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GiorgioneThe most comprehensive overview in print on the Renaissance master of Venetian sensualityFamous for his enduringly popular and canonical masterpieces such as The Sleeping Venus and The Tempest--often considered the first true landscape painting in Western art--Zorzi da Castelfranco, known as Giorgione (1474 or...
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Dimensions: Journal of Architectural Knowledge: Vol. 2, No. 3/2022: Species of Theses an Other PiecesPublisher: Transcript PublishingPublished: 01/31/2023Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9783837659207
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Imperial Visions of Late Byzantium: Manuel II Palaiologos and Rhetoric in PurpleExplores a Byzantine emperor's construction of authority with the help of his rhetorical texts Examines the changes in the Byzantine imperial idea by the end of the fourteenth century with a particular focus on the instrumentalization of the intellectual dimension of the imperial rule...
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Letters from the Grief Club: How We Live with LossWelcome to the club you never wanted to join. When someone you love dies, it may seem impossible to know what will happen next and how you will cope. Losing someone in early adulthood, you may feel even more alone, when no-one around you...
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Never Coming HomeA diabolical tour de force.--P.J. Vernon, author of Bath Haus Impossible to stop reading.--Samantha Downing, USA Today bestselling author of For Your Own Good One hell of a ride... Absolutely brilliant.--Jennifer Hillier, award-winning author of Jar of Hearts and Little Secrets First comes love....
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Catesby's GhostLondon 1604 - In the reign of King James I, religious tensions threaten to rise out of control.Dedicated to his writing and performing, successful playwright, Will Shakespeare, finds his life disturbed by the return of an old friend, Gabriel Catesby. As unsavoury events unfold,...
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Whisper Cottage'I couldn't put it down, read it cover to cover in a day... A fabulous chilling thriller.' NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A mysterious figure. A whispering community. A deadly secret... When Stina and Jack move to an old rural cottage, they're hoping for a fresh...
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The Common Camp: Architecture of Power and Resistance in Israel-PalestineSeeing the camp as a persistent political instrument in Israel-Palestine and beyondThe Common Camp underscores the role of the camp as a spatial instrument employed for reshaping, controlling, and struggling over specific territories and populations. Focusing on the geopolitical complexity of Israel-Palestine and the...
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I Said YesA marriage filled with secrets.A murder that threatens to reveal them all.When Hannah meets Mark during a chance encounter, she finds herself saying yes to him for the first time. With an immediate first date, the two begin a whirlwind romance. Soon, Hannah is...
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After Suburbia: Urbanization in the Twenty-First CenturyAfter Suburbia presents a cross-section of state-of-the-art scholarship in critical global suburban research and provides an in-depth study of the planet's urban peripheries to grasp the forms of urbanization in the twenty-first century. Based on cutting-edge conceptual thought and steeped in richly detailed empirical...
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Urban Lessons of the Venetian SquaresThe first part of the book is both an homage to the nature and appeal of the squares of Venice and an analysis of their physical qualities in urbanistic terms. The Venetian settings were chosen for their freedom from auto traffic, streets, or peculiarities...
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Preservation, Sustainability, and EquityPublisher: Columbia Books on Architecture and the CityPublished: 04/05/2022Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70dISBN: 9781941332702
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Pact of SilenceA fresh start for a new lifeNewly pregnant, Emma is startled when her husband Luke announces they're swapping homes with his parents, but the rural idyll where Luke grew up is a great place to start their family. Yet Luke's manner suggests something odd...
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Eero SaarinenThis 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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Medieval Marvels and Fictions in the Latin West and Islamic WorldA cross-cultural study of magical phenomena in the Middle Ages. Marvels like enchanted rings and sorcerers' stones were topics of fascination in the Middle Ages, not only in romance and travel literature but also in the period's philosophical writing. Rather than constructions of belief...
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Dennis Creffield: Art and LifeHugely admired by artists and writers, from Henri Cartier Bresson to the Booker prize winner Howard Jacobson, the extraordinary life and work of painter Dennis Creffield (1931-2018) are explored in this, the first major monograph on the artist. The narrative traces the artist's 'Dickensian'...
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Ghosts and Robbers: An Anthology of German Gothic FictionAt the start of the nineteenth century, German "Schauerliteratur" was so popular as to permanently associate that land with the Gothic and the ghostly. Translations of short pieces published in journals like The German Museum and Blackwood's Magazine started a vogue for this new...
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Transforming the Irvine Ranch: Joan Irvine, William Pereira, Ray Watson, and the Big PlanFrom citrus trees to spring breakers, Transforming the Irvine Ranch tells the story of Orange County's metamorphosis from 93,000 acres of farmland into an iconic Southern California landscape of beaches and modernist architecture. Drawing on decades of archival research and their own years at...
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Architectural Principles in the Age of HumanismThis 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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AA Book 2021The AA Book 2021 celebrates the depth of research and plurality of practice pursued at the Architectural Association (AA) during the 2020-21 academic year. The publication features hundreds of projects by students from every unit and program within the school, which together document the...
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