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Bringing together veteran teachers of Catholic Social Teaching who have worked together on the content, this book is designed to set social questions within the Catholic tradition and contemporary life. End-of-chapter application sections address practical concerns, such as racism in the church, charity, consumerism, and...

Peace is God's gift to us, expressed fully in the person of Jesus Christ. It is the "scent of Jasmine"the pleasing odor of a life offered as a sacrifice in love. The Scent of Jasmineencourages us to lay claim to Christ's promise of peace, to make each day an experience of God and an experience of the gift of peace. A practical book, it gives facts, raises questions, and blends the liturgical cycle (contemporary devotions, saints, feast days, and sacraments) with the "secular" cycle of civic observances and recurring yearly events (school days, weddings, graduations). This linking...

Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize
A New York Magazine Best Book of the Year
In Satin Island, Tom McCarthy--the acclaimed, Man Booker Prize-nominated author of Remainder and C--captures the way we experience our world and our efforts to find meaning in the narratives we think of as our lives. U., a "corporate anthropologist," is tasked with preparing the Great Report, an all-encompassing ethnographic document that sums up our era. Yet at every turn, he feels himself overwhelmed by the ubiquity of data. But just as U. begins to wonder if his...

Sound Systems: Design and Optimization provides an accessible and unique perspective on the behavior of sound systems in the practical world. The third edition reflects current trends in the audio field thereby providing readers with the newest methodologies and techniques.

In this greatly expanded new edition, you'll find clearer explanations, a more streamlined organization, increased coverage of current technologies and comprehensive case studies of the author's award-winning work in the field.

As the only book devoted exclusively to modern tools and techniques in this...

Im Bauch eines Glas- und Stahlbaus verfasst der promovierte Ethnologe U. auf internen Memos eines weltweit tätigen Beratungsunternehmens den »Großen Bericht«: Diese universale Gegenwartsdiagnose soll Trends und Tendenzen aufspüren, denn nur wer die Menschen versteht, kann sie zu Konsumenten machen. Den einen Bericht über diese Welt zu schreiben, in der man sich chronisch zwischen zwei Orten befindet, erweist sich jedoch als knifflig. Zumal die Geschichte sich zu schnell fortschreibt - und wer sie mitschreibt, kann sie nicht gleichzeitig erfassen. Als Forscher und...