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Is Laurence Sterne one of the great Christian apologists? Ryan
Stark recommends him as such, perhaps to the detriment of the
parson's roguish reputation. The book's aim, however, is not to
dispel roguishness but rather to discern the theological motives
behind Sterne's comic rhetoric, from Tristram Shandy and the
sermons to A Sentimental Journey. To this end, Stark reveals a
veritable avalanche of biblical themes and allusions to be found in
Sterne, often and seemingly awkwardly in the middle of sex jokes,
and yet the effect is not to produce irreverence. On the contrary,
we find an irreverently reverent apologetic, Stark argues, and a
priest who knows how to play gracefully with religious ideas.
Through Sterne, in fact, we might rethink humour's role in the
service of religion.
Literacy and Reading Programmes for Children and Young People: Case
Studies from Around the Globe presents interviews with over 40
librarians from around the world who tell of their library
programs. The volumes are arranged geographically with Volume 1
offering interviews from library professionals from the USA and
Europe, and with Volume 2 sharing programs from Asia, Africa,
Australia, and the Middle East. The volumes highlight the diversity
of the types of programs catering to the varying needs of children
and young adults throughout the world. Case studies featured in
this book outline the details of programs, events, and activities
provided by over 40 organizations in the context of social capital
and social inclusion. Each interview chapter discusses the
contributions made to literacy development and community building
of children and teens. With the many variations and examples of
best practice, librarians and educators can glean new ideas for
their own programs. The interviews reveal the challenges and issues
faced and the work being achieved in vastly different environments,
in many geographic areas, and in diverse economic, social, and
cultural contexts. The programs include those of national and state
libraries, public libraries, and mobile libraries carried out by
public libraries, NGOs, and commercial organizations in both
developed and developing countries. They also feature programs of
multicultural libraries, libraries for indigenous people, and
libraries for refugees. This publication complements the range of
initiatives and activities carried out by IFLA's Libraries for
Children and Young Adults Section that supports library services
and reading promotion initiatives catering to children and young
adults around the world. These volumes are rich in variety and will
provide much food for thought for creating unique and successful
library programs.
Literacy and Reading Programmes for Children and Young People: Case
Studies from Around the Globe presents interviews with over 40
librarians from around the world who tell of their library
programs. The volumes are arranged geographically with Volume 1
offering interviews from library professionals from the USA and
Europe, and with Volume 2 sharing programs from Asia, Africa,
Australia, and the Middle East. The volumes highlight the diversity
of the types of programs catering to the varying needs of children
and young adults throughout the world. Case studies featured in
this book outline the details of programs, events, and activities
provided by over 40 organizations in the context of social capital
and social inclusion. Each interview chapter discusses the
contributions made to literacy development and community building
of children and teens. With the many variations and examples of
best practice, librarians and educators can glean new ideas for
their own programs. The interviews reveal the challenges and issues
faced and the work being achieved in vastly different environments,
in many geographic areas, and in diverse economic, social, and
cultural contexts. The programs include those of national and state
libraries, public libraries, and mobile libraries carried out by
public libraries, NGOs, and commercial organizations in both
developed and developing countries. They also feature programs of
multicultural libraries, libraries for indigenous people, and
libraries for refugees. This publication complements the range of
initiatives and activities carried out by IFLA's Libraries for
Children and Young Adults Section that supports library services
and reading promotion initiatives catering to children and young
adults around the world. These volumes are rich in variety and will
provide much food for thought for creating unique and successful
library programs.
The intent of this book is to describe those perceptual and
cognitive components which contribute to skilled motor performance
in a wide variety of disciplines, including sports, microsurgery,
video games, and speech. Also considered are issues in the
measurement of motor skill, the development of motor skill across
the life span, and the importance of individual differences in the
development of motor skill. Many chapters contain studies employing
the expertise approach used so successfully to study cognitive
skills in psychology. Using this approach, expert performers are
compared to novices on domain relevant laboratory tasks in order to
determine whether specific cognitive or perceptual processes are
related to performance differences.
This volume will be of value to kinesiologists, sport
psychologists, physical educators, and cognitive psychologists who
are interested in a new perspective on the nature of motor skills.
The majority of the chapters include reviews of the literature
necessary to understand the case being made. Thus, the book may be
understood by any reader with a basic course in psychology or motor
behavior.
Based on more than ten years of research, Motivational Interviewing
With Couples provides a comprehensive introduction to the
theoretical foundations, processes, and strategies unique to
Motivational Interviewing (MI) with couples. Drawing on
Interdependence Theory, this approach to MI positions the couple as
the client. Relationship functioning-the extent to which partners
are satisfied with, invested in, and committed to the
relationship-is viewed as a mechanism to achieve change. MI-based
interventions historically have been shown effective in promoting
behavior change across a broad range of problem areas, including
substance use and sexual health, two issues that are discussed at
length in the book. While the initial concepts of this intervention
are substantially informed by work with sexual minority male
couples, the principles can be applied broadly to couple-based
processes relevant to a wide array of health behaviors and
regardless of clients' gender and sexual orientation. In addition
to introducing Interdependence Theory and discussing its
implications for MI, Motivational Interviewing With Couples offers
a lexicon of counseling techniques used specifically in couples'
sessions. These strategies address the challenges of balancing
attention to the relationship as well as both individual partners,
drawing out relationship strengths, clarifying shared goals,
mitigating conflict in session, and planning together for change.
Chapters include extended examples of MI sessions involving sexual
minority male couples to illustrate the practice of couples MI.
Three special issues chapters focus on common challenges in
therapy; future directions for MI research and practice; and how to
integrate attention to sexual satisfaction within couples as well
as sexual safety, helping to shift the view of sex therapy as a
specialty field focused on dysfunction or sexual risk reduction to
one that integrates sexuality as a component of overall health and
well-being.
Jedermann weiss, was Zement ist, aber selbst in Kreisen, die
taglich mit ihm zu tun haben, hat man oft keine Vorstellung davon,
wie dieses merkwurdige graue Pulver entsteht, das mit Wasser
angemacht, sich in ein steinartiges Gebilde verwandelt, das die
Harte und die Festigkeit von Feuerstein erreichen kann. Dies
diktierte vor rund 40 Jahren der grosse deutsche Zementchemiker
Hans Kuhl als Einleitung fur seine Zementchemie - und diese Worte
haben wohl auch heute noch uneingeschrankt Gultigkeit. Wie wird aus
diesem merkwurdigen grauen Pulver in Verbindung mit Wasser,
Zuschlagen und Zusatzen dieses stein- artige Gebilde, der
unumstrittene Baustoff Nummer Eins unserer Zeit, der Beton. Wir
haben heute neue Moeglichkeiten, dieser Frage nachzugehen. Eine
davon ist das Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope
(ESEM-FEG), mit dessen Hilfe Untersuchungen zum Mechanismus der
fruhen Hydratation von einzelnen Klinkerphasen und komplizierten
Mehrphasensystemen einzelner Zemente moeg- lich werden und nach
deren Ergebnissen bisherige Modellvorstellungen zu diesen Fragen
zumindest neu uberdacht werden mussen. In diesem Buch werden neue
Erkenntnisse von Forschungsarbeiten am F. A. Finger-Institut (FlB)
der Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar zu diesen Fragen vorge- stellt.
Daneben wird in z.T. zusammenfassenden und z.T. ausfuhrlichen
Darstel- lungen ein UEberblick von der Herstellung bis zur
praktischen Anwendung der Bindemittel Zement und Kalk gegeben, der
sowohl fur Studierende als auch den in Forschung und Praxis Tatigen
als Wissensquelle nutzlich sein kann.
Is Laurence Sterne one of the great Christian apologists? Ryan
Stark recommends him as such, perhaps to the detriment of the
parson's roguish reputation. The book's aim, however, is not to
dispel roguishness but rather to discern the theological motives
behind Sterne's comic rhetoric, from Tristram Shandy and the
sermons to A Sentimental Journey. To this end, Stark reveals a
veritable avalanche of biblical themes and allusions to be found in
Sterne, often and seemingly awkwardly in the middle of sex jokes,
and yet the effect is not to produce irreverence. On the contrary,
we find an irreverently reverent apologetic, Stark argues, and a
priest who knows how to play gracefully with religious ideas.
Through Sterne, in fact, we might rethink humour's role in the
service of religion.
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