In the past decade, there has been a surge of Anglophone scholarship regarding Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which has led to a reframing of the discourses around Spanish culture of this period. Despite this new interest-in which painting, in particular, has been singled out for treatment-a comprehensive study of sculpture collections and the status of sculpture in Spain has yet to be produced. Sculpture Collections in Early Modern Spain is the first book to assess the phenomenon of sculpture collecting and in doing so, it alters the previously held notion that Spanish society placed little value in this art form. Di Dio and Coppel reveal that, due to the problems and expense of their transport from Italy, sculptures were in fact status symbols in the culture. Thus they were an important component of the collections formed by the royal family, cultivated noble collectors, humanists, and artists who had pretensions of high status. This book is especially useful to specialists for its discussion of the typologies of collections and objects, and of the mechanics of state gifts, transport, and collection display in this period. An appendix presents extensive archival documentation, most of which has never before been published. The authors have uncovered hundreds of new documents about sculpture in Spain; and new documentary evidence allows them to propose several new identifications and attributions. Firmly grounded in extensive archival research, Sculpture Collections in Early Modern Spain redefines the socio-political and art historical importance of sculpture in early modern Spain. Most importantly, it entirely transforms our knowledge regarding the presence of sculpture in a wide range of Spanish collections of the period, which until now has been erroneously characterized as close to non-existent.

80+ comfort-filled recipes that trace the roots of modern California soul food to the Great Migration—from the acclaimed chef and author of Brown Sugar Kitchen. “The new California Cuisine is California Soul.”—Questlove “California Soul is a book that will live on my kitchen counter with drips of California olive oil and splats of buttermilk on every page.”—Bobby Flay ONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: San Francisco Chronicle ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR: Saveur, Food & Wine, Epicurious, Library Journal Through more than 80 seasonally inspired recipes, Tanya Holland's California Soul showcases modern soul food from the acclaimed chef of Brown Sugar Kitchen and host of Tanya's Kitchen Table. Tanya’s inventive cuisine—rooted in a Black Southern cultural repertoire with a twenty-first-century sensibility using local, sustainable, chef-driven, seasonal ingredients—is showcased in recipes for every season, such as Collard Green Tabbouleh, Zucchini–Scallion Waffles with Toasted Pecan Romesco, Grilled Shrimp and Corn with Avocado White BBQ Sauce, Fried Chicken Paillards with Arugula and Pea Shoots Salad, Rhubarb Upside-Down Cake, and Honey Lavender Chess Pie. The recipes—influenced by the historical migration of African American families, including Tanya’s own—reveal the key ingredients, techniques, and traditions that African Americans brought with them as they left the South for California, creating a beloved version of soul food. Beyond recipes, Tanya spotlights fifteen contemporary Black Californian foodmakers—farmers, coffee roasters, and other talented artisans—whose work help defines California soul food, with stunning portraiture and stories. Filtered through the rich history of African American migration that brought her own family from the Deep South to the West Coast, Tanya's recipes are as comforting and delicious as they are steeped in history.

This book emphasizes the integral connections between imagination, creativity, and spirituality and their role in healing. First, the author highlights the work of a neglected yet important psychoanalyst, Marion Milner - a painter and undeclared mystic - expanding her work on creativity, mysticism, and mental health. Second, she explores imagination and creativity as expressed in fostering hope and in spiritually-oriented therapies, particularly for mood, anxiety, and eating disorders - offering practical application of studies in imagination and the arts. Raab Mayo concludes that both creativity and the potential for transcendence are inherent in the human psyche and can work as allies in the process of recovery from mental illness.

The Body Scan Technique is a sophisticated system of muscle testing that enables you to discover imbalances or blockages impairing optimum health and function. It is an integrative energetic technique that restores the bodies communication and self regulation systems. It allows you to go through the body, one circuit/organ/point at a time and like an electrician, make sure all of the circuit breakers are turned on and working. It is used in combination with the healing power of essential oils to support the body's bio-electric system. It gets its roots in naturopathy, acupuncture, applied kinesiology, energy medicine and chiropractic. The human body is like a bio-computer and we are focused on finding and correcting dysfunctions within the bio-electrical system, allowing your body to function with greater ease and efficiency.

The Dream and Drive D.I.E.T. program focuses on the benefits of Intermittent Fasting with the freedom of Intuitive Eating. If you have been on a diet rollercoaster, hit plateau after plateau or suspect you may have food intolerances, then the Dream and Drive Program may be just what you've been searching for. In this program, D.I.E.T. means "Do I Enjoy This?," so we don't only address losing weight, but FEELING GREAT in the process! We teach you how to tap into the power of your intuition to see which foods work for you or against you when it comes to your weight. We also give you 4 choices: The FAST LANE, CRUISE CONTROL, EASY STREET or THE FREEDOM TRAIL that you can mix and match depending on where you are in your journey. If you are sick and tired of food rules, making the food behave, being disconnected to your body or just want to learn more about what works for you, then its time to get in your driver's seat and create the body and life you love...are YOU ready to Dream and Drive? Buckle up, I'll show you how! This book is a compilation of two of my favorite philosophies on health and weight loss. I respect the authors of the original work, therefore, I chose not to reinvent the wheel, but to combine the two philosophies into a program that I teach in my private practice. It includes a list of foods that commonly cause inflammation and weight gain, what questions to ask yourself before you pick up your fork and daily practices on how to combine the two bodies of work that will streamline your success and keep you in the Driver's Seat of your journey. Happy Trails! Dr. Kelley