There's no reason to sacrifice beauty, because this hardworking visual guide reveals a personalized, future - minded approach to creating a sustainable - and stylish - home by emphasizing conscientious consumerism and climate - aware choices. In this book, you'll visit a remodeled apartment inspired by the Slow Food movement, a DIY tree - house cabin, a multigenerational courtyard compound, and a family home built from hemp. There are tips on practices that reduce your environmental impact room by room, like adopting a gentler laundry routine, as well as eco-conscious guidelines for choosing nontoxic paint, upgrading windows, and eliminating plastic.Change begins in the home, and it's inspiring to learn how such steps, no matter how small, contribute to the greater good.
Möchten Sie Kinderaugen vor Begeisterung strahlen sehen? Dann zaubern Sie doch Spielzeuge von Ihrer Drechselbank!§Ob Stapelmenschen, Rasseln oder Rennwagen - dieses Buch bietet eine Fülle von Projekten für Kinderspielzeuge. Doch nicht nur Traditionelles nimmt Richard Raffan ins Visier, auch Aktuelles erhält ihre Magie auf der Drechselbank. So dürfen Zauberstab und (Feuer-)Kelch heutzutage in keinem Kinderzimmer mehr fehlen!§Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitungen und zahlreiche Abbildungen erklären detailliert die Vorgehensweise. Richard Raffan geht zudem auf Grundlegendes beim Trocknen, Vorbereiten und Behandeln des Holzes ein. Er vermittelt, wo potenzielle Probleme beim Drechseln lauern und schildert genau, wie man sie vermeiden kann.
Here is your opportunity to own a copy of the latest version of "A Roof Cutter's Secrets" (2012). This is the very book that many believe revolutionized the modern home framing industry. It has been the "go to" reference book of choice for rough carpenters since the late 80s. It remains unrivaled in popularity and relevance.In 350 pages of clear, concise instructions, including over 300 drawings and photos, professional roof cutter Will Holladay shares the knowledge he has gathered over his lengthy career in rough carpentry. There are speed and production tricks/techniques from his years as a roof cutter and stacker in the Los Angeles housing tracts during the 70s; complicated custom home framing methodology from his years as a high end framing contractor along the California Coast during the 80s - 90s; and finally lessons learned from various arcane and oddball situations that he has faced through the 00s and onward as a framing consultant. In KISS format, Will presents the "how to" principles required to conquer nearly any type of complicated framing challenge. From steep hillside lot underpinning to detailing plates, from plumb and line issues to beam work, from regular roofs to unequal pitch versions, from bastard intersections to polygon and round shaped roofs, from eyebrow dormers to hanging fascia, from simple stair layout to elaborate circular staircase construction, from pop-out Bay windows to chandelier domes - it is all there. Situations not found anywhere else. The amount of information jam packed into this book is absolutely amazing! There is even a special section at the end of the book devoted specifically to applying the Construction Master Calculator to various situations found in the book. "A Roof Cutter's Secrets" is one resource that you will most certainly want to keep in your tool box.So, no matter where you fit in the construction industry - apprentice, journeyman, foreman, supervisor, contractor or architect - you're bound to pick up some new techniques and methods from "A Roof Cutter's Secrets" that will help increase job site productivity and improve the delivered job quality.
You deserve a home that meets your specific needs and desires!If you find yourself dreaming of the perfect patio, the ideal kitchen, and inviting rooms where you love to spend time, it might just be time to start building! With Building Your Custom Home For Dummies, you won't have to feel intimidated as you plan, finance, and oversee construction on your new oasis. You'll learn what it takes to build a custom home, including which pros to call and when. This updated edition also covers the latest in real estate and home construction trends, including smart homes, green building, and banking options.It's more important than ever to live in a home that's truly how you want it, truly your own. Now is the perfect time to get started--if you're still in the dreaming stage, this book will help you identify your style and articulate your vision. If you're further along in the process, you'll benefit from checklists and pointers on reviewing architects' plans, evaluating contractor bids, flipping the home you build, and more.* The latest guidance on building a beautiful home on any budget* New ideas for high-tech homes with low carbon footprints* Step-by-step instructions for securing financing, hiring architects, and finding reliable contractors* Advice on how to invest your home-building budget wisely and plan for the futureBuilding Your Custom Home For Dummies takes you from finding the perfect homesite through laying the foundation to framing and finishing--in the friendly Dummies style you can trust.
Eric Layton, an engineer in the solar industry who installs solar panels, wrote this guide for readers that are trying to build their own solar or wind system. Using pictures, this do-it-yourself (DIY) solar and wind system was built with a battery back-up
The follow-up to the bestselling Complete Book of Home Organization, the Complete Book of Home Cleaning is a complete, eco-friendly guide to cleaning your home. From establishing routines, making schedules, and DIYing green cleaning so
A discussion of 'primitive' Christianity - Christianity in its original form, this work was first given as Speaker's Lectures in Oxford. Covering the first five centuries of Christianity, it argues that neither a theology of the New Testament nor a history of the early Church can do justice to all the dimensions of the earliest Christianity. It explores in depth the formation of primitive Christianity and studies the effect of the two great crises of primitive Christianity: the split with Judaism and the threat from Gnosticism. It is aimed at academic theologians.
In this pioneering work of biblical hermeneutics, Flacius provides the reader with a reliable way to know not only what the Scriptures mean for him or her, but what the Scriptures actually and objectively mean, as Scripture interprets itself.
In the middle of the fourteenth century, the Franciscan friar John of Rupescissa sent a dramatic warning to his followers: the last days were coming; the apocalypse was near. Deemed insane by the Christian church, Rupescissa had spent more than a decade confined to prisons--in one case wrapped in chains and locked under a staircase--yet ill treatment could not silence the friar's apocalyptic message. Religious figures who preached the end times were hardly rare in the late Middle Ages, but Rupescissa's teachings were unique. He claimed that knowledge of the natural world, and alchemy in particular, could act as a defense against the plagues and wars of the last days. His melding of apocalyptic prophecy and quasi-scientific inquiry gave rise to a new genre of alchemical writing and a novel cosmology of heaven and earth. Most important, the friar's research represented a remarkable convergence between science and religion. In order to understand scientific knowledge today, Leah DeVun asks that we revisit Rupescissa's life and the critical events of his age--the Black Death, the Hundred Years' War, the Avignon Papacy--through his eyes.Rupescissa treated alchemy as medicine (his work was the conceptual forerunner of pharmacology) and represented the emerging technologies and views that sought to combat famine, plague, religious persecution, and war. The advances he pioneered, along with the exciting strides made by his contemporaries, shed critical light on later developments in medicine, pharmacology, and chemistry.
This volume brings together in one compass the Orthodox Churches - the ecumenical patriarchate of Constantinople and the Russian, Armenian, Ethiopian, Egyptian and Syrian Churches. It follows their fortunes from the late Middle Ages until modern times - exactly the period when their history has been most neglected. Inevitably, this emphasises differences in teachings and experience, but it also brings out common threads, most notably the resilience displayed in the face of alien and often hostile political regimes. The central theme is the survival against the odds of Orthodoxy in its many forms into the modern era. The last phase of Byzantium proves to have been surprisingly important in this survival. It provided Orthodoxy with the intellectual, artistic and spiritual reserves to meet later challenges. The continuing vitality of the Orthodox Churches is evident for example in the Sunday School Movement in Egypt and the Zoe brotherhood in Greece.
"The Seven Ecumenical Councils Of The Undivided Church: Their Canons And Dogmatic Decrees Together With The Canons Of All The Local synods Which Have Received Ecumenical Acceptance. Edited With Notes Gathered From The Writings Of The Greatest Scholars" is Volume XIV of the series "Nicene And Post-Nicene Fathers Of The Christian Church" edited by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace. This edition is complete and unabridged.
L'homme est un être de liberté et toutes ses actions visent à combattre les obstacles qui peuvent s'imposer à son désir d'être libre et heureux. Une assertion commune que cette étude évalue en contexte camerounais à la lumière de ce qu'on peut considérer comme mouvements sociaux de libération. Dans cette démarche en quête des libertés fondamentales et des droits de l'homme, l'auteur questionne la responsabilité de l'Église en tant qu'actrice majeure au cur d'une cité. Depuis l'époque des missionnaires jusqu'aux années 90, les questions de droits de l'homme n'ont pas souvent été une préoccupation pour l'Église. Ainsi, le présent ouvrage démontre que l'Église à la légitimité, de par les Saintes Écritures, de promouvoir et de défendre les Droits de l'Homme.
This new and extensively updated edition is the definitive resource for anyone interested in learning about the Church Fathers and their legacy. Ideal for RCIA, catechists, clergy, as well as lay Catholics who want to learn more about the great teachers of
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 322, Publishers: Baker Academic, Author: Martin Luther,J. I. Packer,O. R. Johnston, ISBN-13: 9780801048937, Date of issue: 2012
Un diálogo entre el dios y el hombre que muestra los caminos de laacción, la devoción y el conocimiento de Oriente.«Todos los seresnacen en la ilusión, la ilusión de la división procedente del deseo yel odio.»Este texto forma parte del libro VI del Mahabharata, y fueescrito probablemente en los siglos I o II a.C. No se conocen susautores. Se presenta como un diálogo entre Arjuna y Krisna, en elcampo de batalla, justo cuando va a empezar la guerra entre losPandaras y los Kauravas. El miedo a la batalla inicia un diálogo através del cual se traza una sinopsis del pensamiento y experienciareligiosa de la India, que aglutina los caminos de la acción, ladevoción y el conocimiento.A Juan Mascaró se debe una de lastraducciones más célebres de la Bhagavad Gita, que aquí presentamos en versión castellana de José Manuel Abeleira frente al sánscritooriginal.Mahatma Gandhi dijo...«Cuando las dudas me persiguen, cuando la desilusión me mira fijamente a la cara y no veo ningún rayo de esperanza en el horizonte, medirijo hacia Bhagavad Gita y busco un verso que me reconforte.»
Long serving as a standard introduction to the world of the early church, Backgrounds of Early Christianity is now available in an expanded, up-to-date third edition. Featuring 95 photographs of the ancient world, this book explores--now in even greater depth -- the Roman, Greek, and Jewish political, social, religious, and philosophical backgrounds necessary for a good historical understanding of the New Testament and the early church. New to this edition are substantial revisions of Everett Ferguson's original material, an updated bibliography, and fresh discussions of social life in the first-century, of Gnosticism, and of the Dead Sea Scrolls and other Jewish literature.
This is a comprehensive, yet unusual, book on the faith and life of Baptist Christians. It explores a Baptist understanding of the church, ministry, sacraments, and mission from a thoroughly theological perspective. In a series of interlinked essays, the a
Language: Spanish, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 512, Publishers: EDIMAT LIBROS S.A., Author: CHARLES,VICTORIA,PODOKSIK,ANATOLI, ISBN-13: 9788497944274, Date of issue: 2018
Experience five foundational Impressionists in a collection of monographs that explores the impact of Degas, Monet, Renoir, Gauguin, and van Gogh with in-depth texts and impeccable reproductions. Learn how, via disparate life stories, these masters of light and color came to revolutionize the way the world was seen and painted.
Now available in a new edition, this introduction to fifty visionary architects traces the major aesthetic movements over the past six centuries and offers concise portraits of the geniuses behind them.
GIOVANNI BELLINI Giovanni Bellini (c . 1430-1516) is the author of some of the most exquisite of Renaissance paintings. He is, in a sense, the painter's painter, who had a long career, like his pupil, Titian, in painting. He influenced many artists, among them Titian, Giorgione, Vecchio, Sebastiano del Piombo, and Albrecht Durer. His influences include Andreas Mantegna, his father, Jacopo Bellini, Antonello, and Donatello. Bellini does everything in his paintings that Renaissance painters are supposed to do: he painted beautiful pictures, devotional images, of the Madonna, Christ and various saints; he painted mythological scenes, and scenes from history; he refined and defined Early Renaissance space, bringing it into the High Renaissance; he inaugurated a new feeling for landscape; he remained true to the sacred and emotional aspects of painting to the end of his career; he developed the various formats of Renaissance painting - the small, private devotional pictures, the large, public altarpieces, a host of secular portraits and large-scale friezes. One might see Bellini as supremely a high Renaissance artist, especially in his later altarpieces, where his sense of space seems in tune with Titian or Raphael. Bellini's style is very sweet. His paintings are full of a love for painting, and a love for his subjects. The ambiguities in his works do not arise from his intentions, which are, as with so many Renaissance painters, to be as exalting as possible. So his Madonnas and saints are lovingly painted. There is an undeniable sensuality in Giovanni Bellini's art. Central to his art is his sensuality. It is the same with the art of Leonardo, Caravaggio, Titian, Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Rubens. The sensuality of the paintings themselves, as objects, is crucial to their evaluation aesthetically. Bellini is a sensual painter - not simply in his treatment of eroticism, or in the eroticism of his forms, but also because he painted self-consciously erotic subjects. He painted female nudes: the Woman with a Mirror (in Vienna), in The Feast of the Gods (in Washington) and in the restollo of Truth (in Venice). Giovanni Bellini's sacred art is as erotic as his secular art, as with many a painter. Indeed, one might say that some of Bellini's Christian paintings are more erotic than his paintings of mythological or historical subjects. His Pietas, for instance, with that lovingly described dead, nude Christ, may be seen as more erotic than the Classical scenes. The eroticism of art depends a lot on the viewer's response. And on painterly surface and technique.
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 160, Publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing USA, Author: Maira Kalman, ISBN-13: 9781635576689, Date of issue: 2020
Crediting sister-in-law Jo for Vincent van Gogh's posthumous fame, this book recounts the fascinating life of a visionary woman with the drive to shake the art world to its core.
En este libro concebido para el público general aficionado al arte y al estudiante que da sus primeros pasos en la materia, Dana Arnold proporciona un conocimiento básico sobre los aspectos fundamentales de la cultura visual. La obra aporta asimismo un análisis claro y conciso sobre los debates que existen dentro de la disciplina y permite al lector equiparse con las herramientas básicas necesarias para su estudio, cubriendo cronológica y temáticamente una gran variedad de cuestiones relacionadas con ella. Con todo, el principal objetivo de estas páginas es expresar lo mucho que podemos aprender del arte, así como sugerir diversas vías para disfrutarlo cuando lo miramos o pensamos acerca de él, y también cuando comprendemos su relación con nosotros mismos.
Kawaii, classic, sweet, and sailor These are girly styles made to tailor. It's a fashion sewn in Tokyo city cut in Harajuku by Angelic Pretty. Wear your printed pattern princess threads 'gram a selfie, knock 'em dead Click read mor
The master of crime fiction for nearly two decades has turned her talents in a bold new direction; a sweeping, utterly gripping historical novel set in the time of the Black Death. Lady Anne decides to protect her people from the Plague by bringing the serfs inside her walls. Conflicts arise with this overturning of the accepted social order, then a dreadful event threatens the uneasy status quo.
After bombs explode during an anarchist attack in Long Spoon Lane, two of the culprits are captured and the leader is shot . . . but by whom? As Thomas Pitt of the Special Branch delves into the case, he finds that there's more to the terrorism than the brutality of misguided idealists. Clues suggest that Inspector Wetron is the mastermind. As the shadowy leader of the Inner Circle, Wetron is using his influence with the press to stir up fears of more attacks and to rush a bill through Parliament that would severely curtail civil liberties. To defeat Wetron, Pitt must run in harness with his old enemy, Sir Charles Voisey. The unlikely allies are joined by Pitt's clever wife, Charlotte, and her great aunt, Lady Vespasia Cumming-Gould. As they strive to prevent future destruction, nothing less than the fate of the British Empire hangs in precarious balance.
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, now streaming on Netflix, starring Essie Davis as the honourable Phryne Fisher"Anyone who hasn't discovered Phryne Fisher by now should start making up for lost time." --BooklistPhr
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, now streaming on Netflix, starring Essie Davis as the honourable Phryne Fisher"The appeal of this story is the glimpse it provides into the 1920s theater world and the opportunity it affords to obs
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, now streaming on Netflix, starring Essie Davis as the honourable Phryne FisherPhryne Fisher is bored. Life appears to be too easy, too perfect. Her household is ordered, her love life is pleasant,
They came from the North and fought their way through France and Spain. Now this fearless band of brothers sets sail for the greatest city in the worldNConstantinople. Robbed of the woman he loves, Raven is destined to play a cunning role in the boldest of attacks.
Rebellion in the city, and a Royalist spy in his own ranks - Damian Seeker, Captain of Cromwell's guard, must eradicate both in this twisty, action-packed historical thriller
Vom Gauner zum Meisterdetektiv: Felix Blom bringt Berlins Verbrecher ins Schwitzen!Berlin, 1878: Der Gauner Felix Blom wird nach drei Jahren Haft aus dem Gefängnis entlassen. Doch in Freiheit ist nichts mehr so, wie es mal war: Sein Hab und Gut gepfändet, seine Verlobte ist mit jemand Neuem liiert. Alle Versuche, an Geld oder Arbeit zu kommen, scheitern. Aber dann hat Blom eine geniale Idee: Warum sich nicht mit der neuen Nachbarin zusammentun? Die ehemalige Prostituierte Mathilde führt eine Privatdetektei, allerdings sind die Aufträge rar, da man ihr als Frau diese Arbeit nicht zutraut. Ihr erster Fall führt die beiden gleich auf die Spur eines mysteriösen Mörders, der seinen Opfern Briefe mit der Botschaft zukommen lässt: "In wenigen Tagen wirst Du eine Leiche sein." Als auch Blom eine solche Karte unter seiner Tür durchgeschoben bekommt, wird die Sache persönlich ...Entdecken Sie auch die historischen Kriminalromane um Kommissar August Emmerich aus der Feder von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Alex Beer!
Berlin, 1932. Hulda Gold ist als Hebamme im berüchtigten Frauengefängnis Barnimstraße in der Nähe des Alexanderplatzes tätig. Dort versorgt sie inhaftierte Schwangere und Mütter mit ihren Kindern und hat einen guten Draht zu den oftmals verzweifelten Frauen. Als innerhalb der Gefängnismauern die junge Insassin Ruth völlig unerwartet stirbt, kann Hulda nicht untätig bleiben. Aber die Kriminalpolizistin, die mit der Aufklärung des scheinbar unbedeutenden Falls betraut wird, ist ausgerechnet Irma Siegel. Hulda und sie kennen sich von früher, doch sie gingen nicht als Freundinnen auseinander. Bald kommen Zweifel auf, dass Ruth eines natürlichen Todes starb. Der Verdacht fällt auf ihre Zellengenossin, die bereits wegen versuchten Mordes verurteilt ist und kurz vor der Entbindung ihres Kindes steht. Doch ist diese Frau, die Hulda als Gefängnishebamme betreut, wirklich die Mörderin? Hulda und die Kommissarin Irma Siegel müssen endlich zusammenarbeiten und gemeinsam gegen das Unrecht kämpfen - während sich die politischen Kräfte in Deutschland immer mehr radikalisieren.
"The Specimen is a fantastic read! Tense, gripping and full of fabulous characters ... I devoured it in two sittings." - Gareth Brown, bestselling author of The Book of DoorsLoosely based on Scotland's infamous Burke and Hare murders, The Specimen is a haunting historical crime thriller perfect for readers of The London Seance Society and A History of Fear.***Walk carefully, lest you become a part of Dr. Burnett's collection...Edinburgh, 1826. Isobel Tait does her best to raise her young son Thomas alone, but yellow fever has left him with a scarred heart. Even a specialist, the renowned Dr. Connall Burnett, can do nothing for him. Isobel decides to make the most of the remaining time with her son.Until he goes missing. A chance visit to Dr. Burnett's collection of specimens elicits a horrifying realisation: there, in a small jar among stuffed lizards and misshapen bones, is a new addition: a tiny human heart. The use of stolen bodies by Edinburgh's medical men is a controversial but open secret. But Isobel can't shake a horrible suspicion that the doctor's a proxy killer obsessed with his quest for specimens.Determined to find proof, she goes undercover as a maid in Burnett's house and soon becomes the keeper of his specimens. She'll have to gather evidence, protect his patients, and exact justice?and not get caught.Based on a true story, The Specimen is a mesmerising work of Gothic historical fiction that explores one woman's search for truth and vengeance in the darkest of places - where the deadliest secrets lie hidden in plain sight, on a freshly dusted shelf.TropesGothic ThrillerMysteryHistorical FictionEvil DoctorVengeful MotherBased On a True Story
Now an AMC miniseries - The acclaimed novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy John le Carr , the legendary author of sophisticated spy thrillers, is at the t
July 1910. Lady Hardcastle and her tireless sidekick Flo have finally embarked on a long-overdue seaside break. But just as they're wavering between ice creams and donkey rides, their fellow guests start to go missing--and the duo find themselves with a
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - "A world of invention and skulduggery, populated by the likes of Edison, Westinghouse, and Tesla."-Erik Larson"A model of superior historical fiction . . . an exciting, sometimes astonishing story."-The Washington PostFrom Graham Moore, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of The Imitation Game and New York Times bestselling author of The Sherlockian, comes a thrilling novel-based on actual events-about the nature of genius, the cost of ambition, and the battle to electrify America.New York, 1888. Gas lamps still flicker in the city streets, but the miracle of electric light is in its infancy. The person who controls the means to turn night into day will make history-and a vast fortune. A young untested lawyer named Paul Cravath, fresh out of Columbia Law School, takes a case that seems impossible to win. Paul's client, George Westinghouse, has been sued by Thomas Edison over a billion-dollar question: Who invented the light bulb and holds the right to power the country?The case affords Paul entry to the heady world of high society-the glittering parties in Gramercy Park mansions, and the more insidious dealings done behind closed doors. The task facing him is beyond daunting. Edison is a wily, dangerous opponent with vast resources at his disposal-private spies, newspapers in his pocket, and the backing of J. P. Morgan himself. Yet this unknown lawyer shares with his famous adversary a compulsion to win at all costs. How will he do it?In obsessive pursuit of victory, Paul crosses paths with Nikola Tesla, an eccentric, brilliant inventor who may hold the key to defeating Edison, and with Agnes Huntington, a beautiful opera singer who proves to be a flawless performer on stage and off. As Paul takes greater and greater risks, he'll find that everyone in his path is playing their own game, and no one is quite who they seem.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER"A satisfying romp . . . Takes place against a backdrop rich with period detail . . . Works wonderfully as an entertainment . . . As it charges forward, the novel leaves no dot unconnected."-Noah Hawley, The New York Times Book Review
