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Paperback. Condition: New. What we want for schools reveals what we value as a society."What's the point of school?" Parents have a stock set of responses, but the question remains unsettled, even two centuries after the Prussians invented compulsory education. The Prussian idea of what a school is for - to mold the populace to serve the state - seems unacceptable today. In vogue, instead, are slogans like "acquiring marketable skills" and "realizing your full potential." These ideas powerfully shape our culture. Ultimately, they boil down to pursuing one supreme value: individual success in a competitive world.Schools are a mirror of our society as a whole; what we want for schools makes plain what and whom we value in our common life. In the Christian tradition, the life of discipleship is also a school. In this educational community, under the instruction of our one Teacher, we learn not to seek empowerment, but to find strength in weakness; not to out-achieve others, but to serve them; not to pursue our passion, but to obey a call.Also in this issue: poetry by Christian Wiman; reviews of new books by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, Francisco Cantú, Leif Enger, Carol Anderson, Stephanie Land, and Susan Wise Bauer; and art by Margaret McWethy, Albrecht Dürer, Raphael, Gérard David, Jackie Morris, Gustaf Tenggren, Sergey Dushkin, Anja Percival, Dmitry Samofalov, Christoph Wetzel, Sherrie York, Cathleen Rehfield, Pawel Kuczynski, and Jason Landsel.Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture for people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue brings you in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to help you put Jesus' message into practice and find common cause with others.…

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[unpaginated]; 25.5 x 20.5 cm.; sewn bound; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held jointly at Kent Fine Art and Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, November 17 - December 31, 1987. Curated and with an essay by Douglas Blau. Artists include Troy Brauntuch, Ralph Albert Blakelock, Thomas Moran, Charles Wilson Peale, Johannes Vermeer, William Merritt Chase, Randy Dudley, Chesley Bonestell, Norman Rockwell, John Bowman, Thornton Oakley, Caspar David Friedrich, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Cindy Sherman, Hans W. Hannau, Stanford Gifford, William Cameron Menzies, Ricahrd Bergh, Winslow Homer, Joseph M. Newman, Stanley Kubrick, Hugh Ferriss, Arnold Genthe, Mark Innerst, Eugene Medard, Eugene Chaperon, Joseph Wright of Derby, David Deutsch, Thomas Eakins, Charles West Cope, Charles Lewis Fusell, C.E. Swaye, Thomas Anshutz, George Pal, Virgil Mirano, Howard Hawkes, Jack Conway, Charles H. Stephens, Johann Zoffany, John Ferguson Weir, Walter Dorwin Teague, Thomas Cole, Jan Christiaensz, Virgil Mirano, Jack Goldstein, Komar & Melamid, William L. Sonntag, Hubert Robert, Bonfils, Elihu Vedder, Edwin Dickinson, William Bradford, Jospeh Mallord, William Turner, Frederic Edwin Church, Michael Zwack, Arnold Böcklin, Alain Resnais, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, George Caleb Bingham, Thomas Wilmer Dewing, Joseph Hirsch, Fernand Khnopff, James Rosenquist, Giuseppe Pellizza Da Volpedo, Chuck Rogers, Angelo Morbelli, Gustave Caillebotte, Michele Zalopany, Edward Hopper, John Singer Sargent, and Rembrandt van Rijn. Includes an image index. Fair. Water damage to top right corner of second half of the catalogue with light staining and rippling; final four pages are stuck together and previous page was also stuck but has been separated resulting in surface tearing of page. Rubbing of cover edges. 7 mm. tear and bumping to spine and 2 mm. tear to bottom edge of spine. Sold "as-is." Due to the size of this item, additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.…

Cloth. Condition: Very good. good +. (1st Edition). [xiv], 241p. Signed by author on front endpaper. Endpaper hinges toned, brown spots on top ages edges, jacket wrinkled with small chips and tears to edges. (8-3/4"x5-3/4").

Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Dust Jacket Included. COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE ( February 1958, SPECIAL ISSUE; Volume-144 #2); SOPHIA LOREN in America, by Jon Whitcomb = Photo cover & 4 page article with 4 interior Photo's; (136 Pages including Covers); >>> weight = 280. CONTENTS; SPECIAL SECTION : HOW TO LIVE WITH SUCCESS - (1) "Living with Success" by T.F. James; (2) Help Your Husband get Ahead" by Elisbeth Honor; Cartoons by Chon Day; (3) "How to Invest" by Booton Herndon; (4) "Thriving on Tension" by E.M.D. Watson; (5) "Executive Spies" by Richard Gehman; Cartoons by John Huehnergarth; *** FICTION - (1) "The Lightning" by Michael Shaara; art by Alex Ross; (2) "Surprise Party" by George Sumner Albee; art by Bernard D'Andrea; (3) "Nancy and Saralee" by Isabel Langis; Art by Phil Hays; (4) "College Man" by JOHN D. MacDONALD; art by Thornton Utz; COMPLETE MYSTERY NOVEL - "Asleep in the Deep" by Donald M. Douglass; art by Denver Gillen; ** Overall VG, but Scar from partly removed Mailing Label at bottom right cover, thus G/VG Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. PHOTO Cover / Interior Art by Chon Day, John Huehnergarth, Alex Ross, Bernard D'Andrea, Phil Hays, Thornton Utz, Denver Gillen; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: VERY GOOD Minus. COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE ( February 1958, SPECIAL ISSUE; Volume-144 #2); SOPHIA LOREN in America, by Jon Whitcomb = Photo cover & 4 page article with 4 interior Photo's; (136 Pages including Covers); >>> weight = 280. CONTENTS; SPECIAL SECTION : HOW TO LIVE WITH SUCCESS - (1) "Living with Success" by T.F. James; (2) Help Your Husband get Ahead" by Elisbeth Honor; Cartoons by Chon Day; (3) "How to Invest" by Booton Herndon; (4) "Thriving on Tension" by E.M.D. Watson; (5) "Executive Spies" by Richard Gehman; Cartoons by John Huehnergarth; *** FICTION - (1) "The Lightning" by Michael Shaara; art by Alex Ross; (2) "Surprise Party" by George Sumner Albee; art by Bernard D'Andrea; (3) "Nancy and Saralee" by Isabel Langis; Art by Phil Hays; (4) "College Man" by JOHN D. MacDONALD; art by Thornton Utz; COMPLETE MYSTERY NOVEL - "Asleep in the Deep" by Donald M. Douglass; art by Denver Gillen; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. PHOTO Cover / Interior Art by Chon Day, John Huehnergarth, Alex Ross, Bernard D'Andrea, Phil Hays, Thornton Utz, Denver Gillen; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE ( February 1958, SPECIAL ISSUE; Volume-144 #2); SOPHIA LOREN in America, by Jon Whitcomb = Photo cover & 4 page article with 4 interior Photo's; (136 Pages including Covers); >>> weight = 280. CONTENTS; SPECIAL SECTION : HOW TO LIVE WITH SUCCESS - (1) "Living with Success" by T.F. James; (2) Help Your Husband get Ahead" by Elisbeth Honor; Cartoons by Chon Day; (3) "How to Invest" by Booton Herndon; (4) "Thriving on Tension" by E.M.D. Watson; (5) "Executive Spies" by Richard Gehman; Cartoons by John Huehnergarth; *** FICTION - (1) "The Lightning" by Michael Shaara; art by Alex Ross; (2) "Surprise Party" by George Sumner Albee; art by Bernard D'Andrea; (3) "Nancy and Saralee" by Isabel Langis; Art by Phil Hays; (4) "College Man" by JOHN D. MacDONALD; art by Thornton Utz; COMPLETE MYSTERY NOVEL - "Asleep in the Deep" by Donald M. Douglass; art by Denver Gillen; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. PHOTO Cover / Interior Art by Chon Day, John Huehnergarth, Alex Ross, Bernard D'Andrea, Phil Hays, Thornton Utz, Denver Gillen; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE ( February 1958, SPECIAL ISSUE; Volume-144 #2); SOPHIA LOREN in America, by Jon Whitcomb = Photo cover & 4 page article with 4 interior Photo's; (136 Pages including Covers); >>> weight = 280. CONTENTS; SPECIAL SECTION : HOW TO LIVE WITH SUCCESS - (1) "Living with Success" by T.F. James; (2) Help Your Husband get Ahead" by Elisbeth Honor; Cartoons by Chon Day; (3) "How to Invest" by Booton Herndon; (4) "Thriving on Tension" by E.M.D. Watson; (5) "Executive Spies" by Richard Gehman; Cartoons by John Huehnergarth; *** FICTION - (1) "The Lightning" by Michael Shaara; art by Alex Ross; (2) "Surprise Party" by George Sumner Albee; art by Bernard D'Andrea; (3) "Nancy and Saralee" by Isabel Langis; Art by Phil Hays; (4) "College Man" by JOHN D. MacDONALD; art by Thornton Utz; COMPLETE MYSTERY NOVEL - "Asleep in the Deep" by Donald M. Douglass; art by Denver Gillen; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. PHOTO Cover / Interior Art by Chon Day, John Huehnergarth, Alex Ross, Bernard D'Andrea, Phil Hays, Thornton Utz, Denver Gillen; (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. COSMOPOLITAN MAGAZINE ( February 1958, SPECIAL ISSUE; Volume-144 #2); SOPHIA LOREN in America, by Jon Whitcomb = Photo cover & 4 page article with 4 interior Photo's; (136 Pages including Covers); >>> weight = 280. CONTENTS; SPECIAL SECTION : HOW TO LIVE WITH SUCCESS - (1) "Living with Success" by T.F. James; (2) Help Your Husband get Ahead" by Elisbeth Honor; Cartoons by Chon Day; (3) "How to Invest" by Booton Herndon; (4) "Thriving on Tension" by E.M.D. Watson; (5) "Executive Spies" by Richard Gehman; Cartoons by John Huehnergarth; *** FICTION - (1) "The Lightning" by Michael Shaara; art by Alex Ross; (2) "Surprise Party" by George Sumner Albee; art by Bernard D'Andrea; (3) "Nancy and Saralee" by Isabel Langis; Art by Phil Hays; (4) "College Man" by JOHN D. MacDONALD; art by Thornton Utz; COMPLETE MYSTERY NOVEL - "Asleep in the Deep" by Donald M. Douglass; art by Denver Gillen; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall TRUE FIRST Edition MAGAZINE Format Thus. PHOTO Cover / Interior Art by Chon Day, John Huehnergarth, Alex Ross, Bernard D'Andrea, Phil Hays, Thornton Utz, Denver Gillen; (illustrator). Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 169 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condition: New. What we want for schools reveals what we value as a society."What's the point of school?" Parents have a stock set of responses, but the question remains unsettled, even two centuries after the Prussians invented compulsory education. The Prussian idea of what a school is for - to mold the populace to serve the state - seems unacceptable today. In vogue, instead, are slogans like "acquiring marketable skills" and "realizing your full potential." These ideas powerfully shape our culture. Ultimately, they boil down to pursuing one supreme value: individual success in a competitive world.Schools are a mirror of our society as a whole; what we want for schools makes plain what and whom we value in our common life. In the Christian tradition, the life of discipleship is also a school. In this educational community, under the instruction of our one Teacher, we learn not to seek empowerment, but to find strength in weakness; not to out-achieve others, but to serve them; not to pursue our passion, but to obey a call.Also in this issue: poetry by Christian Wiman; reviews of new books by Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, Francisco Cantú, Leif Enger, Carol Anderson, Stephanie Land, and Susan Wise Bauer; and art by Margaret McWethy, Albrecht Dürer, Raphael, Gérard David, Jackie Morris, Gustaf Tenggren, Sergey Dushkin, Anja Percival, Dmitry Samofalov, Christoph Wetzel, Sherrie York, Cathleen Rehfield, Pawel Kuczynski, and Jason Landsel.Plough Quarterly features stories, ideas, and culture for people eager to put their faith into action. Each issue brings you in-depth articles, interviews, poetry, book reviews, and art to help you put Jesus' message into practice and find common cause with others.…

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Condition: New. In English.

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Hardcover. Condition: Brand New. 169 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st American edtion, 1st printing ; 487 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm ; ISBN: 0517547457; 9780517547458; National Library: 014878580 LCCN: 82-12196 ; LC: PR5812; Dewey: 828/.809 ; OCLC: 8587824 ; purple cloth in pictorial dustjacket ; Contents: Poems -- Requiescat - Ravenna -- Wasted days -- Madonna mia -- Sonnet to liberty -- The arlot's ome -- On the sale by auction of Keat's love letters -- The new remorse -- To my wife, with a copy of my poems -- The Sphinx -- The ballad of Reading Gaol -- Poems in prose -- The disciple -- The artist -- Prose fiction -- Lord Arthur Savile's crime -- The happy prince -- The nightmare and the rose -- The remarkable rocket -- The selfish giant -- The birthday of the Infanta -- The picture of Dorian gray -- Plays -- Lady Windermere's fan -- Salome -- The importance of being Earnest -- The Gribsby episode -- Lectures and essays -- The Irish poets of '48 -- Impressions of America -- Pen, pencil and poison -- The soul of man under socialism -- Phrases and philosophies for the use of the young -- Letters - De Profundis -- To Robert Ross from Reading Prison -- To the Daily Chronicle -- The case of Warder Martin : some cruelties of prison life -- To Robert Ross from Berneval, France -- To the Daily Chronicle -- Prison reform -- To Robert Ross from Rome ; "Critical introduction and background information accompany selections of Wilde's writings that includes The Selfish Giant, Lady Windermere's Fan, The Importance of Being Earnest, and The Picture of Dorian Gray" ; large, heavy volume ; nick on corner of dustjacket, else FINE/FINE. Book.…

32 pp.; 43 x 29 cm.; loose leaves; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; Issue edited by Al Goldstein. First anniversary issue. Essays include "Brilliant Hypnotherapist Loses Eyesight, Swears Vengeance on Syphilis," by Jim Buckley; "The Lecherous Letters of Lactose Leah," by Leah Fritz; "Shit List," by Jim Buckley; "Fuckbooks : Hot Nuts in the Hayloft," by Michael Perkins; "Unfuckables," by James J. Proferes; "Homosexual Citizen : Gay Is Great!!" by Lige and Jack; "Son of Rock 'N Raunch," by Hank Arlecchino; "The Bumble Bees Ball. or, That's Not All, Honey," by D.A. Latimer; "Is There an Orgy in Your Future?" by Ken Gaul; "Dirty Diversions : Is Rip Torn the World's Greatest Lover?" by Jim Buckley; "A.M.A. (Assoc. of Medeival [sic] Anabaptists) Report," by Sy Kremer; "Naked City," by Bob Amsel; comic by John Caldwell; "Spaced Out," comic by Chris Pelletiere and "Masturbation in Media," by Thornton M. Vaseltarp. Good. Yellowing of paper from age with light edge wear. Covers folded asymmetrically in relation to the text block. Contents clean and unmarked.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Designed to accompany the guided meditation CD, "Grounding, Forgiveness & Gratitude" by John Michael Thornton with original music by Deborah "Ingy" Ingersoll, this workbook can be utilized on its own; like the CD, it is a powerful tool. However, using it in conjunction with the CD can enhance your experiences and discoveries through the meditations. With this workbook, be prepared to take a 30-day journey of self-discovery and healing utilizing supplemental essays on Grounding, Forgiveness & Gratitude as well as probing questions to help deepen your meditation experience. Utilizing encouragement and guidance, this workbook is designed to give you the support you need to find healing and connection. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Mindsets are shifting where the work areas of the students vary. The class furniture will vary from size and shape of tables, to couches, to a variety of chairs. Students must have the freedom to make choices to take ownership of their learning. This means .…

Condition: New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Mindsets are shifting where the work areas of the students vary. The class furniture will vary from size and shape of tables, to couches, to a variety of chairs. Students must have the freedom to make choices to take ownership of their learning. This means .…