2016, ISBN: 9780691028439

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2016. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. Smudge on rear jacket panel and on page ridge. 2016 Hard Cover. 486 pp. &quo… More...

New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2016. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Second printing. Smudge on rear jacket panel and on page ridge. 2016 Hard Cover. 486 pp. "We all sense it―something big is going on. You feel it in your workplace. You feel it when you talk to your kids. You can't miss it when you read the newspapers or watch the news. Our lives are being transformed in so many realms all at once―and it is dizzying. In Thank You for Being Late, a work unlike anything he has attempted before, Thomas L. Friedman exposes the tectonic movements that are reshaping the world today and explains how to get the most out of them and cushion their worst impacts. You will never look at the world the same way again after you read this book: how you understand the news, the work you do, the education your kids need, the investments your employer has to make, and the moral and geopolitical choices our country has to navigate will all be refashioned by Friedman's original analysis. Friedman begins by taking us into his own way of looking at the world―how he writes a column. After a quick tutorial, he proceeds to write what could only be called a giant column about the twenty-first century. His thesis: to understand the twenty-first century, you need to understand that the planet's three largest forces―Moore's law (technology), the Market (globalization), and Mother Nature (climate change and biodiversity loss)―are accelerating all at once. These accelerations are transforming five key realms: the workplace, politics, geopolitics, ethics, and community. Why is this happening? As Friedman shows, the exponential increase in computing power defined by Moore's law has a lot to do with it. The year 2007 was a major inflection point: the release of the iPhone, together with advances in silicon chips, software, storage, sensors, and networking, created a new technology platform. Friedman calls this platform “the supernova”―for it is an extraordinary release of energy that is reshaping everything from how we hail a taxi to the fate of nations to our most intimate relationships. It is creating vast new opportunities for individuals and small groups to save the world―or to destroy it. Thank You for Being Late is a work of contemporary history that serves as a field manual for how to write and think about this era of accelerations. It's also an argument for “being late”―for pausing to appreciate this amazing historical epoch we're passing through and to reflect on its possibilities and dangers. To amplify this point, Friedman revisits his Minnesota hometown in his moving concluding chapters; there, he explores how communities can create a “topsoil of trust” to anchor their increasingly diverse and digital populations. With his trademark vitality, wit, and optimism, Friedman shows that we can overcome the multiple stresses of an age of accelerations―if we slow down, if we dare to be late and use the time to reimagine work, politics, and community. Thank You for Being Late is Friedman's most ambitious book―and an essential guide to the present and the future., Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2016, 4, New York: Doubleday, 2008. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Second printing. Jacket spine base bumped. Bottom edge of rear board bumped. 2008 Hard Cover. viii, 244 pp. "In a provocative challenge to Republican conventional wisdom, two of the Right's rising young thinkers call upon the GOP to focus on the interests and needs of working-class voters. Grand New Party lays bare the failures of the conservative revolution and presents a detailed blueprint for building the next Republican majority. Blending history, analysis, and fresh, often controversial recommendations, Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam argue that it is time to move beyond the Reagan legacy and the mind-set of the current Republican power structure. In a concise examination of recent political trends, the authors show that the Democrats' cultural liberalism makes their party inherently hostile to the interests and values of the working class. But on a host of issues, today's Republican Party lacks a message that speaks to their economic aspirations. Grand New Party offers a new direction—a conservative vision of a limited-but-active government that tackles the threats to working-class prosperity and to the broader American Dream. With specific proposals covering such hot-button topics as immigration, health care, and taxes, Grand New Party will shake up the Right, challenge the Left, and force both sides to confront and adapt to the changing political landscape., Doubleday, 2008, 3, US: Princeton University Press, 1990. Good. An eminent anthropologist examines the foundings of the first celibate Budd hist monasteries development that was a major departure from "folk" or "pop ular" Buddhism. Sherry Ortner is the first to integrate social scientific a nd historical modes of analysis in a study of the Sherpa monasteries and on e of the very few to attempt such an account for Buddhist monasteries anywh ere. Combining ethnographic and oral-historical methods, she scrutinizes th e interplay of political and cultural factors in the events culminating in the foundings. Her work constitutes a major advance both in our knowledge o f Sherpa Buddhism and in the integration of anthropological and historical modes of analysis. At the theoretical level, the book contributes to an emerging theory of "practice," an explanation of the relationship between human intentions and actions on the one hand, and the structures of society and culture that emerge from and feed back upon those intentions and actions on the other. It will appeal not only to the increasing number of anthropologists working on similar problems but also to historians anxious to discover what anthropology has to offer to historical analysis. In addition, it will be essential reading for those interested in Nepal, Tibet, the Sherpa, or Buddhism in general., Princeton University Press, 1990, 2.5<

2015, ISBN: 9780691028439

UsedGood. Cover shows a little wear, but the book is in good condition. May show some writing or highlighting. Ships fast! Same or next business day! Thanks for supporting a small family… More...

UsedGood. Cover shows a little wear, but the book is in good condition. May show some writing or highlighting. Ships fast! Same or next business day! Thanks for supporting a small family business on the Amazon website! Satisfaction guaranteed!, 0, Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., 2.5, ISBN#: 5938931622 (9785938931626)Text is in FrenchSaint Isaac's Cathedral in Saint Petersburg, Russia is the largest Russian Orthodox cathedral (sobor) in the city. It is the largest orthodox basilica and the fourth largest (by the volume under the cupola) cathedral in the world. It is dedicated to Saint Isaac of Dalmatia, a patron saint of Peter the Great, who had been born on the feast day of that saint.The church on St Isaac's Square was ordered by Tsar Alexander I, to replace an earlier Rinaldiesque structure, and was the fourth consecutive church standing at this place. A specially appointed commission examined several designs, including that of the French-born architect Auguste de Montferrand (17861858), who had studied in the atelier of Napoleon's designer, Charles Percier. Montferrand's design was criticised by some members of the commission for the dry and allegedly boring rhythm of its four identical pedimented octastyle porticos. It was also suggested that despite gigantic dimensions, the edifice would look squat and not very impressive. The members of the commission, which consisted of well-known Russian architects, were also particularly concerned by necessity to build a new huge building on the old unsecure foundation. The emperor, who favoured the ponderous Empire style of architecture, had to step in and solve the dispute in Montferrand's favour.The cathedral took 40 years to construct, under Montferrand's direction, from 1818 to 1858. To secure the construction, the cathedral's foundation was strengthened by driving 25 000 piles into the fenland of Saint Petersburg. Innovative methods were created to erect the giant columns of the portico. The construction costs of the cathedral totalled an incredible sum of 1 000 000 gold rubles. Under the Soviet government, the building was stripped of religious trappings. In 1931, it was turned into the Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism, the dove sculpture was removed, and replaced by a Foucault pendulum. On April 12, 1931, the first public demonstration of the Foucault pendulum was held to visualize Copernicuss theory. In 1937, the museum was transformed into the museum of the Cathedral, and former collections were transferred to the Museum of the History of Religion (located in the Kazan Cathedral).During World War II, the dome was painted over in gray to avoid attracting attention from enemy aircraft. On its top, in the skylight, a geodesical intersection point was placed, to determine the positions of German artillery batteries.With the fall of communism, the museum was removed and regular worship activity has resumed in the cathedral, but only in the left-hand side chapel. The main body of the cathedral is used for services on feast days only.As of 2015, the church is still a museum., 4, Oxford University Press, USA, 1999. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed., Oxford University Press, USA, 1999, 3, US: Princeton University Press, 1990. Paperback. Good. An eminent anthropologist examines the foundings of the first celibate Budd hist monasteries development that was a major departure from "folk" or "pop ular" Buddhism. Sherry Ortner is the first to integrate social scientific a nd historical modes of analysis in a study of the Sherpa monasteries and on e of the very few to attempt such an account for Buddhist monasteries anywh ere. Combining ethnographic and oral-historical methods, she scrutinizes th e interplay of political and cultural factors in the events culminating in the foundings. Her work constitutes a major advance both in our knowledge o f Sherpa Buddhism and in the integration of anthropological and historical modes of analysis. At the theoretical level, the book contributes to an emerging theory of "practice," an explanation of the relationship between human intentions and actions on the one hand, and the structures of society and culture that emerge from and feed back upon those intentions and actions on the other. It will appeal not only to the increasing number of anthropologists working on similar problems but also to historians anxious to discover what anthropology has to offer to historical analysis. In addition, it will be essential reading for those interested in Nepal, Tibet, the Sherpa, or Buddhism in general., Princeton University Press, 1990, 2.5<

2010, ISBN: 9780691028439

Hardcover

Istanbul: Fecr Yayinlari, 2010. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In English. 96 p. First section of the book focuses on the self and re… More...

Istanbul: Fecr Yayinlari, 2010. Soft cover. New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Paperback. Pbo. Demy 8vo. (21 x 14 cm). In English. 96 p. First section of the book focuses on the self and related concepts as a Sufi phrases. This study is a comparative analysis between Islam tradition and Western psychology on this issue. We selected this subject for this reason, to make a good comparison between the Qur'anic verses and scientific knowledge. Because, in the Qur'an explaining that the truth of Self does not run counter to the evidence of science at all, this shows us that Qur'an can be a guide to science and enlighten pioneer scientists about the recognition of Nafs and its mysteries. The second part of the book focuses on the effect of faith and Islamic virtues on the inner peace of the believers and by this way to show the majesty of Islamic faith and rituals in the spiritual happiness of man. Believing, worshipping and spending in charity are the core of Islam as well as the basis of spiritual presence. In the Holy Qur'an, it is explained that man who realises those three elements are those who believe and behave conscientiously. For this reason, in the Qur'an world when Islamic virtues and rituals are carried out, the spiritual context of soul calms down and gets peace. Faith gives internal presence to man, and worshipping gets man closer to the divine existence and giving in charity leads to harmony between man and environment and makes him follow the co-operative law of the cosmos., Fecr Yayinlari, 2010, 6, Ballantine Books, 1987. Book. White pages, firm binding. Hardcover. Pages clean, unmarked.., Ballantine Books, 1987, 0, US: Princeton University Press, 1990. Paperback. Good. An eminent anthropologist examines the foundings of the first celibate Budd hist monasteries development that was a major departure from "folk" or "pop ular" Buddhism. Sherry Ortner is the first to integrate social scientific a nd historical modes of analysis in a study of the Sherpa monasteries and on e of the very few to attempt such an account for Buddhist monasteries anywh ere. Combining ethnographic and oral-historical methods, she scrutinizes th e interplay of political and cultural factors in the events culminating in the foundings. Her work constitutes a major advance both in our knowledge o f Sherpa Buddhism and in the integration of anthropological and historical modes of analysis. At the theoretical level, the book contributes to an emerging theory of "practice," an explanation of the relationship between human intentions and actions on the one hand, and the structures of society and culture that emerge from and feed back upon those intentions and actions on the other. It will appeal not only to the increasing number of anthropologists working on similar problems but also to historians anxious to discover what anthropology has to offer to historical analysis. In addition, it will be essential reading for those interested in Nepal, Tibet, the Sherpa, or Buddhism in general., Princeton University Press, 1990, 2.5<

2012, ISBN: 9780691028439

Hardcover

Duke University Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Duke … More...

Duke University Press. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages., Duke University Press, 2.5, ESTADO: BUENO. Libro en buen estado con señales de uso., 0, Paperback. ESTADO: BUENO. Libro en buen estado con marcas de uso., 0, Skyhorse, 2012-06-05. Hardcover. New. 9x6x0. ~ New Inside and Out! Clean & Crisp Pages. (E-mail for more info./pics), Skyhorse, 2012-06-05, 6, 2003., 2003, 0, Hardcover. Good. Traducción de Ana M.ª de la Fuente. Barcelona. Edit. Círculo de Lectores. Imp. Printer. 1996. 21x12 cm. 167 págs. 2 h. índice. Cartoné edit. camisa., 2.5, Paperback. ESTADO: BUENO. Libro en buen estado con marcas de uso., 0, Princeton University Press, 9/1/1989 12:00:01 AM. paperback. Acceptable. 0.6000 in x 9.0000 in x 6.2000 in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket., Princeton University Press, 9/1/1989 12:00:01 AM, 2.5<