No Sense Of Direction
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No Sense Of Direction
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Author : Eric J. Raff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001-10
No Sense Of Direction written by Eric J. Raff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-10 with Travel categories.
No Sense of Direction is a highly enjoyable tale of an adventurous advertising executive from New York City who traded his briefcase for a backpack and a one-way ticket. With a sharp eye for detail and a keen sense of humor, Eric Raff recounts what its like to hit the road with no plan and no destination.
A Sense Of Direction
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Author : Gideon Lewis-Kraus
language : en
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Release Date : 2014-02-13
A Sense Of Direction written by Gideon Lewis-Kraus and has been published by Pushkin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-13 with Travel categories.
A young secular writer's journey along ancient religious pilgrimage routes in Spain, Japan and the Ukraine leads to a surprise family reconciliation in this literary memoir Gideon Lewis-Kraus arrived in free-spirited Berlin from San Francisco as a young writer in search of a place to enjoy life to the fullest, and to forget the pain his father, a gay rabbi, had caused his family when he came out in middle age and emotionally abandoned his sons. But Berlin offers only unfocused dissipation, frustration and anxiety; to find what he is looking for (though he's not quite sure what it is), Gideon undertakes three separate ancient pilgrimages, travelling hundreds of miles: the thousand-year old Camino de Santiago in Spain with a friend, a solo circuit of eighty-eight Buddhist temples on the Japanese island of Shikoku, and finally, with his father and brother, a migration to the tomb of a famous Hassidic mystic in the Ukraine. It is on this last pilgrimage that Gideon reconnects with his father, and discovers that the most difficult and meaningful quest of all was the journey of his heart. A beautifully written, throught-provoking, and very moving meditation on what gives our lives a sense of purpose, and how we travel between past and present in search of hope for our future. Gideon Lewis-Kraushas written for numerous US publications, including Harper's, The Believer, The New York TimesBook Review, Los Angeles TimesBook Review, Slate, and others. A 2007-08 Fulbright scholarship brought him to Berlin, a hotbed of contemporary restlessness where he conceived this book. He now lives in New York, but continues to find himself frequently on the road to other places. "Beautiful, often very funny... a story that is both searching and purposeful, one that forces the reader, like the pilgrim, to value the journey as much as the destination." New Yorker "Gideon Lewis-Kraus has written a very honest, very smart, very moving book about being young and rootless and even wayward. With great compassion and zeal he gets at the question: why search the world to solve the riddle of your own heart?" Dave Eggers "If David Foster Wallace had written Eat, Pray, Loveit might have come close to approximating the adventures of Gideon Lewis-Kraus" Gary Shteyngart
Mind In Motion
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Author : Barbara Tversky
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2019-05-21
Mind In Motion written by Barbara Tversky and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-21 with Psychology categories.
An eminent psychologist offers a major new theory of human cognition: movement, not language, is the foundation of thought When we try to think about how we think, we can't help but think of words. Indeed, some have called language the stuff of thought. But pictures are remembered far better than words, and describing faces, scenes, and events defies words. Anytime you take a shortcut or play chess or basketball or rearrange your furniture in your mind, you've done something remarkable: abstract thinking without words. In Mind in Motion, psychologist Barbara Tversky shows that spatial cognition isn't just a peripheral aspect of thought, but its very foundation, enabling us to draw meaning from our bodies and their actions in the world. Our actions in real space get turned into mental actions on thought, often spouting spontaneously from our bodies as gestures. Spatial thinking underlies creating and using maps, assembling furniture, devising football strategies, designing airports, understanding the flow of people, traffic, water, and ideas. Spatial thinking even underlies the structure and meaning of language: why we say we push ideas forward or tear them apart, why we're feeling up or have grown far apart. Like Thinking, Fast and Slow before it, Mind in Motion gives us a new way to think about how--and where--thinking takes place.
A Sense Of Direction
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Author : Gideon Lewis-Kraus
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2012-05-10
A Sense Of Direction written by Gideon Lewis-Kraus and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In medieval times, a pilgrimage gave the average Joe his only break from the daily grind. For Gideon Lewis-Kraus, it promises a different kind of escape. Determined to avoid the kind of constraint that kept his father, a gay rabbi, closeted until midlife, he has moved to anything-goes Berlin. But the surfeit of freedom there has begun to paralyze him, and when a friend extends a drunken invitation to join him on an ancient pilgrimage route across Spain, he grabs his sneakers, glad of the chance to be committed to something and someone. Irreverent, moving, hilarious, and thought-provoking, A Sense of Direction is Lewis-Kraus's dazzling riff on the perpetual war between discipline and desire, and its attendant casualties. Across three pilgrimages and many hundreds of miles - the thousand-year-old Camino de Santiago, a solo circuit of eighty-eight Buddhist temples on the Japanese island of Shikoku, and, together with his father and brother, an annual mass migration to the tomb of a famous Hasidic mystic in the Ukraine - he completes an idiosyncratic odyssey to the heart of a family mystery and a human dilemma: How do we come to terms with what has been and what is - and find a way forward, with purpose?
Why People Get Lost
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Author : Paul A. Dudchenko
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Why People Get Lost written by Paul A. Dudchenko and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Psychology categories.
At some point in our lives, most of us have been lost. How does this happen? What are the limits of our ability to find our way? Do we have an innate sense of direction? 'How people get lost' reviews the psychology and neuroscience of navigation. It starts with a history of studies looking at how organisms solve mazes. It then reviews contemporary studies of spatial cognition, and the wayfinding abilities of adults and children. It then considers how specific parts of the brain provide a cognitive map and a neural compass. This book also considers the neurology of spatial disorientation, and the tendency of patients with Alzheimer's disease to lose their way. Within the book, the author considers that, perhaps we get lost simply because our brain's compass becomes misoriented. This book is written for anyone with an interest in navigation and the brain. It assumes no specialised knowledge of neuroscience, but covers recent advances in our understanding of how the brain represents space.
Strategies Of Orientation In Environmental Spaces
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Author : Tobias Meilinger
language : en
Publisher: Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Release Date : 2008
Strategies Of Orientation In Environmental Spaces written by Tobias Meilinger and has been published by Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
Directional Sense
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Author : Janet R. Carpman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-07-25
Directional Sense written by Janet R. Carpman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-25 with Geographical perception categories.
A Sense Of Direction
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Author : William Ball
language : en
Publisher: New York : Drama Book Publishers
Release Date : 1984
A Sense Of Direction written by William Ball and has been published by New York : Drama Book Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984 with Performing Arts categories.
"William Ball, founder and general director of the acclaimed American Conservatory Theatre, engages his audience in a wide-ranging discussion of the director's process - from first reading through opening night. Mr. Ball offers a candid, personal account of his method of working - including the choice of a play's essential elements, preproduction homework, casting, and rehearsal techniques"--Cover.
Philosophy Of Time
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Author : Sean Enda Power
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-05-26
Philosophy Of Time written by Sean Enda Power and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-26 with Philosophy categories.
As a growing area of research, the philosophy of time is increasingly relevant to different areas of philosophy and even other disciplines. This book describes and evaluates the most important debates in philosophy of time, under several subject areas: metaphysics, epistemology, physics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, cognitive science, rationality, and art. Questions this book investigates include the following. Can we know what time really is? Is time possible, especially given modern physics? Must there be time because we cannot think without it? What do we experience of time? How might philosophy of time be relevant to understanding the mind–body relationship or evidence in cognitive science? Can the philosophy of time help us understand biases toward the future and the fear of death? How is time relevant to art—and is art relevant to philosophical debates about time? Finally, what exactly could time travel be? And could time travel satisfy emotions such as nostalgia and regret? Through asking such questions, and showing how they might be best answered, the book demonstrates the importance philosophy of time has in contemporary thought. Each of the book’s ten chapters begins with a helpful introduction and ends with study questions and an annotated list of further reading. This and a comprehensive bibliography at the end of the book prepare the reader to go further in their study of the philosophy of time.
Small Talk Big Results
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Author : Diane Windingland
language : en
Publisher: Small Talk Big Results
Release Date : 2010-10-30
Small Talk Big Results written by Diane Windingland and has been published by Small Talk Big Results this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-30 with Business & Economics categories.
Little tips and techniques for big success in business.