In Art to Come Terry Smith—who is widely recognized as one of the world's leading historians and theorists of contemporary art—traces the emergence of contemporary art and further develops his concept of contemporaneity. Smith shows that embracing contemporaneity as both a historical concept and a condition of the globalized world allows us to grasp how contemporary art exists in a fluid space of increasing interdependencies, multiple contemporaneous modernities, and persistent in...

A special team of scientists are selected to participate to do highly specialized research at Space Station America to study potential solutions to environmental deterioration impacted the U.S. and earth. After liftoff and as they proceed to Space Station America control of their space ship is taken over by an unidentified foreign power hurdling their space ship away from the universe. As the proceed through darkness they are contacted by God who eventually identifies himself as Gus, and a...

Heart-gripping accounts from family, friends, and military brethren show that the battle seldom ends when veterans come home. The physical and psychological scars mar them for life, a permanent bane that they endure for our peace and safety. Such scenarios have occurred countless times throughout our country's history to defend the red, white, and blue. Remarkably, most would do it all over again if needed. Despite PTSD, one such veteran, Jeremy Smith, continues to deeply touch the lives o...

Life can get tough sometimes, even for Christians. Having a regular serving of encouragement, then, is vital to our Christian health.As nourishment for our faith, author Betty Terry Smith bids us dine on Taters and Peas, her sometimes serious, sometimes light-hearted blend of prose and poetry uniting ingredients of everyday life into a hearty helping of God's eternal truths.Applying her down-home metaphor, Betty explains that God, as the Master Gardener of our lives,...

Readora from BookTropolis features the literary superhero character from a whimsical land far away. Through a series of children’s books, Readora from BookTropolis flies around the world visiting children and bestowing her superpower of delighting readers ages 3 – 8 years old with the joy of reading. While the Readora from BookTropolis stories are written for children, they also inform and entertain all readers. In this inaugural book, Readora empowers children to enjoy reading about sport...

Buy good companies. Don't overpay. Do nothing.Some people love to make successful investing seem more complicated than it really is. In this anthology of essays and letters written between 2010–20, leading fund manager Terry Smith delights in debunking the many myths of investing – and making the case for simply buying the best companies in the world.These are businesses that generate serious amounts of cash and know what to do with it. The result is a powerful compounding ...

What is contemporary curatorial thought? Current discourse on the topic is heating up with a new cocktail of bold ideas and ethical imperatives. these include: cooperative curating, especially with artists; the reimagination of museums; curating as knowledge production; the historicization of exhibitionmaking; and commitment to extra-artworld participatory activism. Less obvious, but increasingly of concern, are issues such as rethinking spectatorship, engaging viewers as co-curators and t...

Okwui Enwezor is widely regarded as a leader among the brilliant curators who emerged in the 1990s to set agendas for understanding the global expansiveness of contemporary art. Among his pathfinding exhibitions were the second Johannesburg Biennale (1997), the paradigm-shifting Documenta11 (2002), Archive Fever (2008), and Postwar (2016). In addition to breaking ground as a curator, Enwezor was also a prolific critic, essayist, and theorist. Selected Writings—a ...

Okwui Enwezor is widely regarded as a leader among the brilliant curators who emerged in the 1990s to set agendas for understanding the global expansiveness of contemporary art. Among his pathfinding exhibitions were the second Johannesburg Biennale (1997), the paradigm-shifting Documenta 11 (2002), Archive Fever (2008), and Postwar (2016). In addition to breaking ground as a curator, Enwezor was also a prolific critic, essayist, and theorist. Selected Writings—a...

The ways to be effective in global missions have changed. The authors believe that content and values must undergird the North American local church’s approach to global mission. It is not enough to “do something.” It is in fact possible to do all of the right things in all of the wrong ways, with negative results. It is also possible that mission “over there” can have as much — or more — on the church at home. This book discusses common principles and practices that inform and energize lo...

In this landmark collection, world-renowned theorists, artists, critics, and curators explore new ways of conceiving the present and understanding art and culture in relation to it. They revisit from fresh perspectives key issues regarding modernity and postmodernity, including the relationship between art and broader social and political currents, as well as important questions about temporality and change. They also reflect on whether or not broad categories and terms such as modernity, ...

Impostor syndrome is the faulty belief that one is a fraud and not deserving of their achievements. Impostor syndrome can be debilitating to one's personal and professional life. It also affects one's mental and physical health and even their relationships in a variety of ways.