Explore the myths, legends, and folklore found in Tarot cards, as well as descriptions of how to use and read the cards. Each card's symbolism and mythology is explained in depth, referencing original sources of the legends so that you can discover more yourself. Several original Tarot spreads are included for use with The God Tarot, inspired by the deck itself and the many mythologies and Gods explored in its cards. Includes:; 78 original and colorful tarot cards; Special instructive manual providing interpretations and symbolism, including myths and divine aspects, and 10 revealing layouts for successful tarot spreads.
Sol--Gel--Optics encompasses numerous schemes for fabricating optical materials from gels -- materials such as bulk optics, optical waveguides, doped oxides for laser and nonlinear optics, gradient refractive index (GRIN) optics, chemical sensors, environmental sensors, and `smart' windows. Sol--Gel--Optics: Processing and Applications provides in-depth coverage of the synthesis and fabrication of these materials and discusses the optics related to microporous, amorphous, crystalline and composite materials. The reader will also find in this book detailed descriptions of new developments in silica optics, bulk optics, waveguides and thin films. Various applications to sensor and device technology are highlighted. For researchers and students looking for novel optical materials, processing methods or device ideas, Sol--Gel--Optics: Processing and Applications surveys a wide array of promising new avenues for further investigation and for innovative applications. (This book is the first in a new subseries entitled `Electronic Materials: Science and Technology).
America and baseball are rediscovering the game played by African Americans before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947. We now know a great deal about the Negro Leagues of 1920 on, and their great stars—Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, and their contemporaries. But what of the pre-1920 black game? From the onset in the 1880s of the "gentleman's agreement" that barred blacks from playing in white leagues, that game is nearly invisible. Financially shaky, with sporadic media coverage even in black newspapers and completely overlooked by the mainstream, Negro teams of this era played on for love of the game and in hopes that their skills would receive their due.In 1907, Sol White, a remarkable African-American ballplayer, successful manager, and baseball loyalist, wrote a small volume on the history of the black game. Part fund-raising effort, advertising brochure, team hype, celebration of black baseball, and throughout an implicit and explicit challenge to racism, Sol White's History of Colored Base Ball is the source of much of what we know of the events in the organized black game of that time.The original was poorly printed, and copies are exceedingly rare (known and rumored copies number only four). This edition republishes the full 1907 edition (with the even rarer supplement), completely reset for legibility, and reproduces all the original's illustrations, including the advertisements that speak volumes on the social world of the day. Fifteen additional documents from 1886 to 1936 augment the picture of the black game and our record of Sol White himself.
While the story of modern South Africa has long captured global attention, the story of one of its key forefathers has been eclipsed by those of more iconic political figures. In Sol Plaatje: A Life, Brian Willan restores to history the importance of a remarkable man whose contributions as an intellectual, politician, teacher, linguist, and journalist expanded and advanced the vision of a common South Africa.Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources reflecting decades of archival and field work, Willan animates Plaatje’s personal and professional fortunes in the context of the tumultuous changes that overtook South Africa during his lifetime, spanning the country’s industrialization and the rise of African nationalism in the early twentieth century. A pioneer in the history of the black press and a literary luminary, Plaatje translated Shakespeare into his native tongue, Setswana, the first such into any African language. Plaatje was a founder of the African National Congress in 1912 and led its campaign against the notorious Natives Land Act of 1913, efforts resonant more than a century later as the ANC today seeks to salvage its legacy from the stain of twenty-first-century corruption. This richly woven biography is essential reading for anyone interested in the generation of black leaders who came before Mandela.
A unique perspective of twentieth century research and development in materials science. It summarizes the fifteen years of sol-gel silica processing research leading to the commercial development of bioactive gel-glasses for medical applications. It demonstrates the combined use of quantum mechanical molecular modeling and spectroscopy to solve environmental stability problems. A final chapter addresses the topic of Technology Transfer - how to transfer technology from the laboratory to a profitable commercial enterprise using examples from various chapters in the book.
Sol LeWitt (1928-2007), one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, upended traditional practices of how art is made and marketed. A key figure in minimalism and conceptualism, he proclaimed that the work of the mind is much more important than that of the hand. For his site-specific work—wall drawings and sculpture in dozens of countries—he created the idea and basic plan and then hired young artists to install the pieces. Though typically enormous and intricate, the physical works held no value. The worth was in the pieces of paper that certified and described them. LeWitt championed and financially supported colleagues, including women artists brushed aside by the bullies of a male-dominated profession. Yet the man himself has remained an enigma, as he refused to participate in the culture of celebrity. Lary Bloom's book draws on personal recollections of LeWitt, whom he knew in the last years of the artist's life, as well as LeWitt's letters and papers and over one hundred original interviews with his friends and colleagues, including Chuck Close, Ingrid Sischy, Philip Glass, Adrian Piper, Jan Dibbets, and Carl Andre. This absorbing chronicle brings new information to our understanding of this important artist, linking the extraordinary arc of his life to his iconic work. Includes 28 illustrations.
Sol Plaatje is one of South Africa’s most important political and literary figures. A pioneer in the history of the black press, he was one of the founders of the African National Congress, a leading spokesman for black opinion throughout his life, and the author of three well-known books: Mafeking Diary, Native Life in South Africa, and his historical novel, Mhudi. These books are not Plaatje’s only claim to fame. In the course of a prolific career he wrote letters to the press, newspaper articles and editorials, pamphlets, political speeches, evidence to government commissions of enquiry, unpublished autobiographical writings, and many personal letters. Together they provide both an engaging personal record and a very readable – and revealing – commentary on South African social and political affairs during the era of segregation, from 1899 through to Plaatje’s tragically early death in 1932. What he wrote has a unique historical importance, all the more meaningful from the perspective of the 1990s.
A contemporary account of the war from an African intellectual. This diary offers a view of the siege of Mafeking, one of the most famous sieges of the South African War. The author, Sol Plaatje, was one of the founders of the African National Congress in 1912. Additional material from oral and archival research has also been incorporated into this edition. South Africa: David Philip/New Africa Books
Learn about why you love America so much by reading Sol Bloom's Epoch Story of the Constitution. Sol Bloom's book has been the best teaching tool about the Constitution in education for many years because it is written for ordinary people.This book is the best starter book for anybody wanting to refresh some knowledge and gain a lot more about government and its most basic structure and laws. Listening to Sol Bloom's messages is like "hearing" the words of early colonialism and the fight for freedom from the founders themselves. This book will help all of us be better prepared to react to the over-reach of corrupt politicians at the highest levels of government. Bloom hated corruption, and you can learn why by reading this monumental historical work.You are going to love this book since it has been written by an American hero and remastered by an American for Americans. Perhaps if Sol Bloom were here today, lovers of America would be calling on him to run for President.Few books are a must-read but Sol Bloom's Epoch: The Story of the Constitution will quickly appear at the top of America's most read list.
A war without end, a woman alone, and a sacred duty she must protect.Born into a war almost as old as Sol and Lune themselves, Lumen, Lady of Fenn Manor has watched her family sacrifice for years at the altar of her country's ambitions. Alone and unprotected when the enemy army arrives on her doorstep, she faces two impossible choices: run north to her countrymen, or protect her home and bear the company of the temperamental General Westbrook. As the army's stay stretches on, Lumen learns what she's willing to sacrifice and what cannot be surrendered. Westbrook isn't the only man in the company interested in Lumen. There is Healer Brink who hides secrets as fiercely as feelings, and Gideon Jones who fights as fiercely as he loves.Can Lumen survive the onslaught against her home, her honor, her heart? Only Mother Lune knows.Sol & Lune is part one of a reverse harem romance duet about the transformation of Lumen Fenn and the three men fascinated by her. It contains emotionally dark themes and is meant for readers age 18 and up. The duet will end with an HEA.
"Sol the Sunflower" is a beautifully illustrated book with a heartwarming story of a "magical" sunflower that has a secret to be shared with all. It teaches young readers the importance of persistence, believing in themselves, and spreading happiness to those around them. Sol encourages children to embrace their inner light and shine, even on cloudy days. At the end of the book, the child can color their own sunflower
Es una novela hist rica acerca de la presencia de los exploradores vikingos en tierras de Am rica, aproximadamente en el a o 1000 d/C., o sea unos quinientos a os antes de la llegada del genov s Crist bal Col n. La novela se desarrolla en dos mbitos a saber: Por un lado, la mencionada historia de los vikingos en aquellos lejanos tiempos, y por otro lado, el relato de la poca actual, acerca de las situaciones de vida de los investigadores de la historia, sus amores, sus viajes, los alcances del estudio y las vicisitudes que deben afrontar, en el aspecto rom ntico. La historia investigada, se basa en la exploraci n por parte de Leif Eiricksson y sus familiares, a tierras de Canad , (Isla de Baffin, Pen nsula de Labrador e isla de Terranova), y posteriormente su presencia en el hoy llamado estado de Minnesota, y los alrededores del rio Mississippi en Estados Unidos, a partir del a o 1003 d/C. Sin embargo, comienza con la presencia de los ancestrales guerreros vikingos, varios siglos antes, aproximadamente en el a o 787 d/C., y posteriores, cuando atacaban los monasterios y poblados en los diferentes reinos de la Britania, (Gran Breta a), comenzando por un preliminar ataque a la Isla de Vindili, (hoy isla de Portland en el Canal de la Mancha), y luego con la famosa arremetida y asesinato de los indefensos monjes cristianos, en el monasterio de Lindisfarne, en el reino de Northumbr a, y los posteriores asaltos a la abad a de Jarrow y al monasterio consagrado a San Columba, en la isla de Iona, que pertenece al grupo de las lejanas Islas H bridas, esta ltima en la regi n de Alba, que es el nombre en ga lico de la hoy denominada Escocia. Posteriormente se relatan los hechos acaecidos con el descubrimiento de Islandia, la presencia de la familia de Eirick el Rojo en Groenlandia y el inesperado y accidentado viaje de Bjarni Herjolfsson, a tierras desconocidas, muy al oeste y que posteriormente ser an identificadas como las tierras de Vinland; (1. Helluland, 2. Markland y 3. Vinland), y sigue con las narraciones acerca de la presencia de los exploradores en Am rica. La historia actual es sobre las vidas de Bruce Merino, un hombre de negocios, aficionado a la historia y Tinna Olaf rd ttir, una investigadora que realiza un estudio para la Universidad de Islandia, acerca de las Sagas Islandesas, Groenlandesas y de Eirick el Rojo. Comienza con el intempestivo y doloroso deceso de la esposa de Bruce, y la enorme tristeza que esto acarrea en su vida. Luego, varios meses despu s, conoce a Tinna en un ambiente de negocios relacionado con una consultor a que Bruce est realizando para un banco americano y la empresa islandesa del padre de Tinna. Las dificultades se presentan en la incipiente y tensa relaci n rom ntica entre Bruce y Tinna, afectada por el recuerdo de la fallecida esposa de Bruce.
Gli affetti familiari sono il sale della vita, addentrarsi in essi e come ringiovanire, rinfrancare lo spirito. Stupirsi delle meraviglie della natura, scoprirne la bellezza e ogni giorno partecipare e vivere gli avvenimenti che si susseguono. E con l'occhio innocente dei bambini che meglio apprezziamo cio che ci offre la natura. Il vento, l'acqua, la neve, le piante, i fiori si offrono a noi, a volte in modo irruento oppure con mitezza, per farci vivere in pienezza i nostri giorni. Possiamo ammirare la bellezza dell'alternarsi delle stagioni: i colori giallo-rossastro dell'autunno; le piante brulle con i rami coperti di brina e la coltre di neve a coprire la terra d'inverno; l'esplosione di colori a primavera e l'oro del frumento che copre i campi d'estate. Il caldo estivo mitigato dalle verdi foglie delle lussureggianti piante. E il tempo che scorre inesorabile a scandire la nostra vita
Sol-Gel Science and Technology covers optical, electronic and magnetic, chemical, mechanical, biomedical and biotechnological materials. Concerning the microstructures, the sol-gel method applies to porous materials, dense materials like glasses and ceramics, organic-inorganic hybrids and nanocomposites. The four volumes of this reference treat four areas that are timely, important and seeing great research activity: -Sol-gel prepared ferroelectrics and related materials. -Sol-gel processing of titanium oxides: photocatalyst and other applications. -Sol-gel prepared organic-inorganic hybrids and nanocomposites. -Sol-gel processing of porous materials: application to catalysts, enzymes, chemical analysis, sensors, and membranes. The goal of these four volumes is to disseminate the recent research results published in recent issues of Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology, which is a unique journal devoted to Sol-Gel.
Sol-Gel Techniques for Glass Producers and Users provides technological information, descriptions and characterizations of prototypes, or products already on the market, and illustrates advantages and disadvantages of the sol-gel process in comparison to other methods. The first chapter entitled "Wet Chemical Technology" gives a summary of the basic principles of the sol-gel chemistry. The most promising applications are related to coatings. Chapter 2 describes the various "Wet Chemical Coating Technologies" from glass cleaning to many deposition and post-coating treatment techniques. These include patterning of coatings through direct or indirect techniques which have became very important and for which the sol-gel processing is particularly well adapted. Chapter 3 entitled "Bulk Glass Technologies" reports on the preparation of special glasses for different applications. Chapter 4 entitled "Coatings and Materials Properties" describes the properties of the different coatings and the sol-gel materials, fibers and powders. The chapter also includes a section dedicated to the characterization techniques especially applied to sol-gel coatings and products.
