' Being Alive' is the sequel to Neil Astley's ' Staying Alive' which became Britain's most popular poetry book because it gave readers hundreds of thoughtful & passionate poems about living in the modern world Now he has assembled this equally lively companion anthology for all those readers who've wanted more poems that touch the heart stir the mind & fire the spirit ' Being Alive' is about being human about love & loss fear & longing hurt & wonder ' Staying Alive' didn't just reach a broader readership it introduced thousands of new readers to contemporary poetry giving them an international gathering of poems of great personal force poems with emotional power intellectual edge & playful wit It also brought many readers back to poetry people who hadn't read poetry for years because it hadn't held their interest ' Being Alive' gives readers an even wider selection of vivid brilliantly diverse contemporary poetry from around the world A third companion anthology ' Being Human' (2011) completes this modern poetry trilogy ...

Anthropology is a disciplined inquiry into the conditions & potentials of human life Generations of theorists however have expunged life from their accounts treating it as the mere output of patterns codes structures or systems variously defined as genetic or cultural natural or social Building on his classic work The Perception of the Environment Tim Ingold sets out to restore life to where it should belong at the heart of anthropological concern Being Alive ranges over such themes as the vitality of materials what it means to make things the perception & formation of the ground the mingling of earth & sky in the weather-world the experiences of light sound & feeling the role of storytelling in the integration of knowledge & the potential of drawing to unite observation & description Our humanity Ingold argues does not come ready-made but is continually fashioned in our movements along ways of life Starting from the idea of life as a process of wayfaring Ingold presents a radically new understanding of movement knowledge & description as

Dimensions not just of being in the world but of being alive to what is going on there

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Being & Nothingness is without doubt one of the most significant books of the twentieth century The central work by one of the world's most influential thinkers it altered the course of western philosophy Its revolutionary approach challenged all previous assumptions about the individual's relationship with the world Known as 'the Bible of existentialism' its impact on culture & literature was immediate & was felt worldwide from the absurd drama of Samuel Beckett to the soul-searching cries of the Beat poets Being & Nothingness is one of those rare books whose influence has affected the mind-set of subsequent generations Sixty years after its first publication its message remains as potent as ever
- challenging the reader to confront the fundamental dilemmas of human freedom responsibility & action
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Full of sensitive pastoral advice & shot through with arresting & illuminating theological insights Rowan Williams' new book explores the meaning & practice of four essential components of the Christian life baptism Bible Eucharist & prayer This book is an invitation to everyone to think through the essentials of the faith & how to live it making it an ideal gift for anyone at the start of their spiritual journey or thinking about confirmation ...

Timothy Bentinck has played the part of David Archer in BBC Radio 4&s The Archers since 1982 He is also the Earl of Portland & the voice of & Mind The Gap& on the Piccadilly Line Aimed primarily at the five million regular Archers listeners Timothy takes the reader behind the scenes of the longest running drama series in the world a British institution with a theme tune that Billy Connolly wants to be the National Anthem But that&s not all With wry self-deprecating humour Timothy recounts his enormously varied life
- a successful actor in TV film & theatre a voice specialist working in every vocal medium He&s also been an HGV truck driver a US tour guide a computer programmer & website designer an inventor with UK & US patents farm worker house renovator & he sat as a crossbencher in the House of Lords for three years Unlike many acting memoirs this isn&t a succession of thespian tales of freezing digs forgotten lines & name dropping This is an articulate funny & thoughtful account of how to survive an insecure life
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This fresh & inspiring look at the meaning of discipleship covers the essentials of the christian life includingfaith hope & love; forgiveness; holiness; social action; life in the Spirit Written for the general reader by one of our greatest living theologians this book will help you to see more clearly love more dearly & follow more nearly the way of Jesus Christ ...

' To read Being Ecological is to be caught up in a brilliant display of intellectual pyrotechnics' PDSmith Guardian Why is everything we think we know about ecology wrong? Is there really any difference between 'humans' & 'nature'? Does this mean we even have a future? Don't care about ecology? This book is for you Timothy Morton who has been called ' Our most popular guide to the new epoch' (Guardian) sets out to show us that whether we know it or not we already have the capacity & the will to change the way we understand the place of humans in the world & our very understanding of the term 'ecology' A cross-disciplinarian who has collaborated with everyone from Bjoerk to Hans Ulrich Obrist Morton is also a member of the object-oriented philosophy movement a group of forward-looking thinkers who are grappling with modern-day notions of subjectivity & objectivity while also offering fascinating new understandings of Heidegger & Kant Calling the volume a book containing 'no ecological facts' Morton confronts the 'information dump' fatigue of the digital age & offers an invigorated approach to creating a liveable future ...

Kevin Clash the puppeteer who brings Elmo to life & filmmaker Constance Marks introduces viewers to the man behind the Muppet in this documentary BEING ELMO offers a backstage look at Clash&s life & times a look into his working methods & insight into how he informs Elmo&s personality & uses the character to send a positive message to the world ...

What was it like to be Elvis Presley? What did it feel like when impossible fame made him its prisoner? As the world&s first rock star there was no one to tell him what to expect no one with whom he could share the burden of being himself
- of being Elvis On the outside he was all charm sex appeal outrageously confident on stage & stunningly gifted in the recording studio To his fans he seemed to have it all He was Elvis With his voice & style influencing succeeding generations of musicians he should have been free to sing any song he liked to star in any film he was offered & to tour in any country he chose But he wasn&t free The circumstances of his poor beginnings in the American South which as he blended gospel music with black rhythm & blues & white country songs helped him create rock & roll had left him with a lifelong vulnerability Made rich & famous beyond his wildest imaginings when he mortgaged his talent to the machinations of his manager & Colonel& Tom Parker there would be an inevitable price to pay Though he daydreamed of becoming a serious film actor instead he grew to despise his own movies & many of the songs he had to sing in them He could have rebelled But he didn&t Why? In the Seventies as the hits rolled in again & millions of fans saw him in a second career as he sang his way across America he talked of wanting to tour the world But he never did What was stopping him?BEING ELVIS takes a clear-eyed look at the most-loved entertainer ever & finds an unusual boy with a dazzling talent who grew up to change popular culture; a man who sold a billion records & had more hits than any other singer but who became trapped by his own frailties in the loneliness of fame
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Being Ethnographic is an essential introductory guidebook to the methods & applications of doing fieldwork in real-world settings It discusses the future of ethnography explores how we understand identity & sets out the role of technology in a global networked society Driven by classic & anecdotal case studies Being Ethnographic highlights the challenges introduced by the ethnographers' own interests biases & ideologies & demonstrates the importance of methodological reflexivity Addressing both the why & how questions of doing ethnography well Madden demonstrates how both theory & practice can work together to produce insights into the human condition This fully updated second edition
Includes: New material on intersubjectivity Information on digital inscription tools A practical guide to qualitative analysis software New coverage of cyberethnography & social media Expanded information on ethnographic possibilities with animals Filled with invaluable advice for applying ethnographic principles in the field it will give researchers across social sciences everything they need to walk a mile in someone else's shoes
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