30 St Mary Axe: A Tower for London

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Chapters cover nearly every stage in the design and building process

30 St Mary Axe: A Tower for London
Kenneth Powell
Manufacturer: Merrell
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
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General | Building Types & Styles | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
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ASIN: 1858943221

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The new office building designed by Foster and Partners for client Swiss Re at 30 St Mary Axe in London is already a well-established icon on the City skyline. Intelligently conceived, innovative in design and construction, and environmentally progressive, there can be few offices worldwide that have earned such affection from the public. This major new book tells the fascinating story of the genesis, development and public reception of one of the world's most radical buildings - winner of over ten major awards, including the prestigious Stirling Prize.

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Chapters cover nearly every stage in the design and building process.......2006-06-23

Since its completion in 2004, 30 St. Mary Axe, known to Londoners as 'The Gherkin', has become a landmark, sporting a curved form in the heart of London's financial center. But it's so much more: renowned designers built it in just thirty-three months, and incorporated design innovations still being remarked upon today. Author Kenneth Powell is a leading architecture critic and well versed on 30 St. Mary Axe: chapters cover nearly every stage in the design and building process. While this book will most likely reach art school holdings and collections strong in architectural analysis, it also will hold interest for any collection strong on London history and culture.

Diane C. Donovan
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Dogs (Learn to Draw)
David Brown
Manufacturer: Trafalgar Square Publishing
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0004133560

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Learn to Draw Dogs (Learn to Draw)
David Brown
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0004127897

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Learn to draw this puppy dog with John Gnagy
Jon Gnagy
Manufacturer: A. Brown & Bro
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Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Drawing | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B0007HZ2G8

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Learn to Draw Dogs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Drawing Success
David Brown
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O8W47A

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The 30 African photographers selected for this pioneering anthology challenge long-standing Western misconceptions about Africa. Created from the beginnings of the continent's struggles for independence to the postcolonial present, their diverse works include studio portraiture and architectural views from the 1940s and 1950s; photojournalism from Drum, the influential South African magazine that celebrated and critiqued life in the 1950s; scenes of the activities of cosmopolitan youth in the 1960s and 1970s; and contemporary art that addresses more personal concerns, from issues of identity and representation of the body, to formal studies exploring the symbolism of light and darkness. Okwui Enwezor's and Octavio Zaya's probing essays discuss photographic representation, Western perceptions of Africa and the changing self-images of Africans over this period of profound transformation. Olu Oguibe's text illuminates the nature and uses of the image in African history and traditions. Also included are artists' biographies and personal statements.

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Former World War I aviator Robert J. Hogan writes "Squadron Of Corpses," another thrilling adventure from the G-8 Battle Aces pulp series. This issue, originally from April 1934, also reprints two other featurettes. This is part of a series of classic pulp story reprints from High Adventure, which also feature original, period cover illustrations.

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Super Reader.......2007-08-26

Zombie nazis.

No point saying anything else. :)

Except.

Zombie nazis!

Bring a LOT of salt.

Ok, well you could say a couple of other things like Nippy is clever in how he deals with the voodoo priest, and the fact that Herr Doktor Krueger is bake to bedevil G-8 and his Battle Aces again, if you really wanted to, or that they sneak around a bit, and get some assistance from two other alpha-numeric agents.

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Bank Employee Retention Manual
Diana D. Neelman , and Inc. Compensation Resources
Manufacturer: Sheshunoff & Co
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1558273417

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Throughout the history of the United States, fluctuations in cultural diversity, immigration, and ethnic group status have been closely linked to shifts in the economy and labor market. Over three decades after the beginning of the civil rights movement, and in the midst of significant socioeconomic change at the end of this century, scholars search for new ways to describe the persistent roadblocks to upward mobility that women and people of color still encounter in the workforce. In "Glass Ceilings and Asian Americans", Deborah Woo analyzes current scholarship and controversies on the glass ceiling and labor market discrimination in conjunction with the specific labor histories of Asian American ethnic groups. She then presents unique, in-depth studies of two current sites-a high tech firm and higher education-to argue that a glass ceiling does in fact exist for Asian Americans, both according to quantifiable data and to Asian American workers' own perceptions of their workplace experiences. Woo's studies make an important contribution to understanding the increasingly complex and subtle interactions between ethnicity and organizational cultures in today's economic institutions and labor markets.

Asian Pacific Americans in the Workplace (Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific American Series)

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topical corporate culture guide on Asian Pacific Americans

Asian Pacific Americans in the Workplace (Critical Perspectives on Asian Pacific American Series)
Diana Ting Liu Wu
Manufacturer: AltaMira Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Labor Policy | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0761991212

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This collection of case studies incorporates many voices from the Asian Pacific American business community. Through numerous interviews, Diana Wu demonstrates the unique position of Asian Pacific Americans in the U.S. workforce. Based on educational/professional statistics this group is often dubbed the model minority. Whether you embrace this depiction or reject it as a stereotype, the fact remains that the Asian Pacific American workforce among us is a valuable asset. Examine personal accounts of discrimination in the workplace, sexual harassment, and familial relations. This book offers Asian Pacific Americans strategies to cope with these and other issues, and to achieve their greatest expectations

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topical corporate culture guide on Asian Pacific Americans.......1997-12-17

The book is available now. It helped me gain a better understanding of organizational systems and corporate culture from the Asian Pacific American viewpoint. The case studies were amusing and enjoyable, thus helping to guide me through the theoretical concepts that would of been other wise too overwhelming. The discussion questions and exercises were also very useful.

Asian Pacific Americans in the Workplace

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Asian Pacific Americans in the Workplace
Diana Ting Liu Wu
Manufacturer: Altamira
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Workplace | Organizational Behavior | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B000GRSENW

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This revised and updated edition of the bestselling, classic guide provides the necessary information about prescription and nonprescription drugs the public has come to rely on.

Includes:

Â€ Revised Information on New FDA Changes
Â€ Easy-to-Use Chart Format for Quick Access to Data
Â€ Guidelines to Avoid Dangerous Interactions
Â€ Information on Dangerous Side Effects
Â€ Warnings and Vital Data for Safe Use
Â€ Over 5,000 Brand Names and 700 Generic Names

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UNcomplete Guide to Prescription & Non prescription Drugs.......2003-05-23

...Readers and users of this book need to know that it is incomplete and not easy to follow. I take Coreg and it isn't even listed!! ...

Good reference book.......2003-04-20

This easy to use reference brings peace of mind when you're wondering if you can take certain meds with others, whether prescription or over the counter.

BEST Prescription & Nonprescription Book!.......2003-01-08

I have never bought another prescription book, that is so informative, as this one! I have ordered this book, 3 times in the past, and just received the NEW REVISED edition-2003. It tells you WHY the medication is prescribed, TIME it will take, before you get results. The common side effects, to the infrequent side effects. Cautions to be aware of, short & long term use, etc! If it weren't for this book, I never would have known, WHY my husband was so very sick- with a new sample medication! It actually SAVED his life! Even his Dr.'s couldn't believe how wonderful this book was- I brought it with me, to the hospital, to show his Dr.'s & the nurses, on WHY I felt this new medication was the culprit! And they AGREED with me, after reading it. Bought 4 books for gifts & just ordered 4 more!

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Wartime memories.......2000-02-26

Dale told me that keeping diaries during the war was strictly prohibited....so he reconstructed the air battles over Germany years later. As a bomb group leader, his descriptions of losing planes and their crews brings the incredible air war effort into vivid detail. As a commander who was responsible for sending men on dangerous missions, he had to have a steel resolve about the rightness of the war, his country and his God. This is a real narrative which includes insight into his troubled family life--an unwelcome by-product of fighting a war half a world away.

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Recorded history is a finely-woven magic fabric of intricate lies about events predating the sixteenth century. There is not a single piece of evidence that can be reliably and independently traced back earlier than the eleventh century. This book details events that are substantiated by hard facts and logic, and validated by new astronomical research and statistical analysis of ancient sources.

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Calculations are only as good as your numbers.......2007-08-03

Yes, we can all agree that mainstream history is nearly 100% BS due to politics, economics, ego, problems with dating techniques, and various conspiracies. Agreed. But, I've been researching the distinct possibility that human history (in terms of civilizations) are much more ancient than we've been told, so coming across this book was very interesting to me. I wondered how Fomenko could be wrong (if at all) because he is very persuasive in his presentations. Then it dawned on me. If at previous times in prehistory, due to the various catastrophies that are well documented (comets, asteroids, planetary disruptions, plasma discharge, pole reversals, etc) the Earth was in a different position in relation to the sun, different tilt on its axis, different orbit, different rotation (in terms of velocity and DIRECTION), and the continents were in different positions, then would this not cause the ancients to see the sky (constellations) differently? In other words, is Fomenko making erronious assumptions about the physics of the Earth in pre-history, which then corrupt his data with regards to dating the relevant astrology? The last event to seriously disrupt our planet occured roughly 3500 years ago, according to other good researchers, so is it possible Fomenko has been confused by this? The vastly different physics of our planet in the not so distant past may explain this confusion, which is not to say the "mainstream" version of history is correct; on the contrary. I am not an expert in these fields, but wanted to see if this idea could spark discussion.

Pants on fire?.......2007-07-19

Will people ever read before spamming? Yes, Jesuits could not rewrite world history alone, they had help. Anyway, Dr Prof Acad A.Fomenko does not point to jesuits as the driving force of world wide history manipulation in published volumes 1,2,3;, actually he barely mentions the poor devils. Check it with 'Search inside' feature, please. China is rarely mentioned either, in fact, Dr Fomenko is completely eurocentric. Right, his theory contradicts all mainstream schools of history, because in their actual state they are all built on blatantly erroneus chronology. You don't need a mysterious cabal (conspiracy) to falsify history, the falsification is its modus operandi. It is inherent to history(ians) to falsify (distort) events, as it is inherent to humans to boast as it is inherent to power (authority) to legimize itself by referrring to glorious past made to its own order. Dr Prof Fomenko and team have identified scores of instances of such manipulation in Russian, European, etc.. history, and delivered valid statistical proof thereof. His own 'reconstruction' is completely another story. Forget c14 as a valid method of dating. W.Libby has initially discovered a brilliant method of INDEPENDENT dating. Too bad, c14 method has become a joke after a forced marrige with dendrochronology with consensual chronological scale inbuilt. Radiocarbon method can't stand blind tests, but is so very productive as a rubberstamp.

Accepted History & Chronology Must Be Changed. .......2007-04-09

There is no doubt that history as most know it is a sham, & institution's version of History both University & Church is fradulent & inaccurate. Everything was established with an agenda, The real "Dark Ages" are now when we have access to incredible amounts of information past authorities & more important 'common folk' didn't have but our institutions & educators are slow to evolve because of what has ignorantly & arrogantly been taught for too long. This is on many subjects not just Chronology.

For anyone to question "Why would a Mathematician have anything credible to say of History?" The answer is from Dr. Fomenko's preface in the book: "It would be worthwhile to remind the reader that in the XVI-XVII century Chronology was considered to be a subdivision of Mathematics." These volumes could possibly be some of the most important works to date & should be read by everyone with an interest in History, especially professors & educators who have a duty to the public. I have read both books & must say that 'Chronology 1' has some very eye opening & revolutionary information. Even if these volumes are part true the implications are profound & opens the doors to further investigations & questions which must be done. I speak several different lanquages & must say the logic Dr. Fomenko uses with "inflection" of words & words being read from left to right in one region & right to left in another then written backwards, the removal of vowels & get down to basics of words, or different cities & locations having the same name etc. is correct. Vowel usage has always been optional & varied, actually complicating linquistics & study. The first thing one has to understand is that words never had a fixed spelling in history like we do now, the spelling of words was mutable & regional, as well as names & titles of people were vast, varied & changed, NOTHING WAS FIXED or understood linear. Matters of Life & Death as well as financial profiteering yesterday & today were & are made with ignorant, illogical & conspiratorial views of history & reality, it's time people get closer to the Truth & society collectively grow up.

Very Interesting.......2007-03-07

It is a good proposal and I believe it will mature into something even better in the future. I think it deserves to be read.

History as Science Fiction.......2007-01-10

Anatoly Fomenko has written a very intriguing book, full of pictures, charts, and computer 'proof' of his thesis: backwards of AD900 we don't really know what happened or when. Between AD900 and AD1600 there is more certainty, but there is still a lot of fuzzy ground, and things don't get reliable until we get past the 1600's where the printing press made it very difficult for the perpetrators of this timeline manipulation to change anything that had been committed to print. The Dark Ages did not happen. Books were burned for a reason. One organization has doubled the actual length of its existence by expanding the real chronology. Read why.

I had always wondered why Christ died about AD33 and yet men waited until the 11th century to form the Knights Templar, the Cathars, etc and go after the Holy Land by force. Why the 1000 year gap? Turns out there wasn't more than a 10-12 year gap and he proves it using astronomy. This also implies that the planet is not as old as we have been told, and current Christian and other creationist scientists are already championing that idea without being aware of Fomenko's book. The two groups, creationist scientists and the Russian mathematical analysts corroborate each other. Fascinating.

Of course, all this flies in the face of what we have been told traditionally is the 'proper' chronology of western civilization, and most readers will experience 'cognitive dissonance' in reading this book. It means that our history going backwards from AD1600 becomes progressively more incorrect and unreliable until it cannot be trusted at all... in the space of 700-800 years.

Naturally, the curious, open-minded reader will want to know WHO did this, WHY, and did any of the events we think of as really ancient ever happen?
Dr. Fomenko is a respected scientist/mathematician at Moscow State University who has already answered these questions to the satisfaction of his initially skeptical colleagues. Most of them are now believers, a few still refuse to believe (the usual diehards), and of course the western press has ignored Fomenko's work -- for obvious reasons when you read the book. The ones who perpetrated this chronology ruse have a lot to answer for. They are still with us. That's why this book is a well-kept secret.

I gave the book a 4-star rating because I was unable to check out some of his claims; those I checked were as he said. But if even 1/3 of his claims are true, this punches a big hole in what we think is our history, the meaning of western civilization, our educational process (for repeating the ruse as gospel), and the trustworthiness of the organization that perpetrated this ruse, well-intentioned or not.

This book relates to current research into a Young Earth paradigm, to John Keel's discoveries about our planet, and Fr Malachi Martin's insights (in his now out-of-print books). We are indeed sheep who are manipulated and kept ignorant -- for a reason. While knowing what these men have to say may be the "booby prize" (as in: 'what can you do with this knowledge?'), it will provide interesting reading. Didn't someone say: "...and the Truth will set you free."?? For you to judge if this book contains the truth.

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The Royal Image and the English People
Nicola Smith
Manufacturer: Ashgate Publishing
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Binding: Hardcover

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A wonderful keepsake reader's edition of a classic collection of wildlife observations

Early 1800s Description!

The Audubon Reader (Everyman's Library)
John James Audubon
Manufacturer: Everyman's Library
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1400043697
Release Date: 2006-04-11

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(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)

This unprecedented anthology of John James Audubon’s lively and colorful writings about the American wilderness reintroduces the great artist and ornithologist as an exceptional American writer, a predecessor to Thoreau, Emerson, and Melville.

Audubon’s award-winning biographer, Richard Rhodes, has gathered excerpts from his journals, letters, and published works, and has organized them to appeal to general readers. Rhodes’s unobtrusive commentary frames a wide range of selections, including Audubon’s vivid “bird biographies,” correspondence with his devoted wife, Lucy, journal accounts of dramatic river journeys and hunting trips with the Shawnee and Osage Indians, and a generous sampling of brief narrative episodes that have long been out of print—engaging stories of pioneer life such as "The Great Pine Swamp," “The Earthquake,” and “Kentucky Barbecue on the Fourth of July.” Full-color reproductions of sixteen of Audubon’s stunning watercolor illustrations accompany the text.

The Audubon Reader allows us to experience Audubon’s distinctive voice directly and provides a window into his electrifying encounter with early America: with its wildlife and birds, its people, and its primordial wilderness.

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A wonderful keepsake reader's edition of a classic collection of wildlife observations.......2006-06-26

Richard Rhodes is the author of more than twenty works of history and fiction, winning many awards: his biography of John James Audubon appeared in 2004 and this companion reader is a wonderful survey of Audubon's own colorful writings about the American wilderness. Rhodes edits and gathers the best of Audubon's own voice, providing an anthology spiced with full-color reproductions of sixteen of his watercolors. The result is a wonderful keepsake reader's edition of a classic collection of wildlife observations.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

Early 1800s Description!.......2006-05-20

Having just read the first chapters, I can say that the writings of Audubon are perfect for a 5th Generation, or so, American to read. I'm interested in my Genealogy, and Audubon, because of his walking trips, clearly tells me what life and the natural world were like then. The book had a special glow, when I lifted it off of the library shelf. Audubon, with all of his talent and intelligence, also needed to make a living with respect to what the federal government was doing at the time which made it harder; i.e. Louisiana Purchase pay-off of debt to Spain. My ancestors came between 1800 and 1850 to Ohio.

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Alligators an Audubon Reader
Ada Graham
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ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0440003903

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Alligators: An Audubon Reader
Ada and Frank; Tyler, D. D. Graham
Manufacturer: Delacorte Press
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Audubon Reader

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Audubon Reader : The Best Writings of John James Audubon

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Audubon Reader : The Best Writings of John James Audubon
Scott R. Sanders John James Audubon
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AN AUDUBON READER. ALLIGATORS.
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A. & F. Graham
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Audubon Reader: The Best Writings of John James Audubon
John James Audubon
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Bears in the wild (An Audubon reader ; 6)

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