Libro especializado que se ajusta al desarrollo de la cualificación profesional y adquisición del certificado de profesionalidad "HOTR0509 - REPOSTERÍA". Manual imprescindible para la formación y la capacitación, que se basa en los principios de la cualificación y dinamización del conocimiento, como premisas para la mejora de la empleabilidad y eficacia para el desempeño del trabajo.
An arresting and poignant cultural history of graveyards, from early burial sites to now. Why, how and where do we inter our dead? How do we set out to remember them? The Pyramids of Giza, the catacombs and columbaria of Rome and the cenotaphs erected to the worlds war dead are but some of the answers. In inimitable style, Roger Luckhurst probes the often moving, sometimes contested ways in wh…
Beirut - Nur in seltenen Fällen steht Ideengeschichte so im Sturm des turbulenten Zeitgeschehens wie in der Winteraugabe der Zeitschrift für Ideengeschichte. Die Ausgabe spürt den intellektuellen Energien einer modernen Metropole nach, in der Krieg und Kultur, Amüsement und Terror immer dicht beieinander liegen. Das extreme Lebensgefühl einer Stadt wird sichtbar, die mit ihren Ausgrabungss…
A self-taught artist in several mediums who became known for stippling, Leonard Chana captured the essence of the Tohono O'odham people. He incorporated subtle details of O'odham life into his art, and his images evoke the smells, sounds, textures, and tastes of the Sonoran desert—all the while depicting the values of his people. He began his career by creating cards and soon was lending his…
In the beginning was basketry. Around the world, the intertwining of fibers by hand to form a container is a most ancient of crafts. It is older than pottery and metalwork, older than loom weaving. Woven from the Center presents breathtaking basketry from some of the greatest weavers in the Southwest. Each sandal and mat fragment, each bowl and jar, every water bottle and whimsy is infused wit…
An exquisite meditation on the Japanese tea ceremony, The Little Book of Tea by Okakura Kakuz? explores how something as simple as tea can express the deepest values of Japanese culture. What begins as an essay on the tea ceremony unfolds into a graceful philosophy of beauty, simplicity, and compassion. With each page, Kakuz? invites us to slow down, to see the sacred in the everyday, and to g…
Canadian cartoonist Lynn Johnston (b. 1947) is best known for creating the comic strip For Better or For Worse. This widely acclaimed strip debuted in 1979 and ran until 2008 before being reintroduced as reruns. It chronicles the lives of the Patterson family and, more specifically, new mom Elly Patterson, as she tries to manage a household and family. For Better or For Worse is celebrated for …
In the 1920s, Habeeb Salloums parents left behind the orchards and vineyards of French-occupied Syria to seek a new life on the windswept, drought-stricken Canadian prairies. With recollections that show the grit and improvisation of early Syrian pioneers, Arab Cooking on a Prairie Homestead demonstrates Salloums love of traditional Arab cuisine. By growing "exotic" crops brought from…
"What is Canadian cuisine? Lenore Newman distils much of the current thinking into the erudite and elegantly readable Speaking in Cod Tongues. Her odyssey across the country provides a wealth of culinary detail, giving us a vivid contemporary portrait of Canada's complex and ever-evolving foodways." -- James Chatto, National Culinary Advisor, Gold Medal Plates "A captivating work. Newman recogn…
William Randolph Hearst's collection of Navajo textiles is one of the most complete gatherings of nineteenth-century Navajo weaving in the world. Comprising dozens of Classic Period serapes, chief blankets, Germantown eyedazzlers, and turn-of-the-century rugs, the 185-piece collection was donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History in 1942 but for the next forty years was known …