Dragonwings CD PDF

Dragonwings CD: Golden Mountain Chronicles:1903 Audio CD – Audiobook, Unabridged
Author: Visit ‘s Laurence Yep Page ID: 0061493368

From School Library Journal

Grades 4-7–Laurence Yep’s Newbery Honor book (HarperCollins, 1975) offers insights into the lives of Chinese-Americans in early 20th century California. The story begins as eight-year-old Moon Shadow Lee journeys across the Pacific to join his proud and clever father at the family-owned laundry in San Francisco. The boy recounts their problems with prejudice, as well as the kindness of uncles and cousins. Father and son must leave the protection of the family to move out of Chinatown, but they find refuge with a generous and friendly landlady. Once they have successfully established a repair business, they turn their attention to making a flying machine. Though it’s a modern invention, part of their motivation is the elder’s belief in his own previous dragon existence. Yep draws heavily on his own heritage, but also includes figures such as Teddy Roosevelt and the Wright Brothers, and historic events such as the San Francisco Earthquake. The result is a heartwarming story set in a familiar time and place, but told from a new perspective. The quiet intensity of B. D. Wong’s narration enriches the text as he creates memorable voices for a large cast of characters. Wafting, ethereal music signals the end of each side of the cassette, and the cover art is attractive. The only problem is the lightweight cardboard package, which is not sturdy enough for heavy circulation. That shouldn’t deter libraries from purchIDg this fine recording which will provide upper elementary and middle school listeners with lessons in history, and a gentle reminder of the value of a loving family and loyal friends.

Barbara Wysocki, Cora J. Belden Library. Rocky Hill, CT

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

–This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Review

“A fine, sensitive novel . . . that conveys the Chinese American’s cultural heritage.” — —BL

“A fine, sensitive novel written with grace in a way that conveys the Chinese American’s cultural heritage.” — —Booklist

“A triumph.” — —The New York Times –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

See all Editorial Reviews

Age Range: 10 and up Grade Level: 5 and upSeries: Golden Mountain ChroniclesAudio CD: 6 pagesPublisher: HarperFestival; Unabridged edition (September 4, 2007)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0061493368ISBN-13: 978-0061493362 Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #357,275 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #156 in Books > Children’s Books > Geography & Cultures > Multicultural Stories > Asian & Asian American #235 in Books > Books on CD > Children’s Fiction > General #507 in Books > Children’s Books > Literature & Fiction > Historical Fiction > United States > 1900s
No one melds fact and myth into seamless storylines of historical fiction quite like Lawrence Yep. Like many of his tales, the remarkable, "Dragonwings", reflects on the Chinese experience in America. Says Yep in his author’s note, "I have tried to make some of these dry historical facts become living experiences". The result is a book that certain kids will grow attached to and respect. Admittedly, it is not a book for all children, but for what it offers it is an impressive work.

The plot follows Moon Shadow, a boy sent from his native China to live with his father in the Land of the Gold Mountains a.k.a San Francisco in 1903. While there, Moon Shadow learns a great deal about the ways the white settlers (referred to in this text, without exception, as demons) reacted to the Chinese in California. Yep does not play down the characters’ difficulties, but Moon Shadow and his father, Windrider, learn the ways in which they may live their lives acceptably. They befriend their white employers, survive the great San Francisco earthquake, and finally Windrider follows his dream of making a flying machine just as the Wright Brothers did. This portion of the book is based on the true story of a Chinese immigrant that on September 22, 1909 flew from the hills of Oakland, California. As Yep points out in his author’s note, this book is a historical fantasy and not an actual factual construction. Nonetheless, Windrider’s quest is such that you feel just as caught up in the excitement of the moment as he is when at last he is able to test his creation.

What is so impressive about Lawrence Yep’s writing is how he accepts that there are no hard and fast rules about the ways in which people act and react.
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Dragonwings CD PDF

Dragonwings CD: Golden Mountain Chronicles:1903 Audio CD – Audiobook, Unabridged
Author: Visit ‘s Laurence Yep Page ID: 0061493368

From School Library Journal

Grades 4-7–Laurence Yep’s Newbery Honor book (HarperCollins, 1975) offers insights into the lives of Chinese-Americans in early 20th century California. The story begins as eight-year-old Moon Shadow Lee journeys across the Pacific to join his proud and clever father at the family-owned laundry in San Francisco. The boy recounts their problems with prejudice, as well as the kindness of uncles and cousins. Father and son must leave the protection of the family to move out of Chinatown, but they find refuge with a generous and friendly landlady. Once they have successfully established a repair business, they turn their attention to making a flying machine. Though it’s a modern invention, part of their motivation is the elder’s belief in his own previous dragon existence. Yep draws heavily on his own heritage, but also includes figures such as Teddy Roosevelt and the Wright Brothers, and historic events such as the San Francisco Earthquake. The result is a heartwarming story set in a familiar time and place, but told from a new perspective. The quiet intensity of B. D. Wong’s narration enriches the text as he creates memorable voices for a large cast of characters. Wafting, ethereal music signals the end of each side of the cassette, and the cover art is attractive. The only problem is the lightweight cardboard package, which is not sturdy enough for heavy circulation. That shouldn’t deter libraries from purchIDg this fine recording which will provide upper elementary and middle school listeners with lessons in history, and a gentle reminder of the value of a loving family and loyal friends.

Barbara Wysocki, Cora J. Belden Library. Rocky Hill, CT

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

–This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

Review

“A fine, sensitive novel . . . that conveys the Chinese American’s cultural heritage.” — —BL

“A fine, sensitive novel written with grace in a way that conveys the Chinese American’s cultural heritage.” — —Booklist

“A triumph.” — —The New York Times –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

See all Editorial Reviews

Age Range: 10 and up Grade Level: 5 and upSeries: Golden Mountain ChroniclesAudio CD: 6 pagesPublisher: HarperFestival; Unabridged edition (September 4, 2007)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 0061493368ISBN-13: 978-0061493362 Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Best Sellers Rank: #357,275 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #156 in Books > Children’s Books > Geography & Cultures > Multicultural Stories > Asian & Asian American #235 in Books > Books on CD > Children’s Fiction > General #507 in Books > Children’s Books > Literature & Fiction > Historical Fiction > United States > 1900s
No one melds fact and myth into seamless storylines of historical fiction quite like Lawrence Yep. Like many of his tales, the remarkable, "Dragonwings", reflects on the Chinese experience in America. Says Yep in his author’s note, "I have tried to make some of these dry historical facts become living experiences". The result is a book that certain kids will grow attached to and respect. Admittedly, it is not a book for all children, but for what it offers it is an impressive work.

The plot follows Moon Shadow, a boy sent from his native China to live with his father in the Land of the Gold Mountains a.k.a San Francisco in 1903. While there, Moon Shadow learns a great deal about the ways the white settlers (referred to in this text, without exception, as demons) reacted to the Chinese in California. Yep does not play down the characters’ difficulties, but Moon Shadow and his father, Windrider, learn the ways in which they may live their lives acceptably. They befriend their white employers, survive the great San Francisco earthquake, and finally Windrider follows his dream of making a flying machine just as the Wright Brothers did. This portion of the book is based on the true story of a Chinese immigrant that on September 22, 1909 flew from the hills of Oakland, California. As Yep points out in his author’s note, this book is a historical fantasy and not an actual factual construction. Nonetheless, Windrider’s quest is such that you feel just as caught up in the excitement of the moment as he is when at last he is able to test his creation.

What is so impressive about Lawrence Yep’s writing is how he accepts that there are no hard and fast rules about the ways in which people act and react.
Download Dragonwings CD: Golden Mountain Chronicles:1903 Audio CD – Audiobook, Unabridged PDF

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Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Hardcover – 2005
Author: Visit ‘s Steven C. Hayes Page ID: 1606710516

Self Help book on overcoming depression and resetting the mind.

HardcoverPublisher: Harbinger (2005)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1606710516ISBN-13: 978-1606710517 Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.1 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #94,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #939 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > General
Psychological treatments, like most forms of therapy, have been developing and adapting for centuries. In recent years the best treatment for depression, as well as a host of other psychiatric disorders, has being centered on a combination of medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). The behavior therapies largely replaced psychoanalytic theory. The transition from psychoanalysis was not smooth, and as an attempt to ridicule psychoanalytic ideas, some notorious behavior therapists used to train people with mental illness to perform simple actions and then they would watch with amusement as psychoanalytically trained colleagues concocted creative but often bizarre symbolic interpretations of behaviors that had just been created.

We may now be on the cusp another revolution in therapy that could ultimately relegate CBT to the history books, rather in the way that CBT did to psychoanalysis. This new approach has sprung directly from the Buddhist traditions, and revolves around "mindfulness and acceptance". In the Buddhist worldview, each moment is complete by itself, and the world is perfect as it is; That being so, the focus is on acceptance, validation and tolerance, instead of change, and experience rather than experiment as the way to understand the world.

For many patients it feels profoundly liberating to be able to see that thoughts are just thoughts and that they are not "you" or "reality." This realization can free an individual from the distorted reality that they often create and allow for more clarity and a greater sense of control in life.
I suffer of OCD and panic attacks (if Hell exists, and I believe so, I am sure it has to be something like an eternal panic attack). My life had been, for many years -about 15-, all about my obsessions, compulsions and fears. I lived in a continuous reactive mode to my mind. If my mind was over-curious or stressed I felt fear and just followed it. I would be amazed at myself and my continuous, unstopping over-thinking.

I started by reading Tolle’s "The Power of Now". The book, instead of helping me, caused me panic attacks (well, the book and my personal circumstances too). I was feeling like "Well, my thougts are different from myself and my self-identity, but… if I am not my mind, if I am not my thoughts, then who am I?". Afterwards, I read "Brain Lock". Great book! Still, I was living in continuous reactive mode: if an obsessive thought would come, I would react with the book methodology (Realize one is having a thought, realize one has OCD, find something else to do and, finally, stop giving importance to the obsessions). The book was a breakthrough for me into CBT. But, walking down a library some day, prey of a depression after a panic attack had spoiled a relationship, I came across this book (Get out of our mind…) I bought it with a bunch of other books.

What makes this book so great is that it takes you by hand to ACT (a form of CBT) and actually has compassion at yourself. It goes slowly. It repeats the ideas several times and makes amazing analogies. It explains, in plain English, the mind-trap of trying not to think something and how this is a loophole (the less you try to think on an elephant, the more you think of it). It contains plenty of exercises. I did them (Do them!

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life The New Paperback November 1 2005 Hardcover Please retry In Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Commitment Therapy Audible Unabridged Hardcover from 4 58 2005 Steven C Hayes Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life The New Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life and Commitment Therapy Pub Date 11 1 2005 Publisher New Harbinger The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Shop for Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Life The New Acceptance Commitment Therapy whichGet Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life

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Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life: The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Hardcover – 2005
Author: Visit ‘s Steven C. Hayes Page ID: 1606710516

Self Help book on overcoming depression and resetting the mind.

HardcoverPublisher: Harbinger (2005)Language: EnglishISBN-10: 1606710516ISBN-13: 978-1606710517 Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.1 x 1 inches Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds Best Sellers Rank: #94,760 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #939 in Books > Medical Books > Psychology > General
Psychological treatments, like most forms of therapy, have been developing and adapting for centuries. In recent years the best treatment for depression, as well as a host of other psychiatric disorders, has being centered on a combination of medication and cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). The behavior therapies largely replaced psychoanalytic theory. The transition from psychoanalysis was not smooth, and as an attempt to ridicule psychoanalytic ideas, some notorious behavior therapists used to train people with mental illness to perform simple actions and then they would watch with amusement as psychoanalytically trained colleagues concocted creative but often bizarre symbolic interpretations of behaviors that had just been created.

We may now be on the cusp another revolution in therapy that could ultimately relegate CBT to the history books, rather in the way that CBT did to psychoanalysis. This new approach has sprung directly from the Buddhist traditions, and revolves around "mindfulness and acceptance". In the Buddhist worldview, each moment is complete by itself, and the world is perfect as it is; That being so, the focus is on acceptance, validation and tolerance, instead of change, and experience rather than experiment as the way to understand the world.

For many patients it feels profoundly liberating to be able to see that thoughts are just thoughts and that they are not "you" or "reality." This realization can free an individual from the distorted reality that they often create and allow for more clarity and a greater sense of control in life.
I suffer of OCD and panic attacks (if Hell exists, and I believe so, I am sure it has to be something like an eternal panic attack). My life had been, for many years -about 15-, all about my obsessions, compulsions and fears. I lived in a continuous reactive mode to my mind. If my mind was over-curious or stressed I felt fear and just followed it. I would be amazed at myself and my continuous, unstopping over-thinking.

I started by reading Tolle’s "The Power of Now". The book, instead of helping me, caused me panic attacks (well, the book and my personal circumstances too). I was feeling like "Well, my thougts are different from myself and my self-identity, but… if I am not my mind, if I am not my thoughts, then who am I?". Afterwards, I read "Brain Lock". Great book! Still, I was living in continuous reactive mode: if an obsessive thought would come, I would react with the book methodology (Realize one is having a thought, realize one has OCD, find something else to do and, finally, stop giving importance to the obsessions). The book was a breakthrough for me into CBT. But, walking down a library some day, prey of a depression after a panic attack had spoiled a relationship, I came across this book (Get out of our mind…) I bought it with a bunch of other books.

What makes this book so great is that it takes you by hand to ACT (a form of CBT) and actually has compassion at yourself. It goes slowly. It repeats the ideas several times and makes amazing analogies. It explains, in plain English, the mind-trap of trying not to think something and how this is a loophole (the less you try to think on an elephant, the more you think of it). It contains plenty of exercises. I did them (Do them!

Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life The New Paperback November 1 2005 Hardcover Please retry In Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Commitment Therapy Audible Unabridged Hardcover from 4 58 2005 Steven C Hayes Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life The New Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life and Commitment Therapy Pub Date 11 1 2005 Publisher New Harbinger The New Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Shop for Get Out of Your Mind Into Your Life The New Acceptance Life The New Acceptance Commitment Therapy whichGet Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life

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