Author : Star Higginbotham
Publisher :
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 16,2 MB
Release : 2020-12-29
Category :
ISBN : 9781087942667
Oh no! There's a global pandemic going around. Will COVID-19 ruin her birthday? Read to find out how she handles being quarantined with her family. Will she be sad, or will she learn what matters most?
Author : Roman Muradov
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 15,20 MB
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1452164398
In an age of obsessive productivity and stress, this illustrated ode to idleness invites you to explore the pleasures and possibilities of slowing down. Beloved author and illustrator Roman Muradov weaves together the words and stories of artists, writers, philosophers, and eccentrics who have pursued inspiration by doing less. He reveals that doing nothing is both easily achievable and essential to leading an enjoyable and creative life. Cultivating idleness can be as simple as taking a long walk without a destination or embracing chance in the creative process. Peppered with playful illustrations, this handsome volume is a refreshing and thought-provoking read. “Whimsical, clever, and companionable . . . On Doing Nothing provides a much-needed correction to our distracted, anxiety-ridden, and increasingly disembodied culture. Muradov has written and illustrated a kind of Situationist, Oulipian Ways of Seeing—a manual for clarity and presence, a book which issues a call to attention; a call to pay attention. The smart yet approachable philosophical reflections unfold like a leisurely stroll through a beautiful and unfamiliar city, provoking thoughtfulness and eliciting in the reader a spirit of discovery.” —Peter Mendelsund, author of What We See When We Read
Author : Geoff Peterson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 26,90 MB
Release : 2022-08-22
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1665568674
A Book At War With Itself I had completed my earlier book, dotted the i’s and licked the stamps, and then... SOMETHING HAPPENED and there was nothing more to say. —geoff peterson False-Positive is an author’s kiss of death. Beginning in the silence that precedes thought, it slips between sleep and jolts of bad conscience. Comprised of fragments struggling to find a pulse, the work fails to achieve form. It will not gather or cohere. It cannot be satisfied. Peterson’s latest is the record of a book nearly aborted, as forlorn as a teddy bear in back of a stolen car, and best viewed as a cry from a rented room during the latest pandemic. Unearthed one day from layers of ash, it could prove to be as time sensitive as a doomsday document. Reader Comments These quarantine poems are parables about growing old and sick, while finding threads of hope in all leftover things...a teddy bear or the beads of a rosary. —Andy Vinca, student of Machado’s Compelling glimpses from inside the rabbit hole in which the poet awakens to a previous life and examines the missing pages that were omitted till he was ready to face them... Scraps of poems not made public but rather assembled by a family member or biographer as they disclose the man’s exit. —Rich Culbertson, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Damn, he’s good! Any time I pick up his book I can open to any page and be restored to my senses. —Sharon Butler, artist
Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher :
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 34,23 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
ISBN :
Author : United States. Dept. of State
Publisher :
Page : 848 pages
File Size : 17,16 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
ISBN :
Author : United States. Department of State
Publisher :
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 18,96 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 776 pages
File Size : 10,48 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, American
ISBN :
Author : Gary Fisher
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 38,22 MB
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1785278061
Travel Writing in an Age of Global Quarantine is an anthology of travel accounts by a diverse range of writers and academics. Challenging conventional academic ‘authority’, each contributor writes, from memory during the Covid-19 lockdown, about a place they have previously visited, ‘accompanied’ by an historical traveller who published an account of the same place. As immobility is forced upon us, at least for the immediate future, we have the chance to reflect. Travel Writing in an Age of Global Quarantine presents opportunities to approach a text as a scholar differently. We break with the traditional academic ‘rules’ by inserting ourselves into the narrative and foregrounding the personal, subjective elements of literary scholarship. Each contributor critiques an historical description of a place about which, simultaneously, they write a personal account.
Author : Adam Smiley Poswolsky
Publisher : Running Press Adult
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 31,17 MB
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 076247226X
*NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB SUMMER 2021 NOMINEE* After nearly a year of social distancing and lockdown measures, it’s more clear than ever that our friendships and bonds are vital to our health and happiness. This refreshing, positive guide helps you take care of your people and form deep connections in the digital age. We are lonelier than ever. The average American hasn't made a new friend in the last five years. Research has shown that people with close friends are happier, healthier, and live longer than people who lack strong social bonds. But why—when we are seemingly more connected than ever before—can it feel so difficult to keep those bonds alive and well? Why do we spend only four percent of our time with friends? In this warm, inspiring guide, Adam "Smiley" Poswolsky proposes a new solution for the mounting pressures of modern life: focus on your friendships. Smiley offers practical habits and playful reminders on how to create meaningful connections, make new friends, and deepen relationships. He'll help you develop a healthier relationship with technology, but he'll also encourage you to prioritize real-world experiences, send snail mail, and engage in self-reflective exercises. Written in short, digestible, action-oriented sections, this book reminds us that nurturing old and new friendships is a ritual, a necessity, and one of the most worthwhile things we can do in life.
Author : Wayne Luckmann
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 36,76 MB
Release : 2012-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1475958897
Wayne Luckmann looks back on growing up in Milwaukee's South Side during the 1930s and 1940s, sharing hard-fought lessons from his childhood and beyond in this touching memoir. In A Stirring of the Air, a Shifting of the Light, Luckmann celebrates his family, childhood friends, and many others who have played meaningful roles in his life. His recollections include Margaret and Her Children in which he shares the rich heritage of his mother's European family who immigrated to America at the start of the last century. Their deep, abiding love often unexpressed help turn him into the man he ultimately becomes. In My Father's Keeper, he explores his father's side of the family, showing how various relatives influenced his relationship with his dad. This side of the family helps shape his attitudes, perceptions, and relationships with others, especially his son. These recollections seek to preserve moments and memories of things past that were rich in flesh and blood and bone. Although they are now only flickering neural images, they made Luckmann who he is, and they have profound meaning for anyone seeking a bridge to the past and an understanding of self.
