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Pindar Press Pictures as Language: How the Byzantines Exploited Them
Christopher Walter, in his research on Byzantine art, has been particularly concerned by the significative value of iconography. The Byzantines, perhaps more than other cultural groups, were aware that pictures could "speak". The form and content of their "message" is explored here in a series of twenty-six articles, together with the use to which this "message" could be put. The first group of six articles is concerned with manuscript illustration. The second group of six articles shows how pictures could be used for ecclesiological purposes, not only to set out the universal mission of the Church. and its relations with political authorities, but also the relations of a local Church with the ensemble. A third group of three articles is concerned with the use of pictures in order to instruct the faithful on the raison d'être of the liturgy. The fourth group of seven articles studies the use of pictures to make better known to the populace the role of saints in the life of terrestrial men. Finally two articles document the use of iconography on apotropaic objects like amulets. In an epilogue the author brings up to date the bibliography of the subjects studied in these articles.
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Haynes Publishing Group Kawasaki KX250 Motorcycle (1992-2000) Service Repair Manual Service Repair Manual
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Graphic Arts Books First Wilderness, Revised Edition: My Quest in the Territory of Alaska
The story behind the best-selling book One Man’s Wilderness and how author Sam Keith and Dick Proenneke met and forged an everlasting friendship. “Sam, you know right well you don’t want to leave this country. Don’t give up on it. Me and you got to figure something out.”After serving as a US Marine during World War II and attending college on the GI Bill, Sam Keith decided to seek adventure in Alaska as a laborer on the Adak Navy base. There he befriended Dick Proenneke, whose shared love of the outdoors, hard work, and self-reliance quickly bonded an alliance between the two. Together they explored the wilds of South Central Alaska while working on the Navy base, hunting and fishing with friends and breathing in the great outdoors. Keith was ready to leave after three years of finding almost everything he sought—not realizing then how his fate was intrinsically tied to his friend’s and how it would lead to writing the best-selling book One Man’s Wilderness.Sam Keith passed away in 2003. But in 2013, his son-in-law and children’s book author/illustrator Brian Lies discovered in an archive box in their garage a book manuscript, originally written in 1974 after the publication of One Man’s Wilderness. First Wilderness is the story of Keith's own experiences, at times harrowing, funny, and fascinating. Along with the original manuscript are photos and excerpts from his journals, letters, and notebooks, woven in to create a compelling and poignant memoir of search and discovery. Foreword by Nick Jans, one of Alaska's foremost authors and photographers, and Afterword by Keith’s daughter Laurel Lies.
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Vintage Publishing Metroland: Special Archive Edition
A special edition of Julian Barnes’s first novel with an introduction from the author and previously unseen archive material.Christopher and Toni found in each other the perfect companion for that universal adolescent pastime: smirking at the world as you find it. In between training as flaneurs and the grind of school, they cast a cynical eye over their various dislikes: parents with their lives of spotless emptiness, Third Division (North) football teams, God, commuters and girls, and the inhabitants of Metroland: the strip of suburban dormitory Christopher calls home. Longing for real life to begin, Christopher makes for Paris in time for les événements of 1968, only to miss it all in a haze of sex, French theatre and first love. And before long he finds himself drawn inevitably back to Metroland and the very life he was trying to escape...This special edition contains unseen archive material including letters from early fans such as Philip Larkin and Dodie Smith, contemporary reviews, a deleted scene from the original manuscript as well as an introduction from the author.
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Medieval Institute Publications Anthony Munday: The Honourable, Pleasant and Rare Conceited Historie of Palmendos: A Critical Edition with an Introduction, Critical Apparatus, Notes and Glossary
This is the first critical edition of The Honourable, Pleasant and Rare Conceited Historie of Palmendos (London, 1589), a chivalric romance translated into English by Anthony Munday. The original text, Primaleón de Grecia I (Salamanca, 1512), soon became a bestseller on the Spanish market and was translated into many continental European languages. Munday’s translation derives from the French version by François de Vernassal (1550). It comprises the first thirty-two chapters of the French text and focuses on the adventures of Palmendos on his journey to Constantinople. Anthony Munday died in 1633 at the age of seventy-three. He left behind a long career as a poet, playwright, author of civic pageantry, chronicle writer, pamphleteer and translator that made him one of the most versatile and prolific authors of his age. A controversial figure in his own time, he worked as a spy for Elizabeth’s government and wrote and translated works of religious controversy as well as pamphlets on contemporary European politics. This is an original-spelling edition that produces a text as close as possible to Munday’s original manuscript.
£57.00
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Buddhist Publication Society,Sri Lanka Manual of Light: AND The Manual of the Path to Higher Knowledge
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Haynes Publishing Group Suzuki DR-Z400E, S & SM Manual Motorcycle (2000-2012) Service Repair Manual
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Springer International Publishing AG English for Academic Research: Grammar, Usage and Style
This guide draws on English-related errors from around 6000 papers written by non-native authors, 500 abstracts written by PhD students, and over 2000 hours of teaching researchers how to write and present research papers. This new edition has chapters on exploiting AI tools such as ChatGPT, Google Translate, and Reverso, for generating, paraphrasing, translating and correcting texts written in English. It also deals with contemporary issues such as the use of gender pronouns. Due to its focus on the specific errors that repeatedly appear in papers written by non-native authors, this manual is an ideal study guide for use in universities and research institutes. Such errors are related to the usage of articles, countable vs. uncountable nouns, tenses, modal verbs, active vs. passive form, relative clauses, infinitive vs. -ing form, the genitive, link words, quantifiers, word order, prepositions, acronyms, abbreviations, numbers and measurements, punctuation, and spelling. Other titles in this series: Grammar, Vocabulary, and Writing Exercises (three volumes) 100 Tips to Avoid Mistakes in Academic Writing and Presenting English for Writing Research Papers English for Presentations at International Conferences English for Academic Correspondence English for Interacting on Campus English for Academic CVs, Resumes, and Online Profiles English for Academic Research: A Guide for Teachers Adrian Wallwork is the author of more than 40 English Language Teaching (ELT) and English for Academic Purposes (EAP) textbooks. He has trained several thousand PhD students and researchers from 50 countries to write papers and give presentations. He edits research manuscripts through his own proofreading and editing service.
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Great Northern Books Ltd Priestley At Kissing Tree House: A Memoir
A lost and now found memoir of J.B. Priestleywritten by someone who knew him better than most others: his own personal secretary. Written in the 1980s, though never published, the manuscript has only recently resurfaced. It provides a unique, warm and intimate portrait of the private, hidden life, of one of the twentieth century's most widely read authors and great public figures. The book reveals Priestley's daily routines, his writing habits, hobbies, weaknesses, eccentricities and his correspondence with a variety of organisations and people, including family, and other renowned authors and figures of the twentieth century; a warts and all portrait, truthful, revealing, moving. A book which in the end, displays great love for its subject. It is a memoir that also reveals the somewhat old-fashioned role of a live-in personal secretary / assistant to an author and the close relationship that develops with such a job. KISSING TREE HOUSE Kissing Tree House is the name of the house where Priestley and his wife, the archaeologist Jacquetta Hawkes, lived from December 1959 until his death in 1984. The house is in the small village of Alveston about four miles from Stratford. Of historical interest, the house has been a listed property since 1972. Listing NGR: SP2344156412 Priestley had many guests and held many dinner parties at Kissing Tree; he was visited there by many famous figures. "One day I very much hope that Mrs. Batten will write a book about me because, as I have pointed out to her, she knows me better than anyone else who might want to write such a book" J.B. Priestley, 26th June, 1979
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Adams Media Corporation The Disaster-Ready Home: A Step-by-Step Emergency Preparedness Manual for Sheltering in Place
A complete, step-by-step manual for safely sheltering-in-place at home so you are prepared for any disaster or disease.If a disaster forces you to shelter in place, do you think you have everything you need to safely and comfortably stay put in your home? If the answer is no, The Disaster-Ready Home will help you create a safe, well-stocked place to weather out any emergency. Survival expert and bestselling author Creek Stewart gives you a step-by-step emergency preparedness plan to meet your food, water, heat, and sanitation needs during any disaster. Including detailed lists, photographs, and complete instructions to make the plan easy to follow, this book is the only resource you need for a disaster. You’ll learn how to: -Create an emergency pantry stocked with enough food for the timeframe of your choice—from two weeks to three months to a full year -Select and store food that fits your taste, diet, and budget -Easily rotate and use your emergency food supply, so nothing goes to waste -Set up long-term water storage and renewable water sources -Cook food and boil water when your kitchen appliances aren’t working -Safely heat and light your home when the power is out -Effectively manage sanitation issues if running water is unavailable -And much more! With daily headlines dominated by disease and disasters, the need to be prepared has never been more evident. This practical, field-tested guide will help you protect and provide for your family when any situation arises.
£11.69
Aurora Metro Publications New Iranian Plays
Introduced by Farindokht Zahedi, Associate Professor, College of Fine Arts / Theater / Faculty of Performing Arts and Music, University of Tehran. Editors Aubrey Mellor and Cheryl Robson. A wide-ranging collection of plays from new and established voices from today's Iran and the global Iranian diaspora. Plays cover life in contemporary Iran, the hopes of women finding new ways to assert their individuality in a time of great of upheaval, the lives of those trapped in a migrant camp and the need to challenge stereotypical views. The plays shine a light on a rapidly changing Iran, one that is vastly different from the misconceptions outsiders have of it. Includes: A Moment of Silence by Mohammad Yaghoubi - (Iran) Home by Naghmeh Samini - (Iran) Shame by Sholeh Wolpe -(Iran-USA) Manus by Leila Hekmatnia (Iran), Keyvan Sarreshteh (Iran), Nazanin Sahamizadeh (Australia) Isfahan Blues Torange Yeghiazarian - (Iran-USA) Editors: Aubrey Mellor Aubrey is a leading Australian Theatre Director. Currently Senior Fellow at LASALLE, in Singapore, he was the first Australian to study Asian writing. Formerly Director of the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), he is well-known as an acting teacher to a generation of acclaimed Australian actors. He has directed for all major companies, commissioned and premiered plays by Australia's leading playwrights and is a leading proponent of new Australian writing. Aubrey founded several writing awards for playwrights and is an advisor to arts bodies including the Performing Arts Board of The Australia Council and The Australian National Playwright's Conference. Awards include the OAM in 1992, the Australian Writer's Guild's Dorothy Crawford Award for services to Playwriting and the International Theatre Institute's Uchimura Prize for best production, Tokyo International Festival. Cheryl Robson Cheryl has edited several collections of international drama. After studying drama at Bristol University, she worked for the BBC and as a film lecturer. She founded the Virginia Prize for Fiction in 2009 in the UK. She is an award-winning playwright who has received Arts Council UK commission and option awards and had several plays produced. She ran a theatre company for several years in London, developing and producing international plays by women. She has won numerous awards for her filmmaking and was recently named a finalist in the ITV National Diversity awards - Lifetime Achievement. .
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Little, Brown Book Group Past Lying: The twisty new Karen Pirie thriller, now a major ITV series
KAREN PIRIE RETURNS. A MASTERFUL THRILLER BY THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER VAL MCDERMID__________Edinburgh, haunted by the ghosts of its many writers, is also the cold case beat of DCI Karen Pirie. So she shouldn't be surprised when an author's manuscript appears to be a blueprint for an actual crime.Karen can't ignore the plot's chilling similarities to the unsolved case of an Edinburgh University student who vanished from her own doorstep. The manuscript seems to be the key to unlocking what happened to Lara Hardie, but there's a problem: the author died before he finished it.As Karen digs deeper, she uncovers a spiralling game of betrayal and revenge, where lies are indistinguishable from the truth and with more than one unexpected twist . . .The Queen of Crime Val McDermid is at the top of her game in her most gripping and fiendishly clever case yet.Praise for Val McDermid'McDermid is at her considerable best' GUARDIAN'Irresistible' PATRICIA CORNWELL'A brilliant novel by a supremo of the genre' PETER JAMES'Outstanding' SPECTATOR'Another masterpiece' DAVID BALDACCI'Sensational. One of Britain's most accomplished writers' SUNDAY EXPRESS
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Nova Science Publishers Inc Adult, Continuing and Lifelong Education and Development in Africa
This book addresses current and pertinent issues in adult, community, and lifelong education and development presenting a distinctive and timely focus on Africa. Drawing from a variety of theoretical, methodological, and personal experiences from astute researchers from different parts of the continent, this book re-conceptualises adult, community and lifelong education from a western perspective to a more Afrocentric and indigenous approach to understanding and solving problems in the field. It attempts to fill that gap by placing emphasis on the history of adult, lifelong and community education, its organization and management, and the philosophical and socioeconomic context within which adult, community and lifelong education is provided. This edited book is a comprehensive collection of cutting edge research and analyses of various concepts in the field and offers in-depth explanations from diverse viewpoints. For ease of reference, this book is organized into 17 chapters with each chapter covering a topical issue in a diverse, multifaceted field. All the chapters were subjected to a rigorous review process. Firstly, by the editors before those that met the initial pre-screening were sent to two other reviewers. These steps were taken to ensure that the chapters were within the scope of the book as well as meeting the set standards. The submissions which did not meet the set standards and/or did not fall within the scope of the book were rejected. The ones that were recommended for inclusion by the reviewers were sent to the authors to correct and resubmit. The corrected chapters from the authors were put together as the manuscript which was submitted to an accredited language editor for editing before finally submitting to the publisher. The contributions are on five African countries with all the contributors from Africa. Consequently, this book differs from many publications about African countries written by non-Africans." Although all the chapters focus on African countries, the scholarly and rigorous discussion by the authors may appeal to international audiences in the field of adult, lifelong and community education.
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World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Practical Guide To Scientific And Technical Translation, A: Publishing, Style And Terminology
Are you a non-native English speaker? Are you often confronted with manuscript rejections because of poor language impeding comprehension of your paper? A Practical Guide to Scientific and Technical Translation is your solution. In this one-stop guide, two authors with extensive experience as reviewers and translators in a vast medley of scientific fields assist you to produce professional quality documents, whether through direct authoring in a language foreign to you or translation from an existing text. The book is not intended as a text on English grammar but as a troubleshooting guide to linguistic and style errors. We will help you overcome at least the most common problems here. Technical terminology searching and choice will also be covered with examples from a number of scientific (physics, chemistry) and engineering disciplines (aviation, transport, nuclear, environment, etc.), with advice on how to choose the right term for the right job. While the emphasis is on producing documents in English (the lingua franca of modern scientific literature), general translation concepts are also discussed. Hence, this book will also be useful to translators, and scientists who need to present their work in languages other than English.
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Haynes Manuals Inc Ford full-size E-150-E-350 petrol vans (1992-2014) Haynes Repair Manual (USA): 1992 to 2014
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Haynes Manuals Inc Ford Escape & Mazda Tribute 2001 Thru 2017 Haynes Repair Manual: Includes Mercury Mariner & Ford Kuga
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Cornerstone A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition
Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest Hemingway's most beloved works. Since Hemingway's personal papers were released in 1979, scholars have examined and debated the changes made to the text before publication. Now this new special restored edition presents the original manuscript as the author prepared it to be published. Featuring a personal foreword by Patrick Hemingway, Ernest's sole surviving son, and an introduction by the editor and grandson of the author, Seán Hemingway, this new edition also includes a number of unfinished, never-before-published Paris sketches revealing experiences that Hemingway had with his son Jack and his first wife, Hadley. Also included are irreverent portraits of other luminaries, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ford Madox Ford, and insightful recollections of his own early experiments with his craft. Sure to excite critics and readers alike, the restored edition of A Moveable Feast brilliantly evokes the exuberant mood of Paris after World War I and the unbridled creativity and enthusiasm that Hemingway himself experienced. In the world of letters it is a unique insight into a great literary generation, by one of the best American writers of the twentieth century.
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Haynes Manuals Inc Ford full-size petrol pick-ups F-150 2WD & 4WD (2004-2014) Haynes Repair Manual (USA): 2004-14
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Haynes Manuals Inc Subaru Legacy & Forester covering Legacy (2000-2009) & Forester (2000-2008), inc. Legacy Outback & Baja Haynes Repair Manual (USA)
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Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Integrated Process Modeling, Advanced Control and Data Analytics for Optimizing Polyolefin Manufacturing, 2 Volume Set
Integrated Process Modeling, Advanced Control and Data Analytics for Optimizing Polyolefin Manufacturing Detailed resource on the “Why,” “What,” and “How” of integrated process modeling, advanced control and data analytics explained via hands-on examples and workshops for optimizing polyolefin manufacturing. Integrated Process Modeling, Advanced Control and Data Analytics for Optimizing Polyolefin Manufacturing discusses, as well as demonstrates, the optimization of polyolefin production by covering topics from polymer process modeling and advanced process control to data analytics and machine learning, and sustainable design and industrial practice. The text also covers practical problems, handling of real data streams, developing the right level of detail, and tuning models to the available data, among other topics, to allow for easy translation of concepts into practice. Written by two highly qualified authors, Integrated Process Modeling, Advanced Control and Data Analytics for Optimizing Polyolefin Manufacturing includes information on: Segment-based modeling of polymer processes; selection of thermodynamic methods; estimation of physical properties for polymer process modeling Reactor modeling, convergence tips and data-fit tool; free radical polymerization (LDPE, EVA and PS), Ziegler-Natta polymerization (HDPE, PP, LLPDE, and EPDM) and ionic polymerization (SBS rubber) Improved polymer process operability and control through steady-state and dynamic simulation models Model-predictive control of polyolefin processes and applications of multivariate statistics and machine learning to optimizing polyolefin manufacturing Integrated Process Modeling, Advanced Control and Data Analytics for Optimizing Polyolefin Manufacturing enables readers to make full use of advanced computer models and latest data analytics and machine learning tools for optimizing polyolefin manufacturing, making it an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and new and experienced engineers involved in the polyolefin industry.
£240.00
Pindar Press Studies in Early Christian and Medieval Irish Art, Volume III: Sculpture and Architecture
Over the past fifty years, Françoise Henry has been the leading authority on the history of early Irish art. A pupil of Henri Focillon, she united two traditions of scholarship, one French and one Irish, and her understanding of the European context within which the art of early Christian Ireland developed has had a profound influence on subsequent research. These three volumes bring together the articles that Dr. Henry published on Irish art and its European links. The first volume is concerned with enamel and metalwork, a field in which the author specialized from the beginning. Émailleurs d'Occident looks at Western enamels, among which the Irish examples figure prominently, and the development of Irish enamelling is treated separately in the following study. Metalwork is also featured, in the form of a number of Dr. Henry's important studies on hanging-bowls, croziers, and chalices. The second volume deals with Irish manuscript illumination. Since a number of the articles reprinted here were published in collaboration with Geneviève Marsh-Micheli, this volume, as Françoise Henry wished, is published as a joint work, and includes an independent article by Mrs. Marsh-Micheli on the Irish manuscripts of St. Gall and Reichenau. The manuscripts dealt with here cover the entire span of Christian Celtic art in Ireland, from the earliest works of the seventh and eighth centuries to the later manuscripts of the period between the Norman Conquest and the final collapse of Gaelic civilisation in Ireland in the late sixteenth century. There are joint studies of Irish manuscripts in Continental and English collections, and a valuable review by Françoise Henry of the facsimile edition of the Book of Lindisfarne. The third volume of Françoise Henry's Studies features her papers on early Christian architecture and sculpture in Ireland. They include one of the author's earliest contributions, Les origines de l'iconographie irlandaise, and the subject of Irish sculpture, particularly the high crosses and cross-slabs, remained one of Françoise Henry's main interests. Her list of dated inscriptions on early Irish graveslabs helps to provide a chronology for this type of monument that is of unique value. The author's studies of the monastic sites represent a particularly valuable contribution to the archaeology of early Christian Ireland. This comprises the results of nearly fifty years of field-work in some of the more inaccessible areas of Ireland. Two of the papers reprinted here carry the study of Irish sculpture into the post-Norman period, with notes on the carved decoration of the Irish Cistercian monasteries, and a figure in Lismore Cathedral.
£60.00
Cengage Learning, Inc Today's Technician: Automotive Heating & Air Conditioning Classroom Manual and Shop Manual
Understand and master the principles, components, diagnosis and repair of modern automotive heating and air conditioning systems with TODAY'S TECHNICIAN: AUTOMOTIVE HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING CLASSROOM MANUAL AND SHOP MANUAL, 7th edition. This integrated, two-book set covers theory and hands-on content in separate Classroom and Shop Manuals, enabling you to learn fundamental climate control theory -- including basic physics related to heat transfer -- before applying your knowledge through practical, hands-on shop work. Cross-references in each manual link related material, making it easy to connect classroom learning to lab and shop activity. Updated to reflect the latest trends, technology and relevant ASE Education Foundation standards, the 7th edition includes new material on refrigerant R-1234yf (HFO-1234yf) and a vibrant full-color design. Also available: MindTap's anywhere, anytime digital learning solution.
£129.50
Haynes Publishing Group Yamaha V-Star 650 Manual Motorcycle (1998-2011) Service Repair Manual
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Thames & Hudson Ltd Apocalypse Ready: The manual of manuals; a century of panic prevention
An expertly curated compilation of officially published step-by-step guides on how to deal with every kind of disaster imaginable, drawn from government archives all around the world from the 1910s to today. Organized into four broad disaster-themed scenarios - Pandemics, Natural Disasters, Nuclear War and Alien Invasion - this visual guide displays the plethora of public survival advice and scare tactics proposed from all around the globe to deal with every disaster scenario that has occurred or been imagined since the early 20th century. From leaflets showing how to build an earthquake shelter to booklets providing step-by-step advice on how to protect yourself and your family during a nuclear war, and from posters showing how to minimize your chances of catching Spanish flu to documents indicating how to identify aliens, this carefully curated selection of disaster-planning documents reveals differences in public attitudes towards impending catastrophe since the 1910s and showcases the variety of approaches taken by governments in advising their citizens. Informative commentary provides historical context for the official advice, exploring how our universal preoccupation with apocalypse has manifested around the globe, and explanatory captions clarify the messages contained in the survival documents.
£22.50
Haynes Manuals Inc Evinrude/Johnson 2-70 HP 2-Stroke Outboards Includes Jet Drive Models (1995-2003) Service Repair Manual: 1995-2007
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The Pony Club The Manual of Horsemanship: The Official Manual of The Pony Club
The Manual of Horsemanship is a complete basic guide to horsemanship and horse care, suitable for all ages and containing an amalgam of expert knowledge. Boasting numerous improved, updated features and enjoying its biggest overhaul in a decade, the manual has been comprehensively revised with an exciting new format and design. This new edition has been brought up to date by members of the Training Committee of The Pony Club to include major updates to the Bridle, Bitting and Additional Saddlery, Shoeing and Worm Control chapters. With The Training Scale now included, along with an addition of an extensive glossary of terms, the chapters within the book have been re-arranged and grouped into three themed sections Part One: The Horse, Part Two: The Rider and Riding and Part Three: Saddlery and Lorinery, which makes reading the manual more logical. New photographs, charts and diagrams feature throughout and the increase in page size to 270 x 200mm provides ease of reference.
£18.99
Simon & Schuster Ltd The Golden Atlas: The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps
'Stunning...divine' Stephen Fry ‘A fabulous book, good enough to eat with a spoon! Marvellous’ John Lloyd, creator of QI ‘Perfect for the armchair adventurer historian, this is a rich visual exploration of some of the most beautiful charts ever created’ National Geographic 'Introduces us to a whole different way of looking at maps. Great illustrations, most engaging - the author is just a mine of information' Simon Mayo's Books of the YearThe Golden Atlas is a spectacular visual history of exploration and cartography, a treasure chest of adventures from the chronicles of global discovery, illustrated with a selection of the most beautiful maps ever created. The book reveals how the world came to be known, featuring a magnificent gallery of exceptionally rare hand-coloured antique maps, paintings and engravings, many of which can only be found in the author's collection. Arranged chronologically, the reader is taken on a breathtaking expedition through Ancient Babylonian geography and Marco Polo's journey to the Mongol Khan on to buccaneers ransacking the Caribbean and the voyages of seafarers such as Captain Cook and fearless African pathfinders. Their stories are told in an engaging and compelling style, bringing vividly to life a motley collection of heroic explorers, treasure-hunters and death-dealing villains - all of them accompanied by eye-grabbing illustrations from rare maps, charts and manuscripts. The Golden Atlas takes you back to a world of darkness and peril, placing you on storm-lashed ships, frozen wastelands and the shores of hostile territories to see how the lines were drawn to form the shape of the modern world. The author's previous book, The Phantom Atlas, was a critically acclaimed international bestseller, described by Jonathan Ross as 'a spectacular, enjoyable and eye-opening read' and this new book is sure to follow suit.
£22.50
Hebrew Union College Press,U.S. Tradition, Interpretation, and Change: Developments in the Liturgy of Medieval and Early Modern Ashkenaz
Minhag (custom) played a far greater and far more important role in medieval Ashkenazic society than in any other Jewish community. In upholding the authority of a custom, halakhic authorities frequently asserted that "custom prevails over halakhah." Furthermore, Ashkenazic authorities asserted that Ashkenazic custom is more authentic than the customs of other Jewish communities, including those of Sepharad (Spain). Given the importance attributed to minhag and the influence of the siddur commentaries of the circle of Hassidei Ashkenaz, which emphasize the precise formulation of liturgical texts, one might assume that Ashkenazic Jewry was committed to preserving ancestral custom and opposed to liturgical change. However, the reality is that the liturgy of Ashkenaz was never static. From a very early time, new liturgies and liturgical practices were incorporated into the service, the inclusion of various prayers was challenged, and variant readings of prayers became standard. Tradition, Interpretation, and Change focuses on developments in the Ashkenazic rite, the liturgical rite of most of central and eastern European Jewry, from the eleventh century through the seventeenth. Kenneth Berger argues that how a prayer or practice was understood, or the rationale for its recitation or performance, often had a profound effect on whether and when it was to be recited, as well as on the specific wording of the prayer. In some cases, the formulation of new interpretations served a conservative function, as when rabbinic authorities sought to find new, alternative explanations which would justify the continued performance of practices whose original rationale no longer applied. In other cases, new understandings of a liturgical practice led to changes in that practice, and even to the development of new liturgies expressive of those interpretations. In Tradition, Interpretation, and Change, Berger draws upon a wide body of primary sources, including classical rabbinic and geonic works, liturgical documents found in the Cairo genizah, medieval codes, responsa, and siddur commentaries, minhag books, medieval siddur manuscripts, and early printed siddurim, as well as a wealth of secondary sources, to provide the reader with an in-depth account of the history and history of interpretation of many familiar and not-so-familiar prayers and liturgical practices. While emphasizing the role that the interpretation ascribed to various prayers and practices had in shaping the liturgy of medieval and early modern Ashkenaz, Berger illustrates the degree to which Sephardic and kabbalistic influences, concern for the fate of the dead, the fear of demons, and the desire for healing and divine protection from a variety of dangers shaped both liturgical practice and the way in which those practices were understood.
£52.50
Haynes Manuals Inc Ford Crown Victoria & Mercury Grand Marquis (1988-2011) (Covers all fuel-injected models) Haynes Repair Manual (USA): 1988-2011
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Haynes Manuals Inc Mazda MX-5 Miata for Mazda MX-5 Miata models (1990-2014) Haynes Repair Manual (USA): 1990 to 2014
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Haynes Manuals Inc Ford pick-ups F-100-F-350 & Bronco (1980-1996) & F-250HD & F-350 (1997) Haynes Repair Manual (USA)
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Bircher-Benner Bircher-Benner Manual Vol. 24: Manual for prevention of dementia and Alzheimer's disease
This manual is based on the knowledge and Decades of experience of a medical centre of state-of-the-art healing, the globally renowned Bircher-Benner clinic, now called the Center for Scientific natural medicine Bircher-Benner. This manual is a great help for patients in that it supports their active contribution to the healing and prevention of disease. It gives patients insight into the scientific basis and causes of their disease, and provides valuable instructions for dietetics, care and physical applications. The manual explains dietetics in a gradual manner - ready for simple, practical applications -- and provides tasty, diverse, tried-and-tested diet recipes from the Bircher-Benner-Klinik. For the doctor, this book is a great time saver and valuable aid in guiding patients.
£45.89
Peter Lang AG Explorations in the English Language: Middle Ages and Beyond: Festschrift for Professor Jerzy Wełna on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday
The volume, inspired by Professor Wełna’s life-long studies in historical linguistics, brings together scholars researching topics in various fields of the history of the English language. Nine chapters devoted to different linguistic disciplines gather articles covering sound and spelling changes, historical word-formation processes, selected semantic domains, and manuscript variants. In the broader perspective the book addresses the history of linguistic thought with authors incorporating different tools of analysis in historical research.
£56.60
Haynes Manuals Inc Kawasaki KX80 (1991-2000), KX85/85-II (2001-2016) & KX100 (1989-2016) Service Repair Manual: 89-16
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Haynes Manuals Inc Ford Ranger (1993-2011) & Mazda B2300/B2500/B3000/B4000 (1994-2009) Haynes Repair Manual (USA): 1993-2011
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Haynes Publishing Group U-Boat Owners' Workshop Manual: An insight into the design, construction and operation of the feared World War 2 German Type VIIC U-boat.
ALAN GALLOP is an author, journalist and public relations consultant. His books include Buffalo Bill's British Wild West (2001), Children of the Dark (2002), Mr Stanley I Presume (2004), Time Flies: Heathrow at 60 (2005), Subsmash (2007), The Martians are Coming! The True Story of Orson Welles' 1938 Panic Broadcast (2011). He lives in Middlesex.|• Unique insight into the design, construction and operation of the feared World War 2 German Type VIIC U-boat • Includes detailed photographs inside the last preserved Type VIIC boat and original technical drawings of the boat’s construction and its operation • U-995 is the centrepiece at the German Naval Memorial at Laboe near Kiel, Germany|An insight into the design, construction and operation of the feared World War 2 German Type VIIC U-boat. The German Type VIIC U-boat, scourge of Allied shipping convoys during the Second World War, was the workhorse of the German U-boat force. With some 568 Type VIIs in use between 1940 and 1945 it was a potent fighting vessel that could hunt for long periods in the far reaches of the western and southern Atlantic. Centrepiece of the Haynes U-boat Manual is the sole surviving example of a Type VIIC U-boat, U-995, which is on display at the German Naval Memorial near Kiel in northern Germany.
£27.00
Bircher-Benner Bircher-Benner Manual Vol.4: Manual of Fresh Juices, Raw Vegetables and Fruit Dishes
This handbook is based on the decades of knowledge and experience of the world-famous Bircher-Benner Clinic, todays Medical Centre Bircher-Benner, a cutting-edge medical healing center. This book is a huge help for you as a patient to assist you on the road to recovery and to prevent illness. It enables you to understand the scientific basics and causes of your illness and gives valuable direction on nutrition, nursing and physical treatments. The book explains nutrition in interconnected levels, is ready to use practically and is supplemented by a wide variety of tested good-tasting nutritional recipes by the Bircher-Benner Clinic. For physicians, this book is a great time-saver and a valuable aid in guiding their patients. Table of contents Introduction, Two Kinds of Food Energy, The New Order of Foods according to their Qualitative Nutritional Value, The Basic System of Soft Connective Tissue, the Origin of Chronic Diseases, The Experiment at the Royal Free Hospital, London, A few Additional Examples of Scientific Studies on the Effect of the Raw Vegetable Food Therapy, Secondary Plant Substances, Medical Effect of Vegetable Foods, On Raw-Food Therapy to Prevent and Fight Cancer, On Dietetic Raw- Food Therapy for Degenerative Complaints (Antioxidation) On Raw-Food Therapy for Danger of Thrombosis and Embolism, Special Features of Raw Food Therapy for Hypertension, Special Feature of Raw-Food Therapy for Reduction of Cholesterol Levels, On raw food therapy for diabetes mellitus, on raw-food therapy for infectious diseases (antimicrobial effect), On raw-food therapy for a weak immune system and susceptibility to infection, The Indication for the Fresh-Vegetable Diet,(Raw-Food-Diet) The Fresh Raw Fruit and Vegetable Diet, Stage-1-Diet, Stage-2-Diet, Forms of the Fresh-Vegetable Diet, Reactions to the Change to the Fresh-Vegetable Diet and Their Treatment, Additional General Recommendations for the Fresh Vegetable and Juice Diet, The New Balance, The Rejuvenating Effect of Fresh Raw Vegetable Food, The Right Starting Dose, The Subject of" Raw-Food Intolerance", Recommendations for lab examinations for the attending physician, Preparation and Cleaning of Raw Vegetables, Composition of Raw Vegetables, Adjustment to Taste and Chewing Ability, Cleaning of Raw Vegetables, From the Bircher Grater to The Electric Blender, Menu, Menu Combinations for Different Types of Raw Vegetable Diets, The Recipes Birchermuesli, Fruit-and-Fresh Grain Dishes, Fruit Dishes, Juices, Milk Types, Dressings for Raw Vegetables, Salads, Healthful Teas, List of recipes, Bibliography, Index TABLE OF CONTENTS Two Kinds of Food Energy The New Order of Foods according to their Qualitative Nutritional Value The Basic System of Soft Connective Tissue, the Origin of Chronic Diseases The Experiment at the Royal Free Hospital, London A Few Additional Examples of Scientific Studies on the Effect of the Raw Vegetable Food Therapy Secondary Plant Substances, Medical Effect of Vegetable Foods On Raw-Food Therapy to Prevent and Fight Cancer On Dietetic Raw-Food Therapy for Degenerative Complaints (Antioxidation) On Raw-Food Therapy for Danger of Thrombosis and Embolism Special Features of Raw Food Therapy for Hypertension Special Features of Raw-Food Therapy for Reduction of Cholesterol Levels On raw food therapy for diabetes mellitus On raw food therapy for infectious diseases (antimicrobial effect) On raw-food therapy for a weak immune system and susceptibility to infection. The Indication for the Fresh-Vegetable Diet (Raw-Food Diet) The Fresh Raw Fruit and Vegetable Diet Stage-1 Diet Stage-2 Diet Forms of the Fresh-Vegetable Diet Reactions to the Change to the Fresh-Vegetable Diet and Their Treatment Additional General Recommendations for the Fresh Vegetable and Juice Diet The New Balance The Rejuvenating Effect of Fresh Raw Vegetable Food The Right Starting Dose The Subject of Raw-Food Intolerance Recommendations for lab examinations for the attending physician Preparation and Cleaning of Raw Vegetables Composition of Raw Vegetables Adjustment to Taste and Chewing Ability Cleaning of Raw Vegetables From the Bircher Grater to the Electric Blender Menu Menu Combinations for Different types of Raw Vegetable Diets The Recipes Birchermuesli Fruit-an-Fresh-Grain Dishes Fruit Dishes Juices Milk Types Dressings for Raw Vegetables Salads Healthful Teas List of recipes Bibliography
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. The Roots and Philosophy of Dynamic Manual Interface: Manual Therapy to Awaken the Inner Healer
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Making of Samuel Beckett's Not I / Pas moi, That Time / Cette fois and Footfalls / Pas
This volume of the BDMP series charts the genesis of three iconic Beckett plays: Not I (1973), That Time (1976) and Footfalls (1976), all translated into French by their author. Including analyses of abandoned archival precursors – the ‘Kilcool’ drafts (1963) and the ‘Petit Odéon’ Fragments (1967–1968) – the book covers a crucial period in Beckett’s playwriting career, during which his long-held ambition to stage a mouth babbling in the dark became a catalyst for some of his most innovative work. This volume provides a comprehensive guide to the history of the three plays, tracking their development from compositional manuscripts through to publication and performance. The book contends that these plays should be seen as stagings of the subject–object breakdown explored in Beckett’s early writing. Drawing on the notes he took on psychology and psychoanalysis in 1934–1935, it examines the many psychological and psychoanalytic concepts that are used in the author’s later stagings of the mind. The plays are analysed through the lens of enactive cognition: not as representations of particular psychological conditions, but as pieces which encourage active interpretation on the part of their audiences. By staging minds in states of breakdown that resist diagnosis, Not I / Pas moi, That Time / Cette fois and Footfalls / Pas enact the subject–object breakdown that is such a key part of Beckett’s aesthetics.
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Penguin Books Ltd Dubliners: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
Perhaps the greatest short story collection in the English language, James Joyce's Dubliners is both a vivid and unflinching portrait of "dear dirty Dublin" at the turn of the twentieth century and a moral history of a nation and a people whose "golden age" has passed. His richly drawn characters-at once intensely Irish and utterly universal-may forever haunt the reader. In mesmerizing writing rich with evocative imagery, Joyce delves into the heart of the city of his birth, capturing the cadences of Dubliners' speech and portraying with remarkable realism their outer and inner lives. This magnificent collection of fifteen stories, including such touchstones as "Araby," "Grace," and "The Dead," and in the definitive text authorized by the Joyce estate-collated from all known proofs, manuscripts, and impressions of Dubliners to reflect the author's wishes-reveals Joyce at his most accessible and most profound.Featuring a new introduction by acclaimed writer Colum McCann and the stunning cover art and sumptuous packaging that are the hallmarks of the Penguin Classics Graphic Deluxe series, this edition of Dubliners is worthy of the centennial of one of the twentieth century's most important books.
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Plural Publishing Inc Manual of Allergy and Clinical Immunology for Otolaryngologists
Manual of Allergy and Clinical Immunology for Otolaryngologists presents the most up-to-date knowledge related to allergy and immunology directed towards the unique needs of otolaryngologists. Many of the clinical conditions treated by otolaryngologists have an allergic or immunologic pathogenesis, including sinusitis, rhinitis and otitis, and otolaryngologists are often required to use allergic methodology in treating these problems. This book is a resource to which physicians can refer to help them manage allergic aspects of common ENT problems and their diagnosis and management.The book begins with an introduction to the fundamental immunologic processes necessary to understand allergic mechanism and diseases and goes on to include food and drug allergies, anaphalaxsis, immune deficiencies, occupational allergic diseases, and tumor immunology, among other topics. Otolaryngologists across all specialties as well as residents will benefit from the current information that focuses on the most important aspects of each topic in a concise, easy to reference format. **From the Foreword: "The fields of allergy, immunology, and otolaryngology are inextricably linked.Immunologic dysregulation is recognized to be the underpinning of a wide variety of diseases of the head and neck, and on a daily basis the practicing otolaryngologist must draw upon principles of allergy and immunology in the diagnosis and treatment of patients. For example, it is a rare patient presenting with a sinonasal complaint in whom consideration of allergic etiologies is not relevant. The otolaryngologist must also have a strong understanding of autoimmune illnesses to recognize the unique array of potential head and neck manifestations associated with autoimmune disease. Equally important, a deeper understanding of immunopathology may be the key to unlocking the mechanisms of major diseases ranging from chronic rhinosinusitis to head and neck cancer. Thus it is imperative for the otolaryngologist to master principles of allergy and immunology in order to provide optimal patient care. The body of knowledge encompassed by allergy and immunology is rapidly evolving and expanding, posing a great challenge for otolaryngologists seeking to keep up with diagnostic and treatment advances in the field.This splendid textbook offers a comprehensive, multidisciplinary encapsulation of contemporary allergy and immunology for the otolaryngologist. Drs. Rosenstreich, Fried, de Vos and Jackman have assembled an illustrious group of authors who have managed to distill the essentials of allergy and immunology for the otolaryngologist without sacrificing scientific content or detail. The reader will appreciate clear elucidation of basic science concepts and the practical translation of basic science principles to the clinical management of otolaryngologic illnesses. Diagnostic and treatment guidelines are presented with a comprehensive and pragmatic approach. This book is essential reading for all otolaryngologists, from trainees looking to grasp the breadth of overlap between otolaryngology and allergy/immunology, to seasoned otolaryngologists seeking to update their fund of knowledge with the latest developments in immunophysiology and clinical treatment. The knowledge gained from this expertly edited volume will benefit our patients tremendously." --Peter H.Hwang, MD, Professor and Chief, Division of Rhinology and Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine
£127.00
Asian Educational Services Conservation Manual
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Verve Poetry Press Faulty Manufacturing
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Oxford University Press Inc Manufacturing Catastrophe
American economic history has traditionally been told as a narrative of industrialization and affluence collapsing into globalization and industrial decay. Offering a reappraisal of this pattern, Manufacturing Catastrophe traces the successive rise and fall of the whaling, textile, garment, electronics, and high-tech industries in Massachusetts over the past two hundred years. It shows how business, labor, and political leaders repeatedly mobilized the lure of crisischeap labor, low taxes, and generous manufacturing subsidiesto pull and push both capital and workers across the continents, repeatedly remaking the pioneering industrial cities of Fall River and New Bedford. Workersranging from migrating Azorean seamen to British weavers to Quebecois farmersand capitalistsincluding mobile manufacturers, globetrotting whalers, and multinational conglomeratorsparticipated in the creation of regional growth and, with it, American industrial ascendance. Exploring the paradoxical and recurring
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