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Finalist, 2008 Henry Paolucci / Walter Bagehot Book Award given by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute

Why does technology change over time, how does it change, and what difference does it make? In this sweeping, ambitious look at a thousand years of Western experience, Robert Friedel argues that technological change comes largely through the pursuit of improvement—the deep-rooted belief that things could be done in a better way. What Friedel calls the "culture of improvement" is manifested every day in the ways people carry out their tasks in life—from tilling fields and raising children to waging war.

Improvements can be ephemeral or lasting, and one person’s improvement may not always be viewed as such by others. Friedel stresses the social processes by which we define what improvements are and decide which improvements will last and which will not. These processes, he emphasizes, have created both winners and losers in history.

Friedel presents a series of narratives of Western technology that begin in the eleventh century and stretch into the twenty-first. Familiar figures from the history of invention are joined by others—the Italian preacher who described the first eyeglasses, the dairywomen displaced from their control over cheesemaking, and the little-known engineer who first suggested a grand tower to Gustav Eiffel. Friedel traces technology from the plow and the printing press to the internal combustion engine, the transistor, and the space shuttle. Friedel also reminds us that faith in improvement can sometimes have horrific consequences: improved weaponry makes warfare ever more deadly and the drive for improving human beings can lead to eugenics and even genocide. The most comprehensive attempt to tell the story of Western technology in many years, engagingly written and lavishly illustrated, A Culture of Improvement documents the ways in which the drive for improvement has shaped our modern world..
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Franz Marc A Retrospective

Annegret Hoberg and Helmut Friedel

This comprehensive collection celebrates the work of Franz Marc, a pioneer of Germany's Expressionist movement.

Before his career was tragically cut short by World War I, Marc had gained recognition as a co-founder with Wassily Kandinsky of the influential Blue Rider Group. Marc, whose primary focus was the world of animals, is now recognized as one of the greatest of the German Expressionists. This chronologically arranged book brings together more than 300 of Marc’s works. It includes perceptive comments about the artist’s life, examples of his correspondence, and insight into the unique symbolic language he employed to make sense of the difficult times in which he lived.

Annegret Hoberg is a curator in the Lenbachhaus in Munich, Germany, which houses one of the most extensive collections of Franz Marc in the world. She is the author of numerous books on art, many published by Prestel.

Helmut Friedel is the Director of the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, and has published extensively on modern and contemporary art..
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The Dominican Republic, Haiti's larger neighbor on the island of Hispaniola, has the most varied landscape in the Greater Antilles. Rain forests, deserts, rivers, waterfalls, tropical mountainsides, fertile valleys and broad savannas. It has the highest mountain, the lowest point (below sea level) and the longest palm-fringed beaches in The Caribbean. Its, capital, Santo Domingo, is the oldest city in the New World. With his camera, Michael Friedel reveals the beauty of this island..
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What if you discovered a vehicle that would actually drive you through your purpose driven life? Imagine That will give you all you need to know to begin your journey and complete it. Packed with the latest discoveries in quantum physics and the applied sciences you will have ample evidence both from the secular fields and fresh insights into Biblical passages that will release your creativity. Dianoia (the Greek word for imagination) will become a dear friend of yours to help you fulfill your destiny. You will learn how vital strong emotions are in order to experience manifestations or desired results in your life. You will understand the importance of your self-talk and speech, but how good confession alone without the ingredient of your imagination will only frustrate your efforts. It will surprise you what the greatest discovery of this generation is and how you and everyone else have access to it!.
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Using Copernicanism, Darwinism, and Freudianism as examples of scientific traditions, Copernicus, Darwin and Freud takes a philosophical look at these three revolutions in thought to illustrate the connections between science and philosophy.

Shows how these revolutions in thought lead to philosophical consequences

Provides extended case studies of Copernicanism, Darwinism, and Freudianism

Integrates the history of science and the philosophy of science like no other text

Covers both the philosophy of natural and social science in one volume.
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With his incomparable photographs of the Maldive Islands, Michael Friedel, one of Germany's leading photojournalists, has made the breathtaking beauty of these jewels of the Indian Ocean famous throughout the word. His aerial views of the Maldives have given a new perspective of their home to the islanders themselves. On the 10th anniversary of the Maldive independence his pictures were used in a series of postage stamps. For over twenty years Michael Friedel has been taking photograph of these tropical atolls on land, under water and from the air. This volume contains a selection of his finest work..
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This book explores Gerhard Richter's mesmerizing abstract paintings from a particularly fertile period of one of the most important living artists.

Startling colors, soft grays, undulating lines and large canvases are the hallmark of Richter's abstract period. Like all of Richter's painting, these works defy categorization, reflecting the artist's own journey towards understanding the world around him, a journey he invites his viewers to share with him. Three of his seminal works of this period: Red, Yellow, and Blue, are given particular attention and are presented here in luxurious foldout spreads. An illustrated essay by Robert Storr, perhaps the foremost authority on Richter, provides illuminating background to the artist's rich and complex oeuvre. Art critic Helmut Friedel interviews the artist and offers his own perspective on Richter's converging interests in painting and photography.

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