"Essays on death explored through the disciplines of art history, classics, history, music, languages and literatures. The essays incorporated into this volume share an ambitious interest in investigating death as an individual, social and metaphorical phenomenon that may be exemplified by themes involving burial rituals, identity, and commemoration. The disciplines represented are as diverse as art history, classics, history, music, lan ..."
"This is a full and authoritative account of the history of private banking, beginning with its development in conjunction with the world markets served by and centred on a few European cities, notably Amsterdam and London. These banks were usually partnerships, a form of organization which persisted as the role of private banking changed in response to the political and economic transformations of the late 18th and early 19th centuries ..."
"Illuminazione di Firenze Belloni Bondi, Wagniere foodstuffs Ligure Lombarda
Semoleria Italiana Raggio Bozano, Borgnini mechanical Officine Ansaldi Fiat
Carminati e Toselli Pisa Ceriana, De Fernex Marsaglia mining Montecatini
Fernex Ligure Ramifera Grasso, Vonwiller, Kuster, De Ferrari oil Societa Oli
Minerali Reinach Kuster Prandoni steel Piombino Falck Metallurgica Tempini
Terni Bondi, Raggio Feltrinelli Feltrinelli Treves, Lenci, ..."
A Bruised Reed One Christian's Journey Through Depression by PhilipCottrell Paperback, 72 Pages, Published 2014 by Evangelical Press ISBN-13: 978-0-85234-998-4, ISBN: 0-85234-998-X
"In the author's own words: "I will not write about medication or professional help, since I am not medically trained and therefore not qualified to judge their effectiveness. Suffice to say that I see no reason to discount medical help. Since, as God provides professionals to treat our bodies, I presume that he provides the same for our minds. However, it is surely up to each Christian to decide for himself. What I do feel able to write ..."
"Many of Leonardo da Vinci's manuscripts were intended as preparatory sketches for future published works, and the Codex Leicester is one of the most advanced. Written densely on 18 sheets illustrated with geometrical diagrams and illustrations of experiments imagined and real, it is a complex and fascinating meditation around a subject that enthralled Leonardo for much of his career: water. Named after the 1st Earl of Leicester who p ..."
"This is a full and authoritative account of the history of private banking, beginning with its development in conjunction with the world markets served by and centred on a few European cities, notably Amsterdam and London. These banks were usually partnerships, a form of organization which persisted as the role of private banking changed in response to the political and economic transformations of the late 18th and early 19th centuries ..."
"Michael Collins is a Professor of Financial History in the School of Business and
Economic Studies, University of Leeds. Philip L. Cottrell is a Professor of
Economic and Social History, University of Leicester. Juro Hashimoto is a
Professor in the Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo. Takeshi Iida is an
Associate Professor, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Tokyo University of Foreign
Studies. Takao Kamikawa is a Professor i ..."
"Iain L. Fraser, Ms Monika Pohle Fraser, Professor Philip L Cottrell, Professor
Youssef Cassis. in terms of the risks and associated rewards, of investments in
the securities of American railroads, he was the most consistent advocate of
capital ... In 1871, J. P. Morgan joined forces with the Drexel family of
Philadelphia to create Drexel, Morgan & Co. The Drexels had surplus capital;
Morgan provided the managerial skills and the vi ..."
"Table of contents: I. Tintoretto and the Venetian Culture and Religious Environment Paul Hills, Tintoretto and Venetian Gothic - Augusto Gentili, Tintoretto in contesto tra politica e religion - Benjamin Paul, Archaism and Pauline Spirituality in Jacopo Tintoretto's Crucifixion for SS. Cosma e Damiano - Tom Nichols, False Gods: Tintoretto's Mythologies as Anti-poesie - Bernard Aikema, La casta Susanna II. Tintoretto and the Art of his ..."