*WINNER OF THE ACKERLEY PRIZE 2023* Here is a writer who knows better than most of us how tolive. Helen Jukes, author of A Honeybee Heart Has Five Openings There is just one object I want to carry inside the van... It was believed lightning would not strike a house that held a thunderstone. I place this fossil on the windowsill, its surface gleaming like cats eyes ahead of me on a dark road. In the wake of a traumatic lockdown, Nancy Campbell buys an old caravan and drives it into a strip of neglected woodland between a canal and railway. There is no plumbed water, no electricity point and the walls are as thin as a Kinder egg. But it is the first home she has ever owned. As summer begins, Nancy embraces the challenge of how to live well in a place in which possessions and emotions often threaten to tumble, clearing industrial junk from the soil, forging unconventional friendships off-grid and helping the wild beauty surrounding her to flourish. But when illness and uncertainty loom once more, she has to find a way to hold on to beauty and wonder, to anchor herself in this van, this safe space, this shelter from the storm. An intimate journal across the space of a defining summer, Nancy Campbells memoir is celebration of the people and places that hold us when the storms gather; a soul-shaking journey that reminds us what it is to be alive. ___ The most thoughtful and soothing book Ive read this year. Daily Mail A beautiful and often very funny account of hope and healing in the face of illness and uncertainty. TLS How to find beauty and wonder even in the most trying of circumstances The Scotsman An uplifting, heart-filled read full of hope and love. Lulah Ellender, author of Grounding Autorid: Nancy Campbell
Milliseks kujuneb inimkonna tulevik alates päevast, mil õnnestub luua üliinimlik tehisintellekt? Seni on TI arengustsenaariumid olnud üksnes kitsa teadlaste ringi arutada, Max Tegmark aga toob selle üliolulise küsimuse kogu maailma avalikkuse ette. Kosmilisi mõõtmeid võttev lugu räägib elu võimalikest tulevikustsenaariumidest meie universumis. Max Tegmark on Massachusettsi Tehnikainstituudi füüsikaprofessor ning Future of Life Institutei (Elu Tuleviku Instituut) president. Ta on esinenud kümnetes populaarteaduslikes filmides ning tema kirg ideede, seikluste ja põneva tuleviku vastu on nakkav. Postimehe raamatu sarja 5. raamatule on kirjutanud eessõna Jaan Tallinn, Future of Life Institutei kaasasutaja: Haarav raamat annab ainulaadse võimaluse osa saada ühest meie aja põnevamast ja tähtsamast teemast inimelu kestvuse stsenaariumist tehisintellekti ajajärgul. Ühiskondlik debatt tehisintellekti plahvatuslikust või järkjärgulisest arengust, riskide maandamisest, muutustest tööjõuturul, riikide haavatavatest demokraatiatest, relvasüsteemide autonoomsusest või inimkonna arengusuundadest käesolevas ajas aitab kindlustada, et isegi potentsiaalselt kontrolli alt väljunud tehisintellekti puhul oleks tema arusaam heast tulevikust sama mis inimestel. Autorid: Max Tegmark
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Dyspraxia Decoded: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Child Thrive is an essential resource for parents who want to understand and support their child with dyspraxia (Developmental Coordination Disorder). Written by a senior occupational therapist with over 26 years of experience, this book combines professional expertise with compassionate insights to empower families facing the challenges of dyspraxia.This comprehensive guide is filled with up-to-date information, including the latest research on neuroimaging, motor skill interventions, and assistive technologies. It clarifies the diagnostic process, explains the unique strengths and challenges associated with dyspraxia, and provides actionable strategies to support your child's motor, social, and emotional development.Designed to be both practical and relatable, the book features case studies, expert tips, and "Try This" sections with hands-on activities for parents and children. From improving academic performance to building self-esteem and planning for the future, each chapter offers tools and insights to help your child thrive.This book equips parents with:Clear explanation of dyspraxia, its symptoms, and differences from other conditions.Practical strategies for motor skill development, academics, and daily living.Insights on building self-esteem, managing emotions, and fostering independence.Guidance on transitions, career planning, and long-term success strategies.Whether you're just starting this journey or looking for new strategies, **Dyspraxia Decoded** is an indispensable guide for parents. With its clear and empathetic approach, it transforms complex concepts into actionable solutions, providing hope and direction for families.
The fourth edition has been revised to provide a comprehensive introduction to the core topics of cognition, memory, perception, thinking, and language. It also includes chapters on clinical disorders such as agnosia, amnesia, and aphasia, providing a more balanced insight into the nature of cognition and its related disorders. An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology: Processes and Disorders provides a comprehensive, yet accessible, overview of the field for undergraduate students. The fourth edition has been thoroughly revised throughout to provide a comprehensive introduction to the core topics of cognition, including memory, perception, thinking, and language. Uniquely, alongside coverage of normal cognitive function, the book also includes chapters on clinical disorders such as agnosia, amnesia, and aphasia, providing a more balanced insight into the nature of cognition and its related disorders.Key features:Completely revised and updated throughout to provide a comprehensive overview of current thinking in the fieldAccessibly written by experienced textbook authors and academic experts, including Mike Eysenck and Sophie ScottA new chapter on Problem Solving, written by Fernand Gobet, a leading authority in the field Greater coverage of neuropsychological disorders, with additional coverage of brain imaging research Features a wealth of real-world examples throughout to bring research to lifeSpecially designed textbook features, chapter summaries, further reading, and a glossary of key terms An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology will appeal to all students on an undergraduate psychology degree course, as well as to those studying in related clinical professions. Autorid: David Groome
This vintage book contains a detailed yet concise guide to smoking your own fish, with step-by-step instructions, ideas for recipes, information on other methods of preserving, and more. Written in clear, plain language and profusely illustrated, this handy little guide will prove invaluable for the discerning fisherman, and would make for a great addition to collections of related literature. The chapters of this text include: 'Smoke your Own Fish', 'Convert Your Outdoor Oven to a Smokehouse', 'Simple Secrets of Fish Smoking', 'Recipes for Smoked Fish', 'Preserving Fish in Brine', 'Preserving Fish by Drying', 'Recipes for Preparation of Dried Fish', 'Home Canning of Fish', 'Make a Cardboard Smokehouse', and more. Many antiquarian books such as this are becoming increasingly rare and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a new prefatory introduction on preserving food.
Kubrick and Control is an examination of authority, order, and independence in the films directed by Stanley Kubrick, as well as in his personal life and working habits. This study explores the ways in which these central preoccupations develop and reformulate through the course of Kubrick's career, as he moved from genre to genre and shifted stories, locations, time periods, scope, and technical facilities. Separating the productions in accordance to their wider filmic classifications, the individual chapters examine a variety of productions, allowing for a categorical as well as a developmental approach to the works. In addition, following concurrently with each individual film discussed, details about Kubrick's life and evolving directorial practice are recounted in relation to these same concerns. In studying the stylistic and narrative features of his work, examples illustrate how Kubrick took these themes and applied them consistently yet with significant variation, manifest in relation to mise-en-scène construction (how Kubrick composed his images); characterization (individuals establishing, exerting, seeking, and/or abusing their authority); narrative (stories about characters and situations dependent upon order and control); and the actual filmmaking processes of the director (Kubrick was both praised and damned for his authorial management and obsession with order and perfection). Autorid: Jeremy Carr
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Not a memoir, not a manual, not history, and not fiction: this is a scroll. A lived document that uncoils across frostbitten steppe and borderland camps, where drills turn, deals twist, and dignity is held together with duct tape and vodka-stained humor.From Ukraine to Sakhalin, from mud-choked rigs to government saunas, these field-earned ledgers reveal how people survive, adapt, and build in places where permits arrive after the pipelines are already pumping. Some of it reads like farce, some like heartbreak, much like both at once.A generator resurrected with foil and candlelight becomes a choir, a pickup patched with tape and faith passes inspection, and a nation under strain shows a resilience that still shakes the world today.This is not a sober account, but it is an honest one: a record of compromises, improvisations, and grit at the edge of empire, remembering what the spreadsheets never could.
"A scorching second-chance romance between a talented screenwriter and a phenomenal musician from "a fantastic storyteller and superb writer." ―NPR You never forget your first love. Isn't that what they say? Verity Hill knows this truth intimately. She didn't simply miss Wright "Monk" Bellamy when they parted ways in college. She's haunted by his touch. Every kiss, any lover since—a shadow of what they had. Time heals all wounds. Isn't that what they say? Monk doesn't believe that for a second. He wasn't simply betrayed when he and Verity split. He was devastated, with parts of him left behind in the ruins of all that was destroyed. More than a decade after their disastrous break up, Verity and Monk must work together on the set of an epic Harlem Renaissance biopic. With Monk, now a world-class musician creating the score, and Verity, an award-winning screenwriter penning the script, there's Oscar buzz before shooting even begins. This once-in-a-lifetime project could catapult them both to new heights, but can they can put the past behind them for the sake of the film…for the sake of something more?
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By defining man's vulnerability as his strength, Dr. Gruen points the way to a psychoanalysis of personal courage and social responsibility, at the same time exposing the childhood split which leads man to abandon his true self.
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