2008, ISBN: 9781853024832

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MP3 Audio CD. Montcalm and Wolfe CHAPTER I. 1745-1755. THE COMBATANTS. England in the Eighteenth Century • Her Political and Social Aspects • Her Military Condition &bull… Altro …

MP3 Audio CD. Montcalm and Wolfe CHAPTER I. 1745-1755. THE COMBATANTS. England in the Eighteenth Century • Her Political and Social Aspects • Her Military Condition • France • Her Power and Importance • Signs of Decay • The Court, the Nobles, the Clergy, the People • The King and Pompadour • The Philosophers • Germany • Prussia • Frederic II • Russia • State of Europe • War of the Austrian Succession • American Colonies of France and England • Contrasted Systems and their Results • Canada • Its Strong Military Position • French Claims to the Continent • British Colonies • New England • Virginia • Pennsylvania • New York • Jealousies, Divisions, Internal Disputes, Military Weakness. The latter half of the reign of George II. was one of the most prosaic periods in English history. The civil wars and the Restoration had had their enthusiasms, religion and liberty on one side, and loyalty on the other; but the old fires declined when William III. came to the throne, and died to ashes under the House of Hanover. Loyalty lost half its inspiration when it lost the tenet of the divine right of kings; and nobody could now hold that tenet with any consistency except the defeated and despairing Jacobites. Nor had anybody as yet proclaimed the rival dogma of the divine right of the people. The reigning monarch held his crown neither of God nor of the nation, but of a parliament controlled by a ruling class. The Whig aristocracy had done a priceless service to English liberty. It was full of political capacity, and by no means void of patriotism; but it was only a part of the national life. Nor was it at present moved by political emotions in any high sense. It had done its great work when it expelled the Stuarts and placed William of Orange on the throne; its ascendency was now complete. The, 0, MP3 Audio CD. The Mind and the Brain: Understanding the Nature of Knowledge and Factual PerceptionWhat is the mind, and is it something beyond the physical, separate from the intrinsic, but limited physical functions of the brain? Also, what are the conceptual psychological facts we can truly put our fingers on when it comes to defining the nature of cognition and the relationship between mind and matter?These and many other existential, philosophic and psychological questions are explored in Alfred Binet?s exceptional work, The Mind and the Brain.Despite having been written around the beginning of the 20th century, this book will astound you with its deep and highly intellectualized approach of a topic that still baffles anyone from medical scientists to psychologists, religious people and philosophers.A somewhat challenging, but all the same incredibly captivating read that targets intellectuals who are interested in unwrapping the existential puzzles of the mind, this book explores everything from the nature of emotions and images to the very definition of consciousness itself. Touching upon numerous complex and deep psychological issues, such as the separation of objects from consciousness and the many differences between the conscious and unconscious, Binet?s book seeks to shed light upon many different aspects of the mental landscape that most people seldom even consider.When you take up this book, prepare to be immersed into a world of strange, vague and sometimes difficult to grasp concepts that are often not fully what they seem. Nevertheless, the author does an exceptional job of compartmentalizing many of these ideas and constructing a type of map that can help the reader make sense of the somewhat obscure and hard to understand properties of the mind ? both in terms of its concrete psychological traits and lesser known metaphysical qualities., 0, SHRINK-WRAPPED NEW: Constructing Musical Healing: The Wounds That Sing PB 2008 Constructing Musical Healing: The Wounds That Sing Paperback November 21, 2008by June Boyce-Tillman (Author) OUR REFEERENCE: ORD2-BCA15A-PB-185302483X-1P1-2008 DESCRIPTIONJune Boyce-Tillman's new book identifies and discusses the very issues that could render the education that we offer through music more engaging and relevent to those whom we teach. The book presents a wide-ranging and rich mix of psychological, ethnomusicological, philosophical, educational, mythological and theological material. Into this rich tapestry is woven a concern to consider seriously New Age phenomena and to empathize with people's experiences and life stories. Very occasionally, a book is published that has the potential of seriously challenging current orthodoxy and practice. This is such a book.'- British Journal of Music Education.'June Boyce-Tillman has published this beautifully researched essay at what I think may prove to be a vital re-balancing point in our history, when there is a developing realisation that post-Enlightenment culture with its emphasis on scientific reason and logic needs to incorporate again the "subjugated ways of knowing" as June Boyce-Tillman terms Gooch's value "system B" which favours being, subjectivity, personal feeling, emotion, magic, involvement, associative ways of knowing, belief and non-causal knowledge... The bibliography and referencing are excellent, massively extending the hub of resource which this book itself presents for further study, investigation and good practice by people from many walks of life. Many thanks to June Boyce-Tillman for her work.'- The Christian Parapsychologist'In Constructing Musical Healing, June Boyce-Tillman attempts to blend ancient and modern ideas and practices with her own perspective as a New Age practitioner. In an interdisciplinary effort, Boyce-Tillman describer particular philosophical aspects concerning Western music, practices of shamans and healers, and explorations of the new consciousness reflected in the New Age movement and music therapy. Her goal is to establish a new model of healing as balance including physical, psychological, and spiritual elements in a process approach, which she parallels with music therapy practice...Boyce-Tillman has some promising ideas. And certainly she adds her words, her thoughts, and beliefs to the continuing questions about the compatibility between "healing" and "therapy"...The strength of the book is that it has the potential to encourage our own discourse by giving us an opportunity to compare and contrast our own ideas about music therapy with at least one New Age practitioner.'- The Arts in PsychotherapyDrawing on literature from philosophy, anthropology, psychology and musicology, Boyce-Tillman looks at musical traditions and notions of healing in different societies. Her work includes a number of case studies in various cultures - spirit possession cults in Africa and shamans in various traditions. It explores contemporary musical practice in the New Age including neo-shamanism and notions of musical healing in Western musical aesthetics. The use of music in Western medicine is also studied, as Boyce-Tillman draws together a theory of what actually occurs when music is associated with therapeutic intention and examines the role of music within healthcare, education and the community. About the AuthorJune Boyce-Tillman read Music at St Hugh's College, Oxford. She has been active in the areas of music education, in particular the introduction of composing activities in schools and the establishment of World Musics at King Alfred's University College. She has been Project Officer for an EEC intercultural project, has done pioneering work in interfaith dialogue in South London. Her work has been published internationally, and she has lectured all over the world. She is also involved in liturgical music, composing much religious music including hymns, and is Founder of the Hildegard Network which is concerned with bringing together the fields of healing, the arts and theology. At present she is Reader in Community and Performing Arts at King Alfred's University College, Winchester.Product detailsPublisher : Jessica Kingsley; 1st edition (November 21, 2008)Language : EnglishPaperback : 304 pagesISBN-10 : 185302483XISBN-13 : 978-1853024832, 6<

2008, ISBN: 9781853024832

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MP3 Audio CD. The Mind and the Brain: Understanding the Nature of Knowledge and Factual PerceptionWhat is the mind, and is it something beyond the physical, separate from the intrinsic, b… Altro …

MP3 Audio CD. The Mind and the Brain: Understanding the Nature of Knowledge and Factual PerceptionWhat is the mind, and is it something beyond the physical, separate from the intrinsic, but limited physical functions of the brain? Also, what are the conceptual psychological facts we can truly put our fingers on when it comes to defining the nature of cognition and the relationship between mind and matter?These and many other existential, philosophic and psychological questions are explored in Alfred Binet?s exceptional work, The Mind and the Brain.Despite having been written around the beginning of the 20th century, this book will astound you with its deep and highly intellectualized approach of a topic that still baffles anyone from medical scientists to psychologists, religious people and philosophers.A somewhat challenging, but all the same incredibly captivating read that targets intellectuals who are interested in unwrapping the existential puzzles of the mind, this book explores everything from the nature of emotions and images to the very definition of consciousness itself. Touching upon numerous complex and deep psychological issues, such as the separation of objects from consciousness and the many differences between the conscious and unconscious, Binet?s book seeks to shed light upon many different aspects of the mental landscape that most people seldom even consider.When you take up this book, prepare to be immersed into a world of strange, vague and sometimes difficult to grasp concepts that are often not fully what they seem. Nevertheless, the author does an exceptional job of compartmentalizing many of these ideas and constructing a type of map that can help the reader make sense of the somewhat obscure and hard to understand properties of the mind ? both in terms of its concrete psychological traits and lesser known metaphysical qualities., 0, SHRINK-WRAPPED NEW: Constructing Musical Healing: The Wounds That Sing PB 2008 Constructing Musical Healing: The Wounds That Sing Paperback November 21, 2008by June Boyce-Tillman (Author) OUR REFEERENCE: ORD2-BCA15A-PB-185302483X-1P1-2008 DESCRIPTIONJune Boyce-Tillman's new book identifies and discusses the very issues that could render the education that we offer through music more engaging and relevent to those whom we teach. The book presents a wide-ranging and rich mix of psychological, ethnomusicological, philosophical, educational, mythological and theological material. Into this rich tapestry is woven a concern to consider seriously New Age phenomena and to empathize with people's experiences and life stories. Very occasionally, a book is published that has the potential of seriously challenging current orthodoxy and practice. This is such a book.'- British Journal of Music Education.'June Boyce-Tillman has published this beautifully researched essay at what I think may prove to be a vital re-balancing point in our history, when there is a developing realisation that post-Enlightenment culture with its emphasis on scientific reason and logic needs to incorporate again the "subjugated ways of knowing" as June Boyce-Tillman terms Gooch's value "system B" which favours being, subjectivity, personal feeling, emotion, magic, involvement, associative ways of knowing, belief and non-causal knowledge... The bibliography and referencing are excellent, massively extending the hub of resource which this book itself presents for further study, investigation and good practice by people from many walks of life. Many thanks to June Boyce-Tillman for her work.'- The Christian Parapsychologist'In Constructing Musical Healing, June Boyce-Tillman attempts to blend ancient and modern ideas and practices with her own perspective as a New Age practitioner. In an interdisciplinary effort, Boyce-Tillman describer particular philosophical aspects concerning Western music, practices of shamans and healers, and explorations of the new consciousness reflected in the New Age movement and music therapy. Her goal is to establish a new model of healing as balance including physical, psychological, and spiritual elements in a process approach, which she parallels with music therapy practice...Boyce-Tillman has some promising ideas. And certainly she adds her words, her thoughts, and beliefs to the continuing questions about the compatibility between "healing" and "therapy"...The strength of the book is that it has the potential to encourage our own discourse by giving us an opportunity to compare and contrast our own ideas about music therapy with at least one New Age practitioner.'- The Arts in PsychotherapyDrawing on literature from philosophy, anthropology, psychology and musicology, Boyce-Tillman looks at musical traditions and notions of healing in different societies. Her work includes a number of case studies in various cultures - spirit possession cults in Africa and shamans in various traditions. It explores contemporary musical practice in the New Age including neo-shamanism and notions of musical healing in Western musical aesthetics. The use of music in Western medicine is also studied, as Boyce-Tillman draws together a theory of what actually occurs when music is associated with therapeutic intention and examines the role of music within healthcare, education and the community. About the AuthorJune Boyce-Tillman read Music at St Hugh's College, Oxford. She has been active in the areas of music education, in particular the introduction of composing activities in schools and the establishment of World Musics at King Alfred's University College. She has been Project Officer for an EEC intercultural project, has done pioneering work in interfaith dialogue in South London. Her work has been published internationally, and she has lectured all over the world. She is also involved in liturgical music, composing much religious music including hymns, and is Founder of the Hildegard Network which is concerned with bringing together the fields of healing, the arts and theology. At present she is Reader in Community and Performing Arts at King Alfred's University College, Winchester.Product detailsPublisher : Jessica Kingsley; 1st edition (November 21, 2008)Language : EnglishPaperback : 304 pagesISBN-10 : 185302483XISBN-13 : 978-1853024832, 6<

2008, ISBN: 9781853024832

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Concord, NC: International Society for General Semantics, 1997. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Square, sound binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light shelf wear, edg… Altro …

Concord, NC: International Society for General Semantics, 1997. Softcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Square, sound binding. Clean and bright pages. Wraps have light shelf wear, edge rubbing. ; Contents: Gross, Walkosz, and Gross, "Language Boundaries and Discourse Stability: 'Tagging' as a form of Graffiti Spanning International Borders"; Steiner, "When I Say 'Preposition,' What Do You Think Of?"; Johnston, "To Exercise the Verbals"; Fleishman, "It Ain't Necessarily So"; MacNeal, "Foundations of a Theory of Decision Making"; Sexton, "The Semantics of Death and Dying: Metaphor and Mortality"; Gozzi, "Metaphors by the Seashore"; Dawes, "General Semantics is not 'About' General Semantics"; Russell, "Pain Management"; Pula, "A General Semantics Glossary (Part XIX)"; Martin H. Levinson, Book Reviews. ; 9.0" tall; 114 pages., International Society for General Semantics, 1997, 3, SHRINK-WRAPPED NEW: Constructing Musical Healing: The Wounds That Sing PB 2008 Constructing Musical Healing: The Wounds That Sing Paperback November 21, 2008by June Boyce-Tillman (Author) OUR REFEERENCE: ORD2-BCA15A-PB-185302483X-1P1-2008 DESCRIPTIONJune Boyce-Tillman's new book identifies and discusses the very issues that could render the education that we offer through music more engaging and relevent to those whom we teach. The book presents a wide-ranging and rich mix of psychological, ethnomusicological, philosophical, educational, mythological and theological material. Into this rich tapestry is woven a concern to consider seriously New Age phenomena and to empathize with people's experiences and life stories. Very occasionally, a book is published that has the potential of seriously challenging current orthodoxy and practice. This is such a book.'- British Journal of Music Education.'June Boyce-Tillman has published this beautifully researched essay at what I think may prove to be a vital re-balancing point in our history, when there is a developing realisation that post-Enlightenment culture with its emphasis on scientific reason and logic needs to incorporate again the "subjugated ways of knowing" as June Boyce-Tillman terms Gooch's value "system B" which favours being, subjectivity, personal feeling, emotion, magic, involvement, associative ways of knowing, belief and non-causal knowledge... The bibliography and referencing are excellent, massively extending the hub of resource which this book itself presents for further study, investigation and good practice by people from many walks of life. Many thanks to June Boyce-Tillman for her work.'- The Christian Parapsychologist'In Constructing Musical Healing, June Boyce-Tillman attempts to blend ancient and modern ideas and practices with her own perspective as a New Age practitioner. In an interdisciplinary effort, Boyce-Tillman describer particular philosophical aspects concerning Western music, practices of shamans and healers, and explorations of the new consciousness reflected in the New Age movement and music therapy. Her goal is to establish a new model of healing as balance including physical, psychological, and spiritual elements in a process approach, which she parallels with music therapy practice...Boyce-Tillman has some promising ideas. And certainly she adds her words, her thoughts, and beliefs to the continuing questions about the compatibility between "healing" and "therapy"...The strength of the book is that it has the potential to encourage our own discourse by giving us an opportunity to compare and contrast our own ideas about music therapy with at least one New Age practitioner.'- The Arts in PsychotherapyDrawing on literature from philosophy, anthropology, psychology and musicology, Boyce-Tillman looks at musical traditions and notions of healing in different societies. Her work includes a number of case studies in various cultures - spirit possession cults in Africa and shamans in various traditions. It explores contemporary musical practice in the New Age including neo-shamanism and notions of musical healing in Western musical aesthetics. The use of music in Western medicine is also studied, as Boyce-Tillman draws together a theory of what actually occurs when music is associated with therapeutic intention and examines the role of music within healthcare, education and the community. About the AuthorJune Boyce-Tillman read Music at St Hugh's College, Oxford. She has been active in the areas of music education, in particular the introduction of composing activities in schools and the establishment of World Musics at King Alfred's University College. She has been Project Officer for an EEC intercultural project, has done pioneering work in interfaith dialogue in South London. Her work has been published internationally, and she has lectured all over the world. She is also involved in liturgical music, composing much religious music including hymns, and is Founder of the Hildegard Network which is concerned with bringing together the fields of healing, the arts and theology. At present she is Reader in Community and Performing Arts at King Alfred's University College, Winchester.Product detailsPublisher : Jessica Kingsley; 1st edition (November 21, 2008)Language : EnglishPaperback : 304 pagesISBN-10 : 185302483XISBN-13 : 978-1853024832, 6<

2008, ISBN: 9781853024832

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SHRINK-WRAPPED NEW: Constructing Musical Healing: The Wounds That Sing PB 2008 Constructing Musical Healing: The Wounds That Sing Paperback November 21, 2008by June Boyce-Tillman (Author… Altro …

SHRINK-WRAPPED NEW: Constructing Musical Healing: The Wounds That Sing PB 2008 Constructing Musical Healing: The Wounds That Sing Paperback November 21, 2008by June Boyce-Tillman (Author) OUR REFEERENCE: ORD2-BCA15A-PB-185302483X-1P1-2008 DESCRIPTIONJune Boyce-Tillman's new book identifies and discusses the very issues that could render the education that we offer through music more engaging and relevent to those whom we teach. The book presents a wide-ranging and rich mix of psychological, ethnomusicological, philosophical, educational, mythological and theological material. Into this rich tapestry is woven a concern to consider seriously New Age phenomena and to empathize with people's experiences and life stories. Very occasionally, a book is published that has the potential of seriously challenging current orthodoxy and practice. This is such a book.'- British Journal of Music Education.'June Boyce-Tillman has published this beautifully researched essay at what I think may prove to be a vital re-balancing point in our history, when there is a developing realisation that post-Enlightenment culture with its emphasis on scientific reason and logic needs to incorporate again the "subjugated ways of knowing" as June Boyce-Tillman terms Gooch's value "system B" which favours being, subjectivity, personal feeling, emotion, magic, involvement, associative ways of knowing, belief and non-causal knowledge... The bibliography and referencing are excellent, massively extending the hub of resource which this book itself presents for further study, investigation and good practice by people from many walks of life. Many thanks to June Boyce-Tillman for her work.'- The Christian Parapsychologist'In Constructing Musical Healing, June Boyce-Tillman attempts to blend ancient and modern ideas and practices with her own perspective as a New Age practitioner. In an interdisciplinary effort, Boyce-Tillman describer particular philosophical aspects concerning Western music, practices of shamans and healers, and explorations of the new consciousness reflected in the New Age movement and music therapy. Her goal is to establish a new model of healing as balance including physical, psychological, and spiritual elements in a process approach, which she parallels with music therapy practice...Boyce-Tillman has some promising ideas. And certainly she adds her words, her thoughts, and beliefs to the continuing questions about the compatibility between "healing" and "therapy"...The strength of the book is that it has the potential to encourage our own discourse by giving us an opportunity to compare and contrast our own ideas about music therapy with at least one New Age practitioner.'- The Arts in PsychotherapyDrawing on literature from philosophy, anthropology, psychology and musicology, Boyce-Tillman looks at musical traditions and notions of healing in different societies. Her work includes a number of case studies in various cultures - spirit possession cults in Africa and shamans in various traditions. It explores contemporary musical practice in the New Age including neo-shamanism and notions of musical healing in Western musical aesthetics. The use of music in Western medicine is also studied, as Boyce-Tillman draws together a theory of what actually occurs when music is associated with therapeutic intention and examines the role of music within healthcare, education and the community. About the AuthorJune Boyce-Tillman read Music at St Hugh's College, Oxford. She has been active in the areas of music education, in particular the introduction of composing activities in schools and the establishment of World Musics at King Alfred's University College. She has been Project Officer for an EEC intercultural project, has done pioneering work in interfaith dialogue in South London. Her work has been published internationally, and she has lectured all over the world. She is also involved in liturgical music, composing much religious music including hymns, and is Founder of the Hildegard Network which is concerned with bringing together the fields of healing, the arts and theology. At present she is Reader in Community and Performing Arts at King Alfred's University College, Winchester.Product detailsPublisher : Jessica Kingsley; 1st edition (November 21, 2008)Language : EnglishPaperback : 304 pagesISBN-10 : 185302483XISBN-13 : 978-1853024832, 6<

ISBN: 9781853024832

June Boyce-Tillman's new book identifies and discusses the very issues that could render the education that we offer through music more engaging and relevent to those whom we teach. The b… Altro …

June Boyce-Tillman's new book identifies and discusses the very issues that could render the education that we offer through music more engaging and relevent to those whom we teach. The book presents a wide-ranging and rich mix of psychological, ethnomusicological, philosophical, educational, mythological and theological material. Into this rich tapestry is woven a concern to consider seriously New Age phenomena and to empathize with people's experiences and life stories. Very occasionally, a book is published that has the potential of seriously challenging current orthodoxy and practice. This is such a book.'- British Journal of Music Education.'June Boyce-Tillman has published this beautifully researched essay at what I think may prove to be a vital re-balancing point in our history, when there is a developing realisation that post-Enlightenment culture with its emphasis on scientific reason and logic needs to incorporate again the subjugated ways of knowing as June Boyce-Tillman terms Gooch's value system B which favours being, subjectivity, personal feeling, emotion, magic, involvement, associative ways of knowing, belief and non-causal knowledge... The bibliography and referencing are excellent, massively extending the hub of resource which this book itself presents for further study, investigation and good practice by people from many walks of life. Many thanks to June Boyce-Tillman for her work.'- The Christian Parapsychologist'In Constructing Musical Healing, June Boyce-Tillman attempts to blend ancient and modern ideas and practices with her own perspective as a New Age practitioner. In an interdisciplinary effort, Boyce-Tillman describer particular philosophical aspects concerning Western music, practices of shamans and healers, and explorations of the new consciousness reflected in the New Age movement and music therapy. Her goal is to establish a new model of healing as balance including physical, psychological, and spiritual elements in a process approach, which she parallels with music therapy practice...Boyce-Tillman has some promising ideas. And certainly she adds her words, her thoughts, and beliefs to the continuing questions about the compatibility between healing and therapy...The strength of the book is that it has the potential to encourage our own discourse by giving us an opportunity to compare and contrast our own ideas about music therapy with at least one New Age practitioner.'- The Arts in PsychotherapyDrawing on literature from philosophy, anthropology, psychology and musicology, Boyce-Tillman looks at musical traditions and notions of healing in different societies. Her work includes a number of case studies in various cultures - spirit possession cults in Africa and shamans in various traditions. It explores contemporary musical practice in the New Age including neo-shamanism and notions of musical healing in Western musical aesthetics. The use of music in Western medicine is also studied, as Boyce-Tillman draws together a theory of what actually occurs when music is associated with therapeutic intention and examines the role of music within healthcare, education and the community. New Textbooks>Trade Paperback>Psychology>Psychotherapy>Psychotherapy, Kingsley, Jessica Publishers Core >1 >T<