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Mysteries of the Mall and Other EssaysA deep exploration of modern life that examines our cities, public places, and homesIn Mysteries of the Mall, Witold Rybczynski, the author of How Architecture Works, casts a seasoned critical eye on the modern scene. His subject is nothing less than the broad setting...
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The Making of the Medieval Middle East: Religion, Society, and Simple BelieversA bold new religious history of the late antique and medieval Middle East that places ordinary Christians at the center of the story In the second half of the first millennium CE, the Christian Middle East fractured irreparably into competing churches and Arabs conquered...
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Statics and Strength of Materials for Architecture and Building ConstructionStatics and Strength of Materials for Architecture and Building Construction, Fourth Edition, offers students an accessible, visually oriented introduction to structural theory that doesn't rely on calculus. Instead, illustrations and examples of building frameworks and components enable students to better visualize the connection between...
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The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval EuropeThe Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe provides a comprehensive overview of the gender rules encountered in Europe in the period between approximately 500 and 1500 C.E. The essays collected in this volume speak to interpretative challenges common to all fields...
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Impossible Desire and the Limits of Knowledge in Renaissance PoetryImpossible Desire and the Limits of Knowledge in Renaissance Poetry examines the limits of embodiment, knowledge, and representation at a disregarded nexus: the erotic carpe diem poem in early modern England. These macabre seductions offer no compliments or promises, but instead focus on the...
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Two Lives of CharlemagneTwo revealingly different accounts of the life of the most important figure of the Roman Empire Charlemage, known as the father of Europe, was one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers. The biographies brought together here provide a rich and...
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Two Lives of CharlemagneTwo revealingly different accounts of the life of the most important figure of the Roman Empire Charlemage, known as the father of Europe, was one of the most powerful and dynamic of all medieval rulers. The biographies brought together here provide a rich and...
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The Vikings: Third EditionThoroughly updated and with a new foreword The Viking Age is shot through with the spirit of adventure. For 300 years, from just before AD800 until well into the eleventh century, the Vikings affected almost every region accessible to their ships, and left traces...
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Criterion for Distinguishing Legal Opinions from Judicial Rulings and the Administrative Acts of Judges and RulersThe first and much-needed English translation of a thirteenth-century text that shaped the development of Islamic law in the late middle ages. Scholars of Islamic law can find few English language translations of foundational Islamic legal texts, particularly from the understudied Mamluk era. In...
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Frank Lloyd Wright: A LifePulitzer Prize?winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography of America's greatest architect Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable's biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the way...
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Foundation and Anchor Design Guide for Metal Building SystemsPublisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.MEET THE COMPLEX CHALLENGES OF METAL BUILDING SYSTEMS FOUNDATION DESIGNExpand your professional design skills and engineer safe, reliable...
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Food of Greece: Cooking, Folkways, and Travel in the Mainland and Islands of GreeceFrom Simon & Schuster, Vilma Liacouras Chantiles' The Food of Greece includes the food, folkways, and travel across the mainlands and islands of Greece. The Greek national character is reflected in recipes for favorite gourmet and common dishes from appetizers and soups to fruits,...
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Eileen Gray, Designer and ArchitectA smartly designed and beautifully illustrated look at the life and work of an elusive and influential designer and architect Eileen Gray (1878-1976) was a versatile designer and architect who navigated numerous literary and artistic circles over the course of her life. This handsome...
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The New Science of CitiesA proposal for a new way to understand cities and their design not as artifacts but as systems composed of flows and networks.In The New Science of Cities, Michael Batty suggests that to understand cities we must view them not simply as places in...
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Building SeagramA personal, authoritative history of one of the 20th century's most influential buildings The Seagram building rises over New York's Park Avenue, seeming to float above the street with perfect lines of bronze and glass. Considered one of the greatest icons of twentieth-century architecture,...
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The Life and Passion of William of NorwichA new translation of a fascinating chronicle from 12th-century England A work that holds a unique and terrible place in the history of anti-Semitism, The Life and Passion of William of Norwich gives a remarkable insight into daily life in a medieval cathedral city,...
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You Wouldn't Want to Be a Shakespearean Actor!: Some Roles You Might Not Want to Play- Fits in well with social studies and U.S. history curricula.- Draws in even the most reluctant reader with a lighthearted tone and hilarious illustrations.- Includes glossary and index.National Social Studies Education Standards: Grades K-4II. Time, Continuity, and Change- Accounts of past events, people,...
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Sketchbook of the Philadelphia and Boston Face Brick CompanySketchbook of the Philadelphia & Boston Face Brick Co.FROM time immemorial the domestic hearth has been the theme of optimists and poets, who have lavished on it the most endearing words, and have associated it with their most delightful thoughts. The fireplace has always...
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Modern house-plans for everybodyModern house-plans for everybody - For village and country residences costing from two hundred and fifty dollars to eight thousand dollarsIn the modernized and revised edition of House-Plans for Everybody, but little attempt has been made to change the text or floor plans, as...
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L'anfiteatro Flavio nei suoi venti secoli di storiaL'anfiteatro Flavio nei suoi venti secoli di storia Gli incend, i terremoti, i saccheggi, le fazioni medioevali, le prepotenze dei baroni, la lontananza del Papa dalla sua sede, gli sconvolgimenti politici, fecero disgraziatamente sparire un gran numero di monumenti romani; ma la venerabile mole...
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