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An urgently needed exploration of global technology worship, and a measured case for skepticism and agnosticism as a way of life, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Good without God.Today’s technology has overtaken religion as the chief influence on twenty-first century life and community. In Tech Agnostic, Harvard and MIT’s influential humanist chaplain Greg Epstein explores what it means to be a critical thinker with respect to th...

Lipids are a diverse group of organic compounds that are insoluble in water. They include fat, oil, wax and hormones. Lipids serve many different functions in the human body such as helping in signal transduction, contributing to the structural integrity of cellular membranes, and regulating the energy metabolism. The process of lipid metabolism involves biosynthesis and lipid degradation. Biosynthesis is a metabolic process that involves the ...

Specialness is great until it isn't. A young girl is called holy by a traveler and then the entire village goes a little crazy about it. This tale shows the challenge of bringing together the higher and lower things of our world and how to do so without harm. It shows how being different or unique can be both wonderful and challenging.

The world is beset with enormous problems. And as a nonprofit, NGO, foundation, impact investor, or socially responsible company, your organization is on a mission to solve them. But what exactly should you do? And how will you know whether it's working? Too many people assume that good intentions will result in meaningful actions and leave it at that. But thanks to Marc Epstein and Kristi Yuthas, social impact can now be evaluated with the sa...

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Le Cinématographe vu de l'Etna" est un essai influent de Jean Epstein, un réalisateur, écrivain et théoricien du cinéma français d'origine polonaise, largement reconnu pour sa contribution significative à la théorie du cinéma. Ce texte, typique de l'approche intellectuelle et avant-gardiste d'Epstein, explore le cinéma d'une manière profondément philosophique et poétique. Dans cet essai, Epstein se penche sur le cinéma non seulement comme une...

Dr. Elouise Epstein's new book, How to hack your supply chain: Breaking today, building tomorrow, provides insights to practitioners for navigating the ongoing volatility of the disruptive world we live in. This book's guidance couldn't arrive at a better time. Supply chain leaders are encountering technological changes, increased customer expectations, and growing security risks. Seemingly overnight, supply chain management has gone from th...

Secrets! Secrets! Secrets!Jolene Hartman, a young girl walking a duck in L. A., has a secret she's unable to share as she grows up during the turbulent 1930s and l940s on the fringes of Hollywood. Despite an unusual and troubling relationship with her parents, Jolene finds wonder and delight in constant adventures as she seeks God and love.Join Jolene as she grows up with unique relatives, fascinating friends from many cultures, and her pet du...

Secrets! Secrets! Secrets!Jolene Hartman, a young girl walking a duck in L. A., has a secret she's unable to share as she grows up during the turbulent 1930s and l940s on the fringes of Hollywood. Despite an unusual and troubling relationship with her parents, Jolene finds wonder and delight in constant adventures as she seeks God and love.Join Jolene as she grows up with unique relatives, fascinating friends from many cultures, and her pet du...

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Explore a colorful world of feelings and learn how to express them in our enchanting children's book about emotions.

A collection of personal essays from America’s most revered essay writer, Joseph Epstein.America’s greatest living essayist writes about life and aging and being all too nicely out of it. In these personal pieces, he takes on topics as varied as grieving for a dead son, learning Latin late in life, and the pleasures of living with cats. Epstein gives us a “bonfire of his own vanities, ” his thoughts about why watching sports is so impossibly s...

An autobiography usually requires a justification. The great autobiographies-those by Benvenuto Cellini, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Benjamin Franklin, and Henry Brooks Adams-were justified by their authors living in interesting times, harboring radically new ideas, or participating in great events. Joseph Epstein qualifies on none of these counts. His life has been quiet, lucky in numerous ways, and far from dramatic. But it has also been emblemat...

An explosive inside look at The Dirty Dozen, the star-studded war film that broke the rules, shocked the critics, thrilled audiences, and became an all-time classic . . . Based on exclusive interviews with the surviving cast and crew, friends and families of the stars, and other Hollywood insiders, Killin' Generals is a riveting must-listen for film buffs, military fans, and anyone who loves a down-and-dirty adventure tale. Detailed, insightfu...

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This volume contains exemplary papers that were presented at the 2017 Conference on Performance Measurement and Management Control in Nice, France, by researchers in the field from North America, South America, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Playwright and screenwriter David Epstein presents a trilogy of three plays-Mahalo, Desperados, and Arky-tracing the story of an American family navigating a years-long crisis driven by mental illness. Harrowing, comic, and revealing, The Arky Trilogy movingly captures the twists and turns of life as experienced by one family among millions. CRITICAL PRAISE FOR THE ARKY TRILOGY "Moving, high-energy dramas of mental health, families, and ur...

The companion to the highly lauded "Sleep Cinematic: A Golem's Quarter", "Lorenzo by the Ghost Light: A Spiel" is a mock epic infused with absurdly operatic situations and allusions as well as to an homage to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Lorenzo by the Ghost Light finds its first setting in the same opera house visited by the trio in "Sleep Cinematic: A Golem's Quartet." The main character, Lorenzo, is a theater ghost and his companions ar...