Chicago Apartments: A Century of Lakefront Luxury (Urban Domestic Architecture Series)

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CHICAGO APARTMENTS is a unique examination of nearly100 elevator structures whose luxurious amenities, generous or unusual interior spaces, architectural features, locations or innovations have made them significant in the history of Chicago apartment life. An introductory essay traces larger themes in the development of the city and the stories behind the creation of these fabled structures.

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A Surprise.......2006-06-22

This book was a gift from a friend, since I live in a lakefront high-rise and have an interest in Chicago architecture, I walk past dozens of these building throughout my daily travels in the city with a new appreciation now. The amazing vintage photographs plus the many detailed floor plans, along with splendid elevation drawings make this book both a joy and a valuable addition to any library.

Gold Coast Chicago.......2005-09-21

This is a gorgeous book, I really can't say enough about the quality of books Acanthus Press puts out, they are amazing. The black and white photos are beautiful, they are crisp and vivid. The book is quite thorough, and I found the text to be scholarly and highly informative. I was pleased that exterior as well as interior photos where used, the reader really gets a feel for the buildings and you get an excellent cross section of the top apartment buildings. Chicago is second only to New York in luxurious apartment buildings and this book does an amazing job of cataloging the best examples, I loved this book. The book even includes a silk book mark. If you are the least bit interested in this subject, buy this book, you will not be disappointed, it is first rate. A book for those who love books.

For the lake front dreamers.......2004-11-26

This is a first-rate survey of the great apartment buildings of Chicago. The title is misleading since Professor Harris covers over 120 years of architecture with his nearly 100 buildings. The interior decoration shots are fantastic: there are modernist interiors alongside misplaced historical interiors, there are Elkins and Adler designs too. Harris'introduction is a wealth of sociological information. This is a must buy for anybody interested in apartment buildings in Chicago.

The Rise of Chicago.......2004-11-16

Having been born in the windy city it was with great relish that I bought Mr. Harris' book. I was not disappointed. It is fascinating and full of details about the people who designed these dwellings and the people who populated them. Overlooking Lake Michigan these buildings were the envy of many cities. The natural shoreline provided a perfect setting for the imagination of the architects and builders who created these edifices for their wealthy inhabitants. The changes that took place as the city became more vertical and more populace is a truly exciting look into the growth of the United States. Mr. Harris has done a superb job.

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Offering tips for drawing more than 20 mammals indigenous to North America, this revised reference exhibits each species in several photographs as well as in field sketches. Animals featured range from the gray wolf of the Yukon Territory to the tiny Key deer of Florida and include black bears, grizzly bears, polar bears, coyotes, mountain lions, pronghorns, and bison. Included is information on habitat and range, as well as advice on starting a wildlife sketchbook.

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Drawing Big Game: A Reference Guide
Doug Lindstrand
Manufacturer: Fox Chapel Publishing Company
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ASIN: 1565231406

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Celebrating the largest animals of Alaska's wild frontier, this artistic guide contains both photographs and field sketches of these magnificent animals in their natural habitats throughout the year. Featuring natural history for each species, this book offers a rare look at such animals as the Alaska moose, the American bison, the black bear, and the musk ox.

Big Game Rifles and Cartridges. Drawings by Philip Plaistridge.

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Big Game Rifles and Cartridges. Drawings by Philip Plaistridge.
Elmer. KEITH
Manufacturer: Small Arms Technical Publishing Co.,, (c1936), Onslow County, NC:
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Drawing Alaska's "Big Game": A "Reference Workbook"

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Drawing Alaska's "Big Game": A "Reference Workbook"
Doug Lindstrand
Manufacturer: Sourdough Press
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HUNTING SECRETS OF THE EXPERTS: TWENTY OF AMERICA'S TOP HUNTERS TELL THEIR BEST, TESTED WAYS OF HUNTING BIG AND SMALL GAME, VARMINTS, DUCKS, GEESE, AND UPLAND GAME. (Drawings by Vlad Evanoff).

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HUNTING SECRETS OF THE EXPERTS: TWENTY OF AMERICA'S TOP HUNTERS TELL THEIR BEST, TESTED WAYS OF HUNTING BIG AND SMALL GAME, VARMINTS, DUCKS, GEESE, AND UPLAND GAME. (Drawings by Vlad Evanoff).
Vlad, ed. Evanoff
Manufacturer: Garden City, Doubleday, 1964. 251 pp., illus. First edition, in dust jacket, in very good condition.
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UE07O0

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North American Big Game
Alfred, H.E. Anthony & R.R. M. Carpenter Ely
Manufacturer: Charles Scribner's Sons
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Travel and Big Game. With Six Drawings by Charles Whymper.

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Travel and Big Game. With Six Drawings by Charles Whymper.
Percy, & H. A. Bryden. Selous
Manufacturer: NY: Longmans, Green & Co.,
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ASIN: B000LWKW3W

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The Art of Hunting Big Game
Jack O'Connor
Manufacturer: Outdoor Life
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000PRTOLE

Elmer Keith's Big Game Hunting. Illustrated with drawings by Bob Kuhn and the author and with many photographs.

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Elmer Keith's Big Game Hunting. Illustrated with drawings by Bob Kuhn and the author and with many photographs.
Elmer. KEITH
Manufacturer: Little, Brown,, Boston:
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ASIN: B000S6TT3U

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The long-awaited first retrospective of the Brazilian photographer Miguel Rio Branco.

The deep, succulent color of Miguel Rio Branco's images reflects the richness and complexities of contemporary Latin America; Rio Branco has received wide acclaim for his projects on boxers, Brazilian children, and Cuba. Through his mastery of layering with both color and light, Rio Branco reveals hidden and forbidden segments of his surroundings, illuminating the unspoken and the instinctual. By focusing on the textures of fur and feathers, the flesh of slaughtered animals, or languid human bodies, he captures the cultural layers around him and provides a provocative vision of Latin America.

Drawn from thirty years of work, these photographs display the talent for visual construction that Rio Branco utilized in his direction of more than twenty films. His remarkable conception of installation is a skill attributed to his formal training as a painter. The author, poet, and art commentator David Levi Strauss notes that "Rio Branco's colors seep out of their borders like bodily fluids, staining and contaminating everything around them. Bodies, bindings, wounds, and walls are wet with color. Even his mirrors bleed. Rio Branco's is an art of contamination, contagion, and corrosion, but also of resistance and transcendence."

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Awesome!!!.......2006-02-24

Shidima is one of the best Dreamwave comics i've ever read!!!Graet story, great art, a classic manga-like comic!A massive, amazing Trade Paperback!!

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Thomson Gale on April 7, 2006. The length of the article is 1180 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Los Marco Polo españoles: una exposición habla de las proezas de viajeros españoles a Oriente, como el descubrimiento de las Fuentes del Nilo siglos antes de las exploraciones británicas o la primera vuelta al mundo en sentido inverso al de Magallanes y Elcano.(exploradores españoles)(La aventura española en Oriente 1166-2006, exposición)
Author: Fátima Uríbarri
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 7, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Issue: 1096 Page: 65(4)

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Diario del Descubrimiento de las Fuentes del Nilo

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Diario del Descubrimiento de las Fuentes del Nilo
John Hanning Speke
Manufacturer: Espasa Calpe Mexicana, S.A.
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The Parent's Success Guide to Managing a Household (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))

Manufacturer: For Dummies
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The Parent's Success Guide to Organizing (For Dummies (Lifestyles Paperback))

ASIN: 0764559265

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The essentials of keeping your home running smoothly

Budgeting, housecleaning, repairs-with all there is to know about managing your home, what's a busy parent to do?

The Parent's Success Guide to Managing a Household tells you everything you need to know to get your home and your finances in tip-top shape. This convenient, portable guide helps you develop an easy-to-follow plan for managing your money and everyday household duties, featuring parent-friendly solutions for:

Determining your worth-and what your financial goals should be
Knowing when to stick to your budget and when to reduce your debt
Getting down and dirty with cleaning supplies
Taking the drudgery out of washing, drying, and ironing clothes
Making short work of basic home repairs
Keeping unwanted critters (and unsavory characters) off your property

Plus, in every Parent's Success Guide, you get Top Ten lists and timesaving tips!

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This study seeks to respond to this understandable, if provocative, query. The roots of Pamyat's ideology are traced to the Tsarist Black Hundreds in the early part of the 20th century, to certain aspects of later Stalinism and, most especially, to a virulent official Judeophobic propaganda campaign, masquerading as anti-Zionism, from 1967 to 1986.
If the antisemitic campaign was finally halted on a state level by Mikhail Gorbachev, the social ground has already been fertilized for a populist and chauvinist Pamyat movement, emerging in 1987, which could exploit the much freer atmosphere of glasnost to pursue a program of hate. The earlier ideological roots could now openly flourish. Zionism was to become Pamyat's primary target.
The nationalist and chauvinist forces remain vital elements in contemporary Russian society inevitably inviting a profound sense of concern among Jews and the civilized community in general. Documentation provided within this book will serve to reinforce that concern.

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Excellent introduction to Soviet antisemitism of the 1960s-1980s.......2006-11-19

Korey's study has to be singled out for its thoroughness, sharp focus, and use of a wide range of primary and secondary - mainly Israeli and other Jewish - sources. On the subject of official Soviet antisemitism in the 1960s-1980s, it is the most detailed and informative analysis published so far. Korey manages to put together, and relate to each other, data on all relevant aspects of post-Stalinist Soviet antisemitic policy including education, cultural matters, propaganda, and foreign relations. As Korey rightly points out, one of the greatest successes of the Brezhnev regime's thinly disguised antisemitic campaign was the infamous 1975 UN-Resolution on Zionism - `a form of racism and racial discrimination' - sponsored by the delegations of the USSR. Until its subsequent repudiation by the UN, this resolution played a major role in Soviet `anti-Zionism' in that it seemed to lend legitimacy to the abstruse theories of the `Zionologists`.

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Written by several respected experts in the field, Biomaterials in Orthopedics discusses bioabsorbable biomaterials for bone repair, nondegradable materials in orthopaedics and delivery systems. Topics in this text include biocompatibility and the biomaterial/tissue interface; self-reinforced bioabsorbable devices and guided regeneration; bone substitutes, including porous ceramics; and non-corrosive coatings for implants.

Biomechanics and Biomaterials in Orthopedics

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Biomechanics and Biomaterials in Orthopedics
K.-G. Thorngren
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ASIN: 1852334819

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Current clinical orthopedic practice requires practitioners to have extensive knowledge of a wide range of disciplines from molecular biology to bioengineering and from the application of new methods to the evaluation of outcome. The biomechanics of and biomaterials used in orthopedics have become increasingly important as the possibilities have increased to treat patients with foreign material introduced both as optimized osteosynthesis after trauma and as arthroplasties for joint diseases, sequelae of trauma or for tumor treatment. Furthermore, biomaterial substitutes are constantly being developed to replace missing tissue. Biomechanics and Biomaterials in Orthopedics provides an important update within this highly important field. Professor Dominique Poitout has collected a series of high-quality chapters by globally renowned researchers and clinicians. Under the auspices of the International Society of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology (SICOT) and International Society of Orthopaedic and Traumatology Research (SIROT), this book now provides permanent and specific access to the considerable international knowledge in the field of locomotor system trauma and disease treatment using the novel bioengineering solutions. This book covers both basic concepts concerning biomaterials and biomechanics as well as their clinical application and the experience from everyday practical use. This book will be of great value to specialists in orthopedics and traumatology, while also provide an important basis for graduate and postgraduate learning.

Advanced Bioimaging Technologies in Assessment of the Quality of Bone and Scaffold Materials: Techniques and Applications

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Advanced Bioimaging Technologies in Assessment of the Quality of Bone and Scaffold Materials: Techniques and Applications
Ling, Ed. Qin
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ASIN: 3540454543

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This book provides a perspective on the current status of bioimaging technologies developed to assess the quality of musculoskeletal tissue with an emphasis on bone and cartilage. It offers evaluations of scaffold biomaterials developed for enhancing the repair of musculoskeletal tissues. These bioimaging techniques include micro-CT, nano-CT, pQCT/QCT, MRI, and ultrasound, which provide not only 2-D and 3-D images of the related organs or tissues, but also quantifications of the relevant parameters. The advance bioimaging technologies developed for the above applications are also extended by incorporating imaging contrast-enhancement materials. Thus, this book will provide a unique platform for multidisciplinary collaborations in education and joint R&D among various professions, including biomedical engineering, biomaterials, and basic and clinical medicine.

Biomaterials Engineering and Devices: Human Applications, Volume 2: Orthopedic, Dental, and Bone Graft Applications

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Biomaterials Engineering and Devices: Human Applications, Volume 2: Orthopedic, Dental, and Bone Graft Applications
Donald L., Ed. Wise
Manufacturer: Humana Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0896038599

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Authoritative international experts comprehensively review many current state-of-the-art uses of polymers, metals, and ceramics in the human body. A veritable encyclopedia of valuable data and experience, this important new reference work is devoted to dental biomaterials, bony biomaterials for grafting applications, and orthopedic fixtures and cements. The discussion includes treatment of emerging materials and of the regulatory and technical forces that will shape their development. The first volume, Biomaterials Engineering and Devices: Human Applications, Volume 1 discusses the design and evaluation of biomaterials for vascular applications and biomaterials as carriers for bioactive agents. Extensively illustrated and richly referenced, Biomaterials Engineering and Devices: Human Applications, Volume 2: Orthopedic, Dental, and Bone Graft Applications integrates for today's bioengineering professionals all the basic science and engineering, as well as practical medical experience, needed to meet the ever-growing demand for new and better biomaterials.

Functional Behav Orthop Biomat (CRC Series in Structure-Property Relationships of Biomateria)

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Functional Behav Orthop Biomat (CRC Series in Structure-Property Relationships of Biomateria)
Ducheyne
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Functional Behavior of Orthopedic Biomaterials: Applications

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Functional Behavior of Orthopedic Biomaterials: Applications

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Imaging Techniques in Biomaterials: Digital Image Processing Applied to Orthopedic and Dental Implants

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Imaging Techniques in Biomaterials: Digital Image Processing Applied to Orthopedic and Dental Implants
Mario A. Barbosa
Manufacturer: Elsevier Science Pub Co
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Joint Replacement and Bone Resorption: Pathology, Biomaterials and Clinical Practice

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Joint Replacement and Bone Resorption: Pathology, Biomaterials and Clinical Practice

Manufacturer: Informa Healthcare
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ASIN: 0824729544

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This first guide devoted to this burgeoning topic, this authoritative reference presents the current understanding of the phenomenon of aseptic loosening of total joint replacements from the molecular and cellular mechanisms of periprosthetic bone loss to the clinical presentation and management strategies-reviewing the properties of ceramic, metal, and polymer materials used in the replacement of joints, as well as current research on bone remodeling, wear resistance, the long-term care of implants, and emerging developments in gene therapy and tissue engineering.

Medizintechnik Life Science Engineering: Interdisziplinarität, Biokompatibilität, Technologien, Implantate, Diagnostik, Werkstoffe, Business

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Medizintechnik Life Science Engineering: Interdisziplinarität, Biokompatibilität, Technologien, Implantate, Diagnostik, Werkstoffe, Business
Erich Wintermantel , and Suk-Woo Ha
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Das Standardwerk der Medizintechnik wurde in der vierten Auflage erheblich erweitert und vielfÃ¤ltig ergÃ¤nzt. Den Herz- und GefÃ¤ssimplantaten wird breiter Raum eingerÃ¤umt sowie der Kunststofftechnik, als Verfahrenstechnik der versatilsten Werkstoffgruppe des Life Science Engineerings. Grundlagen der Stammzellforschung und der Wundheilung treten hinzu. Bildgebende Verfahren, moderne Bildanalyse und Reinraumtechnik, die Endoskopie sowie Nieren- und Leberdialyse wurden ergÃ¤nzt. Komplett behandelt ist nun das Ohr mit HÃ¶rgerÃ¤tetechnik, Mittelohr- und Innenohrimplantaten (cochlear implants). Die Behandlung der Knochen wurde um Implantate der Knie-, Schulter- und Fingergelenke ergÃ¤nzt.

Auf Nachfrage zahlreicher Leser wurde zwei Kapitel der zweiten Auflage als historische Impulse und Anregung zur Diskussion unverÃ¤ndert Ã¼bernommen: Ã-kokompatible Werkstoffe und die Erweiterung auf die Ã-kokompatibilitÃ¤t. Diese Kapitel sollen eine BrÃ¼cke schlagen zwischen Medizintechnik, Umweltnaturwissenschaften und zur Verfahrenstechnik, wichtigen Pfeilern des Life Science Engineerings.

Medizintechnik mit biokompatiblen Werkstoffen und Verfahren

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Medizintechnik mit biokompatiblen Werkstoffen und Verfahren
Erich Wintermantel , and Suk-Woo Ha
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ASIN: 3540412611

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Dieses Lehrbuch Ã¼ber biovertrÃ¤gliche Implantate bietet einen grundlegenden und umfassenden Einstieg in das Gebiet. Es wendet sich vor allem an Studenten, Wissenschaftler und Ingenieure in Werkstoffkunde und biomedizinischer Technik, aber auch an Mediziner und Produktionstechniker. Der erste Teil befaÃŸt sich mit Definitionen, funktionalen Eigenschaften der Werkstoffe sowie KompatibilitÃ¤tstests. Im zweiten Teil werden die wichtigen biologischen Grundlagen, im dritten die Werkstofftechnik erarbeitet. Der vierte Teil schlieÃŸlich beschreibt die Entwicklung von verschiedenen Implantaten und die dabei gewonnenen Erfahrungen im klinischen Einsatz. FÃ¼r die 3. Auflage wurde der gesamte Text aktualisiert und einige Kapitel mit besonders dynamischen Themen deutlich erweitert.

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