Embrace is an inspirational page turner which will stimulate the mind to think differently when it comes to life's struggle, circumstances, disabilities, inabilities, tragedies, addictions and any and everything that is preventing you from living life to the full. Things happen that are in our control as well as beyond our control. However once they have happened, they have happened. We cannot undo what has been done. We can't change it, we can't run from it nor can we erase it; so what do we do? We EMBRACE it!And this book, packed with nuggets of wisdom and empowerment, will give you the encouragement, motivation, spark, fuel and faith you need to take all that life has thrown at you and face it, embrace it and find the courage and strength to move forward. Embrace the good, the bad and the ugly realizing that everything you have endured is necessary and part of the process in transforming you into the person God wants (or created) you to be.

"This easy-to-read self-help book provides readers with real-life examples of individuals who have overcome negativity" -- Pref.

Drawing on extensive ethnographic research, Anita Carrasco examines the socio-environmental impacts of contemporary mining on the Atacameños, an indigenous community in northern Chile, and their home in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest regions in the world. Carrasco describes the impacts of short-term mining corporations like Anaconda Copper that arrived, destroyed, and departed, and explains the positive and negative memories of those left behind. Embracing the Anaconda: A Chronicle of Atacameño Life and Mining in the Andes is recommended for students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, environmental studies, race and ethnic studies, and Latin American studies.

Providing legal analysis and touching upon social history and art history themes, this work offers an objective review of five art trials. Spanning the last 20 years, specific areas of law are examined with each trial: First and Fifth Amendments, copyright law, contract law, valuation of art, and misrepresentation. Art, outside of the legal vacuum, has been embroiled in a battle initiated by social conservatives to promote decency. Three trials involving this struggle and the National Endowment of the Arts are analyzed. The valuation of art is examined in the context of Andy Warhol's estate and copyright law is considered because of the appropriation of contemporary images by Jeff Koons. Although each trial is reviewed distinctly, all are interwoven to present major issues relating to contemporary art. Entertaining aspects of each trial contribute to the understanding of art and law. For art students, copyright, contract and constitutional analysis in the context of actual hearings is an invaluable resource outlining afforded protections and options. To scholars interested in contemporary art and its encounters with the law, this text bridges the gap between two seemingly disparate worlds.