Metamorphoses

Metamorphoses
Author: Emanuele Coccia
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2021-06-09
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1509545689

We are all fascinated by the mystery of metamorphosis – of the caterpillar that transforms itself into a butterfly. Their bodies have almost nothing in common. They don’t share the same world: one crawls on the ground and the other flutters its wings in the air. And yet they are one and the same life. Emanuele Coccia argues that metamorphosis – the phenomenon that allows the same life to subsist in disparate bodies – is the relationship that binds all species together and unites the living with the non-living. Bacteria, viruses, fungi, plants, animals: they are all one and the same life. Each species, including the human species, is the metamorphosis of all those that preceded it – the same life, cobbling together a new body and a new form in order to exist differently. And there is no opposition between the living and the non-living: life is always the reincarnation of the non-living, a carnival of the telluric substance of a planet – the Earth – that continually draws new faces and new ways of being out of even the smallest particle of its disparate body. By highlighting what joins humans together with other forms of life, Coccia’s brilliant reflection on metamorphosis encourages us to abandon our view of the human species as static and independent and to recognize instead that we are part of a much larger and interconnected form of life.

The Open Work

The Open Work
Author: Umberto Eco
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1989
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780674639768

This book is significant for its concept of "openness"--the artist's decision to leave arrangements of some constituents of a work to the public or to chance--and for its anticipation of two themes of literary theory: the element of multiplicity and plurality in art, and the insistence on literary response as an interaction between reader and text.

10 Corso Como

10 Corso Como
Author: Carla Sozzani
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2014-06-26
Genre: Design
ISBN: 0847841634

Carla Sozzani opened Galleria Carla Sozzani in September 1990 as a space for art, photography, and design housed in a converted garage at 10 Corso Como in Milan. Along with American artist Kris Ruhs, Sozzani created a space like no other. Rejecting ordinary retail norms, this concept store has always promoted a different philosophy—that of slow shopping, a succession of spaces and events that prioritize lifestyle over object acquisition. In this book, Sozzani describes her world: her style, personal taste, and opinions on fashion, travel, design, and lifestyle. The Galleria now incorporates a bookshop, a fashion and design store, and a garden café, and it is one of Milan’s hippest and most exquisitely curated spaces—a destination in itself. 10 Corso Como has become the nexus of a global network of cultural exchange through fashion, food, art, and photography that continues to inspire fashion and design. In recent years, two additional locations have been added: 10 Corso Como–Comme des Garçons in Tokyo in 2002 and a Seoul branch in 2008.

Glass Beach

Glass Beach
Author: Jill Marie Landis
Publisher: Bell Bridge Books
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2014-04-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1611944511

Even paradise demands a price for love and happiness . . . Widowed Elizabeth Bennett believes her troubles are over. Her loveless marriage is at an end. The death of her husband leaves her free to raise their daughter, Hadley, alone on her beautiful Hawaiian ranch . . . until the handsome Spence Laamea, her husband's heir and illegitimate son from a liaison with a native woman, arrives. Spence takes the estate--and Elizabeth's fate--under his control. Despite her distrust and against a backdrop of disapproval among the island's strict nineteenth-century white society, passions erupt between them. Elizabeth and Spence struggle to build a life for themselves and her daughter. When a deadly hurricane bears down on the island, it tests the bonds of love and loyalty they've tried to deny. A seven-time Romance Writers of America finalist for the RITA Award in both the historical and contemporary categories, Jill Marie Landis has also penned five inspirational historical romances and is now writing The Tiki Goddess Mysteries (set on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, where she lives with her husband, actor Steve Landis). Her next mystery novel is TOO HOT FOUR HULA. Her books are not only known for their intense emotion, but for characters you'll remember long after you turn the last page. Visit her at jillmarielandis.com.

Emerging Risks

Emerging Risks
Author: Catherine Raimbault
Publisher: Gower Publishing, Ltd.
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781409445937

For boards and executives, high-quality and transparent information is critical to allow effective decision-making. Emerging risks are increasingly challenging issues, both in terms of threats and growth opportunities; not least since the science pertaining to these risks tends to be contested. Emerging Risks: A Strategic Management Guide restores the constructive dialogue between the business professional and the expert/scientist community, essential if companies are to anticipate, plan ahead and exploit leading-edge ideas. It provides insights into some of the major emerging risks of the 21st century and then guides organizations on how to approach and manage those risks proactively in the wake of new regulation, governance and enterprise-wide risk management. The topics covered include: nanotechnologies, covering the industrial revolution of the 21st Century; new information and communication technologies (NICT), discussing the infrastructure of the future; electromagnetic fields (EMF) and their debated health impact; chemical substances/REACH, a regulation with major economic and environmental stakes and an example of emerging risk management; biological risk and its on-going need for international surveillance; supply chain, a top management priority; and country risk, for which security and corporate social responsibility (CSR) are growing issues. The authors assess and propose a process for managing emerging risks and the strategies that need to be put in place, drawing on examples of best practice.

Gemfire

Gemfire
Author: Robin Lee Hatcher
Publisher: Leisure Books
Total Pages: 454
Release: 1991-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780843930863

Gem McBride was hardly more than a child when Chase Dupre won her in a lucky hand of poker. Left behind at his sprawling ranch, Gem dreamed of the day when Chase would claim her for his own. But Chase doesn't realize that an innocent girl could become a fiery beauty in his absence, and he returns with another woman at his side.

The Official Lloyd Llewellyn Collection

The Official Lloyd Llewellyn Collection
Author: Daniel Clowes
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1989
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN:

Lloyd's adventures swing and bop like a tiki orgy hosted by little green hipsters from outer space. 'With untrendy straight lines, Zip-a-tone shades, and sketchy backgrounds, Clowes's LLLL art recalls '50s advertising illos, or architectural drafts seen through a mild hallucinogenic scrim.'- The Village Voice

Vargamae - Volume 1 of the Truth and Jus

Vargamae - Volume 1 of the Truth and Jus
Author: A.H. TAMMSAARE
Publisher:
Total Pages: 640
Release: 2019-05-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781908251909

Andres, an Estonian peasant, purchases a smallholding in a marshy part of the country, which the novel is named after. He takes his young wife, and an incident with their cow sets the tone for a life of struggle in which the family grows and gradually lifts itself out of extreme poverty. They don't only have to strive against the elements, but also against their neighbor Pearu, a wily and ruthless man. This Tolstoyan epic amongst the peasantry and the restless city (in volumes 2 - 4) tells the story of how Tsarist Estonia developed into the First Republic through the experiences of a family, and in particular the partly autobiographical character of Indrek, who leaves the land to get an education at the end of this volume. This monumental work by Estonia's greatest writer is a European classic which has for too long been neglected in the English-speaking world.

Last Chance

Last Chance
Author: Jill Marie Landis
Publisher: Berkley
Total Pages: 420
Release: 1995
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780515117608

From the author of After All and Until Tomorrow comes a story set on Independence Day, 1894, as the widow Rachel McKenna decides, "I will not wear black tomorrow" and a local gunslinger asks her to dance.