Memory Speaks
Title | Memory Speaks PDF eBook |
Author | Julie Sedivy |
Publisher | Harvard University Press |
Pages | 369 |
Release | 2021-10-12 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 067498028X |
From an award-winning writer and linguist, a scientific and personal meditation on the phenomenon of language loss and the possibility of renewal. As a child Julie Sedivy left Czechoslovakia for Canada, and English soon took over her life. By early adulthood she spoke Czech rarely and badly, and when her father died unexpectedly, she lost not only a beloved parent but also her firmest point of connection to her native language. As Sedivy realized, more is at stake here than the loss of language: there is also the loss of identity. Language is an important part of adaptation to a new culture, and immigrants everywhere face pressure to assimilate. Recognizing this tension, Sedivy set out to understand the science of language loss and the potential for renewal. In Memory Speaks, she takes on the psychological and social world of multilingualism, exploring the human brainÕs capacity to learnÑand forgetÑlanguages at various stages of life. But while studies of multilingual experience provide resources for the teaching and preservation of languages, Sedivy finds that the challenges facing multilingual people are largely political. Countering the widespread view that linguistic pluralism splinters loyalties and communities, Sedivy argues that the struggle to remain connected to an ancestral language and culture is a site of common ground, as people from all backgrounds can recognize the crucial role of language in forming a sense of self. Distinctive and timely, Memory Speaks combines a rich body of psychological research with a moving story at once personal and universally resonant. As citizens debate the merits of bilingual education, as the worldÕs less dominant languages are driven to extinction, and as many people confront the pain of language loss, this is badly needed wisdom.
Reclaiming Conversation
Title | Reclaiming Conversation PDF eBook |
Author | Sherry Turkle |
Publisher | |
Pages | 450 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 1594205558 |
An engaging look at how technology is undermining our creativity and relationships and how face-to-face conversation can help us get it back.
Reclaiming Wellness
Title | Reclaiming Wellness PDF eBook |
Author | Jovanka Ciares |
Publisher | New World Library |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2022-04-19 |
Genre | Health & Fitness |
ISBN | 1608687848 |
If you’ve ever felt left out of “elite” healthcare regimes or thought that being healthy shouldn’t be expensive, this book is for you. Reclaiming Wellness explores today’s most effective wellness practices — and their multicultural sources — in a way that makes overall health accessible to all. The book provides: • practical, affordable, delicious, and fun ways to incorporate plant-based whole foods into even the most time-crunched routine • lazy-proof means of movement that feel more like self-love than dreaded exercise • techniques of mindfulness, meditation, and visualization that make them meaningful everyday tools • ways to experience nature, music, and community to heal and connect “If you’ve ever wondered about the origins of the world’s best lifestyle choices for the healthiest body and mind, this book is for you. Or if you are looking for ways to incorporate plant-based foods, spices, and herbs into nutritious, delicious meals, this book is for you. You’ll find easy ways to keep your body and mind feeling fresh and vibrant, and you’ll learn about your ancestors, too!” — Jenné Claiborne, chef and creator of Sweet Potato Soul “In Reclaiming Wellness, Jovanka Ciares has brilliantly interwoven the power of multicultural ancestral traditions and wellness practices into a holistic road map to achieve optimized health even with the noise and chaos of the modern world trying to overwhelm us into dis-ease.” — Jason Goldberg, author of Prison Break “Jovanka Ciares is a miracle worker, a trusted source for wellness transformation from the inside out. Her wisdom and knowledge have healed and helped so many; may this book support you in reclaiming your wellness journey.” — Kelly Lynn Adams, award-winning entrepreneur, business and life coach, and podcaster
Terra-Sorta-Firma
Title | Terra-Sorta-Firma PDF eBook |
Author | Fadi Masoud |
Publisher | Actar |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 2021-03 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN | 9781948765381 |
A critical and interdisciplinary exploration of our world's continuously urbanizing and expanding coastline. For centuries, cities have grown and expanded onto previously saturated grounds; "reclaiming" land from estuaries, marshes, mangroves, and seabeds. While these artificial coastlines are sites of tremendous real estate, civic, and infrastructural investments, they are also the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Terra-Sorta-Firma documents the global extent of reclaimed coastal lands, and provides a framework for comparison across varying geographies, cultures, and histories. It renders visible the ubiquity and precarity of urban coastal reclamation in an age of increased environmental and economic indeterminacy. It challenges designers, developers, policymakers, engineers, and urbanists to reconsider the design and construction of land itself, and to re-imagine this most fundamental of all infrastructures along a gradient of inundation.
Reclaiming Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Title | Reclaiming Dietrich Bonhoeffer PDF eBook |
Author | Charles Marsh |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Theology, Doctrinal |
ISBN | 0195111443 |
Marsh reappraises Bonhoeffer's theology and attempts to reclaim his promise for contemporary theological inquiry, examining his work in the context of the German philosophical tradition from Kant to Heidegger, and its relationship to Karl Barth.
Reclaiming Spirituality
Title | Reclaiming Spirituality PDF eBook |
Author | Diarmuid Ó Murchú |
Publisher | Crossroad |
Pages | 216 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN |
This is a challenging and provocative but, above all, reassuring book for those who are seeking spritual meaning today.
Reclaiming Your Heart
Title | Reclaiming Your Heart PDF eBook |
Author | Denise Hildreth Jones |
Publisher | Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 2013-02-18 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1414382766 |
Have you ever wondered where the abundant life Scripture promises is, and how you seem to have missed it? Do you ever catch yourself saying, “Those were the best years of my life?” A failed relationship, a health crisis, a job loss, the death of a loved one—all can cause us to hide out, go numb, give up. Before we even know it, we’re simply coping with life instead of living it to the fullest. It happens to most of us at one point or another. For author and Bible study teacher Denise Hildreth Jones, it happened in the wake of her devastating divorce. But she fought desperately to reclaim her God-designed heart, and now, in her transparent, authentic style, Denise challenges you to do the same. Sharing stories from her own journey and others she’s walked alongside, Denise will help you identify ways you’ve given your heart to “lesser gods” like performance, people-pleasing, and control, and how to find your way back to God’s design for your life—to laughing, loving, and living life to the fullest.