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Playful Pictures: Art, Leisure, and Entertainment in the Venetian Renaissance HomeIn Playful Pictures, Chriscinda Henry explores the rise of private art collection in Renaissance Venice as a diporto, or pastime, practiced within a kaleidoscopic matrix of domestic leisure that encompassed the recitation of poetry and tales, games, music making, amateur theatrical activity, and the...
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Living the City: Of Cities, People and StoriesOn the personal narratives that exist alongside architecture Cities are full of stories--running in parallel, contradictory, overlapping and inseparably linked. Such stories are told in Living the City, referencing various projects from architecture, art and urban planning. The book aims to show processes and...
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The Normans: A History of ConquestA powerful and evocative portrait of the Norman Conquest of Europe, revealing the permanent cultural and political legacy that resulted in their ascendency. The Norman's conquering of the known world was a phenomenon unlike anything Europe had seen up to that point in history....
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Study Guide to Washington Square by Henry JamesA comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for Henry James' Washington Square, a simple tragicomedy that is based on a true story. As a novel of the nineteenth-century, illustrates family conflict between a daughter and her unemotional father. Moreover, Washington...
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David Chipperfield: A Book about a Large Building Recently Built in Asia: Amorepacific Headquarter by David Chipperfield Architects BerlinPlans, documentation and photographs from David Chipperfield's massive Amorepacific complex in KoreaThis book compiles 860 documents produced by David Chipperfield Architects during the planning and construction process of the Amorepacific headquarters in Seoul. These are complemented by two series of photographs by architectural photographer...
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Building a Body of Knowledge in Construction Project Delivery, Procurement and ContractingThis book aims to consolidate, structure and articulate collective knowledge on construction project delivery, procurement and contracting, so that it can serve as a gateway to the contiguous topics of construction project delivery. In addition to supporting the education of student researchers, as well...
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Aegean: Recipes from the Mountains to the SeaSo much more than a cookbook; it is a love song to Crete and its cuisine Marianna Leivaditaki is a natural storyteller. She grew up in Chania, on the Greek island of Crete, and spent her childhood helping out in the family-run taverna. After...
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The Life of Saint Eufrosine: In Old French Verse, with English TranslationAs a young woman from a wealthy family, Eufrosine was expected to marry a nobleman. Instead, she wanted to serve God. So she cut her hair, dressed as a man, and traveled to a monastery, becoming a monk named Emerald.Adapted from a Latin source,...
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Chernobyl: A Stalkers' GuideDrawing on unprecedented access to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone--including insights gained while working as a tour guide and during an illegal "stalker" hike--Darmon Richter creates an entirely new portrait of Chernobyl's forgotten ghost towns, monuments and moreSince the first atomic bomb was dropped, humankind...
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Medieval Europe: A Short HistoryFor five decades, Medieval Europe: A Short History has been the best-selling text for courses on the history of Medieval Europe. This acclaimed book has long been applauded for both its scholarship and its engaging narrative. Oxford University Press is pleased to continue this...
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Island Zombie: Iceland WritingsAn evocative chronicle of the power of solitude in the natural world I'm often asked, but have no idea why I chose Iceland, why I first started going, why I still go. In truth I believe Iceland chose me.--from the introduction Contemporary artist Roni...
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Hotel Roanoke: The Grand Old Lady on the HillThe Hotel Roanoke is as old as the city of Roanoke itself. It opened in 1882, when the city became the headquarters for the Norfolk & Western Railway, and signaled the city's progress. It has since survived a devastating fire, the Depression and closure...
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The Nature of Order, Book Three: A Vision of a Living World: An Essay on the Art of Building and the Nature of the UniverseChristopher Alexander's series of ground-breaking books including A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building have pointed to fundamental truths of the way we build, revealing what gives life and beauty and true functionality to our buildings and towns. Now, in The Nature...
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Abandoned Cleveland: Ruins of the Rust BeltBy 1920, Cleveland had become the fifth largest city in the US, but along with growth came an increase in crime, beginning in the prohibition years. After race riots in the 1960s, many residents began to flee the inner-city, leading to the large-scale abandonment...
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Smart Cities for DummiesBecome empowered to build and maintain smarter cities At its core, a smart city is a collection of technological responses to the growing demands, challenges, and complexities of improving the quality of life for billions of people now living in urban centers across the...
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Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell AllPerfect for anyone playing the Six soundtrack on repeat who wants to discover more about the six wives of Henry VIII! This is an edge-of-your-seat reimagining of the romance and tragedy that defined them, told from multiple points of view by award-winning and bestselling...
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Anachronic RenaissanceIn this widely anticipated book, two leading contemporary art historians present a stunning reconsideration of the problem of time in the Renaissance. With intellectual brilliance, Alexander Nagel and Christopher S. Wood reexamine the meanings, uses, and effects of chronologies, models of temporality, and notions...
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EvermoreRaised by a noble family, Lady Adelaide has always known she's an orphan. Little does she realize she's one of the lost princesses and the true heir to Mercia's throne...until a visitor arrives at her family estate, reveals her birthright as queen, and thrusts...
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Women in Italian Renaissance Art: Gender, Representation, IdentityBetween c1350 and c1650, Italian urban societies saw much debate on women s nature, roles, education, and behaviour. This book fills a gap in the still burgeoning literature on all aspects of women s lives in this period. Using a broad range of material,...
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Ο Καλόκαρδος Κάβουρας: Greek Edition of The Caring CrabColin the Crab, the most skillful builder on the eastern riverbank, never hesitates to help his friends. Now Colin is busy with his own new project--a garden pavilion for his home. But after a week of hard work, the pavilion of his dreams is...
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