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Glorious Mud!

2013-10-30 Social Science
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Release : 2013-10-30
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis Glorious Mud! by : Gus W. Van Beek

Download or read book Glorious Mud! written by Gus W. Van Beek. This book was released on 2013-10-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invented about 13,000 years ago, mud architecture has since been one of the most common, economical, useful, and widespread forms of building. It has been--and is still being--used for grand palaces and temples as well as simple shops and homes. Research conducted over the last several decades has enabled archaeologists and architects to understand how now-ruined, ancient mud structures were originally built. Gus and Ora Van Beek describe mud-construction techniques from Southwest Asia, the Near East, North Africa, Europe, and the United States, paying specific attention to problems involving foundations, wall and roof construction, cooling and heating, water erosion, and earthquake damage. Glorious Mud! is not only the definitive reference work on one of the world's most important forms of architecture but also a powerful study of the human past.

Spectator Politics

2002-06-12 Drama
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Release : 2002-06-12
Genre : Drama
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Book Synopsis Spectator Politics by : Niall W. Slater

Download or read book Spectator Politics written by Niall W. Slater. This book was released on 2002-06-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spectator Politics is the first major study of metatheatre, or theatrically self-conscious performance, in Aristophanes. Using a reception-based performance criticism, Niall Slater elucidates the comic effectiveness of the earliest surviving comedies in the Western tradition. Slater demonstrates that Aristophanes employed metatheatre not simply to entertain but also to teach his audience how to read and interpret performance in other key public venues of the ancient democracy of Athens, such as performances in the political assembly and law courts. Aristophanes was, Slater contends, the first performance critic. Spectator Politics shows how Aristophanes' comedy served the Athenians by helping them to become active political participants, teaching them to see through deceptive performances, whether on stage or in the political sphere. His comedies use self-conscious performance to encourage the public to move out of the role of passive consumers of spectacle and to reengage the political process. Aristophanes' critique of performance prefigures much in the performance-dominated culture of the modern American political scene. Throughout, detailed readings of the original stagings illuminate the plays for today's audiences and performers, while Slater's cultural critique provides much for those interested in Athenian democracy and its lesson for the contemporary political scene. Spectator Politics offers a salutary demonstration of the power of art to expose and resist the performance powers of would-be demagogues.

Clay

2013-09-03 History
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Release : 2013-09-03
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 044/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Clay by : Suzanne Staubach

Download or read book Clay written by Suzanne Staubach. This book was released on 2013-09-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a third of the houses in the world are made of clay. Clay vessels were instrumental in the invention of cooking, wine and beer making, and international trade. Our toilets are made of clay. The first spark plugs were thrown on the potter’s wheel. Clay has played a vital role in the health and beauty fields. Indeed, this humble material was key to many advances in civilization, including the development of agriculture and the invention of baking, architecture, religion, and even the space program. In Clay, Suzanne Staubach takes a lively look at the startling history of the mud beneath our feet. Told with verve and erudition, this story will ensure you won’t see the world around you in quite the same way after reading the book.

Trash

2013-01-01 Drama
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Release : 2013-01-01
Genre : Drama
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Book Synopsis Trash by : Arthur M. Jolly

Download or read book Trash written by Arthur M. Jolly. This book was released on 2013-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: TRASH is a full length play for two women. It takes place entirely in a dump - a municipal landfill, where two estranged sisters have come to look for a letter fro, their mother. They've come from their mother's funeral - the first time they've seen each other in years, and as they dig through the literal and metaphorical trash heap, they get further and further into their complicated relationship - and with the lives they led under the shadow of a domineering mother who still controls and influences them even after her death.

How to Talk Like a Local

2010-03-04 Language Arts & Disciplines
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Release : 2010-03-04
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis How to Talk Like a Local by : Susie Dent

Download or read book How to Talk Like a Local written by Susie Dent. This book was released on 2010-03-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Susie Dent is a national treasure' RICHARD OSMAN 'Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language' PAM AYRES __________________________________________ Would you be bewildered if someone described you as radgy? Do you know how to recognise a tittamatorter? And would you understand if someone called you a culchie? How to Talk Like a Local gathers together hundreds of words from all over the country and digs down to uncover their origins. From dardledumdue, which means daydreamer in East Anglia, through forkin robbins, the Yorkshire term for earwigs, to clemt, a Lancashire word that means hungry, it investigates an astonishingly rich variety of regional expressions, and provides a fascinating insight into the history of the English language. If you're intrigued by colourful words and phrases, if you're interested in how English is really spoken, or if you simply want to find out a bit more about the development of our language, How to Talk Like a Local is irresistible - and enlightening - reading. __________________________________________________ 'Nobody on earth knows more about the English language than Susie Dent and nobody writes about it more entertainingly' GYLES BRANDRETH 'It's an interesting and, at times, hilarious read. One for word-lovers' THE SUN

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