Andean Expressions: Art and Archaeology of the Recuay Culture By George F. Lau
2011 | 338 Pages | ISBN: 1587299739 | PDF | 10 MB
Flourishing from A.D. 1 to 700, the Recuay inhabited lands in northern Peru just below the imposing glaciers of the highest mountain chain in the tropics. Thriving on an economy of high-altitude crops and camelid herding, they left behind finely made artworks and grand palatial buildings with an unprecedented aesthetic and a high degree of technical sophistication. In this first in-depth study of these peoples, George Lau situates the Recuay within the great diversification of cultural styles associated with the Early Intermediate Period, provides new and significant evidence to evaluate models of social complexity, and offers fresh theories about life, settlement, art, and cosmology in the high Andes.Lau crafts a nuanced social and historical model in order to evaluate the record of Recuay developments as part of a wider Andean prehistory. He analyzes the rise and decline of Recuay groups as well as their special interactions with the Andean landscape. Their coherence was expressed as shared culture, community, and corporate identity, but Lau also reveals its diversity through time and space in order to challenge the monolithic characterizations of Recuay society pervasive in the literature today.Many of the innovations in Recuay culture, revealed for the first time in this landmark volume, left a lasting impact on Andean history and continue to have relevance today. The author highlights the ways that material things intervened in ancient social and political life, rather than being merely passive reflections of historical change, to show that Recuay public art, exchange, technological innovations, warfare, and religion offer key insights into the emergence of social hierarchy and chiefly leadership and the formation, interaction, and later dissolution of large discrete polities. By presenting Recuay artifacts as fundamentally social in the sense of creating and negotiating relations among persons, places, and things, he recognizes in the complexities of the past an enduring order and intelligence that shape the contours of history.

Mahmoud Sami Moussa, "A Dictionary of Idiomatic Expressions in Written Arabic: For the Reader of Classical and Modern Texts"
English | ISBN: 9774166418 | 2015 | 550 pages | PDF | 71 MB
How would you ever know that "to lose a baby ostrich" means to rush into something without thinking? Or that "what can the wind take from the pavement?" is said when someone has nothing left to lose? This comprehensive guide to idiomatic expressions in literary Arabic, the first of its kind, will inform, amuse, and entertain, through more than 8500 entries found in texts from the Qur'an to today's newspapers. With explanations in Arabic and English, it is an essential resource for both students of Arabic and native speakers. Reaching into the great wealth of this complex and intriguing language, the dictionary draws on and reveals the rich cultural and religious traditions of Arabic-speaking communities that have informed its idioms. Expressions of condolence, astonishment, and hardship, alongside sayings about friendship, miserliness, and reconciliation are collected and made accessible here, while glimpses are provided into history through phrases tied to important events and figures―from the ancient Egyptians to Saddam Hussein. Altogether this book allows a fascinating insight into Arabic's many quirks and intricacies.

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Unlock a powerful side of Adobe After Effects where code controls animation. Learn 11 different expressions to automate animations, eliminate excessive keyframes, achieve complex effects, and work more efficiently; no programming experience needed!

 11 Expressions for Animation Efficiency in Adobe After Effects
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Product Details Unlock a powerful side of Adobe After Effects where code controls animation. Learn 11 different expressions to automate animations, eliminate excessive keyframes, achieve complex effects, and work more efficiently; no programming experience needed!

English | 2021 | ISBN: 1119163323 | 466 pages | True PDF EPUB | 102.45 MB
A broad overview of the many kinds of unitary expressions found in everyday verbal and written communication, including their signature meaning, form, and usage, authored by a renowned scholar in the field

Dictionary of Spanish Slang and Colloquial Expressions 2nd Edition | 4.63 MB
N/A | 481 Pages

Title: Dictionary of Spanish Slang and Colloquial Expressions
Author: Michael Mahler
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Dictionary of Russian Slang and Colloquial Expressions 3rd Edition | 6.91 MB
N/A | 353 Pages

Title: Dictionary of Russian Slang and Colloquial Expressions
Author: Vladimir Shlyakov and Eve Adler
Year: 2014

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Each new version of Python adds new features to the language. For Python 3.8, the biggest change is the addition of assignment expressions. Specifically, the := operator gives you a new syntax for assigning variables in the middle of expressions. This operator is colloquially known as the walrus operator.

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Master regular expressions to save time performing time consuming tasks