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Free Download Immemorial Silence By Karmen MacKendrick
2001 | 170 Pages | ISBN: 0791448770 | PDF | 1 MB
Drawing on philosophy, theology, and literature, from the early Middle Ages to the present, Immemorial Silence traces a series of intertwined ideas. Exploring silence as the absence of language, which is nonetheless inherent in language itself, and eternity as the outside of time, cutting through time itself, the book unfolds a series of connections between these temporal and linguistic themes.

Free Download Roose-Evans, "Finding Silence"
English | ISBN: 0752454056 | 2009 | 168 pages | EPUB | 274 KB
James Roose-Evans’ list of accomplishments is formidable. Fifty years ago he founded the Hampstead Theatre. Thirty-five years ago he set up the Bleddfa Centre for the Creative Spirit. He has written seventeen books and directed countless plays, including the award-winning adaptation of "84 Charing Cross Road". He is an ordained, non-stipendiary Anglican priest and continues to direct, to teach, to write – and to meditate. "Finding Silence" grows out of the work of a group he leads in London which meets regularly for meditation. It is one of many hundreds of such groups today, gathering in one another’s houses, transcending all differences of religion, colour, race, gender, as people increasingly seek a deeper meaning to their lives. James’ first book on meditation, "Inner Journey: Outer Journey" went into three editions and led to him being much in demand at workshops and retreats. "Finding Silence" is the result of numerous requests for him to compile a collection of practical but inspiring thoughts about meditation, creativity and spirituality.

Free Download Aflame: Learning from Silence by Pico Iyer
English | January 14, 2025 | ISBN: 0593420284 | True EPUB | 240 pages | 1 MB
"Reading Aflame may help many to lead lives of greater compassion and deeper peace of mind." -His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Free Download Land of Stone: Breaking Silence Through Poetry By Karen Chase
2007 | 202 Pages | ISBN: 081433315X | PDF | 1 MB
For more than a decade, Karen Chase taught poetry writing to severely incapacitated patients at a large psychiatric hospital outside of New York City. During that time, she began working with Ben, a handsome, formerly popular and athletic young man who had given up speaking and had withdrawn from social interaction. Meeting on the locked ward every week for two years, Chase and Ben passed a pad of paper back and forth, taking turns writing one line of poetry each, ultimately producing 180 poems that responded to, diverged from, and built on each other’s words. Land of Stone is Chase’s account of writing with Ben, an experience that was deeply transformative for both poet and patient. In Chase’s engrossing narrative, readers will find inspiration in the power of writing to change and heal, as well as a compelling firsthand look at the relationship between poet and patient. As she tells of Ben’s struggle to come out of silence, Chase also recounts the issues in her own life that she confronts by writing with Ben, including her mother’s recent death and a childhood struggle with polio. Also, since poetry writing seems to reach Ben in a way that his clinical therapy cannot, Chase describes and analyzes Ben’s writing in detail to investigate the changes that appeared to be taking place in him as their work progressed. A separate section presents twenty-two poems that Chase wrote with Ben, selected to show his linguistic development over time, and a final section offers Chase’s thoughtful reflections on the creative process. Land of Stone will provide honest and valuable insight to psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, alternative therapists, and other mental health practitioners, and will also surely be of interest to creative writers, teachers, linguists, and anyone looking to explore the connections between language and healing.

Free Download Badass Bonita: Break the Silence, Become a Revolution, Unearth Your Inner Guerrera by Kim Guerra
English | September 17, 2024 | ISBN: 1538742438 | 272 pages | PDF | 3.19 Mb
From the creator of Brown Badass Bonita comes a "powerful and necessary guide toward self-discovery and metamorphosis" (Dr. Mariel Buqué) that can help transform not only your life but the lives of everyone in your community.

Free Download Silence+Other Sounds Maleventum Pompeii KONTAKT | KONTAKT – 6,32 GB
We have collaborated with producer and ancient instruments expert Francesco Landucci to record a vast array of horns and drums in an original Roman water cistern environment, at the archeological site of Cecina Italy. Most of the instruments have been captured with both close and room microphones, to provide the flexibility to blend/switch from a more intimate, breathy sound to a more evocative one.

Free Download Silence+Other Sounds CARTAGO KONTAKT | KONTAKT – 7,94 GB
Cartago is a Kontakt library built around an extensive collection of ancient, modern, and custom-designed cinematic percussions. Created in collaboration with renowned sound designer Stefano Maccarelli whose acclaimed works include the Ethera vocal library series, Elements, Kepler, and many more Cartago offers a rich array of meticulously crafted sounds organised in two highly powerful Kontakt instruments.

Free Download Valerie M. Hudson, Patricia Leidl, "A Conspicuous Silence: American Foreign Policy, Women, and Saudi Arabia: A Selection from The Hillary Doctrine: Sex and American Foreign Policy"
English | 2015 | ASIN: B00VIH1ZBM | EPUB | pages: 56 | 0.1 mb
Hillary Rodham Clinton was the first to clearly state that: "the subjugation of women is a direct threat to the security of the United States." This declaration has come to be known as the Hillary Doctrine, and it was formally incorporated into the first Quadrennial Diplomatic and Development Review of U.S. foreign policy in 2010. If the Hillary Doctrine is justified, then how is it that Secretary of State Clinton never addressed issues of extreme gender inequality in Saudi Arabia? And how has Saudi Arabia sought to export that inequality to other states, such as Yemen? This chapter explores the complexities of the Hillary Doctrine in practice, the realities of pursuing gender equality on the national stage, the strategies Clinton and those working under her innovated to introduce gender issues diplomatically into a resistant country, and other key developments from this encounter and its reverberations across international channels.

Free Download The Rest Is Silence (New York Review Books Classics) by Augusto Monterroso, translated by Aaron Kerner
English | December 10, 2024 | ISBN: 1681378825 | True EPUB | 176 pages | 1.7 MB
The lone novel by a Latin American author of very short fiction (praised as "the most beautiful stories in the world" by Italo Calvino)-an antic, metafictional send-up of the Mexican literary scene told through the unreliable recollections of an aging critic’s friends, relatives, and attendants.

Free Download Kristine De Welde, Andi Stepnick, "Disrupting the Culture of Silence: Confronting Gender Inequality and Making Change in Higher Education"
English | 2014 | ISBN: 162036218X | PDF | pages: 394 | 5.1 mb
CHOICE 2015 Outstanding Academic TitleWhat do women academics classify as challenging, inequitable, or "hostile" work environments and experiences? How do these vary by women’s race/ethnicity, rank, sexual orientation, or other social locations?How do academic cultures and organizational structures work independently and in tandem to foster or challenge such work climates?What actions can institutions and individuals-independently and collectively-take toward equity in the academy?Despite tremendous progress toward gender equality and equity in institutions of higher education, deep patterns of discrimination against women in the academy persist. From the "chilly climate" to the "old boys’ club," women academics must navigate structures and cultures that continue to marginalize, penalize, and undermine their success.This book is a "tool kit" for advancing greater gender equality and equity in higher education. It presents the latest research on issues of concern to them, and to anyone interested in a more equitable academy. It documents the challenging, sometimes hostile experiences of women academics through feminist analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, including narratives from women of different races and ethnicities across disciplines, ranks, and university types. The contributors’ research draws upon the experiences of women academics including those with under-examined identities such as lesbian, feminist, married or unmarried, and contingent faculty. And, it offers new perspectives on persistent issues such as family policies, pay and promotion inequalities, and disproportionate service burdens. The editors provide case studies of women who have encountered antagonistic workplaces, and offer action steps, best practices, and more than 100 online resources for individuals navigating similar situations. Beyond women in academe, this book is for their allies and for administrators interested in changing the climates, cultures, and policies that allow gender inequality to exist on their campuses, and to researchers/scholars investigating these phenomena. It aims to disrupt complacency amongst those who claim that things are "better" or "good enough" and to provide readers with strategies and resources to counter barriers created by culture, climate, or institutional structures.