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Art meets devotions in The Action Bible Coloring Book, allowing
children of all ages to create their own Bible masterpieces while
engaging in thoughtful devotional materials.
55 compelling drawings by acclaimed artist Sergio Cariello will
captivate children as they create their own unique masterpieces of the
real-life heroes of the Bible. Turn the page and discover a wealth of
exciting information meant to introduce each Bible person to the child
through an informative introduction including the hero's experiences in
God's Word.
Additional information includes a devotional emphasizing the importance
of connecting children to the actions of these heroes, several
thoughtful questions meant to be shared with an adult or friend, a
Scripture verse, and references to more information on each hero in
both The Action Bible and The Action Storybook Bible, where applicable.
Beginning with Adam and Eve and including such compelling people as
Abraham, David, Esther, Mary, Peter, Lazarus, and the redemptive story
of Jesus, this brand-new product will spark the imagination and deepen
the faith of all who encounter it.
From the ragtime one-step of the early twentieth century to the
contemporary practices of youth club cultures, popular dance and
music are inextricably linked. This collection reveals the intimate
connections between the corporeal and the sonic in the creation,
transmission and reception of popular dance and music, which is
imagined here as 'bodies of sound'. The volume provokes a
wide-ranging, interdisciplinary conversation that includes
scholarship from Asia, Europe and the United States, which explores
topics from the nineteenth century through to the present day and
engages with practices at local, national and transnational levels.
In Part I: Constructing the Popular, the authors explore how
categories of popular music and dance are constructed and
de-stabilized, and their proclivity to appropriate and re-imagine
cultural forms and meanings. In Part II: Authenticity, Revival and
Reinvention, the authors examine how popular forms produce and
manipulate identities and meanings through their attraction to and
departure from cultural traditions. In Part III: (Re)Framing Value,
the authors interrogate how values are inscribed, silenced,
rearticulated and capitalized through popular music and dance. And
in Part IV: Politics of the Popular, the authors read the popular
as a site of political negotiation and transformation.
American literary realism burgeoned during a period of tremendous
technological innovation. Because the realists evinced not only a
fascination with this new technology but also an ethos that seems
to align itself with science, many have paired the two fields
rather unproblematically. But this book demonstrates that many
realist writers, from Mark Twain to Stephen Crane, Charles W.
Chesnutt to Edith Wharton, felt a great deal of anxiety about the
advent of new technologies - precisely at the crucial intersection
of ethics and language. For these writers, the communication
revolution was a troubling phenomenon, not only because of the ways
in which the new machines had changed and increased the circulation
of language but, more pointedly, because of the ways in which
language itself had effectively become a machine: a vehicle
perpetuating some of society's most pernicious cliches and
stereotypes - particularly stereotypes of race - in unthinking
iteration. This work takes a close look at how the realists tried
to forge an ethical position between the two poles of science and
sentimentality, attempting to create an alternative mode of speech
that, avoiding the trap of codifying iteration, could enable
ethical action.
From the ragtime one-step of the early twentieth century to the
contemporary practices of youth club cultures, popular dance and
music are inextricably linked. This collection reveals the intimate
connections between the corporeal and the sonic in the creation,
transmission and reception of popular dance and music, which is
imagined here as 'bodies of sound'. The volume provokes a
wide-ranging, interdisciplinary conversation that includes
scholarship from Asia, Europe and the United States, which explores
topics from the nineteenth century through to the present day and
engages with practices at local, national and transnational levels.
In Part I: Constructing the Popular, the authors explore how
categories of popular music and dance are constructed and
de-stabilized, and their proclivity to appropriate and re-imagine
cultural forms and meanings. In Part II: Authenticity, Revival and
Reinvention, the authors examine how popular forms produce and
manipulate identities and meanings through their attraction to and
departure from cultural traditions. In Part III: (Re)Framing Value,
the authors interrogate how values are inscribed, silenced,
rearticulated and capitalized through popular music and dance. And
in Part IV: Politics of the Popular, the authors read the popular
as a site of political negotiation and transformation.
A new facsimile edition of a classic work on New York’s
architectural masterpiece—Central Park Central Park receives
millions of visitors every year, tourists and locals alike. A
Description of the New York Central Park, published in 1869, is
recognized today as the most important book about the park to
appear during its early years. The lively, often wry, text was
written by Clarence C. Cook, a distinguished Victorian art critic,
while the illustrations were drawn by the popular Albert Fitch
Bellows. The author and artist examine many sites in the park that
survive to this day as well as features that have vanished over
time. In a new Introduction, Maureen Meister reveals how the book
came about. In the mid-1860s, the park’s designers, Frederick Law
Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, were battling to defend their plan. Of
greatest concern was a proposal to build ornate entrances,
suggestive of French imperialism. If realized, the gates would have
undermined the park’s natural and democratic image. At the same
time, the park was threatened by a proliferation of monuments.
Meister tells how Olmsted and Vaux advised Cook on what he wrote,
and she has found evidence to suggest that they initiated the
book’s publication. This book is their book. While the original
volume offers much to delight the modern reader, Meister’s
Introduction sheds light on how the book served a greater purpose.
It was published to champion Olmsted and Vaux and to advocate for
their vision—a dream for a magnificent public park that has come
to be regarded as New York City’s achievement and a model for the
nation.
Discover the fascinating world of the treasures beneath your feet.
Minerals and Gemstones is an accessible and informative reference
guide to 300 different minerals and gemstones, from simple
sandstones to sanidine, jade and diamond. Learn what the Earth is
made of, how its rocks were formed and how minerals and gems are
used today. Minerals and Gemstones is divided into sections
covering the internationally recognised classification groups. Each
entry includes an accurately reproduced and representative colour
photograph, and a key information table including specifications
such as the colour, lustre, streak, hardness, specific gravity,
cleavage, habit and crystal system of each type of mineral and
gemstone. Full of facts and with an engaging but expertly written
text, this handy, pocket-size book is a valuable reference source
as well as a fascinating read.
This significant work records the history of the pioneering British
Home and Hospital for Incurables, founded in 1861. It examines the
social, political and medical climate through the years and charts
the fascinating and important changes over this time. It provides a
vital overview for historians of medicine, healthcare and social
development. Physicians, nurses and managers involved in care of
the elderly and long-term sick will find the research enlightening,
as will local historians and anyone with an interest in the history
of South London.
ISIAME 2000 was organized by the Condensed Matter and Materials
Physics Research Group at Old Dominion University, Norfolk,
Virginia. It brought together an international group of research
scientists and engineers from academia and industry to present
details of the most recent investigations on industrially related
topics and projects using Mossbauer Spectroscopy as a primary
analytical technique. These proceedings inciude the papers
presented under the broad topics of Chemistry, Surfaces, Materials
Processing, Industrial Processing, and Magnetic and Electronic
Materials. Specific research areas drawing much interest include
corrosion, catalysis, mechanical alloying, petrochemical, steel and
mineralogical processing, nano-phase materials and environmental
and pollution monitoring.
The book is of particular interest to university researchers and
a very broad range of industrial R&D groups who desire to
broaden their knowledge of the latest applications and methods of
highly resolved spectroscopic analysis of their products. "
Parasitic Disease in Clinical Practice is the sixth monograph to
appear in the now established and flourishing Bloomsbury Series in
Clinical Science. Written by a distinguished authority in the
field, the book gives a comprehensive and detailed description of
parasitic infections and their clinical consequences. Such
infections are no longer confined to tropical parts of the world
and now have a widespread distribution. Rapid advances are being
made in understanding their epidemiology and in diagnosing and
treating particular infections. Current literature is largely
directed to the parasites, their characteristics and their
isolation; a clinical review is clearly needed. This has now been
provided, for the author's stated objective is to "inculcate a
greater awareness, understanding and appreciation of human parastic
disease in the minds of all clinicians". London, March 1990 Jack
Tinker Preface Homo sapiens has always existed in a finely balanced
equilibrium with a great diversity of infective agents, almost all
of them of great antiquity. Many must have exerted a profound
effect on the evolution of the human genome. While the average
physician is usually aware of potentially pathogenic viruses,
bacteria (and rickettsia), and to a lesser extent fungi, hislher
knowledge of protozoan and helminthic infections is frequently
imperfect and often rudimentary.
Chris Cook lifts the lid on the 'third Party;' charting their
fascinating journey over the last century, from the landslide
victory of 1906 under Asquith, via their descent into divisions and
decline in the interwar years, to in-depth analysis of the 2010
British Election and their return to Government in the
Conservative-Lib Dem coalition.
ISIAME 2000 was organized by the Condensed Matter and Materials
Physics Research Group at Old Dominion University, Norfolk,
Virginia. It brought together an international group of research
scientists and engineers from academia and industry to present
details of the most recent investigations on industrially related
topics and projects using Mossbauer Spectroscopy as a primary
analytical technique. These proceedings inciude the papers
presented under the broad topics of Chemistry, Surfaces, Materials
Processing, Industrial Processing, and Magnetic and Electronic
Materials. Specific research areas drawing much interest include
corrosion, catalysis, mechanical alloying, petrochemical, steel and
mineralogical processing, nano-phase materials and environmental
and pollution monitoring.
The book is of particular interest to university researchers and
a very broad range of industrial R&D groups who desire to
broaden their knowledge of the latest applications and methods of
highly resolved spectroscopic analysis of their products. "
This new edition of the well established European Political Facts
provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive work of reference on
Europe in the twentieth century. There are sections on heads of
state and ministers, elections, political parties, constitutions,
wars and treaties, among many others. The end result provides an
invaluable compendium for students, academics, journalists and
researchers. Recent events, from developments in the European Union
to conflicts in the Balkans, receive full attention. This latest
edition of a pioneering reference work first published twenty-five
years ago is an indispensable acquisition for all those studying
twentieth-century Europe.
This new edition of the now well-established European Political Facts provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive work of reference on Europe in the 20th century. There are sections on heads of state and ministers, elections, political parties, constitutions, wars, and treaties, among many others (updated to January 1, 2000. Recent events, from developments in the European Union to conflicts in the Balkans, receive full attention. This latest edition of a pioneering reference work first published 25 years ago is an indispensable acquisition for all those studying 20th-century Europe.
Twenty-Six Portland Place is a ground-breaking exploration of the
early years of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
from its foundation in 1907 to its half-century in 1957. Following
its formation at the height of the Empire, it became a forum in
which to discuss and develop ideas and current research by
physicians and clinical parasitologists into diseases prevalent in
warm climates. The book also traces the Society's growth and
development through two world wars and the turbulent national,
international and medical politics of the period. As a former
President of the Society with full access to its archives, Gordon
C. Cook is uniquely placed to create this account, which will be of
particular interest to historians and clinicians with an interest
in tropical medicine, and to fellows of the Society.
From 1970 to 1977 a major project to uncover source material for
students of contemporary British history and politics was
undertaken at the British Library of Political and Economic
Science. Fiananced by the Social Science Research Council, and
under the direction of Dr Chris Cook, this project has attempted a
unique and systematic operation to locate, and then to make readily
available, those archives that provide the indispensable source
material for the contemporary historian. This volume (the fifth in
the series) provides a guide to the papers of propagandists who
were influential in British public life. Included in this volume
are the papers of such persons as newspaper editors, leading
economists, social reformers, socialist thinkers, trade unionists,
industrialists and a variety of theologians and philanthropists. In
all, this volume not only completes the findings of the project but
opens up the archive sources of a hitherto neglected area of
research into contemporary social and political history.
From 1970 to 1977 a major project to uncover source material for
students of contemporary British history and politics was
undertaken at the British Library of Political and Economic
Science. Fiananced by the Social Science Research Council, and
under the direction of Dr Chris Cook, this project has attempted a
unique and systematic operation to locate, and then to make readily
available, those archives that provide the indispensable source
material for the contemporary historian. This volume (the fifth in
the series) provides a guide to the papers of propagandists who
were influential in British public life. Included in this volume
are the papers of such persons as newspaper editors, leading
economists, social reformers, socialist thinkers, trade unionists,
industrialists and a variety of theologians and philanthropists. In
all, this volume not only completes the findings of the project but
opens up the archive sources of a hitherto neglected area of
research into contemporary social and political history.
From 1970 to 1977 a major project to uncover source material for
students of contemporary British history and politics was
undertaken at the British Library of Political and Economic
Science. Fiananced by the Social Science Research Council, and
under the direction of Dr Chris Cook, this project has attempted a
unique and systematic operation to locate, and then to make readily
available, those archives that provide the indispensable source
material for the contemporary historian. This volume (the fifth in
the series) provides a guide to the papers of propagandists who
were influential in British public life. Included in this volume
are the papers of such persons as newspaper editors, leading
economists, social reformers, socialist thinkers, trade unionists,
industrialists and a variety of theologians and philanthropists. In
all, this volume not only completes the findings of the project but
opens up the archive sources of a hitherto neglected area of
research into contemporary social and political history.
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