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English Historical Documents is the most ambitious, impressive and
comprehensive collection of documents on English history ever
published. An authoritative work of primary evidence, each volume
presents material with exemplary scholarly accuracy. Editorial
comment is directed towards making sources intelligible rather than
drawing conclusions from them. Full account has been taken of
modern textual criticism. A general introduction to each volume
portrays the character of the period under review and critical
bibliographies have been added to assist further investigation.
Documents collected include treaties, personal letters, statutes,
military dispatches, diaries, declarations, newspaper articles,
government and cabinet proceedings, orders, acts, sermons,
pamphlets, agricultural instructions, charters, grants, guild
regulations and voting records. All volumes contain extra apparatus
including genealogical tables, lists of officials, chronologies,
diagrams, graphs and maps.
A charming, original and uncommonly sensitive portrait of Picasso and his beloved dachshund, Lump
One spring morning in 1957, veteran photojournalist David Douglas Duncan paid a visit to his friend and frequent photographic subject Pablo Picasso, at the artist's home near Cannes. As a co-pilot alongside Duncan in his Mercedes Gullwing 300 SL was the photographer's pet dachsund, Lump. Photographer and dog were close companions, but Duncan's nomadic lifestyle and his other dog - a giant jealous Afghan hound who had tormented Lump - made their life in Rome difficult. When they arrived at Picasso's Villa La Californie that historic day, Lump decided that he had found paradise on earth, and that he would move in with Picasso, whether the artist welcomed him or not.
This is the background for a totally original book that offers an uncommonly sensitive portrait of Picasso. Lump was immortalized in a Picasso portrait painted on a plate the day they met, but that was just the beginning. In a suite of forty-five paintings reinterpreting Velasquez’s masterpiece ‘Las Meninas’, Picasso replaced the impassive hound in the foreground with jaunty renderings of Lump.
Today, as a gift from the artist to his hometown as a youth, all of those historic canvases are now the centerpiece exhibition in the Picasso Museum of Barcelona. Fourteen of the paintings are reproduced here in full colour, juxtaposed with Duncan’s dramatic and intimate black-and-white photographs of Picasso and Lump, bringing full circle the odyssey of a lucky dachshund who found his way to becoming a furry, super-stretched icon of modern art.
Canadian regional development today involves multiple actors
operating within nested scales from local to national and even
international levels. Recent approaches to making sense of this
complexity have drawn on concepts such as multi-level governance,
relational assets, integration, innovation, and learning regions.
These new regionalist concepts have become increasingly global in
their formation and application, yet there has been little critical
analysis of Canadian regional development policies and programs or
the theories and concepts upon which many contemporary regional
development strategies are implicitly based. This volume offers the
results of five years of cutting-edge empirical and theoretical
analysis of changes in Canadian regional development and the
potential of new approaches for improving the well-being of
Canadian communities and regions, with an emphasis on rural
regions. It situates the Canadian approach within comparative
experiences and debates, offering the opportunity for broader
lessons to be learnt. This book will be of interest to
policy-makers and practitioners across Canada, and in other
jurisdictions where lessons from the Canadian experience may be
applicable. At the same time, the volume contributes to and updates
regional development theories and concepts that are taught in our
universities and colleges, and upon which future research and
analysis will build.
Canadian regional development today involves multiple actors
operating within nested scales from local to national and even
international levels. Recent approaches to making sense of this
complexity have drawn on concepts such as multi-level governance,
relational assets, integration, innovation, and learning regions.
These new regionalist concepts have become increasingly global in
their formation and application, yet there has been little critical
analysis of Canadian regional development policies and programs or
the theories and concepts upon which many contemporary regional
development strategies are implicitly based. This volume offers the
results of five years of cutting-edge empirical and theoretical
analysis of changes in Canadian regional development and the
potential of new approaches for improving the well-being of
Canadian communities and regions, with an emphasis on rural
regions. It situates the Canadian approach within comparative
experiences and debates, offering the opportunity for broader
lessons to be learnt. This book will be of interest to
policy-makers and practitioners across Canada, and in other
jurisdictions where lessons from the Canadian experience may be
applicable. At the same time, the volume contributes to and updates
regional development theories and concepts that are taught in our
universities and colleges, and upon which future research and
analysis will build.
First published in 1950, La nevrose d'abandon was and still is a
ground-breaking work. The author's research turns on two clinical
observations: the frequent occurrence of analysands whose neurotic
symptoms are unrecognizable when measured against any of the
Freudian diagnostic models, and the relatively large number of
these patients who sought
By the close of the nineteenth century, the works of Sir Walter
Scott (1771-1832) could be found on the bookshelves of every
respectable Victorian. Public interest was such that, nearly sixty
years after his death, there remained considerable demand for new
insights into the man and his milieu. First published in 1890, his
two-volume journal for the period 1825-32 immediately attracted
press attention. One review observed that 'it shows us the man in
prosperity and in adversity, now delightfully humorous ... now
saddened by the financial troubles which came upon his later
years'. Notwithstanding his money worries, Scott's final decade was
not without literary achievement. Volume 1 comprises entries from
November 1825 to June 1827, soon after Scott had published Tales of
the Crusaders (1825) and during which period he wrote his Letters
of Malachi Malagrowther (1826).
By the close of the nineteenth century, the works of Sir Walter
Scott (1771-1832) could be found on the bookshelves of every
respectable Victorian. Public interest was such that, nearly sixty
years after his death, there remained considerable demand for new
insights into the man and his milieu. First published in 1890, his
two-volume journal for the period 1825-32 immediately attracted
press attention. One review observed that 'it shows us the man in
prosperity and in adversity, now delightfully humorous ... now
saddened by the financial troubles which came upon his later
years'. Notwithstanding his money worries, Scott's final decade was
not without literary achievement. Volume 2 comprises entries from
July 1827 to April 1832, during which time Scott published The Fair
Maid of Perth (1828) and Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft
(1830).
David Douglas (1799-1834), the influential Scottish botanist and
plant collector, trained as a gardener before attending Perth
College and Glasgow University. His genius for botany flourished
and his talents came to the attention of the Royal Horticultural
Society. With the society's backing he went to North America in
1823, beginning his life-long fascination with the region's flora.
He discovered thousands of new species and introduced 240 of them
to Britain, including the Douglas fir. Douglas continued to explore
and discover plant species until his death in the Sandwich Islands
(present-day Hawaii) in 1834. This remarkable journal, which
remained unpublished until 1914, describes his adventures in North
America during 1823-7. It also includes extracts from his journal
of his explorations of Hawaii during 1833-4. The appendices include
a listing of the plants Douglas introduced to Britain, and
contemporary accounts of investigations into the mysterious
circumstances of his death.
Brimming with photos and graphics, the Zondervan Illustrated Bible
Backgrounds Commentary walks you verse by verse through all the
books of the New Testament. It's like slipping on a set of glasses
that lets you read the Bible through the eyes of a first-century
reader! Discoveries await you that will snap the world of the New
Testament into gripping immediacy. Things that seem mystifying,
puzzling, or obscure will take on tremendous meaning when you view
them in their ancient context. You'll deepen your understanding of
the teachings of Jesus. You'll discover the close, sometimes
startling interplay between God's kingdom and the practical affairs
of the church. Best of all, you'll gain a deepened awareness of the
Bible's relevance for your life. Written in a clear, engaging
style, this beautiful set provides a new and accessible approach
that more technical expository and exegetical commentaries don't
offer.
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