From diapers to Dior, saris to serapes, the world of clothing is nearly as vast and as ancient as the human race. Tracing the stylistic and functional threads that unite clothing across time and cul-tures – as well as delving into the divergent styles and significance of apparel – this A to Z encyclopedia is the essential resource for exploring the relationship between culture and couture.
This broad-based set surveys clothing, body adornment, and examines the origins of clothing, the development of fabrics and technologies, and the social meanings of dress. It also presents information on representative costumes from a wide variety of historical eras, which are frequently the topic of student research. Topics range from the bustle, sari, and toga to Polyester and body piercing. The short entries explain the history of garments (necktie, codpiece, cocktail dress, bathing suit, burqua, Nehru jacket), techniques and manufactures (batik, dry cleaning, zipper, stone washing), body adornment (makeup, mask, tattoo, wig), and important persons and institutions (Coco Chanel, Edith Head, Yves Saint-Laurent, Fashion Institute of Technology). The longer essays provide cultural context: class, gender, sumptuary laws, costume design for stage and screen, advertising; fashion careers; ecclesiastical dress; military uniforms; etc.

Many people use Outlook either by choice or by force, but few of them do more than scratch the surface of the personal information managers many features. And after years of spending hours each day within Outlook, most users become at least proficient with its base features.
Outlook 2007: Beyond the Manual takes you to the next level, showing you how to better manage your time, tasks, mail, and activities using Outlooks sometimes hidden and sometimes undiscovered features. Freshly written for and based on Outlook 2007, this book doesnt waste your time showing you how to send an e-mail, but tells you how to make yourself more efficient, less cluttered, and more clear about whats happening in your life.
This book goes farther faster into Outlooks advanced capabilities than other books. It shows you how to take control of the flow of information and time in your life and use Outlook to keep better tabs on it. It helps you take the thinking out of e-mail management, the tedium out of appointments and meeting scheduling, and the "rottenness" out of manual tasks.

One of the most celebrated thrillers ever written, The Day of the Jackal is the electrifying story of an anonymous Englishman code-named "The Jackal", who in, the spring of 1963, was hired by Colonel Marc Rodin, Operations Chief of the O. A. S. , to assassinate General de Gaulle, the president of France. The Jackal. A tall, blond Englishman with opaque, gray eyes. A killer at the top of his profession. A man unknown to any secret service in the world. An assassin with a contract to kill the world's most heavily guarded man. One man with a rifle who can change the course of history. One man whose mission is so secretive not even his employers know his name. And as the minutes count down to the final act of execution, it seems that there is no power on earth that can stop the Jackal.

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Книга русского историка И.Я. Фрояного, написанная в яркой и увлекательной форме, предлагает читателю взглянуть на Октябрь семнадцатого года с позиций сегодняшнего дня.

Unlike widely known ancient иконописных schools - Novgorod, Pskov, Moscow - невьянская the school has arisen and was generated only in XVIII-XIX centuries. Its creators were the Old Believers rejected church reform of the middle of XVII century and run from northern and central areas of the country. They have transferred to Urals Mountains Ancient Russia with its centuries-old cultural heritage.
The album represents the scientific edition where 150 products of the fine arts known only to experts (184 color reproductions of icons, including fragments) for the first time are published. In the book the pictures of icon painters made still in the last century at the beginning of a photo, ancient landscapes of vicinities Невьянска - an ancestral lands of outstanding industrialists of Demidovs and other rare historical materials which have been found out in the Russian archives are presented also.
В отличие от широко известных древних иконописных школ - новгородской, псковской, московской - невьянская школа возникла и сформировалась лишь в XVIII-XIX столетиях. Ее творцами были старообрядцы, отвергнувшие церковную реформу середины XVII века и бежавшие из северных и центральных районов страны. Они перенесли на Урал Древнюю Русь с ее многовековым культурным наследием.
Альбом представляет собой научное издание, где впервые опубликованы 150 известных лишь специалистам произведений изобразительного искусства (184 цветные репродукции икон, включая фрагменты). В книге представлены также снимки иконописцев, сделанные еще в прошлом веке на заре фотографии, старинные пейзажи окрестностей Невьянска - вотчины выдающихся промышленников Демидовых и другие редкие исторические материалы, обнаруженные в российских архивах.

Настоящие издание целиком построено на материалах богатейшего собрания костюма, хранящегося в фондах Отдела истории русской культуры Государственного Эрмитажа
Эта коллекция начала складываться в первые годы после Октябрьской революции. В настоящее время коллекия наситывает более 1000 экземпляров, что является богатейшим собранием в мире.

Large IPv6 production deployments worldwide are proof that the transition to the next generation of the IP protocol is no longer merely a prediction—IPv6 is now touching all aspects of IP networking and communications. Therefore, understanding the technology and being able to plan, design, and deploy IPv6 services are necessary skills for networking professionals.
Deploying IPv6 Networks is an essential guide to IPv6 concepts, service implementation, and interoperability in existing IPv4 environments. You’ll learn about IPv6 as a mature technology ready for deployment. Deploying IPv6 Networks goes beyond addressing the basics of IPv6 yet remains accessible to readers unfamiliar with the protocol. With this book in hand, you will learn how to plan, design, deploy, and manage IPv6 services.