Widely regarded as the "rock star" of American poetry, Mary Oliver is a writer whose words have long had the power to move countless readers. Regularly topping the national poetry best-seller list and drawing thousands to her sold-out readings across the coutnry, Oliver is unparalleled in her impact. As noted in the "Los Angeles Times," so many "go to her for solace, regeneration and inspiration" that it is not surprising Vice President Joe Biden chose to read one of her poems during the 9/11 remembrance at Ground Zero. Few poets express the complexities of human experience as skillfully as Mary Oliver. This volume, Oliver's twenty-first book of poetry, contains all new poems on her classic themes. Here, readers will find the deep spiritual sustenance that imbues her writing on nature, love, mortality, and grief. As always, Oliver is an accomplished guide to the rarest and most exquisite insights of the natural world. Ranking "among the finest poets the English language has ever produced," according to the "Weekly Standard," Oliver offers us lyrics of great depth and beauty that continue her lifelong work of loving the world.
A lonely shopkeeper takes it upon herself to solve a murder in the most peculiar way in this captivating mystery by Jesse Q. Sutanto, bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties.Vera Wong is a lonely little old lady ah, lady of a certain age who lives above her forgotten tea shop in the middle of San Francisco s Chinatown. Despite living alone, Vera is not needy, oh no. She likes nothing more than sipping on a good cup of Wulong and doing some healthy detective work on the Internet about what her Gen-Z son is up to. Then one morning, Vera trudges downstairs to find a curious thing a dead man in the middle of her tea shop. In his outstretched hand, a flash drive. Vera doesn t know what comes over her, but after calling the cops like any good citizen would, she sort of . . . swipes the flash drive from the body and tucks it safely into the pocket of her apron. Why? Because Vera is sure she would do a better job than the police possibly could, because nobody sniffs out a wrongdoing quite like a suspicious Chinese mother with time on her hands. Vera knows the killer will be back for the flash drive; all she has to do is watch the increasing number of customers at her shop and figure out which one among them is the killer. What Vera does not expect is to form friendships with her customers and start to care for each and every one of them. As a protective mother hen, will she end up having to give one of her newfound chicks to the police?
The beloved explorer Jacques Cousteau witnessed firsthand the complexity and beauty of life on earth and undersea-and watched the toll taken by human activity in the twentieth century. In this magnificent last book, now available for the first time in the
Sandplay is a powerful method of psychotherapy, based on practical, creative modelling - literally a "hands-on" approach to healing the whole person. Sandplay has both diagnostic and therapeutic value, and is efficacious for adults and children. Since there are no preconceived ideas about "art" in sand, there is a wonderful freedom and flow in using sand creatively. This book focuses on the process of sandplay and how it works. Ammann's account draws upon her wide knowledge of myth and folk tale, but remains a practical work, dealing systematically with the "how-to" details, the necessary role of sand pictures in enhancing the self-regulation of the psyche, the two routes from psyche to sand pictures, and the symbolic interpretation of spatial phenomena. Ammann illustrates these principles in several case histories. "Healing and Transformation in Sandplay" contains a plea to therapists to make greater use of sandplay, alongside classical dream analysis.As a means to liberate the forces of the brain's right hemisphere - the intuitive and bodily rather than logical or rational - sandplay activates deep layers of the unconscious in the service of healing and development, layers hard to reach with more verbal methods of therapy.
Celebrity favorite health and wellness consultant Kelly LeVeque shares her secrets for losing weight, attuning ourselves to our bodies' needs, and freeing ourselves from food drama in this essential wellness guide, which includes 88 delectable r
A celebration of both sustainability and design, this book presents beautiful interiors filled with salvaged, recycled, and repurposed objects from around the world.
AI is incredible, as are the AI researchers who develop it, but does it have the power to change the future of our whole planet? Discover how scientists train AI, what makes AI and the human brain similar, whether AI will ever become smarter than the people who created it, and much more! Beautifully bound with stunning illustrations, The Big Questions Answered is more than just a series of books - its a complete resource for kids, teachers and parents to collect! Start a lifelong interest in science - it can change the world! Autorid: Olivia Watson, Denis Alonso
Kendamat on Jaapanis tuntud juba sajandeid, kuid ülejäänud maailm avastas selle vilumuslelu sõltuvust tekitavad rõõmud alles hiljuti. Esmapilgul paistavad kolm kaussi ja piik pakkuvat vaid nelja võimalikku trikki, lähemal vaatlemisel aga pakuvad eri haarded, tehnikad ja tasakaaluharjutused hulgaliselt trikistiile " lihtsast Big Cupi (Suure Kausi) trikist kuni Swinging Aeroplane'i (Kõlkuva Lennuki), Elegant Birdi (Graatsilise Linnu) ja suisa võimatuna tunduva trikini Moon Landing (Kuumaandumine). Isegi kui tundub, et oled triki üdini selgeks õppinud, selgub tihti, et sellest on olemas veel raskem versioon või kombinatsioon ja sa alustad taas uue triki õppimist. See on treening, mis paneb proovile keskendumisvõime, parandab koordinatsiooni ja pakub meelelahutust. Autorid: Hella Urb, Kersti Kiis
This transformative book examines men's and women's changing attitudes toward sex and gender in the US workplace. Between 1870 and 1970, white-collar office work became the leading form of employment for American women. As more and more women took office jobs, men and women workers attempted to make sense of this new environment where the workplace became a site of gendered power negotiations: Emotional and sexual desires entangled with rational operating procedures. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources including government investigation reports, scandal papers, memoirs, and advice literature, Julie Berebitsky describes how women perceived and responded to male desire and discrimination in the office. She also offers keen insight into how popular media--cartoons, advertisements, and a wide array of fictional accounts--represented wanted and unwelcome romantic and sexual advances in the workplace. Now in paperback for the first time, this compelling edition includes a foreword that brings Berebitsky's work into the present, where the Trump presidencies, #MeToo movement, and global pandemic provide striking illustrations of the book's enduring relevance. An afterword reflects on Berebitsky's lasting impact as a feminist, teacher, and scholar in the fields of labor history and women's studies.
This book consists of a collection of articles thatwere published in several journals and books. It deals with topics in the fieldof Jewish studies, such as structure in Talmudic texts, Aramaic language, redactionof sugyot, halakha issues, and contemporary Jewish studies. Topics discussed in this volume include different types of structure in Talmudic texts from a literary point of view; the study of the Aramaic language utilized in the Bible and the Talmud from a linguistic and interpretive perspective; the redaction of sugyot in the Talmud Bavli analyzed from a textual point of view; and matters of halakha and halakhic rules. The author also examines contemporary topics such as modern Judaism in Israel and peacemaking efforts grounded in the Pentateuch and Jewish tradition. Autorid: Uri Zur
