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Palace Sculptures of Abomey

History Told on Walls

By: Francesca Piqué,Leslie H. Rainer

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Palace Sculptures of Abomey

History Told on Walls

By: Francesca Piqué,Leslie H. Rainer

The Republic of Benin in West Africa is home to more than forty ethnic groups, the largest of which is the Fon. In the early seventeenth century, the Fon established a society ruled by a dynasty of kings, who over the years forged the powerful kingdom of Dahomey. In their capital city of Abomey, they built a remarkable complex of palaces that became the center of the kingdom's political, social, and religious life. The palace walls were decorated with colorful low-relief sculptures, or bas-reliefs, which recount legends and battles and glorify the history of the dynasty's reign. Over the centuries, these visual stories have represented and perpetuated the history and myths of the Fon people. The Palace Sculptures of Abomey combines lavish color photographs of the bas-reliefs with a lively history of the Dahomey kingdom, complemented by period drawings, rare historical photographs, and colorful textile art. The book provides a vivid portrait of these exceptional narrative sculptures and the equally remarkable people who crafted them. Also included are a reading of the stories on the walls and details of the four-year collaboration between the Benin Ministry of Culture and Communications and the Getty Conservation Institute to conserve the bas-reliefs of Abomey. Final chapters describe the Historic Museum of Abomey, now housed in the palace complex, and discuss the continuing popularity of bas-reliefs in contemporary West African art.

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0892365692

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Wartime in the Valleys

By: Francesca Capaldi

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Wartime in the Valleys

By: Francesca Capaldi

Let yourself be transported back in time with the captivating Wartime in the Valleys series. Includes all four sagas; the RNA Historical Romantic Novel Award 2021 shortlisted Heartbreak in the Valleys, War in the Valleys, Hope in the Valleys and Trouble in the Valleys. Heartbreak in the Valleys: November 1915. For young housemaid, Anwen Rhys, life is hard in the Welsh mining village of Dorcalon. She cares for her ill mother and beloved younger sister Sara, all while shielding them from her father’s drunken, violent temper. Anwen comforts herself with her love for childhood sweetheart, Idris Hughes, away fighting in the Great War. Yet when Idris returns, he is a changed man – harder, more distant – and quickly breaks off their engagement. But when an explosion at the pit brings unimaginable heartache to Dorcalon, Anwen and Idris put their feelings aside to unite their mining community. In the midst of despair, can Anwen find hope again? War in the Valleys: July 1916. Young mother, Violet Jones, lives a tough life in the Rhymney Valley, caring for 4-year-old Clarice and baby Benjy on her own while soldier husband Charlie fights on the Front Line. The Great War takes its toll on the nation – with very little money coming in, and two babies to care for, Violet takes in a relative to help make ends meet. But far from easing her burden, it might turn out to be the worst decision she’s made. All alone in the world, can she protect her children, and herself? And will she ever find joy out of the depths of despair? Hope in the Valleys: August 1917. WW1 continues to take a toll. The villagers of Dorcalon, a mining village in the Rhymney Valley, try to keep hope alive; but every day brings fresh tragedy as more of their sons and fathers are killed on foreign battlefields. Elizabeth Meredith, daughter of mine manager Herbert, enjoys a privileged position in the village, but she longs to break free of society’s expectations. Falling in love with miner, Gwilym Owen, brings more joy to her life than she’s ever known... until she’s forced to choose between her love and her disapproving family. Seeking an escape, Elizabeth signs up as a VAD nurse and is swiftly sent to help the troops in France, even as her heart breaks at leaving Gwilym behind. Separated by society and the Great War, can Elizabeth and Gwilym find their way back together again? Or will their love become another casualty of war? Trouble in the Valleys: Spring 1919: WW1 might be over, but the inhabitants of Dorcalon in the Welsh Valleys still feel the pain of the war that took so many of their men. Polly Smith is trying to survive her own battle at home. After her abusive husband, Gus, was finally jailed, Polly has been raising her two-year-old son, Herby alone. Lonely and struggling for money, Polly retreats as she becomes the subject of cruel gossip. A job offer throws her a lifeline, and as she grows closer to soldier, Henry Austin, it seems that Polly might finally be changing her life – until dark secrets from her past emerge, threatening her new happiness. Will the mistakes of the past ruin her future? An emotional wartime saga series set in the Welsh valleys. Perfect for fans of Rosie Goodwin, Katie Flynn and Sheila Newberry. Praise for Francesca Capaldi ‘Rich with well-drawn characters, twists and turns, sense of history and place... hard to put down!’ Rosie Hendry, author of the East End Angels series ‘Heart-wrenching, highly emotional and hard to put down...saga writing at its mesmerizing best.' Reader Review ‘Worthy of a 5 star rating... a good book that commands your attention and emotions.’ Reader Review ‘An all-engrossing story that swept me along. It is a wonderful historical saga... With a hint of romance... It had me go through an array of emotions.’ Reader Review

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Hera books Ltd

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1804363367

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9781804363362

The Just Culture Principles in Aviation Law

Towards a Safety-Oriented Approach

By: Francesca Pellegrino

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The Just Culture Principles in Aviation Law

Towards a Safety-Oriented Approach

By: Francesca Pellegrino

This book reviews and critically analyzes the current legal framework with regard to a more just culture for the aviation sector. This new culture is intended to protect front-line operators, in particular controllers and pilots, from legal action (except in the case of willful misconduct or gross negligence) by creating suitable laws, regulations and standards. In this regard, it is essential to have an environment in which all incidents are reported, moving away from fears of criminalization. The approach taken until now has been to seek out human errors and identify the individuals responsible. This punitive approach does not solve the problem because frequently the system itself is (also) at fault. Introducing the framework of a just culture could ensure balanced accountability for both individuals and complex organizations responsible for improving safety. Both aviation safety and justice administration would benefit from this carefully established equilibrium.

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Springer Nature

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303023178X

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Zarathustra Contra Zarathustra

The Tragic Buffoon

By: Francesca Cauchi

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Zarathustra Contra Zarathustra

The Tragic Buffoon

By: Francesca Cauchi

This study, first published in 1998, makes a lively and welcome contribution to the critical analysis of Nietzsche’s seminal classic This Spoke Zarathustra. Through a close textual reading of the neglected and ill-understood part four of the text, the author seeks to show that Nietzsche’s project of self-overcoming is a failure. Offering herself as a philosopher-priestess of the wisdom of pessimism, Francesca Cauchi invokes a complex of responses in the reader, providing a necessary challenge to any and all advocates of life.

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Routledge

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1351612425

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Bedside Matters

A Journey Through Doctor ̶Patient Communication

By: Peter Tate,Francesca Frame

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Bedside Matters

A Journey Through Doctor ̶Patient Communication

By: Peter Tate,Francesca Frame

This unique book draws upon a collection of essays and personal reflections by Dr Peter Tate, covering at least half a century of his experience of trying to understand, define and improve communication between doctors and patients. Adopting a light, conversational and often humorous tone, the book covers a broad range of situations encountered during the lead author’s career as a general practitioner, his seminal research into understanding doctor-patient communication, and his subsequent role in both teaching and developing the internationally-recognised Royal College of General Practice’s membership video examination. This book demonstrates that clinical experiences, both professional and personal, are fundamental to our perception of what is important and what matters most in medicine. Key features: Unique and personal account of the development of this vital but often overlooked aspect of medicine Engaging and light-hearted, yet academically rigorous Draws on experiences gathered during clinical practice, research and teaching From the authors of the popular The Doctor’s Communication Handbook, now in its eighth edition In reading Bedside Matters doctors, and particularly general practitioners, will not only learn from the author’s experiences, but will be encouraged to reflect on their own clinical and personal experiences, and to use these to better understand and improve their own communication techniques. The author: Peter Tate is a retired General Practitioner, UK With editorial contributions from: Francesca Frame, a General Practitioner based in Cambridgeshire, UK

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1000205525

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9781000205527

Unblock Your Purpose

Breathwork, Intuition, and Flow State

By: Francesca Sipma

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Unblock Your Purpose

Breathwork, Intuition, and Flow State

By: Francesca Sipma

After a fast-paced decade in advertising and marketing in New York City, Francesca Sipma felt something fundamental was missing, so she left her job and traveled the world to discover what it was. That thing was true purpose, the often-ignored inner need everyone has to fulfill their destiny. And Francesca found it through conscious breathwork. Based on her experience, Francesca developed hypnobreathwork to deploy the power of breath, hypnosis, and visualization to rewire the mind. Unblock Your Purpose presents an accessible, efficient process to identify old habits, clear blocks, change your life, and achieve peak performance. Blending spirituality with the modern business world, science with emotion, logic with intuition, and surrender with discipline, Francesca’s debut book is a radical and accessible guide to using breathwork to achieve flow state and discover your purpose for success and fulfillment.

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New World Library

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1608689263

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Mad About The Girls

By: Francesca Clementis

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Mad About The Girls

By: Francesca Clementis

All Lorna has ever wanted is a husband and four children. And now she has just that - except they are someone else's husband and someone else's children. But Robert Danson and his kids are practically hers. After all, Robert's wife had walked out on the family ten years earlier, and, having fallen for Robert, Lorna has been happy to step into the breach. So now Lorna has everything a real mother should have (aside from the stretch marks) and couldn't be happier, until Robert's real wife returns into their lives. She's beautiful, assured and looking for forgiveness. But is that all she wants? Lorna can't help but feel that this family isn't big enough for both of them . . .

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Piatkus

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1405517034

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The Cartiers

The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire

By: Francesca Cartier Brickell

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The Cartiers

The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire

By: Francesca Cartier Brickell

“A dynamic group biography studded with design history and high-society dash . . . [This] elegantly wrought narrative bears the Cartier hallmark.”—The Economist The “astounding” (André Leon Talley) story of the family behind the Cartier empire and the three brothers who turned their grandfather’s humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon—as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archives “Ms. Cartier Brickell has done her grandfather proud.”—The Wall Street Journal The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry dynasty—four generations, from revolutionary France to the 1970s. At its heart are the three Cartier brothers whose motto was “Never copy, only create” and who made their family firm internationally famous in the early days of the twentieth century, thanks to their unique and complementary talents: Louis, the visionary designer who created the first men’s wristwatch to help an aviator friend tell the time without taking his hands off the controls of his flying machine; Pierre, the master dealmaker who bought the New York headquarters on Fifth Avenue for a double-stranded natural pearl necklace; and Jacques, the globe-trotting gemstone expert whose travels to India gave Cartier access to the world’s best rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, inspiring the celebrated Tutti Frutti jewelry. Francesca Cartier Brickell, whose great-grandfather was the youngest of the brothers, has traveled the world researching her family’s history, tracking down those connected with her ancestors and discovering long-lost pieces of the puzzle along the way. Now she reveals never-before-told dramas, romances, intrigues, betrayals, and more. The Cartiers also offers a behind-the-scenes look at the firm’s most iconic jewelry—the notoriously cursed Hope Diamond, the Romanov emeralds, the classic panther pieces—and the long line of stars from the worlds of fashion, film, and royalty who wore them, from Indian maharajas and Russian grand duchesses to Wallis Simpson, Coco Chanel, and Elizabeth Taylor. Published in the two-hundredth anniversary year of the birth of the dynasty’s founder, Louis-François Cartier, this book is a magnificent, definitive, epic social history shown through the deeply personal lens of one legendary family.

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Ballantine Books

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0525621636

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9780525621638

Ovid

By: Francesca K.A. Martelli

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Ovid

By: Francesca K.A. Martelli

Francesca Martelli surveys the contours of current scholarship on Ovid. Her appraisal covers the post-structuralist recuperation of Ovid's poetry that began in the 80s, and looks toward the narratives that posthumanism and other new materialist discourses have yet to disclose.

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BRILL

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9004450068

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9789004450066

God Is Not a Story

Realism Revisited

By: Francesca Aran Murphy

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God Is Not a Story

Realism Revisited

By: Francesca Aran Murphy

A challenging critique of narrative theologies, including the works of George Lindbeck, Robert Jenson, and Herbert McCabe. Francesca Aran Murphy argues that the use of the concept of story or narrative in theology is circular and self-referential, and that the widespread notion that the role of the theologian is to 'tell God's story' has not helped theology to advance the reality of its doctrines. Murphy contends that the scriptural revelation on which Christian theology depends is not a story or a plot but a dramatic encounter between mysterious, free, and unpredictable persons. She offers her own alternative approach, making use of cinema and film theory, and engaging in particular in a dialogue with the work of Hans Urs von Balthasar.

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OUP Oxford

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0191607681

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9780191607684

An Eggcellent Easter

Simple springtime makes, bakes and activities for the whole family

By: Francesca Stone

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An Eggcellent Easter

Simple springtime makes, bakes and activities for the whole family

By: Francesca Stone

Embrace the spirit of spring In this book, you'll find easy, accessible ways to make your Easter eggcellent and create lasting, fuss-free memories with friends and family. Packed with simple recipes, creative child-friendly activities and crafts that utilise low-cost, easy to source and recycled materials. You can make your celebrations meaningful and beautiful without the big spend. Including quick tips on how to run the best Egg Hunt (with and without chocolate), how to make Easter Bonnets, Nature Masks, Spring Wreaths, Easter Trees and more, this book has everything you need to keep little hands busy and embrace the spirit of spring. A helpful resource that you'll reach for year after year.

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Random House

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1529924723

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Hope in the Valleys

A sweeping, emotional WW1 saga

By: Francesca Capaldi

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Hope in the Valleys

A sweeping, emotional WW1 saga

By: Francesca Capaldi

Heart-wrenching, highly emotional and hard to put down...saga writing at its mesmerizing best.' Reader Review Will Elizabeth choose love over duty? It’s August 1917 and WW1 continues to take a toll. The villagers of Dorcalon, a mining village in the Rhymney Valley, try to keep hope alive; but every day brings fresh tragedy as more of their sons and fathers are killed on foreign battlefields. Elizabeth Meredith, daughter of mine manager Herbert, enjoys a privileged position in the village, but she longs to break free of society’s expectations. Falling in love with miner, Gwilym Owen, brings more joy to her life than she’s ever known... until she’s forced to choose between her love and her disapproving family. Seeking an escape, Elizabeth signs up as a VAD nurse and is swiftly sent to help the troops in France, even as her heart breaks at leaving Gwilym behind. Separated by society and the Great War, can Elizabeth and Gwilym find their way back together again? Or will their love become another casualty of war? A romantic, emotional saga set in WW1 - fans of Katie Flynn and Sheila Newberry will adore this captivating read. Readers are loving Hope in the Valleys: ‘Another great instalment in the Valleys series...Really enjoyed this book and I’m already looking forward to reading the fourth one.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘Absolutely loved this book...Lovely characters and a beautifully written storyline. Highly recommend this book and the author’. ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. The book tells of the lives of some who fought and some who stayed behind to work in the mines. I do recommend that you read this book.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘It was like visiting old friends and family...It is just like coming home reading this book.’ ☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘A story of friends, love, hate and forgiveness...A story of the war and those lost. I did enjoy reading this book and I would recommend it.’ ☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘I was so excited to start this book...It was like visiting family. I recommend this book and hope there will be another.’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘It was lovely to return to the village and meet these characters again...Pleased to see there is another instalment of the series on the way.’ ☆☆☆☆ Reader Review Praise for Francesca Capaldi's beautiful WW1 Welsh saga series: 'Rich with well-drawn characters, twists and turns, sense of history and place...it was hard to put down. I loved it!’ Rosie Hendry, author of the East End Angels series ‘I loved this book... I would heartily recommend it for anyone who enjoys family saga or historical fiction.’ Reader Review ‘This is such a warm-hearted book... I would ask all readers to read this book. I loved it’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘This is a really emotional book...I really enjoyed this book and fully recommend it. Worth all the stars’ ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review ‘An all-engrossing story that swept me along with it. It is a wonderful historical saga with a hint of romance' ☆☆☆☆☆ Reader Review

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Hera books Ltd

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1912973855

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9781912973859

The Harbour

By: Francesca Brill

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The Harbour

By: Francesca Brill

Hong Kong, 1940. For the reckless young journalist Stevie Steiber, days at the Happy Valley racecourse slip into dangerous, hedonistic nights. Meanwhile Major Harry Field, a British Intelligence Officer, is investigating the recent arrival of Wu Jishang, a sophisticated publisher who owns a controversial political magazine.But it is Stevie, Jishang's close colleague and lover, who really fascinates Harry. As the British community continues to party despite the looming threat of war, the two are obsessively drawn into a dark passion. And when the Japanese army seizes the island, they are faced with terrifying challenges - how far will they go to protect each other?

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A&C Black

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1408831511

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9781408831519

Seven Days of Us

By: Francesca Hornak

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Seven Days of Us

By: Francesca Hornak

It's Christmas, and for the first time in years the entire Birch family will be under one roof. Even Emma and Andrew's elder daughter--who is usually off saving the world--will be joining them at Weyfield Hall, their aging country estate. But Olivia, a doctor, is only coming home because she has to. Having just returned from treating an epidemic abroad, she's been told she must stay in quarantine for a week--and so too should her family. For the next seven days, the Birches are locked down, cut off from the rest of humanity--and even decent Wi-Fi--and forced into each other's orbits"--

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Penguin

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045148875X

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9780451488756

Visionary Company

Hart Crane and Modernist Periodicals

By: Francesca Bratton

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Visionary Company

Hart Crane and Modernist Periodicals

By: Francesca Bratton

This book examines the poetry of Hart Crane and his circle within transnational modernist periodical culture. It reappraises Crane's poetry and reception and introduces several lost works by the poet, including critical prose, reviews and 'Nopal', a poem written in Mexico. Through its exploration of Crane's close engagement with periodical culture, it provides a rich and detailed panorama of twentieth-century literary and artistic communities. In particular, this monograph offers a vivid portrait of forgotten periodicals and their artistic communities, examines the periodical contexts in which modernist poetry fused material and aesthetic experimentation and explores Crane's important and neglected influence on modern and contemporary poetry.

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Edinburgh University Press

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147448154X

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9781474481540

Souvenirs of Cicero

Shaping Memory in the Epistulae Ad Familiares

By: Francesca K. A. Martelli

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Souvenirs of Cicero

Shaping Memory in the Epistulae Ad Familiares

By: Francesca K. A. Martelli

Cicero's letters have figured prominently in some of western modernity's most cherished illusions about the immediacy of its encounter with Classical antiquity. Celebrated since their discovery in the Renaissance for their intimate mode of self-expression, they have been prized ever since for the unparalleled proximity they appear to give us to the events and leading figures of the late Republic. However, they were only organized into books and collections, and published as such, by unknown editors long after Cicero's death. Modern editors have also dismantled these collections and reorganized the letters chronologically in an attempt to reconstruct the events that they document more accurately. Souvenirs of Cicero studies the narratives that the letter collections unfold and the post-Republican perspectives that shape them. It looks closely at the ancient format of Epistulae ad Familiares, the collection that incorporates Cicero's widest cast of correspondents and has been most vulnerable to this practice of reorganization, and reverses it, attending instead to the collection's status as an artefact of the later imperial age. Francesca K. A. Martelli traces the social, political, and technological agencies that shaped this letter collection in antiquity and elucidates the interests that these editorial interventions serve both for ancient readers and for our interpretation of the letters today by integrating a close analysis of these letters with hypotheses drawn from contemporary media theory. Cicero's letters emerge from this study as residual media, which haunt subsequent history with the Republic's lost futures as they circulate beyond their own era.

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Oxford University Press

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0197761968

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9780197761960

Women's Travel Writings in North Africa and the Middle East, Part I Vol 3

By: Carl Thompson,Francesca Saggini,Lois Chaber

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Women's Travel Writings in North Africa and the Middle East, Part I Vol 3

By: Carl Thompson,Francesca Saggini,Lois Chaber

Continuing the series on Women's Travel Writings, this two-part collection presents some fascinating tales of North Africa and the Middle East. Part I includes three separate volumes that include the writings of Volume 1: Sarah Wilson, The Fruits of Enterprise Exhibited in the Travels of Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia (1825); Volume 2 Barbara Hofland, The Young Pilgrim, or Alfred Campbell's Return to the East and his Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Asia Minor, Arabia Petraea (1826); and Volume 3: 'Miss Tully', Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa (1816).

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Routledge

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1000559963

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Iconophilia

Politics, Religion, Preaching, and the Use of Images in Rome, c.680 - 880

By: Francesca Dell'Acqua

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Iconophilia

Politics, Religion, Preaching, and the Use of Images in Rome, c.680 - 880

By: Francesca Dell'Acqua

Between the late seventh and the mid-ninth centuries, a debate about sacred images – conventionally addressed as ‘Byzantine iconoclasm’ – engaged monks, emperors, and popes in the Mediterranean area and on the European continent. The importance of this debate cannot be overstated; it challenged the relation between image, text, and belief. A series of popes staunchly in favour of sacred images acted consistently during this period in displaying a remarkable iconophilia or ‘love for images’. Their multifaceted reaction involved not only council resolutions and diplomatic exchanges, but also public religious festivals, liturgy, preaching, and visual arts – the mass-media of the time. Embracing these tools, the popes especially promoted themes related to the Incarnation of God – which justified the production and veneration of sacred images – and extolled the role and the figure of the Virgin Mary. Despite their profound influence over Byzantine and western cultures of later centuries, the political, theological, and artistic interactions between the East and the West during this period have not yet been investigated in studies combining textual and material evidence. By drawing evidence from texts and material culture – some of which have yet to be discussed against the background of the iconoclastic controversy – and by considering the role of oral exchange, Iconophilia assesses the impact of the debate on sacred images and of coeval theological controversies in Rome and central Italy. By looking at intersecting textual, liturgical, and pictorial images which had at their core the Incarnate God and his human mother Mary, the book demonstrates that between c.680–880, by unremittingly maintaining the importance of the visual for nurturing beliefs and mediating personal and communal salvation, the popes ensured that the status of sacred images would remain unchallenged, at least until the Protestant Reformation in the sixteenth century.

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135181110X

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Ask Me Anything

By: Francesca Delbanco

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Ask Me Anything

By: Francesca Delbanco

A young woman who pens an advice column by day and struggles to become an actor by night illuminates the complex manners and social customs of Manhattan in this novel of fame, sex, love, ambition, and friendship.

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0393326462

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Women's Travel Writings in North Africa and the Middle East, Part I Vol 1

By: Carl Thompson,Francesca Saggini,Lois Chaber

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Women's Travel Writings in North Africa and the Middle East, Part I Vol 1

By: Carl Thompson,Francesca Saggini,Lois Chaber

Continuing the series on Women's Travel Writings, this two-part collection presents some fascinating tales of North Africa and the Middle East. Part I includes three separate volumes that include the writings of Volume 1: Sarah Wilson, The Fruits of Enterprise Exhibited in the Travels of Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia (1825); Volume 2 Barbara Hofland, The Young Pilgrim, or Alfred Campbell's Return to the East and his Travels in Egypt, Nubia, Asia Minor, Arabia Petraea &c (1826); and Volume 3: 'Miss Tully', Narrative of a Ten Years' Residence at Tripoli in Africa (1816).

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1000559947

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The Marvel of Maps

Art, Cartography and Politics in Renaissance Italy

By: Francesca Fiorani

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The Marvel of Maps

Art, Cartography and Politics in Renaissance Italy

By: Francesca Fiorani

Among the most beautiful and compelling works of Renaissance art, painted maps adorned the halls and galleries of princely palaces. This book is the first to discuss in detail the three-dimensional display of these painted map cycles and their full meaning in Renaissance culture. Art historian Francesca Fiorani focuses on two of the most significant and marvelous surviving Italian map murals--the Guardaroba Nuova of the Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, commissioned by Duke Cosimo de’ Medici, and the Gallery of Maps in the Vatican, commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII. Both cycles were not only pioneering cartographic enterprises but also powerful political and religious images. Presenting an original interpretation of the interaction between art, science, politics, and religion in Renaissance culture, the book also offers fresh insights into the Medici and papal courts.

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Yale University Press

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0300107277

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2000 Plus Essential French Verbs

By: Christine Boucher,Michel Sitruk,Francesca Sautman

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2000 Plus Essential French Verbs

By: Christine Boucher,Michel Sitruk,Francesca Sautman

A reference designed to develop proficiency in French verb tenses and usage offers conjugation charts, a quick-find two-way glossary, practice questions, and sample dialogues.

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Three Rivers Press

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1400020530

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Palace Sculptures of Abomey

History Told on Walls

By: Francesca Piqué,Leslie H. Rainer

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Palace Sculptures of Abomey

History Told on Walls

By: Francesca Piqué,Leslie H. Rainer

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Getty Publications

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0892365692

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Conservation of the Architectural Surfaces in the Tablinum of the House of the Becenenary, Herculaneum

Phase 1: Examination, Investigations, and Condition Assessment

By: Leslie Rainer,Kiernan Graves,Shin Maekawa,Mark Gittins,Francesca Pique

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Conservation of the Architectural Surfaces in the Tablinum of the House of the Becenenary, Herculaneum

Phase 1: Examination, Investigations, and Condition Assessment

By: Leslie Rainer,Kiernan Graves,Shin Maekawa,Mark Gittins,Francesca Pique

This report documents the examination, investigations, and condition assessment carried out in Phase 1 (2011-2016) of the Herculaneum Project for the conservation of the architectural surfaces in the tablinum of the House of the Bicentenary (Casa del Bicentenario), a pilot project being carried out in collaboration with the Herculaneum Conservation Project (HCP), the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum (PA-ERCO) and the GCI to study and conserve the wall paintings and mosaic pavement in this room as an example of a conservation methodology that can be used for similar surfaces on other archaeological sites in the Vesuvian region. The report is the compilation and synthesis of research carried out in this phase of the project, and includes the following chapters:¿Description of Architectural Surfaces in the Tablinum of the House of the Bicentenary, by Leslie Rainer and Francesca Piqué¿Reconstruction and Remounting Materials and Techniques of the Wall Paintings in the Tablinum of the House of the Bicentenary, by Mark Gittins, Maria Luigia Bonaschi, Francesca Piqué, and Leslie Rainer¿Previous Interventions (1939¿2011) to the Tablinum of the House of the Bicentenary, by Leslie Rainer and Kiernan Graves¿Environmental Assessment of the Tablinum of the House of the Bicentenary by Shin Maekawa¿Scientific Report on the Wall Paintings in the Tablinum of the House of the Bicentenary by Kiernan Graves, Francesca Piqué, and Leslie Rainer¿Conditions of the Wall Paintings in the Tablinum of the House of the Bicentenary by Leslie RainerThe chapters incorporate photographic and graphic documentation to illustrate the material discussed. Also included in the report is an illustrated glossary of terms, as well as a selected bibliography of references related to the topic. The ongoing project is currently in the planning phase for implementation of preventive measures and remedial conservation treatments which will be reported on in further project reports.

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1937433439

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Wall Sculptures of Abomey

By: Francesca Piqué,Leslie H. Rainer

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Wall Sculptures of Abomey

By: Francesca Piqué,Leslie H. Rainer

The Republic of Benin in West Africa is home to more than 40 ethnic groups, the largest of which is the Fon. During the early 17th century, the Fon established a society ruled by a dynasty of kings, who over the years forged the powerful kingdom of Dahomey. In their capital city of Abomey, the rulers built a remarkable complex of palaces which became the centre of the kingdom's political, social and religious life. The palace walls were decorated with colourful low-relief sculptures, or bas-reliefs, recounting legends and battles and glorifying the dynasty's region. In a society with no written language, these visual stories have perpetuated the history and myths of the Fon people.

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0500281807

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