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Brilliant Idiot: An Autobiography of a Dyslexic
by Abraham Schmitt Mary Lou Hartzler ClemensThis book chronicles one man's battle to earn respect and an education, only to discover in mid-life that his severe mental "fog" was a serious learning disability.
Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure
by Eli ClareIn Brilliant Imperfection Eli Clare uses memoir, history, and critical analysis to explore cure—the deeply held belief that body-minds considered broken need to be fixed. Cure serves many purposes. It saves lives, manipulates lives, and prioritizes some lives over others. It provides comfort, makes profits, justifies violence, and promises resolution to body-mind loss. Clare grapples with this knot of contradictions, maintaining that neither an anti-cure politics nor a pro-cure worldview can account for the messy, complex relationships we have with our body-minds. The stories he tells range widely, stretching from disability stereotypes to weight loss surgery, gender transition to skin lightening creams. At each turn, Clare weaves race, disability, sexuality, class, and gender together, insisting on the nonnegotiable value of body-mind difference. Into this mix, he adds environmental politics, thinking about ecosystem loss and restoration as a way of delving more deeply into cure. Ultimately Brilliant Imperfection reveals cure to be an ideology grounded in the twin notions of normal and natural, slippery and powerful, necessary and damaging all at the same time.
A Brilliant Life: My Mother's Inspiring True Story of Surviving the Holocaust
by Rachelle UnreichThe powerful, true story of a Holocaust survivor told by her daughter—a tale that reminds us of the resilience of the soul and the ability of the heart to heal.As Mira is nearing the end of her life, her daughter Rachelle wants to find out how her mother had lived through four concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and a Death March. There was a mystery to her survival, it seemed—which perhaps had something to do with the strange things that always happened around her. And, incredibly, when giving testimony later in life, she says that it was during this time—despite witnessing the depths of man’s cruelty—that she learned about “the goodness of people.”Born in Czechoslovakia, Mira was only 12 years old when World War II broke out. At 88, living in Australia, she is diagnosed with cancer, and her journalist daughter decides to interview her to distract her from her illness. What Rachelle discovers about her mother helps her fit together the jigsaw pieces of her own life. A Brilliant Life portrays not only how remote a prospect it was to live through the Holocaust, but what it is like to be the child of a survivor. A story of love, loss, wonder and the deepest kind of faith, A Brilliant Life questions the role that fate, chance and destiny play in one's life. It is a tribute to family, a story of incredible resilience and a chronicle of the deep connection between mother and child that not even death can destroy.
Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness
by Patty Duke Gloria HochmanIn her revealing bestseller Call Me Anna, Patty Duke shared her long-kept secret: the talented, Oscar-winning actress who won our hearts on The Patty Duke Show was suffering from a serious-but-treatable-mental illness called manic depression. For nearly twenty years, until she was correctly diagnosed at age thirty-five, she careened between periods of extreme euphoria and debilitating depression, prone to delusions and panic attacks, temper tantrums, spending sprees, and suicide attempts. Now in A Brilliant Madness Patty Duke joins with medical reporter Gloria Hochman to shed light on this powerful, paradoxical, and destructive illness. From what it's like to live with manic-depressive disorder to the latest findings on its most effective treatments, this compassionate and eloquent book provides profound insight into the challenge of mental illness. And though Patty's story, which ends in a newfound happiness with her cherished family, it offers hope for all those who suffer from mood disorders and for the family, friends, and physicians who love and care for them.From the Paperback edition.
Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds: 100 New Ways To See The World (Maps for Curious Minds #0)
by Ian WrightA singular atlas of 100 infographic maps from thought-provoking to flat-out fun. And don’t miss the next book in the series, North American Maps for Curious Minds! Publisher’s note: Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds was published in the UK under the title Brilliant Maps. Which countries don’t have rivers? Which ones have North Korean embassies? Who drives on the “wrong” side of the road? How many national economies are bigger than California’s? And where can you still find lions in the wild? You’ll learn answers to these questions and many more in Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds. This one-of-a-kind atlas is packed with eye-opening analysis (Which nations have had female leaders?), whimsical insight (Where can’t you find a McDonald’s?), and surprising connections that illuminate the contours of culture, history, and politics. Each of these 100 maps will change the way you see the world—and your place in it.
Brilliant Mistakes: Finding Success on the Far Side of Failure
by Paul J. SchoemakerNamed #1 Best Business Book of 2011, by Patriot-News-PennLive.comIf you have ever flown in an airplane, used electricity from a nuclear power plant, or taken an antibiotic, you have benefited from a brilliant mistake.Each of these life-changing innovations was the result of many missteps and an occasional brilliant insight that turned a mistake into a surprising portal of discovery. In Brilliant Mistakes, Paul Schoemaker, founder and chairman of Decision Strategies International, shares critical insights on the surprising benefits of making well-chosen mistakes.Brilliant Mistakes explores why minimizing mistakes may be the greatest mistake of all, situations when mistakes are most beneficial and when they should be avoided, the counter-intuitive idea that we should deliberately permit errors at times, and how to make the most of brilliant mistakes to improve business results.Brilliant Mistakes is based on solid academic research and insights from Schoemaker's work with more than 100 organizations, as well as his provocative Harvard Business Review article with Robert Gunther, "The Wisdom of Deliberate Mistakes." Schoemaker provides a practical roadmap for using mistakes to accelerate learning for your organization and yourself.
Brilliant Moon: The Autobiography of Dilgo Khyentse
by Ani Jinba Palmo Dzongsar Khyentse Dilgo Khyentse Dalai Lama Sogyal RinpocheThrough lively anecdotes and stories this highly revered Buddhist meditation master and scholar tells about his life of study, retreat, and teaching. The formative events of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's life, and those insights and experiences that caused him to mature into the warm, brilliant, and highly realized meditation master and teacher he was, are deeply inspiring. The second half of the book comprises recollections by his wife; his grandson, Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche; Tenga Rinpoche; the Queen Mother of Bhutan; and many prominent teachers.
Brilliant Orange The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer
by David WinnerBrilliant Orangeis a book about Dutch soccer that's not really about Dutch soccer. It's more about an enigmatic way of thinking peculiar to a people whose landscape is unrelentingly flat, mostly below sea level, and who owe their salvation to a boy who plugged a fractured dike with his little finger. If any one thing, Brilliant Orangeis about Dutch space, and a people whose unique conception of it has led to some of the most enduring art, the weirdest architecture, and a bizarrely cerebral form of soccer-Total Football-that led in 1974 to a World Cup finals match with arch-rival Germany, and continues with its intricacy and oddity to mystify and delight observers around the world. "In the hot summer of 1975 Wim van Hanegem was offered the chance to leave his beloved Feyenoord and join the French club Olympique Marseilles. . . He couldn't decide what to do. . . So he turned to his dog: 'We can't decide. It's up to you now. If you want to go to Marseilles, bark or show me. ' For several minutes the dog and Van Hanegem stared at each other. The dog didn't move. 'OK' said Wim, 'he doesn't want to go. We're staying. " The cast stretches from anarchists and church painters to rabbis and skinheads, and of course, to Holland's beloved soccer players, whose eccentricities are wryly detailed by David Winner through hilarious anecdotes that call to mind Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch. As idiosyncratic as its subject, quirky and provocative, Brilliant Orangereaches out to the reader from an unsuspected place and never lets go. "Occasionally a book comes along that you fall in or out of love with on the basis of nothing more than the contents page . . . Brilliant Orangeis one of those strangely informative books that will even entertain those who have little interest in either soccer or the Netherlands. " (The Economist)
The Brilliant Path of Worldwide Kosen-rufu: Study Guide for The New Human Revolution, Volumes 1–10
by Soka GakkaiFilled with stories of people achieving their human revolution,surmounting obstacles, and fulfilling their vow to create peaceand happiness in the world, Daisaku Ikeda's The New Human Revolution recounts the true history of the Soka Gakkai's worldwide movement for peace. Its thirty volumes will allow generation after generation to learn,to be inspired, and to continue the story into the future.This study guide, which covers the first ten volumes, offers highlights, key passages, historic photos, andother material to enhance your own study of this essential work.
The Brilliant Path of Worldwide Kosen-rufu: Study Guide for The New Human Revolution, vols. 11–30
by Soka GakkaiFilled with stories of people achieving their human revolution, surmounting obstacles, and fulfilling their vow to create peace and happiness in the world. The New Human Revolution recounts the true history of the Soka Gakkai spirit. Its thirty volumes will allow generation after generation to learn, to be inspired, and to continue the story into the future. This study guide offers highlights, key passages, historic photos, and other material to enhance your own study of this essential work.
The Brilliant Path of Worldwide Kosen-rufu: Study Guide for The New Human Revolution, vols. 21–30
by Soka GakkaiFilled with stories of people achieving their human revolution, surmounting obstacles, and fulfilling their vow to create peace and happiness in the world. The New Human Revolution recounts the true history of the Soka Gakkai spirit. Its thirty volumes will allow generation after generation to learn, to be inspired, and to continue the story into the future. This study guide offers highlights, key passages, historic photos, and other material to enhance your own study of this essential work.
Brilliant Questions About Growing Up: Simple Answers About Bodies and Boundaries
by Amy Forbes-Robertson Alex FryerA simple and modern guide to bodies and boundaries!Amy and Alex have toured over 200 schools delivering inclusive sex and relationship lessons.They've taken the toughest and most common questions about puberty from THOUSANDS of UK children and answered them in this simple and empathetic guide to growing up. From questions about puberty, consent and boundaries to navigating the online world and sexuality, Brilliant Questions About Growing Up is an easy-to-follow toolkit about what 'normal' really means when it comes to growing up (spoiler, it looks different for all of us).This reassuring read is ideal for 7-11 year olds and offers a non-judgemental approach to all of those difficult, funny and (sometimes) embarrassing questions in a way that facilitates honest and comfortable conversations with children.'The authors navigated this difficult to explain and sometimes difficult to understand area with great empathy and simplicity . . . I think this is a great book and I'll continue to use it as a parent, sharing it with my kids as we try and understand the world of growing up together.' Dan Sumpton, social worker and NHS psychological therapist - Sonshine Magazine
A Brilliant Streak: The Making Of Mark Twain
by Kathryn Lasky Barry MoserIn this beautifully illustrated biography, Mark Twain's adventures as a young boy come to life. Before Samuel Clemens became a famous author, he enjoyed one of the longest childhoods in history. From playing hooky in Hannibal, Missouri, to piloting steamboats on the Mississippi River, Mark Twain's adventures as a youth influenced his entire life and figured prominently in his writing. Focusing on the first half of Clemens's life, this book will be enjoyed by longtime Twain devotees--and by those who seek a colorful introduction to the ever-popular author and his works.
Brilliant Teaching: Using Culture and Artful Thinking to Close Equity Gaps
by Adeyemi StembridgeThink like an artist and design a classroom that works—well—for everyone In Brilliant Teaching, you will come to understand that equity—when we view it from an informed, multi-layered, and artistic perspective—is the essential purpose of teaching. As education thought leader Dr. Adeyemi Stembridge argues, true equity does not need to defend or justify itself against detractors. Teaching for equity means creating student-centered opportunities that match the social, political, and economic context of the learning environment. Informed by both theory and extensive collaboration with K-12 teachers, Brilliant Teaching will help you develop a deep understanding of culture, one that you can leverage in order to be responsive to students. This book draws from a range of disciplines, including but going well beyond the post-modern and critical-theory-based discourse that dominate conversations today. Brilliant Teaching also pulls from art theory, cultural psychology, cognitive science, and learning theory, as well as classic historical texts within education. With this broad foundation, Dr. Stembridge offers an empowering, engaging approach that educators can use to help learners reach their own goals, and to move society onward and upward. Discover practices that you can use to provide vulnerable students with high quality, effective, and meaningful learning opportunities Learn to empathize with and respond to your students in a way that will engage and empower them in rigorous learning experiences Embrace artful thinking and an integrated understanding of culture in your approach to equity in the classroom View the K-12 classroom with a more expansive mindset and fresh ideas from an expert educatorFor K-12 educators, preservice teachers, parents, school board members, and policymakers, this book is a breath of fresh air and inspiration in a world where culturally responsive teaching is increasingly recognized as a must.
Brilliant Women (Brilliant Women Ser. #3)
by Georgia Amson-BradshawDiscover the stories of 68 brave and brilliant womenCurious, provocative, engaging, brave, and funny - women who change the world are diverse, intriguing and brilliant. Filled with wonderful illustrations and engaging activities that will nurture your own varied skills, Brilliant Women compiles the stories of inspiring women from every field. Retelling their triumphs and adversities, this beautiful book reveals and celebrates the women who have shaped the world we live in now. Perfect reading for the next generation of brilliant girls and boys. Suitable for readers aged 9 and up.
Brilliantly Behaved Toddler: 50 Things You Really need to Know
by Lorraine ThomasParenting a toddler can be trying. Brilliantly Behaved Toddler is a handy guide to one of the most challenging periods of parenthood. With years of experience delivering practical parenting strategies through her parent-coaching business, in fifty easy-to-follow chapters, Lorraine Thomas provides the useful tips to handling the most exasperating situations that a parent and toddler are likely to meet, including mealtimes, sleeping, toilet training and supermarket tantrums. Informative narratives and quotes from childcare experts guide and explain techniques to help parents feel confident in their parenting skills. Whatever the challenge, experienced parenting coach Lorraine Thomas gives parents solutions that really works.
Brilliantly Behaved Toddler (50 Things You Really Need to Know #1)
by Lorraine ThomasThe 50 bite-sized chapters in this book cover the most trying situations that a parent and toddler are ever likely to meet - including mealtimes, sleeping, toilet training and supermarket tantrums. Each idea features an activity box to help parents gauge their progress and see results as they move forward, while informative narrative and quotes from childcare experts guide and equip them with the techniques they need to feel happy and confident in their parenting skills. Whatever the challenge, experienced parenting coach Lorraine Thomas gives parents an instant practical strategy that really works.
Brilliantly Behaved Toddler (50 Things You Really Need To Know Ser. #1)
by Lorraine ThomasThe 50 bite-sized chapters in this book cover the most trying situations that a parent and toddler are ever likely to meet - including mealtimes, sleeping, toilet training and supermarket tantrums. Each idea features an activity box to help parents gauge their progress and see results as they move forward, while informative narrative and quotes from childcare experts guide and equip them with the techniques they need to feel happy and confident in their parenting skills. Whatever the challenge, experienced parenting coach Lorraine Thomas gives parents an instant practical strategy that really works.
The Brilliantly Illuminating Lamp of the Five Stages (Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences)
by Tsong KhapaThe most important commentary on Vajrayana from the founder of the Dalai Lama's school of Buddhism.The Brilliantly Illuminating Lamp of the Five Stages (rim lnga rab tu gsal ba’i sgron me) is Tsong Khapa’s most important commentary on the perfection stage practices of the Esoteric Community (Guhyasamaja), the tantra he considered fundamental for the practice of the “father tantra” class of unexcelled yoga tantras. It draws heavily on Nagarjuna’s Five Stages (Pañcakrama) and Aryadeva’s Lamp that Integrates the Practices (Caryamelapakapradipa), as well as a vast range of perfection stage works included in the Tibetan canonical (Kangyur and Tengyur) collections. It is an important work for both scholars and practitioners. A reader of this work will find in it convincing evidence for Tsong Khapa’s own yogic experience and attainment, in coordination with his better-known philosophical and scholarly achievements. The present revised edition of the work is a cornerstone of the Complete Works of Jey Tsong Khapa and Sons collection, a subset of the Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences series. Comprised of the collected works of Tsong Khapa (1357–1419) and his spiritual sons, Gyaltsap Darma Rinchen (1364–1432) and Khedrup Gelek Pelsang (1385–1438), the numerous works in this set of Tibetan treatises and supercommentaries are based on the thousands of works in the Tibetan Buddhist canon.
Brimful of Asia: Negotiating Ethnicity on the UK Music Scene
by Rehan HyderDuring the 1990s, Asian pop artists began entering the mainstream of the British music industry for the first time. Bands such as Black Star Liner, Cornershop, Fun Da Mental and Voodoo Queens, led those within and without the industry to start asking questions such as what did it mean to be Asian? How did the bands' Asian background affect their music? What did their music say about Asians in Britain? In this book, Rehan Hyder draws on in-depth interviews with musicians from these bands and with critics and record producers, to examine the pressures associated with making music as a young Asian in today's multi-ethnic Britain. As the book reveals, these musicians wish to convey an authentic sense of creativity in their music, while at the same time wanting to assert a positive ethnic identity. Hyder explores these two impulses against the backdrop of a music industry and a society at large that hold a range of confining stereotypes about what it means to be Asian. The experiences of these bands add considerably to the wider debate about the nature of identity in the contemporary world.
Brimstone
by Hugh HalterHow was Jesus the most holy person while at the same time the least judgmental? And why don't His followers live like He lived? Let's be honest, Christians are losing the culture war. The western Church is in stark decline and our kids no longer find the message of judgement tenable in the real world. Jesus came to influence and draw--not condemn and repel. In Brimstone, Hugh Halter helps us navigate the overuse of poor judgment and the underuse of right judgment. This book will help you navigate the great law of love given by Jesus. Inside you'll find a disruptive invitation to be holy as Jesus was holy and engage the sinful world with a smile instead of pointing a finger in their face.
The Brimstone Journals
by Ron KoertgeIn a series of short interconnected poems, students at a high school nicknamed Brimstone reveal the violence existing and growing in their lives.
Brincar à Maneira Dinamarquesa
by Iben Dissing SandahlO famoso modelo escandinavo que desperta a felicidade, confiança e espontaneidade das crianças Depois do grande sucesso alcançado pelo bestseller Pais à Maneira Dinamarquesa, a psicoterapeuta e professora Iben Dissing Sandahl aprofunda o que torna a Dinamarca tão especial, um dos pilares mais importantes para educar crianças saudáveis e felizes - a brincadeira livre, não estruturada. Sandhal defende uma sociedade onde prestemos mais atenção à educação de crianças equilibradas e com grande força interior, a fim de melhor as prepararmos para os desafios que as esperam no futuro. Para tal, oferece aos pais e educadores em todo o mundo uma visão sobre como integrar a brincadeira livre na vida das crianças. Um guia prático para brincadeiras livres, não estruturadas, que define claramente as etapas a ter em conta para criar filhos fortes e saudáveis. Com tópicos práticos e exemplos inspiradores, Brincar à Maneira Dinamarquesa ajudará pais e educadores a tornar as crianças AINDA mais felizes e mais bem integradas. Adira ao Juramento da Brincadeira e ofereça às crianças a oportunidade de crescerem felizes:«Concordamos com divertir-nos, ser autênticos, experimentar e explorar, deixar a brincadeira captar a magia da imaginação, não julgar nem condenar as ideias dos outros, apreciar a honestidade que a brincadeira desperta, estar abertos à nossa fonte interior de criatividade, e à dos outros.» Os elogios da crítica: «SIM! Vamos pôr de lado todas as estruturas mensuráveis e deixar os nossos filhos brincar à sua maneira para encontrarem o caminho para uma vida feliz e consistente, a fim de poderem conquistar o mundo da forma mais pacífica.»Tom C, Pai «Este livro torna fácil entender o tesouro escondido da brincadeira. Dá uma valiosa perspectiva de como a brincadeira das crianças as ajuda a desenvolver-se como seres humanos e diz a nós, pais, quando nos afastarmos e quando interferirmos.»Nicole P., Mãe «Brincar à Maneira Dinamarquesa defende energicamente a brincadeira livre e dá sugestões práticas aos pais, educadores e médicos para a sua implementação. Concordo que a liberdade de resolver conflitos, medos, e exprimir criatividade só pode ajudar a reduzir o stress, a aumentar a autoconfiança, a diversão, as competências para resolver problemas e a resiliência.»Barbara Lavine, conselheira profissional licenciada, Virginia, EUA «Antes de ter lido Brincar à Maneira Dinamarquesa, não me tinha apercebido de quanto brincar de forma não estruturada é importante. Brincar é a forma de as crianças desenvolverem um espírito inovador, sociável e feliz. Brincar é a forma de pensar criativa que muitos de nós perdem demasiado cedo. É o que faz os seres humanos continuarem e criar e a inovar. Apresenta ao leitor ideias concretas de como proporcionar uma vida mais lúdica e mais feliz às crianças e às suas famílias.»Line West, happyasadane.com «O livro de Iben Sandahl sobre a brincadeira livre das crianças insiste que devemos estar atentos à forma como a brincadeira cria a sua magia, que a deixemos desenrolar-se em linhas individuais de oportunidade, que encorajemos as crianças a brincar e que façamos parte disso. Brincar à maneira dinamarquesa contém uma mensagem importante, com as suas ideias e sugestões sobre como garantir às crianças a brincadeira livre num mundo que se foca sobretudo nos requisitos de desempenho. Algo que podemos garantir reconhecendo como brincar livremente fortalece o desenvolvimento das crianças enquanto seres humanos e incentiva-as a testar as suas oportunidades tanto no mundo real como no imaginário.»Per Schultz Jorgensen, professor emérito, doutor em Filosofia «Brincar à Maneira Dinamarqu
Brindando sobre los escombros: La dirigencia judía y los atentados: entre la denuncia y el encubrimiento
by Horacio LutzkyEste trabajo, que condensa años de investigación, revela de qué manerala dirigencia judía argentina protagonizó una serie de episodios quepueden unirse perfectamente y que, juntos, forman una flecha que señalaen sentido contrario al esclarecimiento. Y va más allá, llegando a laadvertencia: si la Argentina en general, y su comunidad judía enparticular, permiten que los colaboradores locales de las masacrescontinúen impunes, la posibilidad de un nuevo ataque puede transformarseen certeza. Los atentados a la Embajada de Israel y la AMIA producidos durante elmenemismo no solo no han sido esclarecidos, sino que además han dadolugar a una inédita situación en la que supuestos representantes de lasvíctimas han intervenido activamente en el ocultamiento de pruebas y ladesviación de pistas que hubiesen podido llevar a la verdad.Semejantes circunstancias solo pueden generar interrogantes, sobre todosi, como sucedió tras el atentado a la AMIA, dirigentes de la comunidadjudía, miembros del gobierno y de sus servicios de inteligencia,policías corruptos y agentes de países extranjeros terminarondefendiendo la misma causa: el encubrimiento. Bajo justificacionespolíticas y secretos de Estado, una antigua trama de negocios oscurosprolongó sus efectos e impidió conocer la escandalosa realidad que ahoracomienza a develarse.