The Life and Work of the Twentieth-Century Louisiana Architect A. Hays Town (Mellen Studies in Architecture, V. 10)

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Microbial defacement and degradation of artistic or historic artifacts is a worldwide problem affecting all countries regardless of their history, geographical location, or economic conditions. This is the first comprehensive study of the role of microbial colonization on the degradation of different cultural artifacts (from buildings to books, wall paintings, textiles, sculptures and glass) and of the investigations into the compounds utilized to control microbial invasion. The book focuses on three main areas: the identification of the microorganisms which cause structural damage; methods to reduce or prevent microbial colonization and damage; and the use of microorganisms for the protection and bioremediation of cultural artifacts.

Science and Technology in Historic Preservation & Of Microbes and Art: The Role of Microbial Communities in the Degradation and Protection of Cultural ... Review): An article from: American Antiquity

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Science and Technology in Historic Preservation & Of Microbes and Art: The Role of Microbial Communities in the Degradation and Protection of Cultural ... Review): An article from: American Antiquity
Allan S. Gilbert
Manufacturer: Society for American Archaeology
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This digital document is an article from American Antiquity, published by Society for American Archaeology on July 1, 2003. The length of the article is 1818 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Science and Technology in Historic Preservation & Of Microbes and Art: The Role of Microbial Communities in the Degradation and Protection of Cultural Heritage.(Book Review)
Author: Allan S. Gilbert
Publication: American Antiquity (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 2003
Publisher: Society for American Archaeology
Volume: 68 Issue: 3 Page: 585(3)

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Photography possesses a powerful ability to bear witness, aid remembrance, shape, and even alter recollection. In Beyond Memory: Soviet Nonconformist Photography and Photo-Related Works of Art, the general editor, Diane Neumaier, and twenty-three contributors offer a rigorous examination of the medium's role in late Soviet unofficial art. Focusing on the period between the mid-1950s and the late 1980s, they explore artists' unusually inventive and resourceful uses of photography within a highly developed Soviet dissident culture.

During this time, lack of high-quality photographic materials, complimented by tremendous creative impulses, prompted artists to explore experimental photo-processes such as camera and darkroom manipulations, photomontage, and hand-coloring. Photography also took on a provocative array of forms including photo installation, artist-made samizdat (self-published) books, photo-realist painting, and many other surprising applications of the flexible medium.

Beyond Memory shows how innovative conceptual moves and approaches to form and content—echoes of Soviet society's coded communication and a Russian sense of absurdity—were common in the Soviet cultural underground. Collectively, the works in this anthology demonstrate how late-Soviet artists employed irony and invention to make positive use of difficult circumstances. In the process, the volume illuminates the multiple characters of photography itself and highlights the leading role that the medium has come to play in the international art world today.

Beyond Memory stands on its own as a rigorous examination of photography's place in late Soviet unofficial art, while also serving as a supplement to the traveling exhibition of the same title.

Contributors: Konstantin Akinsha, Elena Barkhatova, Ekaterina Bobrinskaya, Alexander Borovsky, Alla Efimova, Ekaterina Degot, Norton T. Dodge, Jason Francisco, Boris Groys, Sirje Helme, Raminta Jurenaite, Ernest Larsen, Igor Makarevich, Lev Manovich, Boris Mikhailov, Nick Muellner, Diane Neumaier, Gregory J. Perry, Gerald Pirog, Alla Rosenfeld, Mikhail Sidlin, Aleksandr Slyusarev, Valery Stigneev, Mark Allen Svede.

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The book revisits the subject matter of macroeconomic theory in a two-sector disequilibrium model inspired by the structural theories of the business cycle developed by Tugan-Baranowski, Aftalion, Fanno, and Lowe. The functioning of each market is modeled following Hicks: the features of each market depend on the characteristics of the goods traded. In this framework, endogenous irregular business cycles arise. The issues of the impact of technical progress and the effectiveness of a stabilizing fiscal policy are thoroughly discussed. The book concludes with a discussion of all of these problems in a case of open economy.

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Commercial Investment Real Estate Policies and Procedures Book 2 (Commercial Investment Real Estate)
Lee Arnold
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall College Div
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Commercial Investment Real Estate, Book 2: Policies and Procedures
Lee E. Arnold
Manufacturer: Realtors Natl Marketing Inst
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ASIN: 9994042254

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Dyslexia, a language communication disability remains a little-understood and controversial disease among specialists, educators, and parents. In easy-to-understand terms, Dr. Huston provides suggestions for parents and teachers to help dyslexic children learn to cope.

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A Dyslexic Reading about Dyslexia.......2005-04-07

I am a 20 year-old Dyslexic currently going to school to become a Special Education teacher with am emphasis on Learning Disablilites. I recently had to do a paper and presentation on Dyslexia and came across this book in my college's library. I found this book very interesting and full of helpful information, and the best thing about it was i could understand everything the author was saying. I highly reccomend it to any parent, teacher, or Dyslexic to read.

Informative !.......1997-09-18

As a mother of a 10 yr old newly diagnosed dyslexic , I found this book informative and easy to read. I particulary like the sections on visual and auditory dyslexia.So much of it decribes our son.The only part that I found the author over emphasized is the fact that kids are often misdiagnosed.Every chapter had that in it,which is important but in my case we already knew my son has dyslexia.I also thought it could have contained more information on symptoms and various testing information for evaluation of dyslexia.but overall I enjoyed the book very much.Its worth buying. Roxanne T

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Michael Asher's investigation into the famous SAS operation, The Real Bravo Two Zero, became a bestseller, and his biography of Lawrence of Arabia was deemed "brilliant" by reviewers. Here, in a unique military memoir, he reveals his own background: how he joined the elite 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment, and finally the SAS. Told he would fail the arduous training, he proved them all wrong. But after years of working with various branches of the military, and being stationed in Northern Ireland, Asher abandoned it all and departed for a new life in the Sudanese desert, where he has lived for years among the Bedouins.

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Gripping. As Near To Being There As It Gets........2003-12-02

This extremely well written book recounts the first hand experiences of Michael Asher throughout his time in the British Parachute Regiment, the Special Air Service and the Special Patrol Group in Northern Ireland. The book proceeds at a brisk pace throughout but is replete with enormous detail.

The brutally honest text grips the reader into a sense of "almost being there". Having completed a regular engagement in the British forces during the same period as that illustrated here, I can confirm the accuracy of many of the matters described, including some of the "less savoury" elements which may upset some readers.

The reader does not have to agree with the views expressed throughout this book, but needs to understand the realities on the ground which are so commendably portrayed and which form the basis of this work. Not least of these are the realism and humanity of the raw recruits undergoing such harsh physical & military training as well as the raw honesty of the writer.

The stress and pain endured throughout the many stages of specialist training are almost tangible and the reader can but grimace at times along with the author as he relates pivotal periods of his experience where the reality and atmosphere of occasional brutality & intimidation together with periods of humiliation are so vividly evoked.

The book is not one to be "enjoyed" as there is little here to lead the reader in that direction. This is a soldier writing about soldiers' experiences and some of the content might be considered "distasteful" to many readers who are not familiar with military life. Be warned.

The fear and frustration during patrols in Northern Ireland during the "Troubles" are among other realities really brought home to the reader, where every street corner, window, alleyway or shadow might hide a gunman. (The politics of the situation in Northern Ireland are largely avoided apart from reference to the occasional quote from those involved in a number of incidents.) Situations now being experienced by the military in numerous locations Worldwide.

All in all this is a thoroughly readable and informative study which reveals aspects of the British military and the "soldier on the ground" which might otherwise be largely overlooked. Highly recommended for anyone with an interest in military history and experience. Thank you.

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In Reading Race, Clare Bradford looks at the ways in which Australia's indigenous peoples have been-and continue to be-represented in books for children. These varying representations have helped to color the attitudes, beliefs and assumptions of different generations of Australians. She offers a ground-breaking and intelligent picture of how Australian children's books, by both white and Aboriginal writers, have negotiated the matter of race.

Clare Bradford, Reading Race. Aboriginality in Australian Children's Literature.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Australian Studies

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Clare Bradford, Reading Race. Aboriginality in Australian Children's Literature.(Book Review): An article from: Journal of Australian Studies
Raymond Evans
Manufacturer: University of Queensland Press
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Australian Studies, published by University of Queensland Press on March 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1435 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Clare Bradford, Reading Race. Aboriginality in Australian Children's Literature.(Book Review)
Author: Raymond Evans
Publication: Journal of Australian Studies (Refereed)
Date: March 1, 2002
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Page: 214(3)

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Reading Race: Aboriginality in Australian Children's Literature.(Book Review): An article from: Australian Literary Studies

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Reading Race: Aboriginality in Australian Children's Literature.(Book Review): An article from: Australian Literary Studies
Sharyn Pearce
Manufacturer: University of Queensland Press
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This digital document is an article from Australian Literary Studies, published by University of Queensland Press on May 1, 2004. The length of the article is 862 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Reading Race: Aboriginality in Australian Children's Literature.(Book Review)
Author: Sharyn Pearce
Publication: Australian Literary Studies (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2004
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Volume: 21 Issue: 3 Page: 401(2)

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The third entry in the highly popular Special Wonders series brings the world of exotic and spectacular birds alive in a unique and colorful way. God's amazing designs of 30 birds from around the world are highlighted in this beautiful and informational book. Full-color photography illustrates the uniqueness of each bird, and makes a great gift for any bird lover on your list. Information is provided alongside the picture, and the book includes an appendix pinpointing the intelligent design of birds and a glossary. It's a great supplement for the homeschooler.

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