Black Paper

Black Paper
Author: Teju Cole
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 285
Release: 2021-10-27
Genre: ART
ISBN: 022664135X

After Caravaggio -- Elegies. Room 406; Mama's shroud; Four elegies; two elegies; A letter ot John Berger; A quartet for Edward Said -- Shadows. Gossamer world : on Santu Mofokeng; An incantation for Marie Cosindas; Pictures in the aftermath; Shattered glass; What does it mean to look at this?; A crime scene at the border; Shadow cabinet : on Kerry James Marshall; Nighted color : on Lorna Simpson; The blackness of the panther; Restoring the darkness -- Coming to our senses. Experience; Epiphany; Ethics -- In a dark time. A time for refusal; Resist, refuse; Through the door; Passages north; On carrying and being carried -- Epilogue. Black paper.

Speaking Of Children: The Singapore Children's Society Collected Lectures

Speaking Of Children: The Singapore Children's Society Collected Lectures
Author: Singapore Children's Society
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2015-09-23
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9814699292

The book sheds light on the transformation of childhood in Singapore, over our many milestones. It is a collection of lectures by distinguished authorities on various aspects of childhood. They encompass a rich mix of historical material and personal anecdotes garnered from the speakers themselves and their respective professional expertise. Salient questions from the audience are also included with the speakers' replies.

The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture
Author: Randy Pausch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Cancer
ISBN: 9780340978504

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Living Room Lectures

Living Room Lectures
Author: Nina C. Leibman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1995
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

Nina Leibman analyzes many feature films and dozens of TV situation comedy episodes from 1954 to 1963 to find surprising commonalities in their representations of the family.

Reshaping the Work-Family Debate

Reshaping the Work-Family Debate
Author: Joan Williams
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2010-10
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 0674055675

Based on the William E. Massey Sr. lectures in the history of American Civilization.