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The Milanbased interior design and architectural firm Studio Peregalli presents for the first time their breathtaking environments that capture the classic elegance of the past Studio Peregalli is the master of making interiors look brilliantly timeworn Partners Laura Sartori Rimini and Roberto Peregalli have a distinctive ability to work in virtually every historical stylefrom Renaissance to Victorianto create interiors that are atmospheric and magical conjuring up a real or imagined pastThe Invention of the Past profiles the firms domestic and public projects including residences for such leading families as the Etros and the Zegnas Organized by house elementsfacades libraries dining rooms bedrooms and other spacesthe book focuses on their opulent and whimsical furnishings and oldworld craftsmanship Studio Peregalli juxtaposes authentic works of a particular period with replicated pieces to create an illusion that becomes something real and evocative The book features lush color photographs of their oeuvre along with reproductions of drawings maquettes and plaster models
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A digital copy of American Jewry And The Reinvention Of The East European Jewish Past by Krah Download is immediately available upon purchase
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While the practice of safe sex has become an American habit over the past twenty years few are familiar with its controversial origins and fascinating social history Stayin Alive is the story of how reaching for a condom became as automatic as buckling a seat belt a story compellingly and frankly recounted by activist and journalist Richard Berkowitz who arrived on the frontlines in the war on AIDS in 1982 and has been writing about it ever since Berkowitz takes the reader on a graphic but moving account of his personal sexual journey coming out amid the sexual abandon of the 1970s and waking up to horror of AIDS in the 1980s For younger readers with no firsthand experience of what it was like living through the erotic exuberance of the sexual revolution nor the grisly aftermath the author offers a vivid portrayal that puts the invention of safe sex into fresh compelling context for a new generation Safe sex was born out of the tireless crusading politicking and advocacy of an unlikely trio whose lives revolved around sex and the consequences of sex the author the author the AIDS researcher and physician Joseph Sonnabend and the late author activist and singer Michael Callen Berkowitz recounts how their work found a way to enable a generation of gay men and sexually adventurous heterosexuals to continue celebrating their sexuality without risking their lives or the lives of their partners in two words safe sex
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Great Inventions is a captivating chronicle of major technological advances that have shaped everyday life over the past two centuries Each book provides an indepth look at the dedicated individuals behind each invention a history of each invention development and its presentday use and continuing evolution Engaging text and informative sidebars join with archival and contemporary images to demonstrate how innovative thinking and determination can change the world
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A fantasy short story by an Argentinean novelist written more than 50 years ago about love the past and science fiction
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A fantasy short story by an Argentinean novelist written more than 50 years ago about love the past and science fiction
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This volume presents a vivid portrait of the Bay Area art scene over the past century More than 100 color illustrations of work by a wide range of artists are featured including the renegade pleinair painters Society of Six production ceramist Edith Heath Bay Area figurative painter Richard Diebenkorn studio ceramist Peter Voulkos Minimalist John McCracken conceptualist Dennis Oppenheim photorealist Robert Bechtle and cultural commentator Squeak Carnwath The book is further enriched by a contemporary section dedicated to work produced in the last 20 years by Kota Ezawa Larry Sultan and Liz Cohen among others Published in celebration of the centennial anniversary of the California College of the Arts the book accompanies an exhibition at the Oakland Museum of California It includes artist biographies essays by Nancy Boas Glen Helfand Tara McDowell and Peter Selz and texts by critic Arthur C Danto and curator Matthew Higgs among others
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This book traces an important strand in the intellectual history of the West from the Renaissance to the present During this period consciousness of the remains of the past particularly the monuments of classical antiquity and in the nineteenth century impressive Romanesque and Gothic structures grew exponentially Architects such as Ruskin ViolletleDuc Riegl and Boito developed and implemented theories as to how these types of monuments could be maintained for posterity Analyzing the phenomenon of the historic monument from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries Françoise Choay exposes its ambivalent character as a symbol of a capitalist economy as a symptom of deep social malaise and even as a touchstone for the rediscovery of humanistic values whose relevance for contemporary society can no longer be taken for granted Originally published in the French this book was awarded the Grand Prix National du Patrimoine by the French government in 1995
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How did authors such as Jonson Spenser Donne and Milton think about the past lives of the words they used Hannah Crawforth shows how early modern writers were acutely attuned to the religious and political implications of the etymology of English words She argues that these lexically astute writers actively engaged with the lexicographers AngloSaxonists and etymologists who were carrying out a national project to recover or invent the origins of English at a time when the question of a national vernacular was inseparable from that of national identity English words are deployed to particular effect as a polemical weapon allegorical device coded form of communication type of historical allusion or political tool Drawing together early modern literature and linguistics Crawforth argues that the history of English as it was studied in the period radically underpins the writing of its greatest poets
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At the beginning of the seventeenth century Paris was known for isolated monuments but had not yet put its brand on urban space Like other European cities it was still emerging from its medieval past But in a mere century Paris would be transformed into the modern and mythic city we know todayThough most people associate the signature characteristics of Paris with the public works of the nineteenth century Joan DeJean demonstrates that the Parisian model for urban space was in fact invented two centuries earlier when the first complete design for the French capital was drawn up and implemented As a result Paris saw many changes It became the first city to tear down its fortifications inviting people in rather than keeping them out Parisian urban planning showcased new kinds of streets including the original boulevard as well as public parks and the earliest sidewalks and bridges without houses Venues opened for urban entertainment of all kinds from opera and ballet to a pastime invented in Paris recreational shopping Parisians enjoyed the earliest public transportation and street lighting and Paris became Europes first great walking city A century of planned development made Paris both beautiful and exciting It gave people reasons to be out in public as never before and as nowhere else And it gave Paris its modern identity as a place that people dreamed of seeing By 1700 Paris had become the capital that would revolutionize our conception of the city and of urban life
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From Greek steam engines to Roman fire engines Aztec chewing gum to Etruscan false teeth earthquake detectors in China to electric batteries in Iraq stoneage brain surgery to middleage hand grenades heres a lively and fascinating look at the genuine wonders of the past
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The dictionary definition of tradition refers to beliefs and practices that have been transmitted from generation to generation however tradition can rest simply on the claim that certain cultural elements are rooted in the past Claim and documented historical reality need not overlap In the domain of religion historically verifiable traditions coexist with recent innovations whose origins are spuriously projected back into time This book examines the phenomenon of invented traditions in religions ranging in time from Zoroastrianism to Scientology and geographically from Tibet to North America and Europe The various contributions together with an introduction that surveys the field use individual case studies to address questions such as the rationale for creating historical tradition for ones doctrines and rituals the mechanisms by which hitherto unknown texts can enter an existing corpus and issues of acceptance and scepticism in the reception of dubious texts
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The dictionary definition of tradition refers to beliefs and practices that have been transmitted from generation to generation however tradition can rest simply on the claim that certain cultural elements are rooted in the past Claim and documented historical reality need not overlap In the domain of religion historically verifiable traditions coexist with recent innovations whose origins are spuriously projected back into time This book examines the phenomenon of invented traditions in religions ranging in time from Zoroastrianism to Scientology and geographically from Tibet to North America and Europe The various contributions together with an introduction that surveys the field use individual case studies to address questions such as the rationale for creating historical tradition for ones doctrines and rituals the mechanisms by which hitherto unknown texts can enter an existing corpus and issues of acceptance and scepticism in the reception of dubious texts
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This innovative book argues that documents such as passports internal passports and related mechanisms have been crucial in making distinctions between citizens and noncitizens It explains how the concept of citizenship has been used over the past 200 years to delineate rights and penalties regarding property liberty taxes and welfare Focusing on the United States and Western Europe it combines theory and empirical data in questioning how and why states have established the exclusive right to authorize and regulate the movement of people
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In the past 50 years the development of a wide range of medical devices has improved the quality of peoples lives and revolutionized the prevention and treatment of disease but it also has contributed to the high cost of health care Issues that shape the invention of new medical devices and affect their introduction and use are explored in this volume The authors examine the role of federal support the decisionmaking process behind private funding the need for reforms in regulation and product liability the effects of the medical payment system and other critical topics relevant to the development of new devices Table of ContentsFront MatterPart 1 Medical Device Innovation and Health CareNew Medical Devices and Health CareInventing Medical Devices Five InventorsTechnological Innovation and Medical DevicesPart 2 Current TrendsFederal Support of Medical Device InnovationPrivate Investment in Medical Device InnovationProduct Liability and Medical Device Regulation Proposal for ReformImpact of the Changing Medical Payment System on Technological Innovation and UtilizationA Conflict Medical Innovation Access and Cost ContainmentPart 3 How Trends Will InteractHow Trends Will Interact The Perspective of the HospitalPerspectives of Industry the Physician and GovernmentSummarizing ReflectionsContributorsIndex
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Improvement was a new concept in seventeenthcentury England only then did it become usual for people to think that the most effective way to change things for the better was not a revolution or a return to the past but the persistent application of human ingenuity to the challenge of increasing the countrys wealth and general wellbeing Improvements in agriculture and industry commerce and social welfare would bring infinite prosperity and happiness The word improvement was itself a recent coinage It was useful as a slogan summarising all these goals and since it had no equivalent in other languages it gave the English a distinctive culture of improvement that they took with them to Ireland and Scotland and to their possessions overseas It made them different from everyone elseThe Invention of Improvement explains how this culture of improvement came about Paul Slack explores the political and economic circumstances which allowed notions of improvement to take root and the changes in habits of mind which improvement accelerated It encouraged innovation industriousness and the acquisition of consumer goods which delivered comfort and pleasure There was a new appreciation of material progress as a process that could be measured and its impact was publicised by the circulation of information about it It had made the country richer and many of its citizens more prosperous if not always happier Drawing on a rich variety of contemporary literature The Invention of Improvement situates improvement at the centre of momentous changes in how people thought and behaved how they conceived of their environment and their collective prospects and how they cooperated in order to change them
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How did authors such as Jonson Spenser Donne and Milton think about the past lives of the words they used Hannah Crawforth shows how early modern writers were acutely attuned to the religious and political implications of the etymology of English words She argues that these lexically astute writers actively engaged with the lexicographers AngloSaxonists and etymologists who were carrying out a national project to recover or invent the origins of English at a time when the question of a national vernacular was inseparable from that of national identity English words are deployed to particular effect as a polemical weapon allegorical device coded form of communication type of historical allusion or political tool Drawing together early modern literature and linguistics Crawforth argues that the history of English as it was studied in the period radically underpins the writing of its greatest poets
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The dictionary definition of tradition refers to beliefs and practices that have been transmitted from generation to generation however tradition can rest simply on the claim that certain cultural elements are rooted in the past Claim and documented historical reality need not overlap In the domain of religion historically verifiable traditions coexist with recent innovations whose origins are spuriously projected back into time This book examines the phenomenon of invented traditions in religions ranging in time from Zoroastrianism to Scientology and geographically from Tibet to North America and Europe The various contributions together with an introduction that surveys the field use individual case studies to address questions such as the rationale for creating historical tradition for ones doctrines and rituals the mechanisms by which hitherto unknown texts can enter an existing corpus and issues of acceptance and scepticism in the reception of dubious texts
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Architect John B Murray creates residences that harmonize the past with the present through stunning meticulous design from Fifth Avenue apartments to restored farmhouses in New England and Upstate New York to weekend getaways on Long Island Sound He harbors a deep love of the principles of traditional architecture while always embracing contemporary life Through his mastery of classical detail and his profound commitment to quality in every aspect of architecture Murray translates his clients ideas of home comfort and refinement into physical form nbsp In this richly illustrated collection of eighteen country and city residences Murray reveals his design approach through engaging prose and drawings For each project he creates the traditional BeauxArts drawing known as the analytique which brings together all of the significant elements of a design in a harmonious and balanced whole Classical Invention reproduces these exquisitely handdrawn studies alongside stunning photographs of each homeI have found the language of classical design to be a limitless source of invention as well as a true touchstone of quality we have to look at our built history with a fresh eye using it to create classically inspired spaces that are appropriate for our times John Murray
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