The Bijlmer Spinoza-Festival is an artwork, a sculpture, created by Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn in a peripheral borough of Amsterdam's south-east known as the Bijlmer in 2009. This book recounts the event through the eyes of its "Ambassador", art historian Vittoria Martini, who was invited by the artist to be an eyewitness to the existence of this "precarious" work. A term Hirschhorn sees as positive and creative: a means of asserting the importance of the moment and of the place, of asserting the Here and Now to touch eternity and universality. Appreciating the art historian's presence as a central element of his sculpture, Hirschhorn consciously challenged the certainties of the profession by empowering and activating the role, thus leading Martini to find a new working methodology that she calls "precarious art history". Accompanying the readers through her experience of the physical existence of The Bijlmer Spinoza-Festival, Martini's commentary leads to the profound understanding of how a work that no longer exists physically, can live on in the mind- elsewhere, at some other time-because in the meantime it has become universal.

The work of German sculptor Isa Genzken is brilliantly receptive to the ever-shifting conditions of modern life. In this first book devoted to the artist, Lisa Lee reflects on Genzken's tendency to think across media, attending to sculptures, photographs, drawings, and films from the entire span of her four-decade career, from student projects in the mid-1970s to recent works seen in Genzken's studio. Through penetrating analyses of individual works as well as archival and interview material from the artist herself, Lee establishes four major themes in Genzken's oeuvre: embodied perception, architecture and built space, the commodity, and the body. Contextualizing the sculptor's engagement with fellow artists, such as Joseph Beuys and Bruce Nauman, Lee situates Genzken within a critical and historical framework that begins in politically fraught 1960s West Germany and extends to the globalized present. Here we see how Genzken tests the relevance of the utopian aspirations and formal innovations of the early twentieth century by submitting them to homage and travesty. Sure to set the standard for future studies of Genzken's work, Isa Genzken is essential for anyone interested in contemporary art.

The human microbiome and its resident micro-organisms have in recent years come to represent a new frontier in health research and science. Yet this body of knowledge has hitherto been little addressed within Oriental Medicine theory and has consequently been underutilised in practice. The book proposes a novel and ground-breaking approach to understanding and influencing gut health and the microbiome by integrating the latest evidence from Western medical research and the long-established theory and practice of Oriental medicine. Building on an understanding of the body as a complete ecosystem where symbiotic relationships maintain balance in both mind and body, this integrative model sheds new light on an area that has seen rapidly growing interest both in and out of scientific communities, providing a more holistic and comprehensive perspective that both unites and broadens the potential applications of microbiome knowledge across medical and therapeutic traditions. The book's focus on the microbiome of the gastro-intestinal tract allows to explore the far-reaching and wide-ranging effects of the gut's micro-organisms on other body systems, on their ability to maintain good physical and mental health, and to fight disease and illness. This emphasis further provides readers with a practical guide to understanding and supporting a well-functioning gut and microbiome, through lifestyle choices and practices that focus on eating well, sleep hygiene, and mindful living. The booming interest in the area of gut health makes this compelling, accessible and informative hands-on book, an important tool for patients and practitioners of Oriental medicine and other relevant disciplines, offering readers a unique opportunity to add a new dimension to their knowledge of gut health. It will allow practitioners to deepen their professional development and enhance the quality of the care they provide by honing therapeutic skills and creating hybrid treatment plans that combine the latest findings from the gut-health literature and Oriental medicine.

Generously illustrated essays consider Isa Genzken's remarkable body of work, from her early elegant floor pieces to her later explosive assemblages. Since the late 1970s, the Berlin-based contemporary artist Isa Genzken (b. 1948) has produced a body of work that is remarkable for its formal and material inventiveness. In her sculptural practice, Genzken has developed an expanded material repertoire that includes plaster, concrete, epoxy resin, and mass-produced objects that range from action figures to discarded pizza boxes. Her heterogeneous assemblages, a New York Times critic observes, are "brash, improvisational, full of searing color and attitude." Genzken, the recent subject of a major retrospective at MoMA, offers a highly original interpretation of modernist, avant-garde, and postminimalist practices even as she engages pressing sociopolitics and economic issues of the present. These illustrated essays address the full span of Genzken's work, from the elegant floor sculptures with which she began her career to the assemblages, bursting with color and bristling with bric-a-brac, that she has produced since the beginning of the millennium. The texts, by writers including Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, and the artist herself, consider her formation in the West German milieu; her critique of conventions of architecture, reconstruction, and memorialization; her sympathy with mass culture; and her ongoing interrogation of public and private spheres. Two texts appear in English for the first time, including a quasi-autobiographical screenplay written by Genzken in 1993. Contributors Yve-Alain Bois, Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Diedrich Diederichsen, Hal Foster, Isa Genzken, Isabelle Graw, Lisa Lee, Pamela M. Lee, Birgit Pelzer, Juliane Rebentisch, Josef Strau, Wolfgang Tillmans, Lawrence Weiner Contents Isa Genzken: Two Exercises (1974) * Birgit Pelzer: Axiomatics Subject to Withdrawal (1979) * Benjamin H. D. Buchloh: Isa Genzken: The Fragment as Model (1992) * Benjamin H. D. Buchloh: Isa Genzken: Fuck the Bauhaus. Architecture, Design, and Photography in Reverse (2014) * Isa Genzken: Sketches for a Feature Film (1993) * Isabelle Graw: Free to Be Dependent: Concessions in the Work of Isa Genzken (1996) * Diedrich Diederichsen: Subjects at the End of the Flagpole (2000) * Pamela M. Lee: The Skyscraper at Ear Level (2003) * Benjamin H. D. Buchloh: All Things Being Equal (2005) * Wolfgang Tillmans: Isa Genzken: A Conversation with Wolfgang Tillmans (2003) * Diedrich Diederichsen: Diedrich Diederichsen in Conversation with Isa Genzken (2006) * Lisa Lee: "Make Life Beautiful!" The Diabolic in the Work of Isa Genzken (A Tour Through Berlin, Paris, and New York) (2007) * Lawrence Weiner: Isa Genzken Again (2010) * Juliane Rebentisch: The Dialectic of Beauty: On the Work of Isa Genzken (2007) * Yve-Alain Bois: The Bum and the Architect (2007) * Josef Strau: Isa Genzken: Sculpture as Narrative Urbanism (2009) * Hal Foster: Fantastic Destruction (2014)

Every young girl, lady, and woman in the world, regardless of her race, creed, religion, birth place, home upbringing, and socio-economic status, is absolutely priceless, and deserves to be treated with the utmost respect. If you have previously been in an abusive, unhealthy relationship that left you feeling drained, and you would love to attract a relationship with that "special someone" who will cherish you as the rare jewel that you are, this book is for you. In this lady's devotional, You Are A Jewel, allow yourself to feel the love of God, the Jewel of All Jewels, as He rolls out the red carpet for you and gives you that royal treatment that only He can give. Use that love that transcends all time, distance, space, and human thought as a tool to create a happy relationship on earth that leaves you educationally, emotionally, fi nancially, mentally, physically, sexually, and socially healthy in your mind, body, soul, and spirit.

It is no accident that Prudence Lucky, the luckiest girl in Luckyville, is a mere five-year-old. It is also no accident that Prudence ends up depositing a whopping $450,000 in a money-market account due to using her newly acquired allowance money to set up a lemonade stand at the local farmer's market during summer break. Unlike the rest of the people in her hometown-all of whom have bought into silly superstitions and old wives' tales, foolish traditions, and a deeply rooted bad luck mentality that keeps them locked into a bad luck syndrome-Prudence Lucky is prudent enough to understand one vital dynamic: you are a sum total of what you deliberately say, think about, hear, read, and meditate on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days of the year- 366 in leap year If you are sick and tired of living from paycheck to paycheck day after day and you would love to attract infinite wealth and acquire a higher income status, irrespective of what is taking place in the global economy, this exciting children's book is a must read

Mary and Jason have always been surrounded by astronomical wealth which never rubbed off on them. None of their loved ones can understand Mary and Jason's never-ending economic plight. Mary collapses in the employment office due to the emotional strain of being out of work for an indefinite period of time. At the emergency room, Mary learns that she is expecting their first child. Subsequently, the attending physician schedules an appointment for Mary to see an OB-GYN on January 19th. Mary and Jason keep the appointment, not really knowing what to expect! Mary and Jason are broke and can barely make ends meet. How will they provide for their new bundle of joy? Will they take the Wealth Specialist, Dr. Lemar Rich, up on his offer to permanently move into The Wealth Center in Chicago as The Wealth Center staff deliberately programs their unborn daughter, Lisa, to receive wealth of astronomical proportions? Travel with Mary, Jason, and their unborn daughter to The Wealth Center as they discover the wealth the subconscious mind is made of. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to learn why wealth is not a fairytale or reserved only for a "select few!"

In her new book, Health Expert Lisa Lee reveals a Healthy Cocktail of 50 Cholesterol Lowering Foods and lifestyle choices which can help to lower your Cholesterol levels significantly, without the use of drugs. Inside, you will discover how elevated Cholesterol levels are a major risk factor for health -- they are conducive to heart attack, stroke and atherosclerosis -- and why it is critical that you understand how to eat well, diet properly and above all start taking action to maintain and improve your health. I this easy-to-understand book, Lisa reveals how Cholesterol and heart disease risk can be easily controlled by a specific Cholesterol Lowering Diet which, when combined with lifestyle changes, can also aid and Improve Bowel Function, help you Lose Weight and Improve your Immune System. If you want to know the Secrets to getting your Cholesterol Down, then this book is for you

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Writings by Thomas Hirschhorn, collected for the first time, trace the development of the artist's ideas and artistic strategies. For the artist Thomas Hirschhorn, writing is a crucial tool at every stage of his artistic practice. From the first sketch of an idea to appeals to potential collaborators, from detailed documentation of projects to post-disassembly analysis, Hirschhorn's writings mark the trajectories of his work. This volume collects Hirschhorn's widely scattered texts, presenting many in English for the first time. In these writings, Hirschhorn discusses the full range of his art, from works on paper to the massive Presence and Production projects in public spaces. "Statements and Letters" address broad themes of aesthetic philosophy, politics, and art historical commitments. "Projects" consider specific artworks or exhibitions. "Interviews" capture the artist in dialogue with Benjamin Buchloh, Jacques Ranciere, and others. Throughout, certain continuities emerge: Hirschhorn's commitment to quotidian materials; the centrality of political and economic thinking in his work; and his commitment to art in the public sphere. Taken together, the texts serve to trace the artist's ideas and artistic strategies over the past two decades. Critical Laboratory also reproduces, in color, 33 Ausstellungen im oeffentlichen Raum 1998-1989, an out-of-print catalog of Hirschhorn's earliest works in public space.