Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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A Family of StrangersCould a lifetime of memories...be a lifetime of lies? All her life Ryan Gracey watched her perfect older sister from afar. Knowing she could never top Wendy's achievements, she didn't even try. Instead Ryan forged her own path while her family barely seemed to...
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Piranesi's Views of Rome Colouring BookFor the colouring aficionado: Introduction about Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 50 original artworks to colour. Lay-flat binding and high-quality paper-easy to use with all your fine colouring tools. Thoughtfully conceived and engagingly intricate, Pomegranate's coloring books combine stunning illustrations, high-quality paper, and sturdy construction to...
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Greek MythsEven reluctant readers (let alone closet classicists) will be drawn to pore over these entrancing pages. -- School Library Journal Greek myths are among the most exciting stories ever told. In this collection, Marcia Williams offers a fun but faithful retelling of eight myths...
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Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval VillageStep back to an English village in 1255, where life plays out in dramatic vignettes illuminating twenty-two unforgettable characters. Winner of the Newbery Medal. Maidens, monks, and millers' sons -- in these pages, readers will meet them all. There's Hugo, the lord's nephew, forced...
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The Machiavellian Moment: Florentine Political Thought and the Atlantic Republican TraditionOriginally published in 1975, The Machiavellian Moment remains a landmark of historical and political thought. Celebrated historian J.G.A. Pocock looks at the consequences for modern historical and social consciousness arising from the ideal of the classical republic revived by Machiavelli and other thinkers of...
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The Odyssey: Introduction by Seamus HeanyOne of the supreme masterpieces of world literature, the Homeric saga of the shipwrecks, wanderings, and homecoming of the master tactician Odysseus encompasses a virtual inventory of the themes and attitudes that have shaped Western culture. The tale of Odysseus's encounters with such obstacles...
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The Consolation of PhilosophyIn this highly praised new translation of Boethius's The Consolation of Philosophy, David R. Slavitt presents a graceful, accessible, and modern version for both longtime admirers of one of the great masterpieces of philosophical literature and those encountering it for the first time. Slavitt...
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Now I RiseThe highly anticipated, mind-blowing New York Times bestselling sequel to Kiersten White's New York Times bestseller, AND I DARKEN--the series that reads like HBO's Game of Thrones . . . if it were set in the Ottoman Empire. A SISTER FILLED WITH RAGE Lada...
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Los Angeles: The Architecture of Four EcologiesReyner Banham examined the built environment of Los Angeles in a way no architectural historian before him had done, looking with fresh eyes at its manifestations of popular taste and industrial ingenuity, as well as its more traditional modes of residential and commercial building....
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Visual ThinkingFor thirty-five years Visual Thinking has been the gold standard for art educators, psychologists, and general readers alike. In this seminal work, Arnheim, author of The Dynamics of Architectural Form, Film as Art, Toward a Psychology of Art, and Art and Visual Perception, asserts...
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Victorian Woodturnings and WoodworkReproduced from a rare original, this 1893 catalog provides nearly 800 detailed illustrations of stair railings, mantels, gables, moldings, and ornaments. Its varied, unusual examples of woodwork make it particularly valuable - woodturners, cabinetmakers, architects, preservationists, restorationists, designers, and students of Victoriana will find...
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Selected Canterbury TalesAt the Tabard Inn in Southwark, in the London of the late 1300s, a band of men and women from all walks of life have gathered to begin a pilgrimage to the shrine of Thomas Becket at Canterbury. To relieve the tedium of the...
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California Bungalows of the TwentiesReprint of rare catalog includes front or front-angled elevations, floor plans and interior sketches for dozens of authentic bungalow designs, many unique to the California landscape. Detailed descriptions point out special features and possibilities of each design, and include estimates of costs. 231 black-and-white...
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Fashions of the Thirties: 476 Authentic Copyright-Free IllustrationsIn the 1930s, the Fashion Review Service offered a wide selection of advertising spots to small clothing and department stores that had no art staffs of their own. The cuts provided an accurate depiction of the latest fashion trends―hemline lengths, use of fur trims,...
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American House Styles: A Concise GuideThis unique book will allow readers to recognize the architectural features and style of virtually any house they encounter.Author: John Milnes BakerPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 07/17/2002Pages: 194Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.55lbsSize: 8.38h x 5.44w x 0.34dISBN: 9780393323252About the AuthorBaker, John Milnes: - John...
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The Ugly Renaissance: Sex, Greed, Violence and Depravity in an Age of BeautyThe Ugly Renaissance is a delightfully debauched tour of the sordid, gritty reality behind some of the most celebrated artworks and cultural innovations of all time. Tourists today flock to Italy by the millions to admire the stunning achievements of the Renaissance--paintings, statues, and...
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The Stormy PetrelRose Fenemore is taking a break from her Cambridge teaching post in an isolated cottage on the island of Moila. One evening, she is shocked to discover an attractive stranger, Ewen Mackay, in her kitchen, who claims to have grown up in the cottage....
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The Year 1000: What Life Was Like at the Turn of the First Millennium: An Englishman's WorldAs the Shadow of the Millennium Descended Across England and Christendom, it Seemed as if the World was About to End. Actually, it was Only the Beginning... Welcome to the Year 1000. This is What Life was Like. How clothes were fastened in a...
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The GargoyleA New York Times BestsellerThe Gargoyle the mesmerizing story of one man's descent into personal hell and his quest for salvation.On a dark road in the middle of the night, a car plunges into a ravine. The driver survives the crash, but his injuries...
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The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry: By Christine de PizanIt is unexpected in any era to find a woman writing a book on the art of warfare, but in the fifteenth century it was unbelievable. Not surprisingly, therefore, Christine de Pizan's The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry, written around 1410,...
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