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Why People Lie and How to Detect ThatThe Psychology of Deception (Body Language, Verbal Cues, and Techniques to Spot Dishonesty)Lies are everywhere. From harmless white lies to elaborate deceptions, dishonesty influences relationships, workplaces, politics, and society. But what if you could see through the falsehoods? What if you could recognize deception before it misleads you?This book unveils the hidden psychology behind lying, equipping you with the skills to identify when someone is not telling the truth. With insights drawn from psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral analysis, youll learn how to decode verbal cues, interpret microexpressions, and spot nonverbal signs of deception.Inside This Book, Youll Discover:The Nature of Deception: Why We LieThe Science of Lying: How the Brain Works During DeceptionBody Language and Lies: Nonverbal Clues to Watch ForMicroexpressions: The Hidden Signals of DishonestyVerbal Deception: How Liars Manipulate WordsLies in Relationships: Spotting Red Flags in Personal LifeDeception in the Workplace: Identifying Dishonest Colleagues and BossesWhether you want to safeguard yourself from manipulation, improve your ability to read people, or simply understand why lying is so deeply ingrained in human nature, this book provides the knowledge and tools to uncover the truth in any situation.Scroll Up and Grab Your Copy Today!

In this magisterial book, William St Clair unfolds the history of the Parthenon throughout the modern era to the present day, with special emphasis on the period before, during, and after the Greek War of Independence of 182132. Focusing particularly on the question of who saved the Parthenon from destruction during this conflict, with the help of documents that shed a new light on this enduring question, he explores the contributions made by the Philhellenes, Ancient Athenians, Ottomans and the Great Powers.Marshalling a vast amount of primary evidence, much of it previously unexamined and published here for the first time, St Clair rigorously explores the multiple ways in which the Parthenon has served both as a cultural icon onto which meanings are projected and as a symbol of particular national, religious and racial identities, as well as how it illuminates larger questions about the uses of built heritage. This book has a companion volume with the classical Parthenon as its main focus, which offers new ways of recovering the monument and its meanings in ancient times.St Clair builds on the success of his classic text, The Reading Nation in the Romantic Period, to present this rich and authoritative account of the Parthenons presentation and reception throughout history. With weighty implications for the present life of the Parthenon, it is itself a monumental contribution to accounts of the Greek Revolution, to classical studies, and to intellectual history.

In "Whitehall: Historical and Architectural Notes," W. J. Loftie presents a meticulous exploration of one of Londons most significant sites, delving into its rich history and architectural evolution. Written in a distinctly Victorian style, Lofties prose combines scholarly rigor with a narrative flair that brings to life the stories interwoven with the fabric of Whitehall. The book unearths layers of historical significance, referencing Tudor timelines, the development of governmental architecture, and the social dynamics that have shaped this area, all while employing a keen eye for detail and a passion for heritage. W. J. Loftie was not only an accomplished historian and author but also a curator and architectural scholar, which greatly influenced his perceptive approach to Whitehalls history. His background in the study of architecture, coupled with a profound interest in Londons urban landscape, allowed him to analyze the aesthetic and functional aspects of buildings, placing them within the broader context of British history. Lofties lifetime of scholarly endeavors positioned him uniquely to contribute this vital work to the field. For readers interested in the convergence of history and architecture, Lofties "Whitehall" serves as an invaluable resource. It appeals not only to history enthusiasts and architectural scholars but also to anyone seeking to understand the complex layers of modern governance and culture that have evolved within this iconic locale. Immerse yourself in Lofties insights to appreciate the grandeur embedded within the walls of this emblematic site.

When Abbot Laurence, of Westminster, looked out to the northward or north-eastward, he could see no landas far as the wall of Londonwhich did not belong to him and his house. This was the Abbot who first had leave to assume the mitre, and in 1163 he obtained from Pope Alexander II. the canonisation of Edward the Confessor. When worshippers wished to kneel at the new saints shrine they had to reach Westminster as best they could. Some, especially those who lived at Charing, or further up the hill, in what was afterwards Hedge Lane, would make their way to the Thames, the best highway in those days. In some seasons, perhaps, the water-courses, which had their origin in the Tyburn, might be dry enough to let them pass, but there were as yet no regular roads and no bridges. One of these water-courses supplied the Abbey, and one ran out where Richmond Terrace is now. We have two documents from which to draw a picture of the ground which was not yet Whitehall. First, we have the evidence afforded by the geographical features of the locality; and, secondly, we have the report of a trial which took place some sixty years ago, when, no doubt, all possible charters and grants and leases and demises were cited

Architectural patronage was crucial for the thinking of Aby Warburg and his circle. In Hamburg the purpose-designed Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, completed in 1926, organized Warburgs remarkable library. From 1927 Warburg developed ideas about orientation in the radical transformation of a disused water tower into the Hamburg Planetarium. After the Warburg Institute transferred to London in 1933 this pattern of seminal architectural commissioning continued, including projects designed by the avant-garde practice Tecton during the 1930s, and culminating in the construction of the librarys present home at Woburn Square, Bloomsbury in 1958. Warburg Models: Buildings as Bilderfahrzeuge follows this history, using archive photographs, architectural drawings and a series of architectural models to show how the Warburg scholars projected a connection between their own physical occupancy of architectural space and their shared ideas about intellectual order, cultural survival, and memory.MARI LENDING and TIM ANSTEY are both professors of architectural history at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. Their continuing archive-based seminar on the relationship between the Warburg Institute and architecture has developed into an exhibition and a book, not least because of the skilled participation of their model-building students.

Architectural patronage was crucial for the thinking of Aby Warburg and his circle. In Hamburg the purpose-designed Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg, completed in 1926, organized Warburgs remarkable library. From 1927 Warburg developed ideas about orientation in the radical transformation of a disused water tower into the Hamburg Planetarium. After the Warburg Institute transferred to London in 1933 this pattern of seminal architectural commissioning continued, including projects designed by the avant-garde practice Tecton during the 1930s, and culminating in the construction of the librarys present home at Woburn Square, Bloomsbury in 1958. Warburg Models: Buildings as Bilderfahrzeuge follows this history, using archive photographs, architectural drawings and a series of architectural models to show how the Warburg scholars projected a connection between their own physical occupancy of architectural space and their shared ideas about intellectual order, cultural survival, and memory.MARI LENDING and TIM ANSTEY are both professors of architectural history at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design. Their continuing archive-based seminar on the relationship between the Warburg Institute and architecture has developed into an exhibition and a book, not least because of the skilled participation of their model-building students.

En la primera parte de este libro se esboza una semblanza de la vida y obra de Walter Weberhofer (1923-2002), ubicándolo en los contextos históricos nacional e internacional. En las siguientes cuatro secciones se estudian algunos de sus trabajos arquitectonicos y urbanisticos mas importantes, analizando los espacios, los volumenes, las perspectivas y las estructuras, entre otros aspectos.

"El centenario de la Bauhaus vuelve a poner en el foco de nuestro interés la figura de su fundador, el arquitecto Walter Gropius (1883-1969), que en sus escritos y conferencias supo plantear muchos de los temas que, pese al profundo cambio de las condiciones y de nuestros juicios, nos siguen ocupando.La presente antologia quiere dar a conocer este ideario, mostrando su diversidad y complejidad, contribuyendo asi a una reconsideracion critica de la modernidad arquitectonica como la busqueda de un arte omnimodo de alcance total que derribara los muros y las convenciones sociales que separaban al arte de la vida."

"El centenario de la Bauhaus vuelve a poner en el foco de nuestro interés la figura de su fundador, el arquitecto Walter Gropius (1883-1969), que en sus escritos y conferencias supo plantear muchos de los temas que, pese al profundo cambio de las condiciones y de nuestros juicios, nos siguen ocupando.La presente antologia quiere dar a conocer este ideario, mostrando su diversidad y complejidad, contribuyendo asi a una reconsideracion critica de la modernidad arquitectonica como la busqueda de un arte omnimodo de alcance total que derribara los muros y las convenciones sociales que separaban al arte de la vida."

Este libro reúne los principales escritos en los que Walter Gropius expresó sus ideas y motivaciones antes de su emigración a Inglaterra en 1934. Su lectura ofrece hoy visiones diferenciadas de su obra, pero tambien de la arquitectura moderna en general.Por sorprendente que pueda parecer, Gropius es en la actualidad, y en el ambito cultural de habla hispana, una figura tan paradigmatica como poco conocida, al menos en lo tocante a sus presupuestos teoricos e ideologicos. Hasta la fecha, muy pocos de sus textos se habian traducido al español casi siempre los mismos y casi siempre en versiones parciales, lo cual genero ideas equivocadas con respecto a su ideario y a su bagaje intelectual.Esta lectura parcial provoco obstinados malentendidos, cuando no interpretaciones interesadamente equivocas, y en todo ello se basaron tanto la admiracion incondicional como el rechazo ciego.Valgan como ejemplo las variadas reacciones que suscito su presunta radicalidad racionalista, una condicion univoca que el mismo siempre desmintio desde sus convicciones vitalistas. Lo mismo vale para su internacionalismo programatico, pues, lejos de propugnar un universalismo transnacional, en sus escritos Gropius incluyo siempre la cualidad nacional de la nueva arquitectura. Asimismo, la funcionalidad postulada por Gropius no respondia a un enfoque utilitarista, sino que implicaba una dimension trascendente que la emparentaba con la nocion de tradicion.Uno de los objetivos de este libro es justamente precisar tanto estos tres conceptos (racionalidad, intencionalidad y funcionalidad) como algunas otras ideas centrales de lo que se ha dado en llamar la modernidad.El prologo es obra de Simon Marchan Fiz, catedratico emerito de Estetica y Teoria de las Artes, y pionero en la traduccion y divulgacion de las ideas modernas, entre ellas las de Gropius, en el mundo de habla hispana.

*A Times and New Statesman Book of the Year**BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week*Illustrated with over 130 colour photographs and drawings A masterpiece. Edmund de WaalCommanding, intelligent, gripping.The Times*** From 1910 to 1930 Gropius was at the very centre of European modern art and design, as the founder of the German art school, the Bauhaus. Yet Gropiuss beliefs and affiliations left him little choice but to leave Germany when Hitler came to power. In this riveting book, Fiona MacCarthy draws on new research to re-evaluate Gropiuss work and life. From his shattering experiences in the First World War to his turbulent marriage to the notorious Alma Mahler and the tragic early death of their daughter, MacCarthy leads us through his disorientating years in London, to his final peaceful and productive life in America. This is biography at its finest and most vivid.

El andar es un acto cognitivo y creativo capaz de transformar simbólica y físicamente tanto el espacio natural como el antrópico. Este libro narra una historia de la percepción del paisaje a través del acto de caminar: del nomadismo primitivo a las vanguardias artisticas de principios siglo XX, de la Internacional Letrista a la Internacional Situacionista, del minimalismo al land art, Francesco Careri repasa algunas de las propuestas historicas que han concebido el acto de deambular no solo como una herramienta de configuracion del paisaje, sino como una forma de arte autonoma, un instrumento estetico de conocimiento y modificacion fisica del espacio atravesado que pasa a convertirse en intervencion urbana. Esta nueva edicion actualizada del clasico de Careri incorpora un epilogo del propio autor donde hace un balance de la trayectoria del libro desde que fuera publicado por primera vez en 2002.

Wabi-Sabi Home is a look thats rough around the edges and sees the beauty in imperfection but is at the same time creative, modern and brave.

The creative genius behind Founders Building at Royal Holloway, University of London, arguably the most glorious building in England of the end of the nineteenth century, is widely respected and its architectural style is regarded as archetypally Victorian. Yet its architect, William Henry Crossland, is little known, despite a substantial catalogue of buildings, most of which remain standing today. Bringing Crossland out of the shadows, this biography explores this mysterious and elusive figure in depth for the first time. Recently digitised documents and long-hidden archival material have thrown a powerful light on Crossland, which, together with the authors first-hand knowledge of his buildings, offer the reader an unprecedented appreciation and understanding of the man, his life and work, as well as his personal and artistic influences. W.H. Crossland fills a gap in nineteenth-century architectural knowledge, but it is also the touching story of an ambitious and talented man, who is long overdue to be recognised as one of the greats among nineteenth-century architects. This book is intended for architects, architectural historians and anyone who is interested in the built environment, nineteenth-century history and intriguing personal stories.

The creative genius behind Founders Building at Royal Holloway, University of London, arguably the most glorious building in England of the end of the nineteenth century, is widely respected and its architectural style is regarded as archetypally Victorian. Yet its architect, William Henry Crossland, is little known, despite a substantial catalogue of buildings, most of which remain standing today. Bringing Crossland out of the shadows, this biography explores this mysterious and elusive figure in depth for the first time. Recently digitised documents and long-hidden archival material have thrown a powerful light on Crossland, which, together with the authors first-hand knowledge of his buildings, offer the reader an unprecedented appreciation and understanding of the man, his life and work, as well as his personal and artistic influences. W.H. Crossland fills a gap in nineteenth-century architectural knowledge, but it is also the touching story of an ambitious and talented man, who is long overdue to be recognised as one of the greats among nineteenth-century architects. This book is intended for architects, architectural historians and anyone who is interested in the built environment, nineteenth-century history and intriguing personal stories.

La moda: croce e delizia delle donne di tutto il mondo. Ma cose veramente? Un sistema complesso in cui si intrecciano ispirazioni, interpretazioni, storie personali e collettive. La moda donna e strettamente legata allevoluzione della societa, dellarte e della cultura. Se oggi indossiamo i jeans strappati e grazie a Morris Levi Strauss, un commerciante di tessuti che nel 1800 confeziono i primi blue jeans per i minatori. Gli anelli colorati ed appariscenti, invece, nacquero negli anni 20 nel pieno del proibizionismo americano, indossati dalle donne dellalta societa per brillare nei locali clandestini. La borsa a secchiello fu inventata per trasportare bottiglie di champagne e il bauletto deriva dalle morbide borse da viaggio: oggi sono due delle borse Vuitton piu iconiche e desiderate. La storia della moda donna e costellata di aneddoti, racconti e leggende. Un libro curioso e divertente per scoprire cosa rappresentano e come si sono evoluti nel tempo gli abiti e gli accessori che indossiamo tutti i giorni.

Personalizar la paleta de colores puede ser una de las decisiones más importantes a la hora de decorar nuestro hogar.En esta sorprendente y práctica guía, la diseñadora textil Rebecca Atwood nos invita a emprender un viaje a traves del color para entender su funcionamiento, aprender a observar como vive a nuestro alrededor y como interactuamos con el y, finalmente, dejarnos guiar por nuestro instinto en el momento de decidir que colores seran los que marcaran el caracter denuestras estancias.

El territorio, el hábitat y la vivienda se entienden como manifestaciones espaciales, en escalas diferenciadas, de valores culturales que implican concepciones y prácticas específicas en un contexto sociocultural y economico determinado. Conformado por tres partes que abordan la vivienda autoctona, la vivienda tradicional y la construccion cultural de la ciudad actual en Colombia, este libro reune una serie de textos que recogen resultados de investigaciones sobre la vivienda urbana y rural, los cuales trascienden la descripcion de los aspectos morfologicos, esteticos, simbolicos o tecnico-constructivos para incluir perspectivas analiticas que involucran las caracteristicas del habitat y la vivienda en distintos ambitos geograficos y contextos socioculturales.

Este trabajo, fruto del proyecto "Reconocimiento de los valores culturales de los afrodescendientes del Pacífico Colombiano y fortalecimiento de su identidad" pretende como objetivos generales el rescate, valoracion y difusion del patrimonio urbano y arquitectonico de la region del Pacifico colombiano, el cual incluye desde la vivienda y su arquitectura hasta los modelos urbanos y los componentes del ordenamiento territorial que son especificos del Litoral Pacifico. Entendiendo este patrimonio cultural como expresiones materiales de los modos de vida y produccion, los sistemas de valores, las tradiciones y las creencias de la poblacion. (Adaptacion de la Introduccion)

Este trabajo, fruto del proyecto "Reconocimiento de los valores culturales de los afrodescendientes del Pacífico Colombiano y fortalecimiento de su identidad" pretende como objetivos generales el rescate, valoracion y difusion del patrimonio urbano y arquitectonico de la region del Pacifico colombiano, el cual incluye desde la vivienda y su arquitectura hasta los modelos urbanos y los componentes del ordenamiento territorial que son especificos del Litoral Pacifico. Entendiendo este patrimonio cultural como expresiones materiales de los modos de vida y produccion, los sistemas de valores, las tradiciones y las creencias de la poblacion. (Adaptacion de la Introduccion)