From Amara Dulcis to Yarrow All-Heal to Vipers Bugloss Culpepers Complete Herbal & English Physician Enlarged offers remedies for all ills known to Seventeenth century society. Together with the alphabetical section on herbs their provenance & properties there is The English Physician & Family Dispensary which provides an astrologo-physical discourse of the human virtues in the body of man. Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654) studied at Cambridge & became an apothecary physician & astrologer in London. Whilst only the imprudent would follow his dictates today without question the Herbal remains a fascinating historical treatise & stands as a monument to botanical & medical science. ...

No this isnt a book about joining some fringe cult. Its a book by LEGO (r) fans for LEGO fans & you & your kids will love it. In The Cult of LEGO Wireds Geek Dad blogger John Baichtal & Brick Journal founder Joe Meno take you on a magnificent illustrated tour of the LEGO community its people & their creations. The Cult of LEGO introduces us to fans & builders from all walks of life. People like professional LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya; enigmatic Dutch painter Ego Leonard (who maintains that he is in fact a LEGO minifig); Angus Mac Lane a Pixar animator who builds Cube Dudes instantly recognizable likenesses of fictional characters; Brick Testament creator Brendan Powell Smith who uses LEGO to illustrate biblical stories; & Henry Lim whose work

Includes:: a series of models recreating M.C. Escher lithographs & a full-scale functioning LEGO harpsichord. Marvel at spectacular LEGO creations like: * A life-sized Stegosaurus & an 80 000-brick T. Rex skeleton * Detailed microscale versions of landmarks like the Acropolis & Yankee Stadium * A 22-foot long 350-pound re-creation of the World War II battleship Yamato * A robotic giant chess set that can replay historical matches or take on an opponent * A three-level remote-controlled Jawa Sandcrawler complete with moving conveyor belt Whether youre a card-carrying LEGO fanatic or just thinking fondly about that dusty box of LEGO in storage The Cult of LEGO will inspire you to take out your bricks & build something amazing. Gold Medal Independent Publisher Book Award IPPY" for Pop Culture Silver Medal 2012 Fore Word Book of the Year Awards for Crafts & Hobbies Grand Prize 2012 San Francisco Book Festival Selected for the Communication Arts 2012 Design Annual Praise for The Cult of LEGO "I defy you to read & admire this book & not want to doodle with some bricks by the time youre done." -Gareth Branwyn online editor-in-chief MAKE Magazine " This fascinating look at the world of devoted LEGO fans deserves a place on the bookshelf of anyone whos ever played with LEGO bricks." -Chris Anderson editor-in-chief Wired "A crazy fun read from cover to cover this book deserves a special spot on the bookshelf of any self-respecting nerd." -Jake Mc Kee former global community manager the LEGO Group " An excellent book & a must have for any LEGO enthusiast out there. The pictures are awesome!" -Ulrik Pilegaard author of Forbidden LEGO " Were all members of the Cult of LEGO-the only membership requirement is clicking two pieces of plastic together & wanting to click more. Now we have a book that justifies our obsession." -James Floyd Kelly blogger for Geek Dad.com & The NXTStep.com"

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In Andy Mc Dermotts brilliant new novel Nina Wilde & Eddie Chase are on the hunt for the lost pyramid of Osiris... The incredible secret of the Great Sphinx of Egypt is about to be revealed. An archaeological dig is preparing to open the Hall of Records a repository of ancient knowledge hidden beneath the enigmatic statue. But on the night of the unveiling student Macy Sharif makes a shocking discovery: a religious cult already raiding the Hall of Records to find the location of the mythical Pyramid of Osiris. Framed by corrupt officials she goes on the run trying to reach the only people who can save her before she is silenced
- permanently. Discredited jobless & broke archaeologist Nina Wilde & ex-SAS soldier Eddie Chase have problems of their own
- until Macys plea for help sends them on a deadly quest across the globe as they try to reach the mysterious pyramid before Khalid Osir the charismatic leader of the Osirian Temple. But is the cults motive purely greed...or something more sinister?

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While very few of us can boast a shoe collection to rival that of Imelda Marcos its difficult to deny the mood-enhancing effect of a shiny new pair of shoes. & when a woman goes shoe-shopping whether for skyscraper heels or wear-with-anything ballet flats shes spoilt for choice. Cult Shoes is a lavishly illustrated exploration of the worlds top shoe brands & designers from Manolo Blahnik to Melissa Camper to Clarks & from the eighteenth century to the present day. Fashion journalist Harriet Walker selects 30 famous names that have an enduring appeal or command a devoted following & recounts the history of each brand & its most iconic designs among them the scarlet leather Repetto pumps immortalized by Brigitte Bardot in 1956 in
- & God Created Woman & Terry de Havillands multicoloured wedges which have adorned the feet of celebrities since the late 1960s. A must-have for any shoe fanatic the book also

Includes:: a concise illustrated introduction to the history of footwear & short features on key personalities & lesser-known but influential brands.


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One stupendous starburst of wild brilliance SIMON SCHAMA Aphoristic & acutely provocative: a crash course in civilization J. M. COETZEE Organized from A through Z & containing over 100 essays Cultural Amnesia is the ultimate guide to the twentieth century. This is a beautiful book. James proves himself not only to be in possession of a towering intellect but a singular ability to communicate his passions Observer Witty insightful & unashamedly erudite the book is a superb miscellany of 20th-century cultural & political subjects The Sunday Times Over the past forty years James has been scribbling notes in the margins of the books he has read.. .and this is the result. Clever contentious & funny Guardian An eclectic journey through the 20th century as Clive James explores the careers of luminaries such as Charles de Gaulle & Charlie Chaplin Daily Express ...

The Culture of Control charts the dramatic changes in crime control & criminal justice that have occurred in Britain & America over the last 25 years. It then explains these transformations by showing how the social organization of late modern society has prompted a series of political & cultural adaptations that alter how governments & citizens think & act in relation to crime. The book presents an original & in-depth analysis of contemporary crime control revealing its underlying logics & rationalities & identifying the social relations & cultural sensibilities that have produced this new culture of control. In developing a history of the present" in the field of crime control David Garland presents an intertwined history of the welfare state & the criminal justice state a theory of social & penal change & an account of how social order is constructed in late modern societies. Drawing on extensive research in the UK & the USA he shows in detail how the social economic & cultural forces of the late 20th century have reshaped criminological thought public policy & the cultural meaning of crime & criminals. The Culture of Control explains how our responses to crime & our sense of criminal justice came to be so dramatically reconfigured at the end of the 20th century. The shifting policies of crime & punishment welfare & security
- & the changing class race & gender relations that underpin them
- are viewed as aspects of the problem of governing late modern society & creating social order in a rapidly changing social world. Its theoretical scope empirical range & interpretative insight make this book an indispensable guide to one of the central issues of our time."

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Once considered a mere caretaker for collections the curator is now widely viewed as a globally connected auteur. Over the last twenty-five years as international group exhibitions & biennials have become the dominant mode of presenting contemporary art to the public curatorship has begun to be perceived as a constellation of creative activities not unlike artistic praxis. The curator has gone from being a behind-the-scenes organizer & selector to a visible centrally important cultural producer. In The Culture of Curating & the Curating of Culture (s) Paul ONeill examines the emergence of independent curatorship & the discourse that helped to establish it. ONeill describes how by the 1980s curated group exhibitions--large-scale temporary projects with artworks cast as illustrative fragments--came to be understood as the creative work of curator-auteurs. The proliferation of new biennials & other large international exhibitions in the 1990s created a cohort of high-profile globally mobile curators moving from Venice to Paris to Kassel. In the 1990s curatorial & artistic practice converged blurring the distinction between artist & curator. ONeill argues that this change in the understanding of curatorship was shaped by a curator-centered discourse that effectively advocated--and authorized--the new independent curatorial practice. Drawing on the extensive curatorial literature & his own interviews with leading curators critics art historians & artists ONeill traces the development of the curator-as-artist model & the ways it has been contested. The Culture of Curating & the Curating of Culture (s) documents the many ways in which our perception of art has been transformed by curating & the discourses surrounding it. ...

Praise for the first edition: Julier provides an important contemporary account of how design disciplines act & interact in the world!. an important resource for the student of design! perfection as a cultural studies text
- European Journal of Cultural Studies Aimed at students of design studies design history cultural studies & sociology The Culture of Design offers a unique overview of design practice in contemporary culture & society. Drawing on a range of theoretical perspectives Julier nevertheless foregrounds the everyday business & professional context in which designers work. The second edition of The Culture of Design has been thoroughly revised & updated & contains new case studies including one on the iPod. In addition the book now has a new introductory chapter that outlines academic approaches to design culture & an extended final chapter which looks at the links between design & management studies & how the creative industries function in the context of urban regeneration & social participation.
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A young Australian working girl from London struggles to adapt to diplomatic life among the royal courtiers of Swaziland in post-independence Zimbabwe & in Angola amid the gunfire of the civil war. She accompanies her husband the striding KJ on his African postings together with two English bull terriers & a large redoubtable African tabby cat. As each country unfolds its challenges & discoveries she shares her delight her wry humour & keen sense of the ridiculous. In a darker mood we follow KJ in Somalia during the famine & in Rwanda after the genocide. The book will appeal to travellers; to those who have worked overseas & coped with culture shock. The writer a psychologist delves into history & sociology revels in the bizarre &

Includes:: recipes collected along the way.

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The revolutionary study of how the place where wegrew up shapes the way we think feel & act--with new

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