Deep Immersion

Author : Allegra Goodman
Publisher : Dial Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307786722

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Total Immersion by Allegra Goodman Pdf

In "The Succession," the members of a prosperous Hawaii synagogue agree on almost nothing. But when the president of the synagogue absconds with a small fortune, far deeper—and more troubling—rifts emerge...In "The Closet," Evelyn's sister flees her family to take up residence in the attic—while the shunned Evelyn finds herself slipping into the waters of her sister's soul....In "Wish List," an expert on terrorism, vacationing at an academic retreat in England,receives a late-night phone call from National Public Radio. Asked for commentary on a hostage situation of which he is ignorant, Ed can whisper only: "It's unspeakable." Total Immersion In these and other exquisite stories, Allegra Goodman fills rooms with laughter and voices, captures dinner parties, seaside picnics, academic grudges, shul politics, and the kind of hurts that only families and lovers can know. Featuring two new stories previously published in The New Yorker, Total Immersion is Allegra Goodman's first collection of short fiction—a masterful work from one of the most powerful and eloquent voices on the American literary landscape.

Author : Terry Laughlin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781451688337

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Total Immersion by Terry Laughlin Pdf

Swim better—and enjoy every lap—with Total Immersion, a guide to improving your swimming from an expert with more than thirty years of experience in the water. Terry Laughlin, the world’s #1 authority on swimming success, has made his unique approach even easier for anyone to master. Whether you’re an accomplished swimmer or have always found swimming to be a struggle, Total Immersion will show you that it’s mindful fluid movement—not athletic ability—that will turn you into an efficient swimmer. This new edition of the bestselling Total Immersion features: -A thoughtfully choreographed series of skill drills—practiced in the mindful spirit of yoga—that can help anyone swim more enjoyably -A holistic approach to becoming one with the water and to developing a swimming style that’s always comfortable -Simple but thorough guidance on how to improve fitness and form -A complementary land-and-water program for achieving a strong and supple body at any age Based on more than thirty years of teaching, coaching, and research, Total Immersion has dramatically improved the physical and mental experience of swimming for thousands of people of all ages and abilities.

Author : Robert R. Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Coal
ISBN : UOM:39015078518795

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Effects of Retort-immersion Depth on Gieseler Plasticity Determinations on Western Coals by Robert R. Allen Pdf

Author : Robert Lawrence France
Publisher : Libri Publishing Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Aquatic ecology
ISBN : 0971746818

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Deep Immersion by Robert Lawrence France Pdf

This seminal book is one of the most informative works to ever address how water permeates all of human existence, and is worthy of placement on the shelf beside such other notable volumes as Gaston Bachelard's Water and Dreams, Theodor Schwenk's Water, the Element of Life, Ivan Illich's H[subscript 2]O and the Waters of Forgetfulness and Charles Sprawson's Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero. Book jacket.

Author : Ted Conover
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780226113067

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Immersion by Ted Conover Pdf

Over three and a half decades, Ted Conover has ridden the rails with hoboes, crossed the border with Mexican immigrants, guarded prisoners in Sing Sing and inspected meat for the USDA. His books and articles chronicling these experiences, including the award-winning 'Newjack', have made him one of the premier practitioners of immersion reporting. In 'Immersion', Conover distills decades of knowledge into an accessible resource aimed at writers of all levels.

Author : Michael Gallope
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780226483696

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Deep Refrains by Michael Gallope Pdf

Deep Refrains is a wide-ranging investigation of the philosophy of music. Michael Gallope asks what it means for music to "speak” when it is not saying anything in particular. To answer this question, he turns to the writings of some of the most revered thinkers of the twentieth century--Ernst Bloch, Theodor Adorno, Vladimir Jank�l�vitch, Gilles Deleuze, and F�lix Guattari. For these theorists, Gallope argues, the paradox that music is both ineffable and yet harbors deep philosophical wisdoms is fertile ground for thinking outside of conceptual boundaries. It provides the lens for a utopian potentiality that inspires hope (Bloch), an ethical critique of modernity (Adorno), an exemplification of the ephemeral movement of lived time (Jank�l�vitch), and a sonic extension of the syncopated, contrapuntal rhythms of sense and social life (Deleuze and Guattari). Gallope argues that a philosophical engagement with music’s ineffability rarely calls for silence or declarations of the unspeakable. Rather, it asks us to think through the ways in which the impact of music is made to address complex philosophical problems specific to the modern world.

Author : Gerhard Ersdal,John V. Sharp,Alexander Stacey
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-04
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781119284390

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Ageing and Life Extension of Offshore Structures by Gerhard Ersdal,John V. Sharp,Alexander Stacey Pdf

A comprehensive overview of managing and assessing safety and functionality of ageing offshore structures and pipelines A significant proportion, estimated at over 50%, of the worldwide infrastructure of offshore structures and pipelines is in a life extension phase and is vulnerable to ageing processes. This book captures the central elements of the management of ageing offshore structures and pipelines in the life extension phase. The book gives an overview of: the relevant ageing processes and hazards; how ageing processes are managed through the life cycle, including an overview of structural integrity management; how an engineer should go about assessing a structure that is to be operated beyond its original design life, and how ageing can be mitigated for safe and effective continued operation. Key Features: Provides an understanding of ageing processes and how these can be mitigated. Applies engineering methods to ensure that existing structures can be operated longer rather than decommissioned unduly prematurely. Helps engineers performing these tasks in both evaluating the existing structures and maintaining ageing structures in a safe manner. The book gives an updated summary of current practice and research on the topic of the management of ageing structures and pipelines in the life extension phase but also meets the needs of structural engineering students and practicing offshore and structural engineers in oil & gas and engineering companies. In addition, it should be of value to regulators of the offshore industry.

Author : United States. Bureau of Standards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1921
Category : Technology
ISBN : UOM:39015078661470

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Technologic Papers of the Bureau of Standards by United States. Bureau of Standards Pdf

Author : Everett Ferguson
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 988 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2009-03-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780802827487

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Baptism in the Early Church by Everett Ferguson Pdf

A comprehensive survey of the doctrine and practice of baptism in the first five centuries of Christian history, arranged geographically within chronological periods.

Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britannica Educational Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781615300549

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Astronomical Observations: Astronomy and the Study of Deep Space by Britannica Educational Publishing Pdf

The night sky is positively teeming with wonders, from star clusters and nebulae to quasars. Astronomy is the means by which these and other similar phenomena are discovered and observed. This stellar resource traces the path of modern astronomy, from initial efforts to map the heavens to today’s use of high-tech telescopic devices that help people delve deeper into celestial discovery.

Author : Carolin Duttlinger
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-23
Category : Attention in literature
ISBN : 9780192856302

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Attention and Distraction in Modern German Literature, Thought, and Culture by Carolin Duttlinger Pdf

Attention is fundamental to how we experience reality, and yet this notion has been understood and practised in very different ways across history. This interdisciplinary study explores the dynamic relationship between attention and its supposed opposite, distraction, as it unfolds from the eighteenth century to the present day. Its primary focus is on twentieth-century Germany and Austria, where matters of (in)attention gained a unique urgency during a period of social change and political crisis. Building on Enlightenment practices of self-observation, nineteenth-century Germany was the birthplace of experimental psychology, a discipline which sought to measure and potentially enhance human attention. This approach was also adopted outside the psychological laboratory--for instance in the First World War, when psychological testing was used to select soldiers for particular strategic positions. After the war these techniques filtered through into everyday life. Weimar Germany was unique in the western world in rolling out the methods of 'psychotechnics' across civilian society--in fields such as work and education, advertising and mass entertainment. This state-sponsored programme aimed to reshape people's minds and behaviour in order to build a more efficient, streamlined society. But as this study shows, this initiative also had profound repercussions in the fields of thought, literature, and culture. New readings of leading writers and intellectuals of the period--Kafka, Musil, Kracauer, Benjamin, and Adorno--are interspersed with broader cultural-historical chapters dedicated to the history of psychology and psychiatry, to Weimar self-help literature, portrait photography, and musical culture.

Author : Theresa Schilhab,Frederik Stjernfelt,Terrence Deacon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400723351

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The Symbolic Species Evolved by Theresa Schilhab,Frederik Stjernfelt,Terrence Deacon Pdf

This anthology is a compilation of the best contributions from Symbolic Species Conferences I, II (which took place in 2006, 2007). In 1997 the American anthropologist Terrence Deacon published The Symbolic Species: The Coevolution of Language and the Brain. The book is widely considered a seminal work in the subject of evolutionary cognition. However, Deacons book was the first step – further steps have had to be taken. The proposed anthology is such an important associate. The contributions are written by a wide variety of scholars each with a unique view on evolutionary cognition and the questions raised by Terrence Deacon - emergence in evolution, the origin of language, the semiotic 'missing link', Peirce's semiotics in evolution and biology, biosemiotics, evolutionary cognition, Baldwinian evolution, the neuroscience of linguistic capacities as well as phylogeny of the homo species, primatology, embodied cognition and knowledge types.

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : Dredges
ISBN : UIUC:30112008445915

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The Hopper Dredge by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers Pdf

Author : Royal Institution of Naval Architects
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1864
Category : Naval architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015022700168

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Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects by Royal Institution of Naval Architects Pdf

List of members in each volume.

Author : United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1953
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105024790953

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Report by United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics Pdf