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The ritual effect : from habit to ritual, harness the surprising power of everyday actions
\"Our lives are filled with repetitive tasks meant to boost productivity--what we come to know as habits. Over time, these habits (for example, brushing your teeth or putting on your right sock first) are done on autopilot. But when a layer of mindfulness accompanies a habit--when we focus on the precise way an act is performed--a ritual has been created. Now, an everyday act goes from black-and-white to technicolor. And as author Michael Norton explains here, it's these rituals that make life worth living. Think of the way you savor a certain beverage, the care you take with a certain outfit that only gets worn on special occasions, the unique way that your family gathers around the table at the holidays, or the secret language you enjoy with your significant other. To some, these behaviors may seem quirky, but because rituals matter so deeply to us on a personal level, they saturate our lives with purpose and meaning. Rituals can heal a community experiencing a great loss, guide a speaker through a difficult presentation, drive a stadium of sports fans to ecstasy, inspire courage in soldiers going into combat, and help us rise to challenges and realize opportunities. Among those who have made effective use of rituals are Maya Angelou, Keith Richards, Barack Obama, and Steve Jobs. Drawing on decades of original research, author Michal Norton reveals that shifting from a \"habitual\" mindset to a \"ritual\" mindset can both enhance performance and add meaning to your life\" -- Goodreads.
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Revealing whiteness : the unconscious habits of racial privilege
[A] lucid discussion of race that does not sell out the black
experience. -- Tommy Lott, author of The Invention of
Race Revealing Whiteness explores how white privilege operates as
an unseen, invisible, and unquestioned norm in society today. In this personal and
selfsearching book, Shannon Sullivan interrogates her own whiteness and how being
white has affected her. By looking closely at the subtleties of white domination,
she issues a call for other white people to own up to their unspoken privilege and
confront environments that condone or perpetuate it. Sullivan's theorizing about
race and privilege draws on American pragmatism, psychology, race theory, and
feminist thought. As it articulates a way to live beyond the barriers that white
privilege has created, this book offers readers a clear and honest confrontation
with a trenchant and vexing concern.
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Look again : the power of noticing what was always there
A neuroscience professor and a Harvard law professor team up in this groundbreaking work, based on decades of research in the psychological and biological sciences, that shows how disrupting our routines can lead to seeing, feeling and noticing again--and embracing much-needed change to live happier, more fulfilling lives.
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The miracle habits : the secret of turning your moments into miracles
Learn how cultivate the extraordinary in your life with a step-by-step guide to transcendent self-change. It is your blueprint to the miraculous.
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The Vegan Studies Project
This inescapably controversial study envisions, defines, and theorizes an area that Laura Wright calls vegan studies. We have an abundance of texts on vegans and veganism including works of advocacy, literary and popular fiction, film and television, and cookbooks, yet until now, there has been no study that examines the social and cultural discourses shaping our perceptions of veganism as an identity category and social practice.
Ranging widely across contemporary American society and culture, Wright unpacks the loaded category of vegan identity. She examines the mainstream discourse surrounding and connecting animal rights to (or omitting animal rights from) veganism. Her specific focus is on the construction and depiction of the vegan body-both male and female-as a contested site manifest in contemporary works of literature, popular cultural representations, advertising, and new media. At the same time, Wright looks at critical animal studies, human-animal studies, posthumanism, and ecofeminism as theoretical frameworks that inform vegan studies (even as they differ from it).
The vegan body, says Wright, threatens the status quo in terms of what we eat, wear, and purchase-and also in how vegans choose not to participate in many aspects of the mechanisms undergirding mainstream culture. These threats are acutely felt in light of post-9/11 anxieties over American strength and virility. A discourse has emerged that seeks, among other things, to bully veganism out of existence as it is poised to alter the dominant cultural mindset or, conversely, to constitute the vegan body as an idealized paragon of health, beauty, and strength. What better serves veganism is exemplified by Wright's study: openness, debate, inquiry, and analysis.
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The 7 habits of highly effective teens habit tracker
Create smart goals and develop your personal and professional teen habits with The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens: Habit Tracker. Track your teen habits and patterns. Where does your time go? What do you do after school, practice, or work? What are you spending your time on? With this habit tracker, you can track your daily habits and reach a goal quickly. Productivity is on the other end of this journal as you track your habits and set smart goals.
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China in Seven Banquets
A captivating journey spanning five thousand years of Chinese culinary heritage, exploring the essence of each era through seven extraordinary meals. China in Seven Banquets takes readers on a gastronomic adventure into the history of China s constantly evolving and astonishingly diverse cuisine. From the opulent Eight Treasures feast of ancient times to the Tang dynasty s legendary Tail-Burning banquet, and the extravagant complete Manchu-Han feast of the Qing court, these iconic repasts offer glimpses into China s rich food history. Delving further, the book invites us to partake of lavish banquets immortalized in literature and film, a New Year s buffet from 1920s Shanghai, a modern delivery menu reflecting the hyperglobal present, and it even offers a peek at the tables of the not-so-distant future. Drawing upon his extensive gastronomic adventures across China, acclaimed historian Thomas David DuBois unravels its ever-changing landscape of culinary trends, revealing why flavors and customs evolved over time. DuBois also recreates dozens of traditional recipes using modern kitchen techniques. Whether indulging in fermented elk or savoring absinthe cocktails, readers embark on an unparalleled odyssey that redefines their perception of Chinese cuisine.
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Food Culture in Medieval Scandinavia
The making, eating, and sharing of food throughout society represents an important and exciting area of study with the potential to advance the field of scholarship, particularly in the context of Scandinavian Studies. This book analyses the historical, legal, and literary sources of the region during the medieval period to explore different aspects of Scandinavian culture relating to food and drink: production, consumption (including feasts), trading (distribution), and the associated social rituals. Using new and innovative approaches, this collection of studies offers broad insights into a great variety of social practices and includes fresh information on not only social history but also traditional topics such as trade, commercial exchange, legal regulation, and political organisation. The book unites contributors from a variety of backgrounds, further enriching the content of a collection that promises to make a significant contribution to the state of current research.
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Health and Society in Early Modern Sweden
The understanding of what health is and how it can be maintained has changed through history. Questions like who are involved in healing practices? and what sort of bodies and minds are considered healthy? have elicited widely divergent responses in different societies. This volume explores how health was understood and practised in the early modern Nordic region, with a focus on Sweden, including Finland. The chapters examine topics such as the dyslexia of Charles XI, lay perceptions of bodily and mental variability, and the health benefits attributed to the sauna. Together, the essays give a holistic view of how practices of health were embedded in social and cultural processes within local communities. As such, the volume is a timely intervention in the social history of medicine, contributing to the historicisation of health as a concept and shedding light on developments in the Nordic world.
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