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Treasures Hidden Within the Empire

Author : Martin Concoyle
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490749500
Total Pages : 729 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Treasures Hidden Within the Empire written by Martin Concoyle and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2014-10-25 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about a fundamental re-organization of language which is used, in regard to describing the stable many-(but-few)-body spectral-orbital systems, from nuclei to planetary systems, which, now, have no valid descriptions, based on, what are called, the laws of physics. The current description, based on partial differential equations, results in: non-linear, non-commutative, and an improperly identified and improperly used random basis for physical description. The result is that the properties of stability, which are observed for these systems, have not been describable in such a context. On the other hand, the already identified math patterns of geometrization, along with E Noether's symmetries, which allow the stable set of discrete hyperbolic shapes to be identified with energy-spaces, as well as the many-dimensional structure in which these stable shapes (of any size) are defined, as identified by D Coxeter, are patterns which can be used to form a new context for physical description. This is what this book is about, forming such a new context, wherein, the stable many-(but-few)-body spectral system is formulated and accurately described, ie it is solved. In such a new context, partial differential equations come to play a subordinate role to stable shapes and their relation to defining a finite stable spectral-set, which is a property of the, new, many-dimensional containment-set, a property which determines which stable patterns can exist. But there are many social forces which oppose such a discussion. These opposing social forces are also discussed.t

Emperor Qianlong’s Hidden Treasures

Author : Nicole T. C. Chiang
Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
ISBN 13 : 988852805X
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (885 download)

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Download or read book Emperor Qianlong’s Hidden Treasures written by Nicole T. C. Chiang and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stunning reassessment, Nicole T. C. Chiang argues that the famous Qianlong art collection is really ‘the collection of the imperial household in the Qianlong reign’. The distinction is significant because it strips away the modern, Eurocentric preconceptions that have led scholars to misconstrue the size of the collection, the role of nationalism in its formation, the distinction between art and artifact, and the actual involvement of the emperor in assembling the collection. No one interested in Chinese art will be able to ignore the ramifications of this important study. Emperor Qianlong’s Hidden Treasures: Reconsidering the Collection of the Qing Imperial Household argues that the size of the collection was actually smaller than previously stated. Moreover, the idea that the collection put the whole of the empire on display (and thereby promoted political unity) does not square with the reality that most of the collection was hidden away. Instead, the collection was primarily for the emperor’s gaze alone. Chiang further explains that the collection was largely the product of work done by many specialists working at the Qianlong court, noting that the emperor often assumed a more supervisory role. Preliminary drawings, patterns, models, and prototypes of the items made in the imperial workshops also formed an important part of the collection, as they served to establish standardized models used to run the imperial household. The collection was thus both broader and narrower than previously stated. ‘Chiang has identified many misguided assumptions about the Qing imperial collection. In their place, she proposes a new definition of an imperial collection that does not give primacy to art objects. This bold revisionist thesis may be controversial, but it is important and deserves to be read widely for this exact reason.’ —Dorothy Ko, Barnard College, Columbia University ‘Chiang makes a new argument which will contribute to the literature on Qing imperial art. She shows that a distinction should be made between the Qianlong emperor’s activities in commissioning objects from the palace workshop and his activities in accumulating, assessing, and cataloguing objects that went into what she calls the “imperial household collection.” This work will attract wide attention from scholars in art history.’ —Evelyn S. Rawski, University of Pittsburgh

The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu

Author : John O Hunwick
Publisher : Thames and Hudson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Hidden Treasures of Timbuktu written by John O Hunwick and published by Thames and Hudson. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary manuscripts of Timbuktu: invaluable historical documents, objects of tremendous beauty, and a testament to a great center of learning and civilization. For centuries, trading caravans made epic journeys across the Saharan sands to reach the markets of the legendary city of Timbuktu, where they traded salt, gold, slaves, textiles—and books. By the mid-fifteenth century, Timbuktu had become a major center of Islamic literary culture and scholarship. The city's libraries were repositories of all the world's learning, housing not only works by Arab and Islamic writers but also volumes from the classical Greek and Roman worlds and studies by contemporary scholars. The astonishing manuscripts of Timbuktu form the lavish visual heart of this book. Beautifully graphic, occasionally decorated, these exquisite artifacts reveal great craftsmanship as well as learning. All were written in the Arabic script, but not all are in Arabic, for they also feature a range of local African languages. Aside from scholarly works, the surviving manuscripts include a wealth of correspondence between rulers, advisers, and merchants on subjects as various as taxation, commerce, marriage, divorce, adoption, breastfeeding, and prostitution, providing a vivid insight into the ordinary life and values of the day.

Wealth of an Empire

Author : Robert Switky
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1612344976
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Wealth of an Empire written by Robert Switky and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2013 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wealth of an Empire tells the dramatic true story of a top-secret mission that changed the course of World War II: Great BritainÆs shipment of virtually its entire treasury across the treacherous waters of the North Atlantic to safety in the United States and Canada. Had the Germans captured or sunk the treasure-laden ships, the war could have been lost more than eighteen months before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The British government authorized this immensely risky and long-running operation not only because of the obvious danger that GermanyÆs rising militancy posed but also becaus.

Hidden Treasure

Author : Michael Sappol
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780922233427
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Hidden Treasure written by Michael Sappol and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This spectacular illustrated book showcases rare, beautiful, idiosyncratic, and sometimes surprising works in the National Library of Medicine, the world's largest medical library. From thirteenth-century manuscripts to extravagant anatomical atlases to silent movies, pamphlets, magic lantern slides, stereograph cards, and much, much more, each item featured is a remarkable hidden treasure."--Jacket.

Hidden Treasures of Ancient American Cultures

Author : John Heinerman
Publisher : Cedar Fort
ISBN 13 : 9781555175191
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (751 download)

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Download or read book Hidden Treasures of Ancient American Cultures written by John Heinerman and published by Cedar Fort. This book was released on 2001-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Weaves together a riveting story of ancient American cultures. the author's careful research is enhanced by his personal anecdotes.

Hunter's Star Hidden Treasures

Author : Deborah Tucker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692430125
Total Pages : 115 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Hunter's Star Hidden Treasures written by Deborah Tucker and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-15 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create unique designs using the Rapid Fire(tm) Hunter's Star tool and Deb's streamlined construction techniques. All projects are made by using the the same size block from the Rapid Fire(tm) Hunter's Star - Petite Star tool and a simple fabric formula. The results are truly mesmerizing.

The Secret

Author : Byron Preiss
Publisher : ibooks
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Secret written by Byron Preiss and published by ibooks. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tale begins over three-hundred years ago, when the Fair People—the goblins, fairies, dragons, and other fabled and fantastic creatures of a dozen lands—fled the Old World for the New, seeking haven from the ways of Man. With them came their precious jewels: diamonds, rubies, emeralds, pearls... But then the Fair People vanished, taking with them their twelve fabulous treasures. And they remained hidden until now... Across North America, these twelve treasures, over ten-thousand dollars in precious jewels, are buried. The key to finding each can be found within the twelve full color paintings and verses of The Secret. Yet The Secret is much more than that. At long last, you can learn not only the whereabouts of the Fair People's treasure, but also the modern forms and hiding places of their descendants: the Toll Trolls, Maitre D'eamons, Elf Alphas, Tupperwerewolves, Freudian Sylphs, Culture Vultures, West Ghosts and other delightful creatures in the world around us. The Secret is a field guide to them all. Many "armchair treasure hunt" books have been published over the years, most notably Masquerade (1979) by British artist Kit Williams. Masquerade promised a jewel-encrusted golden hare to the first person to unravel the riddle that Williams cleverly hid in his art. In 1982, while everyone in Britain was still madly digging up hedgerows and pastures in search of the golden hare, The Secret: A Treasure Hunt was published in America. The previous year, author and publisher Byron Preiss had traveled to 12 locations in the continental U.S. (and possibly Canada) to secretly bury a dozen ceramic casques. Each casque contained a small key that could be redeemed for one of 12 jewels Preiss kept in a safe deposit box in New York. The key to finding the casques was to match one of 12 paintings to one of 12 poetic verses, solve the resulting riddle, and start digging. Since 1982, only two of the 12 casques have been recovered. The first was located in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1984 by a group of students. The second was unearthed in 2004 in Cleveland by two members of the Quest4Treasure forum. Preiss was killed in an auto accident in the summer of 2005, but the hunt for his casques continues.

Ancient Treasures

Author : Brian Haughton
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN 13 : 1601635486
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Treasures written by Brian Haughton and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2013-07-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of Hidden History offers a fascinating tour through centuries of buried riches, stolen artifacts, and other true tales of treasure. The allure of treasure has captivated people for centuries. But is it purely a desire for wealth that draws us to tales of hidden riches, or is it also the romantic appeal of uncovering lost ancient artifacts? The stories behind the loss and recovery of ancient treasures often read like historical suspense fiction. In Ancient Treasures, readers discover the true histories of lost hoards, looted archaeological artifacts, and sunken treasures, including: The Sevso Treasure, a hoard of large silver vessels from the late Roman Empire—estimated to be worth $200 million—looted in the 1970s and sold on the black market. The Amber Room, a chamber decoration of amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, stolen by the Nazis in 1941 and brought to the castle at Königsberg in Russia, from which it disappeared. The fabulous wealth of Roman and Viking hoards buried in the ground for safekeeping, only to be unearthed centuries later by humble metal detectorists. The wrecks of the Spanish treasure fleets, whose New World plunder has been the target of elaborate salvage attempts by modern treasure hunters

The Empire At The End Of Time

Author : Frances Courtney Kneupper
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190279370
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Empire At The End Of Time written by Frances Courtney Kneupper and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-03-10 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Frances Courtney Kneupper examines the apocalyptic prophecies of the late medieval Empire, which even within the sensational genre of eschatological prophecy stand out for their bitter and violent nature. In addition to depicting the savage chastisement of the clergy and the forcible restructuring of the Church, these prophecies also infuse the apocalyptic narrative with explicitly German elements-in fact, German speakers are frequently cast as the agents of these stirring events in which the clergy suffer tribulations and the Church hierarchy is torn down. These prophecies were widely circulated throughout late medieval German-speaking Europe. Kneupper explores their significance for members of the Empire from 1380 to 1480, arguing that increased literacy, the development of strong urban centers, the drive for reform, and a connection to the imperial crown were behind their popularity. Offering detailed accounts of the most significant prophecies, Kneupper shows how they fit into currents of thought and sentiment in the late medieval Empire. In particular, she considers the relationships of German prophecy to contemporary discourses on Church reform and political identity. She finds that eschatological thought was considered neither marginal nor heretical, but was embraced by a significant, orthodox population of German laypeople and clerics, demonstrating the importance of popular eschatological thought to the development of a self-conscious, reform-minded, German-identified Empire on the Eve of the Reformation.

Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis

Author : Robert M. Edsel
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393240452
Total Pages : 491 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book Saving Italy: The Race to Rescue a Nation's Treasures from the Nazis written by Robert M. Edsel and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-05-06 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Monuments Men: "An astonishing account of a little-known American effort to save Italy's…art during World War II." —Tom Brokaw When Hitler’s armies occupied Italy in 1943, they also seized control of mankind’s greatest cultural treasures. As they had done throughout Europe, the Nazis could now plunder the masterpieces of the Renaissance, the treasures of the Vatican, and the antiquities of the Roman Empire. On the eve of the Allied invasion, General Dwight Eisenhower empowered a new kind of soldier to protect these historic riches. In May 1944 two unlikely American heroes—artist Deane Keller and scholar Fred Hartt—embarked from Naples on the treasure hunt of a lifetime, tracking billions of dollars of missing art, including works by Michelangelo, Donatello, Titian, Caravaggio, and Botticelli. With the German army retreating up the Italian peninsula, orders came from the highest levels of the Nazi government to transport truckloads of art north across the border into the Reich. Standing in the way was General Karl Wolff, a top-level Nazi officer. As German forces blew up the magnificent bridges of Florence, General Wolff commandeered the great collections of the Uffizi Gallery and Pitti Palace, later risking his life to negotiate a secret Nazi surrender with American spymaster Allen Dulles. Brilliantly researched and vividly written, the New York Times bestselling Saving Italy brings readers from Milan and the near destruction of The Last Supper to the inner sanctum of the Vatican and behind closed doors with the preeminent Allied and Axis leaders: Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Churchill; Hitler, Göring, and Himmler. An unforgettable story of epic thievery and political intrigue, Saving Italy is a testament to heroism on behalf of art, culture, and history.

Preaching the Gospel of Matthew

Author : Stanley P. Saunders
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 0664229204
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book Preaching the Gospel of Matthew written by Stanley P. Saunders and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This commentary for preaching Matthew, a companion to WJK's successful Preaching the Gospel of Luke, Preaching the Gospel of John, and Preaching the Gospel of Mark, works through every passage of Matthew's Gospel with exegetical insight and a keen sensitivity to the demands of preaching. Stanley P. Saunders' commentary follows the biblical text, divided into passages. After each passage, a number of possibilities are presented for how to preach that text. He includes a wealth of creative and pertinent tips to help preachers apply Matthew's narrative to the lives of today's churchgoers.

Harcourt School Publishers Signatures

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Publisher : Harcourt School Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780153074196
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book Harcourt School Publishers Signatures written by and published by Harcourt School Publishers. This book was released on 1999-03 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The British Empire: Can it be Long Maintained in All Its Integrity, Under the Unrestricted and Unreciprocated Free-trade (rather Free Imports) Policy?

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Author : Senex
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
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Download or read book The British Empire: Can it be Long Maintained in All Its Integrity, Under the Unrestricted and Unreciprocated Free-trade (rather Free Imports) Policy? written by Senex and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Matter of Empire

Author : Orlando Bentancor
Publisher : University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN 13 : 0822981602
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (229 download)

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Download or read book The Matter of Empire written by Orlando Bentancor and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2017-07-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Matter of Empire examines the philosophical principles invoked by apologists of the Spanish empire that laid the foundations for the material exploitation of the Andean region between 1520 and 1640. Centered on Potosi, Bolivia, Orlando Bentancor's original study ties the colonizers' attempts to justify the abuses wrought upon the environment and the indigenous population to their larger ideology concerning mining, science, and the empire's rightful place in the global sphere. Bentancor points to the underlying principles of Scholasticism, particularly in the work off Thomas Aquinas, as the basis of the instrumentalist conception of matter and enslavement, despite the inherent contradictions to moral principles. Bentancor grounds this metaphysical framework in a close reading of sixteenth-century debates on Spanish sovereignty in the Americas and treatises on natural history and mining by theologians, humanists, missionaries, mine owners, jurists, and colonial officials. To Bentancor, their presuppositions were a major turning point for colonial expansion and paved the way to global mercantilism.

The presidency. The Coup d'Etat. Establishment of the empire

Author : Blanchard Jerrold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The presidency. The Coup d'Etat. Establishment of the empire written by Blanchard Jerrold and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Memoirs of the Revolution, the Empire and the Restoration

Author : Alexander Mikaberidze
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0359866247
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (598 download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of the Revolution, the Empire and the Restoration written by Alexander Mikaberidze and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fifth installment in the ?Russian Voice of the Napoleonic Wars? series is the memoirs of Louis-Victor-L?on de Rochechouart, the scion of an eminent French noble family who fled his native land during the French Revolution and served in the Russian army during the Napoleonic Wars.