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Robert Smithson

    Robert Smith is een auteur wiens werken het literaire landschap verrijken met tot nadenken stemmende en genre-overstijgende verhalen. Zijn schrijfwerk duikt in alternatieve geschiedenis, sciencefiction, hedendaagse thema's en historische non-fictie, allemaal met het doel het intellect van de lezer aan te spreken. Smith's Zuidoost-Azië trilogie, die de opkomst en ondergang van machtige rijken onderzoekt, biedt een meeslepende reis door de geschiedenis van de regio. Of hij nu maatschappelijke normen in twijfel trekt of onbekende beschavingen introduceert, zijn boeken zijn gemaakt om het perspectief van de lezer te boeien en te verbreden.

    Robert Smithson
    Keith New
    The Kings of Ayutthaya
    The Parkinson's Playbook
    The Reality Test
    The Collected Writings
    • Since the 1979 publication of The Writings of Robert Smithson , Robert Smithson's significance as a spokesman for a generation of artists has been widely acknowledged and the importance of his thinking to contemporary artists and art critics continues to grow. In addition to a new introduction by Jack Flam, The Collected Writings includes previously unpublished essays by Smithson and gathers hard-to-find articles, interviews, and photographs. Together these provide a full picture of his wide-ranging views on art and culture.

      The Collected Writings
    • The Reality Test

      • 256bladzijden
      • 9 uur lezen
      3,0(1)Tarief

      The questions you've never asked that will put you ahead of your competitors

      The Reality Test
    • The Parkinson's Playbook

      • 157bladzijden
      • 6 uur lezen

      The Parkinson’s Playbook puts the power in your hands, giving you the knowledge you need to proactively defend yourself against the progression of Parkinson’s disease with energy, vitality, and confidence. The diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease is not an easy one. In The Parkinson’s Playbook, author Robert Smith has prepared an enlightening and engaging “playbook” to help you tackle Parkinson’s head on, including a pro-active offense of lifestyle improvements and defensive measures including cutting-edge medications and natural healing techniques. The Parkinson’s Playbook makes you the MVP of your life—so get out there and win! Also featured in The Parkinson’s Playbook: • How to assemble a line-up of medical and emotional support systems • Learn the importance of exercise to boost strength and relieve stress • Effective, easy-to-implement diet changes for well-being ...and so much more, all with the unique patient’s perspective of the author’s personal experiences fighting—and winning—against his disease.

      The Parkinson's Playbook
    • The Kings of Ayutthaya

      • 370bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Part fact, part fiction, part myth, and part legend, this book brings to life the kingdom of Ayutthaya from its roots in the kingdom of Sukhothai to its eventual destruction by the Burmese in 1767. It is the turbulent story of both the kings and their kingdom, from its birth to its downfall. Robert Smith retells this history by reimagining and dramatizing the exploits of Ayutthaya's rulers, building his account around a framework of documentary evidence and hints in the historical record. Intrigues and deception wind through the tale as do ingenuity, honor, and the will to greatness that made Ayutthaya a major regional power for centuries. This account of the development of a nation--and the stories behind it--shows how the old kingdom of Ayutthaya was a crucial precursor to the foundation of modern-day Thailand.

      The Kings of Ayutthaya
    • Keith New

      • 152bladzijden
      • 6 uur lezen

      Keith New (1926-2012) was a significant pioneering British modernist stained glass artist in the 1950s and 1960s. This is the first monograph devoted to his work. It examines New's career in the first part, while the second part comprises a comprehensive catalogue of his stained glass. New's career was launched with the 1952 Royal College of Art's commission to design the nave windows for Basil Spence's Coventry Cathedral. The three-man team, led by Lawrence Lee, included Geoffrey Clarke, another pioneer in the medium. Each artist designed three windows. The commission brought New to the attention of other prominent architects, including Robert Matthew and Denys Lasdun, as well as artists and critics like John Piper and John Betjeman. Many commissions were for churches either in post-war rebuilds or in medieval buildings. Alongside these are examples in significant public buildings as well as schools. Altogether there were 34 executed commissions, five of which have been wholly or partially lost. Through privileged access to the family archive as well as research in record offices, the authors have drawn together a Catalogue Raisonné of his known designs, both executed and unrealised.

      Keith New