Kiki and the Prodigal Bird

Kiki and the Prodigal Bird
Author: Virginnia Swenson
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 55
Release: 2020-02-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1645699544

As the story Kiki and the Prodigal Bird unfolded in my mind, I realized it was somewhat similar to the biblical account of the prodigal son. Hopefully, readers of all ages can relate this story to their lives.

The Story of Holy Apostles College and Seminary

The Story of Holy Apostles College and Seminary
Author: Cynthia Toolin-Wilson
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2018-10-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781732594975

The Story of Holy Apostles College and Seminary is a yearbook of over sixty years of a Catholic seminary and college located in picturesque Cromwell, Connecticut. Dr. Toolin-Wilson and Prof. Hubbard begin with a brief overview of the first years of Holy Apostles, including its founder, Fr. Eusebe Menard, OFM. They next use words and pictures to describe the vibrant Holy Apostles community. This community is guided by bishops, rectors, faculty, and staff whose concern is the development of Catholic ordained, religious, and lay faithful leaders. The authors emphasize the stability of Holy Apostles in its mission of forming Catholic leaders. They document its development from a small school with fewer than ten students to an institution serving a diverse student body composed of many ethnic and national groups globally through its online programs and residentially on its home campus. Among these groups are vocations to the priesthood, candidates to the permanent diaconate, religious sisters and brothers, and the laity.

The Brazen Plagiarist

The Brazen Plagiarist
Author: Kiki Dimoula
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2012-11-13
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 0300141394

A moving collection of poems by internationally acclaimed Greek poet Kiki Dimoula, brilliantly translated into English

Beasts at Bedtime

Beasts at Bedtime
Author: Liam Heneghan
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 349
Release: 2018-05-15
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 022643141X

“[A] fresh new look at animal tales, often classic, and how they pertain to the present-day and our often fraught relationship to our environment.” —Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach Trilogy Talking lions, philosophical bears, very hungry caterpillars, wise spiders, altruistic trees, companionable moles, urbane elephants: this is the magnificent menagerie that delights our children at bedtime. Within the entertaining pages of many children’s books, however, also lie profound teachings about the natural world that can help children develop an educated and engaged appreciation of the dynamic environment they inhabit. In Beasts at Bedtime, scientist (and father) Liam Heneghan examines the environmental underpinnings of children’s stories. From Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter, Heneghan unearths the universal insights into our inextricable relationship with nature that underlie so many classic children’s stories. Some of the largest environmental challenges in coming years—from climate instability, the extinction crisis, freshwater depletion, and deforestation—are likely to become even more severe as this generation of children grows up. Though today’s young readers will bear the brunt of these environmental calamities, they will also be able to contribute to environmental solutions if prepared properly. And all it takes is an attentive eye: Heneghan shows how the nature curriculum is already embedded in bedtime stories, from the earliest board books like The Rainbow Fish to contemporary young adult classics like The Hunger Games. This book enthralls as it engages. Beasts at Bedtime will help parents, teachers, and guardians extend those cozy times curled up together with a good book into a lifetime of caring for our planet. “Beasts at Bedtime is proof that most kidlit has teachable moments embedded in it.” —Toronto Star

The United Nations and the Indonesian Takeover of West Papua, 1962-1969

The United Nations and the Indonesian Takeover of West Papua, 1962-1969
Author: John Saltford
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 070071751X

This book examines the role of the international community in the handover of the Dutch colony of West Papua/Irian Jaya to Indonesia in the 1960s and questions whether or not the West Papuan people ever genuinely exercised the right to self-determination guaranteed to them in the UN-brokered Dutch/Indonesian agreement of 1962. Indonesian, Dutch, US, Soviet, Australian and British involvement is discussed, but particular emphasis is given to the central part played by the United Nations in the implementation of this agreement. As guarantor, the UN temporarily took over the territory's administration from the Dutch before transferring control to Indonesia in 1963. After five years of Indonesian rule, a UN team returned to West Papua to monitor and endorse a controversial act of self-determination that resulted in a unanimous vote by 1022 Papuan 'representatives' to reject independence. Despite this, the issue is still very much alive today as a crisis-hit Indonesia faces continued armed rebellion and growing calls for freedom in West Papua.

Francis Alÿs

Francis Alÿs
Author: Francis Alÿs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2010
Genre: Art
ISBN:

This is an illustrated survey of Francis Alys's entire career. It includes interviews and essays by leading international writers. It also presents descriptions of Alys's work by the man himself, as well as responses from a wide range of critics and commentators."

The Annotated Mona Lisa

The Annotated Mona Lisa
Author: Carol Strickland
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2007-10
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780740768729

Like music, art is a universal language. Although looking at works of art is a pleasurable enough experience, to appreciate them fully requires certain skills and knowledge." --Carol Strickland, from the introduction to The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern * This heavily illustrated crash course in art history is revised and updated. This second edition of Carol Strickland's The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern offers an illustrated tutorial of prehistoric to post-modern art from cave paintings to video art installations to digital and Internet media. * Featuring succinct page-length essays, instructive sidebars, and more than 300 photographs, The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern takes art history out of the realm of dreary textbooks, demystifies jargon and theory, and makes art accessible-even at a cursory reading. * From Stonehenge to the Guggenheim and from Holbein to Warhol, more than 25,000 years of art is distilled into five sections covering a little more than 200 pages.

A Neoist Research Project

A Neoist Research Project
Author: N. O. Cantsin
Publisher: N.O. Cantsin
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2010
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1906496463

"A Neoist Research Project" is the first comprehensive anthology and source book of Neoism, an international collective network of mostly anonymous and pseudonymous subcultural actionists and speculative experimenters. It consists of more than one hundred Neoist texts and two hundred images documenting diverse Neoist interventions, Neoist Apartment Festivals, definitions and pamphlets of Neoism and affiliated currents, language and identity experiments, and Neoist memes such as the shared identity Monty Cantsin. From the contents: "Neoist Chair and Chair Action," "Death Mauses Meat Pieces," "Kline Bottle Pieces," "Street performance actions against false infinity," "APT 4, Low Theatre, Montreal," "Neoist Parking Meter Action: Pay Me to Go Away," "Direct Address," "Contract," "The Ceiling Crashes in," "Neoism 101: Thought Projection," "Our Tactics against Stockhausen," "Seven Scripts for One Week of Neoist Activity," "Hypnotic Movement: Concrete Life Examples," "Macmag Virus," "March 24," "Cogito of the pseudo-scientist, experimenting with mild trauma," "Physics," "The Comb," "the gold flag of near neologisms: the striped page," "The White Head," "APT 5," "What is an uh, uh, Apartment Festival," "Blo-Dart Acupuncture &/or Ear-Piercing," "Impractical Seriousness," "Krononautic Divector Field Didaction," "Chronicle of the Neoast Observer at the So-Called Millionth Apartment Festival," "3 part action," "Neoist haircut," "non-participation," "Philosopher's Union soapbox stand," "anything is anything," "language constructions," "Dyslexia," "Continuity Poem (cinematic version)," "A note from the editors of SMILE," "Dialectical Immaterialism," "Formula," "The Last Words of Wilhelm Reich, continued," "Theology," "Plenial Wer," "anti-art is art," "Censorship - the oldest of suppressed traditions," "Proletarian Posturing and the Strike which never Ends," "Neoism is simple," "What is Neoism?," "The First Announcement of Neoism," "The Generation Positive and Neoism," "Origins of Neoism Illuminated," "Bread + Pain + Love = Total Sex," " anti-post-actualism++++++," "Western Cell Division," "Akademgorod," "Why Neoists do not drink alcohol," "The Eroticism of Boredom," "The Concept of Monty Cantsin," "Stupid Undergrounds," "Neoism propaganda sheet 1: SMILE," "Lt. Murnau," "Luther Blissett," "SMILE," "Blood, Bread and Beauty," "Plagerism," "The Curse of Originality," "The 56 Laws of Neoism."

Ravnica

Ravnica
Author: Cory Herndon
Publisher: Wizards of the Coast
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2010-04-21
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0786957123

A murder investigation exposes a labyrinth of intrigue that threatens to turn Ravnica upside down in this epic Magic: The Gathering novel Lieutenant Agrus Kos enjoys his work. A top-notch officer of the city guard, he's been on the force over fifty years. He works alone. And the League of Wojek never had problems with him or his work. Until now. They gave him a partner to train, who promptly got himself killed. And the more he looks into the death, the less he likes it. Something dark is moving within the guilds of Ravnica.

Animal Prayer Guide

Animal Prayer Guide
Author: Niki Behrikis Shanahan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2005-04-01
Genre: Pets
ISBN: 9780972030120

A guide to praying for animals with sample prayers and blessing services for numerous situations, which can be personally customized.Accounts of answered prayers, Bible readings, and Scriptural truths on receiving answers to prayer.Heartwarming anecdotes and fascinating Bible stories.Delightful photos to make you smile.A reference book for life! My prescription: provide good food and exercise, see your veterinarian for yearly exams, and use the prayers in this wonderful book.Amanda Oden Corliss, DVM, Massachusetts Questions answered and backed-up by Scripture, sample prayers to help you along the way, and encouragement to never give up can all be found within the pages of this book.Rev. Shirley Johnson, FloridaSenior Reviewer, MidWest Book ReviewFilled with numerous true stories of wit and wisdom in equal parts, Ms. Shanahans second book is a pure delight. Annie Mals, PresidentThe Peaceful Kingdom Alliance 4 Animals, CaliforniaTable of Contents Chapter 1Introduction To PrayerChapter 2Prayer OverviewChapter 3Special Prayers For Our Animal CompanionsChapter 4Prayer For Animals EverywhereChapter 5Blessing The AnimalsChapter 6Blessings For All OccasionsChapter 7Memorial Service Includes A Table Of ContentsTo Quickly Find The Following Prayers:Quick Reference Prayer DirectoryHoly Communion PrayerThe Our FatherGrace Over Your Pets FoodDaily Prayer For Your PetPrayer For HealingPrayer For All AnimalsPrayer For The Return Of A Lost PetPrayer For EmergenciesPrayer For Protection While TravelingPrayer For Animal SheltersPrayer To End Animal CrueltyPrayer For A Blessing Of The Animals ServiceBlessing Of The Animals Closing PrayerThanksgiving Blessing PrayerEaster Blessing PrayerA Christmas PrayerA Valentines Day PrayerPrayer While SingingPrayer For Dedication Of Your PetPrayer In A Memorial ServicePrayer For Salvation