The Anthropocene and the Undead describes how our experience of an increasingly erratic environment and the idea of the undead are more closely linked than the obvious zombie horde signaling the end of the world. In fact, as described here, much of how we understand the anthropocene both conceptually and in practice involves undead entities from the past that will not die, undead traumas that rise up and consume the world, and undead temporalities that can never end. Fifteen origi...

Surveying a wide variety of disciplines, this fully-revised 7th edition offers a sophisticated and engaging treatment of the rapidly expanding field of organizational communicationPlaces organizations and organizational communication within a broader social, economic, and cultural contextApplies a global perspective throughout, including thoughtful consideration of non-Western forms of leadership, as well as global economic contextsOffers a level of sophis...

You already have the innate ability to unlock the power of you. All you need are the keys. And this book hands them to you. It’s packed full of inspirational and practical advice to challenge old beliefs, robotic behaviors, habits and patterns that no longer serve you. The authors offer you powerful techniques, guidance and golden nuggets for tapping into the highest possible level of life balance, health, happiness, inner peace and success. Unlock the Power of YOU shows you how to maximiz...

This Audiobook contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names Emma [Jane Austen] Jane Eyre [Charlotte Brontë] The Awakening [Kate Chopin] Heart of Darkness [Joseph Conrad] Crime and Punishment [Fyodor Dostoevsky] The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [F. Scott Fitzgerald] The Call of the Wild [Jack London] The Dunwich Horror [H.P Lovecraft] The Art of War [Sun Tzu] The Importance of Being Earnest [Oscar Wilde]

Encourage Long-Term Faithfulness in Missions with a Biblically Informed Strategy That Recenters the ChurchThe church is the origin, means, and end of missions. Scripture calls on missionaries to start and strengthen churches where new believers—and more missionaries—can grow. But today, many Christians downplay the role of the church in favor of pragmatism and parachurch ministries, weakening the missions cause.In this brief guide, pastors John Folmar and S...

Calm, stoic captain Mac Whirr has just been given command of a new steamship, the Nan-Shan. He and his crew are transporting Asian workers across the China Sea when a sudden drop in atmospheric pressure alerts Mac Whirr of "some uncommonly dirty weather knocking about."Soon the steamship, her crew, and the human cargo are caught in the midst of a vicious typhoon. The impending disaster brings out the best and the worst of Mac Whirr; Jukes, the chief mate; Solomon, the wise...

Horror awaits Charlie Marlow, a seaman assigned by an ivory company to retrieve a cargo boat along with one of its employees, Mr. Kurtz, who is stranded deep in the heart of the Belgian Congo. Marlow's journey up the brooding dark river soon becomes a struggle to maintain his own sanity as he witnesses the brutalization of the natives by white traders and then discovers the enigmatic Mr. Kurtz. Kurtz, once a genius and the company's most successful representative, has become a savage; his ...

This classic tale of intrigue, mystery and adventure takes place on the ivory harvesting and trade route in the Congo, in the depths of Africa. In this book, Marlow, a sea captain on a ship at anchor, retells a story of his assignment upon a steamer ship in the Congo to a group of his ship mates. During his mission he is asked to retrieve and return Kurtz, an ivory hunter with a resounding reputation where ever his name is mentioned, who delivers more ivory than all the other stations comb...

This edited collection, which is situated within the environmental humanities and environmental social sciences, brings together utopian and dystopian representations of pandemics from across literature, the arts, and social movements.Featuring analyses of literary works, TV and film, theater, politics, and activism, the chapters in this volume home in on critical topics such as posthumanism, multispecies futures, agency, political ecology, environmental justice, and Indigenous and...