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How did the advertisers of the past sell magnetic corsets, carbolic smoke balls or even the first televisions? Which celebrities endorsed products? How did innovations in printing techniques and packaging design play a part in the evolution of advertising? And what can these items tell us about transport, war, politics and even the royal family? 'Vintage Advertising: An A to Z' takes a fresh look at historical advertising through a series of thematic and chronological juxtapositions. Richly illustrated from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera at the Bodleian Library, this book features a range of topics from Art to Zeitgeist, showcasing how nineteenth- and early twentieth-century advertisements often capture the spirit of their age and can be rich repositories of information about our past.
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"Ce livre a été conçu comme une mosaïque, à l'image de la diversité des chrétiens en Orient. Des boites de nuit de Beyrouth aux premiers rangs des églises coptes orthodoxes d'Al-Minya, de la vieille diaspora arménienne aux camps de réfugiés en passant par les zones de guerre syriennes et la fragile reconstruction irakienne de la plaine de Ninive : au fil des pages et des entrées se dessinent ainsi les contours d'une réalité multiple que nous nommons, sans vraiment la connaître, "chrétienté d'Orient". Pas vraiment scientifique, encore moins cabalistique, cet ouvrage est avant tout né d'un enthousiasme partagé. Nous y avons réuni des experts et des passionnés, des Occidentaux et des Orientaux et d'autres qui ne savent plus ce qu'ils sont, des gens de foi et des gens de goût, des personnes en colère et des optimistes, mais surtout des amis. En achetant ce livre, vous aidez le Comité de Soutien aux Chrétiens d'Orient (CSCO) à préserver ou à reconstruire un Orient où les chrétiens peuvent vivre."--Page 4 of cover.

Biographies of Moldovan ballet dancers, choreographers, composers, set designers, and directors are followed by a collection of still photographs of famous ballets.

"Publie sous la forme d'un dictionnaire, cet ouvrage pérennise la mémoire des peintres rétais de naissance ou d'adoption, professionnels ou amateurs, décédés à ce jour. Les 44 notices biographiques sont illustrées par 107 reproductions en couleurs. Ce dictionnaire s'adresse aux amateurs de peinture, aux rétais soucieux de mieux connaître leur île et à tous les amoureux de Ré."--P. [4] of cover.

This striking, oversized book, designed to evoke encyclopedias, is a highly creative amalgam of collage with a political bent and poetry. From 2011 to 2012, American artist Mel Chin (b. 1951) extracted all of the images from a twenty-five-volume set of Funk & Wagnall's Universal Standard Encyclopedia (ca. 1953--56) and began visually re-editing. Thousands of images rendered by photomechanical reproduction that served a populist, mid-century encyclopedia are reconfigured with 21st-century hindsight and idiosyncratic connections that convey social and artistic commentaries. Surrealism, humor, sarcasm, politics, history, and beauty permeate these sometimes raucous, often confounding, but consistently stunning images. Over 500 black-and-white collages are accompanied by twenty-five poems, one per encyclopedia volume, commissioned by Chin and author Nick Flynn specifically for this publication. Writers range from the well-known to the surprising. The Funk & Wag from A to Z offers mischievous fun with pointed commentary and hilarity.
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The Fashion Book (New Edition) takes a fresh look at the fashion world and the people who created and inspired it. Spanning almost 200 years, the entire industry is represented; from clothing and footwear designers, to photographers, stylists, icons and retailers, including the new category of educational institutions that have been fundamental in the careers of many of the creative individuals.
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• [volume 1]. [Wen zi juan]
• [volume 2-3]. Tu pu juan.

• [volume 1]. [文字卷]
• [volume 2-3]. 图谱卷.

The final word on the language of urban planning and design. "The Language of Towns & Cities" is a landmark publication that clarifies the language by which we talk about urban planning and design. Everyday words such as "avenue, " "boulevard, " "park, " and "district, " as well as less commonly used words and terms such as "sustainability, " "carbon-neutral, " or "Bilbao Effect" are used with a great variety of meanings, causing confusion among citizens, city officials, and other decision-makers when trying to design viable neighborhoods, towns, and cities. This magnificent volume is the fruit of more than a decade of research and writing in an effort to ameliorate this situation. Abundantly illustrated with over 2,500 photographs, drawings, and charts, "The Language of Towns & Cities" is both a richly detailed glossary of more than seven hundred words and terms commonly used in architecture and urban planning, and a compendium of great visual interest. From "A" and "B" streets to Zero Lot and Zeitgeist, the book is at once comprehensive and accessible. An essential work for architects, urban planners, students of design, and all those interested in the future of towns and cities, this is destined to become a classic in its field.
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• Volume
• 1. Grand guide illustré, encyclopédique et culturel
• volume
• 2. Grand guide illustré, encyclopédique et touristique

• Preface-- A-Z contents.
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This lavishly illustrated new dictionary written by an experienced writer and consultant on astronomy provides an essential guide to the universe for amateur astronomers of all ages. Around 1300 carefully selected and cross-referenced entries are complemented by hundreds of beautiful colour illustrations, taken from space missions, the Hubble Space Telescope, and other major observatories on Earth and in space. Distinguished stellar illustrator Wil Tirion has drawn 20 new star maps especially for inclusion here. A myriad of named astronomical objects, constellations, observatories and space missions are described in detail, as well as biographical sketches for 70 of the most luminous individuals in the history of astronomy and space science. Acronyms and specialist terms are clearly explained, making for the most thorough and carefully assembled reference resource that teachers and enthusiasts of astronomy will ever need.
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• Preface-- A-Z contents.
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This lavishly illustrated new dictionary written by an experienced writer and consultant on astronomy provides an essential guide to the universe for amateur astronomers of all ages. Around 1300 carefully selected and cross-referenced entries are complemented by hundreds of beautiful colour illustrations, taken from space missions, the Hubble Space Telescope, and other major observatories on Earth and in space. Distinguished stellar illustrator Wil Tirion has drawn 20 new star maps especially for inclusion here. A myriad of named astronomical objects, constellations, observatories and space missions are described in detail, as well as biographical sketches for 70 of the most luminous individuals in the history of astronomy and space science. Acronyms and specialist terms are clearly explained, making for the most thorough and carefully assembled reference resource that teachers and enthusiasts of astronomy will ever need.
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• Preface-- A-Z contents.
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This lavishly illustrated new dictionary written by an experienced writer and consultant on astronomy provides an essential guide to the universe for amateur astronomers of all ages. Around 1300 carefully selected and cross-referenced entries are complemented by hundreds of beautiful colour illustrations, taken from space missions, the Hubble Space Telescope, and other major observatories on Earth and in space. Distinguished stellar illustrator Wil Tirion has drawn 20 new star maps especially for inclusion here. A myriad of named astronomical objects, constellations, observatories and space missions are described in detail, as well as biographical sketches for 70 of the most luminous individuals in the history of astronomy and space science. Acronyms and specialist terms are clearly explained, making for the most thorough and carefully assembled reference resource that teachers and enthusiasts of astronomy will ever need.
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