From the author of Being Home and Becoming Bread, a primer exploring the simple principles of meditation practice and mindful living. Sharing Silence is an irresistible gem of a book that is handy for carrying around in your pocket or keeping at your bedside. Line drawings.

THE ULTIMATE GUIDE FOR PROFESSIONAL COACHES AND SELF-COACHES In this first-of-its-kind book, a revered master coach explains exactly how coaches can conduct meaning-filled sessions — and how clients can best benefit from the coaching they receive. Eric Maisel presents thirteen weeks of short daily lessons where you’ll learn the nuts and bolts of coaching — what to say when, how to ask questions, and crucially, how to manifest the spirit of coaching. Maisel guides you to: • understand yourself so that you can better understand others. • prep for coaching with a deep awareness of your and your clients’ goals and mission. • ask quality questions, handle defensiveness, and grapple with limited progress. • cheer and encourage to get action and results. Supremely practical, each of Maisel’s lessons ends with exercises and a journal prompt. The result is an easy-to-use, field-tested guide for current coaches and coaches in training (as well as managers, mentors, and teachers) and an invaluable resource for anyone working with a coach or thinking about working with one.

Audio Book deals with the ways in which various technologies enabling the transmission or storing of sound and voice are figured in selected works drawn from contemporary narrative fiction. The sound technologies are shown to influence the narrative structure, metaphorics, and style of the works studied.

Discover the strength of silence and its transforming power! Embark on the fascinating world of silence through this clear, direct and simple book. Re-encounter emotional, mental and spiritual silence, and explore every corner of silence. Tune in to your thoughts and emotions, and experience the calm that only silence can offer. In this book you will find a practical roadmap to reencounter silence in your daily life: - Eliminate noise from your life, and relieve anxiety and stress. - Find fulfillment and peace of mind. - Learn all the benefits of silence. - Learn about the activities and habits to implement silence in your life. An essential book for all those who seek fulfillment and inner peace. READ THIS BOOK NOW AND TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE!

The past decade has witnessed a steady increase in the numbers of Asian students in North American institutions of higher learning. While their academic success has been widely recognized, concerns about their silence in classrooms have also been expressed by educators. Following an overview of Asian students in North American higher education, this book presents a focused ethnographic study of twenty Asian graduate students enrolled in a major US university, exploring and describing Asian student's oral classroom participation modes across multiple factors. Four major classroom communication patterns--total integration, conditional interaction, marginal participation, and silent observation--are identified among the participants and discussed across sociocultural, affective, cognitive, linguistic, and pedagogical/environmental factors. Also discussed are the Asian concepts of face saving, politeness, and social identity in multiple discourse communities in light of Asian students' perceptions of and modes in classroom participation. The book concludes with a call for the development of cultural transformation competence, which encompasses social identity negotiation skills, and culture-sensitivity knowledge and mindful reflexivity in addition to communicative competence.

The moon hung high in the midnight sky, casting an ethereal glow upon the deserted streets of Lourdes, a small town tucked away in the heart of the French countryside. Simone Delacroix, a young woman burdened by an unyielding sense of emptiness, wandered through the winding alleys, her footsteps echoing in the silence of the night. In the shadows, the remnants of shattered glass littered the cobblestones, a stark reflection of the broken pieces of Simone's own life. Her once-vibrant spirit had been fractured by the weight of expectations and the suffocating conformity of her existence. Trapped in a cycle of pleasing others, she had lost touch with the true essence of her being. A peculiar mirror caught Simone's attention, standing alone in a dimly lit corner of an antiquities shop. Its ornate frame seemed to beckon to her, whispering secrets from ages long past. As she approached, an irresistible pull drew her closer, and before she knew it, she stood before the mirror, mesmerized by her own reflection. But what she saw was not the familiar face she had grown accustomed to. Instead, a stranger stared back at her—a woman with fiery eyes that mirrored her own inner turmoil, with wild, untamed hair that mirrored her desire for freedom. It was a reflection that spoke of hidden depths and untapped potential, of a dormant power waiting to be awakened. A surge of curiosity and longing coursed through Simone's veins. With trembling hands, she reached out and touched the mirror's surface. In that instant, the world around her seemed to shift and dissolve, giving way to a realm beyond her wildest imagination.

This book offers an opportunity to reconsider the films of the British New Wave in the light of forty years of heated debate. By eschewing the usual tendency to view films like A Kind of Loving and The Entertainer collectively and include them in broader debates about class, gender, and ideology, this book presents a new and innovative look at this famous cycle of British films. For each film, a re-distribution of existing critical emphasis also allows the problematic relationship between these films and the question of realism to be reconsidered. Drawing upon existing sources and returning to long-standing and unchallenged assumptions about these films, this book offers the opportunity for the reader to return to the British New Wave and decide for themselves where they stand in relation to the films.