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Oh no, not another self-help book But wait, USC alumnus and
celebrity life coach Paul Edward dubs his new work, Moving Forward:
Turning Good Intentions Into Great Results by Discovering Yourself,
Your Place, and Your Path, an "others-help" book and insists that
one of the keys to moving forward in life is connecting with the
right people. In the first volume of his new Life-Changing Coaching
Series, Edward shares the five strategies he uses to help his
influential clients solve problems, make better decisions, achieve
goals, and get connected. Drawing on his rich experiences as a US
Marine Corps officer, corporate executive, and professional life
coach, Edward's book leads the reader on a journey that begins with
self-discovery and culminates in the development and implementation
of a plan for real change and personal growth. Moving Forward does
not just offer theory, but it tackles some of life's thornier
practical issues, like how to successfully deal with challenging
friends and family members, how to increase job satisfaction, and
how to make more time for the people and activities you love.
Moving Forward is a guide for those who find themselves stuck in
some area of their lives. Its pages brim with help and hope for
anyone willing to follow the roadmap that Edward lays out for them.
Paul Edwards is a beautiful writer. He can express the moods and
emotions of a day as well as anyone. And his love for the game -
and those involved in it - pours off every page of this book. But
because he has interests far beyond the boundary - in politics and
people, in music and history - he is as likely to quote Mott the
Hoople as Herman Melville; as likely to cite the repeal of the corn
laws as regulations regarding Kolpak registrations. His work is all
the richer and more satisfying for it. He knows that not everything
that counts can be counted. He knows you can't define love or
loyalty or a million things in between. So he tells us how a day's
play feels. He tells us about the people and places. He tells us
why it matters but knows it doesn't matter too much.
This title was first published in 2000. Founded in 1914 by Wyndham
Lewis and christened by Ezra Pound, the Vorticism movement was a
sustained act of aggression against the moribund Victorianism seen
as stifling to artistic energies. Inspired by the example of
F.T.Marinetti and the Futurists, the Vorticists were nevertheless
harshly critical of the Futurists' naive enthusiasm for modernity.
They created their own style of geometric abstraction to celebrate
the new consciousness of humanity in a mechanized urban
environment. But their splintered and discordant style also
measured the cost of the psychic disruption that modernity caused.
This illustrated guide to the movement covers topics including
sculpture, painting, literary Vorticism, women in Vorticism and
Vorticist aesthetics.
How does the politics of working life shape modern organizations?
Is our desire for meaningful, secure work increasingly at odds with
corporate behaviour in a globalized economy? Does the rise of
performance management culture represent an intensification of
work, or create opportunities for the freewheeling individual
career? This timely and engaging book, by leading authorities in
the field, adopts the standpoint of the 'questioning observer'. It
is for those who need an informed account of work that is
accessible without being superficial. The book is unique in its
multi-dimensional approach, weaving together analysis of individual
work experience, political processes in organizations, and the
wider context of the social structuring of markets. The book
identifies central questions about working experience and answers
them in a direct and lively manner. It has a strong analytical
foundation based on a political economy framework, giving
particular weight to the contradictory character of organizations.
These contradictions turn on the competing demands placed on
organizations and the different political projects of groups within
them. This perspective integrates the chapters, and permits
numerous scholarly debates to be addressed - including those on
identity projects, gender and work, power and participation,
escalation in decision-making, and the meaning of corporate social
responsibility. This book is suitable for undergraduate and
graduate classes in Organizational Behaviour, Business Strategy and
the Sociology of Work and Employment. It will also appeal to the
general reader interested in grappling with the complexity of the
changing environment of work.
This title was first published in 2000. Founded in 1914 by Wyndham
Lewis and christened by Ezra Pound, the Vorticism movement was a
sustained act of aggression against the moribund Victorianism seen
as stifling to artistic energies. Inspired by the example of
F.T.Marinetti and the Futurists, the Vorticists were nevertheless
harshly critical of the Futurists' naive enthusiasm for modernity.
They created their own style of geometric abstraction to celebrate
the new consciousness of humanity in a mechanized urban
environment. But their splintered and discordant style also
measured the cost of the psychic disruption that modernity caused.
This illustrated guide to the movement covers topics including
sculpture, painting, literary Vorticism, women in Vorticism and
Vorticist aesthetics.
The implications of globalization for labour are more often
asserted than analyzed. This collection, and its companion volume
"Globalization and Patterns of Labour Resistance" edited by Jeremy
Waddington, seek to remedy this deficiency by presenting
contemporary research on the relationship between the globalization
of production and the regulation of labour. It considers the ways
in which national and supra-national regimes of labour regulation
are being actively reconstructed in the context of the
internationalization of production. The contributors analyze the
implications of changes in different national labour regimes for
relations between state, capital and labour, and for class and
gender segmentation, and discuss the scope and limits of recent
initiatives in the implementation of international labour
standards.
This volume in Religion and Public Life, a series on religion and
public affairs, provides a wide-ranging forum for differing views
on religious and ethical considerations. The contributions address
the decline of social capital-those patterns of behavior which are
conducive to self-governance and the spirit of self-reliance-and
its relation to the demise of the civic-humanist tradition in
American education. The unifying theme, is that classical studies
do not merely result in individual mastery over a particular
technique or body of knowledge, but also link the individual to the
polity and even to the whole of the cosmic order. At the same time,
American republicanism, in its exaltation of the common man from
the Jeffersonian agrarian soldier to the apotheosis of Lincoln
tempers the classical ideal into something less exalted, if more
democratic. The effects on the contemporary state of the liberal
arts curriculum are demonstrated in articles critical of the
market-model university. Two essays explore the historical and
philosophical significance of the discipline of rhetoric, that has
suffered under the hegemony of rationalistic philosophy. A
concluding contribution, invokes Giambattista Vico as an eloquent
defender of the humanities. Humanities and Civic Life includes:
"Rome, Florence, and Philadelphia: Using the History of the
Humanities to Renew Our Civic Life" by Robert E. Proctor; "The Dark
Fields of the Republic: The Persistence of Republican Thought in
American History" by David Brown; "Unleashing the Humanities" by
Robert Weisbuch; "Liberal Arts: Listening to Faculty" by Dennis
O'Brien; "Historical Consciousness in Antiquity" by Paul Gottfried;
"Taking the Measure of Relativism and the Civic Virtue of Rhetoric"
by Gabriel R. Ricci; "The River: A Vichian Dialogue on Humanistic
Education" by Randall E. Auxier.
Is there life after death or do we simply cease to exist? Renowned
scholar Paul Edwards has compiled Immortality, a superb group of
philosophical selections featuring the work of both classical and
contemporary authors who address the topics of immortality, soul
and body, transmigration, materialism, epiphenomenalism, physical
research and parapsychology, reincarnation, disembodied existence,
and much more.
In addition to a 70-page editorial introduction offering an
in-depth discussion of the forms which belief in immortality has
taken, this volume includes selections from Thomas Aquinas, A.J.
Ayer, Paul and Linda Badham, John Beloff, C.D. Broad, Joseph
Butler, Ren? Descartes, C.J. Ducasse, Paul Edwards, Hugh Elliot,
Antony Flew, John Foster, Peter Geach, John Hick, John Hospers,
David Hume, William James, Raynor Johnson, Immanuel Kant, John
Locke, Lucretius, Donald MacKay, John Stuart Mill, Derek Parfit,
Plato, H.H. Price, Joseph Priestley, Thomas Reid, Tertullian, Peter
van Inwagen, and Voltaire. Also included is a detailed annotated
bibliography.
Gottfried looks at Carl Schmitt as a critic of modern liberalism
and as a defender of the national state who examined carefully
Western historical and political traditions. Challenging the view
that Schmitt was a mere polemicist who set out to subvert "German
democracy," Gottfried's work argues instead, that Schmitt
criticized liberalism and democracy from a highly reflective
position that combined analytical depth with staggering erudition.
The book shows that almost all of Schmitt's critics try to deflect
the thrust of his observations by stressing his "unpleasant"
political associations and allegedly hidden motives. This new
source also provides a useful bibliography on secondary literature
dealing with Carl Schmitt's work. Gottfried's book is the most
comprehensive study to date that addresses the major criticisms
raised against Schmitt's understanding of politics. The book also
underscores a point made by George Schwab and other recent
biographers: that Schmitt made some of his strongest criticisms of
liberal democracy while still a defender of the Weimar Republic. An
excellent bibliographic resource, this book should appeal to anyone
interested in German politics and to specialists in political
theory and international relations.
A fresh and vital fusion of myth and legend, lively anecdote and poetry Written around AD 1200 by an unnamed Icelandic author, the Orkneyinga Saga is the only medieval chronicle to have Orkney as the central place of action, and from it we derive much of our knowledge of the Northern Isles and Caithness. The Saga describes the conquest of the islands by the kings of Norway during the Viking expansion of the ninth century and goes on to narrate the subsequent history of the Earldom of Orkney. Dominated by the great figures of the times – Sigurd the Powerful, St Magnus the Martyr and Hrolf, the conqueror of Normandy – the Saga is a powerful account of warfare and the struggle for supremacy. This modern translation captures the force of the Orkneyinga Saga, which retains a special significance for the people of Orkney, sharpening their awareness of their dual cultural heritage, both Norse and Scottish.
Micro Middle Ages brings together five microhistorical case
studies focusing on small or seemingly inconsequential evidence
that leads to broader conclusions about  medieval history and
the way we do and understand history in general. Paul Dutton
provides an overview of microhistorical approaches and theorizes
about its use in pre-modern history. As opposed to studying history
“from above” or history “from below,” Dutton shows the
advantages for historians of doing history “from the inside
out,” starting from some single, overlooked, but potentially
knowable thing, delving deep inside, and then reattaching it to its
time and place. Such an approach has one abiding advantage: its
insistence on being grounded in the particularity of the evidence.
The book highlights what the microhistorical is, its conceptual and
practical challenges. Dutton argues that the attention to the micro
has always been with us and is a constitutive, cognitive part of
who we are as human beings.
Examining the dynamics of hip-hop from every region and in every form—mainstream and underground, current and classic—this compelling how-to discusses everything from content and flow to rhythm and delivery in relation to the art and craft of rap.
Compiled from the most extensive research on rapping to date, this first-of-its-kind guide delivers countless candid and exclusive insights from more than 100 of the most critically acclaimed artists in hip-hop—including Clipse, Cypress Hill, Nelly, Public Enemy, Remy Ma, Schoolly D, A Tribe Called Quest, and will.i.am—unraveling the stories behind their art and preserving a wealth of the genre’s history through the words of the legends themselves.
Exhaustively detailing the many complex aspects of rapping—such as utilizing literary tools and devices to strengthen content, battling, imagery, similes, metaphors, analogies, slang, performing both live and in the studio, word play, controversial content and punchlines, and constructing beats, singles, and freestyling—with emphasis on enunciating and breathing for unique vocal style, this remarkable book will benefit beginners and pros alike with its limitless wealth of rapping lore and insight.
The Collected Works of Wyndham Lewis brings together for the first
time all of the published writings of Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), a
major contributor to literary modernism and one of the most
important British painters of the first half of the twentieth
century. This is the first comprehensive edition of Time and
Western Man, with explanatory notes, previously unpublished drafts,
a history of composition, and an account of its critical reception.
Originally published in 1927, Time and Western Man is one of
Lewis's most important books, and a pioneering work of cultural
criticism. It contains scathing criticism of his fellow modernist
writers, Ezra Pound, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein. The second
part of the book analyses and attacks the philosophy of 'Time',
focusing especially on Henri Bergson, A. N. Whitehead, Samuel
Alexander, and Oswald Spengler. Many of Lewis's most penetrating
arguments are in the drafts that are printed in this edition for
the first time.
A debut collection of flash fiction from one of the most prominent
young Canadian writers of this genre.
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