The History of China: Volume 3, Sui and T'ang China, 589-906 AD, Part One
Volume 3 of this major history covers the second great period of unified imperial power, 589-906, when China established herself as the centre of a wider cultural sphere, embracing Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
Translation of: Untersuchungen zum Problem der Zeit bei Nietzsche. This highly comprehensive and carefully researched study examines the temporal structures underlying the basic concepts of Nietzsche's thought: the Apollonian/Dionysian relationship, the historical and the suprahistorical, the perspectival sphere and force, the will to power, the innocence of becoming, justice and the eternal recurrence.
The Beaded Sphere And Variations - Beading In The Third Dimension
The Beaded Sphere by Judy Walker Judy Walker is well-known for her exquisite geometric beadwork. Her new book "The Beaded Sphere" is a 232-page full-color hard cover featuring detailed instructions, diagrams and photos for a baker's dozen of her bead projects ranging from jewelry to sculptures, including her unique Triple Sphere. Also included is general information about basic beading techniques, a source directory, and a photo gallery of other bead artists' work.
This timely and major text reassesses the contemporary practice of cultural studies. In recent years cultural studies perspectives have proliferated through a range of traditional academic disciplines, providing a fertile source of new ideas beyond the sphere of the academy. Simultaneously, cultural studies has itself been subject to critical scrutiny.
Sphere
Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton is possibly the best science teacher for the masses since H.G. Wells, and
Sphere, his thriller about a mysterious spherical spaceship at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, is classic Crichton.
