After Humanity

WArd, Michael

Lewis, C.S.(Clive Staples)

Lewis, C.S. [Clive Staples, 1898-1963]

Word On Fire Academic

New York : Harperone, [2021]

Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C. S. Lewis

For over half a century, scholars have laboured to show that C. S. Lewis's famed but apparently disorganised Chronicles of Narnia have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, and the seven books of Spenser's Faerie Queene. None of these explanations has won general acceptance and the structure of Narnia's symbolism has remained a mystery. Michael Ward has finally solved the enigma. In Planet Narnia he demonstrates that medieval cosmology, a subject which fascinated Lewis throughout his life, provides the imaginative key to the seven novels. Drawing on the whole range of Lewis's writings (including previously unpublished drafts of the Chronicles), Ward reveals how the Narnia stories were designed to express the characteristics of the seven medieval planets - - Jupiter, Mars, Sol, Luna, Mercury, Venus, and Saturn - - planets which Lewis described as "spiritual symbols of permanent value" and "especially worthwhile in our own generation". Using these seven symbols, Lewis secretly constructed the Chronicles so that in each book the plot-line, the ornamental details, and, most important, the portrayal of the Christ-figure of Aslan, all serve to communicate the governing planetary personality. The cosmological theme of each Chronicle is what Lewis called 'the kappa element in romance', the atmospheric essence of a story, everywhere present but nowhere explicit. The reader inhabits this atmosphere and thus imaginatively gains conna�tre knowledge of the spiritual character which the tale was created to embody. Planet Narnia is a ground-breaking study that will provoke a major revaluation not only of the Chronicles, but of Lewis's whole literary and theological outlook. Ward uncovers a much subtler writer and thinker than has previously been recognized, whose central interests were hiddenness, immanence, and knowledge by acquaintance.

Religion & Spirituality

Oxford University Press

Hailed as "an outstanding guide not only to Narnia, but also to Lewis's thinking as a whole" by Books and Culture and as "absorbing . . . serious . . . rich . . . a brilliant work to be savored, read often and kept at hand when re-reading Lewis's novels" by The Catholic Register, this superb book argues convincingly that medieval cosmology, a subject which fascinated C.S. Lewis throughout his life, provides the imaginative key to understanding the seven Narnia novels. Drawing on the whole range of Lewis's writings (including previously unpublished drafts of the Chronicles), Ward shows that the Narnia stories were designed to express the characteristics of the seven medieval planets-the Sun, the Moon, Mars, Mercury, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn-planets which Lewis described as "spiritual symbols of permanent value" and "especially worthwhile in our own generation" Using these seven symbols, Lewis secretly constructed the Chronicles so that the story-line in each book, countless points of ornamental detail, and, most important, the portrayal of the Christ-figure of Aslan, all serve to communicate the governing planetary personality.

Good data, Michael Ward argues, serve to enhance a perception about life as well as to deepen an understanding of reality. This history of the UN’s role in fostering international statistics in the postwar period demonstrates how statistics have shaped our understanding of the world. Drawing on well over 40 years of experience working as a statistician and economist in more than two dozen countries around the world, Ward traces the evolution of statistical ideas and how they have responded to the needs of policy while unraveling the question of why certain data were considered important and why other data and concerns were not. The book explores the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of the UN’s statistical work and how each dimension has provided opportunities for describing the well-being of the world community. Quantifying the World also reveals some of the missed opportunities for pursuing alternative models.

Quantifying the World: UN Ideas and Statistics (United Nations Intellectual History Project Series)

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Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Indiana University Press

Good data, Michael Ward argues, serve to enhance a perception about life as well as to deepen an understanding of reality. This history of the UN’s role in fostering international statistics in the postwar period demonstrates how statistics have shaped our understanding of the world. Drawing on well over 40 years of experience working as a statistician and economist in more than two dozen countries around the world, Ward traces the evolution of statistical ideas and how they have responded to the needs of policy while unraveling the question of why certain data were considered important and why other data and concerns were not. The book explores the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of the UN’s statistical work and how each dimension has provided opportunities for describing the well-being of the world community. Quantifying the World also reveals some of the missed opportunities for pursuing alternative models.

Quantifying the World: UN Ideas and Statistics (United Nations Intellectual History Project)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Mountain medicine: A clinical study of cold and high altitude

Crosby Lockwood Staples

Learn how to use managerial economics to diagnose and solve business problems with Froeb/McCann/Ward/Shor's MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS: A PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACH, 6E. This breakthrough text, designed specifically for upper-level and M.B.A. students like you, offers a succinct and fast-paced, yet challenging, approach full of invaluable insights. This edition incorporates less math and fewer technical models, graphs and figures than traditional managerial economics texts, while emphasizing the real decisions that today's managers face daily. The authors use models only to help you determine why mistakes are made and how to fix them. The latest economic updates introduce the most recent economic developments and current economic challenges worldwide. You learn how to apply economic theory to even the most formidable business challenges as interactive applications and MindTap digital resources reinforce understanding. Meaningful insights make this learning guide useful now and throughout your business career.

Managerial Economics: A Problem Solving Approach

Business & Money

McCann, Brian

Shor, Mike

Froeb, Luke

Economics

Cengage Learning'

The first edition of High Altitude Medicine and Physiology, published in 1989, was acclaimed as the most comprehensive work on this subject. This new edition has been completely updated to met the worldwide interest in the physiology and medicine of altitude and cold and in mountain pursuits. There is now a separate chapter on high altitude population as well as new chapters on the management to medical and surgical emergencies to extend the book's appeal to all doctors and scientists active in this field.

High Alt Medicine & Physiol E2

Medical Books

Basic Sciences

CRC-Press

Van Nostrand Reinhold Inc.,U.S.; First Edition edition (1973)

Art and design in textiles

Van Nostrand-Reinhold

50 Essentials Management Techniques

This book brings together an array of tools designed to improve managerial performance. For each entry the author introduces the technique in question, explains how it works, then goes on to show, with the aid of a case study, how it can be used to solve an actual problem. The 50 techniques are grouped into 11 subject areas, ranging from strategy to learning. For managers in every type of organization and at any level, as well as for students and consultants, this text should prove useful.

50 Essential Management Techniques

Management & Leadership

Gower Pub.Co.

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