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Beat Myths in Literature: Revisionist Strategies in Beat Women (Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature)
by Estíbaliz Encarnación-PinedoBeat Myths in Literature reassesses the work of women poets associated with the Beat Generation from the critical lens of revisionist discourses. Using the metaphor and the critical lens of looking back, an act infused with feminist implications after Adrianne Rich (1972), the volume focuses on poetry, fiction, and autobiographical writing to analyze the different ways in which Beat women used revisionist discourses to refashion the Beat Generation and establish themselves as literary and artistic subjects. Offering the first comprehensive study of the use of mythology in the Beat Generation, Beath Myths in Literaute: Revisionist Strategies in Beat Women focuses on the specific re-writing or revisioning of mythical texts. As such, it studies the ways in which Beat poets incorporate mythology into their works, both through the feminist reinvention or appropriation of ancient myths, but also by debunking more contemporary myths used to contain women in particular social and artistic roles. Furthermore, this volume expands Rich’s notion of re-vision, considering memoirs and autobiographies as factual and fictional re-interpretations of history. Seen through the eyes of revisionist studies and the poets’ investment in “personal myth”, the book establishes new points of entrance into works that allow us to explore the feminist, political, and poetical relevance of the work of Beat women.
Beat Negativity with CBT: Beat Negativity With Cbt (Bullet Guides)
by Paul JennerOpen this book and you will Be more confident Become less negative Beat depression Embrace positivity
The Beat of the Pendulum: A Found Novel
by Catherine ChidgeyThe book of the year...Every day for a year, Catherine Chidgey recorded the words and language she came across during her day-to-day life – phone calls, television commercials, emails, radio shows, conversations with her family, street signs and satnav instructions. From these seemingly random snippets, she creates a fascinating portrait of modern life, focusing on the things that most people filter out.Chidgey listens in as her daughter, born through surrogacy, begins to speak and develop a personality, and her mother slips into dementia. With her husband, she debates the pros and cons of moving to a new town. With her publisher, she discusses the novel she is writing. While, all around, the world is bombarding her with information.InThe Beat of the Pendulum, Chidgey approaches the idea of the novel from an experimental new direction. It is bold, exciting, funny, moving and utterly compelling.'For those who love books, Catherine Chidgey is a find' - Ali Smith
Beat Panic: Beat Panic (Bullet Guides)
by Martha LangleyBullet: Beat Panic is a user-friendly visual guide to overcoming panic. Open this book and you will: understand the causes of panic; use relaxation techniques learn to face your fears; stop negative thought patterns.
Beat The Reaper
by Josh BazellThe Doctor will see you now....Meet Peter Brown, a young Manhattan ER Doctor who has a past he'd prefer to stay hidden. When a figure from the old days emerges it looks increasingly unlikely that his secret will stay intact. Nicholas LoBrutto, aka Eddy Squillante, is given three months to live, and it's clear to Peter that the clock is ticking for both of them. He must do whatever it takes to keep him - and his patient - alive. It's time to beat the reaper....
Beat sound, Beat vision: The Beat spirit and popular song (PDF)
by Laurence CoupeThis book reveals the ideas behind the Beat vision which influenced the Beat sound of the songwriters who followed on from them. Having explored the thinking of Alan Watts, who coined the term ‘Beat Zen’, and who influenced the counterculture which emerged out of the Beat movement, it celebrates Jack Kerouac as a writer in pursuit of a ‘beatific’ vision. On this basis, the book goes on to explain the relevance of Kerouac and his friends Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder to songwriters who emerged in the 1960s. Not only are new, detailed readings of the lyrics of the Beatles and of Dylan given, but the range and depth of the Beat legacy within popular song is indicated by way of an overview of some important innovators: Jim Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Donovan, the Incredible String Band, Van Morrison and Nick Drake.
Beat sound, Beat vision: The Beat spirit and popular song
by Laurence CoupeThis book reveals the ideas behind the Beat vision which influenced the Beat sound of the songwriters who followed on from them. Having explored the thinking of Alan Watts, who coined the term ‘Beat Zen’, and who influenced the counterculture which emerged out of the Beat movement, it celebrates Jack Kerouac as a writer in pursuit of a ‘beatific’ vision. On this basis, the book goes on to explain the relevance of Kerouac and his friends Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder to songwriters who emerged in the 1960s. Not only are new, detailed readings of the lyrics of the Beatles and of Dylan given, but the range and depth of the Beat legacy within popular song is indicated by way of an overview of some important innovators: Jim Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Donovan, the Incredible String Band, Van Morrison and Nick Drake.
The Beat Stops Here: Lessons on and off the Podium for Today's Conductor
by Mark GibsonIn The Beat Stops Here: Lessons on and off the Podium for Today's Conductor, master conductor Mark Gibson addresses the technique of conducting as an extension of intimate knowledge of the score to the hands and arms. He employs a variety of everyday activities and motions (brushing the dog, Tinkerbelle, the "door knob") to describe the physical aspects of the role. He advocates a comprehensive, detailed approach to score study, addressing major works bar-by-bar in terms of both musical analysis and conducting method. Finally, Gibson explores the various roles a conductor plays, as a teacher, a scholar and a member of the musical community. His writing is highly focused, with an occasionally tongue-in-cheek, discussing everything from motivic development in Brahms to how to hold a knife and fork in public. In short, The Beat Stops Here is a compendium of style and substance in the real world of today's conductor.
BEAT STOPS HERE C: Lessons on and off the Podium for Today's Conductor
by Mark GibsonIn The Beat Stops Here: Lessons on and off the Podium for Today's Conductor, master conductor Mark Gibson addresses the technique of conducting as an extension of intimate knowledge of the score to the hands and arms. He employs a variety of everyday activities and motions (brushing the dog, Tinkerbelle, the "door knob") to describe the physical aspects of the role. He advocates a comprehensive, detailed approach to score study, addressing major works bar-by-bar in terms of both musical analysis and conducting method. Finally, Gibson explores the various roles a conductor plays, as a teacher, a scholar and a member of the musical community. His writing is highly focused, with an occasionally tongue-in-cheek, discussing everything from motivic development in Brahms to how to hold a knife and fork in public. In short, The Beat Stops Here is a compendium of style and substance in the real world of today's conductor.
Beat Stress: Beat Stress (Bullet Guides)
by Mac BrideOpen this book and you will: Feel calmer Sleep better Manage your time Enjoy life
Beat Stress: Teach Yourself Ebook (Teach Yourself)
by Alice MuirBeat Stress is a wholly practical guide to coping with stress, which draws on a mixture of CBT and NLP therapies, offering both long-term solutions and strategies to help you feel better now. It gives you a wide range of techniques that will successfully relax both body and mind, drawing extensively on Mindfulness practices, as well as showing you where you can find support, solutions and strategies online. There will be diagnostic tests to assess the level of your problem, 'quick fixes' which offer an immediate solution, 'points to remember', which will give long-term inspiration for those struggling, and clear guidance for what you can expect in the next chapter (Next Step). Designed to make the information work for you, this is the most effective and practical guide available to beating stress - forever.
Beat Stress And Fatigue: The drug-free guide to de-stressing and raising your energy levels
by Patrick Holford BSc, DipION, FBAFeeling tired and stressed out much of the time is common for many people. Yet it is possible to supercharge your system, and keep your emotions and body balanced without dramatically changing your life or resorting to prescription drugs. The key is eating the right food and correctly supplementing your diet.In this breakthrough book you will learn how to beat the sugar blues, balance your stress hormones and turn food into energy - not fat. You will also discover the power of sleep, and how to increase your concentration, and control impatience and irritability. Practical and effective, this invaluable book will help you improve your vitality and sense of wellbeing.
Beat Stress Quickly: Beat Stress Quickly (Flash)
by Terry Looker Olga GregsonThe books in this bite-sized new series contain no complicated techniques or tricky materials, making them ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious. Beat Stress Quickly is a short, simple and to-the-point guide to learning the basic principles of stress management in a few short steps. Whether you want to be less depressed, anxious or just more in control in just 96 pages you will discover how to master the essential strategies for taking control of your anxiety and feeling more calm in every situation.
Beat Stress with CBT: Solutions and strategies for dealing with stress: a cognitive behavioural therapy toolkit (Teach Yourself)
by Christine Wilding Stephen PalmerIs your stress threatening to take over your life? 'Beat Stress with CBT' is a clear, hands-on, practical guide to dealing with stress in every situation. It uses an effective, drug-free approach - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy - that will give you lasting support and solutions to your stress. Using CBT, you can identify your reaction to stressful situations, and pick out the aspects of your life or personality which feel uncontrollable. This book will give you a straightforward method of measuring and reducing your stress levels, and help you to tackle the related problems such as poor sleep, anxiety, depression or disordered eating or drinking. Using a mixture of immediate solutions and long-term strategies, CBT will help you rework your mindset and find a healthier, less stressful way of life.
Beat Stress With Meditation: Teach Yourself (the Book People Edition) (Teach Yourself)
by Naomi OzaniecIt has been scientifically proven that meditating for just 20 minutes a day a few days a week can reduce anxiety and stress dramatically, and this book shows you how to do just that, whatever your spiritual and religious beliefs. It will introduce you straight away to the practice of meditation, showing you a whole series of different exercises so you're sure to find one that works for you, and will help you to understand the link between body, brain, and why meditation works.NOT GOT MUCH TIME?One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started.AUTHOR INSIGHTSLots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based onthe author's many years of experience.TEST YOURSELFTests in the book and online to keep track of your progress.EXTEND YOUR KNOWLEDGEExtra online articles at www.teachyourself.com to give you a richer understanding of meditation.FIVE THINGS TO REMEMBERQuick refreshers to help you remember the key facts.TRY THISInnovative exercises illustrate what you've learnt and how to use it.
Beat The System: 11 Secrets to Building an Entrepreneurial Culture in a Bureaucratic World
by Robert W. MacDonaldSmart guidelines for building flexible, innovative companies Beat the System is a follow-up to Robert MacDonald's controversial but successful first book, Cheat to Win. Packed with proven, real-life advice, Beat the System shows readers how to deal with the bureaucracy that can smother the creativity and entrepreneurship essential to long-range business success. Beat the System teaches readers how to beat the bureaucratic system by building entrepreneurial cultures in their businesses, their departments, or even their individual jobs. MacDonald skillfully describes how business cultures develop, how bureaucratic procedures and processes seep into them, and how to build an entrepreneurial culture even as we live in a bureaucratic world. At the heart of his system are practical steps that create a sense of ownership among employees, invites their participation, creates a common mission, fosters an entrepreneurial atmosphere, and shares the rewards with all. Robert W. MacDonald (Wayzata, MN) is a true visionary in the financial services industry who rose from a door-to-door insurance salesman to the CEO of Allianz Life of North America. He was also the founder, CEO, and chairman of LifeUSA.
Beat the Banks!: Take back control of your money and secure your family's financial future
by Jasmine BirtlesBanks make their money from our money; it's the nature of their business. They profit from our ignorance by selling us 'products' we don't actually need and have a vested interest in keeping us in the dark.Jasmine's no-nonsense, practical advice will help you to:- Make the most of your savings and watch your money grow- Get free money from the government by using up your ISA allowance- Pay off your mortgage quickly, even though the banks don't want you to- Invest in stocks and shares the cheap and easy way- Ensure a safe and profitable retirement by choosing the right pensionSo, it's time to fire your bank manager, beat the banks at their own game and ensure the profits end up in your pocket, not theirs!
Beat the Bitch: How to Stop the Other Woman Stealing Your Man
by Tess StimsonWant to keep your man all to yourself? If so, you need to read this book. In Beat the Bitch, Tess Stimson, self-confessed scarlet woman and wronged wife, delivers a self-help book with a difference. Written in short, snappy chapters and packed with unmissable advice, anecdotes, quizzes and humour, Beat the Bitch tells every woman things she won’t want to hear - but needs to. From this book you will discover: * How to put the spark back into your relationship * Whether your partner is vulnerable to attack from another woman * How to find out if he really is being unfaithful . . . and exactly what to do if he is. Beat the Bitch will be the must-read self-help title of 2009. As Tess herself says, should the worst come to the worst, Don’t Get Mad - Get Diamonds.
Beat the Bloat: Lose Your Belly for Good in Just One Month
by Claire YoungTired of feeling bloated?Fed up of having a belly?Do you want to give up fad dieting and have flat stomach for good?With BEAT THE BLOAT you can.Drawing on the latest scientific research, expert health-food writer Claire Young has cracked the secret to losing weight and keeping it off: balancing the bacteria in your gut. For no matter how much you exercise or diet, if you don't address this imbalance you will never reveal your leanest, healthiest and happiest you.So, how do you do this? Simple! Claire has devised an easy-to-follow four-week meal plan and 100 wheat- and sugar-free recipes that will see you BEAT THE BLOAT in days. As well as cutting out grains and sugars that cause bloating, Claire's recipes (which include Choc Chip Banana Muffins and Quick Chorizo and Bean Stew) contain healthy fats, lean proteins and live cultures that help to restore the good bacteria in our guts. And if you have a happy, healthy digestive system, you will store less fat, abolish cravings and absorb fewer calories from food.With her trademark down-to-earth style, Claire will reveal how she transformed her own life with these recipes, and will help set you on the right path with a shopping list of store cupboard essentials, advice on how to eat out and how to fit the diet into your lifestyle.So what are you waiting for? Join the health revolution that is taking the world by storm and finally BEAT THE BLOAT for good!
Beat the Budget: Affordable easy recipes and simple meal prep. £1.25 per portion
by Mimi Harrison* THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER *Delicious doesn't have to be expensive.With easy, flavour-packed recipes for £1.25 per portion and simple meal plans with shopping lists to take the stress out of meal times, Beat the Budget will show you how to save time, money and get incredible food on the table every day.Make your friends a showstopping Boujee Brunch, your family a mouth-watering Gnocchi Bolognaise Bake, or yourself a nourishing Miso Noodle Bowl in less than 15 minutes. With tips on Meal Prepping and how to make many recipes in your slow cooker or air fryer, this book has everything you need on a budget.Sections include:Breakfast - healthy & filling to start your day rightSoups, Salads & Sides - vibrant lunches and cosy comforts15 Minutes or Less - save time and moneyOne-Pot Wonders - easy recipes that don't fill the dishwasherWeeknight Winners - simple dinners for busy daysFakeaways - your favourites at home& Sweet - quick treats that don't cost the earth
Beat the Crisis: 33 Quick Solutions For Your Company
by Hermann SimonNewspaper columns blare the news daily. There is no doubt that we are struggling through a worldwide economic and financial crisis of a magnitude not witnessed since the Great Depression. In this environment, fraught with danger, no company can afford to take a wait-and-see attitude. One hesitation or misstep can result in the rapid demise of a once stalwart enterprise. Even small miscalculations can topple mighty empires; consider the U.S. auto industry, for example. The severity of the crisis demands that your company understand its causes, diagnose carefully, implement decisively and monitor constantly. However, the crisis also creates chances for companies that learn to assess risk, recognize opportunity and take action quickly. This book is an antidote to the chorus of doom-and-gloom, a manual for business leaders and employees who are ready to fight. In Beat the Crisis, international strategy guru, Hermann Simon, offers 33 practical actions that any company can take immediately. Organized into broad categories—"Changing Customer Needs," "Sales and the Sales Force," "Managing Offers and Prices" and "Services"—Simon shows companies how to focus on the areas where emphatic action can have quick and maximum impact on corporate performance. Drawing from dozens of successful cases around the world, Simon helps readers learn to read the market signals, develop quick solutions, and stay a step ahead of their competitors, while avoiding the pitfalls looming in the crisis. A concluding chapter looks beyond the crisis and considers the longer-term socio-political and business consequences, in which Simon foresees a new era of restraint.
Beat the Crowd: How You Can Out-Invest the Herd by Thinking Differently (Fisher Investments Press)
by Kenneth L. Fisher Elisabeth DellingerTrain your brain to be a real contrarian and outsmart the crowd Beat the Crowd is the real contrarian’s guide to investing, with comprehensive explanations of how a true contrarian investor thinks and acts – and why it works more often than not. Bestselling author Ken Fisher breaks down the myths and cuts through the noise to present a clear, unvarnished view of timeless market realities, and the ways in which a contrarian approach to investing will outsmart the herd. In true Ken Fisher style, the book explains why the crowd often goes astray—and how you can stay on track. Contrarians understand how headlines really affect the market and which noise and fads they should tune out. Beat the Crowd is a primer to the contrarian strategy, teaching readers simple tricks to think differently and get it right more often than not. Discover the limits of forecasting and how far ahead you should look Learn why political controversy matter less the louder it gets Resurrect long-forgotten, timeless tricks and truths in markets Find out how the contrarian approach makes you right more often than wrong A successful investment strategy requires information, preparation, a little bit of brainpower, and a larger bit of luck. Pursuit of the mythical perfect strategy frequently lands folks in a cacophony of talking heads and twenty-four hour noise, but Beat the Crowd cuts through the mental clutter and collects the pristine pieces of actual value into a tactical approach based on going against the grain.
Beat the Crowd: How You Can Out-Invest the Herd by Thinking Differently (Fisher Investments Press)
by Kenneth L. Fisher Elisabeth DellingerTrain your brain to be a real contrarian and outsmart the crowd Beat the Crowd is the real contrarian’s guide to investing, with comprehensive explanations of how a true contrarian investor thinks and acts – and why it works more often than not. Bestselling author Ken Fisher breaks down the myths and cuts through the noise to present a clear, unvarnished view of timeless market realities, and the ways in which a contrarian approach to investing will outsmart the herd. In true Ken Fisher style, the book explains why the crowd often goes astray—and how you can stay on track. Contrarians understand how headlines really affect the market and which noise and fads they should tune out. Beat the Crowd is a primer to the contrarian strategy, teaching readers simple tricks to think differently and get it right more often than not. Discover the limits of forecasting and how far ahead you should look Learn why political controversy matter less the louder it gets Resurrect long-forgotten, timeless tricks and truths in markets Find out how the contrarian approach makes you right more often than wrong A successful investment strategy requires information, preparation, a little bit of brainpower, and a larger bit of luck. Pursuit of the mythical perfect strategy frequently lands folks in a cacophony of talking heads and twenty-four hour noise, but Beat the Crowd cuts through the mental clutter and collects the pristine pieces of actual value into a tactical approach based on going against the grain.
Beat the Devil: A Covid Monologue
by David HareCovid-19 seems to be a sort of dirty bomb, thrown into the body to cause havoc. On the same day that the UK government finally made the first of two decisive interventions that led to a conspicuously late lockdown, David Hare contracted Covid-19. Nobody seemed to know much about it then, and many doctors are not altogether sure they know much more today. Suffering a pageant of apparently random symptoms, Hare recalls the delirium of his illness, which mixed with fear, dream, honest medicine and dishonest politics to create a monologue of furious urgency and power.
Beat the Devils
by Josh WeissThis inventive, page-turning crime thriller, shortlisted for the Sidewise Award, with "palpable emotional depth" (New York Times Book Review) envisions a world in which the Red Scare never ended.USA, 1958. President Joseph McCarthy sits in the White House, elected on a wave of populist xenophobia and barely‑concealed anti‑Semitism. The country is in the firm grip of McCarthy's Hueys, a secret police force evolved from the House Un-American Activities Committee. Hollywood's sparkling vision of the American dream has been suppressed; its remaining talents forced to turn out endless anti‑communist propaganda. LAPD detective Morris Baker—a Holocaust survivor who drowns his fractured memories of the unspeakable in schnapps and work—is called to the scene of a horrific double‑homicide. The victims are John Huston, a once‑promising but now forgotten film director, and an up‑and‑coming young journalist named Walter Cronkite. Clutched in the hand of one of the dead men is a cryptic note containing the phrase &“beat the devils&” followed by a single name: Baker. Did the two men die in an attack fueled by better-dead-than-red sentiment, as the Hueys are quick to conclude, or were they murdered in a cover-up designed to protect—or even set in motion—a secret plot connected to Baker's past? In a country where terror grows stronger by the day, and paranoia rises unchecked, Baker is determined to find justice for two men who raised their voices in a time when free speech comes at the ultimate cost. In the course of his investigation, Baker stumbles into a conspiracy that reaches deep into the halls of power and uncovers a secret that could destroy the City of Angels—and the American ideal itself.