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Abuela, Don't Forget Me by Rex Ogle
Category: Young Readers | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
In his award-winning Free Lunch and Punching Bag, Rex Ogle charted a coming of age marked by poverty and domestic violence. Here, in his debut poetry collection, he pays tribute to his abuela, the woman who gave him unconditional love throughout it all and the one adult he could count on when he was a c ...Show more
Alison by Lizzy Stewart
Category: Western | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
A visually stunning and beautifully written debut graphic novel of love, life and art.
Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-disaster Recovery by Daniel P. Aldrich
Category: Culture | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
Each year, natural disasters threaten the strength and stability of communities worldwide. Yet responses to the challenges of recovery vary greatly and in ways that aren't always explained by the magnitude of the catastrophe or the amount of aid provided by national governments or the international comm ...Show more
Caspar David Friedrich: Nature and the Self by AMSTUTZ NINA
Category: Art and Design | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
A revelatory look at how the mature work of Caspar David Friedrich engaged with concurrent developments in natural science and philosophy Best known for his atmospheric landscapes featuring contemplative figures silhouetted against night skies and morning mists, Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) cam ...Show more
Die Laughing by André Franquin (Artist)
Category: Western | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
Die Laughing, which is executed in stark black and white, takes aim at everyone and everything in its scathing critique of modern life, but is particularly ruthless toward animal abusers, the military industrial complex, and death penalty enthusiasts. Franquin's loose but meticulous line work features e ...Show more
Edvard Munch - Trembling Earth by Arne Johan Vetlesen (Contribution by); Trine Otte Bak Nielsen; Jill Lloyd-Peppiatt; Jay A. Clarke; Ali Smith (Contribution by)
Category: Art and Design | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
A thought-provoking volume on Edvard Munch's often neglected pictures of nature, exploring the Norwegian artist's landscapes, seascapes, and existential environments in light of his own time and ours This richly illustrated catalogue provides a multifaceted perspective on the pictures of nature and lan ...Show more
Fashion at the Edge - Spectacle, Modernity, and Deathliness by Caroline Evans
Category: Fashion | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
Experimental fashion has a dark side, a preoccupation with representations of death, trauma, alienation and decay. This seminal publication offers an unexpected discussion of cutting-edge fashion in the 1990s, exploring what its disturbing themes tell us about consumer culture and contemporary anxieties ...Show more
Fire and Ashes: Success and Failure in Politics by Michael Ignatieff
Category: Biography | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
In 2005 Michael Ignatieff left his life as a writer and professor at Harvard University to enter the combative world of politics back home in Canada. By 2008, he was leader of the country's Liberal Party and poised--should the governing Conservatives falter--to become Canada's next Prime Minister. It ne ...Show more
Fray - Art and Textile Politics by Julia Bryan-Wilson
Category: History & Theory of Art | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
In 1974, women in a feminist consciousness-raising group in Eugene, Oregon, formed a mock organization called the Ladies Sewing Circle and Terrorist Society. Emblazoning its logo onto t-shirts, the group wryly envisioned female collective textile making as a practice that could upend conventions, threat ...Show more
Garlandia by Lorenzo Mattotti, Jerry Kramsky
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
The gars are peaceful, happy animals living in Garland. Their shaman, Zachariah, helps them to interpret the spirits that foretell their future. But a strange vision bodes ill. This long-awaited second collaboration between Italian artists Lorenzo Mattotti and Jerry Kramsky, ten years in the making, is ...Show more
Healthy Buildings - How Indoor Spaces Can Make You Sick--Or Keep You Well by Joseph G. Allen; John D. Macomber
Category: Business | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
A revised and updated edition of the landmark work the New York Times hailed as "a call to action for every developer, building owner, shareholder, chief executive, manager, teacher, worker and parent to start demanding healthy buildings with cleaner indoor air." For too long we've designed building ...Show more
Interaction of Color by Josef Albers
Category: Art and Design | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
Josef Albers's Interaction of Color is a masterwork in art education. Conceived as a handbook and teaching aid for artists, instructors, and students, this influential book presents Albers's singular explanation of complex color theory principles. Originally published by Yale University Press in 1963 as ...Show more