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Richly illustrated, this book tells the story of the founding and growth of one of the world's greatest collections of western European painting, dating from 1250 to 1900.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.

This title examines the ways in which Turner consistently strove to confront Claude's achievement and legacy.

This history of the books of Reading Abbey covers the period from the abbey's foundation to its dissolution, and follows up the dispersal of the book collections to c.1610. It provides valuable material on the use ways in which books were used, and about the intellectual life of a medieval monastery. By continuing the story beyond the Dissolution, and charting the initial stages of the dispersal of the Abbeys books (many into the large institutional collections which are their homes today), Alan Coates makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the fate of monastic books and book-collecting in the post-Dissolution period.

My hair is a statement and always will be, even when I no longer have any. The social revolution of the Swinging Sixties led to a renaissance of unchecked hair growth, and long hair, especially on men, was worn as a political or countercultural symbol of protest and as an expression of masculinity. No-one who was affected by one of a turbulent decade's loudest controversies - or anyone who ever wondered what all the fuss was about - will fail to be interested in this personal account of when the 'us and them' divide between youth and elders was most profound. An engaging, accessible mix of popular culture, social history and politics.

Psychopharmacology has changed the face of modern psychiatry. Yet it is rare to find in the literature such a deeply informative yet eminently practical manual on this complex subject. Here, three senior psychopharmacologists offer a unique clinical perspective and practical advice on applying psychotropic medications to the treatment of specific psychiatric conditions. Clearly written in a collegial, narrative style for easy reading and comprehension, the fourth edition of this bestselling manual offers extensively updated chapters with new sections and summary tables for quick reference, including the latest information on antidepressants, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, antianxiety agents, hypnotics, and stimulants. This comprehensive clinical guide emphasizes practical advice-i.e., specific recommendations about dosing, titration, and combining medications-derived from the authors' extensive clinical experience. It begins with general principles of psychopharmacological treatment, including advice on legal, ethical, and economic issues. Subsequent chapters cover past, current, and future treatments for all major classes of medications, including mechanisms of action and pharmacokinetics. It also features chapters on augmentation strategies for treatment resistant disorders, emergency room treatment, pharmacotherapy for substance use disorders, and special topics such as pregnancy and mental retardation, with a fascinating final chapter on herbals and dietary supplements. With its liberal use of tables and illustrations, and dual appendices on medication strengths and costs and suggested readings, this up-to-date, practical manual will be warmly welcomed by not onlypractitioners, but also students (including those in nursing and pharmacy) and psychopharmacology residents. PsychPharm, the handheld version of the "Manual of Clinical Psychopharmacology," is now available for both Palm OS and PocketPC handhelds. It gives a unique clinical perspective and practical advice on applying psychotropic medications to the treatment of specific psychiatric conditions. And with Skyscape's patented smARTlink technology, PsychPharm can easily cross-index with other clinical and drug prescription products from Skyscape to provide a powerful and integrated source of clinical information that you can carry with you wherever you go!