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  • Leonardo's Salvator Mundi and the Collecting of Leonardo in the Stuart Courts

    by Martin Kemp, Robert B. Simon, Margaret Dalivalle ...
    The Salvator Mundi is the first Leonardo painting to be discovered for over a century. Following its re-emergence, it played a leading role in the landmark Leonardo exhibition at the National Gallery in London in 2011, after which it was purchased by a Russian oligarch. In 2017 it was auctioned by Christie's in New York, fetching the world record price of $450m, and now forms part of the ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • What Did the Cross Accomplish?

    A Conversation about the Atonement

    by Simon Gathercole, Robert B. Stewart, N.T. Wright ...
    In this book, readers will enjoy a fascinating and cordial discussion between N. T. Wright and Simon Gathercole on the meaning and nature of the doctrine of atonement. These two highly respected scholars discuss in clear and understandable language the meanings of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Their discussion explores various theories of atonement and looks closely at the Old Testament to ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Ritual and Its Consequences

    An Essay on the Limits of Sincerity

    by Adam B. Seligman, Robert P. Weller, Michael J, Simon ...
    This pioneering, interdisciplinary work shows how rituals allow us to live in a perennially imperfect world. Drawing on a variety of cultural settings, the authors utilize psychoanalytic and anthropological perspectives to describe how ritual--like play--creates "as if" worlds, rooted in the imaginative capacity of the human mind to create a subjunctive universe. The ability to cross between ... Read more

    $75.59 USD

  • The Intellectual Landscape in the Works of J. M. Coetzee

    by Tim Mehigan, Maria Boletsi, Markus Winkler, Martin Woessner, Patrick Hayes, Robert B. Pippin, Robert Stockhammer, Simon During, Professor Christian Moser0, Alexander Honold1, Anton Leist2, Carrol Clarkson3, David Attwell4, Derek Attrige5, Elisa Aaltola6 ...
    Arguably the most decorated and critically acclaimed writer of today, J. M. Coetzee is a deeply intellectual writer. Yet while just about everyone who comes to Coetzee's writing is aware that the visible superstructure of his works is moved from below by a vast substructure of ideas, we are still far from grasping Coetzee's intellectual allegiances as a whole. This book sets out to examine these ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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    Forgotten Authors, The - American Men

    Don't let great literature die

    by H F Arnold, Samuel Blas, Fredric Brown, Ralph Adams Cram, Jacques Futrelle, Thomas W Hanshew, Arthur Sherburne Hardy, William Dean Howells, Seymour Le Moyne, Ingersoll Lockwood, Robert Duncan Milne, Simon Newcomb, Vincent O'Sullivan, Arthur B Reeve, Tod Robbins, Morgan Robertson, Clark Ashton Smith, Edward Lucas White, W Carey Wonderly ...
    Narrated by Michael Lyons, Eric Meyers, Mark Rice-Oxley ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 21 min

    Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Pest Management in Cotton

    A Global Perspective

    by Zeeshan Ahmed, Yasar Akiscan, Abid Ali, Charles T. Allen, Silas Wintuma Avicor, Jack Bacheler, Steve M. Brown, Feza Can, Angus L. Catchot, Jr, Keith Edmisten, Pius Elobu, Bahodir Eshchanov, S.T.Gawande, Paul Grundy, Zheng Guo, Joe C. B. Kabissa, Steve Koenning, Billy R Leonard, Zhaozhi Lu, Cafer Mart, Anthony Muriithi, D.T. Nagrale, V.S. Nagrare, Ochou Germain Ochou, Berkant Ödemis, Jane Pierce, Dominic Reisig, Philip M. Roberts, J Tunstall, Simone Silva Viera, M.V. Venugopalan, V.N. Waghmare, Alan York ...
    This book presents a global overview of the background to, and the current state of, crop protection and pest management in cotton crops. Cotton is one of the most economically important crops in the world and has been grown for centuries but maintaining high yields of good quality requires sophisticated approaches to pest management. The introduction and use of pesticides over the decades ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

  • The Art of Touch

    A Collection of Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond

    by Faye Rapoport DesPres, Magdalena Ball, Bonnie Boucher, Anne Casey, Joy Castro, Quintin Collins, Paula Coomer, Laura Crucianelli, María Luisa Arroyo Cruzado0, Linda DeFruscio-Robinson1, Erika Dreifus2, Raphael Frumkin3, Nicole Hardy4, Will Jennings5, Meg Kearney6, Becky Kennedy7, Sarah Kotchian8, Rocco Lo Bosco9, Sarah McElwain0, Damian McNicholl1, Lynda Miller2, Lynn C. Miller3, Sarah Moon4, Kate Niles5, Anne-Marie Oomen6, Alicia Ostriker7, Christine Page8, Judith Simon Prager9, Robert Root0, Paul Singer1, Phyllis M Skoy2, Donna Baier Stein3, Grace Anne Stevens4, Alison Stone5, Daniel B. Summerhill6, Deborah Swift7, Beatriz Terrazas8, Meg Tuite9, Susan J. Tweit0 ...
    In The Art of Touch: Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond, the unique voices of thirty-nine of some of the most creative thinkers of our times have been brought together to consider the profound impact of one of our five main senses: touch.Psychologists, healers, massage therapists, academics, creative writers, and others reflect on or tell personal stories about what it means to be able ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Mystical Symbolism and the Posthuman in the 20th and 21st Century Poetic Voice of Ana Rossetti

    The Purple Gladiolus and the Mystic's Map

    by Robert Simon ...
    This study, spanning c. 1980 to 2016, offers an alternative critical perspective of the poetic works of the acclaimed Spanish poet Ana Rossetti. At its core, it explores the presence of Posthumanism and the mystical in late 20th and early 21st Century Iberian poetics, and more specifically, how Rossetti's more recent poetry expresses the same tendency toward a transcultural and posthuman model ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Blanca Andreu, Galicia, and the New Iberian Mysticism

    From Post-Mortem to Post-Mystic

    by Robert Simon ...
    This book contributes to the ongoing discussion of the place of contemporary Galician writer Blanca Andreu’s work within the 1980s post-“novísimo” movement, as part of a larger resurgence of the Surrealist in Spanish poetry and its possible placement in the more recent mystical poetry of Spain. It provides a detailed textual analysis of her poetry, and in doing so reveals not only that her work ... Read more

    $93.19 USD

  • Bohuslav Martinů

    A Research and Information Guide

    by Robert Simon ...
    Series series Routledge Music Bibliographies
    This annotated bibliography uncovers the wealth of resources available to prospective researchers and supports emerging scholarship and inquiry into the life and music of this Czech composer. It includes all secondary sources on Martinu and his music, as well as chronology of his life and a complete list of works. ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Control in an Age of Empowerment

    by Robert Simons ...
    Series series Harvard Business Review Classics
    In Control in an Age of Empowerment, Robert Simons explains how to give employees the freedom to innovate while protecting your firm from loose cannons. Using powerful examples, Simons shows how to apply four powerful management "levers" to balance autonomy with control: Traditional diagnostic control systems, Belief systems, Boundary systems, and Interactive control systems. Used in concert, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Levers Of Organization Design

    How Managers Use Accountability Systems For Greater Performance And Commitment

    by Robert Simons ...
    The design of an organization--the accountability system that defines roles, rights, and responsibilities throughout the firm--has a direct impact on the performance of every employee. Yet, few leaders devote focused attention to how this design is chosen, implemented, and adjusted over time. Robert Simons argues that by viewing design as a powerful and proactive management lever--rather than an ... Read more

    $32.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus