Victoria Finlay

This delightful book follows Nora in her longing for a baby brother. It is perfect for young children who have recently had, or are soon to be joined by a new sibling. Through this charming story, with its simple words and phrases, Finlay provides a resource for discussing the promotion to big brother or sister in a light-hearted and accessible way.

This delightful book follows Nora in her longing for a baby brother. It is perfect for young children who have recently had, or are soon to be joined by a new sibling. Through this charming story, with its simple words and phrases, Finlay provides a resource for discussing the promotion to big brother or sister in a light-hearted and accessible way.

A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth - how we make it, use it and what it means to us.

Woher kommt das Ultramarinblau? Weshalb sieht man Turners Gemälden heute nicht mehr an, dass er eine Vorliebe für leuchtendes Karminrot hatte? Jede Farbe des Regenbogens hat ihre Geheimnisse - Victoria Finlay ist ihnen auf den Grund gegangen und hat daraus eine unterhaltsame Kulturgeschichte gemacht, die nicht nur Kunstliebhaber in ihren Bann zieht.

In this vivid and captivating journey through the colors of an artist's palette, Victoria Finlay takes us on an enthralling adventure around the world and through the ages, illuminating how the colors we choose to value have determined the history of culture itself. How did the most precious color blue travel all the way from remote lapis mines in Afghanistan to Michelangelo's brush? What is the connection between brown paint and ancient Egyptian mummies? Why did Robin Hood wear Lincoln green? In Color, Finlay explores the physical materials that color our world, such as precious minerals and insect blood, as well as the social and political meanings that color has carried through time. Roman emperors used to wear togas dyed with a purple color that was made from an odorous Lebanese shellfish-which probably meant their scent preceded them. In the eighteenth century, black dye was called logwood and grew along the Spanish Main. Some of the first indigo plantations were started in America, amazingly enough, by a seventeen-year-old girl named Eliza. And the popular van Gogh painting White Roses at Washington's National Gallery had to be renamed after a researcher discovered that the flowers were originally done in a pink paint that had faded nearly a century ago. Color is full of extraordinary people, events, and anecdotes-painted all the more dazzling by Finlay's engaging style. Embark upon a thrilling adventure with this intrepid journalist as she travels on a donkey along ancient silk trade routes; with the Phoenicians sailing the Mediterranean in search of a special purple shell that garners wealth, sustenance, and prestige; with modern Chilean farmers breeding and bleeding insects for their viscous red blood. The colors that craft our world have never looked so bright.

This book, arising from over twenty years experience of working with the world's major faiths, draws extensively upon joint World Bank and ARC (Alliance of Religion & Conservation) /WWF (World Wildlife Fund for Nature) projects world wide. It shows, through stories, land management, myths, investment policies, legends, advocacy and celebration, the role the major faiths have, do and can play in making the world a better place. The major faiths are the oldest institutions in the world and have survived essentially because they are constantly evolving and changing. There is much to be learnt by newer institutions such as the World Bank and the multitudes of NGOs about how to remain true to what you believe but change and grow as you develop. The book explores issues of climate change, forestry, asset management, education and biodiversity protection and does so using the techniques of the great faiths - storytelling, example and celebration. It reveals a variety of world views and it asks us to see that our personal view may be just one amongst many. The challenge of living with integrity in a pluralist world underlies the book and it offers models of how diversity is crucial in attempting to ensure we have a sustainable world.