The Humanity Project

Author : Jean Thompson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101611050

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The Humanity Project by Jean Thompson Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Year We Left Home and A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl, this dazzling novel is hailed as an “instantly addictive...tale of yearning, paradox, and hope.” (Booklist) After surviving a horrific shooting at her high school, fifteen-year-old Linnea is packed off to live with her estranged father, Art, in California. Art, not much more than a child himself, doesn’t quite understand how or why he has suddenly become responsible for raising a sullen—and probably deeply damaged—adolescent girl. And although Linnea has little interest in her father, she becomes fascinated by the eccentric cast of characters surrounding him: Conner, a local handyman whose own home life is a war zone, and Christie, her neighbor, who has just been given the reins to a bizarrely named charity fund, the Humanity Project. As the Fund gains traction and Linnea begins to heal, the Humanity Project begs the question: Can you indeed pay someone to be good? At what price? Thompson proves herself at the height of her powers in The Humanity Project, crafting emotionally suspenseful and thoroughly entertaining characters, in which we inevitably see ourselves. Set against the backdrop of current events and cultural calamity, it is at once a multifaceted ensemble drama and a deftly observant story of our twenty-first-century society.

Author : Yuri Shevchuk
Publisher : STRATA Publishing House
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-01
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9785907127685

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THE COLLAPSE OF THE "HUMANITY" PROJECT The World in 2050 by Yuri Shevchuk Pdf

The writer tells about the current state of the environment and the deep reasons of ecological crisis, gives the forecasts of development of an environmental disaster in various regions, the countries and continents for the future thirty years.

Author : Ukri Soirila
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-07-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509938926

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The Law of Humanity Project by Ukri Soirila Pdf

This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to the role of humanity in international law, offering a fresh perspective to a discussions with global implications. The 1990s and the first decade of the twenty-first century witnessed the sporadic emergence of a new vision of global law. Although the vision has taken many different forms, all instances of it have been uniform in the attempt of radically altering how we understand international law by seeking to posit the human as the primary subject of the international legal order and humanity as its main source of legitimacy. Together, this book calls these instances “the law of humanity project”. In so doing, it also paints a picture of and critically assesses a particular moment in the history of international law – a moment which may have already come to a sudden end as a consequence of the current populist backlash in world politics, but during which it seemed inevitable that the law of humanity vision would come to play an increasingly important role in world affairs.

Author : Jean Thompson
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780142180907

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The Humanity Project by Jean Thompson Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Year We Left Home and A Cloud in the Shape of a Girl, this dazzling novel is hailed as an “instantly addictive...tale of yearning, paradox, and hope.” (Booklist) After surviving a horrific shooting at her high school, fifteen-year-old Linnea is packed off to live with her estranged father, Art, in California. Art, not much more than a child himself, doesn’t quite understand how or why he has suddenly become responsible for raising a sullen—and probably deeply damaged—adolescent girl. And although Linnea has little interest in her father, she becomes fascinated by the eccentric cast of characters surrounding him: Conner, a local handyman whose own home life is a war zone, and Christie, her neighbor, who has just been given the reins to a bizarrely named charity fund, the Humanity Project. As the Fund gains traction and Linnea begins to heal, the Humanity Project begs the question: Can you indeed pay someone to be good? At what price? Thompson proves herself at the height of her powers in The Humanity Project, crafting emotionally suspenseful and thoroughly entertaining characters, in which we inevitably see ourselves. Set against the backdrop of current events and cultural calamity, it is at once a multifaceted ensemble drama and a deftly observant story of our twenty-first-century society.

Author : Charles T. Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 94 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798782090739

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The Save Humanity Project by Charles T. Harris Pdf

If you're reading this, we survived and it's over. For 200 years our species has looked to the heavens and observed Ceres 5461 approach. It's larger than our moon. At the time I write this, the rock hangs as a monster in the sky. We have mere weeks left. My name is Clark Gable Harvey. Likely you were familiar with my late mother, 'Madame Beauty'. One of the world's most successful Cyber Web stars and a true believer in The Save Humanity Project. Because of her, I received a ticket to the FSS moon base. From there we make our final stand. I leave soon to observe the greatest minds of our planet take on the beast and deliver salvation. My contract requires that I record my trip for future generations, so let's get started...

Author : John Camillus,Bopaya Bidanda,N. Chandra Mohan
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351999892

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The Business of Humanity by John Camillus,Bopaya Bidanda,N. Chandra Mohan Pdf

Companies across the world, for a variety of reasons, are committing to incorporating social responsibility into their business models and finding that their profits are growing and their long-term sustainability is enhanced—building "humanity" into their business models as the driver of economic, environmental, and social sustainability. This fascinating development is a widely observable global phenomenon. The "Business of Humanity®" (BoH) Proposition is the synthesis of counter-intuitive but simple and powerful ideas about how companies can add value in today’s globalized and fast-changing world. The task of BoH Strategies is to overcome three critical challenges characterizing today’s business environment, namely disruptive technologies, conflicted stakeholders, and unknowable futures. BoH Strategies are designed to convert these challenges into opportunities for enhanced sustainability on all three dimensions—economic, environmental and social. Written by leading experts with decades of experience, this book: Provides a hands-on understanding of how to implement this powerful and rewarding approach to simultaneously add economic value and enhance social benefit Includes the experiences and approaches of highly regarded business executives and successful organizations Responds to the critical challenges created by three environmental mega forces – the inevitability of globalization, the imperative of innovation, and the importance of shared value. This book is based on lessons drawn from the real world and provides a compelling rationale for the power of the BoH Proposition. The pragmatic framework and process offered enable companies to develop and confidently implement value-adding strategies based on the BoH Proposition.

Author : Thomas Herbert Russell
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 557 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547240280

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America's War for Humanity by Thomas Herbert Russell Pdf

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "America's War for Humanity" by Thomas Herbert Russell. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Author : Rhonda Lynn Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0982421001

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The Humanity Project by Rhonda Lynn Davis Pdf

Archie Franklin discovers a village tucked away in the New Mexico wilderness where an isolated culture hides a secret so deep and dark that even its people don't know about it. He sets out to help a small group escape from the compound and find others of their kind.

Author : Leif Cocks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0648501809

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Finding Our Humanity by Leif Cocks Pdf

Author : Andy Weir
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593135228

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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science—in development as a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling. HUGO AWARD FINALIST • ONE OF THE YEAR’S BEST BOOKS: Bill Gates, GatesNotes, New York Public Library, Parade, Newsweek, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal • “An epic story of redemption, discovery and cool speculative sci-fi.”—USA Today “If you loved The Martian, you’ll go crazy for Weir’s latest.”—The Washington Post Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it’s up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery—and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he’s got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian—while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.

Author : Eloise Meneses
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315315317

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On Knowing Humanity by Eloise Meneses Pdf

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Chapter authors -- Introduction -- 1 Engaging the religiously committed other: Anthropologists and theologians in dialogue -- PART I Epistemology for ethnography -- 2 Mystery: To know and be known in ethnography -- 3 Stranger: A biblical teaching as an anthropological resource -- 4 Witness: A post-critical and biblical epistemology for a committed anthropology -- 5 Humility: A Christian impulse as fruitful motif for anthropological theory and practice -- 6 Mission: Agnes C.L. Donohugh, early "apostle for ethnography"--PART II Ontology for anthropology -- 7 Principalities: Insights from practical theology for a transformed applied anthropology -- 8 Divine: The multiple expressions of the sacred in Andean ontology -- 9 Calling: Implications of the transcendent for love and purpose in migration -- 10 Trinity: Conceptual tools for an interdisciplinary theology of culture -- 11 Anthropology in the mirror of theology: Epistemology, ontology, ethics (an afterword) -- Index

Author : Carrie Jenkins
Publisher : Strange Light
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771049286

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Victoria Sees It by Carrie Jenkins Pdf

A queer psychological thriller from a beguiling, fresh new voice. Victoria is unraveling. Her best friend is missing, and she's the only one who seems to care: there are clues all over Cambridge, but Deb is nowhere to be found--and the harder Victoria looks, the less she sees. Victoria is raised in a crumbling house in England by her working-class aunt and uncle, until her academic brilliance gains her entrance to Cambridge. There, she meets her first true friend, Deb, a spacey aristocrat, and the girls create their own tiny bubble within Cambridge's strict class system. Until Deb disappears. In her search for her friend, Victoria finds an unlikely ally--a police officer named Julie. They travel the countryside, visiting sites of suicides, murders, and accidents. But eventually, Julie's emotional demands overwhelm Victoria, and she retreats into a lonely life of academia, always teetering on the edge of emotional collapse. Wandering through a miasma of sexism, isolation, physical and mental health issues, Victoria's story is haunted by the spectre of her mother, whose own assault and subsequent pregnancy represent a break in her contract with the world.

Author : O. B. Hardison Jr.
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-12-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781421430898

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Toward Freedom and Dignity by O. B. Hardison Jr. Pdf

Originally published in 1973. Toward Freedom and Dignity is a humanist's view of the humanities in an age of burgeoning technology. O. B. Hardison Jr. deals with the status of the humanities and their future—how they are regarded and how they may come to contribute to a genuinely humane society. He argues that humanistic studies are not a luxury in either education or society. They are central to the preparation of human beings for the kind of society that is possible if we manage to avoid an Orwellian technocracy. Social goals and priorities must be set in terms of the ideal of a culture truly adjusted to human needs and human limitations. In framing his argument, Hardison draws on ideas of the humanities since the Renaissance, especially on the philosophical humanities that emerged in Europe in the works of authors like Kant, Schiller, and Coleridge. He is untroubled by anti-humanistic trends in college curricula and the surrounding culture, and he contends that we have only one practical option: to ensure that culture evolves toward a more humane society, toward freedom and dignity.

Author : Paola Cavalieri,Peter Singer
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Nature
ISBN : 031211818X

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The Great Ape Project by Paola Cavalieri,Peter Singer Pdf

With such assertions throughout, it is no wonder that The Great Ape Project has been embroiled in controversy even before its American publication.

Author : Tuomas Tiittala
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-16
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509954391

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The Finnish Yearbook of International Law, Vol 26, 2016 by Tuomas Tiittala Pdf

The Finnish Yearbook of International Law aspires to honour and strengthen the Finnish tradition in international legal scholarship. Open to contributions from all over the world and from all persuasions, the Finnish Yearbook stands out as a forum for theoretically informed, high-quality publications on all aspects of public international law, including the international relations law of the European Union. The Finnish Yearbook publishes in-depth articles and shorter notes, commentaries on current developments, book reviews and relevant overviews of Finland's state practice. While firmly grounded in traditional legal scholarship, it is open for new approaches to international law and for work of an interdisciplinary nature.