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Author |
: Barry Schechter |
Publisher |
: Melville House |
Total Pages |
: 347 |
Release |
: 2020-05-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781612198835 |
ISBN-13 |
: 161219883X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (35 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Blindfold Test by : Barry Schechter
A raucous comedy about a paranoid loser who maybe wasn't paranoid enough... In the sixties, Jeffrey Parker briefly attended an antiwar rally. He wasn't all that interested--he just listened to a few speeches, and went home...and nothing was ever the same. In this wildly comic novel, Parker's brief dalliance is the beginning of the end. He never lands a decent job. Women never stick around. He has terrible stretches of bad luck, and is the unwilling victim of just plain bizarre occurances: once, he comes home to find that the final page in every one of his books has been removed. Then Parker discovers that he's been the target of a government plot--like the FBI's real-life COINTELPRO--and the obsession of a rogue FBI agent who just won't give up. This outrageously imaginative debut is reminiscent of John Kennedy Toole's explosive, out-of-nowhere farce A Confederacy of Dunces. Part thriller, part national tragedy, and all hysterical comedy, it is devilishly entertaining even as it forces Parker and readers to uncover the truth not only about their country, but about themselves.
Author |
: Barry Schechter |
Publisher |
: Melville House Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 340 |
Release |
: 2009 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015080847604 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (04 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Blindfold Test by : Barry Schechter
In the 1960s, Jeffrey Parker briefly attended an anti-war rally. He wasn't all that interested - just listened to a few speeches and went home, but nothing was ever the same again. In this wildly comic novel, Parker's brief dalliance is the beginning of the end. He never lands a decent job. Women never stick around. He has terrible stretches of bad luck and is the unwitting victim of plain bizarre occurrences. Then Parker discovers that he's been the target of a government plot and the obsession of a rogue FBI agent who just won't give up.
Author |
: Lucas Aaron Henry |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 556 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:649893703 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis To Allay All Prejudices by : Lucas Aaron Henry
Author |
: Siri Hustvedt |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 228 |
Release |
: 2003-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 031242275X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780312422752 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (5X Downloads) |
Synopsis The Blindfold by : Siri Hustvedt
Iris Vegan, a young, impoverished graduate student from the Midwest, finds herself entangled with four powerful but threatening characters as she tries to adjust to life in New York City. Mr. Morning, an inscrutable urban recluse, employs Iris to tape-record verbal descriptions of objects that belonged to a murder victim. George, a photographer, takes an eerie portrait of Iris, which then acquires a strange life of its own, appearing and disappearing without warning around the city. After a series of blinding migraines, Iris ends up in a hospital room with Mrs. O., a woman who has lost her mind and memory to a stroke, but who nevertheless retains both the strength and energy to torment her fellow patient. And finally, there is Professor Rose, Iris's teacher and eventually her lover. While working with him on the translation of a German novella called The Brutal Boy, she discovers in its protagonist, Klaus, a vehicle for her own transformation and ventures out into the city again--this time dressed as a man. Siri Hustvedt's The Blindfold is "...a work of dizzying intensity. . .eloquent and vivid." - Don DeLillo.
Author |
: Charles Mingus |
Publisher |
: Univ of California Press |
Total Pages |
: 346 |
Release |
: 2013-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780520275232 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0520275233 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (32 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mingus Speaks by : Charles Mingus
In-depth interviews, conducted several years before Mingus died, capture the composer's spirit and voice, revealing how he saw himself as composer and performer, how he viewed his peers and predecessors, how he created his extraordinary music, and how he looked at race. Augmented with interviews and commentary by ten close associates--including Mingus's wife Sue, Teo Macero, George Wein, and Sy Johnson.
Author |
: Salvatore G. DiMichael |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 16 |
Release |
: 1947 |
ISBN-10 |
: STANFORD:36105219389009 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (09 Downloads) |
Synopsis Psychological Tests for Use with Blind Adults in Vocational Rehabilitation by : Salvatore G. DiMichael
Author |
: Iris Berent |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2020-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190061944 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190061944 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Blind Storyteller by : Iris Berent
Do newborns think? Do they know that "three" is greater than "two"? Do they prefer "right" to "wrong"? What about emotions--can newborns recognize happiness or anger? If the answer to these questions is yes, then how are our inborn thoughts and feelings encoded in our bodies? Could they persist after we die? Going all the way back to ancient Greece, human nature and the mind-body problem have been the topics of fierce scholarly debates. But laypeople also have strong opinions about such matters. Most people believe, for example, that newborn babies don't know the difference between right and wrong--such knowledge, they insist, can only be learned. For emotions, they presume the opposite--that our capacity to feel fear, for example, is both inborn and embodied. These beliefs are stories we tell ourselves about what we know and who we are. They reflect and influence our understanding of ourselves and others and they guide every aspect of our lives. In The Blind Storyteller, the cognitive psychologist Iris Berent exposes a chasm between our intuitive understanding of human nature and the conclusions emerging from science. Her conclusions show that many of our stories are misguided. Just like Homer, we, the storyteller, are blind. How could we get it so wrong? In a twist that could have come out of a Greek tragedy, Berent proposes that our errors are our fate. These mistakes emanate from the very principles that make our minds tick: Our blindness to human nature is rooted in human nature itself. An intellectual journey that draws on philosophy, anthropology, linguistics, cognitive science, and Berent's own cutting-edge research, The Blind Storyteller grapples with a host of provocative questions, from why we are so afraid of zombies, to whether dyslexia is "just in our heads," from what happens to us when we die, to why we are so infatuated with our brains. The end result is a startling new perspective on the age-old nature/nurture debate--and on what it means to be human.
Author |
: D.H. Warren |
Publisher |
: Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages |
: 527 |
Release |
: 2013-03-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9789401714006 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9401714002 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Electronic Spatial Sensing for the Blind by : D.H. Warren
During September 10-14, 1984, we held a Research Workshop at the Lake Arrowhead Conference Center, California, bringing togeth er leaders in the field of electronic spatial sensors for the blind from the psychology, engineering, and rehabilitation areas. Our goal was to engage these groups in discussion with one another about prospects for the future of electronic spatial sensing, in the light of emerging technologies and the increasing sophistica tion of behavioral research related to this field. The papers in this book give an update on several of the key research traditions in thi s fi e 1 d. Broader overvi ews are provi ded in the paper by Brabyn, and in our Historical Overview, Final Commentary and the Introductions to each section. In a field as complex as this, some overlap of discussion is desirable and the reader with a serious interest in this field is advised to sample several opinions. This volume, and the conference on which it is based, received assistance from many people and organizations. The Scientific Affai rs Divi sion of the North Atl antic Treaty Organization sup ported the conference as part of their program of Advanced Research Workshops, and the Science and Technology to Aid the Handicapped Program of the National Science Foundation provided additional major financial support. The Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences Research of the University of California, Riverside provided financial as well as major logistical support.
Author |
: Sushma Batra |
Publisher |
: Concept Publishing Company |
Total Pages |
: 236 |
Release |
: 1981 |
ISBN-10 |
: |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Synopsis Social Integration of the Blind by : Sushma Batra
Author |
: S. Begum |
Publisher |
: Discovery Publishing House |
Total Pages |
: 232 |
Release |
: 2003 |
ISBN-10 |
: 8171417345 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9788171417346 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cognitive Development in Blind Children by : S. Begum
Contents: Introduction, Conspectus of Research on Cognitive Abilities, A Study Plan and Procedure, Presentation Analysis and Interpretation of Data, Discussion, Summary, Conclusions, Recommendations and Suggestions.