Hearing Others’ Voices: A transcultural and transdisciplinary book series in simple and straightforward language, to inform general readers, undergraduates and, above all, sixth formers and to engage their interest in recent advances in thought, unaccountably overlooked areas of the world, and key issues of the present day.
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- Hearing Others' Voices, Humanities and Social Sciences
Hunters and Gatherers: What Can We Learn from Them
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- by Alan Barnard FBA (University of Edinburgh) “The book spells out the great human achievements that have been brought about by humans who hunt and gather – across the millennia. It also shows that these achievements go beyond hunting and gathering alone. They depend on particular ways of understanding the human environment and the world at large. Alan Barnard points…
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Listen World!
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- by Evelyn Glennie “This book is an invitation to tap into the wonders of listening, what that means to you and everything you engage in. What happens when you engage with the chatter in your head? When you travel to school and college. Is listening only about sound or can our whole body be a resonating chamber? Is listening about…
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Façonner la parole en Afrique de l’Ouest
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- by Cécile Leguy Se dépayser dans une autre culture bien loin de la sienne, découvrir de façon vivante de nouveaux modes de communication et de sociabilité, tout cela sans voyager ? C’est le pari proposé au lecteur par la collection « Entendre la voix des autres », dirigée par la célèbre anthropologue britannique, Ruth Finnegan. La cible privilégiée en est…
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Native American Knowledge Systems
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- by Clara Sue Kidwell Every culture has some system of knowledge to explain its place in the world. Some of these systems are more complex than others, but each has an internal consistency based on what people have experienced. Some cultures have been characterized as “savage,” or “primitive” and have been considered as inferior by other cultures. Some cultures…
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Taking a Bite out of the Apple: A graphic designer’s tale
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- by Rob Janoff How do you brand a revolution? In his engaging new book, Taking a Bite out of the Apple: A Graphic Designer’s Tale, Rob Janoff – designer of the world-famous Apple logo – shares what it was like to live through the heady days of the home computer revolution. From his fateful meeting with Steve Jobs in Silicon Valley…
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Time for the World to Learn from Africa
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- by Ruth Finnegan FBA It is a common notion that Africa has, and indeed ought to have, learned much from the west. This is not wrong; all cultures rightly learn from each other. But less is said of what there is to learn from Africa: from her stories, myths, music, proverbs, insights - and more. Here an acclaimed African scholar steps…
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Our Amazing World
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- by Martin Rees (University of Cambridge) Read how a leading scientist of our age sees the future of space travel, the prospects of life elsewhere, the nature of our solar system and of galaxies and the 'multiverse', how science works, and the begnning and likely cold and lonely ending of our universe. And will,our world survive? A stunning and highly…
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A Letter God Might Have Written
- Being a poet, being an archbishop, being human by Rowan Williams This delightful and unique book by a previous Archbishop of Canterbury is pervaded by the deep insights, poetry and personal experiences of a great poet, thinker and above all human being. Profound and moving while at the same time wholly unstuffy, it is the perfect present for those of…
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Decisions, decisions, decisions: with compassion and love: voice from the head teacher’s study
- with compassion and love: voice from the head teacher’s study by Neil James A key text for parents, teachers and above all pupils on how schools work and the decisions that support them. A frank account by an experienced head teacher. Book Series: Hearing Others’ Voices ISBN: 978-1-911221-52-4 Publication date: 16 December 2019 Format: Paperback 210mm x 148mm, 118 pages…
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Mind how you go: Mental health, mind, body and spirit
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- by Arthur Hawes What is dementia! Insanity? Mental illness? Thus compassionate and insightful account by one with long experience of working with ‘mental health’ sufferers sheds unexpected light on the subject. It’s realist and accessible approach is not to be missed by anyone who cares about the health of ourselves and of our human companions in this life. /p>…
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For Peace: Voices Against the Fog and Blood of War
- A selection of prose and poetry through the ages edited by Ruth Finnegan The central tenets here are most often, given my background, come from Christianity. Some however are drawn, as they must be, from the rich insights of other traditions. They are essential in throwing light on the parallelisms between the great faiths in their search for peace…
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High Days and Holy Days: Voices of the Christian West
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- by Arthur Hawes This book contains 51 sermons on High Days and Holy Days in the Christian calendar. Though arising from the author’s own religious experience, many of the themes are universal and speak to people of all religious faiths and none and to all cultures. It is hoped they will appeal to the many people who are housebound and…
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