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Reaching the top she stopped, stunned, and the diary fell from her
hands. Amelia saw a swirling abyss; a bottomless pit. Amelia Hunter
has been cast into a world filled with magic and mythical
creatures. Every 100 years twins of the Hunter family have to lock
Vivienne D'Angelo, an evil sorceress, within her own dimension. If
Amelia can't find her brother Daniel and Vivienne's real name
before the two Suns align then both worlds will perish. With Gibble
the Amarku and Helix, a long lost relative, will Amelia be
victorious? Or will time run out?
When an evil cult attacks the White City of Daimondo. It is up to a
gnome-crafted golem, a pegasus, and an elf to stop them. Can Maia,
Makaz, and Tamuril discover the truth behind the evil cult? Can
they stop the evil cult, or will the world fall to a prophecy of
ruin? This is the first novel in a trilogy about the Dragon War
that occurs during the Age of the Gods on the world of Versumi.
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Color Charts - A History
Anne Varichon; Translated by Pen and Ink Art Translations
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A beautifully illustrated history of the many inventive, poetic,
and beautiful ways in which color swatches have been selected and
staged The need to categorize and communicate color has mobilized
practitioners and scholars for centuries. Color Charts describes
the many different methods and ingenious devices developed since
the fifteenth century by doctors, naturalists, dyers, and painters
to catalog fragments of colors. With the advent of industrial
society, manufacturers and merchants developed some of the most
beautiful and varied tools ever designed to present all the
available colors. Thanks to them, society has discovered the
abundance of color embodied in a plethora of materials: cuts of
fabric, leather, paper, and rubber; slats of wood and linoleum;
delicate skeins of silk; careful deposits of paint and pastels;
fragments of lipstick; and arrangements of flower petals. These
samples shape a visual culture and a chromatic vocabulary and
instill a deep desire for color. Anne Varichon traces the emergence
of modern color charts from a set of processes developed over the
centuries in various contexts. She presents illuminating examples
that bring this remarkable story to life, from ancient writings
revealing attention to precise shade to contemporary designers’
color charts, dyers’ notebooks, and Werner’s famous color
nomenclature. Varichon argues that color charts have linked
generations of artists, artisans, scientists, industrialists, and
merchants, and have played an essential and enduring role in the
way societies think about color. Drawing on nearly two hundred
documents from public and private collections, almost all of them
previously unpublished, this wonderfully illustrated book shows how
the color chart, in its many distinct forms and expressions, is a
practical tool that has transcended its original purpose to become
an educational aid and subject of contemplation worthy of being
studied and admired.
Due to the lack of success in climate change mitigation efforts,
the importance of adaptation is becoming more and more apparent and
is now one of the main imperatives of international research and
action. However, research on adaptation is mostly not directly
applicable to adaptation policy or practice, leaving a gap between
scientific results and practical advice for decision makers and
planners. This book seeks to address this problem and bridge the
gap and should provide readers with practical and applicable
information on climate change adaptation. Following an
introduction, the book is organised into four main sections, each
reflecting an essential component in the adaptation process.
Climate change adaptation is an emerging subject area and has
gained increased political and academic attention within the last
decade. Whereas most books in the field focus on adaptation in
developing countries, this volume provides an examination of
predominantly European policy and offers inter-disciplinary insight
into cutting edge knowledge and lessons learnt in a relatively new
field of implementation.
Due to the lack of success in climate change mitigation efforts,
the importance of adaptation is becoming more and more apparent and
is now one of the main imperatives of international research and
action. However, research on adaptation is mostly not directly
applicable to adaptation policy or practice, leaving a gap between
scientific results and practical advice for decision makers and
planners. This book seeks to address this problem and bridge the
gap and should provide readers with practical and applicable
information on climate change adaptation. Following an
introduction, the book is organised into four main sections, each
reflecting an essential component in the adaptation process.
Climate change adaptation is an emerging subject area and has
gained increased political and academic attention within the last
decade. Whereas most books in the field focus on adaptation in
developing countries, this volume provides an examination of
predominantly European policy and offers inter-disciplinary insight
into cutting edge knowledge and lessons learnt in a relatively new
field of implementation.
Government and governance will be very different in the future than
anticipated by the literature in the field.
Government and governance will be very different in the future than
anticipated by the literature in the field.
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