Автор: Booms Dirk, Higgs Peter Название: Sicily: Culture and Conquest ISBN: 1501705296 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781501705298 Издательство: Wiley EDC Цена: 5146.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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The largest island in the Mediterranean, Sicily has been continuously inhabited for millennia. Its strategic position and fertile soil, enriched by the fires of Mount Etna, made it alluring to successive waves of settlers and conquerors. Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, and Normans vied to stake their claim on the island. Periods of decline, exploitation, and neglect alternated with those of enlightenment and prosperity, during which the arts flourished.This book, accompanying a major 2016 exhibition at the British Museum, offers a broad survey of the island's geography and its rich mythological and historical past, while focusing on Sicily's two most artistically innovative periods. Greeks began settling on the island in the late eighth century BCE, encountering Phoenicians and other peoples. The artistic achievements of this Classical golden age include some of the most awe-inspiring temples seen anywhere in the Greek Mediterranean. A second extraordinary period of enlightenment took place under Norman rule in the twelfth century AD, when Sicily became a power broker in the Mediterranean world and one of the wealthiest and most culturally prosperous places in Europe.Richly illustrated with full-color images of more than two hundred remarkable objects drawn from the collection in the British Museum and from museums across Sicily and around the world, this book highlights the skills of artists and artisans, architects and builders--and the vision of their patrons across the centuries--who together produced some of the most unique and significant works of art in the history of the Mediterranean.
Описание: The book considers foundational thinking in quantum theory, focusing on the role the fundamental principles and principle thinking there, including thinking that leads to the invention of new principles, which is, the book contends, one of the ultimate achievements of theoretical thinking in physics and beyond.
Автор: Higgs, Eric C. Название: The happy man: a tale of horror ISBN: 1943910952 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781943910953 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 7355.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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Charles Ripley has a good job as an engineer, a pretty wife, and an expensive house in a fashionable San Diego suburb. But it isn't until Ruskin Marsh moves in next door that Ripley realizes how passionless his life really is. Marsh, a connoisseur of the arts, high-powered lawyer, model husband and father, and effortless seducer of women, is so supremely alive that Ripley finds himself irresistibly drawn to him.
But after Marsh's arrival, local girls begin to vanish, marriages end violently, nights are split with endless, desperate screams, and horribly mutilated corpses are found. Soon Ripley becomes caught up in an accelerating maelstrom of sex, drugs, violence, and ghastly, unimaginable rites . . . and begins to see the beauty of life.
From its profoundly unsettling first pages, Eric C. Higgs's The Happy Man (1985) reveals the nightmare underside of the American dream and brilliantly echoes the Gothic horror tradition of Edgar Allan Poe and Roald Dahl. This new edition features an introduction by the author.
"The Happy Man is an essential '80s horror read: smart, sharp, unforgiving, unlike anything else in the genre." - Too Much Horror Fiction
" A] grisly shocker, understated for the most part but carrying the impact of a fist to the stomach . . . a most promising debut." - San Diego Union
"A thoroughly engrossing Gothic horror story." - South Bend Tribune
Автор: Higgs, Crystal Название: Connecting with students ISBN: 1475806825 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781475806823 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 8448.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book focuses on how educators can efficiently establish ongoing rapport with each student through three simple steps: Seeing beyond barriers, sharing their intentions, and showing their "face".
Автор: Hyde, Martin Higgs, Paul Название: Ageing and globalisation ISBN: 1447322304 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781447322306 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 5542.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book provides, for the first time, an accessible overview of how population ageing and globalisation - two of the most radical social transformations that have occurred - interact.
Описание: Translates biostatistics in the health sciences literature with clarity and irreverence. This practical guide exposes students and practitioners to every statistical test they may encounter, with careful conceptual explanations and a minimum of algebra. It reflects recent advances in statistics, as well as time-honoured methods. The focus is on the concepts, not the math.
The must-have field-guide for discovering the natural beauty of southern Indiana
A Guide to Natural Areas of Southern Indiana is the first comprehensive and fully illustrated guidebook for nature lovers who want to explore the wild and natural areas of southern Indiana by trail, water, or road. Featuring 95 beautiful color photos and 5 maps, it provides ideas for a lifetime of fun and exploration, and makes planning easy by including directions to the areas, offering suggestions on what to do when you arrive, and what you will find when you explore.
Environmental writer and photographer, Steven Higgs highlights each site's unique natural characteristics and history with additional facts, anecdotes, and observations. Higgs directs readers to the very best locations in southern Indiana for bird and game watching, fishing and boating, hiking and camping, and more.
Come and explore the natural areas that represent southern Indiana wilderness at its pristine best
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