"The essay 'Silk Parachute,' which first appeared in The New Yorker a decade ago, has become John McPhee's most anthologized piece of writing. In the nine other pieces here--highly varied in length and theme--McPhee ranges with his characteristic humor and intensity through lacrosse, long-exposure view-camera photography, the weird foods he has sometimes been served in the course of his reportorial travels, a U.S. Open golf championship, and a season...

En el mundo de lo social, es imprescindible la creación de nuevos proyectos, enfocados a mejorar el bienestar y la calidad de vida de las personas.Ante la actual crisis económica que estamos atravesando, donde, se hace latente una de sus consecuencias más claras y devastadoras, como es la falta o ausencia de empleo, nace, a modo de ejemplo, esta presentación de proyectos, con el objetivo de inspirar y animar a los profesionales de lo social a...

"Samantha Irby’s career has taken her to new heights. She dodges calls from Hollywood and flop sweats on the red carpet at premieres (well, one premiere). But nothing is ever as it seems online, where she can crop out all the ugly parts. Irby got a lot of weird emails about Carrie Bradshaw, and not only is there diarrhea to avoid, but now—anaphylactic shock. She is turned away from restaurants for being inappropriately dressed and looks for the...

"What if social transformation and liberation isn't about waiting for someone else to come along and save us? What if ordinary people have the power to collectively free ourselves? In this timely collection of essays and interviews, Mariame Kaba reflects on the deep work of abolition and transformative political struggle."--Page 4 of cover.

"The #1 New York Times bestselling author and "king of Christmas fiction" (The New York Times) delivers a charming and inspirational collection of personal essays. Before he was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of holiday classics such as The Christmas Box, Richard Paul Evans was a young boy being raised by a suicidal mother and dealing with relentless bullying. He could not fathom what the future held for him. Now, in this intimate and heartfelt...

"One of the most powerful questions humans ask about the cosmos is: Are we alone? While the science behind this inquiry is fascinating, it doesn't exist in a vacuum. It is a reflection of our values, our fears, and most importantly, our enduring sense of hope. In The Possibility of Life, acclaimed science journalist Jaime Green traces the history of our understanding, from the days of Galileo and Copernicus to our contemporary quest for exoplanets....

Revisado en profundidad y atención, lo que hace Bergson es una cuidadosa operación de desmontaje de las tesis tradicionales que han dado una cierta fisonomía al decurso del pensamiento filosófico en vista de liberar de todo condicionamiento trascendente e incluso idealista a las soluciones de determinados problemas clásicos de esta disciplina. Es por ello que hay una inmanencia en el proceso del dormir, pues en el proceso de transformación de...

Cet ouvrage s'intéresse à l'historique de l'autoréglementation des médias et aux circonstances qui ont favorisé la naissance d'un conseil de presse au Québec. Il jette un regard sur les principaux responsables du champ médiatique et propose une lecture attentive et chronologique des événements ponctuant l'histoire du Conseil de presse du Québec, un organisme, autrefois dynamique et collaboratif, devenu captif des entreprises de presse.

El filósofo inglés Thomas Hobbes (autor de El Leviatán 1651) probablemente se equivocaba cuando escribió la famosa frase «El hombre es un lobo para el hombre» refiriéndose a que el estado natural del hombre lo lleva a una lucha continua contra su prójimo. Sin duda, era un gran conocedor del hombre, pero no del lobo; en aquella época no existía la rama científica de la etología que estudia el comportamiento de los animales en su medio...

Recreations of Christopher North is a two volume work which represents the finest prose works of John Wilson, Scottish man of letters. The work contains literary essays written over the years and published in periodicals. Through the deeds of his hero Christopher North, professor Wilson presents most effective transcription of the moods of thoughts and feeling of a deeply thinking and feeling mind. Volume I: Christopher in His Sporting Jacket Tale...