Architecture
Discover the best architecture books, including top picks on architecture design and essential reads .
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Emilio Ambasz: Curating a New NatureA timely reevaluation and synthesis of this ecologically minded trailblazer and vibrantly interdisciplinary figure of contemporary design. Famously labeled the "father, poet, and prophet" of green architecture and a proponent of the idea that any project in architecture or design must present new or...
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To Govern Is to Serve: An Essay on Medieval DemocracyTo Govern Is to Serve explores the practices of collective governance in medieval religious orders that turned the precepts of the Gospels--most notably that the first will be last, the last will be first--into practices of communal deliberation and the election of superiors. Jacques...
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Philosophy, Mysticism, and the Political: Essays on DanteAmong today's Italian philosophers, Massimo Cacciari is perhaps the most assiduous commentator of Dante. Philosophy, Mysticism, and the Political collects all of Cacciari's writings on Dante to this day, from his masterful analysis of St. Francis of Assisi in Dante's Paradiso and Giotto's frescoes...
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Gold in the Sanctuary: Reassessing Notker of St Gall's Liber YmnorumAs Peter Dronke observed in his seminal book on the subject, the first heights of achievement in medieval lyric in the Latin West associated with Gottschalk of Orbais (d. ca. 869) and, even more so, with Notker of St Gall, occur in the religious...
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Donations to the Knights Hospitaller in Britain and Ireland, 1291-1400Donations to the Knights Hospitaller in Britain and Ireland, 1291-1400 is the first study of donations to the Knights Hospitaller throughout England and Ireland during the late-thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The book demonstrates that patrons donated to both military and non-military orders for much...
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Urban Nature: Enriching Belonging, Wellbeing and BiocultureThis book showcases the diversity of ways in which urban residents from varying cultural contexts view, interact, engage with and give meaning to urban nature, aiming to counterbalance the dominance of Western depictions and values of urban nature and design. Urban nature has up...
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Allegory and the Poetic Self: First-Person Narration in Late Medieval LiteratureTherise of an influential new family of poetry in the Middle Ages Thisbook is the first collective examination of late medieval intimate first-personnarratives that blur the lines between author, narrator, and protagonist andusually feature personification allegory and courtly love tropes, creating anexperimental new family...
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The Stone Rose: The Rose Trilogy'A real tour de force of gripping writing, rich historical detail and complex, fascinating characters. Superb!' NICOLA CORNICK on The Stone Rose_________________ EARLY READERS ARE GRIPPED BY THE STONE ROSE! * 'Springs to vivid life for the reader . . . A compulsive read'...
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Palm Beach LivingExplore the pleasures of life in the homes and gardens of the legendary tropical island of Palm Beach From charming bungalows to sleek minimalist houses and apartments to restorations of iconic Mediterranean Revival residences to a garden dotted with oversized insect sculptures, the homes...
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A Night of Flames: Volume 2In the wild lands of Norway, Hunlaf must quell a vicious slave uprising in Matthew Harffy's latest historical adventure.A wild land. A lethal fanatic. A violent revolt.Northumbria, AD 794.Those who rule the seas, rule the land. None know the truth of this more than...
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Medieval Cities: Their Origins and the Revival of TradeBest known for his thesis that it was not the invasion of Germanic tribes that brought about the so-called Dark Ages, but the Muslim invasions of the 7th century and the closing off of Mediterranean trade, Henri Pirenne extends his examination of the decline...
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Design DisruptedDesign Disrupted captures your attention as the author opens your mind to an intrinsic correlation between the human body and functional space! Design Disrupted brilliantly deconstructs the interior design process to help others understand the symbolism between body and space.As my (Dawn Stafford) design...
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Hansel and Gretel in Ancient GreekThis book is an ancient Greek adaptation of the classic fairy tale Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm and was designed to help beginner level students acquire new vocabulary easily without having to rely on a translation or a dictionary. By using a...
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Cincinnati's Lost Architects: Joseph and Bernard SteinkampJoseph and Bernard Steinkamp carried on the family tradition of their grandfather and father, designing at least 300 structures in and around the Cincinnati area and as far away as Charleston, West Virginia. Some of the more well-known structures in the Cincinnati area include...
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Joslyn CastleIn the spring of 1893, media titans George and Sarah Joslyn bought a farm in Omaha, Nebraska, that would prove to be one of the city's most noteworthy real estate transfers. On this land, the Joslyns would construct a transformational home that would become...
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Jewish Women in the Medieval World: 500-1500 CeJewish Women in the Medieval World offers a thematic overview of the lived experiences of Jewish women in both Europe and the Middle East from 500 to 1500 CE, a group often ignored in general surveys on both medieval Jewish life and medieval women....
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The Tournaments at Le Hem and Chauvency: Sarrasin: The Romance of Le Hem; Jacques Bretel: The Tournament at ChauvencyFirst translation of two vivid accounts of French thirteenth-century tournaments, rich in detail and an impassioned defence of tournaments and their importance. The Romance of Le Hem and The Tournament at Chauvency are eyewitness accounts of the famous tournaments held in 1278 at Le...
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Scent Of ObsessionI was the woman who believed in fairy tales; he was the monster of them.The Devil of Ravencliff Manor. The Phantom. Radcliff.Escorted by a prince, my obsession led me to the villain's lair, with no hope for rescue.Trapped inside his greenhouse, our once upon...
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CoroseThe loving and wholesome relationship he had with his family was shattered when his true nature got exposed. From that moment on, his life became wretched and abusive until a powerful woman discovered the cursed child. Figuring he may as well put the curse...
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Architectural Ornamentation in Shrines & Mosques of KashmirRichly designed with beautiful images and illustrations, this edition, published in collaboration with INTACH Kashmir Chapter, is a celebration of architectural ornamentation in shrines and mosques of one of the most beautiful regions of India. The book is also a study to understand the...
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