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| Author | : Edward L. Deci |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 241 |
| Release | : 1996-08-01 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 0140255265 |
What motivates us as students, employees, and individuals? If you reward your children for doing their homework, they will usually respond by getting it done. But is this the most effective method of motivation? No, says psychologist Edward L. Deci, who challenges traditional thinking and shows that this method actually works against performance. The best way to motivate people—at school, at work, or at home—is to support their sense of autonomy. Explaining the reasons why a task is important and then allowing as much personal freedom as possible in carrying out the task will stimulate interest and commitment, and is a much more effective approach than the standard system of reward and punishment. We are all inherently interested in the world, argues Deci, so why not nurture that interest in each other? Instead of asking, "How can I motivate people?" we should be asking, "How can I create the conditions within which people will motivate themselves?" "An insightful and provocative meditation on how people can become more genuinely engaged and succesful in pursuing their goals." —Publisher's Weekly
| Author | : Oliver Jeffers |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 32 |
| Release | : 2017-11-14 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0698408470 |
#1 New York Times bestseller A TIME Magazine Best Book of the Year A NPR Best Book of 2017 A Boston Globe Best Book of 2017 "Moments of human intimacy jostle with scenes that inspire cosmic awe, and the broad diversity of Jeffers's candy-colored humans...underscores the twin messages that 'You're never alone on Earth' and that we're all in this together."--Publisher's Weekly (starred review) "A true work of art."--BuzzFeed Oliver Jeffers, arguably the most influential creator of picture books today, offers a rare personal look inside his own hopes and wishes for his child--and in doing so gifts children and parents everywhere with a gently sweet and humorous missive about our world and those who call it home. Insightfully sweet, with a gentle humor and poignancy, here is Oliver Jeffers' user's guide to life on Earth. He created it specially for his son, yet with a universality that embraces all children and their parents. Be it a complex view of our planet's terrain (bumpy, sharp, wet), a deep look at our place in space (it’s big), or a guide to all of humanity (don’t be fooled, we are all people), Oliver's signature wit and humor combine with a value system of kindness and tolerance to create a must-have book for parents. Praise for Here We Are: -"A sweet and tender distillation of what every Earthling needs to know and might well spend a lifetime striving to achieve. A must-purchase for new parent shelves"--School Library Journal -"From the skies to the animal kingdom to the people of the world and lots of other beautifully rendered examples of life on Earth, Here We Are carries a simple message: Be kind." --NPR -"[An] enchanting gem of a children's book"--NBC's Today Show -"A must-have book for parents."--Gambit -"A celebration of people all shapes and sizes, and of the beauty and mystery of our Earth."--Booklist -"...a beautifully illustrated guide to living on Earth and being a good person."--Brightly -[Here We Are] is a tour through the land, the sea, the sky, our bodies; dioramas of our wild diversity....[Jeffers] is the master of capturing the joy in our differences."--New York Times Book Review
| Author | : Monique Gray Smith |
| Publisher | : Orca Book Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 2020-07-14 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1459821475 |
Key Selling Points Simple, pointed text gives examples of how children can be kind to those around them, the different emotions that receiving kindness can make us feel, and how we maintain a connection with one another through acts of kindness within our community. The author is well-known for her board and picture books. Her title My Heart Fills With Happiness was selected for the 2019 TD Grade One Book Giveaway. Like the author's bestselling title You Hold Me Up, the text relays an important message through carefully chosen language. The illustrator is Diné (Navajo) from New Mexico. She was inspired by her community to illustrate an Indigenous family.
| Author | : Tom Butler-Bowdon |
| Publisher | : Hachette UK |
| Total Pages | : 313 |
| Release | : 2010-12-07 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 1857884736 |
Explore the key wisdom and figures of psychology's development over 50 books, hundreds of ideas, and a century of time.
| Author | : Cvetka Lipuš |
| Publisher | : Athabasca University Press |
| Total Pages | : 102 |
| Release | : 2018-09-29 |
| Genre | : Poetry |
| ISBN | : 1771992492 |
Working within a postmodern style, this rhythmic and melodious bilingual collection of poems originally written in Slovenian by Cvetka Lipuš and translated here by Tom Priestly, blends the real with the surreal, dull urban lives with dreams. Lipuš, known for the lexical beauty of her work, dwells on topics of time and space which she handles in an almost revolving, irreverent manner. Priestly captures the maze-like characteristic of her verse and carefully reconstructs the sonoric beauty of the work in its original language.
| Author | : Patricia Caicedo |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 190 |
| Release | : 2021-09-11 |
| Genre | : Health & Fitness |
| ISBN | : 9781737892014 |
A transdisciplinary book that explores the relationship between music and medicine and the impact of music on mental and physical health at an individual and social levels. In light of recent neuroscientific research, this book explains the cognitive processes of music, to understand how the brain of musicians works and the many benefits of musical practice at a cognitive level. You will discover the relationship between rhythm, movement, and health, the mysterious brain mechanisms that link music, pleasure and emotion, and the many ways in which music improves our quality of life, leads to wellness, happiness and provides us a sense of purpose and meaning in life. INDEX Foreword by Tess Knighton ....................................... I Prelude ............................................................. 1 Chapters Music and Medicine: The history of a relationship ............. 7 Music and cognition ........................................ 23 The marvelous brain of musicians ......................... 35 Pleasure, emotion and music ................................... 47 Music, happiness and the meaning of life .................. 59 Rhythm, movement and health .................................. 67 Music in pain and death .......................................... 79 Voice, song, and the sounds of the body .................... 91 Music and creativity ............................................. 105 Global health, pandemic and the example of orchestras .. 115 Postlude - Exercise book . .................................. 121 1. The soundtrack of your life ............................... 122 Autobiographical exercise A. The music of your childhood. B. The music of your adolescence. C. Ten songs that have accompanied the most important moments of your life. D. Music that has accompanied you in sadness. E. Music that gives your pleasure. F. Music that relaxes you. G. The songs that you are passing on to your children. H. The music you would like at your funeral 2.Song creation ................................................. 129 A.Write the songs that express your essence. B. Write a song that expresses your values and your vision of life. C. Write a song in which you describe the person you want to become. 3. Soundscapes .......................................................... 132 A. The sounds that surround you every day B. The sounds of your city C. Walking in nature Bibliography ................................................................. 135 About the author ........................................................ 157
| Author | : Peter Mendelsund |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 450 |
| Release | : 2014-08-05 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 0804171645 |
A gorgeously unique, fully illustrated exploration into the phenomenology of reading—how we visualize images from reading works of literature, from one of our very best book jacket designers, himself a passionate reader. “A playful, illustrated treatise on how words give rise to mental images.” —The New York Times What do we see when we read? Did Tolstoy really describe Anna Karenina? Did Melville ever really tell us what, exactly, Ishmael looked like? The collection of fragmented images on a page—a graceful ear there, a stray curl, a hat positioned just so—and other clues and signifiers helps us to create an image of a character. But in fact our sense that we know a character intimately has little to do with our ability to concretely picture our beloved—or reviled—literary figures. In this remarkable work of nonfiction, Knopf's Associate Art Director Peter Mendelsund combines his profession, as an award-winning designer; his first career, as a classically trained pianist; and his first love, literature—he considers himself first and foremost as a reader—into what is sure to be one of the most provocative and unusual investigations into how we understand the act of reading.
| Author | : David A. Sinclair |
| Publisher | : Atria Books |
| Total Pages | : 432 |
| Release | : 2019-09-10 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 1501191977 |
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Brilliant and enthralling.” —The Wall Street Journal A paradigm-shifting book from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time’s most influential people. It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to believe about aging is wrong? What if we could choose our lifespan? In this groundbreaking book, Dr. David Sinclair, leading world authority on genetics and longevity, reveals a bold new theory for why we age. As he writes: “Aging is a disease, and that disease is treatable.” This eye-opening and provocative work takes us to the frontlines of research that is pushing the boundaries on our perceived scientific limitations, revealing incredible breakthroughs—many from Dr. David Sinclair’s own lab at Harvard—that demonstrate how we can slow down, or even reverse, aging. The key is activating newly discovered vitality genes, the descendants of an ancient genetic survival circuit that is both the cause of aging and the key to reversing it. Recent experiments in genetic reprogramming suggest that in the near future we may not just be able to feel younger, but actually become younger. Through a page-turning narrative, Dr. Sinclair invites you into the process of scientific discovery and reveals the emerging technologies and simple lifestyle changes—such as intermittent fasting, cold exposure, exercising with the right intensity, and eating less meat—that have been shown to help us live younger and healthier for longer. At once a roadmap for taking charge of our own health destiny and a bold new vision for the future of humankind, Lifespan will forever change the way we think about why we age and what we can do about it.
| Author | : Vincent Deary |
| Publisher | : Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
| Total Pages | : 273 |
| Release | : 2014-12-30 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 0374713219 |
The first book in a major new trilogy, How to Live: How We Are, How We Break, and How We Mend We live in small worlds. How We Are is an astonishing debut and the first part of the monumental How to Live trilogy, a profound and ambitious work that gets to the heart of what it means to be human: how we are, how we break, and how we mend. In Book One, How We Are, we explore the power of habit and the difficulty of change. As Vincent Deary shows us, we live most of our lives automatically, in small worlds of comfortable routine—what he calls Act One. Conscious change requires deliberate effort, so for the most part we avoid it. But inevitably, from within or without, something comes along to disturb our small worlds—some News from Elsewhere. And with reluctance, we begin the work of adjustment: Act Two. Over decades of psychotherapeutic work, Deary has witnessed the theater of change—how ordinary people get stuck, struggle with new circumstances, and finally transform for the better. He is keenly aware that novelists, poets, philosophers, and theologians have grappled with these experiences for far longer than psychologists. Drawing on his own personal experience and a staggering range of literary, philosophical, and cultural sources, Deary has produced a mesmerizing and universal portrait of the human condition. Part psychologist, part philosopher, part novelist, Deary helps us to see how we can resist being habit machines, and make our acts and our lives more fully our own.
| Author | : David A. Robertson |
| Publisher | : Portage & Main Press |
| Total Pages | : 36 |
| Release | : 2017-02-13 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1553796969 |
Winner of the 2017 Governor General's Literary Award! A young girl notices things about her grandmother that make her curious. Why does her grandmother have long, braided hair and beautifully coloured clothing? Why does she speak Cree and spend so much time with her family? As the girl asks questions, her grandmother shares her experiences in a residential school, when all of these things were taken away. Also available in a bilingual Swampy Cree/English edition. Download the free teacher guide on the Portage & Main Press website.
