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Shaken, Not StirredAuthor: Sawyer BennettPublisher: Big Dog Books, LLCPublished: 03/17/2015Pages: 406Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.97lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.90dISBN: 9781940883618
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20th Century Japan in 20 BuildingsThere is a long history in the West of viewing Japan through the twin lenses of orientalism and exoticism. This book argues that Japanese modern architecture emerged from identifiable events: political, social, economic, and historical events, and is as susceptible as any other architecture...
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African Modernism and Its AfterlivesThe legacy of colonial and postcolonial African architecture. This edited collection of essays and image-driven pieces by anthropologists, archaeologists, architects, and historians examines the legacies of African architecture from around the time of independence through examples from different countries. Drawing on ethnography, archival research,...
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The Price of PandoraThe gods on Mount Olympus are bored. So Zeus's son Hephaestus populates the earth with men and animals for their amusement. Zeus then asks Hephaestus to create a woman, whom Zeus names Pandora. When Pandora marries, Zeus gives her a jar and tells her...
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The Figure of Beatrice: A Study in DanteDante's extraordinary intensity of thought and experience may well be unequaled among poets, but this very power can all too often make his work seem formidable to many readers. Charles Williams's Figure of Beatrice stands out amid the vast field of Dante scholarship for...
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Preston Hollow: A Brief HistoryIt takes only a brief drive past the stately homes that line Preston Hollow's winding tree-lined streets to understand the neighborhood's appeal. But the remarkable arc of its history remains largely unknown, even to lifelong residents. Glimpse the rich farmland that stunned Ira DeLoache...
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The Narrative Grotesque in Medieval Scottish PoetryThe Narrative Grotesque examines late medieval narratology in two Older Scots poems: Gavin Douglas's The Palyce of Honour (c.1501) and William Dunbar's The Tretis of the Tua Mariit Wemen and the Wedo (c.1507). The narrative grotesque is exemplified in these poems, which fracture narratological...
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Byzantine Mosaic Decoration; Aspects of Monumental Art in ByzantiumThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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The Heart of Toronto: Corporate Power, Civic Activism, and the Remaking of Downtown Yonge StreetA close look at urban change in the heart of Toronto. From the 1950s to the 1970s, downtown North America was reconfigured for the suburban age. Municipal officials planned renewal schemes, merchant groups lobbied for street improvements, and developers built ever bigger and taller....
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The Making of Measure and the Promise of SamenessAn interdisciplinary history of standardized measurements. Measurement is all around us--from the circumference of a pizza to the square footage of an apartment, from the length of a newborn baby to the number of miles between neighboring towns. Whether inches or miles, centimeters or...
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The RoommateHe thought his life couldn't get any worse...Wesley Gates is down on his luck. He's drowning in debt.His demanding career isn't letting up. And, to top it all off, after years of ignoring their failing marriage, his wife has had enough.Heartbroken and in desperate...
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The Price of PandoraThe gods on Mount Olympus are bored. So Zeus's son Hephaestus populates the earth with men and animals for their amusement. Zeus then asks Hephaestus to create a woman, whom Zeus names Pandora. When Pandora marries, Zeus gives her a jar and tells her...
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Towards a New Architecture; 0This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Urbanismo EcológicoSi bien el cambio climático, la arquitectura sostenible y las tecnologías ecológicas son cuestiones perfectamente asentadas en el imaginario colectivo, no ha ocurrido lo mismo con aquellos temas que afectan a la sostenibilidad de la ciudad. Este libro nace precisamente de la apremiante necesidad...
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Fool Her OnceSome killers are born. Others are made.As a rookie tabloid reporter, Jenna Sinclair made a tragic mistake when she outed Denny Dennison, the illegitimate son of an executed serial killer. So she hid behind her marriage and motherhood. Now, decades later, betrayed by her...
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Topologien von GemeinschaftMonastische Lebensformen gerieten in besonderer Weise in den Fokus der europäischen Reformationsbewegungen im frühen 16. Jahrhundert. Im sozialen und kulturellen Wandel zugleich begehrt und verworfen, griffen die Gemeinschaften auf Wissen und Praktiken aus der nicht einmal einhundert Jahre zurückliegenden Ordensreform der Observanz zurück, in...
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Unbuilt ClemsonUnbuilt Clemson examines a selection of unrealized building projects throughout the history of Clemson University through the lens of campus development and planning, focusing on projects advanced to the building-design or site-plan stage. These projects reveal the evolving vision and direction of a state...
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Shipping Container Homes: A complete guide to designing and building a container homeSHIPPING CONTAINER HOMESLiving in the 21st century is not at all an easy feat. With the constant and consistent rise in the cost of living, it is becoming virtually impossible to live comfortably in a house you own. For many people, owning a house...
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Lives of HousesNotable writers--including UK poet laureate Simon Armitage, Julian Barnes, Margaret MacMillan, and Jenny Uglow--celebrate our fascination with the houses of famous literary figures, artists, composers, and politicians of the past What can a house tell us about the person who lives there? Do we...
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Life of Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola. OrationThe Oration by philosopher Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494), to which later editors added the subtitle On the Dignity of Man, is the most famous text written in Italy at the height of the Renaissance. The Life of Giovanni by Gianfrancesco Pico, his nephew,...
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