Author: Anita S. Phoenix
Publisher: Anita S. Phoenix
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
In a world where magic and technology coexist, an artifact with unimaginable power has emerged. Aria, a young historian who was till now living a normal boring life, finds herself at the center of politics and deception. When she discovers the stone, she is plunged into a web of conspiracy and intrigue. She was revealed with such truths and dangers that shook her from her feet. With the help of some, she uncovers the stone's true nature and the evil people that seek to control its power for their own selfish gain. But in this world of dark magic, shifting allegiances, and hidden dangers, who can she trust? As the journey continues, Aria must make difficult decisions that will determine the fate of her world. Will she be able to harness the stone's power for good, or will it destroy everything she holds dear? Find out in this action-packed thriller. This epic fantasy adventure will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.
The Transcendence Paradox
Author: Anita S. Phoenix
Publisher: Anita S. Phoenix
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
In a world where magic and technology coexist, an artifact with unimaginable power has emerged. Aria, a young historian who was till now living a normal boring life, finds herself at the center of politics and deception. When she discovers the stone, she is plunged into a web of conspiracy and intrigue. She was revealed with such truths and dangers that shook her from her feet. With the help of some, she uncovers the stone's true nature and the evil people that seek to control its power for their own selfish gain. But in this world of dark magic, shifting allegiances, and hidden dangers, who can she trust? As the journey continues, Aria must make difficult decisions that will determine the fate of her world. Will she be able to harness the stone's power for good, or will it destroy everything she holds dear? Find out in this action-packed thriller. This epic fantasy adventure will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.
Publisher: Anita S. Phoenix
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 259
Book Description
In a world where magic and technology coexist, an artifact with unimaginable power has emerged. Aria, a young historian who was till now living a normal boring life, finds herself at the center of politics and deception. When she discovers the stone, she is plunged into a web of conspiracy and intrigue. She was revealed with such truths and dangers that shook her from her feet. With the help of some, she uncovers the stone's true nature and the evil people that seek to control its power for their own selfish gain. But in this world of dark magic, shifting allegiances, and hidden dangers, who can she trust? As the journey continues, Aria must make difficult decisions that will determine the fate of her world. Will she be able to harness the stone's power for good, or will it destroy everything she holds dear? Find out in this action-packed thriller. This epic fantasy adventure will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.
Merleau-Ponty and the Paradoxes of Expression
Author: Donald A. Landes
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441134786
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Merleau-Ponty and the Paradoxes of Expression offers a comprehensive reading of the philosophical work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, a central figure in 20th-century continental philosophy. By establishing that the paradoxical logic of expression is Merleau-Ponty's fundamental philosophical gesture, this book ties together his diverse work on perception, language, aesthetics, politics and history in order to establish the ontological position he was developing at the time of his sudden death in 1961. Donald A. Landes explores the paradoxical logic of expression as it appears in both Merleau-Ponty's explicit reflections on expression and his non-explicit uses of this logic in his philosophical reflection on other topics, and thus establishes a continuity and a trajectory of his thought that allows for his work to be placed into conversation with contemporary developments in continental philosophy. The book offers the reader a key to understanding Merleau-Ponty's subtle methodology and highlights the urgency and relevance of his research into the ontological significance of expression for today's work in art and cultural theory.
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1441134786
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Merleau-Ponty and the Paradoxes of Expression offers a comprehensive reading of the philosophical work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, a central figure in 20th-century continental philosophy. By establishing that the paradoxical logic of expression is Merleau-Ponty's fundamental philosophical gesture, this book ties together his diverse work on perception, language, aesthetics, politics and history in order to establish the ontological position he was developing at the time of his sudden death in 1961. Donald A. Landes explores the paradoxical logic of expression as it appears in both Merleau-Ponty's explicit reflections on expression and his non-explicit uses of this logic in his philosophical reflection on other topics, and thus establishes a continuity and a trajectory of his thought that allows for his work to be placed into conversation with contemporary developments in continental philosophy. The book offers the reader a key to understanding Merleau-Ponty's subtle methodology and highlights the urgency and relevance of his research into the ontological significance of expression for today's work in art and cultural theory.
Fingers Pointing to the Moon
Author: Jane English
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780934747226
Category : Philosophy, Asian
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Zen story speaks of not mistaking a finger that points to the Moon for the Moon itself--a topic explored in photos, words, and paintings by the author. 50 photos, 30 in color. Line drawings.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780934747226
Category : Philosophy, Asian
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Zen story speaks of not mistaking a finger that points to the Moon for the Moon itself--a topic explored in photos, words, and paintings by the author. 50 photos, 30 in color. Line drawings.
Books Promiscuously Read
Author: Heather Cass White
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374719853
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
The critic and scholar Heather Cass White offers an exploration of the nature of reading Heather Cass White’s Books Promiscuously Read is about the pleasures of reading and its power in shaping our internal lives. It advocates for a life of constant, disorderly, time-consuming reading, and encourages readers to trust in the value of the exhilaration and fascination such reading entails. Rather than arguing for the moral value of reading or the preeminence of literature as an aesthetic form, Books Promiscuously Read illustrates the irreplaceable experience of the self that reading provides for those inclined to do it. Through three sections—Play, Transgression, and Insight—which focus on three ways of thinking about reading, Books Promiscuously Read moves among and considers many poems, novels, stories, and works of nonfiction. The prose is shot through with quotations reflecting the way readers think through the words of others. Books Promiscuously Read is a tribute to the whole lives readers live in their books, and aims to recommit people to those lives. As White writes, “What matters is staying attuned to an ordinary, unflashy, mutely persistent miracle; that all the books to be read, and all the selves to be because we have read them, are still there, still waiting, still undiminished in their power. It is an astonishing joy.”
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 0374719853
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 123
Book Description
The critic and scholar Heather Cass White offers an exploration of the nature of reading Heather Cass White’s Books Promiscuously Read is about the pleasures of reading and its power in shaping our internal lives. It advocates for a life of constant, disorderly, time-consuming reading, and encourages readers to trust in the value of the exhilaration and fascination such reading entails. Rather than arguing for the moral value of reading or the preeminence of literature as an aesthetic form, Books Promiscuously Read illustrates the irreplaceable experience of the self that reading provides for those inclined to do it. Through three sections—Play, Transgression, and Insight—which focus on three ways of thinking about reading, Books Promiscuously Read moves among and considers many poems, novels, stories, and works of nonfiction. The prose is shot through with quotations reflecting the way readers think through the words of others. Books Promiscuously Read is a tribute to the whole lives readers live in their books, and aims to recommit people to those lives. As White writes, “What matters is staying attuned to an ordinary, unflashy, mutely persistent miracle; that all the books to be read, and all the selves to be because we have read them, are still there, still waiting, still undiminished in their power. It is an astonishing joy.”
The Sanctuary in the Psalms
Author: Steven Dunn
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498508006
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
This book is an exploration and interpretation of the diverse symbols and images that represent the sacred presence of God in the Book of Psalms. These images of sacred spaces and objects represent diverse conceptions of “the sanctuary” or sacred spaces, objects and texts that mediate God’s presence and bridge the gap between the ineffable nature of God as transcendent and beyond human comprehension and as immanently and intimately present in human experience. I explore the multivalent ways in which images of sacred spaces and objects facilitate prayer and contemplation. This book represents a valuable contribution to the study of Psalms and biblical theology, spirituality and prayer.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498508006
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
This book is an exploration and interpretation of the diverse symbols and images that represent the sacred presence of God in the Book of Psalms. These images of sacred spaces and objects represent diverse conceptions of “the sanctuary” or sacred spaces, objects and texts that mediate God’s presence and bridge the gap between the ineffable nature of God as transcendent and beyond human comprehension and as immanently and intimately present in human experience. I explore the multivalent ways in which images of sacred spaces and objects facilitate prayer and contemplation. This book represents a valuable contribution to the study of Psalms and biblical theology, spirituality and prayer.
The Language of Organization
Author: Robert Ian Westwood
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761953357
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Deals with issues such as power, knowledge and organizational discourse.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 9780761953357
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Deals with issues such as power, knowledge and organizational discourse.
Transcendence
Author: Gaia Vince
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465094910
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
In the tradition of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Sapiens, a winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books shows how four tools enabled has us humans to control the destiny of our species "A wondrous, visionary work." --Tim Flannery, scientist and author of the bestselling The Weather Makers What enabled us to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational empires? Readers of Sapiens will say a cognitive revolution -- a dramatic evolutionary change that altered our brains, turning primitive humans into modern ones -- caused a cultural explosion. In Transcendence, Gaia Vince argues instead that modern humans are the product of a nuanced coevolution of our genes, environment, and culture that goes back into deep time. She explains how, through four key elements -- fire, language, beauty, and time -- our species diverged from the evolutionary path of all other animals, unleashing a compounding process that launched us into the Space Age and beyond. Provocative and poetic, Transcendence shows how a primate took dominion over nature and turned itself into something marvelous.
Publisher: Basic Books
ISBN: 0465094910
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
In the tradition of Guns, Germs, and Steel and Sapiens, a winner of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books shows how four tools enabled has us humans to control the destiny of our species "A wondrous, visionary work." --Tim Flannery, scientist and author of the bestselling The Weather Makers What enabled us to go from simple stone tools to smartphones? How did bands of hunter-gatherers evolve into multinational empires? Readers of Sapiens will say a cognitive revolution -- a dramatic evolutionary change that altered our brains, turning primitive humans into modern ones -- caused a cultural explosion. In Transcendence, Gaia Vince argues instead that modern humans are the product of a nuanced coevolution of our genes, environment, and culture that goes back into deep time. She explains how, through four key elements -- fire, language, beauty, and time -- our species diverged from the evolutionary path of all other animals, unleashing a compounding process that launched us into the Space Age and beyond. Provocative and poetic, Transcendence shows how a primate took dominion over nature and turned itself into something marvelous.
The Time Paradox
Author: Philip Zimbardo
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416579745
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lucifer Effect comes a breakthrough book that draws on thirty years of pioneering research to reveal, for the first time, how your individual time perspective shapes your life and is shaped by the world around you. This is the first paradox of time: Your attitudes toward time have a profound impact on your life and world, yet you seldom recognize it. Our goal is to help you reclaim yesterday, enjoy today, and master tomorrow with new ways of seeing and working with your past, present, and future. Just as Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences permanently altered our understanding of intelligence and Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink gave us an appreciation for the adaptive unconscious, Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd’s new book changes the way we think about and experience time. It will give you new insights into how family conflicts can be resolved by ways to enhance your sexuality and sensuality, and mindsets for becoming more successful in business and happier in your life. Based on the latest psychological research, The Time Paradox is both a "big think" guide for living in the twenty-first century and one of those rare self-help books that really does have the power to improve lives.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416579745
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Lucifer Effect comes a breakthrough book that draws on thirty years of pioneering research to reveal, for the first time, how your individual time perspective shapes your life and is shaped by the world around you. This is the first paradox of time: Your attitudes toward time have a profound impact on your life and world, yet you seldom recognize it. Our goal is to help you reclaim yesterday, enjoy today, and master tomorrow with new ways of seeing and working with your past, present, and future. Just as Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligences permanently altered our understanding of intelligence and Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink gave us an appreciation for the adaptive unconscious, Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd’s new book changes the way we think about and experience time. It will give you new insights into how family conflicts can be resolved by ways to enhance your sexuality and sensuality, and mindsets for becoming more successful in business and happier in your life. Based on the latest psychological research, The Time Paradox is both a "big think" guide for living in the twenty-first century and one of those rare self-help books that really does have the power to improve lives.
The Paradox of Power and Weakness
Author: George Kunz
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791438893
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Offers an alternative paradigm for psychology, one that reflects Levinas's criticism of a self-centered notion of identity. Reveals the secret of an "authentic" altruism through a phenomenology of both power and weakness, and of the paradoxes of the weakness of power and the power of weakness.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791438893
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Offers an alternative paradigm for psychology, one that reflects Levinas's criticism of a self-centered notion of identity. Reveals the secret of an "authentic" altruism through a phenomenology of both power and weakness, and of the paradoxes of the weakness of power and the power of weakness.
Paradox Management
Author: Jan Heiberg Johansen
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319948156
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Paradoxes emerge everywhere in organizational theory and management practice. This book is a theoretically grounded presentation of the strategic and historical context of organizational paradoxes, exploring the paradoxes in organizational management and the available tactics to manage them. Based on 700 academic sources in the paradox literature, it presents paradox management as a nuanced and coherent perspective. In presenting and integrating the vast literature on the subject, it contributes new knowledge on how and why the paradox concept was introduced into management theory, how and why conflicting ideals of management can produce organizational contradictions, and how paradoxes can be managed.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319948156
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
Paradoxes emerge everywhere in organizational theory and management practice. This book is a theoretically grounded presentation of the strategic and historical context of organizational paradoxes, exploring the paradoxes in organizational management and the available tactics to manage them. Based on 700 academic sources in the paradox literature, it presents paradox management as a nuanced and coherent perspective. In presenting and integrating the vast literature on the subject, it contributes new knowledge on how and why the paradox concept was introduced into management theory, how and why conflicting ideals of management can produce organizational contradictions, and how paradoxes can be managed.