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Technological Architecture Petzinka Pink Architects
Thomas Pink Manufacturer: Birkhäuser Basel ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 3764303735 |
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Dieses Buch führt in eine Methodik des Entwerfens ein, bei der die Entwicklung und Integration des technologischen Fortschritts als kontinuierlicher Optimierungsprozess zwischen Gestaltung und Effizienz in der Architektur verstanden wird. Anhand von fünf prominenten Projekten, die in den letzten Jahren bei Petzinka Pink Architekten entstanden sind, werden technische Innovationen, planerische Zusammenhänge und übergreifende Entwicklungslinien systematisch dargestellt und kritisch reflektiert. Neben dem methodischen Zugang zu einer avancierten technologischen Architektur bietet dieses Buch also zugleich einen ersten umfassenden Einblick in das Werk eines der erfolgreichsten deutschen Architekturbüros, das durch außergewöhnliche Projekte wie die NRW-Landesvertretung in Berlin, die Parteizentrale der CDU in Berlin, das Düsseldorfer Stadttor und die Jahrhunderthalle in Bochum immer wieder Aufmerksamkeit erregt hat.
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Learning 3d Studio R4: A Tutorial Approach
Sham Tikoo , and David McLees Manufacturer: Goodheart Wilcox Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1566375002 |
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hmmmmm.......2000-07-31
all in all, not a very good shot a book dealing with a very complicated programme
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Outsize: Large Scale Graphic Design
Chris Foges Manufacturer: Rockport Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 2880467020 |
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Outsize graphics are now more than ever part of the environment. From the period adverts painted on the long-concealed sides of buildings to the latest in state- of-the-art high-tech digital building cladding, Outsize explores in detail the concept, design and application of large scale graphics. The book features the work of well-known designers around the world, and fully investigates the issues surrounding large scale graphic design, from exterior navigation and corporate identity to avoidable pitfalls such as visual pollution. On a practical note, it provides helpful design hints, ranging from what type sizes are visible at which distances to applying graphics on different substrates such as brick, glass or the body of a bus. There is also an explanation of the major techniques involved. Any designer working on graphics above desk-top size, from posters through interiors, buildings, exhibitions and vehicle liveries, will find Outsize an invaluable professional companion.Chris Foges, formerly editor of Graphics International magazine, is a London-based design writer and editor. He has written on design for a wide variety of publications in Europe and the US. This is his fourth book.
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America's Trade Follies: Turning Economic Leadership into Strategic Weakness
Bernard Gordon Manufacturer: Routledge ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0415253209 |
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Can America continue to be the powerhouse of the world economy during the era of globalization? America's Trade Follies controversially challenges the myths of the American trade deficit and the consequences of current US trade policy. Bernard K. Gordon argues that the global political economy is hardening into regional blocs, all of which are organized around a powerful economic base and suspicious of each other. This masterful analysis show that this division into regional blocs fundamentally threatens American prosperity by limiting US access to the world's richest and largest markets, and endangers US security by dividing the globe along economic and political lines. It is vital then that US trade policy recognizes that support for regional trade blocs is an act of political folly in a globalized economy.
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An excellent manifesto supporting true international trade.......2003-08-01
The advent of the EC, and the growing trade U.S. deficit has lead government officials to respond by developing a large trading block of its own to compete with the EC. This entails an expansion of NAFTA to eventually include all Central and South American countries.
The author states that such a U.S. trade policy is misguided on several counts, because:
First, the U.S. already accounts for over 40% of trade with the Americas. This share is far higher than either Japan or the EC share with the Americas. Thus, the U.S. has nothing to gain from spending much energy on expanding NAFTA; it already has achieved the end goal of being by far the dominant trading partner within this region.
Second, the trade volume with Central and South America is minuscule compared to U.S. trade with Asia.
Third, it is triggering a response in kind from both Japan and China who are now both working on developing and expanding a large and competing Asian trading block. The U.S. would loose a lot more market share of World Trade by this development (Asian trading block), than it would by expanding NAFTA. The author states that the impetus of developing an Asian trading block is a direct reaction to the U.S. effort in expanding NAFTA.
Instead, the author suggests that the U.S. trade policy should be redirected along the following lines:
First, the U.S. should abandon its pursuit of forming protectionist trading blocks.
Second, it should promote free trade by giving its full support to the current round of the World Trade Organization (WTO). This is a far better option to promote free trade then working on bilateral free trade agreements (FTA) that are really protectionist in nature towards all trading partners excluded from the FTAs.
Third, it should reduce or eliminate the tariffs it imposed on steel and textile. These domestic industries do not need to be protected anymore.
Fourth, the U.S. should reduce its volume of agricultural subsidies. By doing so, it will be in a position to pressure the EC, and specifically France, to reduce its own huge agricultural subsidies.
The author maintains that the U.S. misguided trade policy emanates from a misperception from the public and Congress regarding the U.S. trade performance. The perception is that U.S. is performing poorly in international trade as it incurs large trade deficits, and is getting routinely beaten by Japan, China, and the EC who routinely achieve large trade surpluses, especially with the U.S. This view is based on an outdated Mercantilist perspective that states that exports and trade surpluses are good and imports and trade deficits are bad. Nothing could be further from the truth. What really matters is the productivity of the labor force which is the engine behind a country's economic growth and rising living standard. Focusing on these more meaningful economic metrics (labor productivity, living standards, economic growth), the U.S. has beaten the socks out of its major trading partners, specifically Japan and the EC.
The author brings two other interesting points. The first one is that the U.S. share of World trade has remained remarkably steady at around 12% to 13% over the past century. This negates the perception that the U.S. performance in international trade is weaker now than it used to. It clearly is not. The other point is that the U.S. trade mix is almost evenly distributed between the EC, Asia, and North America (Canada and Mexico). In other words, the U.S. has the most diversified and optimal mix of trading partners. As mentioned above, its pursuit of expanding trading blocks with the Americas will cause the U.S. to be increasingly locked out of trades with the other two major regions (Asia and EC). This would cause a decline in the U.S. diversification of trading partners. This is clearly not a favorable development as demonstrated by the author.
In conclusion, this book is one of the most eloquent defense of true free trade. It can also be viewed as an equally eloquent attack on the formation of trading blocks including NAFTA, and the EC.
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America's Trade Follies: Turning Economic Leadership into Strategic Weakness.(Book Review): An article from: ASEAN Economic Bulletin
Michael G. Plummer Manufacturer: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008G6M94 Release Date: 2005-07-30 |
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This digital document is an article from ASEAN Economic Bulletin, published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) on December 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1102 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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Efficiency in the Public Sector: The Theory and Practice of Cost-Benefit Analysis
Manufacturer: Edward Elgar Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1852788127 |
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A Commercial Bank's Microfinance Program: The Case of Hatton National Bank in Sri Lanka (World Bank Discussion Paper)
Joselito S. Gallardo , Bikki K. Randhawa , and Orlando J. Sacay Manufacturer: World Bank ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0821340026 |
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Self Management and Goal Setting (Quick Skills)
Career Solutions Training Group Manufacturer: South-Western Educational Pub ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0538690224 |
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This guide targets basic fundamental skills that enhance the user's opportunity for career success. With a completion time of 8 + hours, Self-Management and Goal Setting will sharpen organizational, time management, and goal-setting skills.
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Servants of Globalization: Women, Migration, and Domestic Work
Rhacel Salazar Parrenas Manufacturer: Stanford University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0804739226 Release Date: 2001-03-29 |
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Great book from a great scholar..........2006-11-02
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In the Company of Men: A New Approach to Healing for Husbands, Fathers, and Friends
Marvin Allen Manufacturer: Random House ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Accessories:
ASIN: 0679422870 Release Date: 1993-06-01 |
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A Powerful Book on the Healing Power of Men.......2003-12-07
Writer/therapists often do not reveal much about themselves in the books they write. Not true for Marvin Allen. He goes out of his way to identify with male readers by openly relating his own internal struggles as a man, including stories about his own therapy experiences.
Men are different than women psychologically, and for the most part, respond best to therapeutic interventions that better meet their needs. Allen encourages the release of emotions in his therapeutic settings, not just talking about how his male clients feel. And most importantly, he is a strong proponent of group therapy. Allen believes that men heal best in the presence of other supportive men.
A newer edition of this book is entitled: "Angry Men, Passive Men." I personally preferred the original title. Either edition is well worth reading, however.
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NATO Armies 1949-87 (Elite)
Nigel Thomas Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0850458226 Release Date: 1988-02-25 |
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The defeat of Hitler on 8 May 1945 left Western Europe militarily vulnerable and economically exhausted. The Soviet Union, however, had since 1940 annexed 180,000 square miles of Eastern Europe, occupied a further 390,000 square miles, and now seemed poised to advance still further westwards with its six-million strong forces. The increasing Soviet threat brought forth demands for a permanent Western Military alliance, and on 4 April 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty was signed in Washington DC. This book explores the history, organization and uniforms of NATO armies - excluding the United States and Great Britain - as they were in the late 1980s.Customer Reviews:
Good Introductory work.......2002-07-03
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Experiencing the Twentieth Century
Nobutoshi Hagihara Manufacturer: University of Tokyo Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0860083748 |
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Experiencing the twentieth century
Manufacturer: University of Tokyo Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: 4130270222 |
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Experiencing twentieth century art: Fifty projects for students based on the concepts of the main experimental movements of this century
Bernice B Loughran Manufacturer: El Corral Bookstore, California Polytechnic State University Foundation ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006YTM3Q |
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The bird watcher in the Shetlands,: With some notes on seals--and digressions;
Edmund Selous Manufacturer: E.P. Dutton & Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00086VAS2 |
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Birds and Mammals of Shetland
Venables Manufacturer: Oliver and Boyd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000MOZS2Y |
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Birds and Mammals of Shetland. The first general zoological study made by naturalists resident in Shetland and is the result of eight years of observation at all seasons. A comprehensive study of British birds and mammals.
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The Birds of Shetland (Country Avifaunas)
Pete Ellis , Paul Harvey , Martin Heubeck , Dave Okill , Kevin Osborn , Mike Pennington , and Roger Riddington Manufacturer: Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0713660384 |
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The Birds Of Shetland: With Observations On Their Habits, Migration And Occasional Appearance
Henry L. Saxby Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0548342075 |
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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature.
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A Guide to Shetland's Breeding Birds
Bobby Tulloch Manufacturer: Shetland Times ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0900662816 |
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Outlaw of the air
Leslie Brown Manufacturer: Geoffrey Bles ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0008AMT8I |
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Shetland Bird Report 1986
Manufacturer: Shetland Bird Club ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000F8M0R8 |
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This book is 62 pages. Book consists of Recording of Birds in Shetland, Bird Ringing in Shetland, Shetland Skua Survery from 1985-1986. The Status Distrubution and Breeding of Shelducks in Shetland.
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Shetland sanctuary;: Birds on the Isle of Noss
Richard Perry Manufacturer: faber and faber ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007J22KA |
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Birds of Omen in Shetland (Philosophy in America)
Jessie Margaret Edmond Saxby Manufacturer: AMS Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0404600212 |
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Breeding production and success at kittiwake colonies in Shetland, 1986: A report to the Shetland Oil Terminal Environmental Advisory Group
Martin Heubeck Manufacturer: Shetland Oil Terminal Environmental Advisory Group ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007BU3I6 |
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