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Una historia sin final
A través de una serie de casos más o menos anómalos, el reconocido historiador italiano Carlo Ginzburg reflexiona sobre las imágenes en el arte y su largo diálogo con las palabras: De Vasari a Aby Warburg; de Federico Zeri a Anthony Grafton; de Francis Galton a Freud y Wittgenstein. En estos nueve ensayos de una erudición encantadora, Ginzburg no solo descifra textos leyéndolos entre lí…
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The Practical DistillerOr, An Introduction to Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Sp…
Published in 1809 when distillation of spirits was legal, The Practical Distiller provides recipes and distillation methods for homemade whiskey, gin, and brandy as well as history of the various ways that alcohol has been made since the 1600s. This tome includes entire sections devoted to yeast, choosing the best rye and malt, hogsheads, methods for setting stills, clarifying whiskey and re…
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Thirty-Six Years an Ice Cream MakerReceipts and Pointers
All we know of Val Miller is that for thirty-six years he worked as a skilled ice cream maker for commercial businesses, or he ran his own. His book is filled with advice for operating such a business, from running the front office, to employee relations, to manufacturing and marketing, including many recipes for a wide variety of ice creams. The recipes are compiled for large quantities suit…
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Dairying ExemplifiedOr, The Business of Cheesemaking
The American edition of Twamley's book was reprinted from the second British printing, described as "corrected and improved." The author had the advantage of his own thirty-years' experience in cheese making, but he also apparently consulted with dairywomen from several countries in compiling the most successful procedures for making excellent cheeses. Covering everything from grazing land to…
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Fifteen Cent Dinners for Families of Six
Self published by the founder of the New York Cooking School, this forty-page leaflet was designed to educate new immigrant families with low incomes about preparing good, healthy meals. As the industrial revolution gathered steam and reformers focused on living conditions of the poor and disadvantaged, economical themes began to appear in cookbooks, and Corson's pamphlet was extremely popula…
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The House Servant's DirectoryA Monitor for Private Families
"In order to get through your work in proper time, you should make it your chief study to rise early in the morning; for an hour before the family rises is worth more to you than two after they are up." These are Robert Roberts's first words to his readers in this classic resource for those employed as domestic servants. More household-management manual than cookbook, the book does contain reci…
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Making of an Icon
When Jean-Michel Basquiat died in 1988 at the age of twenty-seven, major critics called his work a flash in the pan and the meteoric rise in the prices of his paintings started to fall back. Almost thirty years later Basquiat joined Picasso, Modigliani and Munch when one of his paintings sold for over {dollar}100 million. Nearly four decades after his untimely death, he remains one of the most …
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Teaching PhotographyNotes Assembled
Philip Perkis, the accomplished photographer and educator, now presents the second edition of Teaching Photography, Notes Assembled—the slim, unassuming book that has been an unexpected hit in photography circles. This expanded edition features an additional chapter and is co-published by OB Press and RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press, both affiliated with Rochester Institute of Technology. RIT off…
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The Accidental Picasso ThiefThe True Story of a Reverse Heist, Outrunning the…
In 1969, during a Boston snowstorm, a crate containing Pablo Picasso's Portrait of a Woman and a Musketeer vanished from Logan Airport. It should have gone to a Milwaukee gallery-but instead ended up in the closet of Bill Rummel, a young forklift operator. What followed was a stranger-than-fiction chain of events: FBI agents on the hunt, whispers of Whitey Bulger's mob, and a daring "reverse h…
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Atmospheric Landscapes using Oils and Cold Wax
Atmospheric Landscapes with Oils and Cold Wax is an inspiring and practical guide for artists eager to explore the rich textures, luminous layers and intuitive mark-making that define this versatile medium. By layering, scraping and working with transparent and opaque colours, it shows you how to create your own compelling landscapes that evoke mystery and atmosphere and resonate with energy an…
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