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-13 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the relationship between sound and silence in the works of Joseph Conrad, along with their ties to Western and non-Western space. Throughout Conrad’s works, a pattern emerges where Western space is associated with sound and non-Western space is associated with silence; similarly, Western space is portrayed as full of objects and activity, whereas non-Western space is portrayed as empty. As these tales progress, though, Conrad’s characters embark on transformational journeys that cause them to reassess the world they live in and sometimes even the nature of the universe. These journeys invariably occur through encountering non-Western space, and during the course of these journeys, the dichotomy between Western space, perceived as replete with sound and activity, and non-Western space, empty of such, blurs such that the fullness of the West is revealed to be simply a surface hiding the emptiness beneath. In the end, both Western and non-Western space are revealed to be absences, as the absence of sound becomes a correlative for the emptiness of space and the emptiness of space becomes a metonym for the cosmological emptiness of nothingness.

Seeing Silence

Author : Mark C. Taylor
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226820033
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Seeing Silence written by Mark C. Taylor and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-02-19 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Finding silence amidst restlessness is what makes creative life possible-and death comprehensible. But how do we find-more importantly, how do we "understand"-silence while immersed in the chattering of the digital age? Have we forgotten how to listen? Are we less prepared than ever for the ultimate silence that awaits us all? Mark C. Taylor's new book is a philosophy of silence for our nervous, buzzing present, a timely work for a world where noise is a means of distraction, domination, and control. Here Taylor asks the reader to pause long enough to hear what is not said, and to attend to what remains unsayable. But in his account, our way to "hearing" silence is to "see" it: Taylor explores variations of silence by considering the work of leading modem and postmodern visual artists, from Barnett Newman and Ad Reinhardt to James Turrell and Anish Kapoor. Drawing also on the insights of philosophers, theologians, writers, and composers, he weaves a rich narrative modeled on the Stations of the Cross. "We come from and return to silence; in between, silence is the gap, hesitation, interval that allows thoughts to form and words to emerge," he writes. His chapter titles suggest our positions toward silence--or rather, our pre-positions: Without. Before. From. Beyond. Against. Within. Around. Between. Toward. With. In. Recasting Hegel's phenomenology of spirit and Kierkegaard's stages on life's way, Taylor translates the traditional "Via Dolorosa" into a Nietzschean "Via Jubilosa" that affirms silence in the midst of noise, light in the midst of darkness"--

Nonsense on Stilts

Author : Massimo Pigliucci
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226667871
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Nonsense on Stilts written by Massimo Pigliucci and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-05-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent polls suggest that fewer than 40 percent of Americans believe in Darwin’s theory of evolution, despite it being one of science’s best-established findings. More and more parents are refusing to vaccinate their children for fear it causes autism, though this link can been consistently disproved. And about 40 percent of Americans believe that the threat of global warming is exaggerated, despite near consensus in the scientific community that manmade climate change is real. Why do people believe bunk? And what causes them to embrace such pseudoscientific beliefs and practices? Noted skeptic Massimo Pigliucci sets out to separate the fact from the fantasy in this entertaining exploration of the nature of science, the borderlands of fringe science, and—borrowing a famous phrase from philosopher Jeremy Bentham—the nonsense on stilts. Presenting case studies on a number of controversial topics, Pigliucci cuts through the ambiguity surrounding science to look more closely at how science is conducted, how it is disseminated, how it is interpreted, and what it means to our society. The result is in many ways a “taxonomy of bunk” that explores the intersection of science and culture at large. No one—not the public intellectuals in the culture wars between defenders and detractors of science nor the believers of pseudoscience themselves—is spared Pigliucci’s incisive analysis. In the end, Nonsense on Stilts is a timely reminder of the need to maintain a line between expertise and assumption. Broad in scope and implication, it is also ultimately a captivating guide for the intelligent citizen who wishes to make up her own mind while navigating the perilous debates that will affect the future of our planet.

Gene Silencing and Editing Strategies for Neurodegenerative Diseases

Author : Clévio Nóbrega
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889455513
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (894 download)

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Download or read book Gene Silencing and Editing Strategies for Neurodegenerative Diseases written by Clévio Nóbrega and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dangerous Children

Author : Kenneth Gross
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226819787
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (268 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Children written by Kenneth Gross and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gross explores our complex fascination with uncanny children in works of fiction. Ranging from Victorian to modern works—Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, Carlo Collodi’s Pinocchio, Henry James’s What Maisie Knew, J. M. Barrie’s Peter and Wendy, Franz Kafka’s “The Cares of a Family Man,” Richard Hughes’s A High Wind in Jamaica, Elizabeth Bowen’s The Death of the Heart, and Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita—Kenneth Gross’s book delves into stories that center around the figure of a strange and dangerous child. Whether written for adults or child readers, or both at once, these stories all show us odd, even frightening visions of innocence. We see these children’s uncanny powers of speech, knowledge, and play, as well as their nonsense and violence. And, in the tales, these child-lives keep changing shape. These are children who are often endangered as much as dangerous, haunted as well as haunting. They speak for lost and unknown childhoods. In looking at these narratives, Gross traces the reader’s thrill of companionship with these unpredictable, often solitary creatures—children curious about the adult world, who while not accommodating its rules, fall into ever more troubling conversations with adult fears and desires. This book asks how such imaginary children, objects of wonder, challenge our ways of seeing the world, our measures of innocence and experience, and our understanding of time and memory.

Silence in Middle Eastern and Western Thought

Author : Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135021171
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Silence in Middle Eastern and Western Thought written by Jason Bahbak Mohaghegh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-26 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting an engaging reflection on the work of prominent modern Iranian literary artists in exchange with contemporary Continental literary criticism and philosophy, this book tracks the idea of silence – through the prism of poetics, dreaming, movement, and the body – across the textual imaginations of both Western and Middle Eastern authors. Through this comparative nexus, it explores the overriding relevance of silence in modern thought, relating the single concept of "the radical unspoken" to the multiple registers of critical theory and postcolonial writing. In this book, the theoretical works of Georges Bataille, Maurice Blanchot, Gaston Bachelard, Antonin Artaud, and Gilles Deleuze are placed into a charged global dialogue with the literary-poetic writings of Sadeq Hedayat, Ahmad Shamlu, Nima Yushij, Esmail Kho’i, and Forugh Farrokhzad. It also examines a vast spectrum of thematic dimensions including disaster, exhaustion, eternity, wandering, insurrection, counter-history, abandonment, forgetting, masking, innocence, exile, vulnerability, desire, excess, secrecy, formlessness, ecstasy, delirium, and apocalypse. Providing comparative criticism that traces some of the most compelling intersections and divergences between Western and Middle Eastern thought, this book is of interest to academics of modern Persian literature, postcolonial studies, Continental philosophy, and Middle Eastern studies.

Mysticism, Ineffability and Silence in Philosophy of Religion

Author : Laura E. Weed
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031180135
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (311 download)

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Download or read book Mysticism, Ineffability and Silence in Philosophy of Religion written by Laura E. Weed and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-13 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors in this volume explore a wide variety of the contemporary approaches to mystical and religious experience to elucidate what religious experience is, in its own terms, and how its practitioners understand it. This anthology features contributions that point out that contemporary studies of consciousness, sociology, hermeneutics, neuroscience, medicine, and other fields, are revealing that there is much more to be said for the inner life of a human’s consciousness than reductionists and behaviorists will allow. This book is one of very few that primarily takes the stance of academic practitioners, explaining their own experience, rather than that of academics trying to explain the phenomena away, as really politics, or sociology, or delusion, or psychological pathology, or literary flights of fancy, or an aberration of any of the other academic fields. Most of the authors in this volume embrace the task of explaining and analyzing religious experience, mysticism, and the healing power of silence and presence, using the resources of all of the academic disciplines, as appropriate. The essays contained analyze religious, and non-religious, mystical and profoundly personal experiences across several world religions, and in areas such as art and music, as well as in solving personal crises such as family disruption and patriarchal oppression. The authors address the subject matter through analyses of the frequent and destructive failures of language, or just noise, to capture or express the nuances of the inner life of a person. It is this very ineffability of self that renders the spiritual, emotional and interior life of individuals beyond cognition and perception, of the straightforward sorts embraced by most cognitive disciplines. The contributors come from a variety of cross-disciplinary fields to bring forth the possibilities for an intuitive and creative, rich and growing inner life for a human. This text appeals to students, researchers, and practitioners.

Plutarch’s Unexpected Silences

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004514252
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Plutarch’s Unexpected Silences written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines passages in Plutarch’s works that foil expectations and whose silence invites closer examination. The contributors question omissions of authors, works, people, and places, and they examine Plutarch’s reticence to comment where he usually would.

THE REVENGE OF THE DARKNESS: DARK DREAMS

Author : Murat KAVŞUT
Publisher : Avutilist Adam
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book THE REVENGE OF THE DARKNESS: DARK DREAMS written by Murat KAVŞUT and published by Avutilist Adam. This book was released on 2024-07-01 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Out of this great silence came a voice that enveloped fine-grained hearts. "Stop! Father, do not do this to the Blue Knight who has always shown his loyalty in your victories," said Princess Nersuispân, the beautiful daughter of the King. This voice found a place deep within the King's heart. Perhaps this voice would change many things. Many things that make us important in life... İnstagram; “avutilist”

Language, Image and Silence

Author : Onno Zijlstra
Publisher : Peter Lang
ISBN 13 : 9783039108428
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Language, Image and Silence written by Onno Zijlstra and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2006 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines the relation of image and language as well as the relation of ethics and aesthetics through a discussion of the positions of Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein. In the Tractatus Wittgenstein pursues the idea that the image can show what language cannot express and defends an aesthetic unity of ethics and aesthetics. Is he right? Is there not much to be said in favour of the opposite position, represented by Kierkegaard's pseudonymous author Judge William (in Either/Or)? William criticizes the image and argues in favour of language and of an ethical unity of aesthetics and ethics. William shows that the word has a decisive surplus when compared to the image. However, this position has its shortcomings too: language is not the only place of authentic communication. Looking for an alternative to 'logoclasm' (the early Wittgenstein) and 'iconoclasm' (William), Zijlstra explores Wittgenstein's later work and Kierkegaard's oeuvre as a whole and presents a new way of thinking about the relation of ethics and aesthetics.

Three Silences

Author : Catherine Isabel Dodd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Three Silences written by Catherine Isabel Dodd and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Common Nonsense

Author : Andy Rooney
Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 1586482009
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Common Nonsense written by Andy Rooney and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2003-10-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Common Nonsense" is Andy Rooney at his best--acerbic, teasing, witty, insightful, and wise. Each section of the book is devoted to a topic close to his heart--food, sports, politics, health, home and work life.