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This innovative approach to bookbinding demonstrates an array of creative techniques that elevate handmade books into extraordinary works of art. Easy-to-follow, well-illustrated directions for more than 25 patterns explain how to make seven different kinds of books with pop-up panels and pages that "explode" from the spine as well as slipcases, tassels, and other distinctive features.
The guide begins with instructions for a simple accordion-fold book. Successive projects build on methods readers have already mastered and...

Filling a gap in the sound recordings of traditional Anglo-American folk music this volume covers both vocal and instrumental material from the 1920s to the 1990s. The listings have also been limited to performers native to the tradition rather than "revival" performers. The album selection is grouped into field recordings and commercial (pre-1942) recordings, with subdivisions into individual recordings or anthologies. The discography not only reflects its author s in-depth knowledge of Anglo-American folk music s historical development but charts a valuable step forward in the...

Children's book awards have mushroomed since the early twentieth-century and especially since the 1960s, when literary prizing became a favored strategy for both commercial promotion and canon-making. There are over 300 awards for English-language titles alone, but despite the profound impact of children s book awards, scholars have paid relatively little attention to them. This book is the first scholarly volume devoted to the analysis of Anglophone children's book awards in historical and cultural context. With attention to both political and aesthetic concerns, the book offers original...

Dieses Lehrbuch fur die digitalen Geisteswissenschaften vermittelt in der 2. Auflage fundierte theoretische und praktische Kenntnisse, die fur ein effizientes und selbststandiges Arbeiten in den Digital Humanities notwendig sind. Das Ziel ist ein allgemeines Verstandnis der Konzepte und verschiedenen Softwaresysteme, denn nur durch die Verbindung von geisteswissenschaftlichen Kenntnissen mit informationstechnischer Kompetenz lassen sich digitale Medien gezielt in allen klassischen Disziplinen der Geisteswissenschaften einsetzen.

Praktische Aufgaben sowie ein grosseres...

Museum and Gallery Studies: The Basics is an accessible guide for the student approaching Museum and Gallery Studies for the first time. Taking a global view, it covers the key ideas, approaches and contentious issues in the field. Balancing theory and practice, the book address important questions such as:

• What are museums and galleries?
• Who decides which kinds of objects are worthy of collection?
• What do I need to know about practical care, conservation and collection management?
• How are museums and...

Museum and Gallery Studies: The Basics is an accessible guide for the student approaching Museum and Gallery Studies for the first time. Taking a global view, it covers the key ideas, approaches and contentious issues in the field. Balancing theory and practice, the book address important questions such as:

• What are museums and galleries?
• Who decides which kinds of objects are worthy of collection?
• What do I need to know about practical care, conservation and collection management?
• How are museums and...