By Maxwell L. Anderson

ISBN-10: 0190614935

ISBN-13: 9780190614935

ISBN-10: 0190614943

ISBN-13: 9780190614942

The destruction of old monuments and artistic endeavors via the Taliban in Afghanistan and the Islamic nation in Iraq and Syria has surprised observers all over the world. but iconoclastic erasures of the previous date again a minimum of to the mid-1300s BCE, through the Amarna interval of historic Egypt's 18th dynasty. way more harm to the previous has been inflicted via typical mess ups, looters, and public works.

Art historian Maxwell Anderson's Antiquities: What each person must Know® analyzes carrying on with threats to our historical past, and gives a balanced account of treaties and legislation governing the circulate of items; the historical past of accumulating antiquities; how forgeries are made and detected; how real works are documented, kept, dispersed, and displayed; the politics of sending antiquities again to their international locations of foundation; and the outlook for an improved felony industry. Anderson presents a precis of demanding situations forward, together with the way forward for underwater archaeology, using drones, distant sensing, and the way invisible markings on antiquities will let them be traced.

Written in question-and-answer structure, the e-book equips readers with a nuanced figuring out of the criminal, functional, and ethical offerings that face us all while confronting antiquities in a museum gallery, store window, or on the market at the Internet.

By Ayako Brodek

ISBN-10: 1568363680

ISBN-13: 9781568363684

With particular directions and vibrant, four-color photos, Ayako Brodek indicates readers how you can create forty based and strange items of knickknack. every one venture features a record of fabrics, illustrated step by step folding and completing directions, a gorgeous photograph of the finished piece, and steered colour diversifications, paper designs and gildings to make every bit fascinating and unique.The e-book opens with sections on deciding on paper, apparatus, uncomplicated folds and bases, and making the piece that then develop into construction blocks for all the modular and beaded origami jewellery designs featured within the e-book. there's a part on completing suggestions, via the most a part of the ebook, the listing. writer Ayako Brodek has prepared the listing by means of seasons and motif, and features a component of conventional eastern Designs to boot. each one venture is coded through style: (F) determine; (M) Modular; and (B) Bead.For Spring, readers will learn how to make the Butterfly brooch/pendant, hairpin, bracelet and jewelry; The Flower Bouquet brooch; and the Chick & Egg brooch/pendant. summer season bargains the Sunburst brooch/pendant and matching jewelry; the Seashell brooch and rings; and seashore barrettes. In Fall, theres the Leaf brooch/pendant and rings and the Pinecone necklace and jewelry; and for wintry weather, the Festive foil beaded bauble necklace and rings, and the superstar brooch/pendant and jewelry. In conventional eastern Designs, readers will locate favorites just like the Crane brooch/pendant, tie tack and rings; the Kimono brooch/pendant and rings; and the Paper Fan brooch/pendant and rings.

By James Tarr

ISBN-10: 1440237476

ISBN-13: 9781440237478

By Stuart W. Pyhrr

Accompanies an exhibition to be held on the Metropolitan Museum of paintings, Oct. 26, 1985, to may perhaps 1, 1986.

By Kathleen de la Pena McCook

ISBN-10: 0844246700

ISBN-13: 9780844246703

This identify is a part of the "Opportunities In..." occupation books sequence. finished info at the box of library and data technology presents readers with every little thing they should make an educated occupation selection. they'll discover what lifestyles is like at the activity, what to anticipate when it comes to reimbursement, education requisites and locations to head for additional information. hugely concentrated content material permits readers an in-depth creation to this really good box.

By David W. Lange

ISBN-10: 0974237132

ISBN-13: 9780974237138

The entire advisor to Lincoln Cents is the single publication to hide all elements of the Lincoln cent sequence with entire listings from the 1st Lincoln cent of 1909 in the course of the well-known 1995 doubled-die. each date and mint is illustrated, together with evidence matters. The paintings additionally positive factors specific historic learn major as much as the creation of the Lincoln cent, the engraver and mint officers who designed it, in addition to a biography of Abraham Lincoln.

By Massad Ayoob

ISBN-10: 1440234175

ISBN-13: 9781440234170

In this excerpt from the Gun Digest ebook of hid Carry, Massad Ayoob addresses using shoulder holsters for hid hold. research while to take advantage of a shoulder holster, the easiest process in your gun and strategies for his or her use.

By Tony Russell

ISBN-10: 0195139895

ISBN-13: 9780195139891

ISBN-10: 0198032048

ISBN-13: 9780198032045

ISBN-10: 1423784847

ISBN-13: 9781423784845

Greater than 20 years within the making, nation tune documents files all kingdom tune recording periods from 1921 via 1942. With basic examine in response to documents and consultation logs from checklist businesses, interviews with surviving musicians, in addition to the 200,000 recordings archived on the nation song corridor of repute and Museum's Frist Library and records, this awesome paintings is the 1st compendium to appropriately document the most important info in the back of all of the recording periods of nation tune through the pre-World conflict II period. This discography documents--in alphabetical order through artist--every advertisement state song recording, together with unreleased facets, and exhibits, as thoroughly as attainable, the musicians taking part in at each consultation, in addition to instrumentation. this large project encompasses 2,500 artists, 5,000 consultation musicians, and 10,000 songs. precis histories of every key checklist corporation also are supplied, in addition to a bibliography. The discography comprises indexes to all track titles and musicians indexed.

By Harold Bloom

ISBN-10: 0791081729

ISBN-13: 9780791081723

With delicacy of belief and reminiscence, humour and pathos, Carson McCullers spreads prior to us the 3 levels of a weekend quandary within the lifetime of a motherless twelve-year-old woman. in the span of some hours, the impossible to resist, hoydenish Frankie passionately performs out her fantasies at her elder brother's marriage ceremony. via a dangerous skylight we glance into the brain of a kid torn among her craving to belong and the urge to run away.

By Vivian Carli Kistler

ISBN-10: 1589234227

ISBN-13: 9781589234222