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The way home
\"David Neel was an infant when his father, a Kwakwaka'wakw artist, died, triggering events that would separate him from the traditions of his homeland. When the aspiring photographer saw a mask carved by an ancestor in a Texas museum twenty-five years later, the encounter inspired him to return home and follow in his father's footsteps. Drawing on memory, legend, and his own art, Neel recounts his struggle to reconnect with his culture and become an accomplished Kwakwaka'wakw artist. His memoir is a testament to the strength of the human spirit to overcome great obstacles and to the power and endurance of Indigenous culture and art.\"-- Provided by publisher.
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J.L. Vives: De ratione dicendi
Juan Luis Vives' 1533 treatise on rhetoric, De ratione dicendi, is a highly original but largely neglected Renaissance Latin text. David Walker's critical edition, with introduction, facing translation and notes, is the first to appear in English.The conception of rhetoric which Vives elaborates in the De ratione dicendi differs significantly from that which is found in other rhetorical treatises written during the humanist Renaissance. Rhetoric as Vives conceives it is part of the discipline of self-knowledge, and involves a distinct way of thinking about the way kinds of rhetorical style manifested modes of human life. Moving as it did from the concrete particulars of a man's style to their abstractable implications, the study of rhetoric was for him a form of moral thinking which enabled the student to develop a critical framework for understanding the world he lived in.
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The JCT Minor Works Building Contracts 2005
The Minor Works Contract is the most widely used of the JCT forms of contract, not only for simple, short contracts of moderate price, for which it is intended, but also for much larger projects for which it is often not suited at all. As a result, contractual difficulties can arise, and despite the form's simplicity an understanding of the legal background to the form is essential. This book explains the practical applications of the form from the point of view of the employer, architect and contractor. It provides a straightforward explanation of the legal aspects of the form supported by flow charts, tables and sample letters. The fourth edition has been substantially revised to take account of the revised 2005 contract for minor works (MW), as well as the completely new form catering for those instances when the contractor undertakes some design work as well as construction (MWD). There is some new terminology in the contracts and the clauses have been substantially reorganised and reworded. Contract particulars and schedules have been added. Account has been taken of some 30 new cases and of the 2004 editions of the RIBA terms of engagement. The Author David Chappell BA(HonsArch), MA (Arch), MA (Law), PhD, RIBA has 45 years' experience in the construction industry, having worked as an architect in the public and private sectors, as contracts administrator for a building contractor, as a lecturer in construction law and contract procedures and, for the last fifteen years, as a construction contract consultant . He is currently the Director of David Chappell Consultancy Limited and frequently acts as an adjudicator. He was Visiting Professor of Practice Management and Law at the University of Central England in Birmingham. David Chappell is the author of many articles and books for the construction industry. He is one of the RIBA Specialist Advisors and lectures widely. Cover design by Simon Witter
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SANDINO, SOMOZA AND OLD GIMLET EYE
The guerrilla leader who bedeviled our Marines for those six years was the charismatic mestizo Augusto Cesar Sandino. In the spirit of amity he affected between the American retreat and his murder in 1934, Sandino would have been pleased and amused to see that he is a major character in ''A Few Good Men.'' As Mr. [William Overgard] has imagined it, the American consul's teen-age daughter is kidnapped by Sandino, who is on a secret reconnaissance when he stumbles on her outside the coastal town of Bluefields. With Sandino is an American correspondent, Carlton Wills (modeled on the real-life Carlton Beals, a reporter for The Nation). Wills unabashedly admires the wily young guerrilla. He doubts that the kidnapped girl can be converted into a propaganda tool, as Sandino hopes. Despite Wills's better journalistic judgment, he accompanies Sandino on a wild cross-country dash to evade the inevitable pursuers. The Sandino of ''A Few Good Men'' is pale in comparison to the real McCoy, who, to correspondents like Beals and in flurries of press releases, turned invective into high art, to the fury of Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover and a host of military commanders. Also subdued are Sandino's nutty philosophical beliefs (such as that mysterious psychic ''waves'' connected him with his followers), which contributed to his legend among the campesinos and which would have made him an even more fascinating fictional character.
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Interiors of belonging : workstead
Over the past decade, Brooklyn-based Workstead has earned wide acclaim for its signature residential projects, as well as larger-scale projects such as the Wythe Hotel in Brooklyn and the Rivertown Lodge in Hudson, NY. As their projects expand, Workstead's design approach continues to feel very of the moment, rooted in an appreciation of craftsmanship, detail, and materiality. Known for their thoughtful approach to design, Workstead works with a network of skilled fabricators, collaborating with craftsman and artists across all mediums to create customized interior design, lighting, and furniture. The resulting interiors feel homey and welcoming, spaces where we want to spend time, whether they're a wine bar, a restaurant, or a great room of a hotel.
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God and the land : the metaphysics of farming in Hesiod and Vergil
The Works and Days of Hesiod and Vergil’s Georgics are fundamental texts in the classical canon. Here Nelson brings them together with a metaphysical eye, showing how the two writers each viewed the farming lifestyle as a system of belief unto itself. She represents the ethos of the farm as a way of understanding the earth, the gods, and man between them in vital relation to each other. This study also includes a sparkling new translation of Works and Days by esteemed translator David Grene.
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The world of David Morris : the London jeweler
Specializing in the most-prized gemstones, from Colombian emeralds to sapphires found in the remote hills of Kashmir, David Morris celebrates colour, flawless craftsmanship and unique creativity in jewelry design. This is the jewelry house's first major book.
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