This illuminating book weaves personal stories of a multilingual upbringing with the latest scientific breakthroughs in interspecies communication to show how the skill of deep listening enhances our curiosity and empathy toward the world around usThird Ear braids together personal narrative with scholarly inquiry to examine the power of listening to build interpersonal empathy and social transformation. A daughter of Holocaust survivors, Rosner shares sto...

**“A profound work of true beauty and mystery” ––Luis Alberto UrreaA fearless work from the prize-winning acclaimed author, composed over a period of some twenty years, Gravity is Elizabeth Rosner's profoundly searching account of her experience as the daughter of Holocaust survivors**Composed over a period of some twenty years, Gravity is Elizabeth Rosner's profoundly searching account of her experience as the daughter of Holocaust survivors. In an extrao...

A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the YearAn “impressive, highly readable” exploration of “atrocity, trauma, and memory” that examines the legacies of the Holocaust, Hiroshima, and other mass trauma events—“a powerful book” (Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sympathizer).As firsthand survivors of many of the 20th century’s most monumental events—the Holocaust, Hiroshima, the Killing Fields—begin ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Three unforgettable souls must overcome the tragedies of the past to reconnect with one another and the world around them in this “haunting tale of timeless secrets and timely salvation” (Booklist, starred review).“A resonating novel about silence and sharing, about the mystery and pain of the past and how it must be reclaimed.”—Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, award-winning author of The Mistress of Spices

Spanning two generations and nearly half a century, the stories of a genius immigrant mathematician, a coming-of-age daughter of refugees, and the indigenous Mohawk people whose land became the birthplace of modern electricity are woven together to create an epic American novel about ingenuity, displacement, and the cost of progressUpstate New York, at the confluence of the great Hudson River and its mighty tributary the Mohawk —from this stunning landscape came th...

As firsthand survivors of many of the twentieth century's most monumental events—the Holocaust, Pearl Harbor, the Killing Fields—begin to pass away, Survivor Café addresses urgent questions: How do we carry those stories forward? How do we collectively ensure that the horrors of the past are not forgotten?Elizabeth Rosner organizes her book around three trips with her father to Buchenwald concentration camp—in 1983, in 1995, and in 2015—each journey an experience in which personal ...

Every family has a story. Every story, eventually, must be told.For most of their lives, Julian Perel and his sister, Paula, lived in a house cast in silence, witnesses to a father struggling with a devastating secret too painful to share. Though their father took his demons to the grave, his past refuses to rest.As adults, brother and sister struggle to find their voices. A scientist governed by numbers and logic, Julian now lives an ordered life of routine and seclusion. In contrast, Pau...

This illuminating book weaves personal stories of a multilingual upbringing with the latest scientific breakthroughs in interspecies communication to show how the skill of deep listening enhances our curiosity and empathy toward the world around usThird Ear braids together personal narrative with scholarly inquiry to examine the power of listening to build interpersonal empathy and social transformation. A daughter of Holocaust survivors, Rosner shares sto...

Discover the latest research and theory on trauma in this illuminating audio collectionMaybe it’s the car accident that happened last week. Or it could be that moment of terror from when you were five years old. In either case, the trauma still lives in your body—and it needs to be resolved.Trauma is one of the most debilitating and misunderstood psychological conditions. Fortunately, it is also one of the most widely studied. In the last 20 years, immense ...

This volume engages with memory of the Holocaust as expressed in literature, film, and other media. It focuses on the cultural memory of the second and third generations of Holocaust survivors, while also taking into view those who were children during the Nazi period. Language loss, language acquisition, and the multiple needs of translation are recurrent themes for all of the authors discussed. By bringing together authors and scholars (often both) from different generations, countries, ...

"É buscando contribuir com tais reflexões que se organizou o presente livro. Dividido em três partes ("Questões introdutórias", "Questões estruturais" e "Justiça Climática e Grupos Vulneráveis mais impactados", que por sua vez se subdivide em geral e Brasil), contando com 15 capítulos, além desta apresentação, a obra traz reflexões de autores nacionais e estrangeiros, com abordagens teóricas e práticas, sendo inter e multidisciplinar, sempre com uma ótica protetiva, a fim de dialogar com a...

Im März des Jahres 1900 wird in der westpreußischen Kreisstadt Konitz, nahe der Tucheler Heide, verschnürt in einen Sack der verstümmelte Oberkörper einer männlichen Leiche entdeckt. Wie die Ermittlungen der Behörden ergeben, handelt es sich bei dem aus dem flachen Wasser des Mönchsees geborgenen Rumpf um den bereits seit einigen Tagen vermissten Gymnasiasten Ernst Winter. Die abgetrennten Beine und Arme werden im Laufe der Nachforschungen aufgefunden, zuletzt der Kopf. Das Zerstückeln des...