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Flora of the Hudson Bay Lowland and Its Postglacial Origins

By: John L. Riley,National Research Council Canada

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Flora of the Hudson Bay Lowland and Its Postglacial Origins

By: John L. Riley,National Research Council Canada

The Hudson Bay Lowland is the Earth's largest more or less continuous temperate wetland landscape. This book documents 816 native and 95 non-native vascular plants in the context of the distinct geological history and ecology of the area. It includes text and annotated checklist that are complemented by distribution maps and colour illustrations.

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0660189410

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Do the Math!

On Growth, Greed, and Strategic Thinking

By: John K. White

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Do the Math!

On Growth, Greed, and Strategic Thinking

By: John K. White

A fresh look at the numbers of daily living, particularly in light of current economic troubles, where modern economic practices, mathematical concepts, and everyday moral dilemmas are discussed.

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1412999596

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Entrepreneurs

Talent, Temperament and Opportunity

By: John Thompson,Bill Bolton

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Entrepreneurs

Talent, Temperament and Opportunity

By: John Thompson,Bill Bolton

If you have an interest in things entrepreneurial and wonder if you have what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, then this book is written for you. Authors Bill Bolton and John Thompson offer a unique focus, seeing everything through the eyes of the entrepreneur. This refreshed third edition is split into two fascinating parts. Part I builds an understanding of the entrepreneur as a person based on the key factors of talent and temperament - a unique framework for understanding and exploiting entrepreneurial opportunities. The process of starting and growing a business and the infrastructure and environment in which the entrepreneur has to operate, are described in detail. Part II tells the stories of famous entrepreneurs including classic figures such as Henry Ford, through to social entrepreneurs and even anti-social entrepreneurs such as Al Capone! This insightful, empirically based, original take on the entrepreneur, and thereby entrepreneurship, provides students with a new and challenging way into the subject.

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Routledge

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1136217916

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History of Saint Louis City and County, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Day: Including Biographical Sketches of Representative Men

Vol. I Part. 2

By: John Thomas Scharf

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History of Saint Louis City and County, from the Earliest Periods to the Present Day: Including Biographical Sketches of Representative Men

Vol. I Part. 2

By: John Thomas Scharf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

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3385321476

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Stained with Blood and Tears

Lynchings, Murder, and Mob Violence in Cairo, Illinois, 1909-1910

By: John A. Beadles

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Stained with Blood and Tears

Lynchings, Murder, and Mob Violence in Cairo, Illinois, 1909-1910

By: John A. Beadles

Packed with villains, victims, and heroes, Stained with Blood and Tears recounts the story of what has been called the “equal opportunity” lynchings of Will “Froggie” James, who was black, and Henry Salzner, a white man, in the rowdy river town of Cairo, Illinois, on November 11, 1909. This book is the first to focus on one of the most infamous nights of lynching in the history of the United States, when about one thousand men and women were transformed into a murderous mob. The book also details a lesser-known attempted lynching of a suspected purse snatcher by another mob about ninety days later. That mob was beaten back by about a dozen mostly African American deputies and a white sheriff. Stained with Blood and Tears ends with the saga of the killing of a Cairo policeman in the police station by the sheriff from a neighboring county over an incident that began in a Cairo brothel. The book thoroughly examines a dark side of Cairo’s past when it had a Jim Crow mind-set and crooked policemen and was awash in liquor and teeming with prostitutes and gambling houses. The violence of the era led the town’s Catholic priest to lament, “Must this fair city of ours go ever in garments spattered with blood?”

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SIU Press

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0809370069

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History of Lonia and Montcalm Counties, Michigan

By: John S. Schenck

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History of Lonia and Montcalm Counties, Michigan

By: John S. Schenck

Reprint of the original, first published in 1881.

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My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall

By: John Major

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My Old Man: A Personal History of Music Hall

By: John Major

Shortlisted for the Theatre Book Prize; former prime minister John Major takes a remarkable journey into his own unconventional family past to tell the richly colourful story of the British music hall.

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HarperCollins UK

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000745015X

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Essential JavaBeans fast

By: John Hunt

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Essential JavaBeans fast

By: John Hunt

Essential JavaBeans fast de-mystifies the terminology and gets programmers using the JavaBean components quickly and effectively in their own applications. Programmers can either read the book from start-to-finish (it shouldnt take long) or can dip into it for various aspects of JavaBeans where needed. The book focuses on all the necessary elements for getting started on and using JavaBeans. Many examples are included and readers are encouraged to try them out as they go, to get a real feel for how JavaBeans work.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1447106237

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Taxation and Economic Behaviour: Introductory surveys in economics

By: John Creedy

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Taxation and Economic Behaviour: Introductory surveys in economics

By: John Creedy

This volume offers a number of broad introductory surveys in public economics and public finance. Divided clearly into two parts -measurement issues and taxation and economic behaviour - the collection consists of published refereed papers and several unpublished pieces.

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1781959501

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"It was Play Or Starve"

Acting in the Nineteenth-century American Popular Theatre

By: John Hanners

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"It was Play Or Starve"

Acting in the Nineteenth-century American Popular Theatre

By: John Hanners

Unearths the personalities and experiences of touring and itinerant popular entertainers in 19th-century America. Drawing on both primary and secondary sources, describes life and work on the showboats, among the small towns, and in the big cities; and the financial difficulties, the physical dangers, the social prejudices, and cultural barriers. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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0879725877

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Heart of War

By: John Masters

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Heart of War

By: John Masters

January 1 1916: Europe is bleeding to death as the corpses rot from Poland to Gallipoli in the cruel grip of the Great War... Heart of War follows the fate and fortunes of the Rowland family and those people bound up in their lives: the Cate squirearchy, the Strattons who manage the Rowland owned factory, and the humble, multi-talented Gorse family. In this all-consuming conflict, not a single family will remain untouched. With Quentin and Boy Rowland fighting in the trenches and Guy flying the skies above, it would be a miracle for the whole family to come home untouched... During the years 1916 and 1917, the appalling slaughter of the Somme and Passchendaele cuts deep into the hearts of British people as military conscription looms over Britain for the first time in a thousand years. As babies are born, fathers, sons and brothers killed, and women strike out in the work-place, Britain looks to never be the same again. First published in 1980 – book two in a three volume saga including Now, God be Thanked, and By The Green of Spring – Heart of War explores the emotional turmoil of Britain at war from every angle: from the eyes of the upper class aristocracy who are losing their grip on power, to the lower classes rising up as they fight alongside those previously thought their betters.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1448214785

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Winter Music

Composing the North

By: John Luther Adams

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Winter Music

Composing the North

By: John Luther Adams

Eminent composer discusses music, culture, and the environment.

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Wesleyan University Press

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0819567426

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People of the Rainforest

The Villas Boas Brothers, Explorers and Humanitarians of the Amazon

By: John Hemming

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People of the Rainforest

The Villas Boas Brothers, Explorers and Humanitarians of the Amazon

By: John Hemming

In 1945, three young brothers joined and eventually led Brazil's first government-sponsored expedition into its Amazonian rainforests. After more expeditions into unknown terrain, they became South America's most famous explorers, spending the rest of their lives with the resilient tribal communities they found there. People of the Rainforest recounts the Villas Boas brothers' four thrilling and dangerous 'first contacts' with isolated indigenous people, and their lifelong mission to learn about their societies and, above all, help them adapt to modern Brazil without losing their cultural heritage, identity and pride. Author and explorer John Hemming vividly traces the unique adventures of these extraordinary brothers, who used their fame to change attitudes to native peoples and to help protect the world's surviving tropical rainforests, under threat again today.

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Oxford University Press

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1787382990

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Real World Colouring Books Series 83

By: John Boom

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Real World Colouring Books Series 83

By: John Boom

Real World Colouring Books - Are for advanced users and adults and consist of 50 real-life images converted for colouring use. Every series is different and has a mixture of wildlife, vehicles, nature, buildings and other interesting things to colour in. These art therapy books can help stimulate your brain and keep you and your mind occupied. You're only limited by your own imagination as to how you colour in each picture. If you like this series just try another of our wonderful colouring books.

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Lulu.com

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0359936024

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Rediscovering Republicanism

Renewing America with Our Founding Vision and Values

By: John Nantz

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Rediscovering Republicanism

Renewing America with Our Founding Vision and Values

By: John Nantz

When well-designed institutions function properly, people thrive. Few institutions have been more ingeniously designed than the U.S. federal government via the Constitution in 1787. This auspicious beginning more than two centuries ago helps explain why the U.S. remains a magnet for opportunity seekers, students, entrepreneurs, dissidents, and persecuted believers. Yet for decades now, America’s federal government has been underperforming. Social Security and Medicare face looming insolvency. The federal government’s “war on poverty” has failed to “end poverty” and arguably made it worse. In 2012, the United States Postal Service lost more money than the nation spent on the State Department, and Amtrak has lost money every year since being created in 1971. How can an enduring institution, so thoughtfully crafted, now produce such poor results? The federal government has grown so much because it serves a new and different vision, American Progressivism. American Progressives believed that democratically elected, public-minded federal politicians and employees could use federal programs to solve the nation’s greatest problems in a way no other American institution could. This idea justified the federal government’s massive expansion: today, the federal government runs over 1,500 programs and employs over 5% of the U.S. workforce. Yet federal results do not match Progressive expectations. Three key problems – “windfall politics”, “the government surcharge”, and “complexity failure” – overlooked by American Progressives explain the federal government’s consistent failures. American Progressive’s rosy-eyed view of human nature and political institutions have not been borne out by the evidence. In an era of substantial political fermentation and debate, rediscovering and re-applying American Republicanism represents the best path forward for the United States. The federal government should retain many necessary responsibilities but turn over those where it has failed – for social welfare, federally provided services, and retirement savings among others – to the country’s state governments, civil society, and individual citizens respectively.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0761872345

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A Culture of Positive Change

By: John Iroh

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A Culture of Positive Change

By: John Iroh

Many people, like my colleague, are trapped in jobs they hate to do only to wait agonizingly for the retirement year as it crawls endlessly one year at a time. It seems like too much of misery and yet, the best such people could do is to endure the misery and wait for the due retirement. Most of our youths do not have plans beyond the next weekend. It is possible to design your own retirement and also decide when. Youths can become achievers even before they become adults. It is possible to contribute into the society rather than depend on the society. Everyone can truly have and enjoy a successful and fulfilling life. It is never late to embrace a culture of positive change. A Culture of Positive Change explores your potentiala resource that every person has, to achieve success. It provides guidance to help you discover your unique purpose for living. The wisdom and advice presented on every page challenge you to activate the rich deposit of ability within you and also provides ideas and suggestions about how you can become an achievereven a celebrity. Chapters focus on the following as well as many other topics leading to success: It All Begins with a Dream You Already Possess All You Need to Succeed Common Traits of Successful People You Have to Make the Hard Decisions Hints on Discovering Who You Are 150 Success Nuggets A Culture of Positive Change contains all of the key components required to become a truly prosperous, fulfilled person. You were created to be successful!

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149188696X

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Susan Boyle

Living the Dream

By: John McShane

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Susan Boyle

Living the Dream

By: John McShane

As a child Susan struggled at school and spent many years dreaming of being noticed at local talent shows. The death of her mother and the strength of her faith finally gave Susan the courage to apply for Britain's Got Talent in 2009. The rest as they say is history... Her rendition of I Dreamed a Dream, from Les Miserables, captivated not only the British audience but audiences across the globe. Millions of fans logged in on YouTube and Twitter making Susan an overnight success. Susan's debut album was recognised as the fastest selling UK debut album of all time selling 411,820 copies. In the U.S, the album sold 701,000 copies in its first week, the best opening week for a debut artist in over a decade. I Dreamed a Dream also outsold the rest of the top 5 albums combined. In only a week, it sold more than 2 million copies worldwide, becoming the Fastest Selling Global Female Debut Album.

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1843582104

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Janacek: Years of a Life Volume 2 (1914-1928)

Tsar of the Forests

By: John Tyrrell

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Janacek: Years of a Life Volume 2 (1914-1928)

Tsar of the Forests

By: John Tyrrell

Volume 2 opens at the the outbreak of the First World War and at the time of Janácek's lowest ebb. Within two years, however, his fortunes were transformed by the Prague production of Jenufa This led to international fame and fortune and to the magnificent creative flowering in which the elderly composer wrote most of his best-known works. His personal life was affected by his public affair with Gabriela Horvátová and his friendship with Kamila Stösslová, whom he saw as the inspiration for many of his late works.

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Faber & Faber

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0571268722

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9780571268726

The Road to Safwan

The 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry in the 1991 Persian Gulf War

By: Stephen Alan Bourque,John W. Burdan

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The Road to Safwan

The 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry in the 1991 Persian Gulf War

By: Stephen Alan Bourque,John W. Burdan

The Road to Safwan is a complete history of the 1st Infantry Divisions cavalry unit fighting in Operation Desert Storm. Stephen A. Bourque and John W. Burdan III served in the 1st Infantry Bourque in Division Headquarters, Burdan as the Operations Officer of the 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry. Based on extensive interviews and primary sources, Bourque and Burdan provide the most in-depth coverage to date of a battalion-level unit in the 1991 war, showing how the unit deployed, went into combat, and adapted to changing circumstances. The authors describe how the officers and men moved from the routine of cold war training to leading the Big Red One in battle through the Iraqi defenses and against the Iraqi Republican Guard. The 1st Squadron, 4th Cavalry participated in the 1st Brigade attack on G-Day, the large tank battle for Objective Norfolk, the cutting of Basra Road, and the capture of Safwan Airfield, the site where General H. Norman Schwartzkopf conducted cease-fire negotiations with the Iraqis. The squadrons activities are placed squarely within the context of both division and corps activities, which illustrates the fog of war, the chain of command, and the uncertainty of information affecting command decisions. The Road to Safwan challenges the myth that technology won the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Contrary to popular view, it was a soldier's war not much different from previous conflicts in its general nature. What was different was the quality and intensity of the unit's training, which resulted, repeatedly, in successful engagements and objectives secured. It is the story of the people, not the machines, which ultimately led this squadron to the small town of Safwan.

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University of North Texas Press

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1574412329

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Silence

Lectures and Writings, 50th Anniversary Edition

By: John Cage

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Silence

Lectures and Writings, 50th Anniversary Edition

By: John Cage

John Cage is the outstanding composer of avant-garde music today. The Saturday Review said of him: "Cage possesses one of the rarest qualities of the true creator- that of an original mind- and whether that originality pleases, irritates, amuses or outrages is irrelevant." "He refuses to sermonize or pontificate. What John Cage offers is more refreshing, more spirited, much more fun-a kind of carefree skinny-dipping in the infinite. It's what's happening now." –The American Record Guide "There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try as we may to make a silence, we cannot. Sounds occur whether intended or not; the psychological turning in direction of those not intended seems at first to be a giving up of everything that belongs to humanity. But one must see that humanity and nature, not separate, are in this world together, that nothing was lost when everything was given away.

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Wesleyan University Press

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0819571776

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Things You Learn Along the Way

By: John Menadue

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Things You Learn Along the Way

By: John Menadue

I changed a lot over sixty years, but I never lost the dissenter tradition that I learned in my first fifteen years in the Methodist manse. I worked for Rupert Murdoch and saw how seductive power is. Later, as head of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet in Canberra, I had the bizarre experience of working for Gough Whitlam in the morning of 11 November 1975 and, in the afternoon, for Malcolm Fraser after John Kerr dismissed the Whitlam Government. The anger of what happened on that fateful day is still with me. Working with Malcolm Fraser, however, proved liberating. I realised that while being an outsider was uncomfortable, it was manageable. It was as Australian Ambassador in Japan in the late 1970s that I learned most about Australia and myself. As head of the Department of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs ( 1981-83 ), I had the most job of my life, being involved in nation-building and playing my part in ending White Australia. As CEO at Qantas ( 1986-89 ), I experienced the difficulties of dealing with a board and a Government with agendas that weren't the same as mine - and the pressure to conform. All institutions, like people, are in need of radical daily reform. Without dissenters, institutions die. In that respect I became more radical as I grew older. I now believe that the one thing above all else I've learned is that we need relationships and community if our lives are to be complete.

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PEARLS & IRRITATIONS P/L

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1763592219

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9781763592216

The Selected Letters of John Cage

By: John Cage

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The Selected Letters of John Cage

By: John Cage

This annotated selection of more than five hundred letters by the groundbreaking composer and avant-garde icon covers every phase of his career. This volume reveals the intimate life of John Cage with all the intelligence, wit, and inventiveness that made him such an important composer and performer. The missives range from lengthy reports of his early trips to Europe in the 1930s through his years with the dancer Merce Cunningham. They shed new light on his growing eminence as an iconic performance artist of the American avant-garde. Written in Cage’s singular voice—by turns profound, irreverent, and funny—these letters reveal Cage’s passionate interest in people, ideas, and the arts. They include correspondence with Peter Yates, David Tudor, and Pierre Boulez, among many others. Readers will enjoy Cage's commentary about the people and events of a transformative time in the arts, as well as his meditations on the very nature of art. This volume presents an extraordinary portrait of a complex, brilliant man who challenged and changed the artistic currents of the twentieth century.

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