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The second half of the 20th Century witnessed an outburst of theories and manifestoes that explored the possibilities of architecture: it's language, evolution and social relevance. The many 'crises in architecture' and emerging urban and ecological problems questioned the current orthodoxy: Modernism was criticised, questioned and overthrown, only to be extended, subverted and revivified. The result was a cascade of new theories, justifications and recipes for building. This anthology, first edited in 1997, brought together a coherent collection of texts that tracked these important shifts from all the major architectural thinkers and practitioners.
In this new edition of the book, over twenty additional extracts are published that present an entirely new axis for architectural thinking. Whereas much of the 20th-Century thought was dominated by the 'perceived crisis' in Modernity, 'the new paradigm' or 'complexity paradigm' has been excited by the possibilities of Emergence in the Science of Complexity and Chaos theory. The reach of complexity is expressed through the primacy of Benoit Mandelbrot's theories on geometry, with an extract from his manifesto on fractals; and furthered through an outline of Emergence by Steven Johnson. It is also handled through texts that focus on the diagram and are demonstrated in its more applied form through passages dealing with the global city and culture.
Essential for the student and practitioner alike, Theories and Manifestoes since its first edition has established itself as the touchstone book for architectural thought. It features seminal texts by Reyner Banham, Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Colin Rowe and Robert Venturi. This is now ejected with greater currency with extracts from: Cecil Balmond, Foreign Office Architects, Daniel Libeskind, MVRDV, Lars Spuybroek, UN Studio and West 8.
Customer Reviews:
Theories and Manifestoes of Contemporary Architecture.......2007-05-09
good collection of essays and ideas about the meaning of Architecture through different authors along the 20th century. It's not a dictionary nor gives the whole understanding of the overlaping of styles, but shows condensed points of view about various topics.
important writings at a glance.......1999-03-19
This little green book is like an encylopedia of contemporary famous architects' writings and is a good source for students or layman with not much architectural theory background.
surpermarket effect.......1998-10-07
This collection of texts by Mr. Jencks and Mr. Kropf is a post-modern peace of work: joining different ideas as they were equivalent. At the same time it looks like a way to inform about the theories and manifestoes, in fact, it is a redutive and destructive thing because the peaces of writing dont show the real ideas of the architects. The book gives the same importance to entire complex books, short comments about buildings, magazine inteviews, etc. They are not equivalent, people should be more respectfull with the work of the other ones, mainly when their work is to teach and to help understanding.
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Mexican Murals in Times of Crisis
Bruce Campbell
Manufacturer: University of Arizona Press
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ASIN: 0816522391 |
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Traces the ongoing contributions of mural arts to public life in Mexico to show how postrevolutionary murals have been overshadowed both by the Mexican School and by the exclusionary nature of official public arts. By documenting a range of mural practices--from fixed-site murals to banner murals to graffiti--Campbell evaluates the ways in which the practical and aesthetic components of revolutionary Mexican muralism have been appropriated and redeployed within the context of Mexico's ongoing economic and political crisis. Four dozen photographs illustrate the text.
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For more than a century, National Geographic's writers and photographers have crisscrossed the world, visiting and revisiting the most interesting, dramatic, extraordinary corners of our planet. And month after month enthralled readers and armchair travelers have accompanied them, going places they could never go and meeting people they would never otherwise encounter.
With pictures ranging from familiar American landscapes to exotic foreign scenes, the National Geographic archive is a treasure trove of images and observations -- and this book invites you to explore its wonderful diversity on a journey through time and across the Earth.
Photographs: Then and Now is playful...surprising...downright dazzling. In its provocative pairings of photographs -- one from years past and one from the present -- it offers a wonderful, wide-ranging array of reflections: the world as it was, and as it is today.
Gaze upon New York's Flatiron Building, a marvel of modern architecture circa 1917 -- and see it again in 1989, now dwarfed in scale by Manhattan's towers but still wonderful in its angularity. Here are Australian Aborigines in ancient ceremonial dress and their modern counterpart in jean jacket and cowboy hat. Along with the arresting images that record each far-flung region of the globe, you'll find an essay by a writer who knows the area well and captures its unique character with entertaining eloquence.
Panoramic and perceptive, the kind of book that only National Geographic could create, Photographs: Then and Now is a stunning celebration of our ever-changing, always fascinating world.
Customer Reviews:
Wonderful.......2001-03-30
The quality of prints is wonderful, the photografs are amazing. I have a lot of national Geographics' books and this is one of the best.
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Fotografias Ayer Y Hoy/photographs, Then And Now (National Geographic)
National Geographic
Manufacturer: Alfaguara
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ASIN: 8482981285 |
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Durante más de un siglo, los redactores y fotógrafos de National Geographic han visitado los rincones más interesantes, dramáticos y extraordinarios de nuestro planeta y, con ellos, mes a mes, los lectores les han acompañado en esa aventura. Esta obra amena y deslumbrante invita a explorar la maravillosa diversidad de paisajes y escenas de todo el mundo a través de fotografías del pasado y del presente. Junto a las cautivadoras imágenes que muestran cada remota región del globo, hallará un documento escrito por un redactor que conoce bien la zona y que ha sabido captar, con amenidad y elocuencia, su carácter singular.
Panorámica y perspectiva son características de una obra que sólo National Geographic podía crear. "Fotografías: Ayer y Hoy" es una extraordinaria celebración de un mundo, el nuestro, tan cambiante como cautivador.
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TAKING CHARGE SNOOPY (Snoopy)
Charles M. Schulz
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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ASIN: 0449210456
Release Date: 1985-09-12 |
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Smart Equipos. Lo Fundamental y Lo Mas Efectivo
Annemarie Caracciolo
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Companies
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ASIN: 9584102583 |
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Principles and Practices of New Jersey Real Estate, by Frank W. Kovats, is a must addition to the library of every real estate professional in New Jersey. concise, throughly organized, and highly readable, it is designed to answer every real estate question with a minimum of time and effort.
Book Description
Betrayal of Sacred Trust gives specific illustrations on the incidence of adultery and how it impacts the lives of women who make the decision to remain with their unfaithful husbands.
Barbara Stuart has led many workshops with women who live with their unfaithful husbands, and it was from those sessions that the study was carried out, and later the birth of Betrayal of Sacred Trust, which covers the following topics:
Family
Marriage
Infidelity
Divorce
Interpersonal Conflict
Betrayal of Sacred Trust also gives ideas for maintaining your marriage, dealing with marital interpersonal conflict, preparing for a new relationship, and life after divorce.
Customer Reviews:
Educated look at Infidelity.......2005-09-28
Dr. Barbara Y. Stuart is a Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor, Conflict Management Consultant, and a Minister of the Gospel. She lives in Georgia with her son, Stephen. Betrayal of Sacred Trust was inspired after Stuart engaged in a doctoral study on women living with their unfaithful husbands. She states, "This is a contribution to the participants, whose voices need to be heard."
Counselors, pastors, friends, families, husbands and wives - anyone who comes into contact with marital infidelity issues will find answers and insights inside the pages of Betrayal. Without dramatization, but instead a studied approach to understanding the why's and how's behind adultery, Dr. Stuart explores this subject in depth.
Divided into four sections, The Structure of Marriage, Marital Unfaithfulness, Consequences of Infidelity and Interpersonal Conflict, the author delves into the issues surrounding a couple faced with betrayal. Through interviews with women who have chosen to remain with a husband who was the adulterer in these cases, Stuart answers questions such as:
* What is Jesus' view of infidelity?
* What are the reasons for infidelity?
* Why do men cheat?
* Why do women stay?
* Can infidelity also be a form of domestic violence?
* What are the consequences of infidelity, including spiritual, psychological, and emotional.
* If divorce is the result, what happens next?
With easy to understand prose and well-organized text that flows logically and naturally, Stuart provides the modern world with a tool that can change lives. Based in God's Word, the principles and problem-solving scenarios she suggests are doable and healing. Perhaps by understanding infidelity on a deeper level, we can then choose to defeat its infiltration into today's society of married couples.
Stuart has given us a manual into treating those who suffer from the sin of adultery and is clear that not all cases result in forgiveness and healing. Realistic in her conclusion, she recognizes that healing begins with the victim who must take the first step.
Both secular and Christian readers can benefit from reading Betrayal. If you are a victim of adultery, are an adulterer, know someone affected by adultery, or are in a position to counsel a person involved with adulterer, read this book. When you are finished, pass it on. Our world needs the kind of medicine Dr. Stuart dispenses through her dispenser filled with healing words.
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P-38 Lightning in World War II Color (Enthusiast Color Series)
Jeffery L. Ethell
Manufacturer: Motorbooks Intl
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ASIN: 0879388684 |
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P-38 lightning in World War II Color (Enthusiast Color Serie.......2000-05-26
This is an excellent picture book and a very nice introduction to research on the P-38. It features photos taken in color from production shots to training photos, to pictures taken at wartime bases of operation. Also presented are snapshots of pilots and ground crew members, showing a reality that is sometimes lost to black and white photography. Text is informative but not intrusive. I think this is a fine book, and well worth many re-visits. There is also a good B-17 Bomber book in this series, which shows that plane's evolution and increasing armament.
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Harm to Others: The Richmond Saga 1859
Tim Richmond
Manufacturer: iUniverse
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ASIN: 0595748511 |
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Harm Richmond is an ideal soldier, husband and father fighting to protect his family from the devastation of a dying way of life in ante-bellum Louisiana. He struggles to save his family and friends through the battles that decimates his world. From the citadel of Vicksburg south to Natchez and westward through the Red River Campaign, which became the greatest single victory for the dying southern nation of the Confederacy. He fights with Yankees and Renegade members of Quantrell's Raiders in a desperate attempt to survive.
Book Description
Like gardening, bird watching is a fast-growing regional hobby. Now, Cool Springs Press brings its proven method of successful state-specific gardening approach to bird watching guides. In collaboration with Bird Watcher's Digest, these bird watching guides provide accessible, credible advice.
The birds that frequent the backyards of North Carolina differ from the birds that frequent the backyards of Tennessee. In addition to unique descriptions, each bird profile includes a range map to identify each bird's North American distribution. One hundred birds are profiled, each with a color photograph, to ensure accurate identification. A seasonal section informs the reader of:
Migrating birds that can be seen during that season
The foods and plants that can attract those birds
Where to go to view year-round and migrating birds
Cool Springs Press's partner, Bird Watcher's Digest, has sold more than 4 million copies of their booklets on bird species, bird habitat, feeding, and other related topics.
This series of books from Cool Springs Press targets the beginning bird watchers for ten states.
Customer Reviews:
An Elementary Book, not a useful reference.......2007-08-09
I have recently moved to the mountains of North Carolina. So I was excited to see a book just for me. It is not too large and it has clear and lovely photos. It begins and ends with a lot of basic bird care, feeding housing, attracting, etc. and landscape information.
Alas, almost every time I turn to this book to identify a bird at my feeder or along a drive into town, that particular bird is not there. The birds that are included in this book are common to North Carolina, but there are so many more that are also common. Where are they?
I think there could have been less "padding" (such as, how to build a birdhouse) at the beginning and end of the book and more actual bird information to have made it a useful tool.
N. C. Bird Watching.......2007-06-12
North Carolina Bird Watching: A Year-Round Guide I was very pleased with this book. The pictures were very clear. They were a little smaller than I expected. But overall it was a great help in indentifying the species.
North Carolina Bird Watching: A Year-Round Guide.......2007-05-26
Beautiful pictures and very informative about the habits and sounds of the birds
Book Description
Like gardening, bird watching is a fast-growing regional hobby. Now, Cool Springs Press brings its proven method of successful state-specific gardening approach to bird watching guides. In collaboration with Bird Watcher's Digest, these bird watching guides provide accessible, credible advice.
The birds that frequent the backyards of South Carolina differ from the birds that frequent the backyards of Tennessee. In addition to unique descriptions, each bird profile includes a range map to identify each bird's North American distribution. One hundred birds are profiled, each with a color photograph, to ensure accurate identification. A seasonal section informs the reader of:
Migrating birds that can be seen during that season
The foods and plants that can attract those birds
Where to go to view year-round and migrating birds
Cool Springs Press's partner, Bird Watcher's Digest, has sold more than 4 million copies of their booklets on bird species, bird habitat, feeding, and other related topics.
This series of books from Cool Springs Press targets the beginning bird watchers for ten states.
Customer Reviews:
Occasional bird watcher.......2007-01-10
I'm not a die-hard bird watcher, but do feed them and enjoy them frequenting our property. Since moving to South Carolina, I have seen many that I am unfamiliar with, so this was the perfect book for me.
A nice book, but..........2007-01-01
I am originally from the UK and have always had a huge interest in birds, but I have yet to learn about the birds I see here in South Carolina.
This is the only bird book I have for South Carolina/the USA, so I cannot compare it to similar books, but I would say that it is a good book to have for identifying birds that you spot in your yard or wherever.
I really like this book because
- it has nice clear pictures
- it tells you what you can expect to spot in each season
- it shows you the silhouettes of hawks and vultures, so you can tell at a glance what they are, even though they seem to be miles above you
- it tells you the food preferences and housing preferences of birds, so that you can encourage your favourite birds to visit
- it tells you local places to go to spot birds
- it tells you which birds are likely to be attracted to bird boxes, bird baths, bird feeders etc
The only negative thing I have to say about this book is that, for me, it doesn't go into enough detail about the birds, specifically size details and bird calls.
Don't get me wrong, it is a very informative book, with lots of hints and tips and useful information, but you might find that you need another book to accompany it, if you want a little more detail about the individual birds.
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- Traditional Style Kitchens: Modern Designs Inspired By The Past
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- U.S. Landscape Ordinances: An Annotated Reference Handbook
- Uncommon Structures, Unconventional Builders
- Up from Zero: Politics, Architecture, and the Rebuilding of New York
- Visionary Clients for New Architecture
- Watercolour Landscapes in Detail
- Work/Life : Tod Williams Billie Tsien
- 124 Distinctive House Designs and Floor Plans, 1929
- 25 Tropical Houses in the Philippines
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