AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C.

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The fourth edition of the venerable AIA guide to Washington's architecture offers tourists, residents, and architecture aficionados insights into nearly 400 of the city's most important architectural landmarks, organized into 19 discrete tours. All entries carried over from the previous edition, published in 1994, have been thoroughly rewritten, and scores of entries have been added. This edition includes notable new structures such as the National Museum of the American Indian, as well as the classics that epitomize the city -- the White House, the Capitol, Union Station -- plus a number of private structures that are sometimes overlooked, including houses designed by Walter Gropius and Richard Neutra.

G. Martin Moeller Jr. blends informed, concise descriptions with lively commentary on each landmark, revealing often surprising details of the building's history and design. Every entry is accompanied by a photograph and includes the structure's location, the names of the architects and designers responsible for the building and any major alterations, and the corresponding dates of completion. Each entry is keyed to a new, easy-to-read map at the beginning of the tour.

From the imposing monuments of Capitol Hill and the Mall to the pastoral suburban enclaves of Foxhall and Cleveland Park, and from small memorials to vast commercial and institutional complexes, this guide shows us a Washington that is at once excitingly fresh and comfortably familiar.

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Great guide to Washington for anyone.......2007-07-03

A confession: I'm not a big architecture afficionado and had never heard of the AIA or its guides before my in-laws gave me this book, but I do live in Washington and am always looking for new sources of info about the city. This is a great overall guide to DC, and I'd highly recommend it to anyone ranging from locals to tourists.

Why? This book is great for three main reasons.

First, it's a great source of history about the big picture of DC and its most prominent areas as well as the nooks and crannies of the city. At the same time, that history isn't presented in an overwhelming way that makes the reader feel as if s/he is preparing for a high school history test. And even the minutiae that it contains are really pretty interesting, partly due to the high quality of the writing (more on this below.)

Second, it does a great job of organizing the city and guiding the reader through the different areas. All guide books break down the city into areas to some extent, but I often wonder if the writers have actually spent much time in DC. One can always quibble about where certain neighborhoods begin and end, but this book is far better than most and gives a good feel for what the actual areas are really like and how they got that way.

Finally, it's a great source of architectural info about tons of buildings throughout the city. Although I live here, it turns out that I've often walked past many notable buildings without a second glance. Now, not all of these buildings are notable for their strengths (which is one of the fun features of the book - it includes some dogs along with the highlights), but what I've found having read through much of this book is that I now notice some of the more subtle features of the buildings that the book points out.

Best of all, the book is eminently readable, so much so that I have actually used it as bedtime reading to get some entertaining history and insight into my neighborhood - what other guidebook have you done that with? And many of the descriptions are really fun (e.g. the Kennedy Center is what would happen if a "Las Vegas developer were to open a casino under the theme of 'Palace of the Soviets'" since it exhibits a "hefty dose of Stalinist bombast") or at least interesting (e.g. the Eccles Building of the Federal Reserve is "uncomfortably reminiscent of the...work of Albert Speer.")

Now, the book isn't an ideal guidebook since it naturally doesn't include (many) hotels, restaurants or detailed descriptions of the contents of, for example, the National Gallery. But for the first, you only need one rather than a long list, so find it online and skip the rest (assuming you're a tourist since locals don't need that info at all - unless you need someplace to put up your in-laws.) For the second, use Fodor's CityGuide Washington. The last is best available at a place like the National Gallery itself.

Get the Fodor's CityGuide and this book, and you've got a ton of things to explore whether you live here or are just visiting. For visitors, that combination would be more interesting, informative and entertaining than almost any other guidebook on the market for DC (and this book would be great reading if you've got a long trip to DC from, for example, the west coast or Europe.)

What a difference!.......2007-01-26

This guide is a tremendous improvement. The attention to detail is impressive, the guide is timely and VERY informative. I particularly liked the images with each entry. A basic concept and a welcome addition to this edition.

This guide is a must for MD/DC/VA natives, particularly to share with visitors so they can customize their own walking tours.

CAPITOL ARCHITECTURE.......2006-11-21

I have the previous guide, which was good, but not as good as many of these AIA guides, but alas this one is a real improvement. The images are better and the guide itself is of better quality, frankly Washington should have a great AIA guide, the city of full of intesting buildings. This guide is still not up there with the AIA guide to Houston or the one for Detroit, but it's better and i do recommend it if you have any interest in the architecture of the nations capitol.

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Washington by Design

AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D.C.
Christopher Weeks
Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press
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Washington by Design.......2005-08-25

This is a wonderful book that highlights all the most important buildings in the District. It gives a short synopsis on each buiding highlighted, some like the Capitol and the White House getting a bit more coverage. It was quite comprehensive, and the buildings covered came with pictures. It is not up to the level of the AIA Guide to Detriot or New York, but it is a nice guide none the less. I definitly recommend it to anyone interested in the architecture of the District.

The AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D. C.

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The AIA Guide to the Architecture of Washington, D. C.
Christopher Weeks
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Winnipeg School of Art
Marilyn Baker
Manufacturer: University of Manitoba Press
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High school takes unfamiliar road to LondonTown; Nelson McIntyre students, staff producing an original musical.(Arts - Articles): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press
Gale Reference Team
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000O1OAME
Release Date: 2007-03-06

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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on March 6, 2007. The length of the article is 790 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: High school takes unfamiliar road to LondonTown; Nelson McIntyre students, staff producing an original musical.(Arts - Articles)
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Schools staging Urinetown encounter wee little problem.(Arts - Articles): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press

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Schools staging Urinetown encounter wee little problem.(Arts - Articles): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press
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Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000NA6L1O
Release Date: 2007-02-06

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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on February 6, 2007. The length of the article is 809 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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Winfrey helps open second South African school.(Arts - Articles): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press

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Winfrey helps open second South African school.(Arts - Articles): An article from: Winnipeg Free Press
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This digital document is an article from Winnipeg Free Press, published by Thomson Gale on March 17, 2007. The length of the article is 556 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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Editorial, press and PR photographers need to be able to take a range of interesting and informative photographs - from celebrity portraits to magazine covers, news events, promotional pictures and fashion assignments. Success in these areas requires not just individual flair and skill, but an ability to market those talents in order to win space in publications. Based on the author's own experience of undertaking assignments for national and local newpapers, trade magazines, PR clients and book publishers - this book is a practical guide to the art of 'being professional'.

The book is packed with hints, tips and first-hand advice on the day-to-day running of a business, the equipment you need and how to organise your finances - all the things that professionals might wish they had known when they first started out. Advice on the best way to present your portfolio and how to deal with clients and work to a brief is also given.

Sections on practical technique show the best way to approach a variety of assignments, with suggestions for good composition, what equipment to use and how to get the best results. The examples range from location work, to press assignments, pack-shots, cover pictures, portraits, events and picture stories. The reader is then taken into the studio and shown the principles of lighting and how to control exposure with greater precision than is normally possible in the field.

Practical information for the aspiring professional on how to get the best results on different assignments
Must-have tips on running a business to you can see the full picture
Learn from seven photographers how they got started: Paul Stewart, Ken Lennox, Tom Stoddart, Roger Bamaber, Jim Marks, Chris Bennett and Rod Ashford so you can too!

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Read this before you start (I mean it!).......2001-01-05

This book should be required reading for anyone considering making a living in press, editorial, and PR photography in the United Kingdom or elsewhere. It sould be required reading for anybody considering to consider this profession, and any aspiring photographer could do worse than reading this book.

It is, essentially, an unsentimental guide to becoing a profesional photographer. It is unsentimental in the best sense of the word: it tells it like it is. "A staff position ... is no longer a job for life". So there: You'll need a variety of skills to make ends meet. He laments students who wants to take Tom Stoddart-esque picture stories but are only prepared to give photography a year or two, to see how it goes. In his realistic and unsetimental way he points out that you need commitment: "Tom Stoddart didn't start out covering ... life in Albania but, rather, was one of the pack who snapped Lady Diana Spencer..." True, even if many would rather hear differently.

This is above all a practical book with tips on everything from how to get a job to how to invoice your clients. It is lavishly illustrated with Tarrant's images from real assignments.

The final section describes the careers of a handful of famous photographers (Rod Ashford, Roger Bamber, Chris Bennet, Ken Lennox, Jim Marks, Paul Stewart, and Tom Stoddart): how did they start? how did they develop their careers? This section alone is worth the purchase price -- a true gem!

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Federal Reserve's First Monetary Policy Report for 2002: Hearing Before the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, U.S. Senate

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Relations between organized labor and environmental groups are typically characterized as adversarial, most often because of the specter of job loss invoked by industries facing environmental regulation. But, as Brian Obach shows, the two largest and most powerful social movements in the United States actually share a great deal of common ground. Unions and environmentalists have worked together on a number of issues, including workplace health and safety, environmental restoration, and globalization (as in the surprising solidarity of "Teamsters and Turtles" in the anti-WTO demonstrations in Seattle).

Labor and the Environmental Movement examines why, when, and how labor unions and environmental organizations either cooperate or come into conflict. By exploring the interorganizational dynamics that are crucial to cooperative efforts and presenting detailed studies of labor-environmental group coalition building from around the country (examining in detail examples from Maine, New Jersey, New York, Washington, and Wisconsin), the author provides insight into how these movements can be brought together to promote a just and sustainable society.

Obach gives a brief history of relations between organized labor and environmental groups in the United States, explores how organizational learning can increase organizations' ability to work with others, and examines the crucial role played by "coalition brokers" who maintain links to both movements. He challenges research that attempts to explain intermovement conflict on the basis of cultural distinctions between blue-collar workers and middle-class environmentalists, providing evidence of legal and structural constraints that better explain the organizational differences class-culture and new-social-movement theorists identify. The final chapter includes a model of the crucial determinants of cooperation and conflict that can serve as the basis for further study of intermovement relations.

Labor and the Environmental Movement - The Quest for Common Ground

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Labor and the Environmental Movement - The Quest for Common Ground
BK Obach
Manufacturer: The MIT Press
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ASIN: B000OR430C

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Apply full throttle, release the brakes, and roar off the carrier deck strapped behind the controls of the U.S. Navy's finest fighters of World War II. Rare original colour photos from the era and a historically exacting text depict these legendary aircraft and their squadrons. Included are a naval air battle history and a listing of today's surviving warbirds.

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Good small book.......2004-05-10

For a book of its size, this was very good. The pictures are excellent and the stories of the fighters themselves were just as good. Recommended for anyone interested in U.S. Naval aviation in the Second World War.

Outstanding look at the Navy fighter stars of World War II.......1998-08-26

The book presents a concise view of the navy's fighter force in the Second World War, with some of the best photos of the planes involved that I've seen. Mr Tillman's vast knowledge of naval history and Mr. Lawson's most comprehensive photo collection make this a must for those readers with a thirst for accurate presentation. The only criticism I can offer is that I wish it had been longer, with more photos and personal accounts of some of the participants in that great conflict. But, that is covered in other Tillman works about Naval aviation. All in all, a fine read and welcome addition to a growing collection of Mr. Tillman's fine offerings. It is especially fitting, I believe, that it is dedicated to the memory of Jeff Ethell.

(WWII Naval) MCCAMPBELL'S HEROES; THE STORY OF THE U.S. NAVY'S MOST CELEBRATED CARRIER FIGHTERS OF THE PACIFIC WAR

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(WWII Naval) MCCAMPBELL'S HEROES; THE STORY OF THE U.S. NAVY'S MOST CELEBRATED CARRIER FIGHTERS OF THE PACIFIC WAR
Edwin P.; introduction by Captain David McCampbell Hoyt
Manufacturer: Van Nostrand
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U.S. Navy aces (WWII fact sheet)
Peter B Mersky
Manufacturer: Navy & Marine Corps WWII Commemorative Committee, Navy Office of Information
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History for the non-linear thinker

Heritage of World Civilizations, Teaching and Learning Classroom Edition, The, Vol 2 (3rd Edition)
Albert M Craig , William A Graham , Donald Kagan , Steven Ozment , and Frank M. Turner
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Volume II: Since 1500

Message: This highly visual, brief text provides and engaging overview of human civilization. The Teaching & Learning Classroom edition of the highly successful Heritage of World Civilizations, Seventh Edition, provides your students with the most help available in reading, thinking about, and applying the material they learn in the text and in the classroom. A series of pedagogical aids, and in-text and additional study resources (as well as complete instructor presentational and assessment support), both make this text the perfect choice for those looking to make history come alive for their students.

Story: Written by leading historians, this is the book that will change the way you feel about history. Prentice Hall developed this text to bring history to your students with more visual appeal than ever. This is the book that they will want to read because it is interesting. They will think about what you’re reading because it has relevance to their life. With this book and the multimedia tools we crafted to accompany it, your students will truly experience history’s dramatic trials and passionate triumphs in a way that adds meaning to their own life. And they will score better on tests because preparation will be easier and less time–consuming than they ever dreamed possible.

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History for the non-linear thinker.......2007-02-08

I had to deal with these same authors for my previous World History Class, which was on campus. If it were not for attending lecture, I would have been ill-prepared for understanding History. This semester, with Vol.2, which is online, I am really struggling. The flip-flop sequencing of the history, with no connections to other civilizations or their time-frame. It is piecemealed together and is one of the worst history books I have been a part of.

Some of its better qualities are the snipets from historical data, most of which is tied to a small but important insight into a specific letter or event.

If you must purchase the text for a class, be prepared to take detailed notes from your lecture, as an instructor is needed to tie together all the loose ends.

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Through superbly painted color plates and carefully rendered pencil sketches, an appreciation of North America's waterfowl for the bird lover, the hunter, and the art lover

A painter and world-renowned sailor, Robin Hill was born in Brisbane, Australia, in 1932 and now lives in the United States. He maintains studios in Virginia and Washington, D.C., and has exhibited work with the Corcoran Gallery and through traveling exhibitions with the Smithsonian. Foundation professor of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Nebraska, Paul A. Johnsgard has long been considered one of the world's leading authorities on ornithology.

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Waterfowl is a gorgeous, oversized art book........1998-01-11

Waterfowl of North America is a gorgeous, oversized art book of 133 pages -- 51 of those pages are full-sized plates of Robin Hill's paintings on ducks, geese, and swan in natural settings. It is printed on a matte paperstock with a nice amount of substance. (Suitable for framing!) The book also includes field sketches of waterfowl. The book is beautiful but also is considered to be accurate and a joy for scienticfic minds, as well.

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