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Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elsner, Jas / Elsner, J. R., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This stimulating book offers an exciting new approach to the twin themes of the arts of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christian art. Beginning in the second century, with its rich revival of ancient learning and artistic practices, and ending in the fifth with Christian narrative and liturgical cycles and the pilgrimage arts, this book explores the art of the Roman Empire by tackling two inter-related periods of internal transformation: the 'Second Sophistic' (c. ad ), and the era of late antiquity (c. ad ). For the first time, these two themes are treated together, throwing a more penetrating light on the radical change undergone by the empire in becoming a Christian imperium. Vases, murals, statues, and masonry are explored in relation to such issues as power, death, society, acculturation, and religion. By examining questions of reception, viewing, and the culture of spectacle alongside the more traditional art-historical themes of imperial patronage and stylistic change, Elsner presents a fresh and challenging account of a rich cultural crucible in which many developments of later European art had their origins.
MacBook Pro 15'' Touchbar, 512 GB SSD (Late )
Vendo come da titolo un MacBook Pro 15'' con Touchbar (Fine ), come NUOVO. Il computer non ha nessun graffio/segno di usura. Come da foto, potete vedere che è sempre stato tenuto con una cover originale e certificata Apple, dal valore di 70€. Caratteristiche: - Display Retina 15'', con luminosità di 500nit - Processore: 2,7 GHz Intel Core i7 Quad-Core (turbo boost fino a 3.1GHz) - Memoria: 512GB di memoria SSD ultra-veloce - RAM: 16GB MHz LPDDR3 - Scheda video integrata Intel HD Graphics 530 - Scheda Video dedicata da 2GB Radeon Pro 455 - Sensore Touch-ID per impronte digitali - Touchbar Colore: Space Grey Prezzo di listino: € Acquistato a Dicembre , presso Apple Store Via Rizzoli (Bologna). Vendo con tutti gli accessori originali e scatola originale, tutto in condizioni pari al nuovo, senza nemmeno un graffio o segno di usura. Il computer è davvero al pari del nuovo, sono disposto a farlo vedere di persona per chi veramente interessato. NO perditempo, NO affaristi, NO scambisti! Vendo e basta! Solo a persone serie e interessate!
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Hackintosh è la soluzione geniale al dilemma mac o windows. Al costo di un normale Pc usato, la possibilità di scegliere a seconda delle necessità se avviare windows 10 o macOs Sierra o High Sierra, installati originali da App Store. Processore intel i5 terza generazione con scheda video HD equivalente a macbook pro late con 4gb di ram e disco fisso veloce a giri appena cambiato, molto superiore alla dotazione dei macbook che montano dei lo rendono reattivo e veloce più della maggior parte dei pc da supermercato e equivalente a macbook pro che costano più del doppio: provare per credere! Perfetto per editing audio e immagini con Logic Pro, Final Cut, Photoshop Illustrator ecc Uno schermo 14 pollici ad risoluzione hd calibrato per resa fedele dei colori Connessione Wifi e 4 porte usb Batteria che tiene più di 2 ore Possibile upgradare ram o installare disco ssd per velocizzare il sistema ai soli prezzi dei componenti. Disponibili altre configurazioni portatili di fascia superiore per ogni esigenza Accetto restituzione se nei primi 10 giorni non si è soddifatti dell'acquisto.
Macbook Unibody White late
Come da oggetto vendo il seguente Macbook tenuto perfettamente, nessun problema, aggiornato con un ssd da 120 giga e altri 4 giga di ram a quelli già presenti (quindi il portatile ha ben 8 giga di ram). Sul macbook è stato installato l'ultimo sistema operativo Sierra che gira benissimo, molto rapido anche con software come ad esempio Lightroom che ho usato tempo addietro. Lo fornisco comprensivo di caricabatterie originale Apple. Non ho purtroppo la scatola che è andata smarrita durante un trasloco. Disponibile a qualsiasi prova. Condizioni estetiche ottime, nessuna rottur adi scocca o quant'altro. Ottimo per studenti universitari, per chi cerca un ottimo notebook da lavoro o per guardare un film o navigare su internet, e poi è sempre un prodotto Apple non è necessario presentarlo. Batteria che tiene ancora circa 1 ora e mezza o anche più in base all'utilizzo che se ne fa. Contattare solo se realmente interessati. Non cerco scambi in quanto ho già tutto Apple, dallo smartphone al tablet ad un macbook più recente, motivo per il quale ho messo in vendita questo.
Eurochocolate Dolce Week End rilassante
Dolce WeekEnd nella kermesse del Cioccolato. Vieni a goderti Eurochocolate senza problemi di traffico o di parcheggio. In un accogliente appartamento alle porte di Perugia, vicino alla stazione Fs ed allo svincolo della Superstrada potrete trascorrere un'indimenticabile WeekEnd all'insegna della dolcezza. Ampio parcheggio privato con piazzale ad uso esclusivo. Da qui potete tranquillamente spostarvi a piedi o con mezzi pubblici, sino alle navette che vi porteranno direttamente alla manifestazione con i vari eventi. L'appartamento, completamente indipendente, con angolo cucina, tv e servizi, può ospitare 4 persone. Viene fornita la biancheria da letto e da bagno con i saponi. Nella quota sono comprensivi tutti i consumi di acqua e di corrente. Nel giorno di partenza si può usufruire anche del late check out pomeridiano senza nessun supplemento per godersi tranquillamente senza nessuna fretta, sino all'ultimo minuto tutta la vostra vacanza.Simpatica dolce sorpresa di benvenuto per gli ospiti. Possibilità di navetta gratuita da e per la stazione nel giorno di arrivo e partenza. Appartamento del Borghetto, per 2 oppure per 3 persone.Per info dettagliate: Mauro
English Papers: A Teaching Life
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pritchard, William H., PUBLISHER: Graywolf Press, "Could one, after all this purposeful work, have become an anachronism? A dinosaur? Replaceable?" --from "English Papers" Well-known critic William H. Pritchard reviews his life as a passionate student and teacher of English in the classrooms of New England's Amherst College. Pritchard takes us from the era of the all-male college, where "conduct befitting a gentleman" was the only rule, through the political and social turmoil of the late s, when the teaching of T.S. Eliot had to compete with the Cuban Missile Crisis. Ironically, as Pritchard finds his own voice as a critic and teacher, he finds also that his literary and pedagogical aims seem increasingly marginal. The book's later chapters recount the fragmentation and diversification of both the student body and an English department. This lucid account offers a much needed personal chronicle of the issues involved in the contemporary debate surrounding the teaching of English literature. Pritchard not only observes, but dramatizes the teaching situation, and from both sides of the desk. With a candid mix of apology and nostalgia, Pritchard describes and evaluates changing circumstances in both the professor and the profession.
Lincoln in American Memory
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Peterson, Merrill D., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, Lincoln's death, like his life, was an event of epic proportions. When the president was struck down at his moment of triumph, writes Merrill Peterson, "sorrow--indescribable sorrow" swept the nation. After lying in state in Washington, Lincoln's body was carried by a special funeral train to Springfield, Illinois, stopping in major cities along the way; perhaps a million people viewed the remains as memorial orations rang out and the world chorused its sincere condolences. It was the apotheosis of the martyred President--the beginning of the transformation of a man into a mythic hero. In Lincoln in American Memory, historian Merrill Peterson provides a fascinating history of Lincoln's place in the American imagination from the hour of his death to the present. In tracing the changing image of Lincoln through time, this wide-ranging account offers insight into the evolution and struggles of American politics and society--and into the character of Lincoln himself. Westerners, Easterners, even Southerners were caught up in the idealization of the late President, reshaping his memory and laying claim to his mantle, as his widow, son, memorial builders, and memorabilia collectors fought over his visible legacy. Peterson also looks at the complex responses of blacks to the memory of Lincoln, as they moved from exultation at the end of slavery to the harsh reality of free life amid deep poverty and segregation; at more than one memorial event for the great emancipator, the author notes, blacks were excluded. He makes an engaging examination of the flood of reminiscences and biographies, from Lincoln's old law partner William H. Herndon to Carl Sandburg and beyond. Serious historians were late in coming to the topic; for decades the myth-makers sought to shape the image of the hero President to suit their own agendas. He was made a voice of prohibition, a saloon-keeper, an infidel, a devout Christian, the first Bull Moose Progressive, a military blunderer and (after the First World War) a military genius, a white supremacist (according to D.W. Griffith and other Southern admirers), and a touchstone for the civil rights movement. Through it all, Peterson traces five principal images of Lincoln: the savior of the Union, the great emancipator, man of the people, first American, and self-made man. In identifying these archtypes, he tells us much not only of Lincoln but of our own identity as a people. More than thirty years ago, Peterson won the prestigious Bancroft Prize for The Jefferson Image in the American Mind. The New York Times Book Review hailed it as "an engrossing story of the uses and abuses of a great legend," saying that Peterson's writing is often "brilliant." This absorbing book follows in the footsteps of that landmark work, leading us on a revealing tour through our changing image of our greatest president--and our changing image of ourselves.
The End of the Salon: Art and the State in the Early Third
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mainardi, Patricia, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The End of the Salon examines the cultural forces that contributed to the demise of the most important exhibition centre for art in Europe and America in the late nineteenth century. Tracing the history of the salon from the French Revolution, when it was taken away from the Academy and opened to all artists, to the s, Patricia Mainardi shows that its contradictory purposes, as didactic exhibition venue and art market-place resulted in its collapse. She also situates the salon within the shifting currents of art movements, from modern to traditional, and the evolving politics of the Third Republic, when France definitively chose a republican over a monarchic form of government. A rich overview of the spectrum of art production at the end of the nineteenth century, government attitudes toward the arts in the early Third Republic, and the institution of exhibitions as they were redefined by free-market economics in the nineteenth century, are also provided. The book demonstrates how all artists were forced to function within the framework of the social, economic and cultural changes then taking place and how art and social history are inextricably linked.
MacBook Air 11' I5 da vetrina!
Come da oggetto vendo splendido MacBook Air I5 late in ottime condizioni. Esteticamente non presenta alcun segno di usura in quanto applicato da subito full cover case e inoltre non e' mai caduto. Molto veloce grazie all SSD da 128Gb e' possibile aprire qualunque applicativo senza mai dover attendere tempi di elaborazione. Dispone inoltre di tastiera retroilluminata e sensore di luminosità ambientale Caratteristiche tecniche: Processore: intel Core I5 dual-core 1,6Ghz con 3Mb cache L3 (turbo boost fino a 2,7Ghz) H.disk: unità di memoria flash da 128Gb Ram: 2Gb Schermo: retroilluminato a Led panoramico lucido da 11,6 pollici (diagonale) ad alta risoluzione x768 Pixel Porte usb: 2 Uscite: aux, LAN Ideale per chi e' alla ricerca di un portatile potente, versatile e leggero per seguirti in ogni momento. Oltre al Mac fornisco caricabatteria full cover case ed 1 supplementare ancora imballata, fodero in neoprene. Scatola non disponibile Prezzo non trattabile Prevista consegna a mano su Roma o in caso di spedizione spese a carico dell acquirente. Disponibile a qualunque prova Non valuto alcun tipo di permuta Dispositivo originale Apple
Dialogues Between a Pupil of the Late John Hunter, and Jess
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Foot, Jesse, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Medical theory and practice of the s developed rapidly, as is evidenced by the extensive collection, which includes descriptions of diseases, their conditions, and treatments. Books on science and technology, agriculture, military technology, natural philosophy, even cookbooks, are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++National Library of MedicineNWith a final advertisement leaf.London: printed for T. Beckett, . xx,]p.; 8
Stress-Free Potty Training: A Commonsense Guide to Finding
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Au, Sara / Stavinoha, Peter / Light, Kelly, PUBLISHER: AMACOM/American Management Association, No two children experience the toilet-training process in exactly the same way. While some kids might be afraid to even go near the bathroom, others may know when to go...but still never seem to make it there in time. This helpful guide takes the stress out of this challenging rite of passage, giving parents much-needed advice to help them identify what approach will work for their child's temperament. The book distinguishes between common childhood personality types, providing easy techniques tailor-fit for all kinds of kids, whether they're stubborn or willful, clinging to diapers, afraid to move on, or just late-bloomers. The book shows how to: determine a child's readiness to begin potty training - gradually move children past their existing comfort zone, without causing undue pressure - handle accidents and temporary setbacks This straight-talking guide enables readers to help every child make this important life transition free of worry and in the way that's right for him or her.
Apple MacBook Pro RETINA 15" + accessori
Come da titolo, vendo splendido APPLEMACBOOK PRO RETINA 15" LATE (Originale), come nuovo tenuto maniacalmente, quindi senza graffi, ammaccature e segni di usura in quanto sempre alloggiato in custodia rigida e anche copri tastiera in silicone, perfettamente funzionante corredato di alimentatore (anch'esso perfetto) e scatola originale! Vendo per passagio ad altro mac Caratteristiche tecniche: Os X El Capitan 15 pollici Lg con leggero Ghosting Processore i7 da 2.3 Ghz Grafica Intel HD con mb dedicata Hard Disk ibrido SSD gb di ram ddrMhz Batteria sana al 100% con 140 cicli di ricarica Oltre al Mac fornisco anche: - SuperDrive USB apple (originale) - Custodia/cover rigida Colore argento - Copri tastiera in silicone - Carica batteria + cavo - Scatola Originale Per tutte le altre caratteristiche tecniche basta fare riferimento al sito ufficiale Apple NON ACCETTO SCAMBI QUINDI NON PROPONETE fate proposte ragionevoli, non cifre assurde perchè le cestino immediatamente e non rispondo, OFFRO SERIETà, ESIGO SERIETà. Preferisco Scambio a mano (in caso di richiesta di spedizione: spese a carico dell'acquirente e solo previo pagamento anticipato tramite PayPal Certificato o altro) Ruggiero
MacBook Pro 15'' Touchbar, 512 GB SSD (Late )
Vendo come da titolo MacBook Pro 15'' con Touchbar (Fine ), come NUOVO. Il computer non ha nessun graffio/segno di usura. Come da foto, potete vedere che è sempre stato tenuto con una cover originale e certificata Apple, dal valore di 70 Euro. Caratteristiche: - Display Retina 15'', con luminosità di 500nit - Processore: 2,7 GHz Intel Core i7 Quad-Core (turbo boost fino a 3.1GHz) - Memoria: 512GB di memoria SSD ultra-veloce - RAM: 16GB MHz LPDDR3 - Scheda video integrata Intel HD Graphics 530 - Scheda Video dedicata da 2GB Radeon Pro 455 - Sensore Touch-ID per impronte digitali - Touchbar Colore: Space Grey Prezzo di listino: Euro Lo vendo a 800€ in meno Acquistato a Dicembre , presso Apple Store Via Rizzoli (Bologna). Vendo con tutti gli accessori originali e scatola originale, tutto in condizioni pari al nuovo, senza nemmeno un graffio o segno di usura. Il computer è davvero pari al nuovo, sono disposto a farlo vedere di persona per chi veramente interessato. NO perditempo, NO affaristi, NO scambisti! Vendo e basta! Solo a persone serie e interessate! REGALO COVER PROTETTIVA
RAM 4Gb (2xMhz e 4Gb (2xMhz
Volete ampliare la memoria del vostro iMac da i 4Gb attuali a 8Gb (2Gb x 4) occupando tutte e quattro gli slot Ram? (21,5" e 27" late per la versione a Mhz) Oppure avete macbook e macbook pro (), iMac 20" e 24" early o 20" mid (che hanno solo due slot ram) con solo 2Gb di ram? sostituitela con questa e portatela a 4Gb! O semplicemente volete aggiungere altri 4Gb a quelli che avete già ( - mid). Volendo la ram a Mhz si può anche utilizzare su iMac e che normalmente utilizzano ram con frequenza a Mhz trovandone altri due banchi della stessa frequenza di questi, provare per credere! Pertanto, cedo 2 banchi di memoria ram (2Gb x 2 = 4Gb) PC a Mhz di frequenza con chip Samsung ed altri 2 (2Gb x 2 = 4Gb) PC a Mhz di frequenza con chip Elpidia. Entrambe le coppie di Ram erano su Macbook pro (acquistati nel e nel ), e sono come nuove avendo funzionato poco perché quasi subito sostituite, in ogni caso si tratta di ram garantite a vita dai produttori! Prezzi: 4Gb a Mhz Samsung, 25 euro non tratt. 4Gb a Mhz Elpidia, 20 euro non tratt.
Apple iMac (21,5" Fine ) come nuovo pc
Vendo iMac 21,5" Late tenuto in condizioni impeccabili, praticamente come nuovo. Schermo retroilluminato LED da 21,5" (diagonale) con tecnologia IPS; risoluzione x; supporta milioni di colori Processore Intel Core i5 quad-core a 2,7GHz (Turbo Boost fino a 3,2GHz) con 4MB di cache L3 Memoria 8GB (2 x 4GB) di memoria DDR3 a MHz Espandibile a 16GB. Disco rigido (Hard Disk) da 1TB a giri/min Grafica 2,7GHz Intel Iris Pro Supporto video e videocamera Videocamera FaceTime HD Supporta simultaneamente la massima risoluzione nativa sullo schermo integrato e un monitor esterno fino a x pixel) Supporto per scrivania estesa e duplicazione dello schermo Supporto per la modalità "Monitor di destinazione" tramite la porta Thunderbolt utilizzando un cavo da Thunderbolt a Thunderbolt (in vendita separatamente) Compreso di mouse (Magic Mouse) e tastiera (Magic Trackpad) originali. Offro la massima serietà e disponibilità, quindi per favore fate altrettanto. No perditempo. Per foto o altro contattatemi senza problemi. Si può provare a casa mia e verificarne le condizioni. Preferibilmente consegna a mano, ma eventualmente ci si può organizzare anche per spedire.
The Heather Blazing
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Toibin, Colm, PUBLISHER: Penguin Books, The sea is slowly eating into the land and the hill with the old watchtower has completely disappeared. The nearest house has crumbled and fallen into the sea. It is Ireland in the late twentieth century. Eamon Redmond is a judge in the Irish High Court. Obsessed all his life by the letter and spirit of the law, he is just beginning to discover how painfully unconnected he is from other human beings. With effortless fluency, Colm Toibin reconstructs the history of Eamon's relationships--with his father, his first "girl," his wife, and the children who barely know him. He gives us a family as minutely realized as any of John McGahern's, and he writes about Eamon's affection for the landscape of his childhood on the east coast of Ireland with such skill that the land itself becomes a character. The result is a novel that ensnares us with its emotional intensity and dazzles with its crystalline prose. In The Heather Blazing, Colm Toibin displays once again the gifts that illuminated The South, a book described by Don DeLillo as "a grand achievement," and by John Banville as "a daring imaginative feat...a splendid first novel."
Communicating Meaning: The Evolution and Development of
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Velichkovsky, Boris M. / Rumbaugh, Duane M., PUBLISHER: Psychology Press, Dealing specifically with the origins and development of human language, this book is based on a selection of materials from a recent international conference held at the Center of Interdisciplinary Research at the University of Bielefeld in Germany. The significance of the volume is that it testifies to paradigmatic changes currently in progress. The changes are from the typical emphasis on the syntactic properties of language and cognition to an analysis of biological and cultural factors which make these formal properties possible. The chapters provide in-depth coverage of such topics as new theoretical foundations for cognitive research, phylogenetic prerequisites and ontogenesis of language, and environmental and cultural forces of development. Some of the arguments and lines of research are relatively well-known; others deal with completely new interdisciplinary approaches. As a result, some of the authors' conclusions are in part, rather counterintuitive, such as the hypothesis that language as a system of formal symbolic transformations may be in fact a very late phenomenon located in the sphere of socio-cultural and not biological development. While highly debatable, this and other hypotheses of the book may well define research questions for the future.
IMac 27 5K potente
Descrizione sintetica: i7 4 GHz (Turbo Boost 4.4 GHz) 24GB RAM (espandibile su richiesta) 4GB VRAM 256 SSD (espandibile su richiesta) Descrizione completa: Vendo iMac Retina 5K 27-inch Late in condizioni perfette, quasi full optional. In realtà più che quasi full opzional l'iMac è molto vicino al top di gamma nel senso che le parti dell'iMac non modificabili, ossia processore e scheda grafica, sono le più potenti possibili, mentre quelle modificabili dall'utente, ossia RAM e Hard Disk sono comunque potenziate. Infatti sono arrivato a 24 GB di RAM e ho montato un SSD, non come un lento fusion drive! Processore Intel Core i7 4 GHz con turbo boost fino a 4.4 GHz. 24 GB di memoria RAM con possibilità di arrivare a 32 GB. Scheda grafica AMD Radeon R9 M295X con MB di memoria video dedicata. Storage SSD da 256 GB, volendo si può effettuare un upgrade. Posso spedire, anche con contrassegno, a carico del destinatario. Do preferenza a chi ritira a mano a Udine o a Padova. NON RISPONDO ALLE EMAIL scrivetemi con WhatsApp, sms, Telegram o telefonate, grazie
Sorcery and Sovereignty: Taxation, Power, and Rebellion in
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Redding, Sean, PUBLISHER: Ohio University Press, Rebellions broke out in many areas of South Africa shortly after the institution of white rule in the late nineteenth century and continued into the next century. However, distrust of the colonial regime reached a new peak in the mid-twentieth century, when revolts erupted across a wide area of rural South Africa. All these uprisings were rooted in grievances over taxes. Rebels frequently invoked supernatural powers for assistance and accused government officials of using witchcraft to enrich themselves and to harm ordinary people. As Sean Redding observes in Sorcery and Sovereignty, beliefs in witchcraft and supernatural powers were part of the political rhetoric; the system of taxation--with all its prescribed interactions between ruler and ruled--was intimately connected to these supernatural beliefs. In this fascinating study, Redding examines how black South Africans' beliefs in supernatural powers, along with both economic and social change in the rural areas, resulted in specific rebellions and how gender relations in black South African rural families changed. Sorcery and Sovereignty explores the intersection of taxation, political attitudes, and supernatural beliefs among black South Africans, shedding light on some of the most significant issues in the history of colonized Africa.
Body Scissors
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Simon, Michael, PUBLISHER: Viking Books, Set in the oil bust days of late s Texas, Michael Simons explosive debut, "Dirty Sally," introduced readers to Detective Dan Reles, Austin Homicides only New Yorker and its only Jew. In "Body Scissors," a brand-new decade brings a new criminal web of intrigue and violence for Dan to untangle. Its January , and as America watches the bombs drop on Iraq at the start of Desert Storm, a botched assassination attempt on Virginia Key, a rising black community leader, captures the attention of the local press. With one of Keys children in a coma and the other dead, Dan is eager to investigate. That is, until department politics bump him off the case. Meanwhile, several affluent white college kids fall comatose and doctors are frantic to find an explanation. As a bizarre chain of events puts Dan on the trail of a psychotic drug dealer with a broad network of influence and a hit list (featuring Dans name prominently), Dan is certain he can catch the dealer and break the case wide openunless the dealer gets to Dan first. A violent and thrilling adventure ride, "Body Scissors" confirms Michael Simon as the next big talent in hard-boiled crime fiction.
Readings in Medieval History, Volume II: The Later Middle
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Geary, Patrick, PUBLISHER: University of Toronto Press, This is the third edition of Patrick J. Geary's highly acclaimed collection of source materials on the medieval period. (A single-volume format of the complete text is also available.) As before, four principles guide the selection of materials. First, entire documents are included wherever possible, not snippets. Second, texts are grouped to form dossiers in which the individual documents relate to one another, reflecting the practice of historians themselves. Third, most of the documents chosen have been the subject of significant scholarship. And fourth, raw material for many types of historical investigations is provided: the documents are equally useful to the political historian, the social historian, the cultural historian or the historian of mentalities. The third edition includes an updated Preface, more extensive material from Gregory of Tours, and a new section, "The Iberian Peninsula," containing material that deals with Jews, Muslims and Heretics. The format of "Readings in Medieval History" has also been altered to make it more user-friendly. "Volume I: The Early Middle Ages "includes documents written up to the early 12th century; "Volume II: The Later Middle Ages "includes documents from the late 11th century on.
The World Factbook: Edition
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Central Intelligence Agency / CIA, PUBLISHER: Potomac Books, "The World Factbook," produced annually by the CIA, has become the ultimate, authoritative source of information on all the nations of the world. It provides current data for more than 250 countries and territories, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Potomac Books publishes a commercial version of The World Factbook in order to extend the limited audience reached by the CIA's own publication. This current Potomac Books edition is identified by the year , following the pattern used in our other annual publications. The CIA completes its volume late each year, and Potomac Books republishes it the following year.Topics addressed include the political climate, natural resources, environment, population, ethnic groups, GDP, agriculture, industries, defense expenditures, literacy rate, religion, legal system, and much more. Key data are grouped under the headings of geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and transnational issues. The World Factbook also contains maps of each country and others for key territories. In addition, readers will find handy appendixes on international organizations and groups, international environmental agreements, and a cross-referenced list of geographic names. The World Factbook provides the indispensable reference for curious individuals concerned about the rapidly changing world in which they live.
Max Ernst and Alchemy: A Magician in Search of Myth
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Warlick, M. E. / Rosemont, Franklin, PUBLISHER: University of Texas Press, Surrealist artist Max Ernst defined collage as the "alchemy of the visual image." Students of his work have often dismissed this comment as simply a metaphor for the transformative power of using found images in a new context. Taking a wholly different perspective on Ernst and alchemy, however, M. E. Warlick persuasively demonstrates that the artist had a profound and abiding interest in alchemical philosophy and often used alchemical symbolism in works created throughout his career. A revival of interest in alchemy swept the artistic, psychoanalytic, historical, and scientific circles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and Warlick sets Ernst's work squarely within this movement. Looking at both his art (many of the works she discusses are reproduced in the book) and his writings, she reveals how thoroughly alchemical philosophy and symbolism pervade his early Dadaist experiments, his foundational work in surrealism, and his many collages and paintings of women and landscapes, whose images exemplify the alchemical fusing of opposites. This pioneering research adds an essential key to understanding the multilayered complexity of Ernst's works, as it affirms his standing as one of Germany's most significant artists of the twentieth century.
The Medicine Wheel: Earth Astrology
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sun Bear / Sun / Bear, Sun, PUBLISHER: Touchstone Books, "The Medicine Wheel is a springboard of power that will allow you to link up to all the energies of the universe." -- Sun Bear Millions of people around the world have incorporated Native American philosophy into their everyday lives. Now, with this special 25th anniversary edition of the late Sun Bear's classic bestseller, readers old and new can benefit from the teachings and techniques of the Medicine Wheel. In "The Medicine Wheel, " Sun Bear and Wabun put forth a whole new system of earth astrology to help guide people not only in their daily living but also in their life paths. In the authors' own words, this book was written to "help all people relate better to our Earth Mother...and find a kinship with the universe." "The Medicine Wheel" is a beautiful and inspiring approach to graceful, holistic living in trying modern times. "The Medicine Wheel"'s philosophy is derived from a basic principle known by all people who live close to the earth: Once you fully embrace the elemental forces of nature, you become a part of the whole. Let this book be your first step toward finding peace and prosperity -- and your own special place in the circle of life.
My Noiseless Entourage
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Simic, Charles, PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), This new collection of poems from Charles Simic demonstrates once again his wit, moral acuity, and brilliant use of imagery. His settings are a farmhouse porch, a used-clothing store, empty station platforms; his subjects love, futility, and the sense of an individual life lived among a crowd of literal and imaginary presences. Both sharp and sympathetic, the poems of this collection confirm Simic's place as one of the most important and appealing poets of our time. To Dreams I'm still living at all the old addresses, Wearing dark glasses even indoors, On the hush-hush sharing my bed With phantoms, visiting in the kitchen After midnight to check the faucet. I'm late for school, and when I get there No one seems to recognize me. I sit disowned, sequestered and withdrawn. These small shops open only at night Where I make my unobtrusive purchases, These back-door movie houses in seedy neighborhoods Still showing grainy films of my life, The hero always full of extravagant hope Losing it all in the end?-whatever it was- Then walking out into the cold, disbelieving light Waiting close-lipped at the exit.