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Joan Mitchell by Roberts Sarah Et Al
Category: Art
A sweeping retrospective exploring the oeuvre of an incandescent artist, revealing the ways that Mitchell expanded painting beyond Abstract Expressionism as well as the transatlantic contexts that shaped her Joan Mitchell (1925-1992) was fearless in her experimentation, creating works of unparalleled ...Show more
Life Sculpted - Tales of the Animals, Plants, and Fungi That Drill, Break, and Scrape to Shape the Earth by Anthony J. Martin
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
Meet the menagerie of lifeforms that dig, crunch, bore, and otherwise reshape our planet. Did you know elephants dig ballroom-sized caves alongside volcanoes? Or that parrotfish chew coral reefs and poop sandy beaches? Or that our planet once hosted a five-ton dinosaur-crunching alligator cousin? In f ...Show more
Listen to the Earth - Caring for Our Planet by Carme Lemniscates
Category: Animals & Nature | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
This nonfiction picture book offers a new and original story of climate change and how to respond to it. The lyrical narrative, gorgeous illustrations, and information-rich sidebars are built around the central concept of Earth Overshoot Day, the date each year when humanity has used all the resources t ...Show more
Milton Friedman on Economics - Selected Papers by Milton Friedman; Gary S. Becker (Afterword by)
Category: Economics | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
On his death in the autumn of 2006, Milton Friedman was lauded as "the grandmaster of free-market economic theory in the postwar era" by the New York Times and "the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century" by the Economist. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1976, Friedm ...Show more
My Journeys in Economic Theory by Edmund Phelps
Category: Business, Economics and Law | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
Edmund Phelps is among the most important economists of his generation. He developed a new understanding of unemployment and inflation and went on to rethink the roots of innovation. His work represents a lifelong project to put "people as we know them" into economic theory.In this book, Phelps tells th ...Show more
Night Terror by John Kenn Mortensen
Category: Comics & Graphic Novels | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
When the sun goes down, our minds invent all manner of horrors that may lurk in the darkness. Danish cult illustrator John Kenn Mortensen draws inspiration from this shadowy realm, and his pen skillfully conjures these eerie visions on paper. Open this book (if you dare) to encounter a frightful horde o ...Show more
Odyssey: ANew Translation by Homer; Peter Green
Category: Poetry | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
The Odyssey is vividly captured and beautifully paced in this swift and lucid new translation by acclaimed scholar and translator Peter Green. Accompanied by an illuminating introduction, maps, chapter summaries, a glossary, and explanatory notes, this is the ideal translation for both general readers a ...Show more
On the Prowl - In Search of Big Cat Origins by Mark Hallett; John Harris
Category: Nature | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
On the Prowl is a fully illustrated and approachable guide to the evolution of the big cats and what it portends for their conservation today. Mark Hallett and John M. Harris trace the origins of these iconic carnivores, venturing down the evolutionary pathways that produced the diversity of big cat spe ...Show more
Private Truths, Public Lies - The Social Consequences of Preference Falsification by Timur. Kuran
Category: Politics | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
Preference falsification, according to the economist Timur Kuran, is the act of misrepresenting one's wants under perceived social pressures. It happens frequently in everyday life, such as when we tell the host of a dinner party that we are enjoying the food when we actually find it bland. In Private T ...Show more
Queer Nature - A Poetry Anthology by Michael Walsh (Editor)
Category: Poetry | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
An anthology of queer nature poetry spanning three centuries.This anthology amplifies and centers LGBTQIA+ voices and perspectives in a collection of contemporary nature poetry. Showcasing over two hundred queer writers from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century, Queer Nature offers a new context f ...Show more
Salome's Last Dance by Daria Tessler
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
The Astounding Magnus has been hypnotizing audiences at the Feedbag cocktail bar with his resplendent dancing dog act, Salome, and her "Serpentine Dance of the Seven Veils." Yet despite his success, the pearl of life has lost its luster for Magnus. He visits the psychologist, Dr. Silkini, who promises t ...Show more
Spurs: Nietzsche's Styles/Eperons: Les Styles de Nietzsche by Jacques Derrida
Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Emersion: Emergent Village Resources for Communities of Faith Ser.
Nietzsche has recently enjoyed much scrutiny from the nouveaux critiques. Jacques Derrida, the leader of that movement, here combines in his strikingly original and incisive fashion questions of sexuality, politics, writing, judgment, procreation, death, and even the weather into a far-reaching analysis ...Show more