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      • BRILL

        Founded in 1683 in Leiden, the Netherlands, Brill is a leading international academic publisher in Asian Studies, Classical Studies, History, Middle East and Islamic Studies, Biblical and Religious Studies, Language & Linguistics, Philosophy and International Law to name but a few. With offices in Leiden (NL), Boston (US), Paderborn (GER), Singapore (SG) and Beijing (CN), Brill today publishes more than 300 journals and close to 1,400 new books and reference works each year, available in print and online. Brill also markets a large number of primary source research collections and databases. The company’s key customers are academic and research institutions, libraries, and scholars. Brill is a publicly traded company and is listed on Euronext Amsterdam NV.

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      • N. L. Brisson

        These books represent a decade of work, essays posted to a blog The Armchair Observer (now deleted) about what was happening in American Politics. A fiction entry predicts what America's future could look like.

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      • Individual designers
        November 2010

        Craft, guild and historical guild signs

        Part 1: Building and finishing trades

        by Gisela Pekrul

        The DVD-ROM represents a substantial extension of the CD-ROM "Historical trade marks" for the building industry. It contains 250 historical FIGURE SIGNS (guild coats of arms, guild symbols), GUILDING SIGNS (guild coats of arms, guild symbols), CRAFTS SIGNS (coats of arms, craft symbols) and VOCATIONAL STAFF SIGNS (professional signs, professional symbols) of the professions stonemason and stone sculptor, Bricklayers, carpenters, roofers, road builders, well builders, plasterers, stove and air heating installers, painters and varnishers, upholsterers, chimney sweeps, furnace and chimney builders, draftsmen, architects, brick burners, miners and firemen.For the occupations natural stone mechanic, concrete block and Terrazzohersteller, concrete and reinforced concrete farmer, stand farmer, channel farmer, warming, cold weather and noise insulation, dry construction mechanic, building sealant, wood and building protector, tile, plate and mosaic layer, screed layer, Bodenleger and construction equipment leader there is a particularly developed indication in each case. One finds old guild signs of:Esslingen, Heidenheim, Karlsruhe, and Freiburg im Breisgau in Baden-Württemberg,Schönberg in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,Drebkau and Potsdam in Brandenburg,Gardelegen and Magdeburg in Saxony-Anhalt,Gotha in Thuringia,Göttingen, Helmstedt, Holzminden and bath Gandersheim in Lower Saxony,Karlstadt, Pfreimd, Aschaffenburg, Regensburg, Augsburg and Nuremberg in Bavaria,Marburg and Frankfurt/Main in Hessen,Worms and Mainz in Rhineland-Palatinate,Dresden, Torgau in Saxony,Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein,Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia.Berlin,Hamburg.There are also guild marks of:Vienna, Admont, Eferding, Linz in Austria,Bern and Basel in Switzerland,Ghent, Liège and Bruges in Belgium,Lützelstein and Strasbourg in France,Bartschin (Barcin), Greifenhagen (Gryfino) and Danzig (Gdansk) in Poland,Reval (Tallinn) in Estonia,Florence in Italy,London in Great Britain,Amsterdam in the Netherlands.All guild signs are available in high-resolution JPG and PNG format, many additionally in four vector graphic formats (AI - Adobe Illustrator from CS2, CDR - CorelDraw from XI, SVG - Inkscape, XAR - XaraXtreme) for professional use. Craft marks, where it makes sense, are plotted.Pictures and texts about the history of the professions as well as a description of modern apprenticeship training with reference to old job titles round off the whole. Modern, trademark-protected guild marks are described verbally, indicating the conditions under which they may be used and where they can be obtained.

      • February 2011

        Beautiful old guild signs

        40 vector graphics with clipping paths

        by Gisela Pekrul

        The CD-ROM contains guild marks, guild marks, craft marks and coats of arms for the following professions:Baker, barber (hairdresser), miners, cooper, brewer, bookbinder, printer, roofer, turner, dyer, fisherman, tanner, glazier, goldsmith, coarse smith, glove maker, hat maker, button maker, coppersmith, furrier, Painter, bricklayer, cutler, miller, nail smith, saddler, mariner, butcher (butcher, butcher), locksmith, tailor, chimney sweeper, shoemaker, soap boiler, wheelwright, carpenter, potter, clockmaker, weaver, Carpenters

      • Individual designers
        March 2011

        The signs of the craftsmen

        36 characters after old template

        by Gisela Pekrul

        A PDF file contains 36 beautiful old coloured guild marks, guild marks, craft marks, coat of arms with description and explanations of the professions. In addition, these graphics are supplied in excellent quality in the formats jpg, png as well as the vector graphic formats, ai = Adobe Illustrator, cdr = CorelDraw from version 11, svg = Inkscape, cdr xar = XaraXTREME.- real vectors, scalable to any size,- universally applicable for all design tasks.The graphics may be used royalty-free for company logos, guild signs, family coats of arms, guild trees, outriggers, on gravestones and for similar purposes.The following professions are included: - Car mechanic, - baker, - brewer, - bookbinder, - printer, - roofer, - turner, - electrician, - hairdresser, - violin maker, - tanner, - glazier. - Goldsmith, - hatter, - chimney sweeper (chimney sweep), - basket weaver, - cooper, - painter, - bricklayer, - butcher (butcher, butcher), - miller, - optician, - saddler and upholsterer, - locksmith, - blacksmith, - tailor, - carpenter (joiner), - shoemaker, - rope maker, - tinsmith (plumber) and plumber, - stonemason, - potter, - watchmaker, - wainwright (cartwright), - weaver, - carpenter. The graphics and a PDF file can be found on the CD-ROM independently of the platform.

      • Poetry

        About the Dead

        by Travis Mossotti

        Travis Mossotti writes with humor, gravity, and humility about subjects grounded in a world of grit, where the quiet mortality of working folk is weighed. To Mossotti, the love of a bricklayer for his wife is as complex and simple as life itself: "ask him to put into words what that sinking is, / that shudder in his chest, as he notices / the wrinkles gathering at the corners of her mouth." But not a whiff of sentiment enters these poems, for Mossotti has little patience for ideas of the noble or for sympathetic portraits of hard-used saints. His vision is clear, as clear as the memory of how scarecrows in the rearview, "each of them, stuffed / into a body they didn't choose, resembled / your own plight." His poetry embraces unsanctimonious life with all its wonder, its levity, and clumsiness.  About the Dead is an accomplished collection by a writer in control of a wide range of experience, and it speaks to the heart of any reader willing to catch his "drift, and ride it like the billowed / end of some cockamamie parachute all the way / back to the soft, dysfunctional, waiting earth."

      • Construction & engineering law
        April 2015

        NEC3: Practical Solutions

        by Robert Alan Gerrard, Stuart Kings (Author)

        NEC3 Practical Solutions navigates the contractual issues faced by users of the NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC). Based on real queries posed to the NEC Users’ Group Helpdesk, this concise reference guide is a helpful problem-solving tool, providing hints, tips and answers to 245 common questions. With a focus on implementing good practice, this invaluable tool guides the reader through common project pitfalls, and offers helpful advice to ensure the delivery of successful, effective and efficient projects. NEC3 Practical Solutions: • covers real queries received by the NEC Users’ Group Helpdesk over the last 10 years • includes the clause number for each query so that information can be found quickly • provides top tips for the successful use of NEC3 ECC at the end of each chapter • is written by NEC consultants with extensive practical experience. Written for construction professionals by NEC3 consultants who have been actively involved in writing NEC documents for nearly 20 years, this practical guide to the NEC3 ECC is an ideal companion for engineers, surveyors, architects, project managers, supervisors, consultants, contractors, subcontractors and anyone else working with or interested in working successfully with the NEC3 ECC.

      • Uno e sette

        by Gianni Rodari e Beatrice Alemagna

        Gianni Rodari tells the story of seven children of different nationalities who are actually the same child - a story about childhood, equality, solidarity, and peace between peoples. Beatrice Alemagna pays homage to the words of the great author with incredible illustrations.  A story about equality and the beauty of diversity, an invitation to peace and international solidarity

      • The Wolf’s Son

        by Romana Petri

        The sumptuously imagined novel of Jack London Romana Petri seized one of the most fascinating challenges that an author could undertake: writing the fury of living of a man who was a boxer, a seal hunter, an insurance agent, a gold prospector; a man who loved the blue shade of the forest and the dazzling radiance of the sea, who looked at the soul of populations fighting and at the heart of women. And women are the true engine of the story: the petty-bourgeois fragrance of Mabel, the concreteness of Bessie, the intellectual charm of Anna Strunsky, the determination of Charmain (“to be many women in one”), the irreplaceability of his sister Eliza. Then again, what Romana Petri wrote is not a biography. Figlio del lupo (lit. “The Wolf’s Son”) is a novel based on a true story. It’s the story of the characters whom we loved; the story of a man suspended between the great narrator and the socialist who wants to talk like a revolutionary to seven million workers, but who also can’t resist having his shoe laces tied for him because he has no time to lose; the story of a man suspended between the game of love promised, experienced, betrayed, always at high temperatures, and the torment of an impending failure.

      • Individual designers
        January 2011

        Historical marks of craftsmanship

        by Gisela Pekrul

        A PDF file contains 49 craft marks from 1935 (marks of the Reichsinnungsverbände) as color and black and white graphics with description and notes on the rights. In addition, these graphics are supplied in excellent quality in the formats jpg, png, ai, cdr, svg and xar.The graphics may be used for guild marks, family crests, guild trees, outriggers, on gravestones and for similar purposes as well as for calendars, postcards, printed textiles, household items and the like in a print run of up to 20 copies.The following professions are included:Bandagers, orthopedic technicians, surgical instrument makers, surgical mechanicsBuilding trades: bricklayers (structural and civil engineering, regional cultural construction, chimney and concrete builders), well builders, oven builders (firing technicians) and the ancillary building trades (concrete and artificial stone manufacturers, mosaic layers, slab, stone wood and tile layers, terrazzo makers, heat, cold and noise insulation manufacturers)cooper and cooper of wine, bucket maker, cooperBrewers and maltstersbookbinder, cardboard maker (paper technologist), line markerGunsmith and cutler, DamascusBrush makers and paint brush makers, broom makers, comb makersRoofing (lead roofing, cardboard roofing, asphalt roofing, slate roofing, shingle roofing, straw roofing, pipe roofing, tile roofing)Ladies' tailor (custom tailor)turner, hard rubber carver, ivory turner, umbrella maker, stick maker, toy manufacturer (wooden toy maker)Electrician, electric machine builder, electric mechanic, radio mechanic (electronics technician. information electronics technician)Dyer (product refiner) and dry cleaner (textile cleaner), finishers, decatcherButcher (butcher), large butchersphotographer, photo technicianhairdresser, wigmakerGlaziers, glass grinders, glass blowers, glass etchers, glass setters, glass painters (glass and porcelain painters), framers (picture framers), gildersGlass and building cleanersEngraver and belt maker (metal former), enameler (surface coater), form engraver (product finisher textile), copper engraver, metal pusher, jewelry manufacturer, galvanizer, chasermen's tailor (custom tailor), uniform manufacturerPlumber (plant mechanic) and plumber (tinsmith, plumber), gas and water plumber, coppersmith, ventilation and cooling system manufacturer, radiator manufacturer and repairer, central heating installerJeweler, goldsmith, silversmith, gold, silver and aluminum mallet (metal former)Confectioner (candy, praline, chocolate and sugar confectioner, gingerbread maker)Basket maker, chair weaver (wickerwork designer)Motor vehicle trade: motor vehicle repairer (motor vehicle service mechanic), motor vehicle electrician, vulcanizer (mechanic for tire and vulcanization technology), cylinder and crankshaft grinderfurrier. hatter, glove makerPainters (painters, whitewashers, whitebinders), varnishers (car and car painters), glass painters (porcelain painters)Mechanics (mechatronics), office, sewing, speech machine and bicycle mechanics (two-wheel mechanics), precision mechanics (precision engineering), optics mechanics (precision opticians)miller, grain millerMusical instrument maker, violin maker, harmonium maker, piano maker (piano and harpsichord maker), organ maker (organ and harmonium maker), bell founder, mechanical musical instrument maker, metal wind instrument maker, bow maker, plucked string instrument maker, wood wind instrument maker, hand pull instrument makerOpticians (opticians) and precision mechanics (precision mechanics)pavers and road builders (stone setters, pavers)Plasterer (Modist)Horse slaughterSaddler, upholsterer (interior decorator and upholsterer) and upholsterer, decorator, fine bag maker (portfolio), posamentierer (textile designer in the craft, braid maker, lacemaker, silk button maker, braid and tassel maker)Sign producers, sign painters and light advertising producersLocksmiths (building locksmiths, art locksmiths, wire fitters, needlers, sieve makers, scale makers, lightning conductor setters), file makers, machine builders (metal turners, tool makers), metal moulders and metal casters, metal grinders, mill builders, tin casters (metal and bell casters)blacksmith (blacksmith for hoof and claw fittings, wagon and trailer builder, agricultural machinery repairer, tool and die smith, ship and anchor smith, art smith, boiler maker, nail smith, spring smith)Chimney sweeper (chimney sweep)Shoemaker (bootmaker, stepper, orthopaedic shoemaker), clogs and slippersRopes, ropes and sailmakersCartwrights and car body builders (car body and vehicle construction mechanics)Plasterer (plasterer)Carpenters (coffin makers, chair makers, snowshoe makers, wooden clock case makers, parquet layers, bowling alley builders), boat and ship builders, model makers, glider builders (light aircraft builders), marquetry cutters, blind makers (roller shutter and sun protection mechatronics engineers)

      • Humanities & Social Sciences

        Fever

        The Universe of Berlin, 1930-1933

        by Peter Walther

        Berlin in 1930 is the glittering metropolis of the new Europe, faster and freer than the continent’s other capitals. Nowhere else do wastefulness and misery live in such close proximity. While Communists and Nazis fight their bloody brawls and Dorothy Thompson interviews Hitler, the Jewish clairvoyant Erik Jan Hanussen invites the leadership of the Berlin SA onto his luxury yacht, the »Ursel IV«, for a weekend trip. Maud von Ossietzky, worried about her husband Carl, increasingly turns to alcohol for comfort, and Ernst Thälmann, chair of the Communist party, finds solace in his lovers. Heinrich Brüning, still chancellor of the German Reich, plays a board game with his goddaughter on the evening of his dismissal. In the end, it all comes down to one question: will there be a »Third Reich«? Featuring trenchant, powerful portraits of figures such as Heinrich Brüning, Erik Jan Hanussen, Maud von Ossietzsky, Ernst Thälmann and Dorothy Thompson.

      • Religious buildings
        July 2019

        LINA BO BARDI COLLECTION

        by Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz

        This collection presents six of the most remarkable architectural projects by Lina Bo Bardi: Glass House, São Paulo Art Museum (MASP), Sesc Pompeia Factory, Oficina Theater (all in São Paulo), Unhão Manor (Bahia) and Espírito Santo do Cerrado Church (Minas Gerais). Besides texts by the editor Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz, this work features contributions by researchers and professionals who worked with Lina. The six volumes also contain writings by Bardi and a rich iconographic material composed of drawings, building plans and photographs. São Paulo Art Museum | with texts by Lina Bo Bardi and Aldo van Eyck | 64 pages Sesc Pompeia Factory | with texts by Lina Bo Bardi, Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz and Cecília Rodrigues dos Santos | 64 pages Oficina Theater | with texts by Lina Bo Bardi, Edson Elito and José Celso Martinez Corrêa | 48 pages Glass House | with texts by Lina Bo Bardi and Marcelo Carvalho Ferraz | 48 pages Espírito Santo do Cerrado Church | with texts by Lina Bo Bardi and Edmar de Almeida | 48 pages Solar do Unhão | with texts by Lina Bo Bardi and André Vainer | 48 pages

      • Literary Fiction
        December 2013

        FLORENCE

        Mistress of Max Gate

        by Peter TAIT

        The Second Mrs Hardy   From the moment she first met Thomas Hardy in 1905, having written him an admiring letter, Florence Dugdale seemed destined for controversy. Her presence at Max Gate, both before and after the death of Hardy’s first wife Emma, and her clandestine courtship with a man nearly forty years her senior sparked suspicion among the locals and scorn from the Gifford family. She had wanted to be a writer herself, but was drawn into Hardy’s life as his ‘secretary’ and companion, and within a year of their own marriage was humiliated by his publication of poems commemorating the late Emma and his painful relationship with her.    Yet in the posthumous biography of her husband that bore her name she would tell the ‘truth’ and at last achieve the acclaim she sought – or so she had imagined, until that fiction too began to unravel. After fourteen years of marriage, and despite her own gifts and her life thereafter, her fate was to be remembered by her obituary tag in a national newspaper – ‘helpmate to genius’. Her love life stunted, her literary ambitions thwarted, disowned by the Stoker family and satirized by Somerset Maugham – Florence’s lot was an unenviable one. Why did she put up with it all?    In his compelling recreation of Florence’s life, Peter Tait tells of a letter, one that Hardy had written to her on the eve of their wedding, which she kept until her death, when, under instructions, it was destroyed … ‘And with it died part of the secret, the secret that helped explain Florence. For, as Thomas found out to his cost, there was more to Florence than was evident from their first meeting. And so began their trail of deceptions, first of Emma, then of their friends and, finally, of us all.’

      • Biography & True Stories
        June 2020

        Just Gill

        The Story of Gill Dalley, co-founder of Soi Dog Foundation

        by John Dalley, Donna Freelove & Barbara Young

        When John and Gill Dalley travelled from their home in Britain on a dream holiday to a popular holiday resort in Thailand, little did they realise that they would become involved in the tragic tale of a street dog called Naga. This fateful meeting led them to taking the life changing decision to swap their lives in rural Yorkshire and embark on new adventures in Phuket, dedicating the rest of their days to campaigning against Asia's dog meat trade and setting up the world famous Soi Dog Foundation. Life on this idyllic island proved only the beginning of a series of challenging life lessons for this "ordinary" couple as they faced their toughest years together. This touching true story reveals the experiences John and his beloved wife Gill shared from the day they first met to Gill's tragic death from cancer in 2017. Featuring a photo block and joint memories from Gill's diary and personal reminiscences from SDF UK President Donna Freelove. This extraordinary story of an extraordinary woman is the legacy of Gill Dalley. Her impact on Thailand's cats and dogs is unparalleled and we are in awe of her. Her work has been continued by John, who was recently awarded an MBE. Her story will inspire animal lovers worldwide.

      • Fiction

        Mongo Blanco

        by Carlos Bardem

        ESPARTACUS PRIZE 2020 - "I am Don Pedro Blanco. Slave trader. Madman. Giant or monster. Mongo Blanco. The Great Wizard, the Mirror, the Sun. The King of Gallinas. Pirate. Father. Brother. From the slums of Malaga to an African throne, from the wonders of Havana to a madhouse in Barcelona. A pistol. If I had a pistol, I’d spatter the walls with my brains. This is the story of my guilt and my penitence."   Following his father’s death, Pedro Blanco leaves Malaga and goes to sea in search of a better future. Both cunning and determined, he gradually makes his way in the world and becomes Mongo Blanco, one of the greatest slave traffickers of the 19th century. But when he is betrayed by somebody close to him, his fall into disgrace begins. He recounts his story to the doctor in the asylum to which he has been confined, little suspecting that his story has not yet finished and that a figure from his past has returned to collect an outstanding debt. In his final years, Mongo Blanco will have the opportunity to redeem himself or finally fall victim to his own excesses. Carlos Bardem’s latest novel is the thrilling epic of a real historical character, the powerful and legendary Mongo Blanco. Spain, Cuba and Africa provide the settings for this engrossing story, carefully documented and written with great attention to detail and astonishing emotion that will leave lovers of historical fiction, adventure novels and literature in general gasping for breath.   Jonathan Littell meets Quentin Tarantino.

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