Lorenzo Lotto\'s Portrait of Andrea Odoni is one of the most famous paintings of the Italian Renaissance. Son of an immigrant and a member of the non-noble citizen class, Odoni understood how the power of art could make a name for himself and his family in his adopted homeland. Far from emulating Venetian patricians, however, he set himself apart through the works he collected and the way he displayed

For over twenty-five years, Sidney Harris has been recognized as the leading cartoonist specializing in the world of modern science and technology. Whether he is poking gentle fun at Einstein or theoretical mathematicians, his drawings are entertaining, clever, and always right on target for his chosen subjects.

This book offers the first set of quantitative analyses of the results of deregulation of the gas wellhead process coupled with partial deregulation of pipeline transportation and product storage. This complex process x2014 which involves taking pipelines out of the field markets as product purchasers, and creating spot gas and pipeline space markets x2014 has changed the nature and extent of services

pDr. Alan Riedesel, who lives in Western New York, is a former elementary teacher, elementary principal, and distinguished university professor. He has written over twenty-five books for elementary school children, elementary school teachers, and parents. His wife died in 2015 after 63 years of marriage, leaving him with five grown children and six grandchildren. He has been active in Christian activities

pstrongI consider Villa Panza the full expression of the union between Europe and America. -Wim WendersstrongppGiovanna and Giuseppe Panza di Biumo were passionate Italian collectors who built an extraordinary collection of postwar American art. This slipcased, two-volume sets presents a reissue of a now out-of-print collection overview alongside a new book on the collection\'s last 20 years.p

The late preacher W. A. Criswell used to preach a series of sermons called the Scarlet Thread through the Bible. Cut the Bible open at any verse, and it will bleed Christ. Christ IS the Word of God Studying a book written by an infinitely wise God having an infinite number of personal applications, the study of the trail of blood could be taken through a host of different trails. To pursue just one

Roof of the world, land of legend and beauty - within its narrow confines, Nepal contains an utterly spectacular variety of culture and landscapes. Footprint\'s 3rd edition Nepal Handbook will guide you from the vast sweep of Himalayan peaks to ornate temples and pagodas. Great coverage of the top activities and sights in the country, including trekking, rafting and festivals Loaded with information

The chapters are revised with the latest updates and new chapters are featured focusing upon robotic-assisted patellofemoral replacement, predictive diagnostic models in anterior knee pain patients based on artificial intelligence, brain network functional connectivity in anterior knee pain patients, and many other hot topics in the field.

pemstrongThey know the world is dying, but they hope not in their lifetimes. Meanwhile, they\'re top dogs and will do anything to stay that way.strongemppDoig Gray is fifteen when his father is killed in a mining accident, which Doig comes to realizes was no accident. Torn from his mother and sister, Doig is sent off to college, his every movement monitored in case he has inherited his dissident father\'s

iMale Bodies Unmadei explores white men\'s disunified physicality in modern and contemporary art while attending to erotic polysemy that questions the visual ethos of Occidental patriarchy. Art historian Jongwoo Jeremy Kim\'s approach is informed by his own status as an immigrant--a polyglot queen, drawn to extravagant fantasies of misbehaving bodies that are in truth foreign territories, colonies

The Poetical Works Of George M. Horton is a collection of poems written by George Moses Horton, an African American poet who lived during the nineteenth century. The book includes a variety of poems that touch on themes such as love, nature, and social justice. Horton\'s poems are known for their lyrical style and vivid imagery, and they often explore the experiences of African Americans during a time

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pThe Art of Defiance is an ethnographic portrait of how graffiti writers see their city and, in turn, how their city sees them. It explores how becoming a graffiti writer helps disenfranchised urban citizens negotiate their cultural identities, build their social capital and gain a voice within an urban environment that would prefer they remain quiet, passive and anonymous. In order to both demystify

This book will show you how to preserve our wonderful spring, summer and autumn harvests, so that you can enjoy nature\'s bounty even in the sparser months. From drying, bottling and freezing to simple jams, jellies, curds, cheeses, relishes, syrups and chutneys, all you will ever need to know is explained simply and clearly in this comprehensive guide to home preserving.

For lawyers and political philosophers, human dignity is one of the most challenging concepts of the 21st century. Even though it is fast emerging as a core concept across legal systems and is the first foundational value of the European Union and its overarching human rights commitment under the Lisbon Treaty, human dignity is still little understood and often mistrusted. This book offers a critical

pThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.ppThis work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity individual or corporate has a copyright on the body of the work.ppScholars believe,

If you enjoyed Pope Francis describe Capitalism as Dung of the Devil you will love reading Tom Morgan\'s Shotgun Preacher... A celebrated Lefty from the region of Debs and Dreiser barely escapes Indiana prison for subversives in the sixties to finish graduate school in the seventies - employment denied by all state and corporate entities except the Roman Catholic Church. A zealot\'s compromise with

A selection of modern style poems about all of life\'s random bits including motherhood, mental health and coffee...

pThis book examines Virginia Woolf\'s influence on the literary afterlives of nineteenth-century women of letters including Jane Austen, Mary Russell Mitford, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charlotte Bront, George Eliot, Margaret Oliphant and Mary Augusta Ward through her journalism. Woolf\'s responses to her literary predecessors provide new insights into her self-positioning within the literary canon

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