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      • Rodin Educational Consultancy

        Rodin Educational Consultancyhas developed a range of Teaching Tools to Empower Thinking. With over 30,000 copies sold, Reflections on Classroom Thinking Strategies is a popular resource for teachers, with easy to use tools and worksheets for empowering students to think, and engage in a lifelong love of learning.

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        July 2000

        Die Schrift und die Differenz

        by Jacques Derrida, Rodolphe Gasché, Ulrich Köppen

        Derridas Arbeit gehört zu den Versuchen, die »logozentrischen« Schranken der abendländischen Philosophie zu überwinden. über die Philosophie hinauszugehen, heißt für Derrida nicht, »ihr den Rücken zuzukehren (was meistens schlechte Philosophie zur Folge hat). Es heißt: die Philosophen auf eine bestimmte Art und Weise zu lesen«. Die in Die Schrift und die Differenz enthaltenen Essays sind Beispiele einer neue Perspektiven eröffnenden Lektüre von Texten Descartes', Hegels, Freuds, Husserls, Heideggers, Batailles, Foucaults, Artauds u. a. m.Inhalt: Kraft und Bedeutung / Cogito und Geschichte des Wahnsinns / Edmond Jabes und die Frage nach dem Buch / Gewalt und Metaphysik. Essay über das Denken Emmanuel Levinas /. »Genesis und Struktur« und die Phänomenologie / Die soufflierte Rede / Freud und der Schauplatz der Schrift / Das Theater der Grausamkeit und die Geschlossenheit der Repräsentation / Von der beschränkten zur allgemeinen Okonomie. Ein rückhaltloser Hegelianismus / Die Struktur, das Zeichen und das Spiel im Diskurs der Wissenschaften vom Menschen / Ellipse

      • Biography: arts & entertainment

        Kenyon Cox, 1856-1919

        A Life in American Art

        by H. Wayne Morgan (author)

        Kenyon Cox was among the best-know cultural figures in the United States during the first two decades of this century, thanks to his reputation as a mural painter and especially as a critic. In this first biography, H. Wayne Morgan focuses on Cox’s development and personality, treating his art as an expression of his idealism. Cox was born in Warren, Ohio grew up in the Cincinnati area, and attended the McMicken School of Design there. His art training continued in Paris, where he studied for five years in the academic setting of the Ecole des Beaux-Arts as well as in private ateliers, such as those of Emile Carolus-Duran, Rodolphe Julian, and Jean-Leon Gerome. An academic, Cox was committed to learning traditional drawing and composition before establishing his own artistic identity. Cox became well known as a muralist during the prosperous years from 1897 to the 1920s, providing works for the new state capitols of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, the Library of Congress, and several public buildings in New York City. His large allegorical decorations rested on a thorough knowledge of Italian renaissance masters, many of whose works he had seen as an impressionable student. In addition, Cox’s gift for pithy phrases and his obvious knowledge gained him considerable prominence as a critic and reviewer. Throughout his career, he emphasized the values of craftsmanship and of attachments to ongoing traditional ideals that emphasized harmony, order, and unity of artist and public. He became famous, or notorious, and an outspoken opponent of the trend toward modernism, which he believed glorified individual expression at the expense of communicating with an audience. Cox saw this as culturally divisive, destroying the power of art to expand the viewer’s imagination and consciousness. Eventually, however, modernism overcame the traditional ideals and styles that Cox and many of his contemporaries had represented. Morgan’s sources include the Cox papers at the Avery Library of Columbia University as well as his voluminous published writings on criticism and art history—Old Masters and New: Essays in Art Criticism (1905), Painters and Sculptors (1907), The Classic Point of View (1911), Artist and Public (1914), and Concerning Painting: Considerations Theoretical and Historical (1917). His re-evaluation of Kenyon Cox and his classical/idealistic style contributes to the growing body of scholarship on the non-modern art of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

      • November 2019

        World Atlas of Jellyfish

        Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg, Special Volume

        by Gerhard Jarms, André Morandini

        The »World Atlas of Jellyfish« presents in a lavishly illustrated multi-author compendium the more than 260 species of medusae (Scyphomedusae and Cubomedusae) described so far. The general, first part deals with their structure, complex life cycles and rare fossil records. But it also details on collection, cultivation and fishery methods, even gives hints for photography and cooking recipes. Additionally, it covers the nature of medusae venoms, the effects and treatment of their stings. The second part gives concise systematic descriptions of all jellyfish species and their ­developmental stages known so far. Numerous illustrations, distribution maps, taxonomic keys and literature lists allow for detailed identification and information. Outstanding among the wealth of wonderful illustra­tions are hitherto unpublished artistic colour paintings by Ernst Haeckel. The beauty of the animals is underlined by the demanding typesetting of the book. This »Atlas« is a unique overview summarizing our knowledge on the world’s jellyfish in all their facets. It is of importance not only for scientists worldwide, but also a source of fascination for divers and lovers of marine life. Corresponding to its far-reaching relevance and to the internationality of contributing authors the volume is written in English.

      • Food & Drink
        October 2022

        The Heart of Cocoa

        500 Years of Chocolate History

        by Napoleone Neri

        The temptation par excellence, that craving that suddenly arises and we cannot fight it unless we satisfy it: the desire for chocolate. Perhaps it is because of this power that it is called the most loved food on the planet. Or perhaps it is because its cultivation, production and consumption - which has been growing strongly in the last 10 years - are spread across all continents. Napoleon Neri tells its story, starting with the plant and its fruit, from the pioneers of chocolate, to the birth of confectionery factories in the 19th century and then the great modern industries. He describes in detail the processing and transformation of cocoa beans, their beneficial properties, the sensory characteristics of the finished product, and spices everything up with a thousand anecdotes and curiosities that only those who have lived and worked in this world for so long can know.

      • Preserving & freezing
        July 2019

        Bakery and Confectionery Products

        Processing,Quality Assessment,Packging and Storage Techniques

        by Lakshmi Jagarlamudi

        The first few chapters introduces the reader to the crop, its origin and distribution, varieties cultivated throughout the country and their characteristics. Later the trade of banana, both international and domestic, is explained along with the ways the fruit is consumed in different parts of the world. A exclusively deals with the nutritive and therapeutic values of banana followed by the post harvest aspects at length in seven chapters with all the latest scientific developments. The last three s explain about the processing and value addition including the waste/by-products utilization. The readers will find it comprehensive with all the information relevant to post harvest aspects of bananas and plantains.

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