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EVERYDAY MATTERS
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In the tradition of Persepolis, In the Shadow of No Towers, and Our Cancer Year, an illustrated memoir of remarkable depth, power, and beautyDanny Gregory and his wife, Patti, hadn't been married long. Their baby, Jack, was ten months old; life was pretty swell. And then Patti fell under a subway train and was paralyzed from the waist down.In a world where nothing seemed to have much meaning, Danny decided to teach himself to draw, and what he learned stunned him. Suddenly things had color again, and value. The result is Everyday Matters, his journal of discovery, recovery, and daily life in New York City. It is as funny, insightful, and surprising as life itself.
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great little gem of a book.......2007-09-23
love it, love it, love it !!!!
a wonderful inspiring little book.
perfect smaller size (6"x8") to carry along with your sketchbook to keep you encouraged in your drawing.
I expected more.......2007-04-08
I suppose I had some misperceptions of this book. I was assuming there would be more inspiration that would cajole me into journaling and artwork. I also thought is was he who was disabled - it was his wife. There was little mention of how his wife's diability figured into the whole pictue of his life. As a disabled person, I thought there would be some insight into overcoming disability to do what you want. I do however, love the way he draws and journals. In the end I saw this as a simple journal that anyone might have done. I still have his other book and I have higher hopes for that.
loved it!!.......2007-02-27
i loved it! i recived the book for valentines day and finished in a day...its very intresting to examine dannys drawing and learn about his life in nyc..
Interesting and sort of sad.......2007-01-30
Interesting story about the author's evolution into an artist. The entire book is made up of his sketches and writings during a particularly challenging time in his life. It is essentially his private art journal copied and put in a book.
Couldn't put it down! Great Book!.......2006-09-16
This book is actually the "textbook" for the pen and ink drawing class that I am taking. I bought it ahead of time and read it in 2 days! I had a hard time putting it down and now that I am finished I keep going back to it to discover the clever ways Mr. Gregory depicts life in the big city and abroad. What he has to say ranges from being dramatic to funny and interesting. He takes the every day things we take for granted and makes them into something worth taking a second look at. I am thinking of buying all of the books he writes.....This is good stuff!
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Physics of Continuous Matter: Exotic and Everyday Phenomena in the Macroscopic World
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Offering a modern approach to this most classical of subjects, Physics of Continuous Matter is first and foremost an introduction to the basic concepts and phenomenology of continuous systems, and the derivations of the equations of continuum mechanics from Newtonian mechanics. Although many examples, particularly in the earlier chapters, are taken from geophysics and astrophysics, the author places the emphasis frimly on generic methods and applications. Each chapter begins with a 'soft' introduction, placing the discussion within an everyday context, and the level of difficulty then rises steadily, a pattern which is reflected throughout the text as a whole. The necessary mathematical tools are developed in parallel with the physics on a 'need-to-know' basis, an approach that avoids lengthy mathematical preliminaries.
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Tour de force and a generic approach.......2005-12-22
"Continuum physics describes the physical world on a macroscopic scale". With this quote at hand the author gives the reader a 600-page tour de force through the underlying principles of continuum physics and it application in geophysics, astrophysics, engineering, biophysics, and nonlinear sciences such as rheology. Subjects taught in engineering classes but rarely make their way to physics classes and vice versa are joined. The book is divided into five chapters on Basic Concepts on Physics (Introduction), Fluids at Rest, Deformable Solids, Basic Hydrodynamics and a section of Special Topics. Within those chapter common knowledge is presented in a straightforward manner but also various side aspects will surprise the reader. For example, the author discusses the "urban myth" of bathtub vortex', Big Bang and Newton cosmology, and lubrication. The beauty of this approach is that subjects, who belong together or are link to each other, are presented in one generic approach. The condensed presentation of the individual subjects, the introduction of the governing equations as well as numerous figures keep the vast amount of knowledge digestible and accessible. Actually the fact that a lot of equations I normally look up in different textbook, and eventually not finding them, are summarized here qualifies the book as reference. Readers should have a background in continuum mechanics and/or engineering to access the material properly. For basic classes in continuum mechanic the book is suitable as well. The Chapters include sections on continuous matter, space and time, gravity (Introduction), pressure, buoyancy, planet and stars, hydrostatic shapes, surface tension (Fluids at Rest), stress, strain, linear elasticity, solids at rest, computational elastostatics, elastic vibrations (Deformable Solids), fluids in motion, nearly ideal flow, viscosity, plates and pipes, creeping flow, rotating fluids, CFD (Basic Hydrodynamics), global laws of balance, reaction forces and moments, small-amplitude surface waves, jumps and shocks, whirls and vortices, lubrication, boundary layers, subsonic flight, heat, convection and turbulence (Special Topics). A huge collection of related book reviews is online at Applied Rheology - international journal.
Exotic and Everyday Phenomena in the Macroscopic.......2005-04-07
Physics of Continuous Matter: Exotic and Everyday
Phenomena in the Macroscopic World by Benny Lautrup
(610 pages, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol
and Philadelphia) is a modern, rigorous and
unusually comprehensive introduction into the physics
of continua. The book is structured into 32 chapters,
divided into five parts (i.e., Introduction, Fluids at
rest, Deformable solids, Basic hydrodynamics and
Special topics), addressing both the prevalent
university syllabus and more exotic topics such as
gravity waves, dynamics of vortices, self-similar
boundary layers, subsonic flights, etc. Furthermore,
the book has three appendices dedicated to Newtonian
particle mechanics, curvilinear coordinates and
thermodynamics of ideal gases, and additional material
can be found on the book's home-page at
http://www.nbi.dk/~lautrup/continuum/. All the above
along with an extensive index and an annotated
bibliography make the book an invaluable tool for both
graduate and under-graduate students.
A common misconception of most physics students is
that physics of continuous matter is a very
mathematical subject. Lautrup's book, however, gives
an excellent account of all major topics on the
subject starting only from the most elementary
mathematics and introducing the rest on a need-to-know
basis. Most chapters have a light commencement which
appeals to our everyday experience with the
macroscopic world, and then slowly introduce the key
physical concepts. Short historical notes, sketchy
micro-biographies of great scientists, marvelous
graphical side-notes along with a few tables of
constants make the text a gratifying reading. All
chapters end with a few problems some of which are
theoretical side-issues of the main text. Among the
many qualities of this book there are five that
deserve special attention. First, equations are dealt
with in a very scholastic manner, the most important
ones being placed in a box. Second, the author took
great care in marking the sections and the problems
which either fall slightly outside the main line of
the text or they require more advanced mathematics.
Third, there are quite a number of footnotes which
give valuable up-to-date references to many of the
subjects dealt with in the main text. This particular
feature makes it perfect for readers just starting
their graduate studies who desire also a glimpse at
the current research. Fourth, and rather rare for
textbooks on this subject, the book gives a balanced
view on mechanics of continua by accompanying
well-known analytical methods with various numerical
techniques. For this reason two chapters have been
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Is Ebonics really a dialect or simply bad English? Do women and men speak differently? Will computers ever really learn human language? Does offensive language harm children? These are only a few of the issues surrounding language that crop up every day. Most of us have very definite opinions on these questions one way or another. Yet as linguist Donna Jo Napoli points out in this short and highly entertaining volume, many of our most deeply held ideas about the nature of language and its role in our lives are either misconceived or influenced by myths and stereotypes Napoli provides an entertaining tour through the world of language, examining these and other vexing and controversial language-related questions. Throughout, she encourages and leads the reader to use common-sense and everyday experience rather than preconceived notions or technical linguistic expertise. Both her questions and her conclusions are surprising, sometimes provocative, and always entertaining. This volume is sure to engage both general readers and students of language and linguistics at any level.
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Everyday Matters in Science and Mathematics: Studies of Complex Classroom Events
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This book re-examines the dichotomy between the everyday and the disciplinary in mathematics and science education, and explores alternatives to this opposition from points of view grounded in the close examination of complex classroom events. It makes the case that students' everyday experience and knowledge in their entire manifold forms matter crucially in learning sciences and mathematics. The contributions of 13 research teams are organized around three themes: 1) the experiences of students in encounters with everyday matters of a discipline; 2) the concerns of curriculum designers, including teachers, as they design activities intended to focus on everyday matters of a discipline; and 3) the actions of teachers as they create classroom encounters with everyday matters of a discipline.
As a whole the volume reflects the shift in the field of educational research in recent years away from formal, structural models of learning toward emphasizing its situated nature and the sociocultural bases of teaching and learning. At least two trends--increasing awareness that formal theories can be useful guides but are always partial and provisional in how they disclose classroom experiences, and the widespread availability of video and audio equipment that enables effortless recording of classroom interactions--have reoriented the field by allowing researchers and teachers to look at learning starting with complex classroom events rather than formal theories of learning. Such examinations are not meant to replace the work on general theoretical frameworks, but to ground them in actual complex events. This reorientation means that researchers and teachers can now encounter the complexity of learning and teaching as lived, human meaning-making experiences. Immersion in this complexity compels rethinking assumptions about the dichotomies that have traditionally organized the field's thinking about learning. Further, it has important implications for how the relationship between theory and practice in understanding teaching and learning is viewed.
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This is the story of a life that has spanned much of the twentieth century. It is the story of a long and happy marriage, of advances in women's rights, of forging a career as a writer (including the excitement of a big Hollywood sale), of the sometimes bewildering pace of progress, and of raising a family in a rapidly changing world. With her wit, insightful storytelling, and keen ear for offbeat anecdotes, Nardi Reeder Campion speaks for a generation that has traveled from the roaring twenties into the twenty-first century.
"We were before pantyhose, penicillin, and the pill . . . "
Campion's address to a reunion of her Wellesley College class of 1938 has earned her a niche in cyberspace. Endlessly circulated via e-mail and even featured in the Ann Landers columns, it combines Campion's charm, wisdom, and self-deprecating humor. She has now written a memoir distinguished by those same qualities.
"In our day, we got married first and then lived together. How quaint can you be?"
Campion's memoir is, in part, the story of a long and loving marriage, one that lasted fifty-nine years and "survived four jobs, seven books, nine homes, and nineteen pets (not counting gerbils)." Whether she is describing the joys of marriage to a fun-loving husband or the pain of her son's emotional breakdown, the (sometimes mixed) blessings of grandchildren or the difficult decision to move into a retirement home, Campion's deft mix of humor and candor yields an appealing and engaging narrative. Always seeking to discover what is worthwhile, she writes movingly about love and about death.
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great read.......2007-01-03
Some very funny stories offset by tears at the end. I know some of the characters so it made for an even better read. Highly recommned this for anyone with parents of the same generation. I gave the book to several people and they all passed it on as well.
A Charming Biography Across 9 Decades in America.......2004-10-25
Unbiased as I am, I want all to know that Everyday Matters is a charming, humorous, highly readable biography. It tells tales of growing up in America in the 1920s, college in the 1930s, work in the 1940s, family in the 1950s and 1960s, and further adventures in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s. You'll laugh, and you'll be touched. And Nardi Reeder Campion tells the truth, mainly -- with a few strechers.
We Were Before Pantyhose, Penicillin and The Pill.......2004-10-01
I have known of Nardi Campion for many years. I have read her articles in our local paper for those same years. I was a head nurse on the patient care unit where one of her relatives was a patient. She is a graduate of Wellesley College, my daughter graduated from Wellesley in 1999. We have much in common, although we have never met. The most important of which is that we appreciate our lives and love our families. Nardi Campion is a writer, a wonderfully magnanimous writer. She tells it like it is and admits she may not remember it 100%, but almost :-)
This new book, "Everyday Matters, a Love Story" fills in the gaps of much that we didn't know about Nardi Campion and her life and loves. She is an amazing woman, married to the same man for 59 years, mother of 5 children, an author, a scholar and beloved wife. She tells of her life as a child, her mother and father. Her father was an Army man who made the Army his life, and the family moved many times in many years. But they were happy and well educated and well loved. There was sibling rivalry even though Nardi's mother denied this fact. Nardi and her older sister Julia loved each other, but there always was that competition. Finally acknowledged at the time of Julia's death.
Nardi went to Wellesley College where she blossomed and where she met her beloved Tom, who went to Harvard. They both felt the attraction and married a few years later. Over time, five children were born; they moved nine times and had many hilarious stories to tell. Nardi became a writer and eventually wrote nine books. They finally settled down in Hanover, NH home of Dartmouth College, where Tom had a job as fundraiser. They loved their life, their children and grandchildren, friends and all.
Eventually Nardi and Tom decided to give up their home and move to a retirement home. Soon after Tom grew ill and faded away. His Memorial service was one to be admired. Scottish bagpipers, poems and remembrances by all. Nardi has gone on to many journeys, some fun, some not so fun but learning experiences. She continues to write her article for the local paper and now she has this wonderful book. Her life as it unfolded, and what a life. Highly recommended. prisrob
The Wisdom of Everyday Matters.......2004-09-30
Nardi Campion has written a gem, a witty and wise reflection on a life lived to the fullest. Like any great memoir, it introduces us to a new world, filled with parents and children, triumphs and tragedies, exaltation and despair, with humor, curiosity, and an enduring love constant throughout.
This is a book for readers of all ages, any man or woman who treasures thoughtful and clear writing. If you're tired of shallow celebrity driven drivel, this is the book for you. I'm buying multiple copies to give to my family at Christmas.
Particularly noteworthy is the book's exceptional coda: an original poem by Stanford poet Peter Martin Campion.
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Simple Chemistry Experiments With Everyday Materials
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Everyday survival skills: Daily needs, money matters, careers
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balanced analysis .......2006-02-03
The timeliness of Fiske's book is undimmed by this year being 2006. Written in 1996, it discusses seminal cultural events in the US, mostly in the earlier part of the decade. Such as the Rodney King video and the subsequent Los Angeles race riot of 1992. Or the OJ Simpson trial just shortly thereafter.
His analysis seems balanced and commendably dispassionate. Especially when you consider that he wrote this with the riots still fresh in memory, and just after the conclusion of the OJ trial. Of course, it is not just the events, but perhaps equally an analysis of how the media portrayed the happenings, that figure significantly in the book.
Despite "gender" in the title, the book is mostly about race.
Thought provoking, well written.......2000-04-15
John Fiske is a professor at the University of Wisconson-Madison and has done a fair bit of research concerning culture, its portrayal in the media, and its effects. This book, (Media Matters) takes a different perspective and does a good job of exploring what causes political change, how that political change affects people and the role that the media and dominant culture plays in this process. Fiske does a good job of explaining his position and backs up his writings with examples that most poeple can understand and relate to. Fiske has written many books concerning popular culture and the effects of television on culture and many of those same concepts carry over to this book. If you have read and enjoyed his other writings, then I think you'll find that this book follows in the same tradition.
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Everyday Matters: Intersection of Life and Faith
L. Gregory Jones
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"This ebook is a collection of forty-four columns by L. Gregory Jones that originally appeared in The Christian Century. These writings focus on Christian journeying with God. Three or four questions follow each essay, which invite both conversation and further biblical / spiritual reflection and make the material useful for a group study. The ebook is divided into five parts that address: Becoming Christians Friends and Mentors Life-Giving Virtues Facing Challenges A Hopeful Future "
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