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Damien Hirst

Damien Hirst

N. P. James

CV Publications
2007
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Published as a Cv digital file, "Cv/VAR series 94" reviews 'Beyond Belief', a major exhibition at White Cube of the prominent British artist Damien Hirst (b 1965, Bristol UK, upbringing in Leeds Yorkshire). The author experiences the Biopsy and Fact paintings, votive pieces and installations including the imposing "Saint Sebastian, Exquisite Pain" 2007; and, views "For The Love Of God", the iconic GBP50 million diamond skull.
Norfolk

Norfolk

N. P. James; Sarah James

CV Publications
2011
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Cv Publications' series of English County Guides launched with a survey of Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire, first published in 1999. Rather than just passing from point A to B researchers followed an ad-hoc schedule of diverse routes. They found themselves turning down obscure side lanes leading to little villages hidden in marvellous environs of deep countryside. The fifth guide, Norfolk is characterised by the breadth and variation of its countryside, known for its arched skies and expansive landscape. In a complex series of journeys that criss-crossed the county, Nicholas and Sarah James have recorded over two hundred villages and market towns, ranging from Cromer to Hunstanton on the 'Norfolk Riviera', to the 'Wash' and Norfolk Broads, with lesser known hamlets nestling deep in this fascinating and historic part of East England.
Wiltshire

Wiltshire

N. P. James

CV Publications
2012
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The sixth in Cv's series of English County Guides explores the county of Wiltshire. The dramatic sweep of the spare landscape towards the Pewsey Vale introduces the historic town of Marlborough. The guide explores over 180 villages, and follows the route towards the West, to Bath and Avon; taking in the historic Jacobean settlements of Trowbridge,Melksham, Calne, Devizes and Bradford on Avon. Wiltshire is beautiful and mysterious, spanned by lay lines and runic landmarks such as Stonehenge and the Avebury Ring. This is an original account of personal experience, fascinating for visitors and tempting to those seeking a new area to live. First researched from 1999-2001, then in 2011, the series of English County Guides provides descriptions of market towns and villages, for casual visitors and those interested in moving to a different area. The guides contain eye-witness records of natural character, of the villages: their properties, amenities, communication.
David Medalla

David Medalla

N. P. James

CV Publications
2020
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Celebrated artist David Medalla (b.The Philippines 1942) gives an extensive interview to Cv/VAR, in which he discusses his advent to the literary and art scenes of Paris and London at a significant point of change in 1960. He recalls his introduction in Paris by Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duncan and Gaston Bachelard, who admired his original kinetic sculpture, The Bubble Machine. Arriving in London in 1963 he joined Paul Keeler to operate Signals Gallery, exhibiting European and South American artists such as Jesus Rafael Soto and Vassilakis Takis, in groundbreaking manifestations. Medalla went on to form the Exploding Galaxy, a seedbed of performance art based in a house at London's Ballspond Road. A protean spirit of wide influence over five decades as a poet and visionary creator, Medalla has continued his extraordinary path. Following a recent show in Berlin Medalla will next be seen in 'Migration' a six month long survey starting in January 2012 at Tate Britain.
Cumbria: A County Guide

Cumbria: A County Guide

N. P. James

CV PUBLICATIONS
2012
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The seventh of Barnaby's Relocation Guides explores the county of Cumbria. The journey starts in Kendal, and moves to Windermere, Bowness and Ambleside. From there: Keswick and Derwentwater, Ullswater and Braithwaite to Buttermere, via the Whinlatter Forest, The beautiful environment of tarns and fells opens many varied experiences for the traveller. The guide includes information and histories from local sources. It visits Cockermouth, Grasmere and Rydal Mount, Wordsworth's homeland. It documents Penrith and Carlisle, Tebay and Appleby in the expansive landscape of Westmorland and makes a wide loop over to Workington and Whitehaven on the coast. The guide then moves south to Barrow In Furness, Ireleth, Ulverston and Grange Over Sands. Leaving Cumbria for Lancashire it takes a route by High Bentham on a moorland road to find Slaidburn, a historic village set deep in the Lancashire Fells. ____________________________________________________ Barnaby's Relocation Guides provide comprehensive records of towns and villages for visitors and those interested in moving to a different area. Writers make eye-witness reports of amenities and character of over one hundred locations. Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk, Wiltshire and Cornwall are available,
Paris Sketchbook

Paris Sketchbook

N. P. James

CV Publications
2012
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'Paris provides constant stimulation; the city remains a fabulous animal, volatile, individualist and alive with its history and possibilities.' For his new cityscapes N.P.James made an artistic investigation of Paris, walking through the various districts of Opera, St.Lazare, Republic, Montmartre, Montparnasse, Le Marais, St. Denis and St.Germain. His sketchbook records aspects of the streets, buildings, courtyards and monuments, in a web of small pencil drawings, which underpinned the paintings. Colour photographs, notes and observations of the historic and fabled city accompany the studies.
Anatomy of the Body

Anatomy of the Body

N. P. James

CV PUBLICATIONS
2013
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In Cv/VAR series no.10, Anatomy of the Body, 112 panel paintings made in 2001 and 2013 by N.P.James ROI constructed a metaphor for the human physical system. A viscous surface of pulped and washed colour interprets the intricate framework of muscles, arteries, bone and soft tissue, all infused with an internal dynamic of potent nervous energy. The volume carries colour reproductions of the artworks with descriptions of the location and function of portrayed parts.
Art, Criticism and Display

Art, Criticism and Display

N. P. James

CV PUBLICATIONS
2013
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Documents works exhibited at The Gallery London, based at 65a Lisson Street NW1, 1973-78 Projects devised between artists included leadingfigures operating at the cutting edge of British art of the time: JohnLatham, Rita Donagh, Stephen Willats, Vaughan Grylls, Gerald Newman,Jonathan Miles.
Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations

Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations

Thomas N. Garavan; Fergal O’Brien; James Duggan; Claire Gubbins; Yanqing Lai; Ronan Carbery; Sinead Heneghan; Ronnie Lannon; Maura Sheehan; Kirsteen Grant

Springer Nature Switzerland AG
2020
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This book offers an integrated and contextualised framework for learning and development (L&D) effectiveness that addresses both the nature of L&D and its antecedents and outcomes in organisations. Scholars and practitioners alike have recognised the important role that L&D plays in organisations, where the development of human capital is an essential component of individual employability, career advancement, organisational performance, and competitive advantage. The development of employees’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes constitutes one of the most important HR challenges that organisations face. The evidence indicates that organisations continue to invest in L&D programmes as part of their HR strategy. In addition, there has been an enormous growth in research on L&D in organisations; however, there is some ambiguity concerning the effectiveness of these activities and it largely remains unclear how they can be best implemented. This book seeks to address this gap in theliterature. The authors propose a framework for L&D effectiveness based on key findings from reviews, empirical research, and meta-analyses, as well as previously established theoretical frameworks within the field. Combining theory and practice, the new framework this book offers provides key guidance for L&D practitioners and researches interested in the area.
Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations

Learning and Development Effectiveness in Organisations

Thomas N. Garavan; Fergal O’Brien; James Duggan; Claire Gubbins; Yanqing Lai; Ronan Carbery; Sinead Heneghan; Ronnie Lannon; Maura Sheehan; Kirsteen Grant

Springer Nature Switzerland AG
2021
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This book offers an integrated and contextualised framework for learning and development (L&D) effectiveness that addresses both the nature of L&D and its antecedents and outcomes in organisations. Scholars and practitioners alike have recognised the important role that L&D plays in organisations, where the development of human capital is an essential component of individual employability, career advancement, organisational performance, and competitive advantage. The development of employees’ knowledge, skills, and attitudes constitutes one of the most important HR challenges that organisations face. The evidence indicates that organisations continue to invest in L&D programmes as part of their HR strategy. In addition, there has been an enormous growth in research on L&D in organisations; however, there is some ambiguity concerning the effectiveness of these activities and it largely remains unclear how they can be best implemented. This book seeks to address this gap in theliterature. The authors propose a framework for L&D effectiveness based on key findings from reviews, empirical research, and meta-analyses, as well as previously established theoretical frameworks within the field. Combining theory and practice, the new framework this book offers provides key guidance for L&D practitioners and researches interested in the area.
Centennial Year Number

Centennial Year Number

James K. Feibleman; Paul G. Morrison; Andrew J. Reck; Harold N. Lee; Edward G. Ballard; Richard L. Barber; Carl H. Hamburg; Robert C. Whittemore

Kluwer Academic Publishers
1959
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The year 1959 has been called The Centennial Year in view of the anniversary of the publication of The Origin of SPecies and the centenary of the births of many who later contributed much to the philosophy of the recent past, such as Samuel Alexander, Henri Bergson, John Dewey and Edmund Husser!' The essays in the present volume which are on subjects germane to any of the anniversaries celebrated this year have been placed first in the present volume. CENTENNIAL YEAR NUMBER DARWIN AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD JAMES K. FEIBLEMAN The knowledge of methodology, which is acquired by means of formal education in the various disciplines, is usually com­ municated in abstract form. Harmony and counterpoint in musical composition, the axiomatic method of mathematics, the established laws in physics or in chemistry, the principles of mathematics - all these are taught abstractly. It is only when we come to the method of discovery in experimental science that we find abstract communication failing. The most recent as well as the greatest successes of the experimental sciences have been those scored in modern times, but we know as yet of no abstract way to teach the scientific method. The astonishing pedagogical fact is that this method has never been abstracted and set forth in a fashion which would permit of its easy acquisition. Here is an astonishing oversight indeed, for which the very difficulty of the topic may itself be responsible.
The Arboriculturalist's Companion

The Arboriculturalist's Companion

N. D. G. James

Blackwell Publishers
1990
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This book is concerned with the growing and maintenance of trees from the point of view of ornament and amenity, whether they are in the town or the countryside. It includes details of such matters as spacing, transplanting, pruning, protection and safety, and provides valuable information on the identification and treatment of many of the diseases and insect pests that attack trees. In addition the book covers such varying subjects as botanic gardens and arboreta, a summary of all the principal law cases which have been concerned with trees, arboricultural education and the choice of trees for urban areas. Intended for outdoor as well as indoor use, The Arboriculturalist's Companion is written in a concise and readable form and is a book that no one who is responsible for trees can afford to be without. The second edition of The Arboriculturalist's Companion will be an indispensable reference for professional and weekend gardeners as well.
An Historical Dictionary of Forestry and Woodland Terms
An Historical Dictionary of Forestry and Woodland Terms describes the special words used by those working or hunting in England's woodlands and forests from the early Middle Ages until the present. The author does not simply give the meanings of words: he describes the customs and practices to which they refer, and frequently adds quotations from contemporary sources, the latter ranging from medieval royal charters and Shakespeare's As You Like It to such books as Taylor's Common Good or the Emprovements of Commons (1652), John Evelyn's Sylva (1664) and Jefferies's Wildlife in a Southern County (1879). From this dictionary the reader will not only learn the meaning of such terms as pismires, perambulation, furlong and quaking ash, but will find brief histories of the forest courts of the Middle Ages, and the lawing of dogs. Long entries describe such complex procedures as bark-stripping, dishing and dressing, and the care and exploitation of coppice. Many words and practices described here survived until the recent past and some are still in use today. This unique book will be welcomed by everyone interested in the history of English rural life in which woodlands and forests have played, over the centuries, such a vital role. The entries are fully referenced and illustrated where appropriate with line drawings.
Nonsurgical Sports Medicine

Nonsurgical Sports Medicine

N. Nichole Barry; Michael F. Dillingham; James L. McGuire

Johns Hopkins University Press
2002
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With a growing number of people, young and old, engaged in a variety of physical activities, the field of sports medicine has gained greater importance for medical professionals. Nonsurgical Sports Medicine provides a comprehensive guide for the physician whose practice includes preparing patients to take part in sports as well as diagnosing and treating any resulting injuries. Nonsurgical Sports Medicine begins with an overview of the principles of the preparticipation medical evaluation and outlines how preexisting medical conditions may be optimally managed in the athlete. Individual chapters cover the evaluation and treatment of head and spine injuries, injuries to the upper and lower extremities, and overuse syndromes. The book also addresses such important issues as infectious diseases, ergogenic agents, the needs of older and young athletes, women in sports, and the effect of environmental conditions on athletes. Along with detailed discussions of the anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system, the authors describe specific maneuvers during the physical examination which are important for evaluation and diagnosis. Nonsurgical Sports Medicine provides a broad range of information that complements a physician's general knowledge and that will be invaluable in assessing patients with sports-related injuries.