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Surrealism Usa»rank: 640952by: Scott Rothkopf, Robert Lubar, Michael Duncan, Robert Hobbs, Peter Blume, Arshile Gorky, Andre Masson, Kay Sage, Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dali, Isamu Noguchi, Jackson Pollock, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst
: :While Surrealism became unfashionable in Europe in the 1930s, it enjoyed increasing popularity across the Atlantic at the same time. Surrealism USa, the catalogue to the exhibition at the National Academy of Design, Surrealism USA, traces the history of this movement in the United States from the 1930s to the 1950s by examining its manifestations throughout the country--from Social Surrealism and California Post-Surrealism to Magic Realism and the beginning of Abstract Expressionism. It chronicles the wide influence of Dal' on American art, the Surrealists' response to war and fascism, and the relationship between Surrealism and abstract art. With over 100 paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings, this definitive survey brings together the work ... |
Chemical Engineering Design and Analysis: An Introduction (Cambridge Series in Chemical Engineering)»rank: 2761402by: T. Michael Duncan, Jeffrey A. Reimer
: :Students taking their first chemical engineering course plunge into the 'nuts and bolts' of mass and energy balances, often missing the broad view of what chemical engineers do. This innovative text offers a well-paced introduction to chemical engineering. The text helps students practice engineering. They are introduced to the fundamental steps in design and three methods of analysis: mathematical modeling, graphical methods, and dimensional analysis. In addition, students apply engineering skills, such as how to simplify calculations through assumptions and approximations; how to verify calculations, significant figures, spreadsheets, graphing (standard, semi-log and log-log); and how to use data maps. It also describes the chemical engineering profession. Students learn engineering skills by designing ... |
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Emergency Medicine Questions Pearls of Wisdom»rank: 6933277by: American College of Cardiology, ACPE, British Medical Association, Beckinham, Bandido Books, American College of Cardiology, Evans, Finlay, Jarrell, Mills, Martin Schiavenato, Stephanie Thibeault, Denise Tucker, William Beachley, Felix Chew, Jesse A. Cole, Warren Sanger, Joshi Shantaram, Eric Scholar, Steven Greer, Steven Yun, Maureen Duncan, Wanda Cloet, William Schwer, Duane Eichler, Ken Metcalf, Boston Medical Publishing, Thomas Vallombroso, Rebecca Schmidt, Dollinger, Fay, Mary T. Dorn, Elaine St. Johns, John Trestrail, Michael Greenberg, Scott H. Plantz, Lance W. Kreplick
: :Annual to the new coding changes to the CPT coding system for 2001. Features a listing of 2001 Medicare relative values for physician work and practice expense, and appendices with information on correct ICD-9-CM and CCI Correct Coding Initiative Coding. For cardiovascular specialists and their staff. Softcover. |
Robert Kushner: Wild Gardens»rank: 788173by: Michael Duncan
: :The works in Wild Gardens reflect Kushner's longtime appreciation of Japanese art and culture combined with the use of composer and visual artist John Cage's 'chance operation' system of composition. Several years ago, Kushner began incorporating elements of Cage's theories of chance composition as a major component in his own painting. Kushner and Cage met on an artists' retreat in the South Seas in 1980 and became friends, sharing interests in art, life, and flowers. Multiple layers of randomness echo throughout the paintings in this book--starting with the sheer accident of the physical survival of the individual antique screens and doors and their arrival in Kushner's New York studio and culminating in ... |
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Total Heart Health for Women: A Life-Enriching Plan for Physical & Spiritual Well-Being»rank: 797309by: Ed B. Young, Jo Beth Young, Michael Duncan, Richard Leachman
: :In the age of the 'extreme makeover,' women have a unique set of pressures and expectations, but more often than not, it's about transforming the ouside in a vein attempt to heal the inside. Obviously, women are not being healed. Total Heart Health for Women explores the undeniable link between our physical bodies and our spiritual state of mind. Women need to reclaim their identities in Christ and learn to be cherished and wholly loved by their Maker. In Total Heart Health for Women, well-known author and pastor, Ed Young, and his wife, Jo Beth Young, team up with two of the country's leading physicians for the world-renown Texas Heart Institute, Dr. J. ... |
365 Days of Total Heart Health»rank: 343182by: H. Edwin Young, Jo Beth Young, Michael Duncan, Richard Leachman
: :Ed Young, best-selling author and pastor of one of the largest churches in America, is convinced that there is a link between our physical and spiritual health. He offers individuals help and hope for revolutionizing both in this unique devotional book. In each of the 365 inspirational readings, Dr. Young serves up a daily spiritual reflection accompanied by Scripture, a spiritual heart health tip, and a physical heart health tip. 365 Days of Total Heart Health also includes vital medical insight contributed by two of the country's leading physicians in the field of cardiology: Dr. J. Michael Duncan and Dr. D. Richard Leachman.Men and women readers alike will appreciate this daily reminder ... |
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Forests of the Vampires: Slavic Myth (Myth and Mankind)»rank: 153240by: Charles Phillips, Michael Kerrigan
: :Ed Young, best-selling author and pastor of one of the largest churches in America, is convinced that there is a link between our physical and spiritual health. He offers individuals help and hope for revolutionizing both in this unique devotional book. In each of the 365 inspirational readings, Dr. Young serves up a daily spiritual reflection accompanied by Scripture, a spiritual heart health tip, and a physical heart health tip. 365 Days of Total Heart Health also includes vital medical insight contributed by two of the country's leading physicians in the field of cardiology: Dr. J. Michael Duncan and Dr. D. Richard Leachman.Men and women readers alike will appreciate this daily reminder ... |
Surgical Techniques for the Knee»rank: 861314by: Fred Cushner, Christopher Annunziata, Michael Archibeck, Steven Arsht, Steven Bannar, F. Barber, Richard Berger, Kim Bertin, Robert Booth Jr., Kenneth Bramlett, Thomas Carter, Henry Clarke, William Colman, Michael Cushner, Clivw Duncan
: :Here is your concise instructional guide to surgical treatment of common knee injuries. It gives you the essential details of preoperative planning, technique, and postoperative management for more than 55 procedures for sports medicine injuries, adult knee reconstruction, and trauma. Expert contributors describe each technique in a straightforward and succinct fashion using a stepwise approach and easy-to-follow outline format. You will also find hundreds of exquisite graphics highlighting important concepts. This text covers techniques for knee arthroplasty, quadriceps snip, ligament reconstruction, meniscus repair, total knee replacement, opening wedge osteotomy, and much more! More than 350 high-quality illustrations demonstrating all operative steps, and 'Pearls' and 'Pitfalls' providing guidance for avoiding complications make this ... |
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Groundwork: Before the War/In the Dark (New Directions Paperbook)»rank: 894417by: Robert Duncan
: :Robert Duncan's Groundwork, the American poet's unparalleled final masterpiece, is now available in a single volume.I am speaking now of the Dream in which America sleeps, the New World, moaning, floundering, in three hundred years of invasions, our own history out of Europe and enslaved Africa.—Robert Duncan, from GroundworkRobert Duncan has been widely venerated as one of America's most essential poets: Allen Ginsberg described his poetry as 'rapturous wonderings of inspiration,' Gwendolyn Brooks called it 'a subtle spice,' and Susan Howe pointed to Duncan as 'my precursor father,' Lawrence Ferlinghetti said he 'had the finest ear this side of Dante,' and Robert Creeley called him 'the magister, the singular Master of the ... |
Wise Lord of the Sky: Persian Myth (Myth and Mankind, 20)»rank: 1022773by: Tony Allan, Charles Phillips, Michael Kerrigan
: :Wise Lord of the Sky traces the growth of the rich world of Persian myth, from its roots in Assyro-Babylonian and Aryan belief, to the complex system that eventually emerged. Covers the early worship of archaic gods, the fire cults, the religion of the Magi, the birth of Islam and Sufism, and the creation of Indian mythology by its Persian conquerors. |