Reflection of a Man
Reflection of a Man

Author: Roy Flukinger

Publisher: Cairn Press, Dallas, Texas

Published: 2008-02-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9780979568107

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Stanley Marcus was known the world over as an innovative marketer and retailer with a refined sense of taste and style whose leadership transformed his family's Dallas clothing store, Neiman Marcus, into a globally recognized arbiter of fashion. However, his refined sensibility was also expressed in a very private passion for photography, shared only with family and close friends. Marcus's daughter Jerrie Marcus Smith and his granddaughter Allison V. Smith celebrate this passion in Reflection of a Man, a representative selection of the thousands of photographs Marcus shot on business trips in Europe, on vacations in Mexico, and during family celebrations. These photographs underscore what we already know about the man in terms of an eye for elegance, a preoccupation with merchandising, and an enthusiasm for the enjoyment of life, but they also reveal a talent for capturing the purity of a moment and memorializing instances of beauty. In addition to the photographs, Oscar de la Renta, the couture fashion designer, relates his experience with the master of the art of the sale; Jack Lenor Larsen, the dean of modern fabric design, pays tribute to his long friendship with Marcus; and Roy Flukinger, Senior Research Curator of Photography at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin, critiques Marcus's photographs.

What it Means to be a Man
What it Means to be a Man

Author: Rafael L. Ramírez

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780813526614

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What It Means to Be a Man begins with a discussion of machismo set in the context of the social construction of masculinity. Ramírez presents his interpretation of what it means to be a Puerto Rican man, discussing the attributes and demands of masculinity, and pointing out the ways in which strength, competition, and sexuality are joined with power and pleasure. He examines the erotic relationships between men as part of the expressions of masculinity, and analyzes how the homosexual experience reproduces the dominant masculine ideology.

A Man in Transition
A Man in Transition

Author: Craig Galati

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2008-03

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 0595481760

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"We are here to transition. And that transition is a way of becoming closer to who we are so we can be one with the universe." -Craig Galati, from A Man in Transition In the self-described "midsummer" of his life, Craig Galati picked up a pen and began writing from the heart. It was as though the words flowed through him. The result is the book you have before you, a series of deeply personal reflections on relationships, leadership and life as seen through the prism of "transition." Like all of us, Craig occupies many roles: Architect. Consultant. Family man. Writer. Concerned citizen. Human being. From these diverse perspectives, he begins to make sense of the transitional nature of life. Never pretentious, always engaging, Craig explores such far-ranging and universal themes as commitment, intention, selflessness, authenticity and the power of caring with a keen eye and a deft touch. Clearly comfortable in the midst of his own transitions, Craig takes us on a journey that ultimately becomes our own.

Give a Man a Fish
Give a Man a Fish

Author: James Ferguson

Publisher: Duke University Press Books

Published: 2015-05-20

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780822358954

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In Give a Man a Fish James Ferguson examines the rise of social welfare programs in southern Africa, in which states make cash payments to their low income citizens. More than thirty percent of South Africa's population receive such payments, even as pundits elsewhere proclaim the neoliberal death of the welfare state. These programs' successes at reducing poverty under conditions of mass unemployment, Ferguson argues, provide an opportunity for rethinking contemporary capitalism and for developing new forms of political mobilization. Interested in an emerging "politics of distribution," Ferguson shows how new demands for direct income payments (including so-called "basic income") require us to reexamine the relation between production and distribution, and to ask new questions about markets, livelihoods, labor, and the future of progressive politics.

Reflections on the Psalms
Reflections on the Psalms

Author: C. S. Lewis

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2017-02-14

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 006256546X

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A repackaged edition of the revered author’s moving theological work in which he considers the most poetic portions from Scripture and what they tell us about God, the Bible, and faith. In this wise and enlightening book, C. S. Lewis—the great British writer, scholar, lay theologian, broadcaster, Christian apologist, and bestselling author of Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Great Divorce, The Chronicles of Narnia, and many other beloved classics—examines the Psalms. As Lewis divines the meaning behind these timeless poetic verses, he makes clear their significance in our daily lives, and reminds us of their power to illuminate moments of grace.