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Modernist aesthetics in architecture, art, and product design are
familiar to many. In soaring glass structures or minimalist
canvases, we recognize a time of vast technological advance which
affirmed the power of human beings to reshape their environment and
to break, radically, from the conventions or constraints of the
past. Less well-known, but no less fascinating, is the distillation
of modernism in graphic design. This unprecedented TASCHEN
publication, authored by Jens Muller, brings together approximately
6,000 trademarks, focused on the period 1940-1980, to examine how
modernist attitudes and imperatives gave birth to corporate
identity. Ranging from media outfits to retail giants, airlines to
art galleries, the sweeping survey is organized into three
design-orientated chapters: Geometric, Effect, and Typographic.
Each chapter is then sub-divided into form and style led sections
such as alphabet, overlay, dots and squares. Alongside the
comprehensive catalog, the book features an introduction from Jens
Muller on the history of logos, and an essay by R. Roger Remington
on modernism and graphic design. Eight designer profiles and eight
instructive case studies are also included, with a detailed look at
the life and work of such luminaries as Paul Rand, Yusaku Kamekura,
and Anton Stankowski, and at such significant projects as Fiat, The
Daiei Inc., and the Mexico Olympic Games of 1968. An unrivaled
resource for graphic designers, advertisers, and branding
specialists, Logo Modernism is equally fascinating to anyone
interested in social, cultural, and corporate history, and in the
sheer persuasive power of image and form.
Preserve your life story and pass it down to your family in this
beautiful keepsake memory book. Grandma's Story is a guided journal
thoughtfully designed to help grandmothers record their special
memories and share them with their grandchildren and family.
Designed by bestselling artist Korie Herold, this keepsake book
offers writing prompts and journaling pages to guide grandmothers
along as they record their life's most precious moments. This book
is the perfect gift for Mother's Day, birthdays, or any time of
year for your grandmother. Sections and writing prompts include: *
Early Childhood: What was your house like growing up? What were
your favorite toys or playtime activities? * School Years: What did
you think you wanted to be when you grew up? What were you like as
a teenager? * Work and Travel: What was your first job? What family
vacations do you remember the most? * Love and Family: What's your
best relationship advice? How did you feel when you found out you
were going to be a grandfather? * Character and Values: What do you
value most in life? What family values do you hope to pass down? *
Hypotheticals and Curiosities: What's something you wish you had
done differently? What's the best advice you ever received? * Words
of Wisdom: Additional space to write letters to your family Special
features include: * Elegant linen with gold foil cover * Acid-free
and archival paper * Layflat design allows you to easily write in
the book * Carefully developed designs and prompts allow to you
reflect and remember
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The story of a murder and its aftermath. On Christmas Night in
1881, John Manley, a poor son of Irish immigrants living in the
slums of Leeds, was fatally stabbed in a drunken quarrel. The
frightened murderer went on the run, knowing that capture could see
him hang. A few generations later, author Catherine Czerkawska
begins to tease out the truth behind her great-great-uncle's tragic
death. But she uncovers far more than she bargained for. In a
personal family story that takes us from Ireland to the industrial
heartlands of England and Scotland, from the nineteenth century to
the twentieth, Catherine gives voice to people often maligned by
society and silenced by history - immigrants, women, the working
classes. She unearths a tale of injustice and poverty, hope and
resilience, and she is both angered and touched by what she finds.
Catherine is driven to keep digging, to get to the very heart of
life - and death - in the not-so-distant past.
When you see your nation's flag fluttering in the breeze, what do
you feel?; For thousands of years flags have represented our hopes
and dreams. We wave them. Burn them. March under their colours. And
still, in the 21st century, we die for them. Flags fly at the UN,
on the Arab street, from front porches in Texas. They represent the
politics of high power as well as the politics of the mob.; From
the renewed sense of nationalism in China, to troubled identities
in Europe and the USA, to the terrifying rise of Islamic State, the
world is a confusing place right now and we need to understand the
symbols, old and new, that people are rallying round.; In nine
chapters (covering the USA, UK, Europe, Middle East, Asia, Africa,
Latin America, international flags and flags of terror), Tim
Marshall draws on more than twenty-five years of global reporting
experience to reveal the histories, the power and the politics of
the symbols that unite us - and divide us.
The popularity of studying our family history has been fueled by
popular TV shows like Genealogy Roadshow, Finding Your Roots, and
Who Do You Think You Are? The ability to access records online has
opened up the one time hobby for genealogy enthusiasts to the
mainstream. Companies like Ancestry.com, Familysearch.org,
Findmypast.com, and MyHeritage have spent millions of dollars
making records available around the world. DNA technology continues
to evolve and provides the instant gratification that we have
become use to as a society. But then the question remains, what
does that really mean? Knowing your ancestry is more than just
ethnic percentages it's about creating and building a story about
your family history. The Family Tree Toolkit is designed to help
you navigate the sometimes overwhelming and sometimes treacherous
waters of finding your ancestors. Here is a roadmap to help you on
this journey of discovery, whether you are looking for your African
Asian, European, or Jewish ancestry. The Family Tree Toolkit guides
you on how and where to begin, what records are available both
online and in repositories, what to do once you find the
information, how to share your story and of course DNA discoveries.
The perfect gift for any mom, this keepsake memory book is a
beautiful place to record special moments, stories, and advice that
you want to pass down to your children one day. Mom's Story is a
guided journal thoughtfully designed to help moms of all ages write
down memories that they want to preserve and share with their
children and family. Designed by bestselling artist and author
Korie Herold, this keepsake book provides moms with thoughtful
writing prompts and plenty of journaling pages to record memories
from their childhood, school years, early adulthood, and more. Show
mom that you love her and want to grow closer with this timeless
gift that's ideal for Mother's Day, birthdays, or any time of year.
The true story of three generations of one family which examines
the guilt and trauma of being part of Germany's Nazi past. This is
a moving and powerful memoir that illuminates the extraordinary
power of unprocessed trauma as it passes through generations, and
how when it is faced it can be healed.' JULIA SAMUEL, author of
Every Family Has a Story, Grief Works and This Too Shall Pass 'A
page turner of the highest calibre! Meticulously researched,
searingly honest and beautifully written,.' MARINA CANTACUZINO,
Author and founder of The Forgiveness Project 'An absolutely
extraordinary book.' Keith Lowe, Sunday Times bestselling author of
Savage Continent: Europe in the Aftermath of World War II
------------- In 1987, Angela Findlay walked into a prison and
instantly but inexplicably felt at home. For years she had wrestled
with a sense of 'badness' within her. But working with prisoners
was just the beginning of her search for answers that took her to
Nazi Germany and the life of her dead grandfather, who, it emerged,
was a decorated general on the Eastern front. In a rare confluence
of memoir, psychology and historical detective story, this is
Findlay's account of her unflinching quest for the truth about her
German family, one that breaks through the silence surrounding many
of the Second World War's perpetrators. In My Grandfather's Shadow
explores the heritability of unresolved experiences, questions
deeply held perceptions of good and bad, and uncovers the
lesser-known history of the war's losers, a post-war culture of
apology and atonement, and the lingering legacy of shame. Using her
own family story to explore an episode in history that continues to
appal and fascinate, Findlay reveals that it is possible not only
for the scars of trauma to be handed down through generations, but
also for them to be healed.
The popularity of amateur genealogy and family history has soared
in recent times. Genealogy, Psychology and Identity explores this
popular international pastime and offers reasons why it informs our
sense of who we are, and our place in both contemporary culture and
historical context. We will never know any of the people we
discover from our histories in person, but for several reasons we
recognize that their lives shaped ours. Paula Nicolson draws on her
experiences tracing her own family history to show how people can
connect with archival material, using documents and texts to expand
their knowledge and understanding of the psychosocial experiences
of their ancestors. Key approaches to identity and relationships
lend clues to our own lives but also to what psychosocial factors
run across generations. Attachment and abandonment, trusting, being
let down, becoming independent, migration, health and money, all
resonate with the psychological experiences that define the
outlooks, personalities and the ways that those who came before us
related to others. Nicolson highlights the importance of genealogy
in the development of identity and the therapeutic potential of
family history in cultivating well-being that will be of interest
to those researching their own family tree, genealogists and
counsellors, as well as students and researchers in social
psychology and social history.
'n Omvattende naslaanwerk oor die genealogiese herkoms van
Afrikaanse en heelparty Engelse families in Suid-Afrika.Met die
verskyning van hierdie teks word 'n mylpaal in Suid-Afrikaanse
genealografie bereik. Hierin word die geslagsregisters van die ou
Afrikaanse families tot minstens 1830 aangevul, terwyl dit ook 'n
aantal nuwe Afrikaanse sowel as Engelse stamvaders insluit.
Your Step-by-Step Guide to Ancestry.com! Ancestry.com keeps
growing, but how can you find your ancestors on the huge and
ever-changing site? In this workbook, an essential companion to the
Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com, you'll learn how to use
Ancestry.com to its full advantage with detailed guides to
searching Ancestry.com's digitized records. Each section briefly
discusses how to search Ancestry.com for a particular type of
record (including census records, vital records and historical
publications), then shares detailed, illustrated tutorials that put
those strategies into practice. And with the worksheets and
genealogy forms in each section, you can easily plan your own
Ancestry.com searches and apply what you've learned. The workbook
features: Introductions to using the seven most important record
groups on Ancestry.com, plus tips to navigate AncestryDNA and use
DNA test results in your research Step-by-step case studies showing
how to use Ancestry.com to find ancestors and solve research
problems Fill-in worksheets and forms that let you apply the book's
techniques to your own research Packed with expert advice, handy
worksheets, and real-life search scenarios, this workbook will give
you the hands-on knowledge you need to mine Ancestry.com for your
family's records.
Memoir, detective work and political history come together in this
family biography which springs from a collection of stories passed
down by word of mouth. Told on a toboggan in the Austrian
mountains, in the back seat of an overloaded mini, on a coal barge
in Paris, folding linen in London ... they range from Hungary to
Austria, Italy, France, England and South America. These were the
tales that shaped our lives and understanding as we grew up, and
brought us the adventures of the women who went before us - and the
link to a scattered family and 200 years of European turmoil. Rich
with the experience of several generations of women, this is the
history that so rarely reaches the official record. This is where
our story, their stories and history meet.
The story of the Highland clans is a gripping one, full of
celebrated names and heroic deeds. It is also, as Alistair Moffat
reveals, the story of a fearless people, shaped by the unique
traditions and landscape of the Scottish Highlands. Here, he traces
the history of the clans from their Celtic origins to the coming of
the Romans, through the great battles of Bannockburn and Flodden,
to the Clearances and the present day. The images bring the stories
to life with historical portraits and depictions of significant
events such as the battles or the Highland dances, to name but a
few. The story of the clans is also about the pain of leaving, with
the great emigrations to the United States, Canada, Australia and
New Zealand. Complete with a clan map and an alphabetical list of
the clans of the Scottish Highlands, this is a must for anyone
interested in the history of Scotland.
** Winner of the RSL Christopher Bland Prize ** Uncovering the
hidden love triangle between novelist Elizabeth Bowen and the
author's grandparents - the critically acclaimed biography with
never-before-seen letters detailing the affair. For readers who
were swept up in Laura Cumming's On Chapel Sands, Daniel
Mendelsohn's An Odyssey and Francesca Wade's Square Haunting. A
death in the family delivers Julia Parry a box of letters. Dusty
with age, they reveal a secret love affair between the celebrated
novelist Elizabeth Bowen and the academic Humphry House - Julia's
grandfather. So begins a life-changing quest to understand the
affair, which had profound repercussions for Julia's family, not
least her grandmother, Madeline. Julia traces these three very
different characters through 1930s Oxford and Ireland, Texas,
Calcutta in the last days of Empire, and on into World War II. With
a supporting cast that includes Isaiah Berlin and Virginia Woolf,
The Shadowy Third opens up a world with complex attitudes to love
and sex, duty and ambition, and to writing itself.
First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Essential for students, researchers and fans, this unique set
brings together a wide range of hard-to-find writings by relatives
and friends of Charles Dickens. Contents include pieces such as
"Memoirs of My Father" by Henry F. Dickens K.C.; "A Child's Memoir
of Gad's" "Hill" by M.A. Dickens; "Personal Reminiscences of My
Father" by Charles Dickens the Younger; and much more.
Many aspects of medieval monarchy can only be recovered through
archaeology. This archaeological survey of kingship in the period
from the reign of William the Conqueror to that of Henry VIII
brings together the physical evidence for the Kings and their
courts in the form of a great variety of objects and buildings.
John Steane looks at the changing perceptions of the cult of
medieval kingship through symbols of power and regalia including
crowns, seals and thrones, such as the Coronation Chair of Edward
I. The result is a synthesis of current knowledge of the physical
remains of medieval kingship that has not previously been
attempted. Restoring many details of the lives and deaths of the
great and powerful monarchs of the Middle Ages, this book reveals
past public splendors as well as more private insights.
The perfect gift for any dad, this keepsake memory book is a
special place to record special moments, stories, and advice that
you want to pass down to your children one day. Dad's Story is a
guided journal thoughtfully designed to help dads of all ages write
down memories that they want to preserve and share with their
children and family. Designed by bestselling artist and author
Korie Herold, this keepsake book provides dads with thoughtful
writing prompts and plenty of journaling pages to record memories
from their childhood, school years, early adulthood, and more. Show
dad that you love him and want to hear more about his life with
this timeless gift that's ideal for Father's Day, birthdays, or any
time of year.
Spanning from the innauguration of James I in 1603 to the execution
of Charles I in 1649, the Stuart court saw the emergence of a full
expression of Renaissance culture in Britain. In "Art and Magic in
the Court of the Stuarts," Vaughan Hart examines the influence of
magic on Renaissance art and how in its role as an element of royal
propaganda, art was used to represent the power of the monarch and
reflect his apparent command over the hidden forces of nature.Court
artists sought to represent magic as an expression of the Stuart
Kings' divine right, and later of their policy of Absolutism,
through masques, sermons, heraldy, gardens, architecture and
processions. As such, magic of the kind enshrined in Neoplatonic
philosophy and the court art which expressed its cosmology, played
their part in the complex causes of the Civil War and the
destruction of the Stuart image which followed in its wake.
Discover one family's fascinating story in this beautiful,
sweeping, multigenerational memoir, spanning 19th century south
China to modern day Singapore 'A captivating, compelling story of
history, family loyalty, and personal sacrifice. A fascinating and
richly textured multigenerational tale' Charmaine Wilkerson, New
York Times bestselling author of Black Cake 'I would learn that
when families tell stories, what they leave out re-defines what
they keep in. With my family, these were not secrets intentionally
withheld. Just truths too painful to confront . . .' ________ In
the last years of her life, Teresa Lim's mother, Violet Chang, had
copies of a cherished family photograph made for those in the
portrait who were still alive. On the back is the place and date:
Hong Kong, 1935. Teresa would often look at this photograph,
enticed by the fierceness and beauty of her great-aunt Fanny
looking back at her. But Fanny never seemed to feature in the told
and retold family stories. Why? she wondered. This photograph set
Teresa on a journey to uncover her family's remarkable history.
Through detective work, serendipity, and the kindness of strangers,
she was guided to the fascinating, extraordinary life of her
great-aunt and her world of sworn spinsters, ghost husbands and the
working-class feminists of 19th century south China. But to recover
her great-aunt's past, we first must get to know Fanny's family,
the times and circumstances in which they lived, and the momentous
yet forgotten conflicts that would lead to war in Singapore and,
ultimately, a long-buried family tragedy. ________ The
Interpreter's Daughter is a beautifully moving record of an
extraordinary family history. For fans of Wild Swans, The Hare With
Amber Eyes, and Falling Leaves this is the next classic in the
making.
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