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Enduring Roots

Author : Gayle Brandow Samuels
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813535395
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Enduring Roots written by Gayle Brandow Samuels and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2005-01-03 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trees are the grandest and most beautiful plant creations on earth. From their shade-giving, arching branches and strikingly diverse bark to their complex root systems, trees represent shelter, stability, place, and community as few other living objects can. Enduring Roots tells the stories of historic American trees, including the oak, the apple, the cherry, and the oldest of the world's trees, the bristlecone pine. These stories speak of our attachment to the land, of our universal and eternal need to leave a legacy, and demonstrate that the landscape is a gift, to be both received and, sometimes, tragically, to be destroyed. Each chapter of this book focuses on a specific tree or group of trees and its relationship to both natural and human history, while exploring themes of community, memory, time, and place. Readers learn that colonial farmers planted marker trees near their homes to commemorate auspicious events like the birth of a child, a marriage, or the building of a house. They discover that Benjamin Franklin's Newtown Pippin apples were made into a pie aboard Captain Cook's Endeavour while the ship was sailing between Tahiti and New Zealand. They are told the little-known story of how the Japanese flowering cherry became the official tree of our nation's capital--a tale spanning many decades and involving an international cast of characters. Taken together, these and many other stories provide us with a new ways to interpret the American landscape. "It is my hope," the author writes, "that this collection will be seen for what it is, a few trees selected from a great forest, and that readers will explore both--the trees and the forest--and find pieces of their own stories in each."

The Need for Roots

Author : Simone Weil
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000082792
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Need for Roots written by Simone Weil and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed by Andre Gide as the patron saint of all outsiders, Simone Weil's short life was ample testimony to her beliefs. In 1942 she fled France along with her family, going firstly to America. She then moved back to London in order to work with de Gaulle. Published posthumously The Need for Roots was a direct result of this collaboration. Its purpose was to help rebuild France after the war. In this, her most famous book, Weil reflects on the importance of religious and political social structures in the life of the individual. She wrote that one of the basic obligations we have as human beings is to not let another suffer from hunger. Equally as important, however, is our duty towards our community: we may have declared various human rights, but we have overlooked the obligations and this has left us self-righteous and rootless. She could easily have been issuing a direct warning to us today, the citizens of Century 21.

The Roots of endurance

Author : JOHN PIPER
Publisher : Inter-Varsity Press
ISBN 13 : 178974069X
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book The Roots of endurance written by JOHN PIPER and published by Inter-Varsity Press. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Warm-hearted mini-biographies of John Newton, Charles Simeon and William Wilberforce, 18th-19th century evangelicals whose lives demonstrated invincible perseverance in the cause of the gospel and offer inspiration to the contemporary reader.

The Roots of Justice

Author : Lawrence M. Friedman
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469639785
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book The Roots of Justice written by Lawrence M. Friedman and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on a single county at a time when the population grew from 24,000 to 246,000, the authors combine statistical analysis of documentary sources, contemporary newspaper accounts, and exploration in criminal case files to give a detailed reconstruction of the operations of the county's entire criminal justice system. By tracing the process from arrest to trial, sentencing, and punishment, this study will have a profound effect on our perception of American criminal justice. Originally published in 1981. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Reconsidering Roots

Author : Erica Ball
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820350834
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Reconsidering Roots written by Erica Ball and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays--from scholars in history, sociology, film, and media studies--interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery, labor, and the black family; reflected on the promise of freedom and civil rights; and engaged discourses of race, gender, violence, and power.

The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism

Author : Jason A. Staples
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108915485
Total Pages : 451 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Idea of Israel in Second Temple Judaism written by Jason A. Staples and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-05-20 with total page 451 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Jason A. Staples proposes a new paradigm for how the biblical concept of Israel developed in Early Judaism and how that concept impacted Jewish apocalyptic hopes for restoration after the Babylonian Exile. Challenging conventional assumptions about Israelite identity in antiquity, his argument is based on a close analysis of a vast corpus of biblical and other early Jewish literature and material evidence. Staples demonstrates that continued aspirations for Israel's restoration in the context of diaspora and imperial domination remained central to Jewish conceptions of Israelite identity throughout the final centuries before Christianity and even into the early part of the Common Era. He also shows that Israelite identity was more diverse in antiquity than is typically appreciated in modern scholarship. His book lays the groundwork for a better understanding of the so-called 'parting of the ways' between Judaism and Christianity and how earliest Christianity itself grew out of hopes for Israel's restoration.

The Past Is a Foreign Country – Revisited

Author : David Lowenthal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139915665
Total Pages : 679 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (399 download)

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Download or read book The Past Is a Foreign Country – Revisited written by David Lowenthal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 679 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The past remains essential - and inescapable. A quarter-century after the publication of his classic account of man's attitudes to his past, David Lowenthal revisits how we celebrate, expunge, contest and domesticate the past to serve present needs. He shows how nostalgia and heritage now pervade every facet of public and popular culture. History embraces nature and the cosmos as well as humanity. The past is seen and touched and tasted and smelt as well as heard and read about. Empathy, re-enactment, memory and commemoration overwhelm traditional history. A unified past once certified by experts and reliant on written texts has become a fragmented, contested history forged by us all. New insights into history and memory, bias and objectivity, artefacts and monuments, identity and authenticity, and remorse and contrition, make this book once again the essential guide to the past that we inherit, reshape and bequeath to the future.

Scribner's Magazine ...

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Scribner's Magazine

Author : Edward Livermore Burlingame
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 904 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Scribner's Magazine written by Edward Livermore Burlingame and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Handbook of Environmental History

Author : Andrew Christian Isenberg
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
ISBN 13 : 0195324900
Total Pages : 801 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Environmental History written by Andrew Christian Isenberg and published by Oxford Handbooks. This book was released on 2014 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the methodology of environmental history, with an emphasis on the field's interaction with other historiographies such as consumerism, borderlands, and gender. It examines the problem of environmental context, specifically the problem and perception of environmental determinism, by focusing on climate, disease, fauna, and regional environments. It also considers the changing understanding of scientific knowledge.

Enduring Success

Author : Christian Stadler
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804777217
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Enduring Success written by Christian Stadler and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011-01-05 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enduring Success addresses a key question in business today: How can companies succeed over time? To learn the source of enduring greatness, author Christian Stadler directed a team of eight researchers in a six-year study of some of Europe's oldest and most stellar companies, targeting nine that have survived for more than 100 years and have significantly outperformed the market over the past fifty years. Readers may wonder, "Why European companies?" Yet, Europe is the ideal place to seek the key to long-term success; half of the Fortune Global 500 companies that are 100 years old or older can be found in Europe, as can 72 of the 100 oldest family businesses in the world. Fifteen years after Collins and Porras' Built to Last, this new book incorporates fresh insights from management science and provides the first non-US perspective on long-range success. Through Stadler's study, a counterintuitive story emerges: the greatest companies adapt to a constantly changing environment by being intelligently conservative. Enduring Success provides a coherent framework, grounded in five principles and practical concepts, for business leaders who are prepared to learn from the history of some of the world's greatest institutions. View the author's YouTube channel for more discussion of the book.

Familiar Ways

Author : Margaret Pollock Sherwood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Familiar Ways written by Margaret Pollock Sherwood and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American Botanist

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 870 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Columbia University Quarterly

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Columbia University Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: vol. 6 includes 150th anniversary number

Making Sense of Human Rights

Author : James W. Nickel
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520059948
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (599 download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Human Rights written by James W. Nickel and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fully revised and extended edition of James Nickel's classic study explains and defends the contemporary conception of human rights. Combining philosophical, legal and political approaches, Nickel explains international human rights law and addresses questions of justification and feasibility. New, revised edition of James Nickel's classic study. Explains and defends the conception of human rights found in the" Universal Declaration of Human Rights" (1948) and subsequent treaties in a clear and lively style. Covers fundamental freedoms, due process rights, social rights, and minority rights. Updated throughout to include developments in law, politics, and theory since the publication of the first edition. New features for this edition include an extensive bibliography and a chapter on human rights and terrorism.

Esoteric Healing – Part 3

Author : Dr. Douglas M. Baker
Publisher : Baker eBooks Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625690118
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book Esoteric Healing – Part 3 written by Dr. Douglas M. Baker and published by Baker eBooks Publishing. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Esoteric Healing – Part 3: Flower Remedies and Medical Astrology It was the Tibetan Master D.K. who pointed out that there was a very real link between Man and his unconscious through the Plant Kingdom. The work of Carl Jung has brought into being what is now called psychosomatic medicine and has established the reality of an unconscious in each man which he shares, in part, collectively with all mankind, and from which stems much of his disease.' Using drugs, such as those inflicted by orthodox medicine on the public at large, is not the way that medicine will take in the future. It is a temporary expedient which wreaks havoc through its side effects and one which must be progressively set aside as the use of Flower Remedies becomes more universal. The angiosperms, or flowering plants, which include many trees, underwent an immense initiation about 70 million years ago on this planet, just about the time that man began to materialise his physical form. And humanity owes much of its structure to what it has drawn from those flowering plants in its evolution. What better way to correct his imbalances than through the finest essences of that from which he was derived. The cause of 90% of man's disease lies in planes other than the physical, and it is on those planes that symptoms manifest first, before they work through to show as gross physical disorders. In using the Flower Remedies the attempt is made, via the Plant Kingdom, to reach the innermost structures producing the origins of the diseased condition. This masterly written text/reference manual is a must-have for all those interested or practicing alternative healing or esoteric astrology! This valuable writing is enhanced by over 120 images (many in color), lists, astrological charts and, reference and correlation charts. A special section deals with dosage, obtaining and producing your own flower remedies

LIBRA

Author : Dr. Douglas M. Baker
Publisher : Baker eBooks Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625691777
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book LIBRA written by Dr. Douglas M. Baker and published by Baker eBooks Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INTRODUCTION TO THE ZODIAC SERIES: Special English Edition Personality and Soul Characteristics plus Rising Signs Discover your own myth and revitalise your life with the power of ESOTERIC astrology! Astrology comes of age with this remarkable set of 12 zodiac books (Each sign sold separately) that explore the inner person, the secret Self, as well as the personality that the Self presents to the world. You will be astounded to discover how far reaching the influence of the signs are on our lives, especially our sun (birth) and rising signs, and how much you are a product of the stars. These easy-to-read books are far more than a representation of the same old characteristics and qualities of the signs. With over 55 years of practical experience in astrology, research, teaching and interpretation, Dr. Douglas M. Baker is in a unique position to fully appreciate just what it is people want to know about themselves. In these works he shares his knowledge with us all, covering such subjects as: · The personality and psychology of the signs. · Helpful hints on raising the children of each sign. · Health and the zodiac. · Flower remedies and tissue salts related to each sign. · How your own sign is reflected in the world around you. · The talents and potential genius of the signs. · The Rising Sign – an indication of the life’s purpose. · The spiritual path of your sign. · The qualities and influences of your sign’s ruling planet. · Sample charts and their detailed interpretation. These books will help you tap into reservoirs of energy that are linked to your own sign. Energy that will help you cope with the stresses and strains of modern life and bring you into closer contact with the real you, your inner self! This is your birthright because you were born in that particular sign. ARIES: March 21st to April 20th TAURUS: April 21st to May 21st GEMINI: May 22nd to June 21st CANCER: June 22nd to July 23rd LEO: July 24th to August 23rd VIRGO: August 24th to September 23rd LIBRA: September 24th to October 23rd SCORPIO: October 24th to November 22nd SAGITTARIUS: November 23rd to December 21st CAPRICORN: December 22nd to January 20th AQUARIUS: January 21st to February 19th PISCES: February 20th to March 20th