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Michael Polanyi (1891-1976) was a curious man driven to understand most everything that came to his attention. His work experience and exemplary insights took him from medicine to physical chemistry and ultimately to the social sciences and philosophy. His latter move was made in response to such disasters as the world wars, the depression, and the rise of totalitarian regimes. The creative approach he employed for scientific discovery greatly influenced his subsequent work. Because the social and cultural context has changed in the 75 years since his death, the articles in this book seek to identify and build upon his broad-based insights in ways that are fitting today. Thus, the book is divided into a section that, in Polanyian terms, dwells in and interprets his thought and a section that, while rooted in his thought, breaks out of it to reflect on its rich possibilities for further development.

Sunthorn Phu (1786–1855) is an unlikely figure through which to understand nineteenth-century Buddhism in Siam. Despite being described as a “drunken writer” by the court astrologer after his death, he is now the national poet of Thailand. Yet the majority of Sunthorn Phu’s literary accomplishments, including many of the nirat journeying poems translated in this volume, are scarcely available in English. In A Drunken Bee, Paul Lewis McBain argues that the irreverent, rebellious, and parodic voice of Sunthorn Phu is an invaluable resource for understanding the Buddhism of early Bangkok. A wealth of information about the conflicts and contradictions of the religious thought of this period can be found in the ways in which the poet describes his local landscape. Following Sunthorn Phu on his journeys, readers encounter cities of celebration and rivers of sadness; kingly processions, railways, and unruly pilgrims on their way to the Saraburi Buddha Footprint; forests of spirit-guardians; and life-prolonging alchemical materials as well as the semimythical oceans of Buddhist cosmology used to make sense of the new, more varied world opening up to Siam in the nineteenth century. In this volume McBain employs theories not only from literary studies but also from the interdisciplinary study of landscapes, applying an innovative approach to understanding how journeying poems may be used as critical sources for uncovering past ways of thinking with and within place. What emerges is one of the most colorful windows into the early modernity of Siam in the nineteenth century. The author convincingly showcases how the kingdom was already developing its own nascent individuality, irony, and skepticism, all broached by redefining Buddhist concepts. The book offers students and scholars of literature and religion new approaches to the study of journeying poems and how literary texts may be employed in landscape studies, as well as how religious affect may be tied with place.

In this comprehensive guide to the art of photography, Paul Lewis Anderson explores the techniques, tools, and aesthetics of the medium, providing valuable insights into how to take better photographs. With practical tips, inspiring examples, and engaging text, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in photography as an art form. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

精準掌握建築結構、材料與空間性 必知的「建築剖面學」 首度以剖面為論述的專著 看見平面圖看不出的奧秘 更身歷其境的建築觀賞之道 8大類型、63座世界頂尖建築剖面，126頁跨頁大圖，完整展開 學習建築、掌握空間的利器，開啟真正享受建築之美的鑰匙 精彩收錄享譽國際的台灣案例── 姚仁喜「新北市立美術館」、伊東豊雄「台中歌劇院」 ‧ 看台灣9大建築人，如何談剖面的重要？ 「理解剖面幾乎是理解建築空間場面及構造之美的關鍵，這本正是一把開啓享受建築之美的鑰匙。」──褚瑞基 「對剖面圖的閱讀與理解，是提升社會大眾深入暸解建築專業的最佳途徑之一。」──吳光庭 「剖面圖提供創造空間時無可比擬的力量，更創造了諸多非凡的建築經典。」──何震寰 「剖面傳遞空間內外關係，本書繪製許多當代膾炙人口的經典建築剖面與剖透，值得推薦。」──徐明松 「本書裡每張開展的剖面透視圖都得以讓人一窺建築名作的奧秘，是學習建築與掌握空間的利器。」──曾成德 「剖面是思考建築空間垂直向度關連性最重要的圖面。本書豐富的經典案例，提供了進一步探究建築空間的思考途徑。」──施植明 「剖面圖是思考並創造人與空間互動關係的有利工具。」──薛孟琪 「這本書對於認識現代建築的構築美學有很大的幫助。」──黃奕智 「透過剖面研究，更能掌握建築的結構性、構造性、材料性、空間性，並進而完整瞭解建築內在構成的真實意圖。」──廖偉立 ‧ 這些建築奧祕，只有剖面圖能告訴你！ - 為什麼柯比意的廊香教堂的光線如此神聖？──就是利用塑造與推疊，製造錯視與焦點。許多宗教空間會利用內凹的天花板將焦點聚集在內部空間，廊香教堂剛好相反，它的外凸、塑造型剖面把焦點推向周界，同時把位於中殿兩邊的三座小禮拜堂融入其中。 - 伊東豊雄的台中歌劇院如何做到呈現如洞穴般的高難度建築？藉由塑造、堆疊、孔洞、嵌套手法，把曲面視為牆和天花板，也可視為動線空間和中庭的周界。 - 由六角形構成的巨型球體──1967年世界博覽會的美國館，由貞尾昭二與富勒所負責，富勒就是結合塑造和堆疊，主要再加上反覆運用嵌套型剖面來產生經過控制的熱環境。這些大規模的嵌套型剖面都是他在探索和發明空間框架構成系統時的產物，讓他可以蓋出更龐大的封皮，在建築物裡安置建築物。 ‧ 首度以剖面圖為核心論述的創舉專書 有鑑於21世紀初建築實務所面臨的各種環境和材料挑戰，本書作者相信剖面將是建築未來創新的關鍵所在。三位作者──保羅‧路易斯（Paul Lewis），馬克‧鶴卷（Marc Tsurumaki），大衛‧路易斯（David J. Lewis），是紐約市LTL建築事務所的創辦人，也是普林斯頓大學、哥倫比亞大學和帕森設計學院的建築教授。他們將現代建築各個剖面歸納為8大類，成就了首部以剖面圖為核心的論述專書。 身為從業者和教育者，他們挑選了63個重要的建築專案，繪製出精細的剖面透視圖，利用剖面富有創意的方式重新想像結構力、熱力和機能力的交互作用。此外，剖面也是空間、形式、材料和人類經驗的交會地，本書可做為學生、建築師和其他讀者進一步鑽研的基石。 讀者將能清楚分辨哪類剖面常見於平面的單層住宅和辦公室，哪類剖面又常見於如積木般堆疊的住商大樓，引入通風和採光的錯層式住宅用什麼樣的剖面？而重功能的劇院、音樂廳、教堂，相對於必須形成散步動線的美術館，又各適用於什麼樣的剖面結構呢？面對複雜的空間順序或大型中庭，什麼樣的類型最能解決？ ‧ 認識8大剖面代表建築 剖面有哪些不同類型，各自扮演了何種角色？這些剖面如何製作？為什麼要選擇這種剖面構型而非另一種？本書將探討這些問題，並提供一個概念性、材料性和工具性的架構，幫助讀者理解剖面，將它們當成打造建築的手法。 一、伸拉型：皮耶‧路易吉‧奈爾維的勞動宮、菲力普‧強生的玻璃屋 二、堆疊型：MVRDV的2000年世博會荷蘭館、路康的沙克中心 三、塑造型：柯比意的廊香教堂、伊東豊雄的台中歌劇院 四、剪切型：萊特的落水山莊、迪勒‧史柯菲迪歐+倫佛的布朗大學格諾夫創意藝術中心 五、孔洞型：路康的埃克塞特學院圖書館、伊東豊雄的仙台媒體中心 六、傾斜型：柯比意的薩伏衣別墅、萊特的古根漢美術館 七、嵌套型：阿塞伯X阿隆索工作室的西班牙拉柯魯尼亞藝術中心、MVRDV的埃芬納爾文化中心 八、混種型：西雅圖中央圖書館、葡萄牙波爾多音樂之家、維特拉展示屋、勞力士學習中心 ‧ 9大建築院校，16位專家學者＆建築師一致推薦（依姓氏筆畫排序） 王聰榮 國立臺北科技大學建築系教授 吳光庭 國立清華大學通識教育中心教授 何震寰 國立陽明交通大學建築研究所專任副教授 施植明 台灣科技大學建築系教授 徐明松 銘傳大學建築系助理教授、建築史學者 郭文亮 東海大學建築系副教授（已退休） 陳林蔚 國立臺中科技大學 室內設計系助理教授 曾成德 國立陽明交通大學建築研究所終身講座教授 黃聲遠 田中央工作群主持建築師 黃奕智 淡江大學建築系助理教授 廖偉立 立建築工作所〔Ambi-Studio〕主持建築師 褚瑞基 銘傳大學建築系專任副教授 劉舜仁 國立成功大學建築學系教授 劉克峰 朝陽科技大學建築系助理教授 薛孟琪 東海大學建築系專任副教授 龔書章 國立陽明交通大學建築研究所教授 原書名：《剖開世界現代建築》

In this book, an international team of specialists reflects, more than a dozen years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, on the implications of that momentous conjuncture for the study of party politics in Europe. In particular, the authors and editors seek to address two inter-connected questions: To what extent is there evidence of convergence in patterns of party politics across Eastern and Western Europe? And how far has the theory of parties and party systems coped with the emergence of democratic politics in Eastern Europe? In a wideranging and stimulating set of essays, these issues are confronted in respect of themes such as the impact of institutional contexts like electoral systems and presidentialism, the evolving nature of cleavage structures, party organizational developments, and intra-party factionalism. This book will make a significant addition to any course reading list on comparative and party politics.

Neben Grundriss und Ansicht ist der Schnitt die wichtigste architektonische Zeichnung zur Darstellung und Erfassung von architektonischem Raum. Er schafft eine Beziehung zwischen Körper und Gebäude und verdeutlicht das Zusammenspiel zwischen Architektur und ihrem Kontext. Systematisch zeigt dieses Buch in 7 Kategorien Schnittperspektiven bekannter, internationaler Projekt und ist so eine wertvolle Inspirationsquelle für die eigene Entwurfsarbeit.

Cum arata dragostea pe care ti o doresti? O dragoste bogata… viguroasa… trainica si care poate sa te implineasca! Ti-o doresti si tu. Mi-o doresc si eu. Fara ea, viata noastra este cel putin incompleta, daca nu, disperata. Dorinta de a oferi si a primi o dragoste pura si eterna pulseaza in fiecare dintre noi. Nu putem trai fara ea. Conceptia predominanta este ca dragostea vine ambalata in actul sexual. Dar cum se face ca in cultura noastra, in care exprimarea sexuala practic nu are limite, suntem din ce in ce mai nemultumiti si mai neimpliniti? De ce un lucru atat de firesc si de frumos genereaza relatii atat de sarace? Daca esti in cautarea acestor raspunsuri directe, atunci Cum arata dragostea ti se adreseaza in mod special. Vei afla ca exista trei tipuri de dragoste: „dragostea, daca...“, „dragostea, pentru ca...“ si dragostea „te iubesc, punct“. Daca nu ai avut parte de dragostea „te iubesc, punct“, inca nu e prea tarziu sa o traiesti. Cuprins Capitolul 1: Ce fel de dragoste iti doresti? Capitolul 2: Ce s-a intamplat cu libertatea sexuala? Capitolul 3: Cine a inventat sexualitatea? Capitolul 4: Cum este dragostea adevarata? Capitolul 5: Care este cel mai important organ sexual? Capitolul 6: Pot sa o iau de la capat? Capitolul 7: Raspund barbatii altfel decat femeile? Capitolul 8: Ce anume face ca o relatie de prietenie sa fie placuta? Capitolul 9: Esti gata sa incerci? Josh McDowell este un apologet crestin, evanghelist si scriitor. Numele sau este asociat adeseori cu organizatia Campus Crusade for Christ. A confeu00adrentiat in fata a peste zece milioane de tineri din peste 84 de tari si 700 de universitati. Este autorul sau coautorul a peste 140 de carti, parte din ele traduse si in limba romana. Paul Lewis este scriitor si consultant in comunicare vizuala. A scris numeroase carti pe tema relatiilor si a educarii copiilor. De asemenea, este editorul unei reviste pentru tati.

' Undercover lays bare the deceit, betrayal and cold-blooded violation practised again and again by undercover police officers - troubling, timely and brilliantly executed.' Henry Porter The gripping stories of a group of police spies - written by the award-winning investigative journalists who exposed the Mark Kennedy scandal - and the uncovering of forty years of state espionage. This was an undercover operation so secret that some of our most senior police officers had no idea it existed. The job of the clandestine unit was to monitor British 'subversives' - environmental activists, anti-racist groups, animal rights campaigners. Police stole the identities of dead people to create fake passports, driving licences and bank accounts. They then went deep undercover for years, inventing whole new lives so that they could live incognito among the people they were spying on. They used sex, intimate relationships and drugs to build their credibility. They betrayed friends, deceived lovers, even fathered children. And their operations continue today. Undercover reveals the truth about secret police operations - the emotional turmoil, the psychological challenges and the human cost of a lifetime of deception - and asks whether such tactics can ever be justified.

What do Jon Stewart, Freddy Krueger, Patch Adams, and George W. Bush have in common? As Paul Lewis shows in Cracking Up, they are all among the ranks of joke tellers who aim to do much more than simply amuse. Exploring topics that range from the sadistic mockery of Abu Ghraib prison guards to New Age platitudes about the healing power of laughter, from jokes used to ridicule the possibility of global climate change to the heartwarming performances of hospital clowns, Lewis demonstrates that over the past thirty years American humor has become increasingly purposeful and embattled. Navigating this contentious world of controversial, manipulative, and disturbing laughter, Cracking Up argues that the good news about American humor in our time—that it is delightful, relaxing, and distracting—is also the bad news. In a culture that both enjoys and quarrels about jokes, humor expresses our most nurturing and hurtful impulses, informs and misinforms us, and exposes as well as covers up the shortcomings of our leaders. Wondering what’s so funny about a culture determined to laugh at problems it prefers not to face, Lewis reveals connections between such seemingly unrelated jokers as Norman Cousins, Hannibal Lecter, Rush Limbaugh, Garry Trudeau, Jay Leno, Ronald Reagan, Beavis and Butt-Head, and Bill Clinton. The result is a surprising, alarming, and at times hilarious argument that will appeal to anyone interested in the ways humor is changing our cultural and political landscapes.

Alain Ducasse est sans doute le chef de cuisine le plus connu au monde. Il est en tous les cas celui dont le succès est le plus éclatant. Ce livre raconte l''extraordinaire aventure de ce boulimique de la réussite, ses réalisations diverses, ses restaurants, hôtels, auberges, entreprises en tous genres montées aussi bien en France qu''à l''étranger. Cuisinier de formation, Alain Ducasse est devenu au fil des années aubergiste, consultant, créateur, mais avant tout un véritable chef d''équipe. Aujourd''hui, près de mille personnes travaillent pour lui en Europe, Afrique, Asie, Amérique et Moyen-Orient. Le petit Landais, issu d''une famille d''agriculteurs, ne cesse de sauter d''un avion à l''autre pour développer sa conception de chef " contemporain ". Il est le premier à revendiquer ouvertement le fait de ne pas être en permanence en cuisine. Il préfère former, animer des équipes, recruter les meilleures brigades pour ses restaurants, et accueillir des élèves qui voleront un jour de leurs propres ailes. " L''essentiel de la grande cuisine se trouve dans la qualité du produit " aime à répéter Alain Ducasse. La haute cuisine doit être simple, perceptible et compréhensible de tous. C''est donc un itinéraire brillantissime que retrace ce livre qui se lit avec un plaisir gourmand, fait rêver, voyager, et comprendre très concrètement les mécanismes de ce succès mondial.

Political Parties in Post-Communist Eastern Europe is the first textbook to survey the course of party developments in eastern Europe as a whole in the post-Communist period. This book relates the specifics of the post-communist situation to the broader picture of the early stages of party development in western Europe and also to contemporary models of party organisation in established democracies. The book includes: · a brief historical introduction to the context of post-communist change · the process of competitive party formation and democratic elections · the development of independent parties; their ideologies, and electoral volatility · the structure and level of organisation developed by new parties · an analysis of stable party systems which have emerged in eastern Europe and the contribution they make to emerging democracies in the region Party Politics in Post-Communist Eastern Europe will be a comprehensive and invaluable resource, accessible to undergraduates of politics and European studies, as well as the non-specialist reader.

Suppose you were told: You have thirty days to live! What difference would such news make in how you thought about your family? What time would you suddenly find for things you had been avoiding or putting off? In this book, Paul Lewis and Thom Black put these questions to readers in a riveting, emotionally moving story.Then the authors offer real-world ideas for how to take the emotions conjured up by the story -- increased love for family, motivation to be a better parent -- and turn them into practical activities.

Originally published: Hillsboro, Or.: Beyond Words Pub., 1988.

In this volume, the latest addition to the award-winning Pamphlet Architecture series, the authors examine common architectural forms (chairs, doors, and walls) and programs (a cinema, a health club, a skyscraper) in order to dissect and reconfigure them. In the process they create ten new projects that draw their power from an oscillation between the recognizable and the surreal. Cleverly undermining the conventions and norms of contemporary architectural design, the authors pose a direct challenge to the seemingly endless search for new styles, arguing instead that the greatest potential for architecture in the twenty-first century rests on an imaginative examination of what we take for granted. Designed by authors, Situation Normal... weaves together text, photographs, and drawings. An introductory essay establishes the theoretical and historical position of the book.

An in-depth literary analysis of the play, La vida es sueño.

Specially commissioned re-enactment photographs depict many aspects of war during the Napoleonic period.

Lewis, a founding member of the National Center for Fathering, explores the five fundamentals every father needs to know to become a successful dad: understanding a father''s significance; acting intentionally; using networks; communicating clearly; and maximizing time with his children.

This innovative new text is derived from a highly successful Open University course of the same title. It takes as a dominant theme the contested issue of 'globalization' (the apparent intensification of global patterns of inter-dependence) and its implications for the autonomy of the modern nation-state. Following a conceptual introduction, which critically examines the theoretical debates framing the study of world politics, the work is structured around four key processes of globalization which the authors identify as being the central determinants of contemporary global politics. These key processes are: the global impact of great power relations; the globalizing tendencies of technological innovation; the existence of a global economy; and the globalizing force of modernity. Reflecting this structure the text is organized into four discrete sections. Each section explores, both theoretically and empirically, one of the four processes of globalization. Throughout, particular attention is paid both to a critical evaluation of these globalizing processes as well as to their consequences for the sovereignty and autonomy of the modern nation-state. Moreover, the authors combine a lucid treatment of theoretical debates with topical case-study material to produce a text which is extremely accessible to undergraduate students studying international relations and politics and to those readers with little prior knowledge of world affairs.

Récit et conte; "livre des origines". Roman initiatique et roman d''apprentissage. "Alice au pays des merveilles montréalaises" (J. Ethier-Blais, ##Le Devoir##, 12 décembre 1970). Neuf pages de préface. Dossier, p. 155-207, comportant dix pages de notes. [SDM]

Appraisal of the Swedish queen's public and private life.