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Автор: Block Paula M Название: Labyrinth: The Ultimate Visual History ISBN: 1785654357 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785654350 Издательство: Titan books ltd. Рейтинг: Цена: 5429.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: The 30th-anniversary exploration of the beloved Jim Henson classic, featuring rare artwork, interviews, and on-set photos. Filled with a wealth of rare and behind-the-scenes imagery, experience the film`s creation as seen through the eyes of the artists, costume designers, and creature creators who gave the fantasy classic its distinctive look.
Автор: Block Eric Название: Garlic and Other Alliums: The Lore and the Science ISBN: 1849731802 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781849731805 Издательство: Royal Society of Chemistry Рейтинг: Цена: 5278.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Outlines the extensive history and use since the dawn of civilization of alliums, as well as the understanding of their botany and chemistry.
Описание: A modern, easy-to-use, and authoritative guide to painting with gouache, including the basics on this exciting and centuries-old medium, techniques for all skill levels, and practice projects from an experienced author and illustrator. This charming and contemporary step-by-step guide to gouache (pronounced "gwash") is perfect for creative people who have dreamed of painting inspiring subjects from everyday life. Gouache is a water-based paint similar to watercolor that has the opacity and layerability of acrylic paints. It creates wonderful washes, allows for layering and texture, and dries quickly with a unique matte finish. Illustrator Emma Block presents everything you need to know about this whimsical and fun medium, including expert guidance on tools and materials and techniques that will make it easy to use. Thirty lessons cover subjects from simple, such as your morning coffee cup and bright lemons, to advanced, such as fluffy animals and portraits of your friends and family. All of this is accompanied by her workshop-honed instructions and step-by-step illustrations, which will help you build the skills and confidence to finish beautiful pieces of your own.
Описание: From Rosemary Youngs, the author who brought you The Civil War Diary Quilt and Quilts from the American Homefront, comes this treasury of beloved quilt blocks. A stunning collection of classic quilt block patterns and historical anecdotes, this invaluable resource is perfect for quilters of all abilities
Описание: Never again will you have to stand by helplessly while your little baby cries and cries. There is a way to calm most crying babies . . . usually in minutes Thousands of parents, from regular moms and dads to Hollywood superstars, have come to baby expert Dr. Harvey Karp to learn his remarkable techniques for soothing babies and increasing sleep. Now his landmark book--fully revised and updated with the latest insights into infant sleep, bedsharing, breastfeeding, swaddling, and SIDS risk--can teach you too Dr. Karp's highly successful method is based on four revolutionary concepts: 1. The Fourth Trimester: Why babies still yearn for a womblike atmosphere . . . even after birth 2. The Calming Reflex: An "off switch" all babies are born with 3. The 5 S's: Five easy steps to turn on your baby's amazing calming reflex 4. The Cuddle Cure: How to combine the 5 S's to calm even colicky babies With Dr. Karp's sensible advice, parents and grandparents, nurses and nannies, will be able to transform even the fussiest infant into the happiest baby on the block Praise for The Happiest Baby on the Block "Dr. Karp's book is fascinating and will guide new parents for years to come."--Julius Richmond, M.D., Harvard Medical School, former Surgeon General of the United States "The Happiest Baby on the Block is fun and convincing. I highly recommend it."--Elisabeth Bing, co-founder of Lamaze International "Will fascinate anyone who wants to know how babies experience the world, and wants to answer their cries lovingly and effectively."--The San Diego Union-Tribune
Автор: Challoner Jack Название: The Cell: A Visual Tour of the Building Block of Life ISBN: 022622418X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226224183 Издательство: Wiley Цена: 4083.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The cell is the basic building block of life. In its 3.5 billion years on the planet, it has proven to be a powerhouse, spreading life first throughout the seas, then across land, developing the rich and complex diversity of life that populates the planet today.
With The Cell: A Visual Tour of the Building Block of Life, Jack Challoner treats readers to a visually stunning tour of these remarkable molecular machines. Most of the living things we're familiar with--the plants in our gardens, the animals we eat--are composed of billions or trillions of cells. Most multicellular organisms consist of many different types of cells, each highly specialized to play a particular role--from building bones or producing the pigment in flower petals to fighting disease or sensing environmental cues. But the great majority of living things on our planet exist as single cell. These cellular singletons are every bit as successful and diverse as multicellular organisms, and our very existence relies on them.
The book is an authoritative yet accessible account of what goes on inside every living cell--from building proteins and producing energy to making identical copies of themselves--and the importance of these chemical reactions both on the familiar everyday scale and on the global scale. Along the way, Challoner sheds light on many of the most intriguing questions guiding current scientific research: What special properties make stem cells so promising in the treatment of injury and disease? How and when did single-celled organisms first come together to form multicellular ones? And how might scientists soon be prepared to build on the basic principles of cell biology to build similar living cells from scratch.
In Colonial Complexions, historian Sharon Block examines how Anglo-Americans built racial ideologies out of descriptions of physical appearance. By analyzing more than 4,000 advertisements for fugitive servants and slaves in colonial newspapers alongside scores of trans-Atlantic sources, she reveals how colonists transformed observable characteristics into racist reality. Building on her expertise in digital humanities, Block re-repurposes these well-known historical sources to newly highlight how daily language called race and identity into being before the rise of scientific racism.
In the eighteenth century, a multitude of characteristics beyond skin color factored into racial assumptions, and complexion did not have a stable or singular meaning. Colonists justified a race-based slave labor system not by opposing black and white but by accumulating differences in the bodies they described: racism was made real by marking variation from a norm on some bodies, and variation as the norm on others. Such subtle systemizations of racism naturalized enslavement into bodily description, erased Native American heritage, and privileged life history as a crucial marker of free status only for people of European-based identities.
Colonial Complexions suggests alternative possibilities to modern formulations of racial identities and offers a precise historical analysis of the beliefs behind evolving notions of race-based differences in North American history.
Автор: Block Fred L. Название: Capitalism: The Future of an Illusion ISBN: 0520283236 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520283237 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 3960.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: "Capitalist," a term that once belonged almost exclusively to the political left, is now used by everyone to describe the society in which we live. Yet this broad consensus has become part of a problem--the false idea and deep-seated illusion that the economy is autonomous and should be governed by its own laws, even if it means restricting the scope of democratic decision-making. In Capitalism, leading economic sociologist Fred L. Block explains how U.S. politics got caught in a loop that alternates between center-left Democrats and increasingly extreme-right Republicans. Block argues that to exit this cycle of raised hopes followed by dashed dreams, we must challenge the idea that we live in a society that operates according to its own inner laws. Compellingly written and full of examples of the consequences of our absence of political imagination, Capitalism guides us through the reality that market societies are complex institutional hybrids and that, periodically, we must consider (despite our own fears) replacing our existing economic system to restore economic vitality.
Автор: Block Francesca Lia Название: Psyche in a Dress & Echo & the Rose and the Beast Bind-Up ISBN: 0062019546 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780062019547 Издательство: HarperCollins USA Рейтинг: Цена: 939.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
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What happens when a girl finds herself at the crossroads between worlds--where the angels and ghosts, gods and demons, and beauties and beasts of myth are real? What does she do and who does she become?
"Roses and Bones" captures the best Francesca Lia Block has to offer: extravagantly imaginative tales, dark landscapes, fierce poetry, and storytelling that is nothing short of magical.
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