Author: Shakspere Wood
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ISBN:
Category : Rome (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
New Curiosum Urbis
Author: Shakspere Wood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rome (Italy)
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Cook's tourist's handbook for southern Italy
Author: Cook Thomas and son, ltd
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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A few words of advice on travelling and its requirements, addressed to ladies, by H.M.L.S. With short vocabulary in Fr. and German
Author: H. M. L. S.
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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A Satchel Guide for the Vacation Tourist in Europe
Author:
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 386
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A Compact itinerary of the British isles, Belgium and Holland, Germany and the Rhine, Switzerland, France, Austria, and Italy.
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Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
A Compact itinerary of the British isles, Belgium and Holland, Germany and the Rhine, Switzerland, France, Austria, and Italy.
A Story of Six Rivers
Author: Peter Coates
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 178023144X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Many of the world’s major cities sprang up on the banks of rivers. Used for water, food, irrigation, transportation, and power, rivers sustain life and connect the world together, but most of us think of them simply as waterways that must be crossed on the way to another place. Using four European and two North American rivers as examples, A Story of Six Rivers considers the place of rivers in our world and emphasizes the inextricable links between history, culture, and ecology. Peter Coates explores six rivers, chosen as examples of the types of rivers found on the planet: the Danube, the second-longest river in Europe; the Spree, which flows through Berlin; the Po, which cuts eastward across northern Italy; the Mersey in northwest England; the Yukon, which runs through Canada and Alaska; and the Los Angeles in California. Creating a series of river biographies, Coates gives voice to each of these bodies of water, exploring how rivers nurture us, provide cultural and economic opportunities, and pose threats to our everyday lives. He challenges recent narratives that paint rivers as the victims of abuse, pollution, and damage at the hands of humans, focusing on change rather than devastation. Describing how humans and rivers form a symbiotic—and sometimes mutually destructive—relationship, Coates argues that rivers illustrate the limits of human authority and that their capacity to inspire us is as strong as our ability to pollute them. An intimate portrait of the way these bodies of water inform our lives, A Story of Six Rivers will make us reconsider the streams and tributaries we traverse each day.
Publisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 178023144X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Many of the world’s major cities sprang up on the banks of rivers. Used for water, food, irrigation, transportation, and power, rivers sustain life and connect the world together, but most of us think of them simply as waterways that must be crossed on the way to another place. Using four European and two North American rivers as examples, A Story of Six Rivers considers the place of rivers in our world and emphasizes the inextricable links between history, culture, and ecology. Peter Coates explores six rivers, chosen as examples of the types of rivers found on the planet: the Danube, the second-longest river in Europe; the Spree, which flows through Berlin; the Po, which cuts eastward across northern Italy; the Mersey in northwest England; the Yukon, which runs through Canada and Alaska; and the Los Angeles in California. Creating a series of river biographies, Coates gives voice to each of these bodies of water, exploring how rivers nurture us, provide cultural and economic opportunities, and pose threats to our everyday lives. He challenges recent narratives that paint rivers as the victims of abuse, pollution, and damage at the hands of humans, focusing on change rather than devastation. Describing how humans and rivers form a symbiotic—and sometimes mutually destructive—relationship, Coates argues that rivers illustrate the limits of human authority and that their capacity to inspire us is as strong as our ability to pollute them. An intimate portrait of the way these bodies of water inform our lives, A Story of Six Rivers will make us reconsider the streams and tributaries we traverse each day.
London Quarterly Review
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 548
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Cook's Tourist's Handbook for Southern Italy
Author: Cook, T., firm, publishers, London. (1875. Thomas Cook and son)
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Publisher:
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Category : Italy
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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The Capuchín Museum
Author: Aa.Vv.
Publisher: Gangemi Editore spa
ISBN: 8849274238
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The creation of the Museum of the Friars Minor Capuchin of the Roman Province is designed to highlight the spirituality of a religious order whose cornerstones are intense mysticism, a simple and sober way of life, constant involvement with people, and a strong but gentle spirit of brotherly love. The eight rooms of the museum set up inside the friary host a series of sections devoted to its origins and history as well as the life of those who joined the order and drew inspiration from the example of extraordinary Capuchin saints like Felix of Cantalice, Crispin of Viterbo and Joseph of Leonessa but also contemporary figures known to the public on a vast scale, such as St Pio of Pietrelcina, who bore the stigmata for fifty years, and Father Mariano of Turin, the first multimedia preacher.The museum is also a new repository for the artistic and historical legacy of the Capuchins of Rome and the region of Lazio, as its rooms are in fact designed not only to house and exhibit the various items but also to ensure their preservation. To this end, the opening of the museum was preceded by major work to restore the original splendour not only of various kinds of artworks, books and documents but also and above all Capuchin liturgical vessels and articles of everyday use epitomizing the spirit of humble self-sufficiency that is the hallmark of the order. Encapsulating the extraordinarily rich experience of nearly 500 years of Capuchin life, this museum is concerned not only with preserving the past but also with projecting itself into the future as a sort of ongoing laboratory of initiatives, a venue for exhibitions, cultural events and spiritual experiences aimed at establishing dialogue and asserting the continuing primacy of the human dimension today.
Publisher: Gangemi Editore spa
ISBN: 8849274238
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The creation of the Museum of the Friars Minor Capuchin of the Roman Province is designed to highlight the spirituality of a religious order whose cornerstones are intense mysticism, a simple and sober way of life, constant involvement with people, and a strong but gentle spirit of brotherly love. The eight rooms of the museum set up inside the friary host a series of sections devoted to its origins and history as well as the life of those who joined the order and drew inspiration from the example of extraordinary Capuchin saints like Felix of Cantalice, Crispin of Viterbo and Joseph of Leonessa but also contemporary figures known to the public on a vast scale, such as St Pio of Pietrelcina, who bore the stigmata for fifty years, and Father Mariano of Turin, the first multimedia preacher.The museum is also a new repository for the artistic and historical legacy of the Capuchins of Rome and the region of Lazio, as its rooms are in fact designed not only to house and exhibit the various items but also to ensure their preservation. To this end, the opening of the museum was preceded by major work to restore the original splendour not only of various kinds of artworks, books and documents but also and above all Capuchin liturgical vessels and articles of everyday use epitomizing the spirit of humble self-sufficiency that is the hallmark of the order. Encapsulating the extraordinarily rich experience of nearly 500 years of Capuchin life, this museum is concerned not only with preserving the past but also with projecting itself into the future as a sort of ongoing laboratory of initiatives, a venue for exhibitions, cultural events and spiritual experiences aimed at establishing dialogue and asserting the continuing primacy of the human dimension today.
Modern English Biography
Author: Frederic Boase
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 848
Book Description
Library Bulletin of the University of Saint Andrews
Author: University of St. Andrews. Library
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 602
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