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"A career-spanning collection of inspiring, revelrous essays about art and artists. Like Love is a momentous, raucous collection of essays drawn from twenty years of Maggie Nelson's brilliant work. These profiles, reviews, remembrances, tributes, and critical essays, as well as several conversations with friends and idols, bring to life Nelson's passion for dialogue and dissent. The range of subjects is wide--from Prince to Carolee Schneemann to Matthew...
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Quel est le rle, dans la Cité, des chercheurs, des intellectuels, des professeurs, des universitaires en général? Qui sont-ils et que font-ils exactement? Quel a été leur parcours intellectuel? La collection « Profession » répond à ces questions. Marcel Fournier est professeur titulaire au Département de sociologie de l'Université de Montréal. Spécialiste de l'histoire de la sociologie, il est l'auteur des biographies de Marcel Mauss...
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Get the Summary of Helen Macdonald's Vesper Flights in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Helen Macdonald's "Vesper Flights" is a collection of essays that weave together personal memories, reflections on nature, and observations of wildlife. Macdonald's childhood fascination with birds and their nests leads her to explore the concept of home and the interconnectedness of humans and nature. She delves into the history...
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Embark on an intellectual journey with "The Bertrand Russell Collection," a comprehensive anthology spanning the influential philosopher's groundbreaking works. From "The Analysis of Mind" to insightful essays on humanism, ethics, and society, this collection encapsulates Russell's brilliance and offers timeless reflections on reason, knowledge, and the complexities of the human experience. Explore the mind of one of the 20th century's greatest thinkers...
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Le territoire – parent, amant, esprit, mère, tante – a façonné le corps autochtone. Joshua Whitehead cartographie avec sensualité et joie
la relation entre corps et territoire, bouleversant les idées reçues sur l'identité autochtone, les traumatismes de l'histoire, la santé mentale et la guérison. Voyage intérieur, auto-enracinement, Joshua Whitehead creuse son corps et ses angoisses. Émerge une nouvelle narration o la perte et la souffrance...
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Rod Usher's third collection, Convent Mermaid, is full of wit and sadness, love and loss.
Many of the poems spring from his long experience as a journalist, novelist and from years of living and working in Europe.
As Les Murray has written, Rod's poetry inspires both tears and laughter. He's equally at home in poetic conversation with Emily Dickinson, David Bowie and Federico Garcia Lorca, in revisiting Cro-Magnon Man, or portraying the to-and-fro...
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La artista de performance Marina Abramovic, ha pasado toda su vida derribando barreras, dolor, resistencia, miedo, en una exhaustiva búsqueda de transformación emocional y espiritual tanto en la vida como en el arte. En estas extraordinarias memorias relata su conmovedora y épica historia, desde su difícil y abusiva infancia en la Yugoslavia de la posguerra, pasando por la convulsa relación artística y amorosa con el fotógrafo y artista Ulay,...
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"What makes shit such a universal joke is that it's an unmistakable reminder of our duality, of our soiled nature and of our will to glory. It is the ultimate lèse-majesté".
John Berger's essay begins by describing the experience of burying a year's worth of his household's excrement. What follows is an extended reflection-at once philosophically detached and profoundly engaged with the inescapable stuff of life-on shit as an emblem of what it means...
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« Médecin de famille » L'expression en dit beaucoup plus qu'on ne l'imagine. Cette figure est chargée de symboles, de souvenirs d'enfance, d'émotions intenses et d'expériences de vie marquantes. Elle véhicule son poids d'histoire et de réalité contemporaine. Et, parce que l'expression est riche, il est difficile d'en faire le tour en quelques mots ou quelques pages.
Marc Zaffran raconte ici comment la médecine générale est devenue,...
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Este libro es una revisión histórica sobre los orígenes del diseño moderno en Chile, situado a fines de la década del veinte del siglo pasado. Se observa y releva el rol que cumplió el Estado como impulsor de reformas modernizadoras que fueron la base del desarrollo del diseño a nivel nacional. El autor destaca lineamientos clave para el diseño, como la estandarización para el mejor uso de los recursos, promovidos por la Dirección de Abastecimiento...
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Of Living Stone: Perspectives on Continuous Knowledge and the Work of Vine Deloria, Jr. is a collection of new essays on the legacy of Vine Deloria, Jr., one of the most influential thinkers of our time. This insightful collection features more than thirty original pieces, bringing together Tribal leaders, artists, scientists, activists, scholars, legal experts, and humorists. A group of French scholars offers surprising perspectives on Deloria's...
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Stories Inside the Book . . .Our Little "Retarded" ChihuahuaBilly Bacon A Love StoryProfessor Polly the ParrotThe Taming of Mad Monkey BenjaminGoofy Goofus our Funny FerretLittle Naked BirdieOur Miniature Doberman Sassy An Ambassador of Love-Bonus Stories-Sold Our Home on the R-A-D-I-ONot by Sight3 Angels 3 Encounters 3 BlessingsThe Thing Behind the CurtainGod Spoke, and I Looked in the Bushes!Bankrupt . . . but Blessed!
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Shortlisted, 2018 Taste Canada Awards and 2018 Writers' Federation of New Brunswick Book Award for Non-Fiction
Longlisted, 2018 RBC Taylor Prize
Jan Wong knows food is better when shared, so when she set out to write a book about home cooking in France, Italy, and China, she asked her 22-year-old son, Sam, to join her. While he wasn't keen on spending excessive time with his mom, he dreamed of becoming a chef. Ultimately, it was an opportunity he...
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This comprehensive guide to Cambridge Law A2 Level explores the fundamental principles underpinning English and Welsh legal systems. Delve into the complexities of contract law, examining the formation of enforceable contracts, the nuances of offer and acceptance, and the vital elements of consideration and legal capacity. Discover how contracts are interpreted, the impact of consumer protection laws, and how contracts can be terminated through performance,...
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An essay collection that demonstrates how emotional ties and intimate affiliations remain critical to the dimensions of modern Christianity.
Scholars of religion have come a long way since William James famously made of religion a matter between man and his maker. For decades now, they have been attentive to the ways in which religion takes shape as the product of broad social forces, focusing on the dynamics of power and culture as heuristics for...
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Visit the Most Popular Destinations in Provence, France
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Discover why Provence, France is the best place for your next wanderlust-fueled quest and lose yourself to sunny beaches, lush vineyards, and historic architecture.
Take an unforgettable tour of this treasured southern region of France. Soon to be your favorite of all tour guide books, author Georgeanne Brennan uses her insider's view to take...
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"El crítico como artista", de Oscar Wilde, es una exploración elocuente y sugerente de la naturaleza de la crítica y del papel del crítico en el ámbito artístico. Wilde cuestiona las nociones convencionales de la crítica y defiende la importancia de la interpretación subjetiva y el individualismo en la apreciación del arte. El autor profundiza en la idea de que el verdadero crítico es, de hecho, un artista por derecho propio, que contribuye...
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From the author of funny classics like "How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes" and "The Decline and Fall of Practically Everybody." Here in "How to Be a Hermit" are humorous essays and stories discussing house cleaning, cooking, sardines, spinach, clams, lettuce, cabbage, beans, coffee, budgets, entertaining, and the holidays. Will Cuppy (1884-1949) wrote extensively on his life as a hermit, the natural world, and just about anything else that proved...
19) El crítico como artista - La decadencia de la mentira / The Critic as Artist - The Decay of Lying
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"El crítico como artista", de Oscar Wilde, es una exploración elocuente y sugerente de la naturaleza de la crítica y del papel del crítico en el ámbito artístico. Wilde cuestiona las nociones convencionales de la crítica y defiende la importancia de la interpretación subjetiva y el individualismo en la apreciación del arte. El autor profundiza en la idea de que el verdadero crítico es, de hecho, un artista por derecho propio, que contribuye...
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This is an inspiring book about the joys of gardening and some of the insights gained from musing in the garden. Born during the peak months of the COVID-19 pandemic, this is also a devotional book with brief reflections. The plant parent and the lovers of the everyday garden of life will find this an encouragement and a valuable gift for any occasion. The lilies and the entire creation speak of the majesty and faithfulness of God. Listen to Jesus...
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