The Learned Ones
Title | The Learned Ones PDF eBook |
Author | Kelly S. McDonough |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2014-09-18 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0816511365 |
In The Learned Ones Kelly S. McDonough gives sustained attention to the complex nature of Nahua intellectualism and writing from the colonial period through the present day. This collaborative ethnography shows the heterogeneity of Nahua knowledge and writing, as well as indigenous experiences in Mexico.
CHANAKYA : The Learned One's Struggle
Title | CHANAKYA : The Learned One's Struggle PDF eBook |
Author | Rakesh Kumar Rai |
Publisher | sindhprakashan |
Pages | 59 |
Release | 2024-02-01 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
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The Learned Ones
Title | The Learned Ones PDF eBook |
Author | Kelly S. McDonough |
Publisher | University of Arizona Press |
Pages | 276 |
Release | 2014-09-18 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0816598665 |
They were the healers, teachers, and writers, the “wise ones” of Nahuatl-speaking cultures in Mexico, remembered in painted codices and early colonial manuscripts of Mesoamerica as the guardians of knowledge. Yet they very often seem bound to an unrecoverable past, as stereotypes prevent some from linking the words “indigenous” and “intellectual” together. Not so, according to author Kelly S. McDonough, at least not for native speakers of Nahuatl, one of the most widely spoken and best-documented indigenous languages of the Americas. This book focuses on how Nahuas have been deeply engaged with the written word ever since the introduction of the Roman alphabet in the early sixteenth century. Dipping into distinct time periods of the past five hundred years, this broad perspective allows McDonough to show the heterogeneity of Nahua knowledge and writing as Nahuas took up the pen as agents of their own discourses and agendas. McDonough worked collaboratively with contemporary Nahua researchers and students, reconnecting the theorization of a population with the population itself. The Learned Ones describes the experience of reading historic text with native speakers today, some encountering Nahua intellectuals and their writing for the very first time. It intertwines the written word with oral traditions and embodied knowledge, aiming to retie the strand of alphabetic writing to the dynamic trajectory of Nahua intellectual work.
Why You Need a Foreign Language & how to Learn One
Title | Why You Need a Foreign Language & how to Learn One PDF eBook |
Author | Edward Trimnell |
Publisher | Beechmont Crest Pub |
Pages | 244 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9780974833019 |
"The first half of this book examines the commercial, social, and political implications of American monolingualism. The second half of the book explores the techniques and tools that a working professional can use to acqure functional skills in a new language."--Back cover.
Learn Filipino
Title | Learn Filipino PDF eBook |
Author | Victor Eclar Romero |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | |
Genre | Tagalog language |
ISBN | 9781932956412 |
I Left My Homework in the Hamptons
Title | I Left My Homework in the Hamptons PDF eBook |
Author | Blythe Grossberg |
Publisher | Harlequin |
Pages | 219 |
Release | 2021-08-17 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0369703154 |
A captivating memoir about tutoring for Manhattan’s elite, revealing how a life of extreme wealth both helps and harms the children of the one percent. Ben orders daily room service while living in a five-star hotel. Olivia collects luxury brand sneakers worn by celebrities. Dakota jets off to Rome when she needs to avoid drama at school. Welcome to the inner circle of New York’s richest families, where academia is an obsession, wealth does nothing to soothe status anxiety and parents will try just about anything to gain a competitive edge in the college admissions rat race. When Blythe Grossberg first started as a tutor and learning specialist, she had no idea what awaited her inside the high-end apartments of Fifth Avenue. Children are expected to be as efficient and driven as CEOs, starting their days with 5:00 a.m. squash practice and ending them with late-night tutoring sessions. Meanwhile, their powerful parents will do anything to secure one of the precious few spots at the Ivy Leagues, whatever the cost to them or their kids. Through stories of the children she tutors that are both funny and shocking, Grossberg shows us the privileged world of America’s wealthiest families and the systems in place that help them stay on top.
Under One Roof
Title | Under One Roof PDF eBook |
Author | Barry Martin |
Publisher | St. Martin's Press |
Pages | 271 |
Release | 2013-10-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1466839139 |
Sometimes people aren't who you think they are. Everyone knew what was going on in Ballard, Washington: developers were building a giant shopping mall, but a house belonging to a feisty octogenarian named Edith Wilson Macefield was in the way. They offered her a million dollars. She told them to take a hike. Everyone knew that Barry Martin, head of the construction project, was involved in the push to get her out of the house so that the project could proceed without further delay. Everyone was wrong. When Barry took the job as construction supervisor for the shopping mall that was being erected around Edith's little house, he determined to make things as easy for her as he could. He didn't expect that she'd ask him to drive her to a hair appointment—but he did offer to help, after all. And it was in that one small gesture that an unlikely friendship was sparked, one that changed them both forever. The story of Barry Martin and Edith Macefield is a tale of balance and compassion, of giving enough without giving too much, of helping our elderly loved ones through the tough times without taking away their dignity. In the end, Under One Roof is a tale of grace, and one from which all of us can take solace and strength. From Barry and Edith we have much to learn about love and letting go and, just possibly, about seeing through fading light to find great joy.