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"Understanding Jewellery is a love letter to glorious pieces from
the last hundred years." -M. J. Rose, The Adventurine "An enjoyably
scholarly romp through the past and a feast for the eyes for the
novice and the consummate jewelry fan and collector."-Beth
Bernstein, Forbes "A must-have coffee table book for jewellery
aficionados..." -Elisa Vallata, Departures International "As with
stocks, education is the way to begin. There are many excellent
books on the jewelry market, but start with Understanding
Jewellery, the industry bible by two former Sotheby's jewelry
executives, David Bennett and Daniela Mascetti." -Bloomberg
Understanding Jewellery, by authors David Bennett and Daniela
Mascetti, is often described as the must-have jewellery book of our
time - a 'Bible' in the jewellery trade. First published in 1989,
it has remained in print ever since, amassing a loyal following of
devotees who admire its detailed information and stunning imagery.
In this new work, Bennett and Mascetti have taken the original
concept of Understanding Jewellery a stage further. Now, with the
benefit of 20 years of hindsight, they have concentrated on the
20th century alone by conducting a detailed survey of each decade,
identifying the key players, trends and movements. The book is an
encyclopedic history of the various forms, techniques and materials
employed by the companies and individuals who defined jewellery in
the 20th century. Most significantly, this book includes a new set
of photographs, which make Understanding Jewellery: The Twentieth
Century one of the most dazzling, absorbing and varied collections
of jewellery images ever assembled in a book. This large format
hardback volume is a perfect gift for all lovers of jewellery and
the definitive guide for those who desire a deeper understanding of
the subject.
At 14, David Bennett came out to his parents. At 19, he encountered
Jesus Christ. At that moment, his life changed forever. As a young
gay man, David Bennett saw Christianity as an enemy to freedom for
LGBTQI people, and his early experiences with prejudice and
homophobia led him to become a gay activist. But when Jesus came
into his life in a highly unexpected way, he was led down a path he
never would have predicted or imagined. In A War of Loves, David
recounts his dramatic story, from his early years exploring new age
religions and French existentialism to his university experiences
as an activist. Following supernatural encounters with God, he
embarked on a journey not only of seeking to reconcile his faith
and sexuality but also of discovering the higher call of Jesus
Christ. A War of Loves investigates what the Bible teaches about
sexuality and demonstrates the profligate, unqualified grace of God
for all people. David describes the joy and intimacy he found in
following Jesus Christ and how love has taken on a radically new
and far richer meaning for him.
Sustainable Operations Management applies the issues of
sustainability to all strategic decisions of operations: capacity
management, supply network, process technology, and development and
organisation. This book extends the existing literature of
operations management that for years has been paramount in creating
economic value with little consideration of environment and social
dimensions. Whilst based on robust theoretical frameworks, some
developed by its own authors, the book is enriched by international
case studies and real-world illustrations throughout, to
demonstrate how this theory translates to practice. Each chapter
begins with learning objectives and ends with a summary, activity,
and questions for discussion. Readers will gain a comprehensive and
in-depth knowledge on how to manage operations for sustainability.
They will learn the ways to formulate a sustainable operations
strategy and the elements involved in managing tactical and
operational activities to enhance sustainability performance over
time. The book covers all aspects of the new business
sustainability paradigm from an operations perspective, including
sustainable development goals, the circular economy and digital
transformation. With international agreements and national policies
in place around themes such as climate change, ocean plastic
pollution, loss of biodiversity, water scarcity, and zero landfill
targets, this book will be a must for any university abiding to the
Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRIME). The text is
suitable mostly for MSc and MBA students on sustainable supply
chain and operations management modules as well as broader
Operations Management courses, but it can also be used for
final-year Undergraduate students as part of advanced operations
management modules. Online resources include chapter-by-chapter
PowerPoint slides and a test bank of questions.
"As with stocks, education is the way to begin. There are many
excellent books on the jewelry market, but start with Understanding
Jewellery, the industry bible by two former Sotheby’s jewelry
executives, David Bennett, and Daniela
Mascetti." — Kristen Shirley, Bloomberg Understanding
Jewellery is a comprehensive guide to 19th and 20th Century
jewellery. From the methods used to identify and date pieces, to
the factors that can affect their value, this volume contains an
abundance of expertise relating to precious stones and metals. With
almost 1000 magnificent colour illustrations accompanied by
straightforward but thorough explanations, this publication offers
a richer and more accessible reading experience than traditional
text-dominated books. Including introductions to precious and
semi-precious stones, and details of the stylistic developments of
jewellery over the last 200 years, this volume is a standard work
of reference and aninvaluable tool for collectors and dealers
alike. "... a delightful and presentation worthy coffee table book,
Understanding Jewellery also, in the truest sense, serves as an
inviting educational tool with exhaustive encyclopedic explanations
of jewelry starting in the late 18th century to the present." - New
York Journal of Books
Sustainable Operations Management applies the issues of
sustainability to all strategic decisions of operations: capacity
management, supply network, process technology, and development and
organisation. This book extends the existing literature of
operations management that for years has been paramount in creating
economic value with little consideration of environment and social
dimensions. Whilst based on robust theoretical frameworks, some
developed by its own authors, the book is enriched by international
case studies and real-world illustrations throughout, to
demonstrate how this theory translates to practice. Each chapter
begins with learning objectives and ends with a summary, activity,
and questions for discussion. Readers will gain a comprehensive and
in-depth knowledge on how to manage operations for sustainability.
They will learn the ways to formulate a sustainable operations
strategy and the elements involved in managing tactical and
operational activities to enhance sustainability performance over
time. The book covers all aspects of the new business
sustainability paradigm from an operations perspective, including
sustainable development goals, the circular economy and digital
transformation. With international agreements and national policies
in place around themes such as climate change, ocean plastic
pollution, loss of biodiversity, water scarcity, and zero landfill
targets, this book will be a must for any university abiding to the
Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRIME). The text is
suitable mostly for MSc and MBA students on sustainable supply
chain and operations management modules as well as broader
Operations Management courses, but it can also be used for
final-year Undergraduate students as part of advanced operations
management modules. Online resources include chapter-by-chapter
PowerPoint slides and a test bank of questions.
'Northern Exposures' is an important and thought-provoking book
that shows how the labor movement has embraced environmental
protection and is beginning to create a new and more sustainable
vision for the future. Dave Bennett's knowledge and commitment
shine through. He is, by turns, the skeptical philosopher sifting
the evidence and the passionate partisan arguing for the rights of
the people. It makes for a rich and exhilarating mixture.-Nigel
Crisp, Permanent Secretary, U.K. Department of Health, and Chief
Executive, National Health Service (2000-2006), Author, Turning the
World Upside Down: The Search for Global Health in the 21st Century
(Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2010)
Spiritual disciplines are often viewed primarily as a means to draw
us closer to God. While these practices do deepen and enrich our
"vertical" relationship with God, Kyle David Bennett argues that
they were originally designed to positively impact our "horizontal"
relationships--with neighbors, strangers, enemies, friends, family,
animals, and even the earth. Bennett explains that this
"horizontal" dimension has often been overlooked or forgotten in
contemporary discussions of the spiritual disciplines. This book
offers an alternative way of understanding the classic spiritual
disciplines that makes them relevant, doable, and meaningful for
everyday Christians. Bennett shows how the disciplines are remedial
practices that correct the malformed ways we do everyday things,
such as think, eat, talk, own, work, and rest. Through personal
anecdotes, engagement with Scripture, and vivid cultural
references, he invites us to practice the spiritual disciplines
wholesale and shows how changing the way we do basic human
activities can bring healing, renewal, and transformation to our
day-to-day lives and the world around us.
'Northern Exposures' is an important and thought-provoking book
that shows how the labor movement has embraced environmental
protection and is beginning to create a new and more sustainable
vision for the future. Dave Bennett's knowledge and commitment
shine through. He is, by turns, the skeptical philosopher sifting
the evidence and the passionate partisan arguing for the rights of
the people. It makes for a rich and exhilarating mixture.-Nigel
Crisp, Permanent Secretary, U.K. Department of Health, and Chief
Executive, National Health Service (2000-2006), Author, Turning the
World Upside Down: The Search for Global Health in the 21st Century
(Royal Society of Medicine Press, 2010)
Published to coincide with the launch of the National College for
School Leadership (NCSL), this work challenges the notion that
there is "one right way" to approach school leadership. Presenting
the key policies and approaches to organization and management of
14 successful school leaders from the UK and internationally, the
book seeks to reflect the diversity of approaches that are possible
in given situations, and to act as a guide for anyone facing the
challenges of leadership in education today. It has a focus on
generic and transferable factors.
Multicultural States challenges the national frames of reference of the debates which surround questions of ethnicity, race and cultural difference by investigating contemporary theories, policies and practices of cultural pluralism across eight countries with historical links in British colonialism: the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Ireland and Britain. Written as history, theory, autobiography and political polemic, Multicultural States combines general theoretical discussions of the principles of cultural pluralism, nationalism, and minority identities with informative studies of specific local histories and political conflicts.
This text challenges the national frames of reference of the
debates which surround questions of ethnicity, race and cultural
difference by investigating contemporary theories, policies and
practices of cultural pluralism across eight countries with
historical links in British colonialism: the USA, Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa, Ireland and Britain.
Written as history, theory, autobiography and political polemic,
the book combines general theoretical discussions of the principles
of cultural pluralism, nationalism, and minority identities with
informative studies of specific local histories and political
conflicts. Seeking to identify common problems and precepts in the
postcolonial era, the contributors discuss such issues as political
versus cultural constructions of nationhood in the USA and
Australia; communalism and colonialism in India; Irish sectarianism
and identity politics; ethnic nationalism in post-apartheid South
Africa; British multiculturalism as a "heritage" industry;
multicultural law and education in Canada and New Zealand; and
refugees, migrancy and identity in a global cultural economy.
Scholars have made conflicting claims for Byzantine hospitals as
medical institutions and as the forebears of the modern hospital.
In this study is the first systematic examination of the evidence
of the xenon texts, or Xenonika, on which all such claims must in
part rest. These texts, compiled broadly between the ninth and
thirteenth centuries, are also transcribed or edited, with the
exception of the combined texts of Romanos and Theophilos that, the
study proposes, were originally a single manual and teaching work
for doctors, probably based on xenon practice. A schema of their
combined chapter headings sets out the unified structure of this
text. A short handlist briefly describes the principal manuscripts
referred to throughout the study. The introduction briefly examines
our evidence for the xenones from the early centuries of the East
Roman Empire to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Chapter 3
examines the texts in xenon medical practice and compares them to
some other medical manuals and remedy texts of the Late period and
to their structures. The xenon-ascribed texts are discussed one by
one in chapters 4-8; the concluding chapter 9 draw together the
common, as well as the divergent, aspects of each text and looks to
the comparative evidence for hospital medical practice of the time
in the West.
This volume focuses on philosophical problems concerning sense
perception in the history of philosophy. It consists of thirteen
essays that analyse the philosophical tradition originating in
Aristotle's writings. Each essay tackles a particular problem that
tests the limits of Aristotle's theory of perception and develops
it in new directions. The problems discussed range from
simultaneous perception to causality in perception, from the
representational nature of sense-objects to the role of conscious
attention, and from the physical/mental divide to perception as
quasi-rational judgement. The volume gives an equal footing to
Greek, Arabic, and Latin philosophical traditions. It makes a
substantial contribution not just to the study of the Aristotelian
analysis of sense perception, but to its reception in the
commentary tradition and beyond. Thus, the papers address
developments in Alexander of Aphrodisias, Themistius, Avicenna,
John of Jandun, Nicole Oresme, and Sayf al-Din al-Amidi, among
others. The result of this is a coherent collection that attacks a
well-defined topic from a wide range of perspectives and across
philosophical traditions.
This volume focuses on philosophical problems concerning sense
perception in the history of philosophy. It consists of thirteen
essays that analyse the philosophical tradition originating in
Aristotle's writings. Each essay tackles a particular problem that
tests the limits of Aristotle's theory of perception and develops
it in new directions. The problems discussed range from
simultaneous perception to causality in perception, from the
representational nature of sense-objects to the role of conscious
attention, and from the physical/mental divide to perception as
quasi-rational judgement. The volume gives an equal footing to
Greek, Arabic, and Latin philosophical traditions. It makes a
substantial contribution not just to the study of the Aristotelian
analysis of sense perception, but to its reception in the
commentary tradition and beyond. Thus, the papers address
developments in Alexander of Aphrodisias, Themistius, Avicenna,
John of Jandun, Nicole Oresme, and Sayf al-Din al-Amidi, among
others. The result of this is a coherent collection that attacks a
well-defined topic from a wide range of perspectives and across
philosophical traditions.
Scholars have made conflicting claims for Byzantine hospitals as
medical institutions and as the forebears of the modern hospital.
In this study is the first systematic examination of the evidence
of the xenon texts, or Xenonika, on which all such claims must in
part rest. These texts, compiled broadly between the ninth and
thirteenth centuries, are also transcribed or edited, with the
exception of the combined texts of Romanos and Theophilos that, the
study proposes, were originally a single manual and teaching work
for doctors, probably based on xenon practice. A schema of their
combined chapter headings sets out the unified structure of this
text. A short handlist briefly describes the principal manuscripts
referred to throughout the study. The introduction briefly examines
our evidence for the xenones from the early centuries of the East
Roman Empire to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Chapter 3
examines the texts in xenon medical practice and compares them to
some other medical manuals and remedy texts of the Late period and
to their structures. The xenon-ascribed texts are discussed one by
one in chapters 4-8; the concluding chapter 9 draw together the
common, as well as the divergent, aspects of each text and looks to
the comparative evidence for hospital medical practice of the time
in the West.
There is now a widely accepted view among manufacturing and service
organisations that 'operations' can provide the means of achieving
competitive edge. The OMA-UK Sixth International Conference has
taken this view as its theme and focuses in particular on how
technology and people can be used to improve manufacturing and
service competitiveness. These proceedings have been organised
according to the topics addressed within the overall conference
theme and generally fall within three broad areas: technology-based
topics, human resource-based topics and general topics. The
technology-based topics are: Materials Control, Supply Chain
Management and Logistics Flexibility in Operations Systems
Computer-Aided Management of Operations Design, Process Planning
and 'Time to Market' Factors Application of KBS, Expert Systems and
Modelling Production Planning and Control The human resource-based
topics are: Work Organisation Human Factors Managing the
Implementation of Technology Managing the Quality Improvement
Process Education Training and Development Employee Participation
and Involvement The general topics are: Operations Strategy
International Comparisons and Country-based Papers Performance and
Productivity Measurement and Improvement A particular feature of
all the papers is that they emphasise the application of
techniques, technologies and concepts rather than concentrating on
specific functional description. The authors are drawn from around
14 countries and represent both the academic and industrial
communities. Many are involved in the 'mainstream' of operations
management while a number are from other disciplines relevant to
the conference theme, such as industrial engineering and
organisational behaviour.
Metaphors of money have shaped theories of sexual psychology ever
since Enlightenment doctors explained the mind-body as an 'animal
economy' whose currency was desire, figured as a liquid form of
energy that could be spent or saved, profitably invested or
pleasurably squandered.In this erudite and groundbreaking book,
David Bennett explores the power of economic language to mould both
scientific and popular thinking about desire from the eighteenth
century to the present, on topics as disparate as onanism and
advertising, psychoanalysis and shopping, Christianity and
communism, prostitution and revolution.The Currency of Desire
combines intellectual history with modern critical theory to shed
new light on the interactions between money and desire, homo
oeconomicus and homo psychologicus.
Responding to the trauma of the current global financial crisis,
this book brings together an eclectic group of psychoanalysts,
philosophers, cultural theorists and historians to debate the links
between psychology, money and economic crashes. It issues a double
challenge - to economists who define economic behaviour as
necessarily rational and self-interested, while relegating other
models of monetary thought to psychopathology; and to
psychoanalysts who find it hard to confront the economics of their
own profession as a business, while neuroticising and biologising
any economic behaviour that exceeds their own unspoken yardstick of
'commonsensical' financial self-interest. Contributors to this book
investigate issues as diverse as: the century-old divorce between
psychological and economic explanations of human behaviour and
current efforts to repair it; the gender-politics, ethics and
psychology of economists' attempts to explain today's rolling
crisis in money markets; psychoanalytic theories of financial
investment, risk and the 'jouissance' of devastating loss; the rise
and cataclysmic fall of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme; the
squandering of fortunes on rubbishy art in times of financial
crisis; the attraction of Deleuzian speculation versus Freudian
investment; the nexus between political economy and libidinal
economy; the mystifying effects of treating 'the market' as a
subject capable of 'speaking', 'reacting' and 'punishing'; and the
fate of desire in postmodern, hyper-commoditised culture.
Contributors: David Bennett, Geoff Boucher, Claire Colebrook, Paul
Crosthwaite, Karl Figlio, Bruce Fink, Stephen Frosh, Jean-Joseph
Goux, Campbell Jones, Viktor Mazin, Manya Steinkoler, Matthew
Sharpe, Bernard Stiegler and Tan Waelchli. A number of the essays
in this book are based on contributions to the conference on
Psychoanalysis, Money and the Economy hosted by the Freud Museum at
Birkbeck College, University of London, in 2010, which were
subsequently collected in new formations 72. David Bennett is
Honorary Principal Fellow and Associate Professor in the School of
Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne and a
Fellow in the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies at the University
of Essex. His books include Multicultural States: Rethinking
Difference and Identity (1998 and 2002); and the forthcoming The
Currency of Desire: Essays in Libidinal Economy, Psychoanalysis and
Sexual Revolution (2013).
This work takes us beneath the veneer of the famous "Green Mountain
Boys" to reveal the true story of how a hardened, quasi-commando
army happened to be present in America's northern colonies at the
start of the Revolution. Under their first dynamic commander, Ethan
Allen, the Green Mountain Boys indeed formed and fought against a
larger, oppressive power-this was the Colony of New York, which
repeatedly tried to make claim to Vermont land. Meantime Vermont
itself was termed the"Hampshire Grants," and was considered to be a
part of that similarly nebulous New England territory. The
Vermonters would have little of it, however, even as British Canada
also extended its covetous eye, and under Ethan Allen formed their
own militia to combat encroachers from either side. Allen was not
an innocent in the mix, and had his own agenda, including financial
or landowning ones. But the spirit he and his men showed in defense
of their isolated mountains has come to epitomize America's own
spirit of independence against any untoward or unwanted regime.
When the Revolution against Britain arrived, the Green Mountain
Boys were one of the few organized, experienced combat units
Washington could call on from the northeast. And they were
immediately put to good use, seizing the British fortress at
Ticonderoga and afterward helping to invade Canada. But in mid-1777
was declared the"Republic of Vermont," sending a signal to all
comers that those rustic fighters didn't wish to be governed by
anyone except themselves. Nevertheless, at the Battle of
Hubbardton, and then Bennington, the Green Mountain Boys performed
good service on behalf of the United Colonies. Eventually the
Vermonters would be persuaded to join the new nation itself, even
if, as this fascinating book proves, they never considered that
path such an easy one.
Science Is Never "Settled" Thousands of scientists are convinced
beyond any reasonable doubt that recent global warming is being
caused by emissions of greenhouse gases and that we must act
immediately to reduce these emissions or else we may render Earth
unlivable for our children and our grandchildren. Some even say
"the science is settled." What Really Causes Global Warming
examines a broad range of observations that show that greenhouse
warming theory is not only misguided, but not physically possible.
Recent warming was caused by ozone depletion due to emissions of
human-manufactured gases. We solved that problem with the Montreal
Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer stopping the
increase in global temperatures by 1998. Volcanoes also deplete
ozone. The eruption of Bardarbunga volcano in central Iceland from
August 2014 to February 2015-the largest effusive, basaltic,
volcanic eruption since 1783-caused 2015 to be the hottest year on
record. How can we adapt? "The work of science has nothing whatever
to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics.
Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who
happens to be right, which means that he or she has results that
are verifiable by reference to the real world."- Michael Crichton,
2003
The Altar Call is a thorough examination of the public invitation
practice within Christian evangelism. In addition to giving a
comprehensive historical background that spans three continents,
The Altar Call also poses the following question: If John Wesley,
George Whitefield , and Jonathan Edwards are regarded as the great
figures of modern evangelicalism, why did none of these important
leaders practice the invitation system that became so important in
so many later evangelical groups? This important study will be of
interest to both religious scholars and lay people, who are curious
about the antecedents, development, and current use of the altar
call.
From life to death and back, one man tells his tale. By relating
one man's amazing tale of triumph over death on multiple occasions,
this book brings a fresh perspective to near death experience
literature. David Bennett, once a brash young commercial diver
whose personal philosophy was "cut your way through life to
survive," was caught in a violent storm off the California coast
one night where he drowned. While technically "dead," he met beings
of light, relived his life, and peeked into his future, resulting
in a complete paradigm shift for him. Later, he discovered he had
stage IV lung and bone cancer-so advanced that his spine collapsed.
Miraculously, he survived once again, and this second close call
taught him even more about living, loving, and how to find purpose
in his life. Voyage of Purpose brings readers right into the heart
of the near-death experience, including the sensations of dying,
being surrounded by the light, and meeting the Soul Family. Part
memoir and part guide for achieving spiritual growth, this book
shows how to integrate the most traumatic of incidents into one's
spiritual path in order to live a more meaningful life.
A Spellbinding Collection! Mind-boggling magic leads to mystery,
mischief and mayhem in this dazzling treasury. An all-star cast of
authors including Alan Garner, Margaret Mahy, Terry Jones, Floella
Benjamin and Helen Cresswell has conjured up this entertaining
line-up of enchanters and magicians who are usually friendly, often
funny and always wand-deep in exciting adventure. There's a wizard
with a weight problem, a magician who makes a magic mirror and a
zany black witch in white clothes. Never too spooky or scary for
even the youngest reader, this bewitching collection is bound to
enchant and delight!
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