Cue Lazarus

Cue Lazarus
Author: Carl Marcum
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2001
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780816520749

The debut volume of a Mexican-American poet exploring fundamental human predicaments.

Story as a Way of Knowing

Story as a Way of Knowing
Author: Kevin M. Bradt
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1997
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781556129063

This book, rather ironically, uses the written word to draw together threads from science, psychotherapy, scripture, and homiletics that can help us recognize and reclaim the power of oral-aural storying as a way of knowing. Story as a Way of Knowing will open your mind and imagination to new ways of thinking and knowing about yourself, others, your world, and your God.

Waywards

Waywards
Author: Albert H. S.
Publisher: Ukiyoto Publishing
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2023-01-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9357703799

Welcome to the Metropolis. The place called home by all of humanity. After a second Pangaea united all nations of the world, a global organization known as the New Order Society brought the whole of mankind together into what is supposedly a new age of peace. All wars have been brought to an end. Social divides such as race, religion, and social classes no longer exist. However, a new major source of conflict has risen in their stead. Waywards. While they are known to have abilities of great magnitude, most Waywards aren’t easy to find as the majority of them have abilities that are within their control. Currently, there are no clear means to identify a Wayward from their external appearance so long as they do not use their abilities. They could be a total stranger, a coworker in any given profession, or even your very own friends and family. While the authorities have been addressing this issue with utmost importance, many confrontations with such individuals have unfortunately resulted in violence. One such notable incident had resulted in the death of Horus; a high-profile Wayward known to have tremendous power and a powerful backing from other individuals of great significance. His loss had resulted in a sudden rise of Wayward activity with the fate of the Metropolis hanging in the balance with the future actions taken by those involved...

Day of Reckoning

Day of Reckoning
Author: Ralph de Toledano
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2019-07-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1789126843

First published in 1955, Day of Reckoning by Ralph de Toledano, author of Seeds of Treason, is a novel based on the 1943 assassination of Carlo Tresca, an Italian-American newspaper editor, orator, and labor organizer who was a leader of the Industrial Workers of the World during the 1910s. The murder of an idealistic anarchist prompts an inquiry by Paul Castelar, an honest newspaperman and a veteran of the International Brigade in the Spanish Civil War. He is drawn in by Gina Farrel, the murdered man’s niece, who comes to him convinced that the same political gangster who killed her uncle is now after her... A gripping read!

How We Learn

How We Learn
Author: Klaus Issler
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2002-05-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725202158

No one fully understands how learning works, but educational psychologists understand a great deal about what works. The collaborative team of Klaus Issler and Ronald Habermas has assembled an integration of theology and instructional theory in Teaching for Reconciliation: Foundations and Practice of Christian Educational Ministry. Now they expound on one aspect of educational theory/theology to help teachers choose the method that best reaches particular learners in a specific learning situation. How We Learn demystifies the principles of educational psychology. The book identifies: --means and barriers in learning- --motivational factors that make learners receptive --learning's outcome in attitudes, spirituality, and behavior Application sections, special exercises and examples, plus dozens of figures and tables aid understanding of learning effectiveness, age-related development, individual learning style, special education, and other issues.

The Lazarus Trap

The Lazarus Trap
Author: Davis Bunn
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2005-03-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 141850923X

For Val Haines, dying may be the chance of a lifetime. Awakening in a jail cell and bleeding from his head, Val Haines remembers nothing. Not even his name. As his memory slowly begins to return, Haines discovers that the world thinks he's dead. If his nightmares ring true, it may be for the best. Around him brews a conspiracy of embezzlement and murder for hire, fueled by the rage of personal vendetta. As he searches for a safe haven, enigmatic Audrey beckons, but can she be trusted? With nothing but a few personal belongings and a sizable amount of cash, Haines must run. With his past behind him, he'll do anything to claim a new life for himself. Or die trying.

Camino del Sol

Camino del Sol
Author: Rigoberto González
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2022-09-20
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 0816550786

Since 1994, the Camino del Sol series has been one of the premier vehicles for Latina/o literary voices. Launched under the auspices of Chicana/o luminary Ray Gonzalez, it quickly established itself in both the Latina/o community and the publishing world as it garnered awards for its outstanding writing. Featuring both established writers and first-time authors, Camino del Sol has published poetry and prose that convey something about the Latina/o experience—works that tap into universal truths through a distinct cultural lens. This volume celebrates fifteen years of books by bringing together some of the series’ best work, such as poetry from Francisco X. Alarcón, fiction from Christine Granados, and nonfiction from Luis Alberto Urrea. These voices echo the entire spectrum of Latina/o writing, from Chicana/o to Puerto Rican to Brazilian-American, and take in themes ranging from migration to gender. Awards bestowed upon Camino del Sol titles include the PEN/Beyond Margins Award to Richard Blanco’s Directions to the Beach of the Dead; Before Columbus Foundation American Book Awards to Diana García’s When Living Was a Labor Camp and Luis Alberto Urrea’s Nobody’s Son; International Latino Book Awards to Pat Mora’s Adobe Odes and Kathleen Alcalá’s The Desert Remembers My Name; the Premio Aztlán literary prize to Sergio Troncoso’s The Last Tortilla; and the PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles National Literary Award to Kathleen de Azevedo’s Samba Dreamers. All of these works are represented in this outstanding collection. In a short span of time, Camino del Sol has cultivated an admirable and sizeable list of distinguished contemporary authors—and even garnered the first National Book Critics Circle Award for a Chicana/o for Juan Felipe Herrera’s Half of the World in Light. Camino del Sol: Fifteen Years of Latina and Latino Writing is a benchmark for the series and a wonderful introduction to the world of Latina/o literature.

The Emotions

The Emotions
Author: O.H Green
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 230
Release: 1992
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780792315490

Philosophical theories of emotions, and to an extent some theories of scientific psychology, represent attempts to capture the essence of emotions basically as they are conceived in common sense psychology. Although there are problems, the success of explanations of our behavior in terms of believes, desires and emotions creates a presumption that, at some level of abstraction, they reflect important elements in our psychological nature. It is incumbent on a theory of emotions to provide an account of two salient facts about emotions as conceived in common sense psychology. As intentional states, emotions have representational and rational properties: emotions represent states of affairs; and they are rationally related to other mental representations, figure in rational explanations of behavior, and are open to rational assessment. Emotions also have a close relationship to a range of non-intentional phenomena: in typical cases, emotions involve physiological changes, usually associated with the activation of the autonomic nervous system, which are proprioceptively experienced; and they often involve behavioral tendencies, as well.

Meditation

Meditation
Author: Deane H. Shapiro (Jr.)
Publisher: AldineTransaction
Total Pages: 756
Release:
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9781412849951

Many claim that meditation is effective in the treatment of many ailments associated with stress and high blood pressure, and in the management of pain. While there are many popular books on meditation, few embrace the science as well as the art of meditation. In this volume, Shapiro and Walsh fill this need by assembling a complete collection of scholarly articles--Meditation: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives. From an academic rather than a popular vantage, the volume takes the claims and counterclaims about meditation to a deeper analytical level by including studies from clinical psychology and psychiatry, neuroscience, psychophysiology, and biochemistry. Each selection is a contribution to the field, either as a classic of research, or by being methodologically elegant, heuristically interesting, or creative. Original articles cover such topics as the effects of meditation in the treatment of stress, hypertension, and addictions; the comparison of meditation with other self-regulation strategies; the adverse effects of meditation; and meditation-induced altered states of consciousness. Concluding with a major bibliography of related works, Meditation offers the reader a valuable overview of the state and possible future directions of meditation research. Today, in the popular media and elsewhere, debate continues: Is meditation an effective technique for spiritual and physical healing, or is it quackery? Meditation: Classic and Contemporary Perspectives weighs in on this debate by presenting what continues to be the most complete collection of scholarly articles ever amassed on the subject of meditation.

The Wind Shifts

The Wind Shifts
Author: Francisco Aragón
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2022-02-22
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0816548102

The Wind Shifts gathers, for the first time, works by emerging Latino and Latina poets in the twenty-first century. Here readers will discover 25 new and vital voices including Naomi Ayala, Richard Blanco, David Dominguez, Gina Franco, Sheryl Luna, and Urayoán Noel. All of the writers included in this volume have published poetry in well-regarded literary magazines. Some have published chapbooks or first collections, but none had published more than one book at the time of selection. This results in a freshness that energizes the enterprise. Certainly there is poetry here that is political, but this is not a polemical book; it is a poetry book. While conscious of their roots, the artists are equally conscious of living in the contemporary world—fully engaged with the possibilities of subject and language. The variety is tantalizing. There are sonnets and a sestina; poems about traveling and living overseas; poems rooted in the natural world and poems embedded in suburbia; poems nourished by life on the U.S.–Mexico border and poems electrified by living in Chicago or Los Angeles or San Francisco or New York City. Some of the poetry is traditional; some is avant-garde; some is informed by traditional poetry in Spanish; some follows English forms that are hundreds of years old. There are love poems, spells that defy logic, flashes of hope, and moments of loss. In short, this is the rich and varied poetry of young, talented North American Latinos and Latinas.