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A Vision of the World

Author : John Cheever
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473572169
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book A Vision of the World written by John Cheever and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected and Introduced by Booker-Prize winner Julian Barnes The first fully-authorised selected short stories from 'one of the great writers of the previous century' (The Times) Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award, John Cheever - variously referred to as 'Ovid in Ossining' and the 'Chekhov of the suburbs' - forever altered the landscape of contemporary literature. In a career that spanned nearly fifty years, his short stories, often published in the New Yorker, gave voice to the repressed desires and smouldering disappointments of 1950s America as it teetered on the edge of spiritual awakening and sexual liberation in the ensuing decades. Up until now, John Cheever's stories have only been available in Collected Stories, but with Julian Barnes' selection we have the first fully authorised introduction to Cheever's work. Satirical, fantastical, sad and transcendent, these are stories that speak directly to the heart of human experience, and remain a testament to the wit and vision of one of the most important and influential short story writers of the twentieth century. 'Reading Cheever is a restless pleasure, the work never settles: these brilliant stories make me get up and walk around the room' Anne Enright

Vision for the World

Author : Arthur Siew Ming Lim
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9789810225087
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book Vision for the World written by Arthur Siew Ming Lim and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1996 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problem of mass blindness today stems largely from cataract which accounts for a total of 40 million cataract victims in the world -- and it will worsen with the ageing population. Fortunately, this problem can be resolved with cost effective extracapsular cataract extraction (ECCE) and posterior chamber implantation (PCI). This book highlights how the use of ECCE and PCI can restore normal vision to cataract victims around the world. A successful approach is to establish training centres. The success of the International Intraocular Implant Training Centre (IIITC) in the Peoples' Republic of China is cited to show that implant surgery for cataracts can be successfully performed in communities in developing nations in Asia with appropriate training and supervision. The centre has since yielded excellent results with cost effective ECCE and PCI. The book challenges eye surgeons around the world to unite to address a global need to contain world cataract blindness.

A Vision for the World Economy

Author : Robert Z. Lawrence
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 9780815791546
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book A Vision for the World Economy written by Robert Z. Lawrence and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2000-07-26 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this capstone volume in the INE series, the authors review the growing pressure for deeper international integration, explore the strengths and weaknesses of alternative approaches to dealing with these pressures, and present concrete proposals to help achieve a global community that will balance openness, diversity, and cohesion. A volume of Brookings' Integrating National Economies Series

I Want To See: Vision For The World

Author : Arthur S M Lim
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9814493023
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book I Want To See: Vision For The World written by Arthur S M Lim and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2000-07-31 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is about a global mission against world cataract blindness. It highlights the resistance of some world organizations to changes, particularly the shift from ICCE to ECCE with PCI, and how they have relented over the years. It also highlights the success of cataract/implant training centres in China, especially in Tianjin. The book will be of interest to anyone involved in providing eye care, and may be of special interest to those dealing with blinding diseases including cataract.

Fresh Vision for the Muslim World

Author : Mike Kuhn
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830858954
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Fresh Vision for the Muslim World written by Mike Kuhn and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2012-01-05 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on his two decades in the Middle East, Mike Kuhn calls Christians to approach Muslims not by the broad road of fear and self-preservation, but by the narrow road of empathy and deep listening.

Vision and Brain

Author : James V. Stone
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262517736
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Vision and Brain written by James V. Stone and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012-09-14 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging introduction to the science of vision that offers a coherent account of vision based on general information processing principles In this accessible and engaging introduction to modern vision science, James Stone uses visual illusions to explore how the brain sees the world. Understanding vision, Stone argues, is not simply a question of knowing which neurons respond to particular visual features, but also requires a computational theory of vision. Stone draws together results from David Marr's computational framework, Barlow's efficient coding hypothesis, Bayesian inference, Shannon's information theory, and signal processing to construct a coherent account of vision that explains not only how the brain is fooled by particular visual illusions, but also why any biological or computer vision system should also be fooled by these illusions. This short text includes chapters on the eye and its evolution, how and why visual neurons from different species encode the retinal image in the same way, how information theory explains color aftereffects, how different visual cues provide depth information, how the imperfect visual information received by the eye and brain can be rescued by Bayesian inference, how different brain regions process visual information, and the bizarre perceptual consequences that result from damage to these brain regions. The tutorial style emphasizes key conceptual insights, rather than mathematical details, making the book accessible to the nonscientist and suitable for undergraduate or postgraduate study.

How Animals See the World

Author : Olga F. Lazareva
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195334655
Total Pages : 559 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book How Animals See the World written by Olga F. Lazareva and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The visual world of animals is highly diverse and often very different from that of humans. This book provides an extensive review of the latest behavioral and neurobiological research on animal vision, detailing fascinating species similarities and differences in visual processing.

To Know the World

Author : Mitchell Thomashow
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262539829
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book To Know the World written by Mitchell Thomashow and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why environmental learning is crucial for understanding the connected challenges of climate justice, tribalism, inequity, democracy, and human flourishing. How can we respond to the current planetary ecological emergency? In To Know the World, Mitchell Thomashow proposes that we revitalize, revisit, and reinvigorate how we think about our residency on Earth. First, we must understand that the major challenges of our time—migration, race, inequity, climate justice, and democracy—connect to the biosphere. Traditional environmental education has accomplished much, but it has not been able to stem the inexorable decline of global ecosystems. Thomashow, the former president of a college dedicated to sustainability, describes instead environmental learning, a term signifying that our relationship to the biosphere must be front and center in all aspects of our daily lives. In this illuminating book, he provides rationales, narratives, and approaches for doing just that. Mixing memoir, theory, mindfulness, pedagogy, and compelling storytelling, Thomashow discusses how to navigate the Anthropocene's rapid pace of change without further separating psyche from biosphere; why we should understand migration both ecologically and culturally; how to achieve constructive connectivity in both social and ecological networks; and why we should take a cosmopolitan bioregionalism perspective that unites local and global. Throughout, Thomashow invites readers to participate as educational explorers, encouraging them to better understand how and why environmental learning is crucial to human flourishing.

Framing a Vision of the World

Author : André Cloots
Publisher : Leuven University Press
ISBN 13 : 9789061869863
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (698 download)

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Download or read book Framing a Vision of the World written by André Cloots and published by Leuven University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since for Jan Van der Veken our vision of the world, and especially the placing of God and religion in it, has been the basic concern in all his work and thought, this problem is also at the core of this volume.

Ethical Realism

Author : Anatol Lieven
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307495337
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Ethical Realism written by Anatol Lieven and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2009-03-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America today faces a world more complicated than ever before, but our politicians have failed to envision a foreign policy that addresses our greatest threats. Ethical Realism shows how the United States can successfully combine genuine morality with tough and practical common sense. By outlining core principles and a set of concrete proposals for tackling the terrorist threat and contend with Iran, Russia, the Middle East, and China, Anatol Lieven and John Hulsman show us how to strengthen our security, pursue our national interests, and restore American leadership in the world.

The Vision

Author : David Wilkerson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book The Vision written by David Wilkerson and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now! Earthquakes & Cholera...Watergate & Corruption...Poison-immune rats & bees that kill...Uncontrolled inflation and the sinking dollar...Climbing divorce rates...Rampant pornography and addiction...

Global Vision

Author : R. Salomon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137502827
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Global Vision written by R. Salomon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global Vision: How Companies Can Overcome the Pitfalls of Globalization addresses the business challenges that globalization poses. It will help managers improve their global acumen by developing a better understanding of the cultural, political, and economic risks they face as they expand globally. For managers of large multinationals, managers of emerging companies with global aspirations, or anyone generally interested in globalization and global management, this book equips the reader with innovative tools to solve the most complex challenges facing global companies. It can help prepare a company not only for global growth, but also for profitable ongoing global operations.

World Water Vision

Author : William J. Cosgrove
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134201621
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)

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Download or read book World Water Vision written by William J. Cosgrove and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a billion people cannot get safe drinking water; half the world's population does not have adequate sanitation; within a generation over three billion will be suffering from water stress. This text analyzes the issues in this crisis of management and shows how water can be used effectively and productively. The key to sustainable water resources is an integrated approach. The authors assert that careful planning and concerted action can make the fundamental changes needed and that the implications of not dealing with the crisis are immense. The book comes with downloadable resources containing background research and scenarios.

A New Deal for the World

Author : Elizabeth Borgwardt
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674281926
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book A New Deal for the World written by Elizabeth Borgwardt and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-30 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a work of sweeping scope and luminous detail, Elizabeth Borgwardt describes how a cadre of World War II American planners inaugurated the ideas and institutions that underlie our modern international human rights regime. Borgwardt finds the key in the 1941 Atlantic Charter and its Anglo-American vision of “war and peace aims.” In attempting to globalize what U.S. planners heralded as domestic New Deal ideas about security, the ideology of the Atlantic Charter—buttressed by FDR’s “Four Freedoms” and the legacies of World War I—redefined human rights and America’s vision for the world. Three sets of international negotiations brought the Atlantic Charter blueprint to life—Bretton Woods, the United Nations, and the Nuremberg trials. These new institutions set up mechanisms to stabilize the international economy, promote collective security, and implement new thinking about international justice. The design of these institutions served as a concrete articulation of U.S. national interests, even as they emphasized the importance of working with allies to achieve common goals. The American architects of these charters were attempting to redefine the idea of security in the international sphere. To varying degrees, these institutions and the debates surrounding them set the foundations for the world we know today. By analyzing the interaction of ideas, individuals, and institutions that transformed American foreign policy—and Americans’ view of themselves—Borgwardt illuminates the broader history of modern human rights, trade and the global economy, collective security, and international law. This book captures a lost vision of the American role in the world.

Strategic Vision

Author : Zbigniew Brzezinski
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465029558
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Strategic Vision written by Zbigniew Brzezinski and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eminent scholar Zbigniew Brzezinski's New York Times bestselling blueprint for American foreign policy strategy in the twenty-first century The world today faces a crisis of power, caused by the dramatic shift in its center of gravity from the West to the East, by the dynamic political awakening of people worldwide, and by the deterioration of America's performance both domestically and internationally. As a result, America's position as a world superpower is far from secure. In Strategic Vision, former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski argues that America can and should be actively engaged in navigating this period of crisis and provides a strategic blueprint for America to revitalize its global status and promote a peaceful twenty-first century. As Brzezinski eloquently shows, without an America that is economically vital, socially appealing, responsibly powerful, and capable of sustaining an intelligent foreign engagement, the geopolitical prospects for the West could become increasingly grave.

A Conflict of Visions

Author : Thomas Sowell
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465004660
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book A Conflict of Visions written by Thomas Sowell and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2007-06-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Sowell’s “extraordinary” explication of the competing visions of human nature lie at the heart of our political conflicts (New York Times) Controversies in politics arise from many sources, but the conflicts that endure for generations or centuries show a remarkably consistent pattern. In this classic work, Thomas Sowell analyzes this pattern. He describes the two competing visions that shape our debates about the nature of reason, justice, equality, and power: the "constrained" vision, which sees human nature as unchanging and selfish, and the "unconstrained" vision, in which human nature is malleable and perfectible. A Conflict of Visions offers a convincing case that ethical and policy disputes circle around the disparity between both outlooks.

The Dionysian Vision of the World

Author : Friedrich Nietzsche
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1937561267
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book The Dionysian Vision of the World written by Friedrich Nietzsche and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the world knew of the thinker who “philosophizes with a hammer,” there was a young, passionate thinker who was captivated by the two forces found within Greek art: Dionysus and Apollo. In this essay, which was the forerunner to his groundbreaking book The Birth of Tragedy, The Dionysian Vision of the World provides an unparalleled look into the philosophical mind of one of Europe’s greatest and provocative intellects at the beginning of his philosophical interrogation on the subject of art. “While dreaming is the game man plays with reality as an individual, the visual artist (in the larger sense) plays a game with dreaming.” This is the Dionysian vision of the world.