Tales From An Uncertain World
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Tales From An Uncertain World
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Author : L. S. Gardiner
language : en
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Release Date : 2018-03-15
Tales From An Uncertain World written by L. S. Gardiner and has been published by University of Iowa Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-15 with Nature categories.
So far, humanity hasn’t done very well in addressing the ongoing climate catastrophe. Veteran science educator L. S. Gardiner believes we can learn to do better by understanding how we’ve dealt with other types of environmental risks in the past and why we are dragging our feet in addressing this most urgent emergency. Weaving scientific facts and research together with humor and emotion, Gardiner explores human responses to erosion, earthquakes, fires, invasive species, marine degradation, volcanic eruptions, and floods in order to illuminate why we find it so challenging to deal with climate change. Insight emerges from unexpected places—a mermaid exhibit, a Magic 8 Ball, and midcentury cartoons about a future that never came to be. Instead of focusing on the economics and geopolitics of the debate over climate change, this book brings large-scale disaster to a human scale, emphasizing the role of the individual. We humans do have the capacity to deal with disasters. When we face threatening changes, we don’t just stand there pretending it isn’t so, we do something. But because we’re human, our responses aren’t always the right ones the first time—yet we can learn to do better. This book is essential reading for all who want to know how we can draw on our strengths to survive the climate catastrophe and forge a new relationship with nature.
Boccaccio Chaucer And Stories For An Uncertain World
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Author : Robert W. Hanning
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2022-01-06
Boccaccio Chaucer And Stories For An Uncertain World written by Robert W. Hanning and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-06 with Literary Criticism categories.
A comparative study of Boccaccio's Decameron and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales that explores the differences and similarities between the worlds that are portrayed by each text, with a focus on the strategies and limits of personal agency, and the significance and social dynamics of story-telling.
Boccaccio Chaucer And Stories For An Uncertain World
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Author : Robert W. Hanning
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Boccaccio Chaucer And Stories For An Uncertain World written by Robert W. Hanning and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Agent (Philosophy) in literature categories.
A comparative study of Boccaccio's Decameron and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales that explores the differences and similarities between the worlds that are portrayed by each text, with a focus on the strategies and limits of personal agency, and the significance and social dynamics of story-telling.
In An Uncertain World
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Author : Robert E. Rubin
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2003-11-18
In An Uncertain World written by Robert E. Rubin and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-18 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Robert Rubin was sworn in as the seventieth U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in January 1995 in a brisk ceremony attended only by his wife and a few colleagues. As soon as the ceremony was over, he began an emergency meeting with President Bill Clinton on the financial crisis in Mexico. This was not only a harbinger of things to come during what would prove to be a rocky period in the global economy; it also captured the essence of Rubin himself--short on formality, quick to get into the nitty-gritty. From his early years in the storied arbitrage department at Goldman Sachs to his current position as chairman of the executive committee of Citigroup, Robert Rubin has been a major figure at the center of the American financial system. He was a key player in the longest economic expansion in U.S. history. With In an Uncertain World, Rubin offers a shrewd, keen analysis of some of the most important events in recent American history and presents a clear, consistent approach to thinking about markets and dealing with the new risks of the global economy. Rubin's fundamental philosophy is that nothing is provably certain. Probabilistic thinking has guided his career in both business and government. We see that discipline at work in meetings with President Clinton and Hillary Clinton, Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, Alan Greenspan, Lawrence Summers, Newt Gingrich, Sanford Weill, and the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan. We see Rubin apply it time and again while facing financial crises in Asia, Russia, and Brazil; the federal government shutdown; the rise and fall of the stock market; the challenges of the post-September 11 world; the ongoing struggle over fiscal policy; and many other momentous economic and political events. With a compelling and candid voice and a sharp eye for detail, Rubin portrays the daily life of the White House-confronting matters both mighty and mundane--as astutely as he examines the challenges that lie ahead for the nation. Part political memoir, part prescriptive economic analysis, and part personal look at business problems, In an Uncertain World is a deep examination of Washington and Wall Street by a figure who for three decades has been at the center of both worlds.
The Uncertain Places
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Author : Lisa Goldstein
language : en
Publisher: Tachyon Publications
Release Date : 2011-06-15
The Uncertain Places written by Lisa Goldstein and has been published by Tachyon Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-15 with Fiction categories.
2012 Mythopoeic Award Winner In this long-awaited new novel from American Book Award winner Lisa Goldstein, an ages-old family secret breaches the boundaries between reality and magic, revealing the places between them. When Berkeley student Will Taylor is introduced by his best friend, Ben, to the mysterious Feierabend sisters, Will quickly falls for enigmatic Livvy, a chemistry major and accomplished chef. But Livvy’s family—vivacious actress Maddie, family historian Rose, and their mother, absent-minded Sylvia—are behaving strangely. The Feierabend women believe that luck is their handmaiden, and so it is, almost as though they are living in a fairy tale. But the price for such gifts is extremely high. Will and Ben will unravel the riddle of a supernatural bargain, hoping to save Livvy from what appears to be an inescapable fate.
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Author : Jerome Mandel
language : en
Publisher: Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Release Date : 1992
Geoffrey Chaucer written by Jerome Mandel and has been published by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Literary Collections categories.
The same artistic techniques of contrast, cross-referencing, and leitmotif which unify the individual tales, he used to unify the multitale fragments and to ensure the coherence of the whole project. Even when they do not share the same tone, point of view, narrator, or genre, the tales within each fragment belong together because they share the same themes and types of characters and, perhaps most indicative of Chaucer's ideas of order, they share the same structure. These parallels, which pervade every fragment of the Canterbury Tales, insist that certain tales, and no others, be joined to form a coherent aesthetic unit. Therefore, each fragment, regardless of its intended position in a overall scheme which Chaucer never completed, is a coherent work of art. By examining the methods Chaucer used to link the tales into clearly defined and coherent fragments, Professor Mandel shows how Chaucer designed and built the tales to fit together with mutual coherence.
Reframing Common Discourse
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Author : Bryant Griffith
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2010-01-01
Reframing Common Discourse written by Bryant Griffith and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Education categories.
We live immersed in what appears to be a paradox between coherence and complexity. It is the gap between the modern presuppositions we largely live by and the emerging presuppositions we are testing which makes this seem chaotic. It is the pull of the individual and the collective and their multi-layered discourses.
Cultural Narration
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Author : Bryant Griffith
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008-01-01
Cultural Narration written by Bryant Griffith and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-01 with Education categories.
Education is a dance of complexity and struggle. Unfortunately, our educational system is tied to the observable and the verifiable, not the randomness of human beings and their diverse forms of expression. The reality of the contemporary classroom is a context of multifaceted diversity, with each classroom reflecting unique combinations of ideology, culture, and language, played out in numerous forms and permutations of multi-textual discourses.
Tales From The Uncertain Country
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Author : Jacques Ferron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Tales From The Uncertain Country written by Jacques Ferron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Canada categories.
Why The World Doesn T End
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Author : Michael Meade
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-10-30
Why The World Doesn T End written by Michael Meade and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-30 with Civilization, Modern categories.
While offering an in-depth treatise on the psychology and mythology of the end of an era, Michael Meade offers timeless stories and ancient wisdom that can help each of us find creative ways of assisting with the soulful renewal of the world.