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Revolution to Come: A History of an Idea from Thucydides to Lenin
How an event once considered the greatest of all political dangers came to be seen as a solution to all social problems
Political thinkers from Plato to John Adams saw revolutions as a grave threat to society and advocated for a constitution that prevented them by balancing social interests and forms of government. The Revolution to Come traces how evolving conceptions of history ushered in a faith in the power of revolution to create more just and reasonable societies. Taking readers from Greek antiquity to Leninist Russia, Dan Edelstein describes how classical philosophers viewed history as chaotic and directionless, and sought to keep historical change--especially revolutions--at bay. This conception prevailed until the eighteenth century, when Enlightenment thinkers conceived of history as a form of progress and of revolution as its catalyst. These ideas were put to the test during the French Revolution and came to define revolutions well into the twentieth century. Edelstein demonstrates how the coming of the revolution leaves societies divided over its goals, giving rise to new forms of violence in which rivals are targeted as counterrevolutionaries. A panoramic work of intellectual history, The Revolution to Come challenges us to reflect on the aims and consequences of revolution and to balance the value of stability over the hope for change in our own moment of fear and upheaval. -
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Celebrate the beauty of California homes and interior design with this stunning architecture coffee table book--now in a more affordable size perfect for your home décor! Film star Diane Keaton shares her love of Spanish-style architecture in exclusive photographs of Southern California's most romantic historic homes. Explore the stunning historical architecture and interior design of Southern California! In this gorgeous architecture coffee table book featuring specially-commissioned photography, Diane Keaton showcases the most important, yet rarely seen, residential exemplars of the California Mission and Spanish Colonial styles. From whitewashed stucco walls and cloistered patios to tile roofs and sumptuous gardens, each house is a rare architectural masterpiece, with splendid interior design finishes like authentic Monterey furniture, California tile, and Navajo rugs. Among the magnificent seaside estates, canyon villas, and courtyard bungalows is Diane Keaton's former home in Beverly Hills, which she thoughtfully restored with noted interior designer Stephen Shadley, and for which she has been recognized as a committed preservationist. Keaton brings her cinematic eye to each building--many of which have never been photographed or seen--while authoritative text by D. J. Waldie lucidly explicates the architecture. Now available in a more compact and affordable format, this California coffee table book is an intimate tour of a historic and distinct lifestyle, perfect for anyone interested in interior decorating and home design.Sold out -
Como Agua Para Chocolate (Edición Especial) / Like Water for Chocolate (Special Edition) (Special)
Tita y Pedro se aman. Pero ella está condenada a permanecer soltera, cuidando a su madre hasta que ésta muera. Y Pedro, para estar cerca de Tita, se casa con la hermana de ella, Rosaura.
Las recetas de cocina que Tita elabora, además de construir narrativamente la novela, puntean el paso de las estaciones de su vida, siempre marcada por la presente ausencia de Pedro. Como agua para chocolate es una agridulce comedia de amores y desencuentros, una obra chispeante, tierna y pletórica de talento que se ha convertido en uno de los mayores éxitos de la literatura latinoamericana. «Como agua para chocolate es una deliciosa historia sobre el amor y la pasión, la tradición y la buena comida. A medio camino entre la novela por entregas y el libro de recetas, es una comedia de amores y desamores, recetas de cocina y remedios caseros.» --ABC ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
Tita and Pedro love each other. But she is condemned to remain single, caring for her mother until the latter dies. And Pedro, in order to stay close to Tita, marries her sister, Rosaura.
The recipes Tita prepares, in addition to shaping the narrative of the novel, mark the passing seasons of her life, always defined by Pedro's ever-present absence. Like Water for Chocolate is a bittersweet comedy of love and misunderstandings, a sparkling, tender, and richly talented work that has become one of the greatest successes of Latin American literature. "Like Water for Chocolate is a delightful story about love and passion, tradition and good food. Halfway between a serialized novel and a recipe book, it is a comedy of love and heartbreak, kitchen recipes and home remedies." -- ABCSold out -
Huck Lace Weaving Patterns with Color and Weave Effects: 576 Drafts and Samples Plus 5 Practice Projects
Join expert weaver and teacher Tom Knisely in his exploration of Huck Lace! "Lace Weaves" are best described as loom controlled warp and weft floats on a Plain Weave ground fabric. The term "Color and Weave Effects" refers to a careful arrangement of light and dark colored threads in the warp and weft that weave into beautiful patterns. Log Cabin is probably the best known color and weave pattern. Combining Huck with Color and Weave orders opened the door to astonishing pattern possibilities. He then came up with four color arrangements: Light and Dark, Complimentary Colors, Monochromatic, and Triadic colors. With 144 patterns and four color themes for each pattern, that's 576 patterns. Each pattern includes the full draft and a woven sample for reference. Tom also includes full details for five projects that are perfect for weaving Huck: dish towels, mug rugs, baby blanket, and two scarves. Huck Lace Weaving Patterns with Color and Weave Effects is an essential resource that you will turn to for inspiration and guidance again and again. -
Book of Oberon: A Sourcebook of Elizabethan Magic
A fascinating addition to the magical literature of the Elizabethan era, this lavishly illustrated grimoire is a must-have for magic practitioners, collectors, and historians. The Book of Oberon is the meticulous transcription and translation of a sixteenth-century manuscript acquired by the esteemed Folger Shakespeare Library. Unlike the more theoretical magic books of the era, this collection of spells, secrets, and summonings was compiled gradually by unknown authors for working practical magic.
Now published in a premium hardcover edition retaining the original's red lettering of significant words and holy names, The Book of Oberon includes rituals for summoning a long list of spirits and faeries (including Oberion, Fairy King and close relation to Shakespeare's Oberon); original drawings; common prescriptions used by cunning folk; instructions for dealing with Goetic demons that were censored in other texts; one of the oldest known copies of the magical manual The Enchiridion; and much more. This is a significant contribution to the annals of magical history, bringing to light the kind of grimoire that was commonplace in its era but is rarely published today.
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Catherine Opie: Genre / Gender / Portraiture
Nearly four decades of work from the photographer who redefined the expression of gender in contemporary queer portraiture
A leading voice in contemporary photography, Catherine Opie has been known for her portraits of the queer scene in California since the late 1980s. A fundamental element of Opie's work is the observation of different gender performances through a critical revision of the genre of portraiture. Her photography emphasizes how portraiture has the power to both reinforce and deconstruct conventional and binary expressions of gender. The title of this publication and the MASP exhibition it accompanies is based on the double meaning of the word gênero in Portuguese, meaning both "gender" and "genre."
For her first solo show in Brazil, Opie enters into dialogue with the tradition of the portrait--a way of representing the human figure that dates to the 15th century in the West--producing an archive of diverse presentations of gender and sexuality. Around 60 photographs from her most iconic series are displayed alongside a selection of around 15 emblematic portraits from MASP's collection. Strongly marked by figuration and the formal constraint of portraiture, the juxtaposition of these works accentuates the dialogues, tensions and reformulations that Opie's photographic oeuvre proposes.
Catherine Opie was born in Ohio in 1961 and is currently a professor of photography and the chair of the art department at UCLA. Opie's work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. She has had solo exhibitions of her work at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; St. Louis Art Museum; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, among many others. -
Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
The most powerful woman in American political history tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker--how she became a master legislator, a key partner to presidents, and the most visible leader of the Trump resistance At age forty-six, Nancy Pelosi, mother of five, asked her youngest daughter if she should run for Congress. Alexandra Pelosi answered: "Mother, get a life!" And so Nancy did, and what a life it has been. In The Art of Power, Pelosi describes for the first time what it takes to make history--not only as the first woman to ascend to the most powerful legislative role in our nation, but to pass laws that would save lives and livelihoods, from the emergency rescue of the economy in 2008 to the transformation of health care. She describes the perseverance, persuasion, and respect for her members that it took to succeed, but also the joy of seeing America and the world change for the better. Among the best-prepared and hardest working Speakers in history, Pelosi worked to find common ground, or stand her ground, with presidents from Bush to Biden. Pelosi took positions that established her as a prophetic voice on the major moral issues of the day, warning early about the dangers of the Iraq War and of the Chinese government's long record of misbehavior. This moral courage prepared her for the arrival of Trump, with whom she famously tangled, becoming a red-coated symbol of resistance to his tumultuous presidency. Pelosi gives us her personal account of January 6th, and her determined efforts to get the National Guard to the Capitol. Nearly two years later, violence and fury would erupt inside Pelosi's own home when an intruder, demanding to see the Speaker, viciously attacked her beloved husband, Paul. Here, Pelosi shares that horrifying day and the traumatic aftermath for her and her family. The woman who has been lauded by her opposition as the "most powerful Speaker" ever shows us why she is not afraid of a good fight. The Art of Power is about the fighting spirit that has always animated her, and the historic legacy that spirit has produced. -
Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America
"A magnificent achievement--a long, gripping, and enthralling account of the life of America's premier conservative polemicist of the twentieth century."--Max Boot, author of Reagan: His Life and Legend "A rich, immersive biography exposes the roots of the modern conservative movement through the life of the firebrand writer and commentator who shaped it."--The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Economist, The Financial Times, Telegraph (UK), Christian Science Monitor, Air Mail, Prospect Magazine LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD In 1951, with the publication of God and Man at Yale, a scathing attack on his alma mater, twenty-five-year-old William F. Buckley, Jr., seized the public stage--and commanded it for the next half century as he led a new generation of conservative activists and ideologues to the peak of political power and cultural influence. Ten years before his death in 2008, Buckley chose prize-winning biographer Sam Tanenhaus to tell the full, uncensored story of his life and times, granting him extensive interviews and exclusive access to his most private papers. Thus began a deep investigation into the vast and often hidden universe of Bill Buckley and the modern conservative revolution. Buckley vividly captures its subject in all his facets and phases: founding editor of National Review, the twentieth century's most influential political journal; syndicated columnist, Emmy-winning TV debater, and bestselling spy novelist; ally of Joseph McCarthy and Barry Goldwater; mentor to Ronald Reagan; game-changing candidate for mayor of New York. Tanenhaus also has uncovered the darker trail of Bill Buckley's secret exploits, including CIA missions in Latin America, dark collusions with Watergate felon Howard Hunt, and Buckley's struggle in his last years to hold together a movement coming apart over the AIDS epidemic, culture wars, and the invasion of Iraq--even as his own media empire was unraveling. At a crucial moment in American history, Buckley offers a gripping and powerfully relevant story about the birth of modern politics and those who shaped it. -
DCC RPG Tome of Adventure Volume 3: DCC Lankhmar
Adventure in the City of The Black Toga! DCC RPG Tome of Adventure Vol. 3 collects 7 adventure modules published for the Dungeon Crawl Classics Lankhmar campaign setting, officially licensed from the estate of Fritz Lieber! Explore the back alleys of Lankhmar and pit yourself against thieves' guilds, undead denizens, corrupt officials, and even death itself! Each module demonstrates why Dungeon Crawl Classics is the perfect game to capture that classic "sword and sorcery" style of adventure exhibited by Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. Whether this is your first taste of DCC Lankhmar or you're well acquainted with its flavor, you'll find a feast unlike any other inside the Tome of Adventure Vol. 3! -
Damien Hirst: Cerisiers En Fleurs: Damien Hirst: Cherry Blossoms, French Edition
Incandescent and celebratory paintings of cherry blossoms from Damien Hirst, in a glorious oversize volume with 18 gatefold spreads
With 107 works, Cherry Blossoms marks a new chapter in Damien Hirst's career-long exploration of the physical relationship between artist and canvas that began with his Spot Paintings in 1986. Hirst describes his cherry blossoms as "garish and messy and fragile"; the series signals a shift in Hirst's career away from minimalism and "the imagined mechanical painter" toward a painting that delights in the potential haphazardness of the medium, as well as the artist's own fallibility as a creator. Using a conceptual approach, Hirst explores questions of beauty, color and excess in these paintings. Rich in color and striking in number, Hirst's Cherry Blossoms are both an appropriation and a tribute to the pictorial art of the 19th and 20th centuries. Presented at the Fondation Cartier in Paris in 2021, Cherry Blossoms was Damien Hirst's first museum exhibition in France.
Damien Hirst (born 1965) rose to prominence in the 1990s as one of the Young British Artists, garnering attention for his controversial site-specific pieces. A 1989 graduate of Goldsmiths College, Hirst was awarded the Turner Prize in 1995. Now one of the contemporary art world's most famous figures, Hirst continues to surprise audiences with a staggering diversity of work, ranging from sculpture and painting to installation and performance art. In 2012, a retrospective of his 30-year career was staged at Tate Modern. Hirst is represented by Gagosian.Sold out -
Self Help: This Is Your Chance to Change Your Life
** NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! **
Now in paperback! Chart a path to healing that can literally change your life--a simple, powerful method informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy--from #1 New York Times best-selling author and "next-generation thought leader" Gabby Bernstein. "One of my dreams was that a respected leader with both self-help and spiritual bona fides would bring IFS to the public in a safe way that did justice to the power of the model. That dream has come true with this book."
-- Richard C. Schwartz, Ph.D., founder of Internal Family Systems Therapy Are you ready to unlock the greatest resource of your life? Gabby Bernstein offers a revolutionary practice to radically shift your core beliefs and connect you to an infallible inner guidance system that's already within you. In this groundbreaking book, Gabby takes the life-changing teachings of Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy out of the therapist's office and into everyday life. True to her gift, Gabby has translated the principles of IFS into a relatable, step-by-step practice. Sharing her signature wisdom, her calm presence, and her own lived experience, she guides you through a simple 4-step process to help you compassionately care for yourself, resolve inner conflicts, and transform your self-perception. As you learn to approach your own behaviors, thoughts, and beliefs with curiosity, love, and understanding, you'll start to see yourself through the lens of self-compassion, clearing space for miraculous shifts. In Self Help, you'll discover:- Gabby's 4-step "Check In" process to transform the patterns that have held you back
- Relatable, practical tools that fit into your actual life-instead of hours of contemplation
- Lasting relief from the negative stories you've been playing on repeat
- A practice you can apply anywhere, anytime, to connect with Self energy for instant relief
Self Help is the culmination of Gabby Bernstein's extensive experience as a motivational speaker, spiritual leader, and best-selling author. Her unique approach, rooted in love, compassion, and authenticity, has resonated with millions of readers worldwide. In these pages, Gabby empowers you to become your own inner healer. This is your chance to change your life.