1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990005801400203316

Autore

TOPPAN, Romano

Titolo

Il viaggio : contributo della letteratura e dell'antropologia culturale al senso del viaggio / Romano Toppan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l.] : BookSprint, 2012

ISBN

978-88-6595-8865

Descrizione fisica

202 p. ; 22 cm

Disciplina

809.39355

Soggetti

Viaggi - Antropologia [e] Letteratura

Collocazione

III.2. 1516

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910702210903321

Autore

Gilkey Kelly M

Titolo

Bayesian analysis for risk assessment of selected medical events in support of the integrated medical model effort / / Kelly M. Gilkey [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cleveland, Ohio : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Glenn Research Center, , 2012

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 38 pages)

Collana

NASA/TP ; ; 2012-217120

Soggetti

Mission planning

Bayes theorem

Astronauts

Health

Risk assessment

Fibrillation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on November 9, 2012).

"July 2012."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-38).

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786002203321

Titolo

Blurring the boundaries : explorations to the fringes of nonfiction / / edited by B.J. Hollars

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-4962-1012-3

1-283-94881-8

0-8032-4580-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

818/.609

Soggetti

American prose literature - 21st century

Creative nonfiction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Let the Blurring Begin / B.J. Hollars -- On "The Structure of Trouble": Fitting Function to Form / Marcia Aldrich -- The Eighteenth Week ; On "The Eighteenth Week": On Point of View / Monica Berlin -- Time and Distance Overcome ; On "Time and Distance Overcome": The Rewards of Research / Eula Biss -- An Essay and a Story about Mötley Crüe ; On "An Essay and a Story about Mötley Crüe": Knowing One's Audience and Making Your Dreams Come True / Ryan Boudinot -- Dazzle ; On "Dazzle": The Fluidity of Boundaries / Ashley Butler -- Thirty Minutes to the End: An Essay to My Aunt Judy on the Occasion of the May 4, 2007, Tornado ; On "Thirty Minutes to the End: An Essay to My Aunt Judy on the Occasion of the May 4, 2007, Tornado": Rethinking Genre / Steven Church -- Bait ; On "Bait": The Hybridity of Form / Stuart Dybek -- Salvos into the World of Hummers ; On "Salvos into the World of Hummers": The Convergence of Subject and Style / Beth Ann



Fennelly -- Flagpole Wedding, Coshocton, Ohio, 1946: An Essay on Process ; On "Flagpole Wedding, Coshocton, Ohio, 1946: An Essay on Process": Transitioning from Notes to Novel / Robin Hemley -- Whistling in the Dark ; On "Whistling in the Dark": When Telling Lies Reveals Truth / Naomi Kimbell -- 71 Fragments for a Chronology of Possibility ; On "71 Fragments for a Chronology of Possibility": An Eight-Fragment, Five-Paragraph Essay / Kim Dana Kupperman -- Headaches ; On "Headaches": Articulating the Inexplicable / Paul Maliszewski -- Asymmetry ; On "Asymmetry": The Typewriter Is Not a Typewriter / Michael Martone -- Outline toward a Theory of the Mine versus the Mind and the Harvard Outline ; Outline toward a Reflection on the Outline and the Splitting of the Atom, I Mean the Colorado River, I Mean Our Collective Attentions, or Maybe I Mean the Brain, Which Is Mostly Forks, You Know / Ander Monson -- Four Essential Tips for Telling the Truth in Personal Memoir and Securing That Blockbuster Book Deal ; On "Four Essential Tips for Telling the Truth . . .": Implementing Exaggeration and Humor / Dinty W. Moore -- A Visit to the Doctor ; On "A Visit to the Doctor": The Omission of I / Susan Neville -- Contra ; On "Contra": Nostalgia and the Shared Experience / Brian Oliu -- Squirrel: An Ars Poetica ; On "Squirrel: An Ars Poetica": Starting in One Place and Ending in Another / Lia Purpura -- Why I Hope My Soap Opera Will Outlive Me and Other Confessions about a Dying Art ; On "Why I Hope My Soap Opera Will Outlive Me and Other Confessions about a Dying Art": Breaking the Fourth Wall / Wendy Rawlings -- Monster ; On "Monster": The Immersion Effect / Ryan Van Meter.

Sommario/riassunto

This collection features twenty genre-bending essays from today's most renowned teachers and writers. These essays experiment with structure, style, and subject matter, and each is accompanied by the writer's personal reflection on the work itself, illuminating his or her struggles along the way. Readers also receive a practical approach to craft thanks to the unique writing exercises provided by the writers themselves.



4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779372503321

Autore

Walsh Jackie A

Titolo

Leading through quality questioning : creating capacity, commitment, and community / / Jackie Acree Walsh, Beth Dankert Sattes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Corwin

London, : SAGE, c2010

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : , : Corwin, , 2010

ISBN

1-4522-7121-6

1-4522-1020-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 125 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

371.37

Soggetti

Questioning

Thought and thinking

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based on print version record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1 - Quality Questioning; 2 - Questioning as a Process; 3 - Maximizing; 4 - Mobilizing; 5 - Mediating; 6 - Monitoring; 7 - Promoting Adult Learning and Growth in Schools; Resource A: Examples of Closed and Open-Ended Questions; Resource B: Structured Group Processes That Engage Members of the School Community in Thinking and Dialogue; Resource C: The Quality Questioning Quotient (QQQ): A Self-Assessment; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Quality questioning is a process for engaging individuals in reflection, critical thinking, and collaboration. The authors demonstrate how questions, not answers, drive school improvement and growth for a learning community.