books about: listening     books:       Listening Is an Act of Love: A Celebration of American Life from the StoryCorps Project35 reviews Dave Isay Penguin Press HC, The, 2007 Touching This was a great purchase. I haven't finished it, but wish I would of known about this sooner.             Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction9 reviews Margaret Guenther Cowley Publications, 1992 Do you hear what I hear? In her slim volume Holy Listening: The Art of Spiritual Direction, Episcopal priest and spiritual director Margaret Guenther has provided a jewel of a book for those interested in spiritual direction, and more particularly, for those who are interested in becoming spiritual directors. Spiritual direction is rather difficult to classify. It is part art, part science, part skill. It bears ...             The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships20 reviews Michael P. Nichols The Guilford Press, 1995 The Lost Art of Listening This is one of the best books I have ever read on the dynamics of relationships. I felt so strongly about this book that I bought each of my four children a copy for Valentinie's day. It helped me reflect on past dynamics that worked and that didn't and also helps me to reflect about current relationships. Excellant.             The Listening Walk5 reviews Paul Showers HarperTrophy, 1993 PRESCHOOLERS WILL LOVE IT! When my children were preschool age, they loved this book, and it still brings fond memories and smiles five years later. There is so much entertainment value in the various sounds, like the "zoooooooooom" of the lawnmower or "trring trring" of the bicycle bell. Your children will love hearing your version of these sounds, as well as their own. My girls and I took many "listening walks," ...             Critical Listening Skills for Audio Professionals11 reviews F. Alton Everest Artistpro, 2006 essential tool for all audio students This book is acutally a compilation of two of Alton Everests ear training books. The first, Critical listening skills, plays different frequencies, amplitudes, bands, filters, amount of total harmonic distorion, and revervbs. Then you are forced to recognize changes within these different areas. These are crucial ear training skills for anyone trying to break into the world of audio. It's not ...             Listening: The Forgotten Skill: A Self-Teaching Guide (Wiley Self-Teaching Guides)13 reviews Madelyn Burley-Allen Wiley, 1995 Reveal the hidden riches of listening This book is able to reveal the hidden riches of listening. This book have revealed many advantages of active and productive listening skills professionally, socially, and personally. Some of the advantages mentioned are: connectedness to others, eliminating the personal listening biases, getting others to listen, and enhancing the success of job interview and even promotion, etc. With our ...             Are You Really Listening?: Keys to Successful Communication11 reviews Paul J., Ph.D. Donoghue, Mary E. Siegel Sorin Books, 2005 Finally! I feel like I've been waiting forever to find a book that would neatly describe how to listen better. There are so many "self-help" books out there, but nearly all of them are ineffectual. Are You Really Listening, however, is extremely useful. I have found it so helpful in my life, because the authors wrote it using an honest and clear voice that is shared between them. Moreover, I found the ...             Listening Hearts: Discerning Call in Community7 reviews Suzanne G. Farnham, Joseph P. Gill, ... Morehouse Publishing, 1991 Do you hear what I hear? Too many people see 'vocation' as a narrow thing, something that is designed only to ask 'should I become a priest?' or 'should I enter the ministry?' In fact, there are many ways of being God's servant and following God's call in the world, and the ordained ministries are but one narrow band of this. 'Listening Hearts' is designed to take a community approach to seeing what God's call is in ...             Listening for Lions21 reviews Gloria Whelan HarperTrophy, 2006 Wonderful Book! Listening for Lions, by Gloria Whelan was a great book! I only finished reading it. It held me for hours. This book is about Rachel Sheridan, whose parents work in Africa as missionary doctor and teacher. Rachel has grown up in Africa, and loves every bit of it. The people, the animals, the land, the sky, the weather. After her parents die from the sudden influenza that strikes Tumaini, where ...             Listening to Music5 reviews Craig Wright Wadsworth Pub Co, 2007 A concise, thorough guide to music with personal insight. Craig Wright not only provides us with a nicely packaged history of music, composers, and culture, but also gives us a peak into the personal lives within the societies of these periods. Each chapter contains excellent listening exercises to be used with works on the included CD and there are excellent illustrations and photographs that "bring you back" to each age of music. I recommend ...             The Art of Christian Listening5 reviews Thomas N. Hart Paulist Press, 1980 "To See the Face of God and Live . . . and be Glad" If someone were to ask me to borrow my copy of this book, I would have to say no because so many of the margins became spaces for my note taking and journaling. The author deals primarily with spiritual direction, that is, the preparation, pitfalls, practical situations and approaches to being a caring, helpful presence to those who would share their stories. The author deals with profound ...             Music Listening Today2 reviews Charles R. Hoffer Wadsworth Pub Co, 2006 The world of music at your fingertips, with 2 CDs This is a beautiful book. Anyone who wants to learn more about music -- its notation, its instrumentation, its history, how and why it moves us -- will enjoy this book immensely. It discusses music theory in understandable terms, covering rhythm, melody, harmony, dynamics, timbre, and organization. The instruments of the classical orchestra are all explained, as are folk instruments. In fact, ...             Listening to Prozac: The Landmark Book About Antidepressants and the Remaking of the Self, Revised Edition31 reviews Peter D. Kramer Penguin (Non-Classics), 1997 Still the book of choice on subject of antidepressents and "Cosmetic Psychiatry" This is another of those books that I have lent and given to many people dealing with mild to major mental illness and wondering what to do about it. This book gives the reader a better understanding of what ways the chemistry of the brain might manifest itself and shows case studies of what has worked for some people. The book discusses the morality of the use of medication in functioning ...             Listening Prayer: Learning to Hear God's Voice and Keep a Prayer Journal8 reviews Leanne Payne Baker Books, 1999 Prayer This is an excellent resource for Christian's who want to practice listening prayer and keep a journal.             The Heart of Listening: A Visionary Approach to Craniosacral Work: Anatomy, Technique, Transcendence, Volume ...11 reviews Hugh Milne North Atlantic Books, 1998 hmmmm.......... It is interesting to see such divergent opinions and ratings regarding this book. Does it mean that a person looking for texts on craniosacral therapy should accept the average rating for this book to mean that it is middle of the road? Hmmm....I don't think so. For the person seeking out help with their healing process, craniosacral work is only as valuable as the consciousness of the ...             The Zen of Listening: Mindful Communications in the Age of Distractions11 reviews Rebecca Z. Shafir Quest Books, 2003 Worth considering This book sheds light on the skill of listening, which we often take for granted. It challenges you to consider whether you are a good listener and how that affects your everyday interactions with customers, co-workers, and friends. It's definitely a book worth reading and passing on to your friends as a gentle hint. At times the book can seem repetitive.             Listening Woman (Joe Leaphorn Novels)24 reviews Tony Hillerman HarperTorch, 1990 Action and adventure among the Navajos This book is a great read with all the plot elements that one could want: Cerebral sleuthing; action and adventure; convoluted plot that keeps you hanging on to the last second; fun characaters; and more. The story starts with a murder of two people. Hosteen Tso is sick and knows it, so he calls on the services of a Listening Woman to diagnose his ills and get him back on the path to beauty. ...             Listening for the Heartbeat of God: A Celtic Spirituality18 reviews J. Philip Newell Paulist Press, 1997 Christianity at it's best I have long been drawn to the spiritual philosophy that was Celtic Christianity which believes that mankind is at it's core good and that the spark of God resides in all creation. After reading several good books on the subject I have to say this book was the most accessable to me. A true teacher is able to explain complex subjects in a way that a novice can understand and J. Philip Newell is ...             The Listening Book: Discovering Your Own Music8 reviews W.A. Mathieu Shambhala, 1991 Your ears will thank you W.A. Mathieu is utterly in love with vibrating air molecules, and this thoughtful, warm, and fun collection of short essays is bound to impart some of that to you. This is not a book about composition, about developing your own personal style or anything of that sort. It is a way of focusing on and developing your relationship with your ears, with sound, with what sounds good to you in music ...             Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation50 reviews Parker J. Palmer Jossey-Bass, 1999 Let Your Life Speak A wonderful little book, and easy to read. This reflective little book looks into what "God's will" means in a practical modern life through a personal exploration of the author's own life. 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