I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I have enjoyed living, learning, and gathering it. First and foremost, thank you for opening this book. Subject headings Mind and body therapies. EMERGENT STRATEGY Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by adrienne maree brown EPIGRAPH This may only be a dream of mine, but I think it can be made real. This is a resolutely materialist "spirituality" based equally on science and science fiction, a visionary incantation to transform that which ultimately transforms us.". Rather than steel ourselves against such change, this book invites us to feel, map, assess, and learn from the swirling patterns around us in order to better understand and influence them as they happen. It is a stream of ever-mutating, emergent patterns. The world is in a continual state of flux. "Inspired by Octavia Butler's explorations of our human relationship to change, Emergent Strategy is radical self-help, society-help, and planet-help designed to shape the futures we want to live. Spells and practices for emergent strategy Nonlinear and iterative: the pace and pathways of changeĬreating more possibilities: how we move towards lifeĪssess yourself: your emergent strategy journal Interdependence and decentralization: who we are and how we share TitleĮmergent strategy : shaping change, changing worlds / by Adrienne Maree Brown.įractals: the relationship between small and large
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Here, too, are some of the most influential figures of the era-Babe Ruth Eugene O'Neill leftist activist Jack Reed NAACP founder W. Luther Laurence, on the run after a deadly confrontation with a crime boss in Tulsa, works for the Coughlin family and tries desperately to find his way home to his pregnant wife. The Given Day tells the story of two families-one black, one white-swept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries and anarchists, immigrants and ward bosses, Brahmins and ordinary citizens, all engaged in a battle for survival and power.īeat cop Danny Coughlin, the son of one of the city's most beloved and powerful police captains, joins a burgeoning union movement and the hunt for violent radicals. Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, New York Times best-selling author Dennis Lehane's long-awaited eighth novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads between past and future. 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Ishiguro tells NPR's Scott Simon that he wanted to write about the way societies remember (or forget) their histories, their dark secrets. It's set in post-Arthurian England - but The Buried Giant is no Camelot, with noble royals, clever sorcerers, strutting steeds, and bold adventures. The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day has gone even deeper into history to write a story that's both one couple's on-the-road tale, and a mystery for a great civilization. Kazuo Ishiguro has written his first novel in ten years - making it both a literary event and a news story. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title The Buried Giant Author Kazuo Ishiguro The novel also makes reference to the common but underreported phenomenon of cruise ship crime, which, because it often occurs in international waters, is frequently subject to murky maritime laws and overlapping police jurisdictions. 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Ranging from Gotland to Apulia, Stalley explores the richness and variety of European architecture in terms of the social and religious aspirations of the time. In addition to analysing the language of the Romanesque, the book examines the engineering achievements of the builders, focusing on how the great monuments of the age were designed and constructed. By avoiding the traditional emphasis on chronological development, Roger Stalley provides a radically new approach to the subject, exploring issues and themes rather than sequences and dates. Major architectural innovations were made during this time including the medieval castle, the church spire, and the monastic cloister. The early middle ages were an exciting period in the history of European architecture, culminating in the development of the Romanesque style. Bond has a number of consistent character traits which run throughout the books, including an enjoyment of cars, a love of food, drink and sex, and an average intake of sixty custom-made cigarettes a day. Bond's name may have been appropriated from the American ornithologist of the same name, although it is possible that Fleming took the name from a Welsh agent with whom he served, James C. Bond was a composite character who was based on a number of commandos whom Fleming knew during his service in the Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, to whom Fleming added his own style and a number of his own tastes. The character is a Secret Service agent, code number 007, residing in London but active internationally. His final two books- The Man with the Golden Gun (1965) and Octopussy and The Living Daylights (1966)-were published posthumously. Fleming wrote twelve Bond novels and two short story collections. He is the protagonist of the James Bond series of novels, films, comics and video games. Ian Fleming's image of James Bond commissioned to aid the Daily Express comic strip artistsĬommander James Bond CMG RNVR is a character created by the British journalist and novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. Regardless of what you see on the outside, there's a different agenda working inside that feline brain, balanced between domesticated cuteness and the killer instinct. That face serves as a blank canvas on which we project our own ideas of what a cat is thinking - whether it's cute kittens striking seductive poses, Grumpy Cat scowling her way to Hollywood, or Henri, le Chat Noir, expressing existential world-weariness. One of the consequences of that is it has a rather unexpressive face." John Bradshaw is an anthrozoologist at Bristol Veterinary School and the author of Alan Peters / Basic Books "The cat's domestication is incomplete, in terms of its need to continue hunting and also in terms of its ability to socialize. is only a few thousand years old," Bradshaw told NBC News. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. In despair, he embarks on a plan to unite the two warring faiths - and the two halves of his identity.A breath-taking epic of good and evil, of love and hate, of dreams dashed and hopes regained, Ildefonso Falcones' story of the Arab-Christian conflict brims with historical detail and unforgettable characters and reflects the author's celebrated passion for rich historical detail and his flair for story-telling. Then news reaches Hernando that Fatima has been murdered. The Hand of Fatima ebook By Ildefonso Falcones Read a Sample Format ebook ISBN 9780552776462 Author Ildefonso Falcones Publisher Transworld Release 17 March 2011 Share Subjects Fiction Historical Fiction Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive. But his stepfather accuses Hernando of Christian sympathies and condemns him to slavery. When Hernando meets Fatima, a beautiful girl with black eyes, she becomes the love of his life. Despised by the townsfolk and by his own stepfather for his 'tainted' heritage, he is banished to live in the stables and becomes an expert muleteer. Caught in the conflict is young Hernando, the son of an Arab woman who was raped by a Christian priest. by Ildefonso Falcones de Sierra Hardcover Januby Ildefonso Falcones De Sierra (Author) 358 ratings Hardcover 46.66 6 Used from 12.32 1 New from 46.66 1 Collectible from 172.00 Paperback 17.11 13 Used from 2.50 8 New from 13. After years of Christian oppression, the Moors take arms against their masters and daub the white houses of Sierra Nevada with the blood of their victims. Snared between two cultures and two loves, one man is forced to choose.1564, the Kingdom of Granada. |