Take a Closer Look
Take a Closer Look

Author: Daniel Arasse

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2013-09-08

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 0691151547

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What paintings can teach us—if we can really learn to see them What happens when we look at a painting? What do we think about? What do we imagine? How can we explain, even to ourselves, what we see or think we see? And how can art historians interpret with any seriousness what they observe? In six engaging, short narrative "fictions," each richly illustrated in color, Daniel Arasse, one of the most brilliant art historians of our time, cleverly and gracefully guides readers through a variety of adventures in seeing, from Velázquez to Titian, Bruegel to Tintoretto. By demonstrating that we don't really see what these paintings are trying to show us, Arasse makes it clear that we need to take a closer look. In chapters that each have a different form, including a letter, an interview, and an animated conversation with a colleague, the book explores how these pictures teach us about ways of seeing across the centuries. In the process, Arasse freshly lays bare the dazzling power of painting. Fast-paced and full of humor as well as insight, this is a book for anyone who cares about really looking at, seeing, and understanding paintings.

Take a Closer Look
Take a Closer Look

Author: Bryan McAnally

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2007-07-31

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1416546715

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It's the Bible like you've never seen it - it's your life like you've never lived it. The Bible. You may have grown up reading its pages, memorizing its stories, considering its claims. Now you can take a closer look at those familiar passages in this uncommon series: Take a Closer Look, Take a Closer Look for Teens, and Take a Closer Look for Women. Discover a new power-packed and personal perspective that can't help but change your world. You'll experience a fresh encounter with God, the author of the most compelling book in history, and embark on a lifelong adventure designed just for you.

The Lord's Prayer: Take a Closer Look
The Lord's Prayer: Take a Closer Look

Author: Jim Webb

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2014-05-13

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1490821201

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The Lords Prayer has been called a model prayer by many good theologians. But it is also true that it is among the least scrutinized of all teachings in the Bible, and therefore one of the least studied and understood. We need to remind ourselves that when Jesus gave this teaching to us it was for the express purpose of establishing a good communication with God out in the joys and scuffles of daily life. This book is offered to take the reader back to that purpose. We need to put ourselves back in the shoes of those who heard this teaching on prayer for the first time. When we do, we find our identity, our destiny, and our purpose for living at the very foundation of what Jesus told us here, along with the corollaries too. We discover that this and this alone is the foundational teaching on communicating with God in the New Testament, and when all else is stripped away it is the one understanding we cannot do without; it becomes our anchor point. It not only focuses our understanding on the truth behind all things; it exposes a great deal of falsehood as a consequence. How could it not? When the road we walk is rock solid at its base, the quicksand is easy to spot and avoid. This book takes each element of this prayer and discusses it in-depth, and each element reveals more than what first meets the eye. Of course, this prayer-teaching by Jesus of Nazareth is of necessity coupled with a great deal of related New Testament teaching throughout the book.

A Universe Too Far
A Universe Too Far

Author: B.R. Miller

Publisher: Page Publishing Inc

Published: 2022-08-01

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13: 1642144010

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Several years ago, the spaceship Genesis was sent out on Earth's first mission to other solar systems to seek out the possibility of life, and even intelligent life on other worlds. That mission did indeed find life to be abundant in the heavens, and the Genesis ship found itself in a great expanse of space with no heavenly bodies. They turned back, fearing they might be headed for a black hole. When I returned to Earth, the scientists were very puzzled. The scientists could not believe the presence of a void in that sector of space. The spaceship Gemini was built and launched to find an answer to that question. The Gemini did in fact prove the existence of that black void but then returned to Earth with many more questions than answers. Perhaps you may have an answer. This book effectively becomes a sequel to The Genesis Mission. Certain ideas put forth in Genesis left things unanswered. This book attempts to cover the possibilities that scientists would want answers to questions which arose in The Genesis Mission.

Get Closer
Get Closer

Author: Alyssa Turner

Publisher: Alyssa Turner

Published: 2022-05-21

Total Pages: 109

ISBN-13:

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So close, I can almost touch it. Yet another business trip, and I find myself seated next to a smoking-hot piece of eye candy on my flight to New York. Turns out he's got a special talent for locating the free-spirit I thought I'd lost somewhere at the bottom of my laptop bag. He said it was nice to meet me, but I wouldn't know how nice until we got very familiar with an airplane blanket and each other too. It was a crazy thing to do, just a onetime stunt. So why am I still thinking about him after five years? The cutie I'm consulting with now at Hunter Railways should be a good distraction, only as my luck would have it, they know each other and it looks like they want to know each other even better. I should just go back to focusing on my career. That's what I'll do...except I can't stop asking myself, what if I could have it all? What if they could too? Get your fix of office romance with a new ménage triad in each book. Get Closer is a: steamy, second chance, MMF, workplace, bisexual romance, set in NYC, with friends to lovers who are in a gay for you bromance.

Victor
Victor

Author: Chuck Smith

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2013-06-19

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1483655245

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Reunited with an old friend, Victor discovers there is something fishy going on with the towns people. This discovery starts an investigation full of mystery and excitement.

Road Trip
Road Trip

Author: Gary Paulsen

Publisher: Yearling

Published: 2014-01-07

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 0307930866

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A summer adventure you'll never forget, from a beloved Newbery Honor winning author! Dad and Ben haven't been getting along lately, and Dad hopes a road trip to rescue a border collie will help them reconnect. But Ben is on to Dad's scheme, and he's got ideas of his own. Like inviting his buddy, Theo, who's sure to get into fun (and trouble) along the way. And if Dad wants a family road trip, then the family dog, Atticus, should get to come, too. What could go wrong? But when their truck breaks down, the family trip takes plenty of unexpected turns. Before they know it, they've commandeered an old school bus and joined forces with its cranky mechanic, Gus. Next, they pick up Mia, a waitress escaping a tense situation. Only sharp-eyed Atticus realizes that Theo is on the run from something bad—and someone is following them. With alternating chapters from both Ben and his dog, Atticus, this fast-paced book takes readers on an unpredictable ride that's all about family, friendship, and surprises.

Mushin
Mushin

Author:

Publisher: Dorrance Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13: 1434974510

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Beyond Decommissioning
Beyond Decommissioning

Author: Michele Laraia

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing

Published: 2019-06-08

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 008102875X

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Beyond Decommissioning: The Reuse and Redevelopment of Nuclear Installations presents the most up-to-date research and guidance on the reuse and redevelopment of nuclear plants and sites. Consultant Michele Laraia extensively builds upon experience from the redevelopment of non-nuclear industrial sites, a technical field that has considerably predated nuclear applications, to help the reader gain a very thorough and practical understanding of the redevelopment opportunities for decommissioned nuclear sites. Laraia emphasizes the socioeconomic and financial benefits from very early planning for site reuse, including how to manage the decommissioning transition, anticipate financial issues, and effectively utilize available resources. With an increasing number of decommissioning projects being conducted worldwide, it is critical that knowledge gained by experts with hands-on experience is passed on to the younger generation of nuclear professionals. Besides, this book describes the experiences of non-nuclear organizations that have reutilized the human, financial, and physical site assets, with adaptations, for a new productive mission, making it a key reference for all parties associated with nuclear operation and decommissioning. Those responsible for nuclear operation and decommissioning are encouraged to incorporate site reuse within an integrated, beginning-to-end view of their projects. The book also appeals to nuclear regulators as it highlights more opportunities to complete nuclear decommissioning safely, speedily, and in the best interests of all concerned parties. - Includes lessons learned from worldwide case studies of reuse and repurposing of nuclear plants from both the nuclear and non-nuclear industries - Provides practical guidance on a broad-spectrum of factors and opportunities for nuclear decommissioning - Identifies the roles and responsibilities of parties involved, including nuclear operators, regulators and authorities, land planners and environmentalists