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Eloquent Spaces: Meaning and Community in Early Indian Architecture
by Shonaleeka KaulEloquent Spaces adopts the twin analytic of meaning and community to write a fresh history of building in early India. It presents a new perspective on the principles and practices of early Indian architecture. Defining it broadly over a range of space uses, the book argues for architecture as a form of cultural production as well as public consumption. Ten chapters by leading archaeologists, architects, historians and philosophers, examining different architectural sites and landscapes, including Sanchi, Moodabidri, Srinagar, Chidambaram, Patan, Konark, Basgo and Puri, demonstrate the need to look beyond the built form to its spirit, beyond aesthetics to cognition, and thereby to integrating architecture with its myriad living contexts. The volume captures some of the semantic diversity inherent in premodern Indian traditions of civic building, both sacred and secular, which were, however, unified in their insistence on enacting meaning and a transcendent validity over and above utility and beauty of form. The book is a quest for a culturally rooted architecture as an alternative to the growing crisis of disembededness that informs modern praxis. This volume will be of interest to scholars and practitioners of architecture, ancient Indian history, philosophy, art history and cultural studies.
Elphie: the spellbinding prequel to WICKED, the bestselling book that inspired the movie
by Gregory MaguireOnce upon a time in the land of Oz, a green little girl was born... ELPHIE: A WICKED CHILDHOOD is the captivating coming-of-age story of the most iconic witch ever to grace our screens and bookshelves. Young Elphaba is destined to be a witch, she bears the markings from childhood. But what happened before her powers took hold?Elphie is a girl like any other and no other. Nothing like her parents - one beautiful, the other pious - nor her saintly sister, Nessarose. Her skin is green, her mind is cunning. One day she will command this strange and wonderful world. For now, her journey is just beginning.The road ahead is full of lessons and heartbreak, the first bruising attempts at friendship - and tantalising whispers of magic.It will lead Elphie to the doors of Shiz University, and to the girl who will change her life forever...
Elphie: the spellbinding prequel to WICKED, the bestselling book that inspired the movie
by Gregory MaguireA brand-new recording narrated by Cynthia Erivo!The captivating coming-of-age story of the most iconic witch ever to grace our screens and bookshelves.Once upon a time in the land of Oz, a green little girl was born...Young Elphaba is destined to be a witch, she bears the markings from childhood. But what happened before her powers took hold?Elphie is a girl like any other and no other. Nothing like her parents - one beautiful, the other pious - nor her saintly sister, Nessarose. Her skin is green, her mind is cunning. One day she will command this strange and wonderful world. For now, her journey is just beginning.The road ahead is full of lessons and heartbreak, the first bruising attempts at friendship - and tantalising whispers of magic.It will lead Elphie to the doors of Shiz University, and to the girl who will change her life forever...
Els camins de la llum
by Coia VallsL'obra més ambiciosa de Coia Valls. Aquesta és la historia d'una revolució, protagonitzada per un nen, portada a terme des de l'anonimat, sense més armes que un punxó. El petit d'una família de basters, els Braille, té un accident que li farà perdre la vista de manera gradual. La tenacitat dels qui l'envolten, i la seva pròpia, aconsegueixen teixir un camí d'aventura i descobertes que anirà molt més enllà del que ens atreviríem a somiar. La vida d'en Louis Braille, un recorregut que ens parla de llums i d'ombres, de llibertat i d'opressió, de salut i de malaltia, de com l'enginy pot superar la manca de recursos, i que transcorre en paral·lel a la convulsa França de la primera meitat del segle XIX, en un temps de revoltes i esperances. Coupvray, Paris, Limoges i Vichy són els escenaris que acullen la lluita d'un home de procedència humil que va descobrir la clau amb què els cecs trencarien les seves cadenes, mentre maldava per trobar l'essència de la felicitat. La commovedora història del creador del sistema Braille, una impressionant novel·la de superació que recorda Las cenizas de Ángela. Una gran saga familiar que ens trasllada a Oliver Twist de Dickens.
Els germans
by TerenciEls germans planteja un debat, ben viu encara, sobre dos models educatius. Dèmeas, defensor aferrissat de les virtuts formatives de la disciplina, educa un dels seus dos fills, Ctesifó, amb rigor i severitat, alhora que confia l’altre, Èsquinus, al seu germà solter Mició, home hel·lenitzat, liberal, sensible i dedicat a l’otium. Però resulta que tots dos pupils cometen entremaliadures semblants, de manera que la severitat antiga es revela ben poc eficaç. És, en definitiva, l’obra que fa reflexionar sobre si l’educació del jovent ha de ser permissiva o repressiva. I el debat queda obert fins al final. Molts crítics consideren Els germans l’obra mestra de Terenci. De fet, apareix al centre de qualsevol debat sobre l’educació, i és un punt de referència en l’Emili de Rousseau (1762) i també en Goethe, que es feia dir Mició pel seu fill August, al qual, al seu torn, li agradava definir-se com Èsquinus.
Els germans
by TerenciEls germans planteja un debat, ben viu encara, sobre dos models educatius. Dèmeas, defensor aferrissat de les virtuts formatives de la disciplina, educa un dels seus dos fills, Ctesifó, amb rigor i severitat, alhora que confia l’altre, Èsquinus, al seu germà solter Mició, home hel·lenitzat, liberal, sensible i dedicat a l’otium. Però resulta que tots dos pupils cometen entremaliadures semblants, de manera que la severitat antiga es revela ben poc eficaç. És, en definitiva, l’obra que fa reflexionar sobre si l’educació del jovent ha de ser permissiva o repressiva. I el debat queda obert fins al final. Molts crítics consideren Els germans l’obra mestra de Terenci. De fet, apareix al centre de qualsevol debat sobre l’educació, i és un punt de referència en l’Emili de Rousseau (1762) i també en Goethe, que es feia dir Mició pel seu fill August, al qual, al seu torn, li agradava definir-se com Èsquinus.
Els hereus de la terra
by Ildefonso FalconesLa molt esperada continuació del gran fenomen editorial L'església del mar d'Ildefonso Falcones. Fa deu anys milions de lectors es van rendir a l'Arnau Estanyol, el bastaix que va ajudar a construir l'església de Santa Maria, l'església del mar. Ara la història continua amb aquesta impressionant recreació de la Barcelona medieval, una esplèndida i emocionant novel·la de lleialtat, venjança, amor i somnis per complir. Barcelona, 1387. Les campanes de l'església de Santa Maria de la Mar continuen repicant per a tots els habitants del barri de la Ribera, però n'hi ha un que les escolta amb una especial atenció... L'Hug Llor, orfe de pare mariner, té dotze anys i treballa a les drassanes gràcies a la generositat d'un dels prohoms més apreciats de la ciutat: l'Arnau Estanyol. Però els somnis de joventut de ser un dia constructor de vaixells toparan de ple contra una realitat dura i despietada quan la família Puig, enemiga acèrrima del seu mentor, aprofiti la posició que obté amb el nou rei per executar una venjança que fa anys que anhela. A partir d'aquest moment, la vida de l'Hug oscil·la entre guardar lleialtat a en Bernat, amic i únic fill de l'Arnau, o mirar de sobreviure en una ciutat injusta amb els pobres. Obligat a abandonar el barri de la Ribera, busca feina al costat d'en Mahir, un jueu que li ensenya els secrets del món del vi. Amb ell, entre vinyes, bótes i alambins, el noi descobreix la passió per la terra i coneix la Dolça, la bonica neboda del jueu que es convertirà el seu primer amor. Però aquest sentiment, prohibit pels costums i la religió, li aportarà els moments més dolços i amargs de la seva joventut. Deu anys després de L'església del mar, Ildefonso Falcones torna a aquest món que coneix tan bé, la Barcelona medieval. I ho fa amb l'ofici i l'amenitat de totes les seves obres, recreant un cop més a la perfecció l'efervescència d'una societat feudal, presonera d'una noblesa voluble i corrupta, i la lluita d'un home per sortir-se'n sense haver de sacrificar la seva dignitat.
Els núvols
by AristòfanesEls núvols és una sàtira sobre els canvis introduïts en els principis educatius vigents a l’Atenes del segle V a.C. Estrepsíades, un pagès ja vell, s'ha casat amb una dona de ciutat, procedent d'una bona família. Fidípides, el seu fill, malcriat per la mare des de petit, s'ha afeccionat als cavalls i ha arruïnat el pare que és perseguit pels seus creditors. Després d'una nit d'insomni, Estrepsíades idea un magnífic pla: portarà el seu fill a l'escola dels sofistes, regentada per Sòcrates, on aprendrà l'art de convèncer amb la paraula. Però el noi es nega a anar-hi i és el vell en persona qui, assetjat pels creditors, decideix acudir al «pensatori». L'aprenentatge, però, resulta un fracàs, ja que Estrepsíades és incapaç d'assimilar res i l'únic que aconsegueix és desesperar Sòcrates amb les seves ximpleries. Una sàtira enginyosa del nou model d'educació que els sofistes anaven introduint en la societat atenesa de l'època i que tanta por devia fer als defensors dels valors tradicionals, perquè els mètodes sofístics ho posaven tot en qüestió: la moral, la virtut, la justícia, la veritat,...
Els passatgers de l'Anna C.
by Laura AlcobaEls passatgers de l'Anna C. relata l'increïble viatge realitzat per un grapat de joves revolucionaris argentins a mitjans dels anys seixanta, amb la finalitat d’unir-se al Che Guevara. Estan preparats per donar la seva vida per la Revolució. L’any 1968 el vaixell Anna C. Portava en Manel i la Soledad de tornada a l’Argentina, després de dos anys d’entrenament guerriller a Cuba. Amb ells, hi havia la seva filla acabada de néixer. Llavors duia un altre nom, però és la mateixa Laura Alcoba, l’autora i narradora d’aquesta novel·la, que, passats els anys, ressegueix el periple dels seus pares i altres companys argentins, els quals, enduts per l’ideal revolucionari, van viatjar a Cuba per unir-se al Che i la revolució. Sota l’aspecte d’una investigació que duu a terme l’autora, preguntant als seus pares i als supervivents, i recreant brillantment l’experiència guerrillera dels protagonistes i l’ambient intel·lectual revolucionari, Els passatgers de l’Anna C. és una novel·la escrita amb tant de reconeixement com de distanciat i amable escepticisme, una novel·la feta de petits moments reveladors i escenes on conviuen les il·lusions invencibles de la joventut amb el trencament -pot ser inevitable- que experimenten els somnis en contacte amb la realitat.
Els pilars de la Terra (Saga Els pilars de la Terra #1)
by Ken FollettEls pilars de la Terra és una gran història d'amor i d'odi, d'espiritualitat, d'ambició i de cobdícia, de luxúria, maldat i venjança a l'Edat Mitjana. La seva màgia és irresistible... L'obra mestra de Ken Follett. Cap novel·la històrica no ha captivat la imaginació dels lectors tant com Els pilars de la Terra. Des que es va publicar l'any 1989 ha estat el llibre preferit de milions de lectors d'arreu del món i encara ara ho continua sent, fet que l'ha convertit en un fenomen literari sense precedents. La novel·la evoca de manera magistral la construcció de la catedral gòtica de Kingsbride, a Anglaterra, en el segle XIX. El temple es converteix en la clau d'una història absorbent i fascinant sobre la lluita pel poder, però també sobre la dura realitat de la vida d'en Tom Builder, mestre constructor, i la seva família. Els pilars de la Terra és l'obra mestra de Ken Follett. Constitueix una evocació excepcional d'una època fosca de passions violentes. Ressenya:«Fantàstic des de tots els punts de vista.»El Mundo
Elsa Schiaparelli
by Meryle SecrestHer name was Elsa Schiaparelli. She was known as the Queen of Fashion; a headline attraction in the international glitter-glamour show of the late twenties and thirties, feted in Rome (where she was born), Paris, New York, London, Moscow, Hollywood . . . Her style was a social revolution through clothing--luxurious, eccentric, ironic, sexy. Her fashions, inspired, from the whimsical to the most practical--from a Venetian cape of the commedia dell'arte to the Soviet parachute. She collaborated with some of the greatest artists of the twentieth century: on jewelry designs with Jean Schlumberger; on clothes with Salvador Dalí (his lobster dress for her, a lobster garnished with parsley painted on the skirt of an organdy dress, was instantly bought by Wallis Simpson for her honeymoon with the Duke of Windsor); with Jean Cocteau, Alberto Giacometti, Christian Bérard, photographers Baron Adolph de Meyer, Horst, Cecil Beaton, and the young Richard Avedon. She was the first designer to use rayon and latex, thick velvets, transparent and waterproof, and cellophane. Her perfume--Shocking!--was a bottle in the shape of a bust sculpted by Léonor Fini, inspired by the body of Mae West. Her boutique at an eighteenth-century palace at 21 Place Vendôme opened into a cage designed by Jean-Michel Frank. American Vogue, in 1927, presented her entire collection as Works of Art. A decade later, she was the first European to win the Neiman Marcus Fashion Award. Here is the never-before-told story of this most extraordinary fashion designer, perhaps the most extraordinary fashion designer of the twentieth century, in her day more famous than Chanel. Meryle Secrest, acclaimed biographer, who has captured the lives of many of the twentieth century's most iconic cultural figures, among them: Frank Lloyd Wright, Bernard Berenson, and Modigliani, gives us the first full life of the grand couturier--surrealist and embattled figure--whose medium was apparel. "Dare to be different," Schiaparelli advised women, and she lived it to the height; a rebel against convention--social as well as fashion. She designed an otter-fur bathing suit and a hat inspired by a lamb chop. ("I like to amuse myself," she said. "If I didn't, I would die.") Chanel, her arch rival, called her, "that Italian woman who makes dresses." Here is the story of Schiaparelli's rise to fame (as brazen and unique as any of the artistic creations that emerged from her Paris workrooms before World War II); her emotionally starved upbringing in Rome (her mother was part Scottish, part Neapolitan; her father, a prominent medieval scholar specializing in Islamic manuscripts, dean of the faculty of Rome; her uncle, an astronomer famous for his description in 1877 of "canals" on Mars); her years overshadowed by a prettier sister; her elopement with a Swiss-born man who claimed to be a count, disciple of mysticism and the occult--who managed to get himself and his young bride deported from Britain . . . her struggle to care for her polio-stricken daughter, Gogo, as a single and financially destitute mother living in Greenwich Village. Secrest writes of Schiaparelli's keen instincts--an astute businesswoman, she launched herself into hats, hose, soaps, shoes, handbags, in the space of a few years. By 1930, her company was grossing millions of francs a year. Secrest chronicles her exploits during World War II (she managed to escape from Europe to the United States) and, using FBI files, shows that during Schiaparelli's stay in New York, her whereabouts were documented almost week by week; she was never explicitly charged, but the cloud of collaboration lingered long after her return to Paris. As Secrest traces the unfolding of this dazzling career, she reveals the spirit that gave shape to this large and extravagant life, a woman--a force--whose artistic vision forever changed the face of fashion and redefined the boundaries of art.From the Hardcover edition.
Elsewhere: A Journey into Our Age of Islands
by Alastair BonnettThere are millions of islands on our planet. New islands are being built at an unprecedented rate, for tourism and territorial ambition. Many are also disappearing, besieged by rising sea levels. The story of our world’s islands is one of the great dramas of our time, and it is playing out around the planet—islands are sprouting or being submerged everywhere from the South China Sea to the Atlantic. Elsewhere is the story of this strange and mesmerizing planetary spectacle. In this book, explorer and geographer Alastair Bonnett takes us on a thought-provoking tour of the world’s most fascinating islands. He traveled the globe to provide a firsthand look at numerous islands, sketching a vivid likeness of each one he visited. From a “crannog,” an ancient artificial island in a Scottish loch, to the militarized artificial islands China is building; from the disappearing islands that remain the home of native Central Americans to the ritzy new islands of Dubai; from Hong Kong to the Isles of Scilly—all have compelling stories to tell. As we journey around the world with Bonnett, he addresses urgent contemporary issues such as climate change, economic inequality and the changing balance of world power as reflected in the fates of islands. Along the way, we also learn about the many ways islands rise and fall, the long and little-known history of human island building and the prospect that the inland hills and valleys will one day be archipelagos. Featuring Bonnett’s charming hand-drawn maps and 33 full-color photos, Elsewhere is a captivating travel book for any armchair adventurer.
Elsie
by Lillie Gilliland McdowellElsie and her family have moved to a sod house in Kansas. Elsie, her brother and sister and their parents have adventures as they adjust to the new land. Elsie learns much about faith as she struggles to understand her mother slowly going blind.
Elsie Chamberlain: The Independent Life of a Woman Minister (Gender, Theology and Spirituality)
by Alan ArgentElsie Chamberlain was a leading figure in British broadcasting and religious life. She was a pioneer in many areas: the first woman chaplain to the armed forces; the first nonconformist minister to marry an Anglican clergyman; the first woman producer in the religious broadcasting dept of the BBC and the first woman to present the daily service on the radio. Her broadcasting accustomed many listeners to the idea of a woman leading public worship. And she became the first woman to occupy the chair of the Congregational Union of England and Wales and almost certainly the first woman anywhere in the world to head a major denomination. Elsie Chamberlain is the first full biography and a critical appreciation of this exceptional woman. Using original church and BBC archive sources, the book tells the story of a woman who did more than any other to change the way Christian women ministers are viewed.
Elsie Dinsmore
by Martha FinleyElsie, eight years old, with puzzling problems has never known her mother, who died when Elsie was a baby, and longs for a close relationship with her father. He sends her off to be raised at Roselands, where she is criticized insistently. Elsie learns to handle her problems and learns more about herself. Her faith in God grows as she learns to depend solely on Him for the peace and happiness she seeks.
Elsie Mae Has Something to Say
by Nancy J. CavanaughElsie Mae is pretty sure this'll be the best summer ever. She gets to explore the cool, quiet waters of the Okefenokee Swamp around her grandparents' house with her new dog, Huck, and she's written a letter to President Roosevelt that she's confident will save the swamp from a shipping company and make her a major hometown hero. Then, news reaches Elsie Mae of some hog bandits stealing from swamper families, and she sees another opportunity to make her family proud while waiting to hear back from the White House. But when her cousin Henry James, who dreams of one day becoming a traveling preacher like his daddy, shows up and just about ruins her investigation with his "Hallelujahs," Elsie Mae will learn the hard way what it really means to be a hero.
Elsie and Mairi Go to War
by Diane AtkinsonThe incredible story of two courageous and spirited women who were the only female participants to serve on the Western Front during World War I When they met at a motorcycle club in 1912, Elsie Knocker was a thirty year-old motorcycling divorcee dressed in bottle-green Dunhill leathers, and Mairi Chisholm was a brilliant eighteen-year old mechanic. Little did they know that theirs was to become one of the most extraordinary stories of World War I. In 1914, they roared off into the thick of things in Belgium, driving ambulances to distant military hospitals. Frustrated by the number of men dying of shock in the back of their vehicles, they set up their own first-aid post on the front line in the village of Pervyse, near Ypres, risking their lives working under sniper fire and heavy bombardment for months at a time. As news of their courage and expertise spread, the "Angels of Pervyse" became celebrities, but returning home and adjusting to peacetime life was to prove more challenging than even the war itself.
Elsie and Mairi Go to War: Two Extraordinary Women on the Western Front
by Diane AtkinsonThe incredible story of two courageous and spirited women who were the only female participants to serve on the western front during World War I. When they met at a motorcycle club in 1912, Elsie Knocker was a thirty year-old motorcycling divorcee dressed in bottle-green Dunhill leathers, and Mairi Chisholm was a brilliant eighteen-year old mechanic, living at home borrowing tools from her brother. Little did they know, theirs was to become one of the most extraordinary stories of World War I. In 1914, they roared off to London 'to do their bit,' and within a month they were in the thick of things in Belgium driving ambulances to distant military hospitals. Frustrated by the number of men dying of shock in the back of their vehicles, they set up their own first-aid post on the front line in the village of Pervyse, near Ypres, risking their lives working under sniper fire and heavy bombardment for months at a time. As news of their courage and expertise spread, the 'Angels of Pervyse' became celebrities, visited by journalists and photographers as well as royals and VIPs. Glamorous and influential, they were having the time of their lives, and for four years Elsie and Mairi and stayed in Pervyse until they were nearly killed by arsenic gas in the spring of 1918. But returning home and adjusting to peacetime life--and the role of women in British society--was to prove more challenging than even the war itself.
Elsie de Wolfe's Paris: Frivolity Before the Storm
by Charlie ScheipsPhotographs and stories of the legendary hostess’s extravagant parties and glamorous guests in the final months before the Nazis invaded France.The American decorator Elsie de Wolfe was the international set’s preeminent hostess in Paris during the interwar years. She had a legendary villa in Versailles, where in the late 1930s she held two fabulous parties—her Circus Balls—that marked the end of the social scene that her friend Cole Porter perfectly captured in his songs, as the clouds of war swept through Europe. Charlie Scheips tells the story of these parties using a wealth of previously unpublished photographs and introducing a large cast of aristocrats, beauties, politicians, fashion designers, movie stars, moguls, artists, caterers, florists, party planners, and decorators. A landmark work of social history and a poignant vision of a vanished world, Scheips’s book “culminates with de Wolfe’s final grand fête, the second Circus Ball, which defined the glamour and decadence of international society before the lights went out all over Europe” (Gotham magazine).
Elsie in the South
by Martha FinleyThere are delights in Elsie's family in the Louisiana and Floridan climates as Max and Lulu both become engaged.
Elsie's Girlhood
by Martha FinleyAs Elsie grows from girlhood to womanhood, so does her family. With the marriage of her father to a woman Elsie has loved from childhood, Elsie is also joined by a brother and sister who adore her. But all the support of her family could not prepare her for what was ahead.
Elsie's Holidays at Roselands
by Martha FinleyAs Elsie grows from childhood to girlhood, so does her understanding of and obedience to God. Guided by jealousy and contempt, her father seeks to annihilate all religious influences surrounding his daughter. As a last resort, her father moves away until Elsie will submit to his law, and no other. This vindictiveness causes Elsie to become very ill.
Elsie's Troubled Times (Book Six of the Elsie Dinsmore: A Life of Faith Series)
by Martha Finley Mission City Press"But the newspapers say it cannot last long, Papa, three months at most," Elsie interjected. "The newspapers are wrong," Horace replied forcefully. "This is American against American, and neither side will be easily defeated," Edward said. Sadly, Horace added, "We must prepare ourselves to wait out a long and bitter conflict. When we next see our homeland, all will be changed forever." Elsie's life seems nearly perfect when she returns home from her honeymoon. But not even the true love of husband and family can shelter her from the great upheaval that lies ahead. They are soon caught up in the bitter struggles between North and South. When the nation is torn apart, how will Elsie and her loved ones deal with its tragedies? Who will survive? "Elsie's Troubled Times", the sixth book of the "Elsie Dinsmore: A Life of Faith" series, takes its heroine into one of the darkest periods of American history, the Civil War. As the war pits brother against brother on the battlefields, Elsie's ideals, loyalties, and even her Christian faith are threatened. "Elsie's Troubled Times", adapted from the 19th century novels written by Martha Finley, is a life-and-death story sure to grip the heart of every reader.
Elton John All the Songs: The Story Behind Every Track (All the Songs)
by Romuald Ollivier Olivier RoubinThis first-of-its-kind catalog of Elton John&’s decades-long career tells the story of one of rock's all-time greatest artists, album-by-album and track-by-track. Organized chronologically and covering every album and song that EGOT-winner Sir Elton Hercules John has ever released, Elton John All the Songs draws upon years of research to tell the behind-the-scenes stories of how each song was written, composed, and recorded, down to the instruments used and the people who played them. Spanning more than fifty-years of work from Elton and his longtime collaborator, Bernie Taupin, this book details the creative processes that resulted in seminal albums like Goodbye Yellowbrick Road, Madman Across the Water, and Tumbleweed Connection, as well as Academy Award wins for 1995's Lion King and 2020's Rocketman. Newer work like The Lockdown Sessions, which released in 2021, is also featured alongside Billboard stats, tour dates, producing and mixing credits, and other insider details that will keep fans turning pages. Starting with the artist's early days working as a studio musician in London, and featuring interviews with actors, musicians, collaborators, and confidantes, Elton John All the Songs offers readers the most detailed portrait of the artist and his creative process that has ever been produced. Featuring hundreds of vivid photographs that celebrate one of music's most visually arresting performers, Elton John All the Songs is the authoritative guide to one of rock'n'roll's greatest stars.
Elucidating Social Science Concepts: An Interpretivist Guide (Routledge Series on Interpretive Methods)
by Frederic Charles SchafferConcepts have always been foundational to the social science enterprise. This book is a guide to working with them. Against the positivist project of concept "reconstruction"—the formulation of a technical, purportedly neutral vocabulary for measuring, comparing, and generalizing—Schaffer adopts an interpretivist approach that he calls "elucidation." Elucidation includes both a reflexive examination of social science technical language and an investigation into the language of daily life. It is intended to produce a clear view of both types of language, the relationship between them, and the practices of life and power that they evoke and sustain. After an initial chapter explaining what elucidation is and how it differs from reconstruction, the book lays out practical elucidative strategies—grounding, locating, and exposing—that help situate concepts in particular language games, times and tongues, and structures of power. It also explores the uses to which elucidation can be put and the moral dilemmas that attend such uses. By illustrating his arguments with lively analyses of such concepts as "person," "family," and "democracy," Schaffer shows rather than tells, making the book both highly readable and an essential guide for social science research.