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Roger Mantis

Author : Tom Alan Brosz
Publisher : Month9Books, LLC.
ISBN 13 : 1946700312
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (467 download)

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Download or read book Roger Mantis written by Tom Alan Brosz and published by Month9Books, LLC.. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball is Roger McGillicutty's whole life. That is until he wakes one Saturday to find he is no longer a normal eleven-year-old boy. He's a five-foot-tall praying mantis. Roger has school on Monday, the carnival comes to town next week, and his baseball team is poised to play their biggest rival in one week. Being a giant bug will seriously cramp Roger's style!To Roger's surprise, his parents and friends are supportive. Even his dog isn't much spooked. But not everyone's thrilled about Roger's change. Some people are frightened and others would like nothing more than to squash him into the ground like the bug he is.And when Little League officials oust Roger from baseball, his world collapses.When a reporter from the city comes snooping around rumors of a man-sized baseball-playing praying mantis, Roger must choose between hiding his true self or being the hero he's always wanted to be.

The Legacy of the Stewardship

Author : N.R Bergeson
Publisher : Month9Books, LLC.
ISBN 13 : 1948671034
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book The Legacy of the Stewardship written by N.R Bergeson and published by Month9Books, LLC.. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several months after their unexpected adventure in the Amazon, Ike is not happy. He's tired of being picked on and treated like a baby. But when the kids learn that Anatoly has kidnapped a group of innocent children and is holding them ransom in the forests of Siberia, Ike knows he has to do something. But Anatoly is demanding a steep price &– that they hand over the globe.When Grandpa suffers a heart attack, Ike, Mary, and Helen know that if they don't do something to help, the other kids will be in danger. Reluctantly, they determine to use the globe once again. Only this time they leave better prepared. Or so they thought. When they arrive in Russia, they quickly learn that their problems are much bigger than just Anatoly. When a mysterious group of people appear using a second globe, Mary is kidnapped, and now it is up to Ike and Helen to cross the vast country and find her.

Locked Away (Book #2 in the Love and Madness series)

Author : Gabriella Murray
Publisher : Independent Books
ISBN 13 : 0976585553
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (765 download)

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Download or read book Locked Away (Book #2 in the Love and Madness series) written by Gabriella Murray and published by Independent Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A patient jumps out of her psychoanalyst’s window, crashes to the ground and dies. Was it suicide? Or did the psychoanalyst, at her wit’s end, push the patient to her death? Tria is a beautiful, successful psychoanalyst in the upper east side of Manhattan, an expert in mother daughter relationships, who often evaluates cases before trial. Yet nothing ever prepared her for her latest patient: Andromeda, a schizophrenic, 400 pound woman accused of murdering her mother. Andromeda hates all women, and the moment she arrives at Tria's office for evaluation, the war is on. As Andromeda’s Hannibal-esque mind games proceed, Tria becomes lost deeper in a maze of lies, deception and confusion. As she grapples with Andromeda and her insane demands, Tria begins to lose her grip on reality. Finally, she decides she must take drastic action to save both of them. Beautifully crafted, taut, riveting, A CONSPIRACY OF FRIENDSHIP brings us deeply into the subculture of psychoanalysts and their patients, showing that all is not as well as it seems. It’s a page-turning psychological thriller, set behind the mirrored glass and doormen buildings of New York city.

Chu Gar Gao

Author : Roger D. Hagood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780985724023
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Chu Gar Gao written by Roger D. Hagood and published by . This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare treatise of Hakka Chu Gar Southern Praying Mantis boxing that includes: Chu Gar Mantis history, boxing transmission, six Chu Gar areas, three kinds of Chu Gar in China; Chu Gar Mantis personal records - Sifu Chen Ching Hong, Sifu Yip Sui, Sifu Cheng Wan, Sifu Cheng Chiu, Sifu Dong Yat Long, Sifu Ma Jiuhua, Past Masters in Charge; Chu Gar applications - Single Bridge Tsai Sao, Double Bridge Dui Jong, Mang Dan Sao Dui Jong, Ying Sao Shadow Hand, Gow Choy Hammer Fist, Locking Hands, Bridge, Tan Sao, and Ginger Fist, Double Bridge Gwak Sao, Sticky Hand and Intercepting Hand Bao Zhang Palms; Chu Gar shadowboxing forms in pictorial - Som Bo Gin (Three Step Arrow) and Som Gin Yu Kiu (Three Arrows Shaking Bridge form); and more.

Hakka Mantis

Author : Roger D Hagood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780985724092
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book Hakka Mantis written by Roger D Hagood and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-30 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English language. USA Grandteacher Lam Sang's first and second generation disciples. Kwongsai Jook Lum Temple Southern Praying Mantis Kungfu. A PICTORIAL BOOK OF BOXING POSTURES AND MAXIMS IN THIS BOOK: China's Jook Lum Bamboo Forest Temples Boxing Transmission Lineage Intent -Warrior Spirit Rooting Centering Center and Sink Gin Foon Mark Sifu Body Posture Whole Body Power Forward Momentum 18 BUDDHA HANDS - DEFENSE Mor Shu: Grinding Gwak Shu: Sweeping Choc Shu: Opening Sai Shu: Roller Arm Sic Shu: Eating Hand Jik Shu: Slicing Hand Pak Sao: Palm Heel Lop Shu: Grabbing Gop Shu: Clasping 18 BUDDHA HANDS - OFFENSE Jek Shu: Phoenix Eye Bao Zhang: Palm Bil Jee: Fingers Ping Shu: Flicking Jung Shu: Uppercut Chop Shu: Poking Gow Choy: Fists Jang Shu: Elbows Han Shu: Forearm POSTURES AND MAXIMS CONTINUED Form & Function Physical Traits Body Weapons Centerline Theory Spring Power Feeling Hand Lik and Ging Power Dead & Live Power Footwork Hands Are Doors 1 Arm - 3 Hands Strike Until Red Mantis Tactics Sticky Hand Feeling Hand Bridging, Range, Distance Solo Training Paired Training Vital Point Training Hakka Maxim And More! Book Details: Hardcover Premium Full Color 130 pages 85+ Photographs English Language Library archive quality and more! The Bamboo Temple Chinese Benevolent Association presents this concise and essential book of boxing postures, maxims, and proverbs featuring the first and second generation disciples of the late USA Grandteacher Lam Sang. Study the maxims and proverbs for a complete understanding and ability in your Hakka boxing. Just stand in front of the mirror for 5 minutes and mold your shape into each of the elder's Mantis postures shown. One posture a day until you have trained them all exactly as you see the Sifu do them in this book, will improve your Mantis immensely. This is a rare Southern Mantis Kungfu treatise. Get your copy today. Add this genuine Southern Mantis Kungfu treasure to your library now!

Concentrationary Memories

Author : Griselda Pollock
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178672443X
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Concentrationary Memories written by Griselda Pollock and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1945, French political prisoners returning from the concentration camps of Germany coined the phrase 'the concentrationary universe' to describe the camps as a terrible political experiment in the destruction of the human. This book shows how the unacknowledged legacy of a totalitarian mentality has seeped into the deepest recesses of everyday popular culture. It asks if the concentrationary now infests our cultural imaginary, normalizing what was once considered horrific and exceptional by transforming into entertainment violations of human life.

Animals as Religious Subjects

Author : Celia Deane-Drummond
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567015645
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Animals as Religious Subjects written by Celia Deane-Drummond and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines one of the most pressing cultural concerns that surfaced in the last decade - the question of the place and significance of the animal. This collection of essays represents the outcome of various conversations regarding the animal studies and shows multidisciplinarity at its very best, namely, a rigorous approach within one discipline in conversation with others around a common theme. The contributors discuss the most relevant disciplines regarding this conversation, namely: philosophy, anthropology, religious studies, theology, history of religions, archaeology and cultural studies. The first section, Thinking about Animals, explores philosophical, anthropological and religious perspectives, raising general questions about the human perception of animals and its crucial cultural significance. The second section explores the intriguing topic of the way animals have been used historically as religious symbols and in religious rituals. The third section re-examines some Christian theological and biblical approaches to animals in the light of current concerns. The final section extends the implications of traditional views about other animals to more specific ethical theories and practices.

Gide's Bent

Author : Michael Lucey
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195080866
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Gide's Bent written by Michael Lucey and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the place of sexuality in the writings of Andre Gide. Focusing on his writing of the 1920s and 1930s, the years in which Gide wrote most openly about his homosexuality, and also the years of his most notable left-wing political activity, the work interrogates both the political content of his reflections on his homosexuality and the ways in which his sexuality inflected his political interests.

Bushmen in a Victorian World

Author : Andrew Bank
Publisher : Juta and Company Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9781770130913
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Bushmen in a Victorian World written by Andrew Bank and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 2006 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wilhelm Bleek was fascinated by African languages and set out to make sense of a complex and alien Bushman tongue. At first Lucy Lloyd worked as his assistant, but soon proved to be so gifted a linguist and empathetic a listener that she created a monumental record of Bushman culture. Their informants were a colorful cast. The teenager, /A!kunta, taught Bleek and Lloyd their first Bushman words and sentences. The wise old man and masterful storyteller, //Kabbo, opened their eyes to a richly imaginative world of myth and legend. The young man, Dia!kwain, explained traditional beliefs about sorcery, while his friend #Kasin spoke of Bushman medicines and poisons. The treasures of Bushman culture were most fully revealed in conversations with a middle-aged man known as /Han=kass'o, who told of dances, songs and the meaning of images on rocks. The human histories and relationships involved in this unique collaboration across cultures are explored in full for the first time in this remarkable narrative.

Gemina

Author : Amie Kaufman
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0553499173
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book Gemina written by Amie Kaufman and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller Brace yourself for GEMINA—the highly anticipated sequel to the book critics called “out-of-this-world awesome”—featuring journal illustrations by bestselling author Marie Lu! Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna’s social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed. The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault. Hanna is the station captain’s pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy's most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion. When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station's wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. Soon Hanna and Nik aren’t just fighting for their own survival; the fate of everyone on the Hypatia—and possibly the known universe—is in their hands. But relax. They've totally got this. They hope. Once again told through a compelling dossier of emails, IMs, classified files, transcripts, and schematics, Gemina raises the stakes of the Illuminae Files, hurling readers into an enthralling new story that will leave them breathless. Praise for Illuminae: A New York Times Bestseller A PW Bestseller “Out-of-this-world awesome.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred “Stylistically mesmerizing.” —Publishers Weekly, Starred “An arresting visual experience.” —Booklist, Starred “A game-changer.” —Shelf Awareness, Starred

Revision of the Neotropical bark mantis genus Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 (Insecta, Mantodea, Liturgusini)

Author : Gavin J. Svenson
Publisher : PenSoft Publishers LTD
ISBN 13 : 9546427225
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (464 download)

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Download or read book Revision of the Neotropical bark mantis genus Liturgusa Saussure, 1869 (Insecta, Mantodea, Liturgusini) written by Gavin J. Svenson and published by PenSoft Publishers LTD. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Neotropical praying mantises of the genus Liturgusa (Saussure) are comprehensively treated after receiving little or no taxonomic attention after their original descriptions. All species are strictly associated with tree bark habitats and appear flattened and highly camouflage while also being adept runners that will actively hide by fleeing to the opposite side of a tree trunk if disturbed; some species have even been observed fluttering to the forest floor and playing dead. This work includes redescriptions of the genus and all previously described species, descriptions of three new genera and 19 new species, identification of four new synonyms, complete bibliographies for each species, a key to identify males and females, locality data for all examined specimens, measurement ranges for all species, diagnostic illustrations, and high resolution images of types and representative specimens. This work triples the known diversity of Neotropical bark mantises and documents their natural history as well as geographic distribution, which includes central Mexico south to Bolivia and east to southern Brazil.

Seeing Animals after Derrida

Author : Sarah Bezan
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498540600
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Seeing Animals after Derrida written by Sarah Bezan and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume charts a new course in animal studies that re-examines Jacques Derrida's enduring thought on the visualization of the animal in his seminal Cerisy Conference from 1997, The Animal That Therefore I Am. Building new proximities with the animal in and through - and at times in spite of - the visual apparatus, Seeing Animals after Derrida investigates how the recent turn in animal studies toward new materialism, speculative realism, and object-oriented ontology prompts a renewed engagement with Derrida's animal philosophy. In taking up the matter of Derrida's treatment of animality for the current epoch, the contributors to this book each present a case for new philosophical approaches and aesthetic paradigms that challenge the ocularcentrism of Western culture.

The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects

Author : Peter C. Barnard
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444332562
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects written by Peter C. Barnard and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Royal Entomological Society (RES) and Wiley-Blackwell are proud to present this landmark publication, celebrating the wonderful diversity of the insects of the British Isles, and the work of the RES (founded 1833). This book is the only modern systematic account of all 558 families of British insects, covering not just the large and familiar groups that are included in popular books, but even the smallest and least known. It is beautifully illustrated throughout in full colour with photographs by experienced wildlife photographers to show the range of diversity, both morphological and behavioural, among the 24,000 species. All of the 6,000 genera of British insects are listed and indexed, along with all the family names and higher groups. There is a summary of the classification, biology and economic importance of each family together with further references for detailed identification. All species currently subject to legal protection in the United Kingdom are also listed. The Royal Entomological Society is one of the oldest and most prestigious of its kind in the world. It is the leading organisation for professional entomologists and its main aim has always been the promotion of knowledge about insects. The RES began its famous Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects in 1949, and new works in that series continue to be published. The Royal Entomological Society Book of British Insects has been produced to demonstrate the on-going commitment of the RES to educate and encourage each generation to study these fascinating creatures. This is a key reference work for serious students of entomology and amateur entomologists, as well as for professionals who need a comprehensive source of information about the insect groups of the British Isles they may be less familiar with.

Surrealism at Play

Author : Susan Laxton
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 147800343X
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Surrealism at Play written by Susan Laxton and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-14 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Surrealism at Play Susan Laxton writes a new history of surrealism in which she traces the centrality of play to the movement and its ongoing legacy. For surrealist artists, play took a consistent role in their aesthetic as they worked in, with, and against a post-World War I world increasingly dominated by technology and functionalism. Whether through exquisite-corpse drawings, Man Ray’s rayographs, or Joan Miró’s visual puns, surrealists became adept at developing techniques and processes designed to guarantee aleatory outcomes. In embracing chance as the means to produce unforeseeable ends, they shifted emphasis from final product to process, challenging the disciplinary structures of industrial modernism. As Laxton demonstrates, play became a primary method through which surrealism refashioned artistic practice, everyday experience, and the nature of subjectivity.

Like Stars in Heaven

Author : Eric Thomson
Publisher : Sanddiver Books Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0994820062
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (948 download)

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Download or read book Like Stars in Heaven written by Eric Thomson and published by Sanddiver Books Inc.. This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One last mission. One mysterious passenger. One baffling destination. After centuries of travel, an ancient log buoy finally reaches human-controlled space. In the midst of a stalemated interstellar war, the Admiralty has little interest in wasting resources on what would likely be a fruitless search for the truth, but someone was able to convince them they could afford to send an old, obsolete frigate soon destined for the scrapyard, on this quest. Pulled from her patrol route, Siobhan Dunmoore is ordered to take an envoy aboard Stingray and sail into a poorly charted and virtually unexplored region of the galaxy hidden behind interstellar dust clouds. Along the way, she'll come to the attention of an old enemy, now also relegated to the fringes of the war, turning a voyage of discovery into a race against time and against each other. Though her troubles quickly multiply, Dunmoore has faced worse odds. She's determined to bring Stingray home with its honor intact, and few are brave enough to bet against her, not even their old Shrehari foes. Keyword Tags: Siobhan Dunmoore, sci-fi, science fiction, military science fiction, war, strong female character, space opera, science fiction action adventure, alien invasion, starfleet, space fleet, sci-fi adventure, military sci-fi, Eric Thomson, science fiction series, interstellar war, galactic war, space pirates, mercenaries, time travel, wormholes, distopia

Photo-Attractions

Author : Ajay Sinha
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
ISBN 13 : 1978830505
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (788 download)

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Download or read book Photo-Attractions written by Ajay Sinha and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2022-11-11 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Spring 1938, an Indian dancer named Ram Gopal and an American writer-photographer named Carl Van Vechten came together for a photoshoot in New York City. Ram Gopal was a pioneer of classical Indian dance and Van Vechten was reputed as a prominent white patron of the African-American movement called the Harlem Renaissance. Photo-Attractions describes the interpersonal desires and expectations of the two men that took shape when the dancer took pose in exotic costumes in front of Van Vechten’s Leica camera. The spectacular images provide a rare and compelling record of an underrepresented history of transcultural exchanges during the interwar years of early-20th century, made briefly visible through photography. Art historian Ajay Sinha uses these hitherto unpublished photographs and archival research to raise provocative and important questions about photographic technology, colonial histories, race, sexuality and transcultural desires. Challenging the assumption that Gopal was merely objectified by Van Vechten’s Orientalist gaze, he explores the ways in which the Indian dancer co-authored the photos. In Sinha’s reading, Van Vechten’s New York studio becomes a promiscuous contact zone between world cultures, where a “photo-erotic” triangle is formed between the American photographer, Indian dancer, and German camera. A groundbreaking study of global modernity, Photo-Attractions brings scholarship on American photography, literature, race and sexual economies into conversation with work on South Asian visual culture, dance, and gender. In these remarkable historical documents, it locates the pleasure taken in cultural difference that still resonates today.

Concepts of the World

Author : Effie Rentzou
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810145081
Total Pages : 493 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Concepts of the World written by Effie Rentzou and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2022-09-15 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did the avant-garde imagine its interconnected world? And how does this legacy affect our understanding of the global today? The writers and artists of the French avant-garde aspired to reach a global audience that would be wholly transformed by their work. In this study, Effie Rentzou delves deep into their depictions of the interwar world as an international and modern landscape, one marked by a varied cosmopolitanism. The avant-garde’s conceptualization of the world paralleled, rejected, or expanded prevailing notions of the global sphere. The historical avant garde—which encompassed movements like futurism, Dada, and surrealism—was self-consciously international, operating across global networks and developed with the whole world as its horizon and its public. In the heady period between the end of the Belle Époque and the tumult of World War II, both individual artists (including Guillaume Apollinaire, Blaise Cendrars, Francis Picabia, Louis Aragon, Leonora Carrington, and Nicolas Calas) and collective endeavors (such as surrealist magazines and exhibitions) grappled with contemporary anxieties about economic growth, imperialism, and colonialism, as well as various universalist, cosmopolitan, and internationalist visions. By probing these works, Concepts of the World offers an alternative narrative of globalization, one that integrates the avant-garde’s enthusiasm for, as well as resistance to, the process. Rentzou identifies within the avant-garde a powerful political language that expressed the ambivalence of living and creating in an increasingly globalized world—a language that profoundly shaped the way the world has been conceptualized and is experienced today.