Minerals existed long before any forms of life, playing a key role in the origin and evolution of life; an interaction with biological systems that we are only now beginning to understand. Exploring the traditional strand of mineralogy, which emphasises the important mineral families, the well-established analytical methods (optical microscopy and X-ray diffraction) and the dramatic developments made in techniques over recent decades, David Vaughan also introduces the modern strand of mineralogy, which explores the role minerals play in the plate tectonic cycle and how they interact with the living world. Demonstrating how minerals can be critical for human health and illness by providing essential nutrients and releasing poisons, Vaughan explores the multitude of ways in which minerals have aided our understanding of the world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Minerals: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)

Science & Math

Vaughan, David

Earth Sciences

Oxford University Press

Balanced, broad-based, and up to date, this comprehensive text explores the nature and critical issues of earth resources and the impacts that resource usage has on the earth environment. The authors assume little to no scientific background, and you'll find full coverage of all major types of earth resources—energy, metallic, nonmetallic, water, and soil.

Earth Resources and the Environment

CRAIG, JAMES

Skinner, Brian

Pearson

Frederick Ashton and His Ballets

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

Alfred.A. Knopf

[Ashton, Frederick] Vaughan, David. Frederick Ashton and his Ballets. First Edition. London, Adam and Charles Black, 1977. 19cm x 25.5cm. XX, 522 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector's mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. From the collection of Margot Fonteyn - photographer and artist Keith Money. With small leaflet of Ashton's funeral - service loosely inserted (William Blake poem etc.).

Frederick Ashton and his ballets

A. and C. Black

This book provides essential information on obstetric anaesthesia for anaesthetic trainees on their specialist rotation or as a reference book for FRCA examination candidates. * Anaesthesia in a Nutshell is a series of pocket books designed to mirror the current modular training system * The content is pitched at the right level for starting out in each sub-specialty module, giving the trainee confidence in those first weeks * The succinct note style is convenient for quick reference and revision, and the portable format allows them to be constant companions in theatre and on the ward

Obstetric Anaesthesia: Anaesthesia in a Nutshell

Medical Books

Robinson MBCh FRCA, P. Neville

Medicine

Butterworth-Heinemann

The Little Book of Herefordshire is a compendium full of information that will make you say, 'I never knew that!' Contained within is a plethora of entertaining facts about Herefordshire's famous and occasionally infamous men and women, its literary, artistic and sporting achievements, transport, battles, ghostly appearances and customs both ancient and modern. A reliable reference and a quirky guide, this book can be dipped into time and again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage, the secrets and the enduring fascination of the county. A remarkably engaging little book, this is essential reading for visitors and locals alike.

The Little Book of Herefordshire

Travel

Europe

The History Press

"The book on Mr. Cunningham aims at, and is, as complete and clear a portrait of the modern dance choreographer and his epochal work as has ever been published... The surprise of the Cunningham book is the grace with which it almost definitively sums up Mr. Cunningham's 63-year life in dance... Merce Cunningham: Fifty Years is a compelling portrait of a simple yet complex man and an artist who has seldom faltered in his explorations of life and art on the simplest and most complex levels." --Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times "What emerges from this dispassionate, scrupulous account is much more than the chronicle of fifty years in the amazing and creative life of Merce Cunningham... Kudos to David Vaughan who has given us a noble work. As archivist for the Cunningham company for twenty years, he knows better than anyone how to turn this book about a great artist and about the art of this century into a work of art in itself." --Mikhail Baryshnikov Merce Cunningham: Fifty Years celebrates the career of one of the most important artists of the twentieth century from his first innovative and explosive solo dances to the present. This unique book incorporates images of performances by many world renowned photographers, including Imogen Cunningham, Barbara Morgan, Annie Leibovitz, Peter Hujar and Arnold Eagle.

Merce Cunningham: Fifty Years

Biographies & Memoirs

Aperture

Known worldwide for his remarkable, groundbreaking choreography, Merce Cunningham has a secret: he also draws. For the first time he opens a door into his fantastical animal kingdom with Aperture's publication of Other Animals. Cunningham, an obsessive observer with a colossal sense of humor, revels in nature with the same childlike vision and expressiveness that infuses his dances. Like his dances, his drawings are impressions, inventions, gestures and interactions. Cunningham introduces us to a bird riding a turtle, a bizarre hybrid creature wearing a fashionable sweater and an ostrich that rivals the gracefulness of his dancers.The drawings are collected in a beautifully produced, colorful volume, with selected entries from Cunningham's journals and photographs of some of his dances and their notations. These drawings offer a key to understanding how Cunningham renders his vision of the world through dance--and how his vision is translated into costuming through his collaboration with designers such as Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garconnes.

Other Animals: Drawings and Journals

Individual Artists

The book features photographer Hazel Larsen Archer (1921-2001). Archer arrived at Black Mountain College in 1944 as a student, and later was the photography teacher from 1949-53. Her photographs are stunning and are an intimate document to the history of Black Mountain College. Includes photographs of Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Robert Rauschenberg, Ray Johnson and other students and teachers of this unique college. The photographs offer a unique and personal glimpse into life at Black Mountain College. Ninety-two breath-taking photographs which will enrich the viewer's understanding of Black Mountain College. Of all the photographers at Black Mountain College - Callahan, Siskind, Beaumont Newhall - Archer offers the most in-depth, intimate and revealing glimpse into the essence of the BMC experience. These photographs show the human side of icons who have now become legendary.

Hazel Larsen Archer: Black Mountain College Photographer

Black Mountain College Museum & art

It is 1938 and Hitler is spreading his poison through Central Europe. With the world's press corps descending on Prague, a young man from London arrives in the city as an interpreter. His world is shaken as he witnesses dramatic and unsettling events.

Hear My Voice

Literature & Fiction

Literary

Jantar Classics

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