Quarantine Reflections

Author : Obioma Osae-Brown
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665530073
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quarantine Reflections written by Obioma Osae-Brown and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-07-28 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ideas come from unexpected moments of inactivity. The pandemic created lots of free time to ponder and wonder, and often the mind was plagued with thoughts. The inspiration came from Facebook’s caption page, “What’s on your mind?.” Initially, it started as simple quotes, a few “likes” and comments, but grew into “Quarantine Reflections.” The editing and photography for the book was done by my son, Jordan who had just finished a study abroad program at Osaka University, Japan, and graduated with a B.A. from University of California, Riverside. It was a great way of inculcating the values of engagement, resilience, and vision. The pandemic has brought the toughest challenge in a generation, but has also brought the greatest stories of heroism, resiliency, camaraderie, and human dependency. As you ponder on the various thoughts in this book, it is hoped you will find, feel, and dwell on the things that influence us as humans, or the mantras to build character, integrity, and passion. The charge is to seize every opportunity in life as a call to make a difference.

Author : Nora D. Clinton
Publisher : Archway Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480895997
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quarantine Reflections Across Two Worlds written by Nora D. Clinton and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-18 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quarantine Reflections across Two Worlds is a captivating memoir about life in two strikingly different worlds, an ardent defense of freedom, and a thought-provoking analysis of current events and ideologies. Nora D. Clinton shares her story of growing up in Bulgaria—from her childhood under communism, to watching the Berlin Wall fall in twelfth grade, to arriving in America, which she made her home. Throughout, she illustrates the dangers of utopian abstractions and the need for common sense and humanity. Her story is for anyone trying to fathom the current surreal reality—fascination with socialism, 2020 pandemic and protests, and so much more. “It is all about basic humanity, so often drowned these days by enthusiastic efforts to promote abstract ‘values.’ The author reminds us that totalitarian mentality is essentially anti-humanist—no matter whether it claims to be defending a communist or a Nazi state, a nature deprived of people, or the equality of sexes by imposing manufactured uniformity of their roles.” —Philip Dimitrov, PhD, former prime minister of Bulgaria, ambassador of Bulgaria to the USA and of the EU to Georgia, current constitutional justice and VP of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe “Quarantine Reflections across Two Worlds is a vivid and compelling account of childhood and youth in communist Bulgaria, which says, in a few words and through illustrative stories, a lot about the misery of living in a totalitarian state. Its talented author, Nora D. Clinton, possesses wide culture and knowledge, which enables her to offer interesting comments about the superiority of liberty and democracy and to address some clichés of the contemporary political discourse.” —Nassya Kralevska-Owens, journalist and author of numerous books, including Communism Versus Democracy—Bulgaria 1944 to 1997, whose Bulgarian edition became an unsurpassed bestseller about recent history. “Dr. Nora D. Clinton’s vivid booklet is part personal memoir of a childhood under communist tyranny and part impassioned tribute to political liberty. It is a product of noble independence of spirit and an ode to it.” —Andrew Bernstein, PhD, American philosopher and internationally acclaimed lecturer and author of fiction and academic books, including Heroes, Legends, Champions: Why Heroism Matters.

Author : Alison Bashford
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1137524464
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Quarantine written by Alison Bashford and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over five centuries, a global archipelago of quarantine stations came to connect the world's oceans from the Mediterranean to the South Pacific, from Atlantic coasts to the Red Sea. In the process, great new carceral structures materialised, many surviving into the present as magnificent ruins or as 5 star hotels with a dark tourism edge. This book offers new histories and geographies of quarantine islands and isolation hospitals across the world, bringing their local and global pasts and present into view. An international cast of leading experts examine the enduring historical problems of migration and mobility, segregation, prevention and protection by states with different interests in freedoms, health and commerce. With case studies from as far afield as the Red Sea, Hong Kong and New Zealand, and from the early modern period forward, this book provides an invaluable insight into the history of quarantine.

Author : Josh Katz
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 050002491X
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Roof written by Josh Katz and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This view of a life-altering moment in our history—captured from one photographer’s Brooklyn rooftop—is a testament to human hope and resilience, and what we’ve learned about living in community. The roof of a New York apartment building, like some New York neighbors, can be elusive—you could live there for years and never see it. The unique constraints of 2020’s quarantine drove photographer and Brooklyn transplant Josh Katz up to his Bushwick rooftop and introduced him to both. What he discovered there astonished him. Families, lovers, dogs, meditators, artists, exercise fanatics, daredevils, drinkers, dancers—in this strange time the world below had found a way to continue ticking on up above, subject to new patterns and distances. And then, there were the pigeon fanciers, who had been up there for decades, watching the neighborhood change around them. Josh reached for his camera. The project grew from a man’s attempt to cope with his own isolation to a tender portrait of his community—captured entirely from his own roof—and a resonant chronicle of how some of us found new hope and space in a life-altering year. Characters as heartfelt as any in the now-classic Humans of New York accompany Josh’s keen observations on urban space, human interaction, and new ways of city living we can bring down from the roof to apply in a post-quarantine world.

Author : Geoffrey Karabin
Publisher : Ethics International Press
ISBN 13 : 1804410497
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pandemic Reflections written by Geoffrey Karabin and published by Ethics International Press. This book was released on 2023-11-25 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Francis of Assisi, one of the most acclaimed and enduring of saints, is particularly significant when reflecting upon the COVID pandemic. Francis lived, and ministered, amid a leprosy pandemic. How he lived in relation to that pandemic makes him a source of insight to as well as a potential critic of contemporary responses to COVID. In turn, one can use COVID to question Francis. Did he exhibit a harmful form of religious devotion, perhaps fanaticism, by exposing himself and others to a lethal pathogen? This edited collection examines a highly visible and impactful religious figure with the intent of bringing him into conversation with one of the defining issues of the early 21st Century.

Author : Angel Freddy Medina Segura
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories and Reflections in Quarantine written by Angel Freddy Medina Segura and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-19 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Stories and reflections in quarantine" takes us through real situations experienced amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The work synchronizes numbers four and forty. It gives us four parts; each of them contains ten themes for forty topics. Its content combines humor, intrigue, and reflection as an incentive for the soul in turbulent situations.The work is a tribute to those who were fighting in this battle but, unfortunately, were defeated. Meanwhile, we dedicate it to all those who overcame this pandemic. With its reflections, it offers us practical solutions in those moments when family and work crises arise in everyday situations. It also invites us to enjoy life and be better people.

Author : Joseph Holt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Some Quarantine Reflections written by Joseph Holt and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christine Jurisich
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692409428
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Retreat, Reflect, Renew written by Christine Jurisich and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal and spiritual growth journal that walks you through a welcoming process of slowing down and reflecting on how to live a more Christ-centered, balanced life that values relationships and community.

Author : Abila Joseph, Aarya D'souza
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1648999778
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lockdown Diary written by Abila Joseph, Aarya D'souza and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So, in 2020, the world became the playground of a spiky but invisible monster that made its way into everyone’s lives and everything besides. And it isn’t in any mood to get off our backs anytime soon. It was thus that The Lockdown Diary came about — in the wake of perhaps the most colossal tragedy in living memory. The Lockdown Diary is a heart-warming and entertaining story, seen and told through the eyes and voice of Aarya, a cheeky 10 year old Generation Z kid, who takes you through his and his family’s experiences during the Corona lockdown. The highs and the lows, the nuances of his relationship with his mother and 4 year old sister, their bitter-sweet dynamics, and the things they do while being walled in make this story a compelling read. What also makes this book or journal interesting is that while Aarya takes us through his chronicle, he also gets us to engage with our own unique stories and experiences. Amidst all the gloom that surrounds us currently, this book is a breath of fresh air and is sure to put a smile on our face.

Author : Henriette Steiner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311074483X
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Touch in the Time of Corona written by Henriette Steiner and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A chronicle, a memoir, a reflection on the pandemic, and a cultural analysis of the new spatial, social, and epistemological forms that have arisen with it, this volume weaves together cultural history, aesthetics, and urban and digital studies. It looks at the particular ways in which the possibilities for touch, touching and being touched, both physically and affectively, are reconfigured by the pandemic. How are love, care, and humanity’s complex relationships with technology and nature played out in the interval between abandoned city centres and digitally mediated gatherings? How can we comprehend the reconfiguration of relationships through the human response to the pandemic as an experience that concerns us all but affects each of us in different ways? How do we think through the technological and material dependencies that the pandemic situation establishes? And how does this allow us to imagine the world beyond the pandemic—both utopian and dystopian? The essays in this book explore the new forms of intimacy and distance that are developing in the wake of COVID-19, offering a distinctive, topical analysis in the fields of urban and digital studies.