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An unprecedented series of images showing the Omo people's imaginative body decoration and embellishments

The scene of tribal conflicts and guerrilla incursions, Ethiopia's Omo Valley is also home to fascinating rites and traditions that have survived for thousands of years. The nomadic peoples who inhabit this valley share a gift for body painting and elaborate adornments borrowed from nature, and Hans Silvester has captured the results in a series of photographs made over the course of numerous trips.

In this region of East Africa, the rivers that run through the dry savannas are home to abundant flowers, papyrus, and wild fruit trees, and this luxuriance becomes an invitation to creativity and spectacle. Within hand's reach, a multitude of plants inspire fanciful and ephemeral self-decoration, and the Omo react spontaneously: a leaf, root, seed pod, or flower is quickly transformed into an accessory. As in the West one might don a hat, people create caps from tufts of grass. As one would knot a tie or scarf, they ornament themselves with banana leaves or a stem laden with flowers. These decorations are embellished with butterfly wings, buffalo horns, boar's teeth, colorful feathers, and the like, and are further enhanced by body painting with pigments made from powdered stone, plants, berries, and river mud.

Here is a priceless record of a unique and increasingly fragile way of life, one threatened by conflict, climate change, and tourism. 160 color illustrations..
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In this ambitious work, Hans Silvester turns his photographic eye toward ancient Africa, the birthplace of humanity Silvester was essentially adopted by his subjects during his travels, and his stunning color photographs present a rare, intimate view of their world.

The first volume of this deluxe two-volume set presents the everyday lives of the Omo people, their rituals, parades, children’s games, and even their battles. In the second volume, each photograph becomes a masterpiece of abstract art, revealing close-ups of the tribes’ traditional body paintings. Silvester’s accompanying text traces his journey to the Horn of Africa, revealing the fascinating beauty of a world now in danger of extinction..
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Complete Book of Throws presents techniques and conditioning programs used by many of the best athletes in the shot put, discus, javelin, and hammer throw. Strength development, effective energy transfer, and detailed training schedules will help throwers get in peak condition and apply their power fully on each attempt.

Shot put: Master the glide and spin techniques with drills that break down the throwing sequence into individual movements, and then put it back together to establish proper motor patterns.

Discus: Develop a fluid and efficient throw. Find a rhythm, learn the fundamentals and techniques, and practice rhythm drills to accelerate maximally through the throw while maintaining precise control.

Javelin: Perform the technique drills and power training exercises to develop and apply speed, power, and rhythm to the throw, which in turn will help you achieve optimum speed, angle, and height on every delivery.

Hammer: Establish a grip, swing, and wind for a good throwing rhythm and tempo. Then use the drills to develop speed and control to release the hammer at the height of acceleration.

Whether you’re preparing for high-level competition or just learning the event, Complete Book of Throws provides technique drills, conditioning exercises, and sample training programs for building the body, improving form, and perfecting each throw..
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The scent of lavender fills the air in the French region of Provence. Hans Silvester, who has lived in Provence for almost 40 years, has photographed lavender in all four seasons, capturing the changing colors, shapes, and formal beauty of the plant. This vibrant new edition of the 1996 original features an updated design and a smaller format. The stunning photographs, 40 of which are new to this edition, are complemented by a revised text and the addition of informative captions. As Silvester's photographs show, the fields of lavender encapsulate the sometimes contradictory nature of Provence: the rich, potent purple of summer contrasting with the subdued amber of autumn; the hard, gray earth of winter giving way to the tender green of spring. His images also reveal the area's varied terrain, from broad plains to hills and mountains, where scattered farms form a lavender patchwork on the rocky slopes. The text, by fragrance expert Christiane Meunier, recounts the history of lavender, which, as this sumptuous volume demonstrates, remains an essential element of the character and beauty of Provence..
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Now in paperback, Kittens in the Sun is full of "enchanting full-color images that capture the essence of everything feline" (Cat Fancy). Once again, photographer Hans Silvester offers us a transporting look at the feisty four-pawed critters of the Greek Isles and their whitewashed paradise. Silvester is never more at home than when training his camera on feline bliss Mediterranean style, and here it just gets better as he narrows his focus to the smaller and fuzzier members of the family. Atlantic Monthly has described his work as "the finest pictures ever taken of cats.".
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"The finest pictures ever taken of cats," says The Atlantic Monthly of Hans Silvester's photographs of Greek cats languorously stretched along whitewashed walls and sun-drenched pathways. The Complete Cats in the Sun is the essential Hans Silvester: together in one book are all the free-spirited felines from the enormously popular Cats in the Sun, Asleep in the Sun, and The Mediterranean Cat. This is a beautiful one-volume collection of those memorable cats leaping from one fishing boat to the next, prowling across the rounded azure rooftops in search of the perfect place for a quick nap in the sun, or slinking through the cool shadows of a Mediterranean afternoon. The Complete Cats in the Sun is destined to become the classic gift book for lovers of felines, the sun, and the magic that is the Grecian Isles..
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"This translation is an important research tool for all philosophers interested in Aquinas's philosophy of mind and epistemology...Every library of both undergraduate and graduate philosophy programs needs this work, and all of us interested in the history of medieval philosophy of mind should have this new translation on our desks. Highly recommended."-Anthony J. Lisska, The Medieval Review.
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