Other Conundrums

Author : Monika Gagnon
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
ISBN 13 : 9781551520926
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Other Conundrums written by Monika Gagnon and published by arsenal pulp press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Other Conundrums, copublished with Vancouver's Artspeak Gallery and the Kamloops Art Gallery, is an extraordinary collection of essays on Canadian artists of colour by Monika Kin Gagnon, one of Canada's most respected art writers and curators. The essays explore the history of cultural production in this country with an emphasis on race, cultural difference, and cultural hybridity. Using specific artists and exhibitions as a starting-point for Gagnon's discussions, these essays, and the artists she writes about, are firmly grounded in Canadian cultural events, artistic projects, and theoretical ideas concerning race and culture which have circulated in often disparate contexts for the last decade. The book makes a distinctively Canadian contribution to ongoing dialogues on issues of race and culture that have originated from artists, writers, and theorists from the US and Britain, and provides an important and relevatory context to the work of Canada's artists of colour. The book includes numerous colour and black and white images, and a foreword by award-winning writer Larissa Lai (When Fox Is a Thousand). Chapters include overviews of the work of such artists as Shani Mootoo, Paul Wong, Jamelie Hassan, and Dana Claxton. Other Conundrums is an essential snapshot of contemporary issues surrounding race and identity as revealed in visual art.

Author : Harry Pearce
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062042750
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conundrums written by Harry Pearce and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conundrum is a mind-stretch. Encrypting idioms into their typographic equivalents, Harry enlivens our everyday language and challenges readers to see that "time after time after time" or, at least, "more often than not" "the writing is on the wall." For fans of word puzzles, sudoku, crosswords, and all manner of mind games, Conundrum offers an artfully packaged, cleverly designed new challenge. Drawing upon, literally in this case, graphic puzzles that he began creating as a child, Harry's developed over 100 witty conundrums for this book that will stretch the mind as well as delight the senses. A member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale, a frequent lecturer and contributor to design discourse, an internationally recognized leader in design, and a founder of Lippa Pearce, one of the UK's most respected design agencies, Harry refines the way we see and communicate. Conundrum achieves nothing less than changing how we understand and interact with language.

Author : Ian Stewart
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191500712
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Cut a Cake written by Ian Stewart and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2006-10-12 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome back to Ian Stewart's magical world of mathematics! This is a strange world of never-ending chess games, empires on the moon, furious fireflies, and, of course, disputes over how best to cut a cake. Each quirky tale presents a fascinating mathematical puzzle — challenging, fun, and also introducing the reader to a significant mathematical problem in an engaging and witty way.

Author : Jon Mills
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1136512489
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conundrums written by Jon Mills and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2013 Goethe Award Winner! This is the first book of its kind to offer a sustained critique of contemporary psychoanalytic thought favoring relational, postmodern, and intersubjective perspectives, which largely define American psychoanalysis today. Conundrums turns an eye toward the philosophical underpinnings of contemporary theory; its theoretical relation to traditional psychoanalytic thought; clinical implications for therapeutic practice; political and ethical ramifications of contemporary praxis; and its intersection with points of consilience that emerge from these traditions. Central arguments and criticisms advanced throughout the book focus on operationally defining the key tenets of contemporary perspectives; the seduction and ambiguity of postmodernism; the question of selfhood and agency; illegitimate attacks on classical psychoanalysis; the role of therapeutic excess; contemporary psychoanalytic politics; and the question of consilience between psychoanalysis as a science versus psychoanalysis as part of the humanities. The historical criticisms against psychoanalysis are further explored in the context of the current philosophical-scientific binary that preoccupies the field.

Author : Jan Morris
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590177126
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conundrum written by Jan Morris and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great travel writer Jan Morris was born James Morris. James Morris distinguished himself in the British military, became a successful and physically daring reporter, climbed mountains, crossed deserts, and established a reputation as a historian of the British empire. He was happily married, with several children. To all appearances, he was not only a man, but a man’s man. Except that appearances, as James Morris had known from early childhood, can be deeply misleading. James Morris had known all his conscious life that at heart he was a woman. Conundrum, one of the earliest books to discuss transsexuality with honesty and without prurience, tells the story of James Morris—s hidden life and how he decided to bring it into the open, as he resolved first on a hormone treatment and, second, on risky experimental surgery that would turn him into the woman that he truly was.

Author : Terry A. Roberts
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 9781973613220
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cain's Wife and Other Biblical Conundrums written by Terry A. Roberts and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2018-03-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I like his book I like the book for several reasons. This book stimulates our thinking. The book is readable. In Cains Wife and other Biblical Conundrums, you will find thoughtful and reasonable answers. Dr. Robert C. Dunston, Department Chair and Professor of Missions and Ministry at The University of the Cumberlands, Williamsburg, Kentucky I have known Terry Roberts for almost 30 years. He has always had a desire for people to be drawn closer to Christ. Thats no exception with his new book. Terry writes the way he talks, with a dash of wit and a dose of wisdom. Read his new book and you might get some questions answered and maybe even learn something new. Mark Moore, Louder Than Words Mission Adventures, Weaverville, North Carolina Cains Wife and other Biblical Conundrums challenges readers to embrace the true meaning of Scripture as it relates to issues such as the story of Noah, Jonah and more importantly, women and their importance in the Scripture. Terry Roberts can encourage readers to seek out the truth regarding these Biblical stories by immersing oneself in the Scripture themselves through reflection and more importantly, ones own faith. This book serves as a great addition for those wishing to have a better understanding of the Holy Scriptures. David H. Foster, M.Ed., M.S., M.A. Cains Wife and other Biblical Conundrums is a group discussion book. What does the scripture say? What does the scripture not say? In an intriguing and often poetic and humorous format, this book tackles the tough questions of the Bible from a real-life conservative/academic perspective. How do we describe time and eternity, the Trinity of God, and the divinity of Jesus Christ? Who wrote the Bible? Who is King James? When and what was the war in heaven? When did the Creation happen? What kind and how many animals were on Noahs ark? What about dinosaurs? What swallowed Jonah? Was Mary Magdalene a prostitute? What do angels look like? Are angels and aliens the same thing? Did Jesus go to Africa? What does INRI mean? And ultimately, who was Cains wife? Cains Wife engages you as the group reader to dig, discover, and discuss what the scripture actually says. Each chapter includes a workbook section, complete with group discussion questions. Know what and why you believe. Also included is an appendix of American Christian holidays. Do you know what and why you are celebrating? Are you up to the challenge of Cains Wife?

Author : Roger E Kasperson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 131735348X
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Risk Conundrums written by Roger E Kasperson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-14 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A risk conundrum can be viewed as a risk that poses major issues in assessment, and whose management is not easily engaged. Such perplexing problems can either paralyze or badly delay risk analysis and directions for progression. Rather than simply focusing on the progress in risk analysis that has already been made, it is crucial to consider what has been learnt about these seemingly unmanageable problems and how best to move forward. Risk Conundrums seeks to answer this question by bringing together a range of key thinkers in the field to explore key issues such as risk communication, uncertainty, social trust, indicators and metrics, and risk management, drawing upon case study examples including natural disasters, terrorism, and energy transitions. The initial chapters address risk conundrums, their properties, and the challenges they pose. The book then turns to a greater emphasis on systemic and regional risk conundrums. Finally, it considers how risk management can be changed to address these unsolvable conundrums. Alternative pathways are defined and scrutinized and predictions for future developments set out. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of risk governance, environmental policy, and sustainable development.

Author : Robert Kuhn McGregor
Publisher : Kent State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873386654
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conundrums for the Long Week-end written by Robert Kuhn McGregor and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Conundrums for the Long Week-End, Robert McGregor and Ethan Lewis explore how Sayers used her fictional hero to comment on, and come to terms with, the social upheaval of the time: world wars, the crumbling of the privileged aristocracy, the rise of democracy, and the expanding struggle of women for equality. A reflection of the age, Lord Peter's character changed tremendously, mirroring the developing subtleties of his creator's evolving worldview." "Scholars of the Modern Age, fans of the mystery genre, and admirers of Sayers's fiction are sure to appreciate McGregor and Lewis's incisive examination of the literary, social, and historical context of this prized author's most popular work."--Jacket.

Author : Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0822227622
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who Am I this Time? written by Kurt Vonnegut and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2014 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The subject of this play—as we are told at the outset—is love, pure and complicated. Set on the stage of The North Crawford Mask & Wig Club ("the finest community theatre in central Connecticut!"), three early comic masterpieces by Kurt Vonnegut (Long Walk to Forever, Who am I This Time? and Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son) are sewn together into a seamless evening of hilarity and humanity. With a single set, wonderful roles for seven versatile actors, and Vonnegut's singular wit and insight into human foibles, this is a smart, delightful comedy for the whole family.

Author : Peter Cornish
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031452062
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stepped Care 2.0: The Power of Conundrums written by Peter Cornish and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stepped Care 2.0: A Paradigm Shift in Mental Health, by Dr Peter Cornish, made a compelling argument for why the existing mental health care system has consistently struggled to meet the needs of clients from all walks of life, and laid out key principles and guidelines for how the system could be changed. But what challenges are involved in putting these ideas into practice? Stepped Care 2.0: The Power of Conundrums features essays, interviews, and arguments from a wide range of contributors who have tried to do just that. The Power of Conundrums dives deep into the practical application of the Stepped Care 2.0 model (SC2.0), looking at the ways SC2.0 has succeeded, the difficulties administrators face when implementing it, and how it could be improved. Chapters touch on topics including: the evidence for stepped care, the way SC2.0 can be stymied by the Western cultural values that dominate mental healthcare, implementation science and SC2.0, the risk paradigm and SC2.0, the model’s one-at-a-time approach to therapy, what co-design means in an SC2.0 context, a case study on how implementing SC2.0 can go wrong, the understanding of recovery put forward by the model, and how SC2.0 can work for clients experiencing complex, persistent, or chronic mental health issues. Each chapter is followed by a reflection from Cornish, and the book concludes with a roundtable discussion about how SC2.0 can evolve to meet the challenges it faces. This text brings theory and practice together by including an updated version of Stepped Care 2.0: A Paradigm Shift in Mental Health, as well as the full text of Stepped Care 2.0: The Power of Conundrums.