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Herry Perry (1897-1962) is an important, but neglected, artist of the 1920s-50s. The book brings together all aspects of her art for the first time. She studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (now Central Saint Martins) from 1924-7 and was...

Nowadays, many excellent poker books are available for players keen to improve their game. However, the vast majority are aimed at audiences that are already sophisticated in their understanding of poker. This book is different. Improve Your Poker - Now!...

New Orleans artist George Valentine Dureau (1930–2014) has always been an enigma. His status as an important artist gained momentum beginning with his first exhibition at the New Orleans Museum of Art, then the Isaac Delgado Museum of Art, in the...

Honorable Mention for Art in 2020 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year AwardsThe music scene that sprang up across the Bay Area from 1965 to 1970 was energetic, immensely creative, and loudly outspoken. Bands needed theaters to play in, music promoters...

Preachers often struggle with preaching Old Testament poetry. They are uncertain how to preach the highly emotive poems in Psalms, the one-liners in Proverbs, the tedious conversations in Job, the esoteric observations about life in Ecclesiastes, and the...

A revelatory exploration of a crucial Renaissance art form—military architecture—and its unexpected connections with contemporary aesthetic, cultural, and technological innovations Urban fortifications were the most colossal artistic achievements of the...

Detailing the histories of 28 vessels, the second volume of The Boats of Summer spotlights the New York Harbor and Hudson River summertime excursion steamboats of the twentieth century. During the golden age of steamboating, summer life in New York City...

This book examines the connections between film and Christianity, considering how films express and depict Christian faith and spirituality and provide experiences associated with it. The notion of movement as immobility (from Simone Weil) is employed to...

Stop the spiral of toxic thoughts by learning how to become imitators of Christ.Are your thoughts holding you captive? Jennie Allen—the visionary behind the million-strong IF:Gathering—knows what it's like to swirl in a spiral of destructive thoughts,...

Norfolk and Suffolk are bursting with aviation heritage, having played key roles in military aviation through the two world wars and beyond. This new edition of Aviation Landmarks– Norfolk and Suffolk presents an updated and revised account of aviation...

How can we read the text of Scripture well, rightly, and faithfully? Theologian Kevin J. Vanhoozer believes the two greatest challenges in developing a theory of interpretation are, first, the de facto variety of actual interpretations of the Bible and,...

This new, thoroughly updated third edition of Bradt's Falkland Islands remains the only detailed and wide-ranging standalone travel guidebook to this British Overseas Territory and is ideal for independent, cruise-ship and tour-group visitors alike. It...

Leave the Baggage Behind--and Uncover the Authentic You More than 70 percent of adults feel they have a mental health problem. Without a clear path to healing, they've followed the devastating lies and whims of our ever-shifting culture--causing them...

In the years after the First World War the British government had to adapt its communication policy to connect with the new mass electorate. This book examines the government’s own Film Units and their slow development of the Public Information Film. By...

Lightships guided ships of all nations past offshore reefs and sand banks that posed extreme hazards to navigation, where lighthouses could not be built. This book describes their design, construction and evolution over more than two centuries of service...

Explore England as you never have before with our captivating travel book! From bustling London to picturesque villages like the Cotswolds, experience charming streets, medieval towns, and authentic fishing villages. Our enchanting photography captures...

Before the modern era of passenger air travel, the ocean liner was the only means of travelling overseas to countries all around the globe. Of the routes established, the most prestigious was the North Atlantic run from north European and Mediterranean...

A collection of inspiring homes for design enthusiasts that puts renewable “mass timber” front and center as a unique, and beautiful, solution to the challenges of climate change. While headlines are focusing on mass timber for commercial “plyscrapers,”...

The first expert critical treatment of Mormon visual art, featuring over 200 high-quality color illustrations Nearly every major religion has a significant artistic tradition, and religion's relationship with art--sometimes inspirational, sometimes...

Enjoy the beauty of the Holy Scriptures with this elegant Catholic Bible that is both easy to carry and easy to read.This thinline edition presents the Bible text in a clear and readable large print. The RSV2CE is an English translation frequently used...

China has the largest electricity generation capacity in the world today. Its number of large dams is second to none. Xiangli Ding provides a historical understanding of China's ever-growing energy demands and how they have affected its rivers, wild...

The etchings and wood-engravings of George Cruikshank (1792-1878) recorded, commented on and satirised his times to such an extent that they have frequently been used to represent the age. Cruikshank, a popular artist in the propaganda war against...

This book sheds new light on one of the most important artworks of the early Italian Renaissance, Ambrogio Lorenzetti’s fresco cycle of Good and Bad Government in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena. By connecting the images with the Hymn to Justice inscribed...

All the gospels bring us close to the person of Jesus Christ and encourage us to follow him. But Matthew's Gospel is a powerful summons for disciples of Jesus to become disciple-makers in the nations.In this lively and accessible commentary, Ben Cooper...

Of all world cinemas, Hollywood excepted, France has had the most consistent record of production and popularity. French cinema is, as Ginette Vincendeau argues and demonstrates in this book, a popular art, combining audience appeal with art house and...

Simplify your sermon preparation and study notes with the ultimate organizational companion for the Thompson® Chain-Reference® Bible.If you are a Thompson® Chain-Reference® (TCR) Bible user, you know it's an exceptional tool for topical Bible study. This...

'Forget the years, forget norms, let yourself be stirred by the boundless.' The Zhuangzi -- an anthology of anonymous writings produced in China between the fourth and second centuries BC -- is one of the world's great literary treasures and the single...

Perhaps you've looked at factory farming or climate change and thought, I should become a vegan. And like most people who think that, very probably you haven't. Why? Well, in our world, roast turkey emanates gratitude, steak confers virility, and chicken...

The ultimate technique-led guide to the graphic, expressive art of pen and ink: perfect for artists and illustrators! Colombian-born architect and artist David Morales provides easy-to-follow advice and inspiring instruction in this indispensable guide...

In this volume of the New Testament Everyday Bible Study series, Scot McKnight explores the books of 1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude. In these books, McKnight helps us understand that the most demanding challenge for early believers in Jesus Christ was how to...

Founded in 1933 near Asheville, North Carolina, Black Mountain College fostered experimentation and interdisciplinary learning, placing the arts, including poetry, at the heart of its curriculum. As such, the college was home to and served as inspiration...

The Color Code Bible for Kids helps kids understand important biblical truths with a unique color-code system. With more than 1,900 verses highlighted in vibrant colors, a child can quickly identify major topics found in Scripture in nine different...

Models of disaster preparedness Across the globe, few sites have faced as many environmental disasters as the islands of the Japanese archipelago. They have endured typhoons, cyclones, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis. Residents of...

The housing crisis confronts two of North America’s contemporary urban challenges: affordability and the need to curtail urban sprawl through densification of existing communities. Advancing a novel formula labelled BAAKFIL, this book introduces a new...

Poodle clipping was an Olympic sport? Bull$#*t! Discover 500 fascinating facts about sports that are sure to make your next trivia event a slam dunk.Grab your team and put on your game face: it’s True Facts That Sound Like Bull$#*t: Sports! This book...

This book moves beyond the debate on ‘wisdom literature’, ongoing in Biblical Studies, demonstrating the productivity of ‘wisdom’ as a literary category. Featuring work by scholars of Egyptology, Classics, Biblical and Near Eastern Studies, it offers...

In Twelve Mormon Homes: Visited in Succession on a Journey through Utah to Arizona, first published in 1874, Elizabeth Kane recorded impressions of what she heard and saw among the Mormon people in the twelve communities that hosted her and her family...

This long-awaited volume is the first to focus entirely on Hip Hop in Australia. Bringing together both scholarly and practitioner perspectives, across eleven chapters, contributors explore the diversity of identities, communities, practices, and...

Since the release of Jordan Peele's Academy Award-winning horror hit Get Out (2017), interest in Black horror films has erupted. This renewed intrigue in stories about Black life, history, culture, or "Blackness" has taken two forms. First, the history...

A loving ode to films with post-apocalyptic themes, this updated edition now features more than 1,200 movie reviews, plus more than 600 images and dozens of interviews with filmmakers and actors. From asteroids to zombies, the film and television...