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Who was John Ruskin? What did he achieve--and how? Where is he today? One possible answer: almost everywhere. Ruskin was the Victorian age's best-known and most controversial intellectual and polymath--an artist, scientist, critic, polemicist, social crusader, philanthropist, and early environmentalist. Two hundred years since his birth in 1819, his ideas have a fierce modern relevance. In Ruskinland, Andrew Hill, the award-winning Financial Times columnist, builds on Ruskin's pin-sharp appreciation of art and architecture, his extraordinary draughtsmanship, and his insistence that to see and draw the world is the best way to understand it better. The book lays out how Ruskin envisaged radic...
Sound and Image: Aesthetics and Practices brings together international artist scholars to explore diverse sound and image practices, applying critical perspectives to interrogate and evaluate both the aesthetics and practices that underpin the audiovisual. Contributions draw upon established discourses in electroacoustic music, media art history, film studies, critical theory and dance; framing and critiquing these arguments within the context of diverse audiovisual practices. The volume’s interdisciplinary perspective contributes to the rich and evolving dialogue surrounding the audiovisual, demonstrating the value and significance of practice-informed theory, and theory derived from practice. The ideas and approaches explored within this book will find application in a wide range of contexts across the whole scope of audiovisuality, from visual music and experimental film, to narrative film and documentary, to live performance, sound design and into sonic art and electroacoustic music. This book is ideal for artists, composers and researchers investigating theoretical positions and compositional practices which bring together sound and image.
Be Quick, But Don't Hurry presents the team-building management secrets of the greatest coach of the twentieth century, cloaked in the heartwarming tale of the reluctant protege who learned those secrets in spite of himself. Perhaps the least controversial sports honor in living memory was the selection of John Wooden as "Coach of the Century" by ESPN, honoring his ten NCAA basketball championships in a twelve-year stretch. His UCLA teams won with great centers and with small lineups, with superstars and with team effort, always with quickness, always with class. Wooden was a teacher first and foremost, and his lessons -- taught on the basketball court, but applicable throughout one's life -...
Previously published as How to Raise Your Own Salary The books written by Dr. Napoleon Hill have inspired millions of people in all parts of the world, and the principles Dr. Hill discovered are as practical today as when he had his first interview with Andrew Carnegie in 1908. Reading this book will inspire you to discover the great benefits from Hill's conversations with the great industrialist Andrew Carnegie, who came to the United States from Scotland and began working as a thirteen year old lad at wages of $1.20 per week. The success formula presented in The Wisdom of Andrew Carnegie as Told to Napoleon Hill will prove to you that Whatever the mind can CONCEIVE AND BELIEVE, the mind can ACHIEVE!
Good leaders walk a tightrope between doing and daring – often in the glare of the public spotlight. In Leadership in the Headlines, Andrew Hill, the award-winning Management Editor of the Financial Times, shares his insider insights into the who’s and how’s of effective leadership. Packed with practical lessons, this book divides the best of Andrew’s wry and insightful columns into eight ‘acts’ of leadership, with new commentary enhancing each one. Whether you’re new to Andrew Hill’s columns or a loyal reader, you’ll gain fresh perspectives on the tough job of leading and take away tips about how to refine your own management skills.
This book, first published in 2007, is for the applied researcher performing data analysis using linear and nonlinear regression and multilevel models.
Good leaders walk a tightrope between doing and daring – often in the glare of the public spotlight. In Leadership in the Headlines, Andrew Hill, the award-winning Management Editor of the Financial Times, shares his insider insights into the who’s and how’s of effective leadership. Packed with practical lessons, this book divides the best of Andrew’s wry and insightful columns into eight ‘acts’ of leadership, with new commentary enhancing each one. Whether you’re new to Andrew Hill’s columns or a loyal reader, you’ll gain fresh perspectives on the tough job of leading and take away tips about how to refine your own management skills.
A practical approach to using regression and computation to solve real-world problems of estimation, prediction, and causal inference.
The rich context behind one of Andrew Wyeth’s most beloved and mysterious late paintings. Perhaps nowhere else is Andrew Wyeth’s highly distinctive style more palpable, or moving, than in Snow Hill. His masterful tempera painting of 1989 provides a visual and poetic summary of the Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, residents who had provided artistic inspiration at key points in Wyeth’s career. With the figures depicted in a snowy landscape high above Kuerner Farm, a property of great personal significance to the painter, this enigmatic composition resonates with an elegiac air. Among Wyeth’s most popular works, Snow Hill in some ways encapsulates the spirit of his entire career. James H. Duff, a close acquaintance of the artist for more than three decades, invites an expansive reading of the work, including the wide-ranging art historical influences on this singular American artist. Published in association with the Brandywine River Museum of Art, Chadds Ford, PA
Sunday after Sunday in churches across America, Christians flip past the first thousand pages of their Bibles to read, study, and teach from the New Testament. To many, the Old Testament is confusing and, at times, even disturbing. What relevance could these ancient customs have in our modern world? It seems that we have forgotten that the God we worship today, the God who sent his Son, Jesus Christ, to grant eternal life, is also the God of Abraham, Moses, and David. Throughout the Old Testament, God reveals himself directly and dramatically, offering insight into his character and his will. To better understand God and our relationship with him, we must overcome our prejudices and learn to...