The Case For Make Believe

by Susan Linn

When it comes to make believe, less really is more. In the United States, this
means that nurturing creative play is inherently countercultural. It's a threat to
corporate profits. Today's children are bombarded with messages designed to
convince ...

The Case For Make Believe

Author: Susan Linn

Publisher: The New Press

ISBN: 1595586563

Page: 272

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In The Case for Make Believe, Harvard child psychologist Susan Linn tells the alarming story of childhood under siege in a commercialized and technology-saturated world. Although play is essential to human development and children are born with an innate capacity for make believe, Linn argues that, in modern-day America, nurturing creative play is not only countercultural—it threatens corporate profits. A book with immediate relevance for parents and educators alike, The Case for Make Believe helps readers understand how crucial child’s play is—and what parents and educators can do to protect it. At the heart of the book are stories of children at home, in school, and at a therapist’s office playing about real-life issues from entering kindergarten to a sibling’s death, expressing feelings they can’t express directly, and making meaning of an often confusing world. In an era when toys come from television and media companies sell videos as brain-builders for babies, Linn lays out the inextricable links between play, creativity, and health, showing us how and why to preserve the space for make believe that children need to lead fulfilling and meaningful lives.

Make Believe

by Kristin Anna Froberg

When the case is suddenly re-opened, Natasha is forced to make a decision. Reality or imagination? Make believe or truth? Or can she-as she's been doing for the past five years--go on existing someplace in between?

Make Believe

Author: Kristin Anna Froberg

Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.

ISBN: 0573696853

Page: 74

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Natasha Lisenko is twenty-two years old. She's clever, creative, and hasn't left the house in five years. Her sister, Lena, is an energetic, popular, occasionally cruel high-school cheerleader--or was, the last time Natasha saw her. One day, after a fight at school, the sisters took separate routes home-and the mystery of Lena's disappearance has haunted the family ever since. Natasha works her way through delayed adolescence, college applications, and an evolving relationship with her tutor. Her parents work to move forward without their daughter, and without answers to the questions surrounding what happened that afternoon. When the case is suddenly re-opened, Natasha is forced to make a decision. Reality or imagination? Make believe or truth? Or can she-as she's been doing for the past five years--go on existing someplace in between?

Magic Monsters and Make Believe Heroes

by Douglas E. Cowan

They make the world fit the story, rather than forcing the story to conform to the
world. That said, does it really matter ... In this case, though, both Penny and
Sheldon are correct: men and women don't fly—unless they do. Penny doesn't
see a ...

Magic Monsters and Make Believe Heroes

Author: Douglas E. Cowan

Publisher: University of California Press

ISBN: 0520293983

Page: 240

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Magic, Monsters, and Make-Believe Heroes looks at fantasy film, television, and participative culture as evidence of our ongoing need for a mythic vision—for stories larger than ourselves into which we write ourselves and through which we can become the heroes of our own story. Why do we tell and retell the same stories over and over when we know they can’t possibly be true? Contrary to popular belief, it’s not because pop culture has run out of good ideas. Rather, it is precisely because these stories are so fantastic, some resonating so deeply that we elevate them to the status of religion. Illuminating everything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Dungeons and Dragons, and from Drunken Master to Mad Max, Douglas E. Cowan offers a modern manifesto for why and how mythology remains a vital force today.

Real Likenesses

by Michael Morris

In the case of written narratives, Walton's view is that the words on the page
themselves are the prop, and they determine the game of make-believe we are
supposed to play, but the game is more creative than in the other two cases: we
are to ...

Real Likenesses

Author: Michael Morris

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

ISBN: 0198861753

Page: 240

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Real Likenesses presents a radical new approach to artistic representation. At its heart is a serious reconsideration of the relationship between medium and content in representational art, which counters current dominant theories that make attention to the former inevitably a distraction from attending to the latter. Through close analysis of paintings, photographs, and novels, Michael Morris proposes a new understanding of the real likenesses we encounter in representational art; what they are, how they are made present to us, and how they are created. The result is an intuitive way of thinking about how these art forms work.

Mr Make Believe

by Beezy Marsh

This story of a stay-at-home mother’s misadventures is “a fun read that ‘imperfect mums’ everywhere will adore” (The Sun).

Mr Make Believe

Author: Beezy Marsh

Publisher: Ipso Books

ISBN: 1504053591

Page: 346

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This story of a stay-at-home mother’s misadventures is “a fun read that ‘imperfect mums’ everywhere will adore” (The Sun). While her husband Matt’s career takes off, Marnie Martin is left with the task of pairing socks and locating Lego. His late nights at the office are turning into late nights who knows where else, and they haven’t had a proper conversation in weeks, sex in months, or a full night’s sleep in years. Marnie’s journalism career has morphed into writing a food column. But even that turns into disaster when Marnie gets distracted by a daydream about her movie-star crush, Maddox Wolfe—which leads to a missed deadline and a case of food poisoning. There’s only one option left for Marnie: blogging. As the anonymous “Mrs Make Believe,” Marnie starts spilling secrets and becomes the voice of messed-up mothers everywhere. But she never could have imagined that her celebrity daydream would walk off the screen and into her reality, turning her already muddled world totally on its head . . . This “compulsively readable and entertaining” novel (Daily Mail) is “a funny, sexy, clever book which brilliantly reflects the chaos of motherhood and marriage” (Alison McGarragh-Murphy, editor of The Motherload). “Funny . . . fabulously fresh and achingly honest . . . I couldn’t put it down.” —Alex Brown, #1 bestselling author of The Secret of Orchard Cottage

Was Christ Crucified

by Austin Bierbower

If , on the other hand , the professed believer hesitates , or wholly refuses , to act
upon his belief ( as is the case with the ... of Christians ) , then he shows that he is
not sincere in his profession ; that he is merely pretending , or making believe .

Was Christ Crucified

Author: Austin Bierbower

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My Learning Library

by Make Believe Ideas Ltd

My Learning Library is a delightful collection of eight first-concept board books for young children. Stored within a sturdy carry case, these mini books are perfect for small hands to hold and explore.

My Learning Library

Author: Make Believe Ideas Ltd

Publisher:

ISBN: 9781786923219

Page: 96

View: 118

My Learning Library is a delightful collection of eight first-concept board books for young children. Stored within a sturdy carry case, these mini books are perfect for small hands to hold and explore. The gorgeous illustrations and bright design will engage young imaginations while helping to promote observation skills, language skills, and a love of reading. Titles included: 1 2 3, A B C, Things That Go, Colors, Shapes, Opposites, On the Farm, Animals

The Shamrock

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You must have “ Ah ! I know him well . A better man for there . opened it ? " his
line of business never drew breath . You “ Do you see any change ? " “ You're
mistaken , Ferrit . ” hope , in case this make - believe Jack Flint “ Not yet , Ferrit .

The Shamrock

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Makebelieve Marriage

by Flora Kidd

He took one look at her case and unlocked the boot of the car without a word and
heaved the case into it . There was no time for her to say anything to him because
Teresa appeared around the corner of the barn , smartly dressed in a pleated ...

Makebelieve Marriage

Author: Flora Kidd

Publisher: Harlequin Books

ISBN: 9780373105205

Page: 186

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Makebelieve Marriage by Flora Kidd released on Jun 24, 1982 is available now for purchase.

Belief and Make believe

by George Albert Wells

When he says that ' existential knowledge of a game is the knowledge the
players , rather than the observers , have of it , he is supposing greater interest
and emotional involvement on the part of the players . This may well not be the
case ...

Belief and Make believe

Author: George Albert Wells

Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company

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Page: 312

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In this book, Professor Wells, one of the leading freethinkers of our time, addresses the question of why so many people believe and adopt the doctrines of religion.

The Federal Cases

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The master testifies that he signaled for a pilot twenty minutes before he went in ,
and unless this was in schooner in when she was without a competraded at the
time as a mere make - believe , it indicates pretty plainly that he thought he ...

The Federal Cases

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Ratio

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In such cases , my belief makes me afraid of seeing or reading about the fictional
character ; it does not make me afraid of the character . Kendall Walton has
argued that it may be make - believe that I believe that I am threatened by a
fictional ...

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Scientific American

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19 n S V a issued froin the furnace mouth put the peasants to In the choruses of
operas , an endeavor is made to articulation difficult ... employed for pronouncing
his arms a doll simulating a four or five year old girl , and make believe
pronounce words , while in reality them . ... There The same is not the case with
the consonants of the year in the Parisian circuses and variety theaters , and , are
a greater ...

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The Freemason s Chronicle

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But circumstances alter cases . ... In the second Fraternally yours , case , the
offence committed is far more serious . ... he is competent than a farce and a
make - believe , and if the fines inflicted in the cases to return thanks for the
Grand ...

The Freemason s Chronicle

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Princeton Contributions to Psychology

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Dr. Stout has shown this clearly , ' and we follow his position in the main ; the
case of ' make - believe ' and of imagination's play or esthetic contemplation , if
consciously such , are by that very fact precluded from belief . Otherwise they are
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The Local Courts and Municipal Gazette

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Orchard , The facts of the case shew not one single cir12 H . & C . 769 , in the
Exch . Ch . ) following the cumstances to ... be do Ferguson did make the warrant
without the reasonable foundation for such belief : per limits of the county for
which ...

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Faith and Thought

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Some would have us make believe that we do regard it only as “a mere series *
of beats; but we cannot make believe anything so puerile. It is a series of beats
with an overruling cause and fixed order. We do not think of the rise of day and
the ...

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Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

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Besides the interest in the case itself , it illustrates very well the importance of not
stopping and making a diagnosis after elucidating what ... She makes believe
that there is ankle clonis at both ankles , and so with some other symptoms .

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July 1918-1943 include reports of various neurological and psychiatric societies.

The American Church Monthly

by Henry Norman Hudson

who get entangled in its toils are apparently interested in pothing so much as the
figure they are making under its influences . ... gets bewildered , and sees no
path to light but in the conclusion that there really are no motives in the case , nor
anything to be moved . ... and moving before us like a procession of puppet
phantoms , and opening their make - believe mouths by wire - work , while the
operator ...

The American Church Monthly

Author: Henry Norman Hudson

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