Africa. Ediz. illustrata
Africa. Ediz. illustrata

Author: Michael Poliza

Publisher: Michael Poliza

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 207

ISBN-13: 3832791272

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Africa is a source of amazing bio-diversity and home to some of the planet's most spectacular landscapes. The sights of this awe-inspiring continent are captured with consummate skill and sensitivity by master lensman Michael Poliza. With extensive experience photographing the animals and terrain of Africa, Poliza's viewpoint is shaped by his concern for the fragile eco-systems he chronicles. These images embody the soul of Africa's flora and fauna with a true artist's eye for color and composition. This book will be enjoyed for years to come. Poliza started as a child actor on German TV, then founded several highly successful IT ventures in the US and Germany. His ?STARSHIP MILLENNIUM VOYAGE, ? around the world on a 75 ft expedition yacht, was avidly followed by millions via internet. Poliza now focuses mainly on film and photography, including work for the Discovery Channel. He spends a great deal of time based in Cape Town, and is a pioneer in the use of digital photography for illustrated books. ? An ideal gift, both for the lover of fine art photography and the keen naturalist ? A timeless collection highlighting the beauty of Africa's natural riches

Orlan. Le récit-The narrative. Ediz. illustrata
Orlan. Le récit-The narrative. Ediz. illustrata

Author: Orlan

Publisher:

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13:

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Unique book addressing cooperative algorithms at the MAC layer Cooperative Communications: MAC Protocols focuses on issues pertaining to the MAC layer of wireless cooperative communication networks, offering a rigorous taxonomy of this dispersed field, along with a range of application scenarios for cooperative and distributed schemes to show how these techniques can be employed. The authors provide rigorous analytical tools for reservation and contention based MACs, as well as hybrids. This is complemented by an application of developed techniques to specific wireless standards. There is currently no book on the market which coherently discusses cooperative algorithms at the MAC layer. Introduces background, concepts, applications, milestones and thorough taxonomy of the field, along with a range of application scenarios Identifies the potential in this emerging technology applied to e.g. LTE/WiMAX, WSN Explores reservation-based, contention-based and hybrid cooperative MAC protocols, and applies rigorous mathematical tools to these Demonstrates cross-layer design to boost performance Addresses advanced MAC topics, such as opportunistic and network coded MACs Highlights future research challenges within the cooperative communications Includes an accompanying website ( http://books.cttc.es )

Botticelli Past and Present
Botticelli Past and Present

Author: Ana Debenedetti

Publisher: UCL Press

Published: 2019-01-08

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 178735461X

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The recent exhibitions dedicated to Botticelli around the world show, more than ever, the significant and continued debate about the artist. Botticelli Past and Present engages with this debate. The book comprises four thematic parts, spanning four centuries of Botticelli’s artistic fame and reception from the fifteenth century. Each part comprises a number of essays and includes a short introduction which positions them within the wider scholarly literature on Botticelli. The parts are organised chronologically beginning with discussion of the artist and his working practice in his own time, moving onto the progressive rediscovery of his work from the late eighteenth to the turn of the twentieth century, through to his enduring impact on contemporary art and design. Expertly written by researchers and eminent art historians and richly illustrated throughout, the broad range of essays in this book make a valuable contribution to Botticelli studies.

House of Many Ways
House of Many Ways

Author: Diana Wynne Jones

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-05-26

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 0061861332

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In this sequel to the international bestseller Howl’s Moving Castle, bookish Charmain finds herself smack in the middle of magical court intrigues . . . and dealing with the dashing Wizard Howl. When Charmain Baker agreed to look after her great-uncle's house, she thought she was getting blissful, parent-free time to read. She didn't realize that the house bent space and time, and she did not expect to become responsible for an extremely magical stray dog and a muddled young apprentice wizard. Now, somehow, she's been targeted by a terrifying creature called a lubbock, too, and become central to the king's urgent search for the fabled Elfgift that will save the country. The king is so desperate to find the Elfgift, he's called in an intimidating sorceress named Sophie to help. And where Sophie is, the great Wizard Howl and fire demon Calcifer won't be far behind. How did respectable Charmain end up in such a mess, and how will she get herself out of it? All fans of classic fantasy books deserve the pleasure of reading those by Diana Wynne Jones, whose acclaim included the World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement. As Neil Gaiman stated, she was "quite simply the best writer for children of her generation." The three books in the World of Howl are: Howl's Moving Castle Castle in the Air House of Many Ways Other beloved series from Dianna Wynne Jones include the Chronicles of Chrestomanci and the Dalemark Quartet.

Howl’s Moving Castle
Howl’s Moving Castle

Author: Diana Wynne Jones

Publisher: HarperCollins UK

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 197

ISBN-13: 0007380453

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Now an animated movie from Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki, the oscar-winning director of Spirited Away In this beloved modern classic, young Sophie Hatter from the land of Ingary catches the unwelcome attention of the Witch of the Waste and is put under a spell . . .

The Villa Laurentina of Pliny the Younger in an Eighteenth-century Vision
The Villa Laurentina of Pliny the Younger in an Eighteenth-century Vision

Author: Jerzy Miziołek

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788891308443

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"The book deals with a paper reconstruction of Pliny the Younger' s (c. AD 61-112) villa near Ostia, some twenty kilometres from Rome. This unique work was created in Rome in the years 1777-78 by a young Pole, Count Stanisław Potocki (1755-1821) in cooperation with Giuseppe Manocchi and other outstanding artists of the time. The work, originally in the Potocki collection in Wilanów, is today housed in the iconographic collection of the National Library, Warsaw. It contains over thirty large-format drawings (57.789.5 cm) in colour. Just before the close of the 18th century, probably during his last sojourn in Italy (1795-97), Count Potocki wrote a 24-page-long commentary to his work, entitled Notes et Idées sur la Villa de Pline. This hitherto unpublished manuscript commentary and reconstruction drawings of the villa are now published together with a virtual visualisation of the villa produced in 3D Studio Max 2014."--