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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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Westport (Hardcover)
Westport Museum for History and Culture
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R750
Discovery Miles 7 500
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Readers of detective stories are turning more toward historical
crime fiction to learn both what everyday life was like in past
societies and how society coped with those who broke the laws and
restrictions of the times. The crime fiction treated here ranges
from ancient Egypt through classical Greece and Rome; from medieval
and renaissance China and Europe through nineteenth-century England
and America.
Topics include: Ellis Peter's "Brother Cadfael"; Umberto Eco's
"Name of the Rose"; Susanna Gregory's "Doctor Matthew Bartholomew";
Peter Heck's Mark Twain as detective; Anne Perry and her
Victorian-era world; Caleb Carr's works; and Elizabeth Peter's
Egyptologist-adventurer tales.
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Stick It (Paperback)
Carpet Bombing Culture
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R475
R427
Discovery Miles 4 270
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Stick It will appeal to both artists and art lovers- in fact its
the must have publication for anyone with a passion for creativity.
Commissioned cutting edge illustration rubs shoulders with stunning
typographical messaging, hand lettering and design. From school
exercise books to laptops, from folders to making your mark in the
urban jungle - the myriad of designs and formats provides unlimited
opportunity to brighten up the dull corners of your life. Every
child is an artist. Then they beat it out of you. Let the art
collected here inspire you to reclaim your birthright. Placement is
everything. Finding the right context for each sticker is about you
expressing yourself in conversation with the artist and your own
real life. How you spin each sticker gives it the magical personal
touch. Placement is your art. Carpet Bomb your Culture. And if you
don't like it - you know where you can...
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The Black Washingtonians (Hardcover)
Anacostia Museum & Center for African American History & Culture
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R1,200
R994
Discovery Miles 9 940
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The Black Washingtonians
THE ANACOSTIA MUSEUM ILLUSTRATED CHRONOLOGY
A history of African American life in our nation's capital, in
words and pictures
From the Smithsonian Institution's renowned Anacostia Museum and
Center for African American History and Culture comes this
elegantly illustrated, beautifully written, fact-filled history of
the African Americans who have lived, worked, struggled, prospered,
suffered, and built a vibrant community in Washington, D.C.
This striking volume puts the resources of the world's finest
museum of African American history at your fingertips. Its hundreds
of photographs, period illustrations, and documents from the
world-famous collections at the Anacostia and other Smithsonian
museums take you on a fascinating journey through time from the
early eighteenth century to the present.
Featuring a thoughtful foreword by Eleanor Holmes Norton and an
afterword by Howard University's E. Ethelbert Miller, The Black
Washingtonians introduces you to a host of African American men and
women who have made the city what it is today and explores their
achievements in politics, business, education, religion, sports,
entertainment, and the arts.
Double Exposure is a major new series based on the remarkable
photography collection held by the Earl W. and Amanda Stafford
Center for African American Media Arts at the Smithsonian National
Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). The
powerful images depicted in this volume include many of the
photographs that helped to galvanize support from around the world
for the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Among them are
photographs from Leonard Freed's series, "Black in White America,"
Ernest C. Withers' signature photograph of the Sanitation Workers'
Solidarity March in Memphis, Tennessee, and Charles Moore's
documentation of police brutality during the 1963 Children's
Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama. Also featured are Spider Martin's
shots of the Selma to Montgomery March in 1965, including the
iconic Two Minute Warning, James H. Wallace's visual record of a Ku
Klux Klan rally in 1964, and Burk Uzzle's images following Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination. In addition to over 60
photographs, this volume features a foreword by Founding Director
Lonnie G. Bunch III, along with essays by civil rights leader and
United States Representative the late John Lewis, and activist
Bryan Stevenson.;lt;/DIV>
This book, the first by the design and research practice Material
Cultures, assembles a series of short essays and conversations
exploring the cultures, systems, and infrastructures that shape the
architectural industry and the destructive ecologies it fosters.
The building practices dominating contemporary architecture are
rooted in the exploitation of people and the degradation of our
landscapes. Here, Paloma Gormley, Summer Islam, and George Massoud
explore how this has come about and how alternative systems, with
holistic approaches to the built environment, might be formulated.
'Material Reform' presents a set of instructive and challenging
perspectives drawing directly on the dialogues and tensions
Material Cultures encounter in their ongoing work. Texts centred
around key concepts including labour, time, maintenance, language,
land, and touch are interwoven with a visual essay reckoning with
the processes that have transformed industrialized landscapes at
different scales of experience and resolution. Through text and
visuals, concepts and practice, this book explores how developing a
direct relationship with materials can help us find new languages
with the potential to supersede those we have inherited from a
narrow lineage of authors. These discursive threads come together
to form a vital sourcebook for rethinking our relationships to
materials, land, and development, in all their crucial
intersections.
Peep through the clever die-cut holes of this sturdy board book to
discover a playful way to learn about essential concepts. My
Numbers features bright illustrations and simple text that
encourages children to count, from one little butterfly to many
crawling ants! With each turn of the page, the cutout circles
become slightly smaller, creating interesting layers for little
fingers to explore. Look for its companion books in the Peep
Through series: My Colors, My Animals and My Vehicles. An essential
collection for curious little ones!
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Artists of the Year (Paperback)
Deutsche Bank AG, Art & Culture; Text written by Fernando Cocchiarale, Britta Färber, Anna Herrhausen, Marlene A. Schenk, …
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R1,111
Discovery Miles 11 110
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About a decade ago, Deutsche Bank initiated the Artist of the Year
program. On the occasion of its 10th anniversary it is now for the
first time awarding three artists at the same time: Maxwell
Alexandre, Conny Maier, and Zhang Xu Zhan. What all three have in
common is that they came to contemporary art via unusual paths and
bring very specific life experiences and cultural influences with
them. Maxwell Alexandre was born in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro’s
largest favela, where he still lives today. The paintings and
installations of the artist of African descent revolve around
community and violence, hip-hop and spirituality. Conny Maier lives
and works in Berlin and Portugal and is one of the most important
discoveries in the current German painting scene. Maier’s art
reflects a world shaped by representation and materialism, in which
people seem to lose control. Zhang Xu Zhan was born in 1988 into a
family that has been making and trading in traditional paper
figurines for over a century. His stop-motion films, staged in
immersive installations, take us into the realm of nature spirits
and demons. With translations of the text about the work of Maxwell
Alexandre in Brazilian Portuguese, with translation of the text
about the work of Conny Maier in German and with a translation of
the text about the work of Zhang Xu Zhan in Chinese. Text in
English, Portuguese, Chinese and German.
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