Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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King Lear 'After' Auschwitz: Shakespeare, Appropriation and Theatres of Catastrophe in Post-War British DramaAnalyses appropriations of King Lear in post-war British drama Provides the first dedicated study on appropriations of King Lear in British playwriting of the post-war, developing valuable new perspectives on the legacy of Shakespeare in post-war drama and culture. Features original case studies on...
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The Thirteenth Girl'OH MY GOSH... Gripping' NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Edge-of-your-seat thriller... Absolutely brilliant' NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'WOW... Intense, suspenseful... Heart-breaking' NetGalley review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Because he chose you. Out of thirteen girls. You were the one. The last one.' Lucy Townsend lives a normal life. She has a husband...
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Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in EnglandThe essential annotated edition of Frederick Law Olmsted's first book Before he ever dreamed of becoming a landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted visited southern England and Wales during a month-long walking tour. A gifted writer, he recorded his impressions of the trip in a...
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The Moroccan Empire SeriesWhy did a Muslim emperor pick the son of a Christian slave as his heir? 11th century Morocco and Spain. A vast Muslim empire is rising as the lives of four women weave together to tell a story of war and love, magic and...
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La Doncella Guerrera / The Warrior MaidenLa apasionante historia de Juana de Arintero, la primera guerrera y soldado de España. «Si queréis saber quién eseste valiente guerrero, quitad las armas y veréisa la Dama de Arintero 1475, Arintero. Había pasado apenas un mes desde la muerte de Enrique IV cuando,...
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Carmody Groarke / Charles Rennie Mackintosh: The Hill House - Not ForeverAn affordable introduction to a Scottish modern masterpiece of residential designCharles Rennie Mackintosh's (1868-1928) residential masterpiece, Hill House was designed and built for the publisher Walter Blackie between 1902 and 1904. Mackintosh and his wife Margaret created everything from the building itself to the...
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Sri Harmandar Sahib: Architecture - Engineering - Aesthetics (Golden Temple, Amritsar)Sri Harmandar Sahib: Architecture - Engineering - Aesthetics (Golden Temple, Amritsar) is based on the author's doctoral research for which he was conferred his third PhD by the Panjab University in 2008. This holy shrine is the only example of Religious Architecture in the...
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Oriental LifestyleOriental Lifestyle will take you on a journey that explores astonishing artistic and architectural worlds, captured by a poetic eye. Like an enchanter, Guillaume de Laubier brings the ochre of the desert alive and highlights the splendor and wonders of palaces and residences rich...
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Living in Bali. 40th Ed.Loved by travelers for its lush tropical scenery and charming people, Bali is one of the most magnificent places on Earth. Spirituality and nature are integral parts of everyday life for the Balinese, so one can easily see why the island's traditional architecture has...
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Contemporary Creative Spaces for Children- An exciting selection of more than 30 contemporary case studies from around the globe, covering a wide variety of learning spaces (schools, afterschool care, and kindergartens), activity centers (clubs, cultural centers), and many more child-friendly environments- A richly photographed, informative must-have title for...
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Architecture Asia: Living in the 21st CenturyArchitecture Asia, as the official journal of the Architects Regional Council Asia, aims to provide a forum not only for presenting Asian phenomena and their characteristics to the world but also for understanding diversity and multiculturalism within Asia from a global perspective. In the...
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The University of California Museum of PaleontologyThe University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) had a long and rich history even before California became a state.Formally established in 1921, UCMP was built with collections accumulated over 150 years. This treasure trove comes from all continents and ages; it is a...
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CarmillaThe haunting tale of a young woman being seduced by a female vampire, Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu's Carmilla still manages to enthrall its readers almost two centuries later. Predating Dracula by some 26 years, Carmilla (1871) is the first and perhaps greatest of vampire...
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Teaching Towards Green Schools: Transforming K-12 Education Through Sustainable PracticesThis engaging and timely book showcases practical ways that PreK-12 teachers and school leaders can create and implement sustainability-focused projects and practices in their classrooms and schools, helping promote a healthy, sustainable environment and curriculum for students and leading the way towards becoming a...
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Marcel Breuer: Shaping Architecture in the Post-War EraThis book tracks the development of Marcel Breuer's aesthetic clash between uniformity and singularity through the detailed examination of his seminal buildings. Each chapter examines a specific building and puts into context Breuer's other work and the contemporary movements/architects of the post-war era such...
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Mãe Luíza: Building OptimismOn the transformation of a favela--an urban success story on the Brazilian coast This illustrated volume documents the transformation of the favela Mãe Luíza, as an example of how to build community, create citizenship and identity, and promote initiative and participation. Alongside a story...
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The Tudors: Passion, Power and PoliticsOn the Tudors and their legacy, from Henry VIII to Elizabeth IThis illustrated volume shows how the Tudor monarchs of Britain engaged with the internationalism of court culture; the tumultuous years of the Reformation; and the emergence of the transatlantic slave trade and English...
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Thomas Aquinas on VirtueThomas Aquinas produced a voluminous body of work on moral theory, and much of that work is on virtue, particularly the status and value of the virtues as principles of virtuous acts, and the way in which a moral life can be organized around...
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Women's Friendship in Medieval LiteratureIn Women's Friendship in Medieval Literature, Karma Lochrie and Usha Vishnuvajjala bring together established scholars and new voices to illuminate a previously understudied but consequential element of life in the Middle Ages. Contributors focus on representations of women's friendships in medieval European literature and...
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Early English Queens, 650-850: Speculum ReginaeThis book offers the first dedicated and comprehensive examination of the lives of nearly thirty women known to occupy the office of queen in the English kingdoms between 650 and 850.The queens of early England are often shadowy figures in the historical record, beset...
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