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Author: June Hutton Publisher: Dundurn ISBN: 145974781X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 224
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A writing couple searches for answers when Alzheimer's causes one of them to lose the place where stories come from — memory. At the age of fifty-three, Tony walks away from a life of journalism and into an unknown future. June is forty-eight, a writer and teacher, and over the following decade watches as her husband changes — in interests, goals, and behaviour — until Tony has a fall, ending the life they had known. A diagnosis is seven years away, yet the signs of Alzheimer’s are all around. A suitcase Tony packs for a trip is jammed with four umbrellas, a visual symbol of cognitive looping. But how far back do these signs go? The couple starts probing the past and finding answers. This is not an old person’s disease.
Author: June Hutton Publisher: Dundurn ISBN: 145974781X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 224
Book Description
A writing couple searches for answers when Alzheimer's causes one of them to lose the place where stories come from — memory. At the age of fifty-three, Tony walks away from a life of journalism and into an unknown future. June is forty-eight, a writer and teacher, and over the following decade watches as her husband changes — in interests, goals, and behaviour — until Tony has a fall, ending the life they had known. A diagnosis is seven years away, yet the signs of Alzheimer’s are all around. A suitcase Tony packs for a trip is jammed with four umbrellas, a visual symbol of cognitive looping. But how far back do these signs go? The couple starts probing the past and finding answers. This is not an old person’s disease.
Author: Amy June Bates Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 153440659X Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 40
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“A subtle, deceptively simple book about inclusion, hospitality, and welcoming the ‘other.’” —Kirkus Reviews “A boundlessly inclusive spirit...This open-ended picture book creates a natural springboard for discussion.” —Booklist “This sweet extended metaphor uses an umbrella to demonstrate how kindness and inclusion work...A lovely addition to any library collection, for classroom use or for sharing at home.” —School Library Journal In the tradition of Alison McGhee’s Someday, beloved illustrator Amy June Bates makes her authorial debut alongside her eleven-year-old daughter with this timely and timeless picture book about acceptance. By the door there is an umbrella. It is big. It is so big that when it starts to rain there is room for everyone underneath. It doesn’t matter if you are tall. Or plaid. Or hairy. It doesn’t matter how many legs you have. Don’t worry that there won’t be enough room under the umbrella. Because there will always be room. Lush illustrations and simple, lyrical text subtly address themes of inclusion and tolerance in this sweet story that accomplished illustrator Amy June Bates cowrote with her daughter, Juniper, while walking to school together in the rain.
Author: William Sangster Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 54
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In William Sangster's 'Umbrellas and their History', readers will discover the fascinating and forgotten story of the essential and ubiquitous umbrella. From its introduction as a luxury only available to the few to becoming a necessity for everyone, Sangster explores the history of this unassuming invention that has helped to increase the average human lifespan and protect against diseases caused by exposure to rain. Through witty observations and historical anecdotes, Sangster provides an entertaining and informative account of the umbrella's evolution, from its early prototypes to its present-day ubiquity.
Author: Carolyn Marsden Publisher: Candlewick Press ISBN: 0763671916 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 141
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"A sensitive portrayal of a family in Thailand. . . . This gracefully told story will resonate with many young readers." — Booklist (starred review) Eleven-year-old Noi is learning to paint like her grandmother. She and her older sister, Ting, spend many rapt hours in the jungle watching as Kun Ya paints delicate silk umbrellas to sell at the market. But one day Kun Ma and Kun Pa announce that Ting must start working at a local radio factory to help support the family. As the days and weeks pass, Noi anxiously sees her own fate reflected in her sister’s constricting world. Can Noi find a way to master her fear of failure and stand up for her gift — and Kun Ya’s tradition — before the future masters her?
Author: Pema Dorjee Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN: 9788120813014 Category : Architecture, Buddhist Languages : en Pages : 232
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Among all the religious monuments of the world, the stupa has the longest uninterrupted historical development. Though modelled after the Indian prototype, the stupa architecture was developed in all the countries where Buddhism had flourished. Over time, the structural shape of the stupa underwent significant modifications in India and the other Asian Buddhist countries.The present study shows how Tibet became a treasure house of Buddhist culture and literature--highlighting important texts dealing with stupa architecture. Various ritual activities associated with the construction of the stupa are described along with the eight fundamental types of Tibeto-Buddhist stupas and their main structural components. A survey of the stupas found in the upper Indus Valley in the Leh region of Ladakh shows their similarity to the Tibeto-Buddhist tradition. The value of the book is enhanced by an appendix with English translation of four important Tibetan texts preceded by transliteration.This monograph is the first in the new sub-series of the IGNCA on the Buddhist stupas, which would not be restricted to India alone. It is hoped that such studies will enable the art-historians and archaeologists to understand this important structural form in totality in relation to its wide geographical spread and the distinctive features of particular developments in different countries.
Author: Sharon Kay Riddle Publisher: Olive Leaf Publications ISBN: 9780976158325 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 144
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Do you have thoughts of being more fully committed to prayer? Beware! Like jungle vines, trials and distractions line the only path to this fully yielded place. You will need the truth of God's Word to part the landscape and enjoy the view. This is the second in a series with practical prayer insights accompanied by real life stories and journal entries. It that will change the way you pray.