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  • The Journey Towards Humility

    Self-Awareness

    by Brian Leslie Bishop ...
    Adults are all people from whom the younger generation learn. They sometimes take it upon themselves to pass on what they know—knowledge—to the younger generation. The success of this may be measured by written examination. But it seems that people often lose sight of the fact that they, perhaps subconsciously, pass on what they are, which has an immeasurable influence on the younger generation ... Read more

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  • CARITAS

    Tintoretto and the Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice

    by Brian Leslie Bishop ...
    I love Venice. Therefore, I love Tintoretto. Therefore, I love the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. I have been visiting all three for many years and was planning to do so again this year, 2020. However, those plans did not work out this year. So I thought that I would do a virtual tour of the Scuola to which Tintoretto dedicated a lifetime's work. The purpose was to record my personal responses to the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Beauty of Holiness

    Giotto’s Passion Frescoes as a Prelude to the Artistic Afterlife of the Supper at Emmaus

    by Brian Leslie Bishop ...
    In this book, Brian Bishop simply pauses to look at fifty-seven beautiful images that feature the life and death of Jesus and the supper at which he appeared three days after his burial to two broken-hearted disciples. He finds the visual approach to the gospel stories rewarding and attempts to place the paintings in some historical context as an aid to understanding, but, essentially offers ... Read more

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  • The Continuing Dialogue

    An Investigation into the Artistic Afterlife of the Five Narratives Peculiar to the Fourth Gospel and an Assessment of Their Contribution to the Hermeneutics of that Gospel

    by Brian Leslie Bishop ...
    The I AM statements exclusive to the Fourth Gospel are seen as the attempt of the author(s) of that Gospel to present the nature and purpose of the earthly life of Jesus by engaging the imaginative faculty of the reader. Succeeding generations of artists are considered as undertaking a similar task by engaging in an imaginative dialogue with the text. There are five narratives that are peculiar to ... Read more

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  • Ecoblitz

    An Indiana Forest Expedition

    by Indiana Forest Alliance, Deidre Pettinga, John Bacone, Jeff Stant, Anne Laker, Emma Steele, Justin Maxwell, Stephen Russell, Karen Smith, David Rupp, Leslie Bishop, Rae Schnapp ...
    A short hike through an Indiana forest reveals layers of living things: the overstories and understories of trees, the shadow of a mammal, colorful fungi. But what would it mean to methodically document the communities of plants and animals harboring in Indiana's public forests, at humid midnight or coldest dawn? What is the impact of this wondrous knowledge?Ecoblitz describes the findings of, and ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

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  • The Savage Garden, Revised

    Cultivating Carnivorous Plants

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  • How Can I Help?

    Saving Nature with Your Yard

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    From a New York Times bestselling author, a wildlife ecology expert and environmental advocate provides readers with the next step in their ecological journey.In How Can I Help?, Tallamy tackles the questions commonly asked at his popular lectures and shares compelling and actionable answers that will help gardeners and homeowners take the next step in their ecological journey. Topics range from ... Read more

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  • Dinosaurs - Fascinating Facts and 101 Amazing Pictures about These Prehistoric Animals (Kids Educational Guide)

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    by Ben Torrent (Writer), James F. Coleman (Scientific Consultant) ...
    Series series Fascinating Facts
    This valuable and beautiful book is the work of two animal lovers — James F. Coleman is a zoologist and the author of many books on prehistoric animals; Arthur Lobus is an illustrator of many popular encyclopaedias and books about the animal kingdom. His realistic and very graphic illustrations not only skilfully bring dinosaurs to life but lend an incredible atmosphere to the times in which these ... Read more

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