The Ascension Primer

The Ascension Primer
Author: Karen Bishop
Publisher: Booklocker.Com Incorporated
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2006-05
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 9781591139683

A book describing our current human and planetary evolutionary process of raising our consciousness, called ascension. Includes a comprehensive list of ascension symptoms, tools for comfort, indications of reaching a higher consciousness, and a detailed description of the process.

Dark Ascension

Dark Ascension
Author: M.L. Brennan
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2015-08-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0698188136

As the “wickedly clever” (Publishers Weekly) series continues, reluctant, slacker vampire Fortitude Scott learns that nothing is more important than family—or more deadly.... After a lifetime of avoiding his family, Fort has discovered that working for them isn’t half bad—even if his mother, Madeline, is a terrifying, murderous vampire. His newfound career has given him a purpose and a paycheck and has even helped him get his partner, foxy kitsune Suzume, to agree to be his girlfriend. All in all, things are looking up. Only, just as Fort is getting comfortable managing a supernatural empire that stretches from New Jersey to Ontario, Madeline’s health starts failing, throwing Fort into the middle of an uncomfortable and dangerous battle for succession. His older sister, Prudence, is determined to take over the territory. But Fort isn’t the only one wary of her sociopathic tendencies, and allies, old and new, are turning to him to keep Prudence from gaining power. Now, as Fort fights against his impending transition into vampire adulthood, he must also battle to keep Prudence from destroying their mother’s kingdom—before she takes him down with it....

A Primer on Christian Worship

A Primer on Christian Worship
Author: William Dyrness
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2009-02-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802860389

"A respected scholar of theology and culture, William Dyrness here explores Christian worship in terms of its past, present, and future. He shows where the church has been, theologically and historically speaking, and how that shapes - and needs to shape -where the church will go. Through accessible language, clear examples, and thoughtful questions for reflection and discussion, Dyrness makes an essential conversation about worship available to a wide audience of pastors, worship leaders, and church members." --Book Jacket.

My First Interactive Mass Book

My First Interactive Mass Book
Author: Jennifer Sharpe
Publisher: Ascension
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-12-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781950784387

Engage children in the Mass and inspire them to love the Holy Eucharist. Beautiful artwork and hands-on activities like wheels, flaps, and tracing invite children into the beauty of the Mass. Simple explanations and prayers of the Mass provide a deeper understanding for little ones. Written by a Catholic mother, this sturdy, interactive board book will help Catholics teach their children about the mysteries of God's love in the Mass. Children ages 3 and up will be delighted to have their own book at church, which will help them learn the order of the Mass, follow along with the prayers, and discover the wonders that happen at every Mass.

ABCDuane

ABCDuane
Author: Duane Michals
Publisher: The Monacelli Press, LLC
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2014-11-04
Genre: Photography
ISBN: 1580934056

The legendary photographer relates intimate themes of his life and art in a scrapbook memoir illustrated by his works—from portraits of Magritte to Warhol, to painted tintypes, and the revolutionary multiple-image sequences and handwritten texts for which he is best known—and by pieces from his personal art collection, now donated to Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Museum of Art. Whether a portrait of Eugène Atget by Berenice Abbott, collages by Joseph Cornell, or drawings by David Hockney, the works of Michals’s artistic lodestars sit alongside his own haunting images—some never-before-published—and his mordantly funny, playful, humble, and heartbreaking observations on art, photography, and life—revealing the creative obsessions of a uniquely beloved artist. The images and texts by Duane Michals assembled here are, like the artist himself—impossible to categorize; perhaps there is no better way to organize them than alphabetically. Whether recalling encounters with many of the past century’s most illustrious artists (Balthus, Duchamp), celebrating literary heroes (Whitman, Joyce), addressing essential human concerns (Grief, Children’s Stories, Homosexuality, God), or revealing deeply personal snippets of life with a partner suffering from dementia (Fred Said)—ABCDuane is a creative autobiography and the perfect primer for Michals’s vastly influential body of work—both for those who have loved it for the past half-century, and those being delighted by it for the first time.

Sustainable Food Production

Sustainable Food Production
Author: Shahid Naeem
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 109
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0231548443

Industrial agriculture is responsible for widespread environmental degradation and undermines the pursuit of human well-being. With a projected global population of 10 billion by 2050, it is urgent for humanity to achieve a more sustainable approach to farming and food systems. This concise text offers an overview of the key issues in sustainable food production for all readers interested in the ecology and environmental impacts of agriculture. It details the ecological foundations of farming and food systems, showing how knowledge from the natural and social sciences can be used to create sustainable alternatives to the industrial production methods used today. Beginning with a discussion of the role of agriculture in human development, the primer examines how twentieth-century farming methods are environmentally and socially unsustainable, contributing to global change and perpetuating inequalities. The authors explain the principles of environmental sustainability and explore how these principles can be put into practice in agrifood systems. They emphasize the importance of human well-being and insist on the centrality of social and environmental equity and justice. Sustainable Food Production is a compelling guide to how we can improve our ability to feed each other today and preserve the ability of our planet to do so tomorrow. Appropriate for a range of courses in the natural and social sciences, it provides a comprehensive yet accessible framework for achieving agricultural sustainability in the Anthropocene.

My Art Book of Sleep

My Art Book of Sleep
Author: Shana Gozansky
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-05-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780714878652

The second in an introductory series to fine art, curated for young children as never before: by theme For children everywhere, sleep is part of their every day... and now, part of their first art collection! 35 full-page artworks from a variety of periods feature sleep in all its forms – from naptime to bedtime, dreaming to waking, sunsets to night skies – accompanied by a brief, tender, read-aloud text. Each work's title and artist's name are included as captions, for true integration of narrative and information. It's the perfect bedtime read for families – artsy or otherwise!

Climate Change Science

Climate Change Science
Author: John C. Mutter
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2020-05-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0231549725

How will future climates be different from today’s world—and what consequences will changes in climate have for societies and their development strategies? This book is a primer on the essential science for grasping the workings of climate change and climate prediction. It is accessible for readers with little to no background in science, with an emphasis on the needs of those studying sustainable development. John C. Mutter gives a just-the-facts overview of how the climate system functions and what we know about why changes occur. He recounts the evolution of climatology from the earliest discoveries about Earth’s climate to present-day predictive capabilities, and clearly presents the scientific basis of fundamental topics such as climate zones, ocean-atmosphere dynamics, and the long-term cycles from glacial to interglacial periods. Mutter also details the mechanisms of climate change and the ways in which human activity affects global climate. He explains the science behind some known consequences of rising temperatures, such as sea level rise, hurricane behavior, and climate variability. The primer discusses how climate predictions are made and examines the sources of uncertainty in forecasting. Climate Change Science is a straightforward and easy-to-read treatment of the fundamental science needed to comprehend one of today’s most important issues.