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Book Renaming the Earth

Download or read book Renaming the Earth written by Ray Gonz‡lez and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his distinctive and spirited way, Ray Gonzalez, the well-known essayist, poet, fiction writer, and anthologist, reflects on the American SouthwestÑwhere he was raised and to which he still feels attached (even though he has lived much of his life elsewhere). It is a place that tugs at him, from its arid desert landscapes to its polyglot citiesÑpart Mexican, part Anglo, part something in-betweenÑalways in the process of redefining themselves. Nowhere does the process of redefinition hit Gonzalez quite as hard as in his native city of El Paso, Texas. There he finds the Òsegregated little town of my childhoodÓ transformed into Òa metropolis of fast Latino zip codes . . . a world where the cell phone, the quick beer, the rented apartment, and the low-paying job say you can be young and happy on the border.Ó Readers will wonder, along with the author, whether life along the Ònew borderÓ is worth Òthe extermination of the old boundaries.Ó But there is another side of the Southwest for this Òson of the desertÓÑthe world of dusty canyons, ponderosa pines, ocotillo, and mesquite. Here, he writes, Òthere is a shadow, and it is called ancient homeÑstructures erased from their seed to grow elsewhere, vultured strings searching for a frame that stands atop history and renames the ground.Ó Rooted in the desert sand and in the banks of the Rio Grande, the muddy river that forms the border between nations, these essays are by turns lyrical, mournful, warm to the ways of the land, and lukewarm to the ways of man.

Book Renaming the Earth

Download or read book Renaming the Earth written by Ray Gonz‡lez and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his distinctive and spirited way, Ray Gonzalez, the well-known essayist, poet, fiction writer, and anthologist, reflects on the American SouthwestÑwhere he was raised and to which he still feels attached (even though he has lived much of his life elsewhere). It is a place that tugs at him, from its arid desert landscapes to its polyglot citiesÑpart Mexican, part Anglo, part something in-betweenÑalways in the process of redefining themselves. Nowhere does the process of redefinition hit Gonzalez quite as hard as in his native city of El Paso, Texas. There he finds the Òsegregated little town of my childhoodÓ transformed into Òa metropolis of fast Latino zip codes . . . a world where the cell phone, the quick beer, the rented apartment, and the low-paying job say you can be young and happy on the border.Ó Readers will wonder, along with the author, whether life along the Ònew borderÓ is worth Òthe extermination of the old boundaries.Ó But there is another side of the Southwest for this Òson of the desertÓÑthe world of dusty canyons, ponderosa pines, ocotillo, and mesquite. Here, he writes, Òthere is a shadow, and it is called ancient homeÑstructures erased from their seed to grow elsewhere, vultured strings searching for a frame that stands atop history and renames the ground.Ó Rooted in the desert sand and in the banks of the Rio Grande, the muddy river that forms the border between nations, these essays are by turns lyrical, mournful, warm to the ways of the land, and lukewarm to the ways of man.

Book Dialogues with the Dead

Download or read book Dialogues with the Dead written by Piers Vitebsky and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-08-12 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of religion, healing and psychology in tribal India, examining the bereavement rituals of the Sora people.

Book The Complete Genesis Earth Trilogy

Download or read book The Complete Genesis Earth Trilogy written by Joe Vasicek and published by Joe Vasicek. This book was released on with total page 694 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate voyage of discovery ends with the truth about yourself. The ultimate truth requires you to sacrifice your innocence. The ultimate redemption can only be gained after you confront the past. This omnibus edition contains: Genesis Earth Edenfall The Stars of Redemption

Book Genesis Earth

Download or read book Genesis Earth written by Joe Vasicek and published by Joe Vasicek. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate voyage of discovery ends with the truth about yourself. Michael Anderson never thought he would set foot on an Earthlike world. Born on the farthest edge of the solar system, he studies planets from afar. But when his parents open a wormhole and discover signs of intelligent life on the other side, Michael is the only planetologist young enough to voyage to the alien star. He is not alone, but Terra, his sole mission partner, is no more of an adult than he is. Soon after their arrival, she begins keeping secrets from him. But she doesn't realize that her darkest secret is one that he already knows. Twenty light-years away from humanity, what they discover on the alien world forces them to question their deepest beliefs about the universe—and about what it means to be human.

Book Constructions

    Book Details:
  • Author : John Rajchman
  • Publisher : MIT Press
  • Release : 1998-02-20
  • ISBN : 9780262680967
  • Pages : 164 pages

Download or read book Constructions written by John Rajchman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 1998-02-20 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this series of overlapping essays on architecture and art, JohnRajchman attempts to do theory in a new way that takes off from the philosophy of the late Gilles Deleuze. foreword by Paul Virilio. In this series of overlapping essays on architecture and art, John Rajchman attempts to do theory in a new way that takes off from the philosophy of the late Gilles Deleuze. Starting from notions of folding, lightness, ground, abstraction, and future cities, he embarks on a conceptual voyage whose aim is to help "construct" a new space of connections, to "build" a new idiom, perhaps even to suggest a new architecture. Along the way, he addresses questions of the new abstraction, operative form, other geometries, new technologies, global cities, ideas of the virtual and the formless, and possibilities for critical theory after utopia and transgression.

Book A Healing Gift

    Book Details:
  • Author : Maggie McLaughlin
  • Publisher : Balboa Press
  • Release : 2018-07-24
  • ISBN : 1982208015
  • Pages : 180 pages

Download or read book A Healing Gift written by Maggie McLaughlin and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Healing Gift: Cognitive Energy Healing introduces a new holistic and non-invasive energy healing modality that has successfully improved and frequently completely corrected a broad number of unresolved health concerns. The book addresses both self-healing and clinical healing applications. This practice has grown out of Maggies search to heal her own unresolved health concerns and the inspired revelations that have enabled the healing of both herself and others. The body, once freed of the physical, emotional, chemical and/or spiritual causes of illness, pain, inflammation and maladaptive or harmful behaviors, completes the healing process. The book offers a comprehensive overview of the principles and applications of the practice, including a number of insightful case studies.

Book The Earth is Forever

    Book Details:
  • Author : Simone O'Shea
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 349 pages

Download or read book The Earth is Forever written by Simone O'Shea and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The View from Space

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  • Author : Richard Leshner
  • Publisher : University Press of Kansas
  • Release : 2019-10-25
  • ISBN : 0700628320
  • Pages : 262 pages

Download or read book The View from Space written by Richard Leshner and published by University Press of Kansas. This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1990, NASA began developing Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE), an initiative aimed at using satellites to study the planet’s environment from space. With the Earth Observing System (EOS) as its technological cornerstone, MTPE’s main goal was to better understand fundamental processes such as climate change. The View from Space tells the remarkable story of this unprecedented convergence of science, technology, and policy in one of the most significant “Big Science” programs in human history. Richard B. Leshner and Thor Hogan offer an engrossing behind-the-scenes look at how and why NASA managed to make an aggressive earth science research program part of the national agenda—an accomplishment made possible by the pragmatic and assertive efforts of the earth science community. This is the first book to focus on describing and analyzing the historical evolution of the MPTE/EOS initiative from its formative years in the 1980s to its political and technical struggles in the 1990s to its scientific successes in the 2000s. Though detailed in its coverage of science and technology, The View from Space is primarily concerned with questions of policy—specifically, how MTPE/EOS came to be, how it developed, and how its proponents navigated the fraught politics of the time. Compelling in its own right, this in-depth history of the initiative is also a valuable object lesson in how political, technical, and scientific infighting can shape a project of such national and global consequence—particularly in the age of climate change.

Book UPGRADING EARTH

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jamie Slaats
  • Publisher : Jamie Slaats
  • Release : 2023-09-01
  • ISBN : 3951994738
  • Pages : 271 pages

Download or read book UPGRADING EARTH written by Jamie Slaats and published by Jamie Slaats. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Refreshingly Sensible Book about an Optimistic Future for Humanity! Evolutionary science doesn’t answer it. Religion generally doesn’t seem to answer it. The elephant in the room is a question that demands a response: What is the practical purpose of the earth? Does one exist? If we analyze all existing data in the world, does any of it uncover a blueprint plan for an optimistic, reassuring, and hope-filled future for us and our planet? What if earth is in fact an organic super technology? What if it was never meant to be saved, but rather needs a complex upgrade. We upgrade our phones, computers, TVs, clothing, and city infrastructure. So why not planet earth? But then more questions arise. How? When? How long? What’s the next version? Who leads the restorative upgrade? Forget the Apocalyptic Future! Our Future is Marvelous! Let me take you on a journey in discovering if answers to these questions exist. And if they do, let me introduce you to how you can play a personal role in the great upgrade … if you desire.

Book FCC Record

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Federal Communications Commission
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2003
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 1032 pages

Download or read book FCC Record written by United States. Federal Communications Commission and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book NKJV  The Woman s Study Bible  Full Color

Download or read book NKJV The Woman s Study Bible Full Color written by Thomas Nelson and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 2129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Woman’s Study Bible poignantly reveals the Word of God to women, inviting them to receive God’s truth for balance, hope, and transformation. Special features designed to speak to a woman’s heart appear throughout the Bible text, revealing Scripture-based insights about how godly womanhood grows from a woman’s identity as a Christ-follower and a child of the Kingdom. Now with a beautiful full-color redesign, The Woman’s Study Bible reflects the contributions of over 80 women from a wide variety of ethnic, denominational, educational, and occupational backgrounds. Since the publication of the first edition of The Woman’s Study Bible under the editorial guidance of Dorothy Kelley Patterson and Rhonda Harrington Kelley, this landmark study Bible has sold over 1.5 million copies. Features Include: Beautiful full-color design throughout Detailed biographical portraits of over 100 biblical women Thousands of extensive verse-by-verse study notes Over 300 in-text topical articles on relevant issues Insightful essays by women who are recognized experts in the fields of theology, biblical studies, archaeology, and philosophy Book introductions and outlines Hundreds of full-color in-text maps, charts, timelines, and family trees Quotes from godly women throughout history Set of full-page maps of the biblical world Topical index Concordance 10.5-point print size

Book NIV  The Woman s Study Bible  Full Color

Download or read book NIV The Woman s Study Bible Full Color written by Thomas Nelson and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2018-01-23 with total page 2089 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Woman’s Study Bible poignantly reveals the Word of God to women, inviting them to receive God’s truth for balance, hope, and transformation. Special features designed to speak to a woman’s heart appear throughout the Bible text, revealing Scripture-based insights about how godly womanhood grows from a woman’s identity as a Christ-follower and a child of the Kingdom. Now with a beautiful full-color redesign, The Woman’s Study Bible reflects the contributions of over 80 women from a wide variety of ethnic, denominational, educational, and occupational backgrounds. Since the publication of the first edition of The Woman’s Study Bible under the editorial guidance of Dorothy Kelley Patterson and Rhonda Harrington Kelley, this landmark study Bible has sold over 1.5 million copies. Features Include: Beautiful full-color design throughout Detailed biographical portraits of over 100 biblical women Thousands of extensive verse-by-verse study notes Over 300 in-text topical articles on relevant issues Insightful essays by women who are recognized experts in the fields of theology, biblical studies, archaeology, and philosophy Book introductions and outlines Hundreds of full-color in-text maps, charts, timelines, and family trees Quotes from godly women throughout history Set of full-page maps of the biblical world Topical index Concordance 10.5-point print size

Book The God Questions

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jimmy F. Orr D. Min
  • Publisher : WestBow Press
  • Release : 2013-12-04
  • ISBN : 1490811974
  • Pages : 238 pages

Download or read book The God Questions written by Jimmy F. Orr D. Min and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2013-12-04 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the foundational Christian beliefs is that God has spoken. Most of the time in the Bible, God makes statements. At other times, rather than making statements, God asks questions. And Gods questions provoke serious thought. Many people have questions they would love to ask God. Many more have questions about God. But the most important questions are the ones God is asking us. The God Questions explores these and other questions God asked people in the Bible: Where are you? Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Why are you so angry? Where have you come, from and where are you going? Why are you so afraid? Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not do what I say? Who do you say that I am? When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth? The questions God asked people of ancient times are the same questions God is asking us today. Discover the questions God is asking you, and in doing so, find out what God has in mind for your life.

Book Interpretations of the Name Israel in Ancient Judaism and Some Early Christian Writings

Download or read book Interpretations of the Name Israel in Ancient Judaism and Some Early Christian Writings written by C. T. R. Hayward and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2005-05-19 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient peoples regarded names as indicative of character and destiny. The Jews were no exception. This is a critical study of ancient exegesis of the title `Israel' and the meanings attributed to it among Jews down to Talmudic times, along with some early Christian materials. C. T. R. Hayward explores ancient etymologies of `Israel', and the utilization of these very varied explanations of the name in sustained works of exegesis like Jubilees; the writings of Ben Sira, Philo, and Josephus; and selected Rabbinic texts including Aramaic Targumim. He also examines translational works like the Septuagint, to illuminate those writings' sense of what it meant to be a Jew.

Book The Constitution of Shelley s Poetry

Download or read book The Constitution of Shelley s Poetry written by Edward T. Duffy and published by Anthem Press. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Constitution of Shelley's Poetry' is a close philosophical reading of 'Prometheus Unbound' and other Shelley works from the perspective of the argument or drama of language played out in its pages. The book urges and practises close reading, but in the thought of Stanley Cavell, it finds and develops philosophical grounds for this ostensibly old-fashioned approach, and it implicitly proposes an understanding of language very different from those currently assumed in literary studies.

Book T T Clark Handbook of Christian Theology and Climate Change

Download or read book T T Clark Handbook of Christian Theology and Climate Change written by Hilda P. Koster and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-12-12 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The T&T Clark Handbook of Christian Theology and Climate Change entails a wide-ranging conversation between Christian theology and various other discourses on climate change. Given the far-reaching complicity of "North Atlantic Christianity" in anthropogenic climate change, the question is whether it can still collaborate with and contribute to ongoing mitigation and adaptation efforts. The main essays in this volume are written by leading scholars from within North Atlantic Christianity and addressed primarily to readers in the same context; these essays are critically engaged by respondents situated in other geographic regions, minority communities, non-Christian traditions, or non-theological disciplines. Structured in seven main parts, the handbook explores: 1) the need for collaboration with disciplines outside of Christian theology to address climate change; 2) the need to find common moral ground for such collaboration; 3) the difficulties posed by collaborating with other Christian traditions from within; 4) the questions that emerge from such collaboration for understanding the story of God's work; and 5) God's identity and character; 6) the implications of such collaboration for ecclesial praxis; and 7) concluding reflections examining whether this volume does justice to issues of race, gender, class, other animals, religious diversity, geographical divides and carbon mitigation. This rich ecumenical, cross-cultural conversation provides a comprehensive and in-depth engagement with the theological and moral challenges raised by anthropogenic climate change.