The Dance of Life

The Dance of Life
Author: Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2020-02-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0753552949

'Quite simply the best book about science and life that I have ever read' - Alice Roberts How does life begin? What drives a newly fertilized egg to keep dividing and growing until it becomes 40 trillion cells, a greater number than stars in the galaxy? How do these cells know how to make a human, from lips to heart to toes? How does your body build itself? Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz was pregnant at 42 when a routine genetic test came back with that dreaded word: abnormal. A quarter of sampled cells contained abnormalities and she was warned her baby had an increased risk of being miscarried or born with birth defects. Six months later she gave birth to a healthy baby boy and her research on mice embryos went on to prove that – as she had suspected – the embryo has an amazing and previously unknown ability to correct abnormal cells at an early stage of its development. The Dance of Life will take you inside the incredible world of life just as it begins and reveal the wonder of the earliest and most profound moments in how we become human. Through Magda’s trailblazing research as a professor at Cambridge – where she has doubled the survival time of human embryos in the laboratory, and made the first artificial embryo-like structures from stem cells – you’ll discover how early life is programmed to repair and organise itself, what this means for the future of pregnancy, and how we might one day solve IVF disorders, prevent miscarriages and learn more about the dance of life as it starts to take shape. The Dance of Life is a moving celebration of the balletic beauty of life’s beginnings.

The Dance of Life

The Dance of Life
Author: Havelock Ellis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 404
Release: 1923
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

The Dance of Life

The Dance of Life
Author: Edward T. Hall
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 258
Release: 1984-02-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0385192487

"Hall, whose Beyond Culture and The Silent Language won a wider readership, has written a ground-breaking investigation of the ways we use and abuse time, rich in insights applicable to our lives. Business readers will enjoy the cross-cultural comparison of American know-how with practices of compartmentalized German, centralized French, and ceremonious Japanese firms." —Publishers Weekly In his pioneering work The Hidden Dimension, Edward T. Hall spoke of different cultures' concepts of space. Now The Dance of Life reveals the ways in which individuals in culture are tied together by invisible threads of rhythm and yet isolated from each other by hidden walls of time. Hall shows how time is an organizer of activities, a synthesizer and integrator, and a special langauge that reveals how we really feel about each other. Time plays a central role in the diversity of cultures such as the American and the Japanese, which Hall shows to be mirror images of each other. He also deals with how time influences relations among Western Europeans, Latin Americans, Anglo-Americans, and Native Americans.

Dance of the Happy Shades

Dance of the Happy Shades
Author: Alice Munro
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2011-12-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307814548

Fifteen stunning short stories from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, “a true master of the form” (Salman Rushdie). “How does one know when one is in the grip of art—of a major talent? . . . It is art that speaks from the pages of Alice Munro’s stories.”—The Wall Street Journal A young girl gets an unexpected glimpse into her father’s past when she realizes the sales call they’ve made one summer afternoon during the Great Depression is to his old sweetheart. A married woman, returning home after the death of her invalid mother, tries to release the sister who’d stayed behind as their mother’s caretaker. The audience at a children’s piano recital receives a surprising lesson in the power of art to transform when a not-quite-right student performs with unexpected musicality and a spirit of joy. In Dance of the Happy Shades, Alice Munro conjures ordinary lives with an extraordinary vision, displaying the remarkable talent for which she is now widely celebrated. Set on farms, by river marshes, in the lonely towns and new suburbs of western Ontario, these tales are luminous acts of attention to those vivid moments when revelation emerges from the layers of experience that lie behind even the most everyday events and lives.

Stories from the Dance of Life

Stories from the Dance of Life
Author: Red Jordan Arobateau
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2005
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1411627474

A collection of 6 shorter works, Vol 3 is the last of the stories from Red's Early Works Series--reprinted from the 1970's. It contains three interesting autobiographical pieces: 'ROUND BELDEN CORNOR, IT'S SO EASY TO BE A REDNECK, & CONFESSIONS OF A SCHIZOPHRENIC TEENAGE LESBIAN, written when he was 18, 23, and 34, respectivly. A long colorfull Pimp-Ho street piece HOW RUBY GOT THERE (in the genre of his Masterworks Ho Stroll & Bars Across Heaven). A delicious piece entitled CHINESE HEROES IN WOMENS LIBERATION; and CARDGAMES & INDIANS; the funny, ironic, surreal tale of 3 black men lost in a Kansas cornfield after a mad all-night drive cross country to escape the responsibitlies of their workweary job & family lives. Don't forget to read the NOTES section at the end of this (and all 3 volumes) which gives additional information on the stories, how they were created, their place in time, ect. Another well-written collection by the Master Author Red Jordan Arobateau.

Dance of Death

Dance of Death
Author:
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2014-06-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1613745192

John Fahey hovers ghostlike in the sound of almost every acoustic guitarist who came after him. He was to the solo acoustic guitar what Hendrix was to the electric: the man whom all subsequent musicians had to listen to. Fahey made more than forty albums between 1959 and his death in 2001, fusing folk, blues, and experimental composition, taking familiar American sounds and making them new. Yet Fahey’s life and art remain largely unexamined. His memoir and liner notes were largely fiction. His real story has never been told—until now. Journalist Steve Lowenthal has spent years talking with Fahey’s producers, friends, peers, wives, business partners, and many others. He describes how Fahey introduced pre-war blues to a broader public; how his independent label, Takoma, set new standards; how he battled his demons, including stage fright, alcohol, and prescription pills; how he ended up homeless and mentally unbalanced; and how, despite his troubles, he managed to found a new record label, Revenant, that won Grammys and remains critically revered. This portrait of a troubled and troubling man in a constant state of creative flux is not only a biography, but also the compelling story of a great American outcast. Steve Lowenthal started and ran the music magazine Swingset; his writing has also been published in Fader, Spin, Vice, and the Village Voice. He lives in New York City. David Fricke is a senior editor at Rolling Stone magazine.

Learning to Dance in the Rain

Learning to Dance in the Rain
Author: Brian McDermott
Publisher: BalboaPress
Total Pages: 121
Release: 2011-08-12
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1452537143

When a tragic car accident took the life of our twenty-one year old daughter, Maia, we began a journey that has been paradoxically the most heart-wrenching and spiritually uplifting period of our lives. Learning to Dance in the Rain chronicles the first year of this journey. Through pain and despair to renewed energy and spiritual discovery, we write about the many ways in which we are finding strength and inspiration to carry on. With help from family and friends, a variety of religious/spiritual traditions, encounters with the natural world, and, most profoundly, continued connection with our beloved daughter, we are learning that death is as much a beginning as it is an end and that pain can be a catalyst for personal & spiritual growth. It is our greatest hope that sharing our story in this way will help others find strength to face the storms that come their way and live their lives with greater awareness. www.learningtodanceintherain.net

Dance with This Book

Dance with This Book
Author: Jess Grippo
Publisher:
Total Pages: 107
Release: 2019-11-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781699051726

Have you been feeling creatively stagnant or distanced from dance? Meet your new rectangular dance partner. A whisper from the creative muses. "The Artist's Way" in dance form. A calling to get back to dance and get back to YOU. Because starting to dance - again or for the first time - is often easier said than done. (Cue the intimidation, body image issues, time constraints, etc.) But dancing regularly is a proven source of happiness and healing, and for many it's a way to revive a lost part of our souls. This book is meant to be danced with, alone in your room to start, with a series of inspiring stories and directive prompts that you can do anytime. No more need for excuses or endlessly searching for the perfect class... make your bedroom your dance studio and DANCE WITH THIS BOOK. Side effects may include: making more space for yourself, reconnecting to your body, boosting your creative energy, releasing stress and stuck emotions, and feeling less alone. No leotards or expensive leggings required.

Trance Dance

Trance Dance
Author: Frank Natale
Publisher: Vega Books/Tsai Fong Books
Total Pages: 132
Release: 2002-06-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781843331483