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  Poetry Introduction

  Poetry Introduction ab 35.99 € als Taschenbuch: The Paradoxical Commandments Light poetry Quatorzain Tercet Háttatal Accent Dymock poets Dimeter Literary consonance Extended metaphor The Witch of Atlas The Garden Holy Sonnets Mahakavya The Phoenix Trochaic octameter. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, Taschenbücher, Geist & Wissen,

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  The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Paradox (eBook, PDF)

  The notion of paradox dates back to ancient philosophy, yet only recently have scholars started to explore this idea in organizational phenomena. Two decades ago, a handful of provocative theorists urged researchers to take seriously the study of paradox, and thereby deepen our understanding of plurality, tensions, and contradictions in organizational life. Studies of organizational paradox have grown exponentially over the past two decades, canvassing varied phenomena, methods, and levels of analysis. These studies have explored such tensions as today and tomorrow, global integration and local distinctions, collaboration and competition, self and others, mission and markets. Yet even with both the depth and breadth of interest in organizational paradoxes, key issues around definitions and application remain. This Handbook seeks to aid, engage, and fuel the expanding interest in organizational paradox. Contributions to this volume depict how paradox studies inform, and are informed, by other theoretical perspectives, while creating a resource that enables scholars to learn about and apply this lens across varied organizational phenomena. The increasing complexity, volatility, and ambiguity in our world continually surfaces paradoxical dynamics. Thus, this Handbook offers insights to scholars across organizational theory.

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  Developing China (eBook, ePUB)

  In the first systematic documentation of the pattern and processes of land development taking place in China in the last two decades George C.S Lin advocates a fresh and innovative approach that goes beyond the privatization debate to probe directly into the social and political origins of land development. He demonstrates the special and paradoxical nature of China's land development and challenges the perceived notion of a causal relationship between property rights definition, efficient land use, and sustained economic growth. In contrast to the existing literature in which changes in urban and rural land are treated separately, the rural-urban interface is shown to be the most significant and contentious locus of land development where competition for land has been intensified and social conflicts frequently erupted.Theoretically provocative and empirically well-grounded, Developing China provides a systematic, insightful, and authoritative account of the enormous development of China's precious land resources. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars, students, and professional practitioners in the fields of development studies, political economy, regional political ecology, planning, economics, geography, land use management, and sustainable development with a special focus on contemporary China under market transition.

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  Truth Facts

  In an age of "alternative facts," we all need a little more truth in our lives. And humor. Welcome to Truth Facts, a collection of information graphics that poke fun at societal quirks and everyday absurdities through charts and graphs. Danish writer Mikael Wulff and cartoon artist Anders Morgenthaler have taken the internet by storm with their humorous and perceptive infographics that turn commonplace phenomena into clever commentary. In distilling keen observations about universal experiences into elegant charts and graphs, Truth Facts gets to the heart of the paradoxical and wonderful world we all share, and puts modern reality into perspective in a funny and visceral way. These simple, colorful graphics explore societal quirks and everyday oddities, such as what happens when you call customer service (anything but service), when banks are open (only when you're at work), the biggest lies on the internet ("LOL”), and much more. Playfully teasing readers even as it explores themes like perception vs. reality, this compendium of life's truthiest facts prods us to laugh at ourselves, own up to our shortfalls, accept the strangeness of the world we live in, and continue on—happier and more connected to one another than ever before.

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  Body

  The definitive survey of contemporary photography of the human body. The body remains a battleground. Politicized, conceptualized and increasingly shared, our often-paradoxical relationship with the human form is nothing new, but finds itself heightened in the digitised, virtualised era of the 'post-industrial' body. No longer a tool but a work-in-progress, our bodily expectations bound from fantasy to reality, beauty to tyranny, art to commerce and curiosity to obsession, leaving us dreaming of other bodies and alternate lives.Surveying a range of over 360 photographic re-presentations from the worlds of art, fashion, scientific and vernacular photography - including the work of Nobuyoshi Araki, Bettina Rheims, Lauren Greenfield, Viviane Sassen, Cindy Sherman, Wolfgang Tillmans, Daido Moriyama, Sally Mann, Pieter Hugo and Juergen Teller, Sølve Sundsbø and Daniel Sannwald - Body: The Photobook explores what our imaging of the human form, and the ways in which those images have been used and shared, might reflect of our relationship to the body. Supporting the broad range of photography is an essay by the psychologist Professor David Sander, who discusses the neurological representation of our own bodies.

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  Secrets of Happiness

  One of O: The Oprah Magazine's Most Anticipated Books of 2021 One of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 picks for Spring 2021 Ethan, a young lawyer in New York, learns that his father has long kept a second family - a wife and two kids living in Queens. In the aftermath of this revelation, Ethan's mother spends a year travelling abroad, returning much changed, just as her now ex-husband falls ill. Across town, Ethan's half brothers are caught in their own complicated journeys: one brother's penchant for minor delinquency has escalated and the other must travel to Bangkok to bail him out, while the bargains their mother struck about love and money continue to shape all their lives. As Ethan finds himself caught in a love triangle of his own, the interwoven fates of these two households elegantly unfurl to touch many other figures, revealing secret currents of empathy and loyalty, the bounty of improvised families and the paradoxical ties that weave through life's rich contours. With a generous and humane spirit, Secrets of Happiness elucidates the ways people marshal the resources at hand in an effort to find joy.

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  Not Always So

  Thirty years after his death, Suzuki's first book, "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, " continues to be one of the world's bestselling books on Buddhism. This second volume contains his final simple, powerful words, given when he knew he was dying. Practising the true spirit of Zen.Not Always So is based on Shunryu Suzuki's lectures and is framed in his own inimitable, allusive, paradoxical style, rich with unexpected and off-centre insights. Suzuki knew he was dying at the time of the lectures, which gives his thoughts an urgency and focus even sharper than in the earlier book.In Not Always So Suzuki once again voices Zen in everyday language with the vigour, sensitivity, and buoyancy of a true friend. Here is support and nourishment. Here is a mother and father lending a hand, but letting you find your own way. Here is guidance which empowers your freedom (or way-seeking mind), rather than pinning you down to directions and techniques. Here is teaching which encourages you to touch and know your true heart and to express yourself fully, teaching which is not teaching from outside, but a voice arising in your own being.

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  The Psychology of the Emotions (eBook, ePUB)

  The psychology of states of feelings, it is generally recognised, is still in a confused and backward condition. Although it has benefited in some measure by the contemporary allurement of psychological research, it must be acknowledged that it has only exerted a moderate seduction upon workers; the preference has been given to other studies, such as those of perception, of memory, of images, of movement, of attention. If any proof is necessary we may find it in the bibliographies, now published in Germany, America, and France, which give the psychological inventory of each year; of the whole number of books, memoirs, and articles which appear, less than the twentieth part, on an average, relates to the feelings and emotions. It is a very small part compared to the part played by the emotions and passions in human life, and this region of psychology is not deserving of such neglect. It is true that in recent years W. James and Lange seem to have brought this state of stagnation to an end. Their thesis, paradoxical in appearance, has aroused, especially in America, many discussions, criticisms, defences, and, what is of more value, observations and researches.

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  Goddess Power: Awakening the Wisdom of the Divine Feminine in Your Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 412min

  Path of the goddess: At the dawn of religion, God was a woman. The divine feminine is known by innumerable names and symbol-rich manifestations across the world's cultures. Throughout the ages, the goddess has been honored and worshiped as the Virgin Mary, Isis, Inanna, Asherah, Diana, Kuan Yin, Kali, Oshun, Athena, Pele, Sarasvati, Demeter, and White Buffalo Calf Woman, to mention just a few. Many conceptions of the goddess are mysterious and seemingly paradoxical. Yet at its source, the divine feminine is one. Goddess Power takes you on a fascinating and at times surprising journey into the enduring essence of the divine feminine.Inside this audiobook, you will learn:How the goddess path offers an empowering message and inspirationThe importance of reestablishing a healthy balance and integration of both the "masculine" and the "feminine" archetypesThat the notion of God as archetypal "Sky-Father" is fairly recent in Western cultureWhy the wisdom of the goddess/sacred feminine has been ignored, distorted, and oppressed for centuriesHow archetypes, mythic narratives, and qualities of goddesses are alive within you and how they reveal intimate truths about yourself and othersHow goddesses can serve as empowering guides in your personal and professional lifeWhy especially black goddesses/dark-skinned mothers (e.g., Kali or Black Madonna) are a powerful symbol and catalyst for change in our times, both individually and collectivelyAnd much, much more! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michele McNeal. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/143651/bk_acx0_143651_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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  A Meditation to Help You with Weight Loss, Hörbuch, Digital, 91min

  Does it sound paradoxical that you can lose weight while learning to love and appreciate your body just as it is right now, with all its alleged imperfections? Maybe, but psychotherapist and guided imagery pioneer Belleruth Naparstek's powerful meditation is what doubled weight loss in an eight-week controlled study at Canyon Ranch. Her soothing guided narrative and hypnotic suggestions amplify motivation to eat healthy foods and enjoy physical activity, while speeding up metabolism and envisioning the miraculous biochemical conversion of fat into energy, heat, growth, strength, and movement. Additionally, this book generates a profound sense of love and gratitude for the body, oneself, and others, which heightens serotonin levels in the bloodstream. This in turn reduces appetite, replaces addictive cravings, and increases motivation to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Belleruth's calm, trustworthy, empowering voice is beautifully paired with the exquisite music of Steven Mark Kohn and produced by the Cleveland Orchestra's impeccable sound engineer, Bruce Gigax, to create optimal impact with repeated listening. A separate track of affirmations offers the same images and suggestions in a briefer format, designed for repeated listening while on the go or even while driving. And playing the music alone on the final segment helps listeners integrate at an even deeper level the profound physiological and emotional changes gained on this powerful audio program. Language: English. Narrator: Belleruth Naparstek. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/054323/bk_acx0_054323_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.

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