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Item The Mindfulness Revolution(University of Bridgeport, 2015-05) Oropall, DonnaMindfulness meditation is in the news and in our culture, a seemingly new “trend” that celebrities and universities alike have embraced. However, as Professor Donna Oropall points out, this “trend” has been part of Eastern and Western cultures for millennia, and it is only now that science is beginning to catch up. She investigates this phenomenon through her own experiences practicing and teaching, encouraging us to rethink our preconceptions about the way we live.Item Resident Alien(University of Bridgeport, 2015-05) Ray, RoxieThe theme of alienation is widespread in fiction and nonfiction alike, probably because it is so universally felt. Professor Roxie Ray’s wry and touching memoir Resident Alien recounts a brief period in the life of a young girl during her first year away at university, shining light on how interaction and difference create both individual personality and mass culture.Item Unspoken Connections: How I Learned to Love Punctuation(University of Bridgeport, 2014-03) Nawrocki, AmyThere’s a secret about punctuation that most English teachers don’t tell you: beyond “rules” and correctness, there’s a power and beauty to those little symbols that we find ourselves placing between and around the words place on the page or computer screen. Rather than thinking about punctuation marks as necessary and therefore tedious— perhaps even unwelcome— we can learn to love their curves and points and use them with purpose, creativity, and yes, even affection. With the help of some of the best poets and prose readers, Professor Amy Nawrocki shows how various marks (parentheses, dashes, semicolons and commas) can inspire and delight, open us to the possibilities of a deep and enduring love of language and all its decorations.Item Yours Truly: The Practice of Writing Letters(University of Bridgeport, 2014-03) Lehman, Eric D.Is letter-writing dead? Has the internet killed it? In “Yours Truly,” Eric D. Lehman finds that while the style may be changing, the form of correspondence known as a letter is alive and well. Just as a conversation is more than delivering news, expressing your thoughts to a reader fully and completely, whether on paper or on an electronic screen, transcends the mere message in both its intention and effect. And even though the resulting letters are personal documents usually intended for one reader, they can be considered literature just as readily as an autobiography or personal essay.Item Why We Learn: What Can Ethology Tell Us About Educating Social Animals(University of Bridgeport, 2012) Engelmann, Kathleen;