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James Porter

Be the person who knows what to do.It started with a knot.On a camping trip, a friend tied a specific rope knot without looking it up, without hesitating, without making a big deal of it. He just knew how. And in that moment, he was the most impressive person at the campsite. Not because the knot was complicated. Because he was useful.That night, a list was born. Over the following weeks it grew to 42 skills — practical, social, mechanical, and huma...

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James Gould-Porter

The Hawaiian people have a laid-back love of life, and Island Poké's restaurants are committed to sharing this ethos and the authentic flavours from these shores in over 65 recipes. Poké (pronounced Po-Keh) means to 'slice' or 'dice' in Hawaiian but it has evolved to become the Hawaiian staple of sliced raw fish served on rice with many condiments and toppings. Fusing the joy of real Hawaiian food, which is a delicious fusion of many cuisines including Polynesian, Japanese, Chinese, South ...

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James A. Porter

In "A Prince of Anahuac," Porter likely weaves a tale that combines historical research with imaginative storytelling to create a narrative that captures the cultural, social, and political landscape of ancient Mexico. The story probably follows a young prince or noble as he navigates the complexities of his society, encountering various challenges and adventures along the way.The novel's themes may include the struggle for power, the clash of cultures, and the personal growth of the prota...

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James C Porter

What if Mother Nature got angry? What if she got angry at all the factories and power plants and other man-made sources of climate change? What if she made it clear just how angry she was?What if she had help?Mary Aimsir can control the weather. So can hundreds of women like her around the world. Maybe Mother Nature is just a myth. These women aren't.

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The Body, In Theory: Histories Of Cultural Materialism

Classical scholarship has traditionally neglected the prominence of the body in antiquity. Constructions of the Classical Body theorizes that the study of antiquity is necessarily a study of the body, and that attention to this fact can lead to a much-needed shift in the way in which classical studies are approached today. This volume aims to reestablish the relevance of the problem of the body at the perimeters of several different kinds of inquiry, and, in this way, to help open up a fie...

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James I. Porter

Current understandings of the sublime are focused by a single word ('sublimity') and by a single author ('Longinus'). The sublime is not a word: it is a concept and an experience, or rather a whole range of ideas, meanings and experiences that are embedded in conceptual and experiential patterns. Once we train our sights on these patterns a radically different prospect on the sublime in antiquity comes to light, one that touches everything from its range of expressions to its dates of emer...

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James I. Porter

The story of our ongoing fascination with Homer, the man and the myth.Homer, the great poet of the Iliad and the Odyssey, is revered as a cultural icon of antiquity and a figure of lasting influence. But his identity is shrouded in questions about who he was, when he lived, and whether he was an actual person, a myth, or merely a shared idea. Rather than attempting to solve the mystery of this character, James I. Porter explores the sources of Hom...

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James A. Porter, Shane Payne

"A Prince of Anahuac" is a profound exploration of the socio-political dynamics and rich cultural tapestry of the pre-Columbian world, particularly focusing on the Nahua civilization. James A. Porter employs a vivid narrative style that seamlessly intertwines historical facts with imaginative storytelling, creating a compelling account that breathes life into the characters and events of this era. Set against the backdrop of the grandeur and complexities of Anahuac, the book draws on exten...

A major study on the theology of Beloved Community.This long-awaited work by the church's top clergy, scholars, and thought leaders examines the theological foundation of Beloved Community and its threats. It addresses such important topics as the legacy and sin of white supremacy, economic disparity, racial healing, and the call for reparations. The committee's work sheds light on the societal and cultural implications of the largest obstacle to the core mission o...

Nietzsche and Literary Studies tackles the literary implications of Nietzsche's philosophy and the philosophical implications of his approaches to style and expression. The book offers a complete guide to Nietzsche's writings, which in turn draw on two and a half millennia of literary and philosophical history, reaching back to Heraclitus, Plato, and the Cynics and from there to Diderot, the Schlegels, Stendahl, and Stifter, and have inspired a further century of responses from literary wr...

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James I. Porter, Svetlana Boym, Elliot R. Wolfson, Yehouda Shenhav, Hannan Hever, Sarah Hammerschlag, Martin Jay, Sergey Dolgopolski, Martin Land, Senior Lecturer, Computer Science, Andrew Bush, Jay Geller

Theory, as it’s happened across the humanities, has often been coded as “Jewish.” This collection of essays seeks to move past explanations for this understanding that rely on the self-evident (the historical centrality of Jews to the rise of Critical Theory with the Frankfurt School) or stereotypical (psychoanalysis as the “Jewish Science”) in order to show how certain problematics of modern Jewishness enrich theory.In the range of violence and agency that attend the appellation “...

The term "classical" is used to describe everything from the poems of Homer to entire periods of Greek and Roman antiquity. But just how did the concept evolve? This collection of essays by leading classics scholars from the United States and Europe challenges the limits of the current understanding of the term. The book seeks not to arrive at a final definition, but rather to provide a cultural history of the concept by exploring how the meanings of "classical" have been created, recreate...