"Este libro de Fernanda Carvajal posee un decisivo valor inaugural al ser el primer estudio dedicado al legendario trabajo de las Yeguas del Apocalipsis cuyo corpus estético-político y cultural aparece aquí enteramente recreado y, como tal, es un libro que merece ser destacado por su aporte disciplinar al campo de especialización crítica de las escrituras sobre arte en Chile. Nelly Richard…
Em A Nova IPA, Scott Janish navega por centenas de estudos acadêmicos, coletando e traduzindo a ciência do lúpulo em um livro fácil de assimilar.Através de experimentos, testes de laboratório, discussões com pesquisadores e entrevistas com renomados cervejeiros profissionais, A Nova IPA fará você pensar diferente sobre os processos produtivos e a seleção dos ingredientes que definem …
É possível argumentar que a água é, ao mesmo tempo, o mais fundamental e o menos compreendido dos ingredientes básicos da cerveja.Este livro propõe desmistificar o papel da água no processo produtivo de cervejas. Partindo de uma visão geral sobre as fontes de água, sua geografia e características físico-químicas, os autores demonstram como analisar um relatório de qualidade da águ…
With more than 4, 800 terms and definitions from around the world plus ten appendices filled with helpful resources, The Pastry Chef's Companion combines the best features of a dictionary and an encyclopedia. In addition to the current terminology of every component of pastry, baking, and confectionary arts, this book provides important information about the origin and historical background of …
How artists created an aesthetic of "positive barbarism" in a world devastated by World War II, the Holocaust, and the atomic bomb In Brutal Aesthetics, leading art historian Hal Foster explores how postwar artists and writers searched for a new foundation of culture after the massive devastation of World War II, the Holocaust, and the atomic bomb. Inspired by the notion that modernist art can…
The standard work for students and teachers of art history: a determination of the subject of the field is followed by a presentation of the means and methods of the art historian and finally a look at the relationship to the neighbouring disciplines. With numerous further references and reading tips the volume is more than just an "introduction" into the subject for art history students. For t…
Western neoliberalism is a predatory outgrowth of late capitalism that overvalues competition, transferring the laws of the market to human relationships. This book advances the argument that anti-neoliberal cinemas of Europe, the United States, and the Russian Federation imagine and visualize alternatives to the non-sovereign realities of a neoliberal workplace that unequivocally endorses dang…
An historical account of the Normans, paired with a travelogue based on an architectural tour of Sicily to study the influence of the Normans, by a British M.P., traveler, and writer who served as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1814-15. Knight was the only son of Henry Gally (afterwards Gally Knight), barrister, of Langold, and was educated at Eton and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. He succeeded …
Hand-drawn floor plans and richly imagined architectural illustrations tell the story of television's most memorable on-screen sets and scenes. Come explore where Lucy and Ethel baked a monstrous loaf of bread, where Phoebe performed "Smelly Cat, " where Jim and Pam fell in love, and countless other homes, offices, and towns as familiar to you as your own living room. Illustrator Iñaki Aliste …
Nessun dorma è un saggio molto interessante, in cui l'autore, Italo Ungari, ci guida alla scoperta di illustri personaggi politici e religiosi. Egli immagina di conversare con queste personalità, e mentre lo fa critica o loda l'operato di ognuno, giustificando le sue ragioni con fatti concreti. Il viaggio dello scrittore parte con Sergio Mattarella, a cui si rivolge in maniera confidenziale, …