Animal Joy

Author : Nuar Alsadir
Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 1644451816
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Joy written by Nuar Alsadir and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Time Must-Read Book of 2022 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2022 Aster(ix) Journal's 12 Best Nonfiction Books of 2022 An invigorating, continuously surprising book about the serious nature of laughter. Laughter shakes us out of our deadness. An outburst of spontaneous laughter is an eruption from the unconscious that, like political resistance, poetry, or self-revelation, expresses a provocative, impish drive to burst free from external constraints. Taking laughter’s revelatory capacity as a starting point, and rooted in Nuar Alsadir’s experience as a poet and psychoanalyst, Animal Joy seeks to recover the sensation of being present and embodied. Writing in a poetic, associative style, blending the personal with the theoretical, Alsadir ranges from her experience in clown school, Anna Karenina’s morphine addiction, Freud’s un-Freudian behaviors, marriage brokers and war brokers, to “Not Jokes,” Abu Ghraib, Frantz’s negrophobia, smut, the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, laugh tracks, the problem with adjectives, and how poetry can wake us up. At the center of the book, however, is the author’s relationship with her daughters, who erupt into the text like sudden, unexpected laughter. These interventions—frank, tender, and always a challenge to the writer and her thinking—are like tiny revolutions, pointedly showing the dangers of being severed from one’s true self and hinting at ways one might be called back to it. A bold and insatiably curious prose debut, Animal Joy is an ode to spontaneity and feeling alive.

Author : John Arthur Thomson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secrets of Animal Life written by John Arthur Thomson and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Maggie Gee
Publisher : Saqi
ISBN 13 : 1846590965
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Animal Life written by Maggie Gee and published by Saqi. This book was released on 2011-08-12 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you become a writer, and why? Maggie Gee's journey starts a long way from the literary world in a small family in post-war Britain. At seventeen, Maggie goes, a lamb to the slaughter, to university. From the 1960s onwards she lives the defining events of her generation: the coming of the Pill and sexual freedom, tremors in the British layer-cake of class and race. In the 1980s, Maggie finally gets published, falls in love, marries and has a daughter -- but for the next three decades and beyond, she survives, and sometimes thrives, by writing. This frank, bold memoir dares to explore the big questions: success and failure, sex, death and parenthood -- our animal life. 'A wise and beautiful book about what it feels like to be alive -- I really loved it' Zadie Smith 'Exceptionally interesting and brave ... a wonderful book' Claire Tomalin 'A fine, honest, complex portrait of an artist's mind' Michele Roberts, Independent 'Every word strikes like a hammer on an anvil, throwing off sizzling sparks' Bidisha, The f word 'Anyone who yearns for that lost post-war Britain would do well to read this vivid, minutely observed memoir ...Gee has a sensuous eye for detail' Sinclair McKay, Telegraph 'It is a testament to Gee's skill with structure, her lightness of touch and her honesty, particularly about the most painful episodes, that she has fashioned this account of a fundamentally satisfying and happy writer's life into such a page-turner.' Melissa Benn, New Statesman 'Maggie Gee writes with such courage and wit. This is a vivid portrait of a woman finding her way through the maze of class ridden post war England, the 60's, feminism and how to be a mother and a writer.' Diana Melly 'Highly recommended for all aspiring writers' Bernardine Evaristo 'Observant, honest and sensitively-written...' Michael Holroyd 'Fresh and funny ... with a zest for living that bounces off the page...' Psychologies 'Sensitive, honest, courageous, stylish' The Times '[Gee's] utterly compelling on the rollercoaster of writing life, from early success to rock-bottom rejection. Often joyous; infinitely wise; passionate and poised, this is a book you'll want to sit in silence with and hug to yourself -- then start again.' Daily Mail

Author : John Arthur Thomson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Study of Animal Life written by John Arthur Thomson and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Elizabeth Spooner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Miscellanies of Animal Life written by Elizabeth Spooner and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vernon S. Morwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Facts and phases of animal life, and the claims of animals to humane treatment written by Vernon S. Morwood and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sally Thompson Iritani
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832524745
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Occupational stress and joy of animal care professionals in zoos, sanctuaries, farms, shelters and laboratory animal facilities written by Sally Thompson Iritani and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-06-02 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Linda R. Harper, Ph.D.
Publisher : CAP Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0991334027
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Power of Joy in Giving to Animals written by Linda R. Harper, Ph.D. and published by CAP Publishing. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secret to Helping More Animals What would it take to give all the animals the kind of lives that they deserve? How do we work together to attain this vision? The answer to both of these questions can be found within the hearts of the animal advocates and the beloved furry friends they help. The secret is joy. Read on and uncover the infinite power of joy that is already present on your life-saving and life-enhancing journey of giving to the animals. A life of giving to animals offers amazing gifts of love, purpose, and contentment. But instead of experiencing joy and fulfillment, animal advocates often find themselves overwhelmed, sad, and depleted. Clinical psychologist and lifelong animal lover Dr. Linda Harper offers insight into the personality of the animal advocate and provides strategies to help face the challenges and find the gifts of their life-saving and life-enhancing journey. When we balance the desires and needs of each unique giving heart, we are at our best and joy flows freely and abundantly. Joy is the self-perpetuating, contagious, and powerful energy that is needed to bring us together to create a better world. With a foreword and contributions by animal advocate Faith Maloney, Dr. Harper's newest book aims to help individuals realize the gifts of their purposeful journey of helping animals, replenish their giving hearts, and become their best as they work toward creating a kinder world not only for animals, but for all living beings.

Author : Verson S. Morwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.1W/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Facts and Phases of Animal Life written by Verson S. Morwood and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Laura Childs
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1626367558
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Joy of Keeping Farm Animals written by Laura Childs and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-03-18 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the going gets rough, the rough . . . start raising their own food. In the first full-color guide of its kind, author and small farm owner Laura Childs reveals exactly what it takes to start raising your own animals, including chickens, geese, goats, sheep, pigs, and cows. Childs discusses what you can expect to harvest from your animals—from eggs to milk to meat to wool—based on her own real-life experiences. Whether you want to raise a few chickens for eggs alone, try your hand at a few goats with the aim to make your own cheese, or are looking to sustain your family and make some extra money from raising and selling beef, this is the book for you. Childs offers general information for each breed and animal, from how to get started to what to feed and where to house the animals. This invaluable guide is the perfect first book for anyone interested in starting a backyard barnyard or a small farm—or simply dreaming about the idea.