Expo On-line: Less Aesthetics, More Ethics

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We inhabit a society living at the speed of light, projected into the future. Information is accessible anywhere, regardless of space--knowledge, and, by extension, reality, has become free-floating. In the midst of all this, is it really possible for individual artists to successfully intervene and create change in the world? Expo On-Line answers this question with a resounding yes, suggesting that in the field of architecture and design there exists a collective mission to improve contemporary life, as well as justified hope for building and rebuilding our foundations as a world-culture. Extensively documenting the work of Expo On-Line's 74 participants, this publication also features a CD-ROM containing interviews with 40 architects including Greg Lynn, Zaha Hadid, MVRDV, Odile Decq, Dominique Perrault, Kas Osterhuis, Jean Nouvel, Massimiliano Fuksas, Arata Isozaki, among numerous others. The result is a book and accompanying CD-ROM that represent the best of the newest developments in architecture and design, reflecting the demands of the digital era.

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Less Aesthetics More Ethics
Doriana O Mandrelli
Manufacturer: La Biennale di Venezia
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books

Landscape | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 8820804204

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great combination of words and visuals

Less Aesthetics More Ethics

Manufacturer: Rizzoli
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books

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ASIN: 0847823474
Release Date: 2001-01-06

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The 7th International Architecture Exhibit proposes the works, projects, designs, and ideas of over ninety architects who answered the invitation of La Biennale to address the concerns of the city in the next millennium. Within this beautifully packaged slipcase lie two volumes: The Architects Invited and The National Pavilions.

A stunningly illustrated catalog of the 7th International Architecture Exhibit in Venice.

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great combination of words and visuals.......2003-02-08

I found this at the library and was pleasantly surprised at what a great find it was. It is visually up to date with graphics and understandable lay outs that are both informative and inspirational. The projects are appropriate for the subject however they are not indepth displays of examples but a multitude of thought provoking projects. A great book for the architect/critic/student seeking avant garde ideas and projects that leaves room for individual additions.

7th International Architecture Exhibition: Citta, less aesthetics more ethics : expo on line

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7th International Architecture Exhibition: Citta, less aesthetics more ethics : expo on line

Manufacturer: Biennale di Venezia
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding

General | Architecture | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 8831775790

Less Aesthetics More Ethics: 7th international Architecture Exhibition

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Less Aesthetics More Ethics: 7th international Architecture Exhibition
Anon.
Manufacturer: Rizzoli
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000IO5M8I

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Ilustrated guide, useful on art, mythology, Indian traditions

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High-Seas Adventures aims to bring to you not only the tang of salt air, but also romance, adventure, and all that goes with ships that go down to the sea. Do not assume that the only type of story in High-Seas Adventures will be of the old school type; that is, stories that go with the four-masted schooner. High-Seas Adventures aims to bring you sea stories of all age, past. present and future.

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An affordable, easily scannable one-day training guide designed for use in instructor-led training courses.

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A key theme in the West African trading system of the nineteenth century is the transition from the slave trade to "legitimate" commerce, and its significance for the African societies of the region. In this period of transition, trade in palm oil was at the core of relations between Britain and West Africa in the nineteenth century, and of immense importance to the economies of large parts of West Africa. Filling a major gap in the literature, Martin Lynn's authoritative study of the trade covers the whole of this critical period for all of West Africa.

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This book examines theories of firm-level human capital investment with respect to topics in labor demand, macroeconomics (especially connected to unemployment), and firm-union bargaining. It covers a wide range of related policy issues, including the worksharing versus layoff debate, wage-tenure profiles, taxation and the choice between pure wages and profit sharing compensation, and the role of specific investment in the Japanese firm versus the traditional (United States) neoclassical firm.

Fair territory: Preferences, bargaining and the endowment effect (Working paper)

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Fair territory: Preferences, bargaining and the endowment effect (Working paper)
H. L Carmichael
Manufacturer: University of Southern California Law School
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B0006S62S0

Human Capital, Employment and Bargaining

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Human Capital, Employment and Bargaining
Robert A./ Moutos, Thomas Hart
Manufacturer: Cambridge Univ Pr 1/6/1995
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N5YWIS

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Analizar e interpretar los dibujos de los niños es una experiencia fascinante. En sus dibujos, el subconsciente del niño se transparenta, permitiéndonos conocer y acceder a importantes aspectos de su vida y de sus relaciones que, de otra forma, permanecerían totalmente insospechados. En esta obra se presentan todos los elementos indispensables que nos permitirán descubrir de una forma fácil y amena lo que el niño trata de decirnos a través de sus dibujos. Libro esencial para padres, abuelos, educadores y todo aquel que tenga que relacionarse con niños.

This is a book for parents, grandparents and teachers. It will help them to understand what the child is trying to communicate through his drawings and to analyze its subconscious messages.

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Merrill, a poet and journalist, spent much of the past decade traveling through the Balkans; here, in a powerful and enigmatic account, he chronicles those travels. Taking the title for his book from a piece by Slovenia's best-known living poet, Tomaz salamun, he tells a story of the war-torn region through the lives of its literary and cultural communities.

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Deeply flawed and shallow.......2005-02-12

Serbia began both pre-World War One Balkan Wars? What?

I picked up this book on the recommendation of a friend who and only read Balkan ghosts and wo knew I had done my degree work on the early 20th century Balkans.

I can only say this book is profoundly flawed throughout from a factual standpoint. I almost thought it was a parody of a some kind of alien tourguide offering simply made up facts in order to showcase attempts at poetic prose.

If an writer wishes to experience the "rush" of war tourism or needs some venue to showcase their prose that is ok, but to distort and revise history in the process is problematic.

Insubstantial fluff.......2000-12-01

Generally I stopped reading books on the Balkans and the former Yugoslavia written by passersby (or perhaps a better word would be "passers-through") a few years ago because they are largely uninformative and self-serving. The only reason I picked this one up is because I met and briefly spoke with the author in Zagreb in late 1992. He made a very favorable impression on me; I found him quite intelligent and likable, and was therefore interested in his account of his trips to the Balkans. I wish I hadn't bothered. "Only the Nails" differs little from books written by various superficial journalists, writers, poets and other "truth-seekers." It follows the general framework established by Robert Kaplan's inane "Balkan Ghosts" and continued in various forms by Peter Maass, Janine DiGiovanni, Martin Bell and scores of others. To his credit, Merrill faithfully reproduces the many conversations he held with friends and acquaintances in Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, etc. and some of these are very interesting. However, this hardly makes up for the book's glaring shortcomings: from factual errors that riddle the entire book (e.g. the frequent misspelling of place-names, inaccurate dates or misplacing of events) to the author's forays into history which are often misleading (e.g. he says Serbia started both of the pre-WWI Balkans Wars, which is untrue; or Bulgaria only gained independence in 1908, again, not completely accurate). Much of this could have been corrected by less-indulgent editors and even the most perfunctory consultation of dictionaries, atlases, encyclopedias or the very sources cited in Merrill's bibliography - which he obviously read quite superficially. Also troubling was Merrill's tendency, at least in Croatia, to play the typical war tourist, getting some knowledgable locals to take him close to the frontlines so he could observe wartime destruction and its sorrowful victims (playing guide to ignorant and often obnoxious free-lance reporters and photographers is something in which I have quite a bit of experience). He even has the cheek to say he became "bored" with the (understandable) bitterness of his two Croatian guides, both of whom had first-hand experience of Croatia's bloody and now largely forgotten war in 1991. In fact, the motive for his frequent trips to Sarajevo go largely unexplained, except that the author at some level liked the rush of being in a city under siege (he indirectly admits this toward the end of the book). In the end, this book is just a mish-mash of the author's impressions, which offer little in the way of explaining anything, much less the underlying causes or motivations that led to the Third Balkan War.

Making Sense of History.......2000-07-05

Readers of Merrill's book will find it useful for making sense of the events in the former Yugoslavia -- a region with too much history for its own good. Anyone who questioned how neighbors could end up at opposite ends of a gun will find answers here. Merrill explores cultural history -- the stories and sentiments that bind a people despite the political borders -- as he seeks to answer for himself how such barbaric and senseless destruction could happen. This book offers insights rarely found in contemporary writings on the Balkans.

Ignore the Preceding Review - This Is A Noteworthy Book.......2000-06-20

The previous review, by someone who admits to not reading the book, should be wholly discounted. Although no current book on the Balkans can compete with Robert D. Kaplan's incomparable "Balkan Ghosts," Christopher Merrill eloquently describes the mood, psychology, and turmoil of the former Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. I only wish that the book were a bit heavier on the historical background. However, it is refreshing to read a more human account of the effects of post-modern progress than the usual detached historical rendering. Merrill's work is to be praised, an attitude which can only be adopted after actually reading the book.

Typical American War Tourist.......2000-06-07

I read only the chapter titled "Ljubljana I," and decided to skip Ljubljana II et cetera. I have lived for some time in Slovenia, and only a smug and ignorant American academic could describe Ljubljana in the manner this author does. It appears that he decided to travel to the "dark heart of the Balkans" to "confront the brutal realities of human life" and search for "the elusive truths" blahblahblahblahblah. If you want to understand the Balkans, skip this turkey of a book. For that matter, skip Rebecca West as well, the obvious template for this silly book, and go straight to Ivo Andric.

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This book provides a balanced and up-to-date analysis of Catholicism in Britain and France by leading experts on various aspects of the faith in the two hundred years since the French Revolution. By focusing on two countries whose religious establishment and experience were markedly different, and by adopting a comparative approach, the book is able to offer a fresh and unusual perspective on the challenges facing the Catholic Church in the modern world and on its impact not only on believers but also on the two societies as a whole.

Religion, Society and Politics in France Since 1789

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Religion, Society and Politics in France Since 1789

Manufacturer: Hambledon & London
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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General | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books

History | Religious Studies | Religion & Spirituality | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1852850574

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This book has been carefully planned to give a coherent account of the impact of religion in France over the last two hundred years. Most books in English dealing with the subject are now dated, and in any case concentrate on institutional questions of church-state relations rather than on the wider influence of religion throughout France. These essays summarise recent French research and provide a concise up-to-date introduction to the history of modern French Catholicism.

Catholicism in Britain and France since 1789

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Catholicism in Britain and France since 1789
Frank and Nicholas Atkin tallett
Manufacturer: London ; Rio Grande, Ohio : Hambledon Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000W007OM

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An excellent reference for the birder and nature lover.

Where to Find Birds in New York State: The Top 500 Sites (York State Book) (York State Book)
Susan Roney Drennan
Manufacturer: Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Ornithology | Zoology | Biological Sciences | Science | Subjects | Books
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North Carolina Atlas & Gazetteer (North Carolina Atlas and Gazetteer)

ASIN: 0815622503

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An excellent reference for the birder and nature lover........2003-02-28

This book describes many good birding sites in NY state, giving directions on how to get there and rates the sites with 1 to 4 stars for each season.

The book does have a couple of drawbacks however. Most significant is that there is no index to where to find a particular bird, somewhat of a drawback for a birding guide, but there is an index to the sites.

There is an appendix showing the status of a number of species of birds within regions of the state, but the appendix is not comprehensive for some reason, ie it does not list northern goshawk, but the text states that the goshawk nests in the Adirondack. The index states that the gray partridge nests in the Adirondack, but I was unable to find mention of that bird in the text.

These failings aside, the book has much to recommend it especially for someone not familiar with NY state but wanting to know where to go to look for the Adirondack specialities but it requires a good deal of study because of the lack of index.

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Where To Find Birds In New York State - The Top 500 Sites
Susan Roney Drennan
Manufacturer: Syracuse Univ. Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IWV32O

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Where to Find Birds in New York State: The Top 500 Sites
Susan Roney Drennan
Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KIVQEQ

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