![]() Their approaches parallel, in intriguing ways, the new sciences of chaos, complexity, and criticality. ![]() In doing so, they combine the techniques of artists, geologists, paleontologists, and evolutionary biologists. Like cartographers mapping landscapes, historians represent what they can never replicate. The Landscape of History provides a searching look at the historian's craft, as well as a strong argument for why a historical consciousness should matter to us today.Gaddis points out that while the historical method is more sophisticated than most historians realize, it doesn't require unintelligible prose to explain. What is history and why should we study it? Is there such a thing as historical truth? Is history a science? One of the most accomplished historians at work today, John Lewis Gaddis, answers these and other questions in this short, witty, and humane book. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Sarah lives with her husband, son, and dog. Her books have sold more than 14 million copies and are published in thirty-seven languages. Maas is the #1 New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the Crescent City, Court of Thorns and Roses, and Throne of Glass series. Maas weaves a captivating story of a world about to explode-and the people who will do anything to save it. ![]() In this sexy, action-packed sequel to the #1 bestseller House of Earth and Blood, Sarah J. And they've never been very good at staying silent. As Bryce, Hunt, and their friends get pulled into the rebels' plans, the choice becomes clear: stay silent while others are oppressed, or fight for what's right. But with the rebels chipping away at the Asteri's power, the threat the rulers pose is growing. The Asteri have kept their word so far, leaving Bryce and Hunt alone. Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back to normal-they may have saved Crescent City, but with so much upheaval in their lives lately, they mostly want a chance to relax. The story follows half-fae Bryce Quinlan. ![]() ![]() Maas's sexy, groundbreaking CRESCENT CITY series continues with the second installment. Sequel House of Sky and Breath came out in early 2022. Sequel to the #1 New York Times bestseller! Sarah J. Maas's sexy, groundbreaking CRESCENT CITY series continues with the second installment. ![]() ![]() ![]() Visitors to Kraków can see a large collection Witkacy’s wacked-out paintings on the top floor of the National Museum. But in a scene that wouldn’t have been amiss in one of his satires, it eventually emerged that bungling officials had buried the wrong corpse – the subject at the centre of the excellent Polish film ‘Mystyfikacja’ (available with English subtitles). Originally buried in a far-flung corner of the Ukraine, Witkacy’s body was returned to Zakopane in 1988. When the Red Army crossed into Poland on September 17, 1939, sensing the end of civilisation, Witkacy took a suicidal dosage of drugs, ending his life the next day. 1925 Witkiewicz zrezygnowa zupenie z malarstwa olejnego, nawizujcego do stylu formistów, uwaajc, e malarstwo nie jest ju w stanie wyraa Czystej Formy, pierwotnego skadnika sztuki odwoujcego si bezporednio do wraliwoci odbiorcy i jego uczu metafizycznych. He experimented with all forms of modern art, started his own theatre company in Zakopane (an hour south of Kraków) and expanded on his philosophical theories.Ī rabid anti-communist, Witkacy was hell-bent on proving that an individual’s aims would always be different from that of society and state. Twisted portraits of his high-society friends (heads springing from penises, beastly animal shapes flying in the background) became his trademark. As he plunged into heavy spells of morphine, cocaine and peyote abuse his paintings became all the more inspired. ![]() ![]() ![]() Uncover the stories behind the Diableries and follow their journey through the underworld using the full size OWL stereoscopic viewer, neatly housed in a storage envelope and inserted alongside the book in a protective slipcase. Remarkably, the two lost remaining views have now been found! This 2018 Complete Edition features the full compliment, to be enjoyed just as their creators intended in magnificent 3-D. When first published in 2013, this book featured all but two of the 184 scenes in the series. Tableaux depicting life in hell, better known as Diableries, were all the rage in nineteenth century France but over the years the stereo images made after those clay tableaux were scattered and their hidden meaning lost. ![]() ![]() ![]() Purchase this book in bulk for your company’s leadership program today and receive your books at a discounted price. Just as with his other books, Lencioni has written a compelling fable with a powerful yet deceptively simple message for all those who strive to be exceptional team leaders.Ī classic business book on leadership, “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team” is a must-read title for those who strive to be exceptional team leaders. He outlines a powerful model and actionable steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles and build a cohesive, effective team. Throughout the story, Lencioni reveals the five dysfunctions which go to the very heart of why teams even the best ones-often struggle. ![]() Will she succeed? Will she be fired? Will the company fail? Lencioni's utterly gripping tale serves as a timeless reminder that leadership requires as much courage as it does insight. ![]() Kathryn Petersen, Decision Tech's CEO, faces the ultimate leadership crisis: Uniting a team in such disarray that it threatens to bring down the entire company. This time, he turns his keen intellect and storytelling power to the fascinating, complex world of teams. In “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team”, Patrick Lencioni once again offers a leadership fable that is as enthralling and instructive as his first two best-selling books, “The Five Temptations of a CEO” and “The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive”. ![]() ![]() But taming an egotistical cowboy in a '57 T-Bird might be more than Gracie can handle. Come heck or high water, Gracie Snow is determined to track down the legendary ex-jock Bobby Tom Denton and drag him back home to Heaven, Texas, to begin shooting his first motion picture. ![]() įor the first time in trade paperback, the hilarious and classic sequel to It Had To Be You-from the New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips. Despite his dazzling good looks and killer charm, Bobby Tom has reservations about being. ![]() ![]() For the first time in trade paperback, the hilarious and classic sequel to It Had To Be You-from the New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips. ![]() |