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A fascinating, visually rich collection, 'Stone' explores the appeal of this essential material through 170 structures from the last 5,000 years. Organized into such themes as Texture, Juxtaposition, and Light, it highlights stone's range and unique qualities with stunning photographs of ancient tombs, churches, cultural spaces, houses, and beyond. The book features projects from celebrated architects including Philip Johnson, Antoni Gaudi, and Mies van der Rohe, as well as the best contemporary talent such as Kengo Kuma, Grafton Architects, and Snohetta.
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Ghost of the Ozarks
In 1929, in a remote county of the Arkansas Ozarks, the gruesome murder of harmonica-playing drifter Connie Franklin and the brutal rape of his teenaged fiancee captured the attention of a nation on the cusp of the Great Depression. National press from coast to coast ran stories of the sensational exploits of night-riding moonshiners, powerful \"Barons of the Hills,\" and a world of feudal oppression in the isolation of the rugged Ozarks. The ensuing arrest of five local men for both crimes and the confusion and superstition surrounding the trial and conviction gave Stone County a dubious and short-lived notoriety._x000B__x000B_Closely examining how the story and its regional setting were interpreted by the media, Brooks Blevins recounts the gripping events of the murder investigation and trial, where a man claiming to be the murder victim--the \"Ghost\" of the Ozarks--appeared to testify. Local conditions in Stone County, which had no electricity and only one long-distance telephone line, frustrated the dozen or more reporters who found their way to the rural Ozarks, and the developments following the arrests often prompted reporters' caricatures of the region: accusations of imposture and insanity, revelations of hidden pasts and assumed names, and threats of widespread violence._x000B__x000B_Ghost of the Ozarks: Murder and Memory in the Upland South entertains readers with a dramatic tale of true crime as well as a skilled interpretation of the region. Throughout this narrative, Blevins weaves a sophisticated social history of the Ozarks in the early twentieth century, critically analyzing the stereotypes and imagery inherent in local folklore and embedded in media coverage of the murder and trial. Locating the past of the Upland South squarely within the major currents of American history, Blevins paints a convincing backdrop to a story that, more than 80 years later, remains riddled with mystery and a source of bitter division in the community where some believe Connie Franklin met his end.
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Stones : a material and cultural history
From small beach pebbles to huge megaliths, stones have been revered, collected, enhanced, sculpted or engraved for practical and artistic purposes throughout the ages. They have been used to delineate boundaries and to build homes and shelters, and utilized for cooking, games and competitions. This surprising and fascinating compendium of stone facts, myths and stories reveals the impact and importance of stones in our history and culture. Cally Oldershaw introduces the science in an accessible way and covers the aesthetic appeal of stones, their practical uses and metaphysical properties. With an eclectic mix of examples from the Stone Age to the present, Stones engagingly excavates the story of this essential matter.
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Archaeology and Geology of Ancient Egyptian Stones
The ancient Egyptian Civilization dominated the northeast corner of Africa—including modern-day Egypt and, at times, northern Sudan—from about 3000 BC at the beginning of the Dynastic period to AD 642 at the end of the Roman period. Most of what it left behind consists of stones of many kinds. There were building stones for temples, pyramids, mastaba tombs, and other monumental constructions; and utilitarian stones for tools, weapons, and a wide array of mundane applications, including the raw materials for faience, glass, medicines, paint pigments, and pottery. There were also ornamental stones for decorative and structural elements in buildings, obelisks, statues, sarcophagi, stelae, vessels, shrines, offering tables, mace heads, cosmetic palettes, and other sculpted objects; and gemstones for jewellery, amulets, seals, and other small decorative items. Still more stones were processed to extract their metals, including gold, copper, iron, and lead.
Two persistent problems in Egyptology have been the geological identification of these stones, and the recognition of their sources. Archaeology and Geology of Ancient Egyptian Stones seeks to identify and describe all the rocks and minerals employed by the ancient Egyptians using proper geological nomenclature, and to give an account of their sources in so far as they are known. A secondary objective is to describe the multitudinous uses of the stones as well as the technologies employed to extract, transport, carve, and thermally treat them.
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The Rolling Stones in Concert, 1962-1982
This day-by-day chronicle of every live concert by the Rolling Stones from 1962 through 1982 traces their development from a band playing small clubs around London to the global phenomenon we know today.Comprehensive coverage of the shows includes set lists, venues, concert reviews, anecdotes and notable events in the lives of the band members.
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Caciques and Cemi Idols
Takes a close look at the relationship between humans and
other (non-human) beings that are imbued with cemí power,
specifically within the Taíno inter-island cultural sphere
of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola Cemís are both
portable artifacts and embodiments of persons or spirit, which
the Taínos and other natives of the Greater Antilles (ca. AD
1000-1550) regarded as numinous beings with supernatural or magic
powers. This volume takes a close look at the relationship
between humans and other (non-human) beings that are imbued with
cemí power, specifically within the Taíno inter-island
cultural sphere encompassing Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. The
relationships address the important questions of identity and
personhood of the cemí icons and their human
“owners” and the implications of cemí
gift-giving and gift-taking that sustains a complex web of
relationships between caciques (chiefs) of Puerto Rico and
Hispaniola. Oliver provides a careful analysis of the four major
forms of cemís—three-pointed stones, large stone
heads, stone collars, and elbow stones—as well as face
masks, which provide an interesting contrast to the stone heads.
He finds evidence for his interpretation of human and cemí
interactions from a critical review of 16th-century Spanish
ethnohistoric documents, especially the Relación Acerca de
las Antigüedades de los Indios written by Friar Ramón
Pané in 1497–1498 under orders from Christopher
Columbus. Buttressed by examples of native resistance and
syncretism, the volume discusses the iconoclastic conflicts and
the relationship between the icons and the human beings. Focusing
on this and on the various contexts in which the relationships
were enacted, Oliver reveals how the cemís were central to
the exercise of native political power. Such cemís were
considered a direct threat to the hegemony of the Spanish
conquerors, as these potent objects were seen as allies in the
native resistance to the onslaught of Christendom with its icons
of saints and virgins.
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The Power of Scenery
Featured in Wall Street Journal 's 2021 Holiday
Gift Books Guide 2021 Marfield Prize
Finalist Wallace Stegner called national parks \"the best
idea we ever had.\" As Americans celebrate the 150th anniversary of
Yellowstone, the world's first national park, a question naturally
arises: where did the idea for a national park originate? The
answer starts with a look at pre-Yellowstone America. With nothing
to put up against Europe's cultural pearls-its cathedrals, castles,
and museums-Americans came to realize that their plentitude of
natural wonders might compensate for the dearth of manmade
attractions. That insight guided the great landscape architect
Frederick Law Olmsted as he organized his thoughts on how to manage
the wilderness park centered on Yosemite Valley, a state-owned
predecessor to the national park model of Yellowstone. Haunting
those thoughts were the cluttered and carnival-like banks of
Niagara Falls, which served as an oft-cited example of what should
not happen to a spectacular natural phenomenon. Olmsted
saw city parks as vital to the pursuit of happiness and wanted them
to be established for all to enjoy. When he wrote down his
philosophy for managing Yosemite, a new and different kind of park,
one that preserves a great natural site in the wilds, he had no
idea that he was creating a visionary blueprint for national parks
to come. Dennis Drabelle provides a history of the national park
concept, adding to our understanding of American environmental
thought and linking Olmsted with three of the country's national
treasures. Published in time to celebrate the 150th anniversary of
Yellowstone National Park on March 1, 2022, and the 200th birthday
of Frederick Law Olmsted on April 26, 2022, The Power of
Scenery tells the fascinating story of how the national park
movement arose, evolved, and has spread around the world.
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