The fine arts are traditionally seen to have intrinsic value: that is, they are valuable in themselves. But this poses a problem for architecture: its works are designed to serve our purposes, and therefore it is classed as functional. Carving out a new space, Edward Winters argues why architecture is a fine art and finds a place for the fine art of architecture in the cultural environment in which we structure our lives.Winters reconciles intrinsic value, as a fine art, w...

He only has one thing on his Christmas list…All twelve-year-old Trevor wants for Christmas is to find a family. When the long-time foster kid gets moved to a group home, he writes to Santa as a last resort. But being good is hard, and kids like him don’t get anything from Santa, let alone parents.All Gary Harris wants is to help the kids at the group home across the street appreciate Christmas. Playing Santa seems easy enough—much simpler ...

This book explores one of the most intractable problems of human existence - our propensity to inflict violence. It provides readers with case studies of political, social, economic, religious, structural and interpersonal violence from across the entire globe since 1800. It also examines the changing representations of violence in diverse media and the cultural significance of its commemoration. Together, the chapters provide in-depth understanding of the ways that humans have perpetrated...

The anthology "The Invasions of England," curated by Gordon Home and Edward Foord, is an intellectually stimulating collection that intricately explores the various invasions that have sculpted the land and ethos of England. Spanning narratives that vary from rich historical accounts to evocative literary pieces, this compilation offers a profound exploration into the tumultuous events that have left indelible imprints on England's soil. The collection succeeds in intertwining an array of ...

Namaste Care is a therapeutic approach to caring for those living with advanced dementia, focused on improving their quality of life through a simple, soothing and rewarding process. This step-by-step guide is for anyone looking to translate the principles of the Namaste Care approach successfully and professionally into a home or care setting, with an emphasis on the value of volunteers in the community in implementing this.The Namaste Care approach is focussed on giving comfort a...

The debut title of a new city-based anthology series featuring stories with speculative, sci-fi, and paranormal themesAs an incubator of the future, Los Angeles has long mesmerized writers from Philip K. Dick to Aldous Huxley. With its natural disasters, Hollywood artifice, staggering wealth and poverty, urban sprawl, and diversity, one can argue that Los Angeles is already so weird, surreal, irrational, and mythic that any fiction emerging from this place should b...

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Buddhist Scriptures presents a carefully chosen gateway into the canonical and devotional literature of Buddhism, bringing together teachings, dialogues, verses, and narratives that illuminate the Buddha's doctrine and its early transmission. Edward Joseph Thomas's prose is lucid, restrained, and philologically attentive, shaped by the early twentieth-century scholarly tradition of rendering Asian religious texts intelligible to English readers. The volume stands in the context of comparat...