Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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A Cultural History of Democracy in the RenaissanceThis volume offers a broad exploration of the cultural history of democracy in the Renaissance. The Renaissance has rarely been considered an important moment in the history of democracy. Nonetheless, as this volume shows, this period may be seen as a "democratic laboratory" in...
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A Cultural History of Democracy in the Medieval AgeOffering a broad exploration of the cultural history of democracy in the medieval age, this volume claims that, though not generally associated with the term, the Middle Ages deserve to be included in a general history of democracy. The term was never widely employed...
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Black Metaphors: How Modern Racism Emerged from Medieval Race-ThinkingIn the late Middle Ages, Christian conversion could wash a black person's skin white--or at least that is what happens when a black sultan converts to Christianity in the English romance King of Tars. In Black Metaphors, Cord J. Whitaker examines the rhetorical and...
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Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Art and ArchitectureByzantine art has been an underappreciated field, often treated as an adjunct to the arts of the medieval West, if considered at all. In illustrating the richness and diversity of art in the Byzantine world, this handbook will help establish the subject as a...
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A Slow RuinApril 1910. Women's rights activist Alvera Fields mysteriously vanishes from her home one night, leaving her newborn baby and husband behind, the case never solved. April 2021. On the anniversary of her great-great-grandmother's disappearance, Alvera's namesake Vera Portman vanishes in an eerily similar manner....
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PendulumPendulum pits a little known and heretofore classified organization, the United States Military Liaison Mission (USMLM) and its main character, Major Matt Bollard, against the Soviet forces of East Germany, and places this rivalry in the context of a Soviet military conspiracy against its...
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One Night, New YorkSet over the course of a single evening, this literary thriller is at once a detective story, a romance, and a coming-of-age tale. It is also a story of old New York, of Greenwich Village between the wars, of artists and bohemians lighting up...
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Russia: A Historical Introduction from Kievan Rus' to the PresentThis lucid account of Russian and Soviet history presents major trends and events from Kievan Rus' to Vladimir Putin's presidency in the twenty-first century. Directly addressing controversial topics, this book looks at issues such as the impact of the Mongol conquest, the paradoxes of...
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Mackinac Island's Grand HotelA Michigan icon, Grand Hotel is in its third century as America's summer place. The ambiance of Mackinac Island combines with the hotel's ultimate level of hospitality, premier dining, and five-star guest experience for an unforgettable stop on any visitor's itinerary. The setting itself...
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The Sorrows of SatanA poverty-stricken man suddenly inherits a fortune and is guided by the mysterious Lucio who introduces him to a world of fame, greed and materialism. As he navigates a path of destruction, he begins to question his partner's motives. Geoffrey Tempest is a struggling...
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John Fletcher's Rome: Questioning the ClassicsJohn Fletcher's Rome is the first book to explore John Fletcher's engagement with classical antiquity. Like Shakespeare and Jonson, Fletcher wrote, alone or in collaboration, a number of Roman plays: Bonduca, Valentinian, The False One and The Prophetess. Unlike Shakespeare's or Jonson's, however, Fletcher's...
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Guides to the Eucharist in Medieval Egypt: Three Arabic Commentaries on the Coptic LiturgyThe fourteenth and fifteenth centuries witnessed a rising interest in Arabic texts describing and explaining the rituals of the Coptic Church of Egypt. This book provides readers with an English translation of excerpts from three key texts on the Coptic liturgy by Abū al-Barakāt...
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Pietro Nobile (1776-1854): Neo-Classicism Between Technique and BeautyAuthor: Tatiana PetrasováPublisher: de GruyterPublished: 12/20/2021Pages: 256Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 3.10lbsSize: 11.18h x 8.66w x 1.02dISBN: 9783110691450About the AuthorTatiána Petrasová, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague.
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Ethnic Indian Embroidery Sari - Scrapbook Paper for Scrapbooking, Journaling, Gift Wrapping and Card Making - Craft Pages: Asia and India: Premium Dou★ With this High-Quality colourful scrapbook papers, you can make your own scrapbook album pages, phone cases, cards, envelopes, postcards, pop-up cards and gift boxes. You can use the paper as a background for the photos, decorate outlet covers or make your own handmade...
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Tsarina"Makes Game of Thrones look like a nursery rhyme." --Daisy Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fortune Hunter Before there was Catherine the Great, there was Catherine Alexeyevna: the first woman to rule Russia in her own right. Ellen Alpsten's rich, sweeping...
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House of Shadows'Vertigo meets Rebecca in a twisty Tudor time slip. Addictive, atmospheric and completely enjoyable' - Julie Cohen, bestselling author of Together.What if the life you were remembering wasn't your own?When Kate Vavasour wakes in hospital, she can remember nothing about the family gathered around...
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The Lammas WildHealer Lassair returns to England and uncovers a secret that puts the lives of everyone she knows in grave danger, in the final Aelf Fen medieval mystery. It is the summer of 1100, and after seven long years away in Spain, Lassair is finally...
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Indian Tiles: Architectural Ceramics from Sultanate and Mughal India and PakistanThis definitive book tells the visual history of tile decoration in the Indian subcontinent, through vibrant photography and thorough research. Historic India, which now encompasses the modern nations of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, is celebrated for the richness of its architectural and decorative arts,...
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The Global Turn: Six Journeys of Architecture and the City, 1945-1989An investigation of globalization's effects on architecture and urban design between the start of World War II and the fall of the Berlin WallTo what extent did the circulation of people, commodities and knowledge affect architecture and urban design between World War II and...
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Co-Machines: Mobile Disruptive ArchitectureTemporary mobile zones: how artists and designers are pursuing new provisional structures for work and playThis handsomely designed volume maps out a new architectural movement motivated by practices of place-making, occupying and squatting. All the interventions are mobile and nearly all of them are...
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