By the turn of the nineteenth century the towns, villages and countryside of Britain had attained a picturesque and visually satisfying balance between the natural and the man-made, and judging by contemporary illustration, a beauty and comeliness unsurpassed before or since. In watercolour drawing British artists caught the changing light and weather to perfection. And in aquatint engraving combined with etching, their subtle tones and spontaneous effects could be reproduced in prints virtually indistinguishable from the original. Aquatinting was supplemented by hand-colouring, often done by teams of children. Prints were issued separately or in splendid colour-plate books, many of which have since been broken up to obtain prints for framing. These, after exposure to light, eventually fade; but the aquatints surviving intact in the British Library's volumes and the albums of the King's Topographical Collection remain as fresh and vivid as ever. In this book, nearly fifty have been selected for reproduction and comment, providing today's armchair tourist with an album that faithfully portrays the elegance and robust variety of Regency Britain.

Britain Portrayed: A Regency Album, 1780-1830

John Barr

The British Library

Barr Flies: How to Tie and Fish the Copper John, the Barr Emerger, and Dozens of Other Patterns, Variations, and Rigs

Stackpole Books

While it is necessary for buildings to house and shelter the programs that define them, architecture is significant when it ennobles those institutions through intellectual and emotional engagement with the people who occupy it. Buildings can give measure to one's place in the world; they provide insight and perspective. The Poetry Foundation is such a building. Accordingly, Centerline 9: The Poetry Foundation seeks to give the reader a palpable sense of the feeling of the place. With an emphasis on the physical and the phenomenal, the myriad images, drawings, sketches, and texts presented here are an attempt to give the reader access to those qualities there that are so compelling and worthwhile, and to set out a thesis that architecture is fundamentally about the built, physical artifact in relation to the broad conditions of its setting, program, and inhabitation.

Centerline 9: The Poetry Foundation

Raymund Ryan

Kevin Alter

Wilfried Wang

John Ronan

Center for American Architecture and Design

The definitive, devastating account of the largest sex abuse scandal in American sports history-with new details and insights into the institutional failures, as well as the bravery that brought it to light. For decades, osteopathic physician Larry Nassar built a sterling reputation as the go-to doctor for America's Olympians while treating countless others at his office on Michigan State University's campus. It was largely within the high-pressure world of competitive gymnastics that Nassar exploited young girls, who were otherwise motivated by fear and intimidation, sexually assaulting hundreds of them under the guise of medical treatment. In Start by Believing, John Barr and Dan Murphy confront Nassar's acts, which represent the largest sex abuse scandal to impact the sporting world. Through never-before-released interviews and documents they deconstruct the epic institutional failures and individuals who enabled him. When warnings were raised, self-serving leaders chose to protect their organizations' reputations over the well-being of young people. Following the paths traveled by courageous women-featuring a once-shy Christian attorney and a brash, outspoken Olympic medalist-Barr and Murphy detail the stories of those who fought back against the dysfunction within their sport to claim a far-from-inevitable victory. The gymnasts' uncommon perseverance, along with the help of dedicated advocates brought criminals to justice and helped to fuel the #MeToo revolution. Start by Believing reveals the win-at-all-costs culture in elite athletics and higher education that enabled a quarter century of heinous crimes.

Start by Believing: Larry Nassar's Crimes, the Institutions that Enabled Him, and the Brave Women Who Stopped a Monster

Politics & Social Sciences

Dan Murphy

Sociology

Hachette Book Group and Blackstone Publishing

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