Acclaimed photographer Mary Beth Meehan and Silicon Valley culture expert Fred Turner join forces to give us an unseen view of the heart of the tech world. It’s hard to imagine a place more central to American mythology today than Silicon Valley. To outsiders, the region glitters with the promise of extraordinary wealth and innovation. But behind this image lies another Silicon Valley, one segregated by race, class, and nationality in complex and contradictory ways. Its beautiful landscape lies atop underground streams of pollutants left behind by decades of technological innovation, and while its billionaires live in compounds, surrounded by redwood trees and security fences, its service workers live in their cars. With arresting photography and intimate stories, Seeing Silicon Valley makes this hidden world visible. Instead of young entrepreneurs striving for efficiency in minimalist corporate campuses, we see portraits of struggle—families displaced by an impossible real estate market, workers striving for a living wage, and communities harmed by environmental degradation. If the fate of Silicon Valley is the fate of America—as so many of its boosters claim—then this book gives us an unvarnished look into the future.
Elizabeth Lange is haunted by the tragic death of her sister Leila, who plunged from the balcony of her New York penthouse under mysterious circumstances. While visiting the Cypress Point Spa, Elizabeth decides to find out exactly what happened. Also includes Stillwatch and A Cry in The NIght.
What does it mean to "pray with a passionate heart?" In this book, authors Meehan and Oliver answer that praying with a passionate heart means opening oneself up to Divine Love and seeing the ever-present touch of God in the meanderings of daily events. It means learning to feel, think, and experience with the whole of one's being all that life is. And it means using imagination and feelings to commune intimately with God and with all that God has created and loved. By using prayer therapies, directed meditations, and scriptural illuminations, Praying With a Passionate Heart shows readers not only how to "tune in" to God but also how to "fall in love" with God. Within these pages, readers will also experience deep love with others, live joyfully each day, share openly with God, forgive and ask forgiveness, let go of fear, and commune with prayer companions.
Tourism to Florida is booming, with Miami and Orlando continuing to break all records in 1996-97. This year, new attractions are slated to open across the state to keep the momentum going. Frommer's 1998 guide to the state offers a wealth of all-new, completely rewritten coverage of what's going on in the Sunshine State, plus new maps.
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