Throwing Stones at the Moon: Narratives from Colombians Displaced by Violence, Brodzinsky Sibylla
Автор: Brafman David, Schrader Stephanie Название: Insects & Flowers: The Art of Maria Sibylla Merian ISBN: 0892369299 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780892369294 Издательство: Wiley yUP Рейтинг: Цена: 1483.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Between 1699-1701, Maria Sibylla Merian travelled to the Dutch colony of Suriname in South America to study the area`s unique flora and fauna. Many of the drawings and painting she produced on this trip were published in her "Metamorphosis of the Insects of Suriname" (1705). This volume reproduces details of sixteen plates from that volume.
For nearly five decades, Colombia has been embroiled in internal armed conflict among guerrilla groups, paramilitary militias, and the country's own military. Civilians in Colombia have to make their lives despite the threat of torture, kidnapping, and large-scale massacres--and more than four million have had to flee their homes. The oral histories in Throwing Stones at the Moondescribe the most widespread of Colombia's human rights crises: forced displacement. Speakers recount life before displacement, the reasons for their flight, and their struggle to rebuild their lives. Among the narrators:
JULIA, a hospital union leader whose fight against corruption led to a brutal attempt on her life. In 2009, assassins tracked her to her home and stabbed her seven times in the face and chest. Since the attack, Julia has undergone eight facial reconstructive surgeries, and continues to live in hiding.
DANNY, who at eighteen joined a right-wing paramilitary's enormous training camp in the Eastern Plains of Colombia. Initially lured by the promise of quick money, Danny soon realized his mistake and escaped to Ecuador. He describes his harrowing escape and his struggle to survive as a refugee with two young children to support.
Описание: The Flowering of Ecology presents an English translation of Maria Sibylla Merian’s 1679 ‘caterpillar’ book, Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung und sonderbare Blumen–Nahrung. Her processes in making the book and an analysis of its scientific content are presented in a historical context. Merian raised insects for five decades, recording the food plants, behavior and ecology of roughly 300 species. Her most influential invention was an 'ecological' composition in which the metamorphic cycles of insects (usually moths and butterflies) were arrayed around plants that served as food for the caterpillars. Kay Etheridge analyzes the 1679 caterpillar book from the viewpoint of a biologist, arguing that Merian’s study of insect interactions with plants, the first of its kind, was a formative contribution to natural history.
Автор: Anne Brodzinsky Название: The Falling Down Time: One Childs Story about Divorce ISBN: 1530515483 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781530515486 Издательство: Gazelle Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 4502.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
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