This unique concise text offers an engaging introduction to philosophy through original fiction written by the author (which helps students easily approach the philosophical topics), detailed discussions of the philosophical topics, and, in the fourth edition, a new multimedia CD-ROM that helps students gain mastery of philosophical concepts in an interactive environment. The CD-ROM is packaged free with every new copy of the text!

Philosophy: An Introduction Through Original Fiction, Discussion, with Philosophy PowerWeb Bind-In Card and a Multi-Media CD-ROM

Politics & Social Sciences

Davis,Thomas

Philosophy

McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

John Calvin's American Legacy

Though his influence on American society has often been forgotten or misunderstood, John Calvin played a formative role in the traditions of almost every sector of American life. This wide-ranging study, comprising twelve essays, shows for the first time the extraordinary extent to which Calvinist thoughts and practices are woven into the fabric of American society, theology, and letters, from the colonial period to the twenty-first century.John Calvin's American Legacy examines the economics of the Colonial period, Calvin's effect on American identity, and the evidence for Calvin's influence on American democracy. The book next addresses Calvin's critical role in American theology, inspecting the relationship between Jonathan Edwards's and Calvin's church practices, the diverse views on the Calvinist theological tradition in the nineteenth century, the ways in which Calvin was understood in the historiography of Williston Walker and Perry Miller, and Calvin's influence on twentieth-century theologies. Finally, the book explores Calvinism's influence on American literature, examining the work of such writers as Samson Occom, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Max Weber, Mark Twain, John Updike, and Marilynne Robinson. This important book is the first to introduces readers to the breadth and depth of Calvin's influence along the spectrum of American thought and society, from the 18th century to modern times.

History

World

Oxford University Press

In 1935, the English writer Stephen Spender wrote that the historical pressures of his era should "turn the reader's and writer's attention outwards from himself to the world." Combining historical, formalist, and archival approaches, Thomas S. Davis examines late modernism's decisive turn toward everyday life, locating in the heightened scrutiny of details, textures, and experiences an intimate attempt to conceptualize geopolitical disorder. The Extinct Scene reads a range of mid-century texts, films, and phenomena that reflect the decline of the British Empire and seismic shifts in the global political order. Davis follows the rise of documentary film culture and the British Documentary Film Movement, especially the work of John Grierson, Humphrey Jennings, and Basil Wright. He then considers the influence of late modernist periodical culture on social attitudes and customs, and presents original analyses of novels by Virginia Woolf, Christopher Isherwood, and Colin MacInnes; the interwar travel narratives of W. H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood, and George Orwell; the wartime gothic fiction of Elizabeth Bowen; the poetry of H. D.; the sketches of Henry Moore; and the postimperial Anglophone Caribbean works of Vic Reid, Sam Selvon, and George Lamming. By considering this group of writers and artists, Davis recasts late modernism as an art of scale: by detailing the particulars of everyday life, these figures could better project large-scale geopolitical events and crises.

The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism and Everyday Life (Modernist Latitudes)

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Columbia University Press

In 1935, the English writer Stephen Spender wrote that the historical pressures of his era should "turn the reader's and writer's attention outwards from himself to the world." Combining historical, formalist, and archival approaches, Thomas S. Davis examines late modernism's decisive turn toward everyday life, locating in the heightened scrutiny of details, textures, and experiences an intimate attempt to conceptualize geopolitical disorder. The Extinct Scene reads a range of mid-century texts, films, and phenomena that reflect the decline of the British Empire and seismic shifts in the global political order. Davis follows the rise of documentary film culture and the British Documentary Film Movement, especially the work of John Grierson, Humphrey Jennings, and Basil Wright. He then considers the influence of late modernist periodical culture on social attitudes and customs, and presents original analyses of novels by Virginia Woolf, Christopher Isherwood, and Colin MacInnes; the interwar travel narratives of W. H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood, and George Orwell; the wartime gothic fiction of Elizabeth Bowen; the poetry of H. D.; the sketches of Henry Moore; and the postimperial Anglophone Caribbean works of Vic Reid, Sam Selvon, and George Lamming. By considering this group of writers and artists, Davis recasts late modernism as an art of scale: by detailing the particulars of everyday life, these figures could better project large-scale geopolitical events and crises.

History & Criticism

The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism and Everyday Life

It's been 10 years since the unprovoked Arez attack on Lhasa Space Colony. The war between humanity and the Arez is in full swing with no end in sight. Countless heroes have been struck down by the alien hordes. The orbital cannon on the moon of Titan is the only thing keeping the Arez armada from penetrating further into Terran space.The courageous Captain Jake Takeda has been dispatched to Titan along with the rest of his elite Strike Team. Their mission is to defend the orbital cannon from the viscous Arez ground forces stationed on the exotic moon and to defeat their cruel leader. The dreaded general known only as The Crimson Death Crimson Death.

Versatile Layer: The Glass Runner

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Versatile Layer Publishing

Printed on premium black-core cardstock, this new mini-edition of one of Lo Scarabeo's bestselling tarot decks is perfect for on-the-go readings. Featuring brilliant new box art, this deck is small enough to fit in a pocket or a purse so you can carry your deck everywhere. It also makes a great gift and stocking stuffer for tarotists. Whether you are an expert reader or just starting your tarot journey, a tarot mini will be an exciting and practical addition to your collection.

African American Tarot Mini (African American Tarot, 2)

Religion & Spirituality

R, Jamal

New Age & Spirituality

Llewellyn Publications

Documents and describes the Menominee Indians' tribal practice of sustainable environmental development. Sustaining the Forest, the People, and the Spirit tells the story of the Menominee Indian Tribe and how they have sustained their 230,000 acre forest in ways that have enhanced, rather than degraded, the environment in the face of development pressures. Through a careful look at Menominee history, politics, institutions, economy, culture, spirituality, science, and technology, Thomas Davis provides insight into how this case study of sustainable environmental development can offer a rough road map for other communities to follow.

Sustaining the Forest, the People, and the Spirit

Business & Money

Economics

State Univ of New York Pr

Documents and describes the Menominee Indians' tribal practice of sustainable environmental development. Sustaining the Forest, the People, and the Spirit tells the story of the Menominee Indian Tribe and how they have sustained their 230,000 acre forest in ways that have enhanced, rather than degraded, the environment in the face of development pressures. Through a careful look at Menominee history, politics, institutions, economy, culture, spirituality, science, and technology, Thomas Davis provides insight into how this case study of sustainable environmental development can offer a rough road map for other communities to follow. "The Menominee forest may, as the author suggests, be unique. It may be the only forest in North America that is at once productive and whole. I have been to this forest many times, and, as Davis notes, as one enters it, the change in the general character of the landscape is dramatic. It's like forest primeval--not only the tallest forest in the Great Lakes region, but also the most productive in terms of lumber per hectare. The Menominee forest proves that sustainable forestry is possible. We can have our forests and cut them, too. Why here and not elsewhere? is the interesting question, and the question that this book undertakes to answer. This is an important book." -- J. Baird Callicott, author of Beyond the Land Ethic: More Essays in Environmental Philosophy

Social Sciences

State University of New York Press

Thirty years ago, tribal college educator and poet Thomas Davis began writing poems about the tribal college movement, beginning with the founding of College of Menominee Nation in Northern Wisconsin. He had no intention of developing a book out of the poems, using napkins and scraps of papers to create a mostly free verse poetry that chronicled the events and people trying to build a new kind of educational system that would preserve and evolve Indigenous language, history, and culture. Davis gave these poems away and many were lost. Until now. 
Meditation on the Ceremonies of Beginnings is a new kind of narrative poetry, an informal history of the tribal college movement and the World Indigenous Higher Education Consortium told through poetic verse. It recounts, as acclaimed poet Kimberly Blaeser (Ojibwe) says, "the liquid fire of oratory" becoming "the great song a movement sings." Meditation on Ceremonies of Beginnings captures the dreams and vision of Indigenous leaders in higher education. It tells their story, illuminating how two great movements set out to change the world and succeeded in a multitude of ways, both big and small.

Meditation on Ceremonies of Beginnings: The Tribal College and World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Poems

Poetry

Tribal College Press

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Philosophy: An Introduction Through Original Fiction, Discussion, with Philosophy PowerWeb Bind-In Card and a Multi-Media CD-ROM

John Calvin's American Legacy

The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism and Everyday Life (Modernist Latitudes)

The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism and Everyday Life (Modernist Latitudes)

The Extinct Scene: Late Modernism and Everyday Life

Versatile Layer: The Glass Runner

African American Tarot Mini (African American Tarot, 2)

Sustaining the Forest, the People, and the Spirit

Sustaining the Forest, the People, and the Spirit

Meditation on Ceremonies of Beginnings: The Tribal College and World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Poems