General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
Published: 1969
Total Pages: 1138
ISBN-13:
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Corcoran Gallery of Art
Author: Corcoran Gallery of Art
Publisher: Lucia Marquand
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781555953614
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis authoritative catalogue of the Corcoran Gallery of Art's renowned collection of pre-1945 American paintings will greatly enhance scholarly and public understanding of one of the finest and most important collections of historic American art in the world. Composed of more than 600 objects dating from 1740 to 1945.
The Manchurian Candidate
Author: Richard Condon
Publisher: RosettaBooks
Published: 2013-11-25
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 0795335067
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe classic thriller about a hostile foreign power infiltrating American politics: “Brilliant . . . wild and exhilarating.” —The New Yorker A war hero and the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Sgt. Raymond Shaw is keeping a deadly secret—even from himself. During his time as a prisoner of war in North Korea, he was brainwashed by his Communist captors and transformed into a deadly weapon—a sleeper assassin, programmed to kill without question or mercy at his captors’ signal. Now he’s been returned to the United States with a covert mission: to kill a candidate running for US president . . . This “shocking, tense” and sharply satirical novel has become a modern classic, and was the basis for two film adaptations (San Francisco Chronicle). “Crammed with suspense.” —Chicago Tribune “Condon is wickedly skillful.” —Time
The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal
Author: The J. Paul Getty Museum
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 1993-02-11
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 0892362286
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe J. Paul Getty Museum Journal has been published annually since 1974. It contains scholarly articles and shorter notes pertaining to objects in the Museum’s seven curatorial departments: Antiquities, Manuscripts, Paintings, Drawings, Decorative Arts, Sculpture and Works of Art, and Photographs. The Journal includes an illustrated checklist of the Museum’s acquisitions for the precious year, a staff listing, and a statement by the Museum’s director outlining the year’s most important activities. Volume 20 of the J. Paul Getty Museum Journal contains an index to volumes 1 to 20 and includes articles by John Walsh, Carl Brandon Strehlke, Barbara Bohen, Kelly Pask, Suzanne Lewis, Elizabeth Pilliod, Anne Ratzki-Kraatz, Sharon K. Shore, Linda A. Strauss, Brian Considine, Arie Wallert, Richard Rand, And Jacky De Veer-Langezaal.
Western Plainchant
Author: David Hiley
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 764
ISBN-13: 9780198165729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPlainchant is the oldest substantial body of music that has been preserved in any shape or form. It was first written down in Western Europe in the eighth to ninth centuries. Many thousands of chants have been sung at different times or places in a multitude of forms and styles, responding to the differing needs of the church through the ages. This book provides a clear and concise introduction, designed both for those to whom the subject is new and those who require a reference work for advanced study. It begins with an explanation of the liturgies that plainchant was designed to serve. It describes all the chief genres of chant, different types of liturgical book, and plainchant notations. After an exposition of early medieval theoretical writing on plainchant, Hiley provides a historical survey that traces the constantly changing nature of the repertory. He also discusses important musicians and centers of composition. Copiously illustrated with over 200 musical examples, this book highlights the diversity of practice and richness of the chant repertory in the Middle Ages. It will be an indispensable introduction and reference source on this important music for many years to come.
A Catalogue of Manuscripts Known to Contain Old English Dry-Point Glosses
Author: Dieter Studer-Joho
Publisher: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag
Published: 2017-11-27
Total Pages: 329
ISBN-13: 3772000304
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile quill and ink were the writing implements of choice in the Anglo-Saxon scriptorium, other colouring and non-colouring writing implements were in active use, too. The stylus, among them, was used on an everyday basis both for taking notes in wax tablets and for several vital steps in the creation of manuscripts. Occasionally, the stylus or perhaps even small knives were used for writing short notes that were scratched in the parchment surface without ink. One particular type of such notes encountered in manuscripts are dry-point glosses, i.e. short explanatory remarks that provide a translation or a clue for a lexical or syntactic difficulty of the Latin text. The present study provides a comprehensive overview of the known corpus of dry-point glosses in Old English by cataloguing the 34 manuscripts that are currently known to contain such glosses. A first general descriptive analysis of the corpus of Old English dry-point glosses is provided and their difficult visual appearance is discussed with respect to the theoretical and practical implications for their future study.
Crossing the Rubicon
Author: Michael C. Ruppert
Publisher: New Society Publisher
Published: 2004-09-15
Total Pages: 773
ISBN-13: 1550923188
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe acclaimed investigative reporter and author of Confronting Collapse examines the global forces that led to 9/11 in this provocative exposé. The attacks of September 11, 2001 were accomplished through an amazing orchestration of logistics and personnel. Crossing the Rubicon examines how such a conspiracy was possible through an interdisciplinary analysis of petroleum, geopolitics, narco-traffic, intelligence and militarism—without which 9/11 cannot be understood. In reality, 9/11 and the resulting "War on Terror" are parts of a massive authoritarian response to an emerging economic crisis of unprecedented scale. Peak Oil—the beginning of the end for our industrial civilization—is driving the elites of American power to implement unthinkably draconian measures of repression, warfare and population control. Crossing the Rubicon is more than a story of corruption and greed. It is a map of the perilous terrain through which we are all now making our way.
The Search for the "Manchurian Candidate"
Author: John D. Marks
Publisher: Dell Publishing Company
Published: 1988-07-01
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780440201373
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe CIA's attempt to find effective mind control techniques are recounted from their origins in the drug research of World War II, to their experiments on frequently unknowing subjects involving hypnosis and drugs such as LSD
Catalogue of the Magnificent Library of Choice and Valuable Books & Manuscripts, the Property of the Rt. Hon. Lord Amherst of Hackney
Author: William Amhurst Tyssen-Amherst Baron Amherst
Publisher:
Published: 1908
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cultural Contradictions Of Capitalism
Author: Daniel Bell
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1996-10-18
Total Pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780465014996
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith a new afterword by the author, this classic analysis of Western liberal capitalist society contends that capitalism—and the culture it creates—harbors the seeds of its own downfall by creating a need among successful people for personal gratification—a need that corrodes the work ethic that led to their success in the first place. With the end of the Cold War and the emergence of a new world order, this provocative manifesto is more relevant than ever.
