Le Corbusier, Paris - Chandigarh

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Le Corbusier erscheint in dieser grundlegenden Darstellung in einem neuen Licht. Aus den faszinierend gezeichneten und klar beschriebenen Analysen seiner Entwürfe treten die geometrischen Strukturen hervor, die jedem einzelnen Bau seine charakteristische Ordnung verleihen. Die chronologische Darstellung setzt am Ende des Frühwerks ein und reicht bis zu den Ikonen der späten Jahre, der Kapelle von Ronchamp und dem Kloster La Tourette. Zwei Spannungspole bilden die Schwerpunkte: die experimentelle weiße Moderne um Paris, u.a. mit der Villa Savoye, und zum anderen die geradezu mystischen Monumentalbauten in Indien, vor allem die Arbeit am Regierungskomplex in Chandigarh. Illustriert mit zahlreichen unveröffentlichten Photographien, legt dieses Buch erstmals detailliert dar, mit welchen architektonischen Mitteln Le Corbusier zu »einem der seltenen Menschen« werden konnte, »denen es gelingt, ihre Schöpfungen mit einem universellen Ton zu begaben.« William Curtis

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The greatest science fiction adventure ever comes to roleplaying as it has never been seen before! Featuring the space station that changed the destiny of an entire galaxy, the Babylon RPG from Mongoose Publishing allows play to take on the role of characters from the award-winning TV series.

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The focus is on the application of soft computing to a new emerging discipline called financial engineering. Financial engineering can be seen as a field emerging out of an attempt to address the issues of concern in finance with the tools and perspectives of engineering, especially electrical and systems engineering. The ability to measure almost all financial variables in quantifiable terms, the strong emphasis on optimization, and the centrality of time dependency provide for a strong overlap of those disciplines. This all provides a synergistic effect, and makes it possible to more effectively and efficiently deal with a variety of problems related to broadly perceived financial analyses.

World Automation Congress - Advances in Robotics, Manufacturing, Automation, Control, Soft Computing, Multimedia, Image Processing, Medical Imaging and Financial Engineering June 11-16, 2000 Wailea, Maui, Hawaii CD-Rom

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World Automation Congress - Advances in Robotics, Manufacturing, Automation, Control, Soft Computing, Multimedia, Image Processing, Medical Imaging and Financial Engineering June 11-16, 2000 Wailea, Maui, Hawaii CD-Rom

Manufacturer: TSI Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: CD-ROM
ASIN: 188933510X

World Automation Congress Volume 4 Advances in Robotics, Manufacturing, Automation, Control, Soft Computing, Multimedia, Biomedicine, Image Processing and Financial Engineering June 28-July 1, 2004 Seville, Spain CD-Rom

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World Automation Congress Volume 4 Advances in Robotics, Manufacturing, Automation, Control, Soft Computing, Multimedia, Biomedicine, Image Processing and Financial Engineering June 28-July 1, 2004 Seville, Spain CD-Rom

Manufacturer: TSI Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: CD-ROM
ASIN: 1889335207

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Appropriate as a primary text for business communication and professional writing, Writers at Work presents key strategie for communicating in a variety of professional settings. The text highlights collaborative learning exercises, invention strategies for business writing, ethical desicion making and scenarios as writing models. The result is a unique applicatrion of cognitive learning theory to professional communication and represents the first social/cognitive rhetoric for business writing.

Writers at Work : Strategies for Communicating in Business and Professional Settings

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Writers at Work : Strategies for Communicating in Business and Professional Settings
Linda Flower
Manufacturer: Heinle
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJKWR8

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The basic skills of homekeeping once were at everyone's fingertips. But the days when a girl sat at her mother's knee and observed the proper way to sew on a button or a young boy learned how to shine his shoes are long gone. Today, we are more likely to pay someone else to perform these minor repairs, or worse, toss something away simply because we don't know how to mend or clean it.

Finishing Touches is a new series of small and stylish guides to the home arts. Easy to understand and clearly illustrated, each book offers complete instruction in the most essential techniques of each topic, beginning with a basic materials guide that details all the basic tools and products one should have on hand at all times.

Cleanliness is Next to... outlines thirteen basic cleaning techniques that will keep everything from leather brief-cases to silver jewelry looking brand new. Although a tough cleaning job does sometimes demand outside help, most tasks just call for a little know-how and elbow grease. This mini primer identifies the best products and methods for spot-cleaning suede, laundering down-filled duvets, preserving hardwood finishes, and ten other common cleaning challenges.

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Little known history.

Informative, equitable treatise on Blacks in the Confederacy

Forgotten Confederates: An Anthology About Black Southerners, Vol. 14

Manufacturer: Southern Heritage Press.
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Binding: Hardcover

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Black Southerners in Gray: Essays on Afro-Americans in Confederate Armies

ASIN: 1889332100

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This extraordinary study examines the role of African Americans who served within Southern armies. 34 photographs and illustrations, 193 pages.

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unique among the history books.......2002-01-23

I had no idea so many black soldiers fought for the South.Some were really body servants, others were quartermasters and cooks and others were flat out real soldiers. This is a piece of history that has been totally left out of the history books. This is the only book of it's kind that I know of so if you are a black or Civil War history buff you must add this one to your collection.

The Book The Racist Black Elite & White Liberals Fear.......1999-08-23

Mr. Barrow has written a most extraordinary book on some of the most noble, yet sadly forgotten, defenders of the Confederacy - the Black Confederates. He offers a quite insightful look of their service throughout the War For Southern Independence. Some of the personal accounts of these brave men of colour are wonderful, leaving us to question the bigotry of those who use revisionist tactics in portraying the War For Southern Independence. I believe the unfortunate & temporarily successful block of the racist organisation NAACP against a proposed monument in the Commonwealth of Virginia, that was to have been erected to the memory of the thousands upon thousand of blacks who wore the grey & butternut & bore the Saint Andrew's Cross of the Southern Confederacy, is such an example.

Little known history........1998-10-07

The common conception of black Southerners in the Civil War has described a people unified by their opposition to the Confederacy and resisting the Southern war effort, either passively and actively.
This view can only be maintained by ignoring a mass of research material that strongly suggests that black opinion, like other opinion, was represented across the spectrum, and was strongly influenced by sectional, local, and family loyalties which have largely disappeared in the modern world, but which were of paramount importance in the nineteenth century. Many blacks, free and slave, in fact, considered themselves Southerners first and blacks second, and served the Southern cause enthusiastically.
This unconventional view is supported here by a wealth of clippings, rosters, memoirs, photos, archival records, and other data to convincingly demonstrate that the matter is more complex than the simplifiers of history would have it, and to show that the actual record of the black Southerner leaves no firm ground for those who would cite his experiences for modern political purposes.
(The "score" rating is an unfortunately ineradicable feature of the page. This reviewer does not "score" books.)

Informative, equitable treatise on Blacks in the Confederacy.......1998-09-22

Forgotten Confederates: An Anthology About Black Southerners is an informative text that introduces the reader to an ignored, overlooked, and often times denied chapter in the history of the War Between the States. The editors have compiled a collection of modern essays, period news articles, obituaries, personal recollections, and Confederate records that provide readers an opportunity to either educate themselves or to pursue further exploration of the role that African Americans played in the Confederacy. The anthology includes sections that 1) deal primarily with the actual historical events, 2) sociological and anthropological studies concerning the social structure when the conflict occurred (providing the reader with a basic understanding of the times that purely historical texts often lack), and 3) personal remembrances that give the reader insight into the actual thoughts of those African Americans who worked with or for the Confederacy. The book is imminently readable and its format permits the reader to continue through the text as written at his leisure or to concentrate upon records, historical texts, or contemporary musings if he wishes. Two aspects of the work created a great impression upon this reviewer. The first aspect is the objectivity of the text. While the potential for a biased point of view is great in subject matter of this sort, the editors did an excellent job of presenting all aspects of African-American Southern involvement in the conflict. The records that were presented reflected the nature of the contributions of both slaves and freemen and numerous references were made to individuals who served in both sides of the conflict. Additionally, there were no obvious attempts at apologia for the reasons behind African-American participation in the Confederacy. The editors again were objective in their selection of source materials and where conclusions are drawn by either contributors, past historians, or participants; the editors let those conclusions stand. Moreover, in records or lengthy discourses that required editing, the editors summarised the passages without loss of factual information. Secondly, an extensive reference is made available to the reader who chooses to pursue additional information on the topic. This resource includes a description and page number of each particular relevant reference, for which this reviewer was particular grateful. This reviewer highly recommends Forgotten Confederates to any student of the Civil War, students of sociology or African American studies, or any reader with an interest in the more obscure details of the American Civil War as an excellent introduction to the role that African Americans played in the Confederate States.

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Hundreds of ghettos were created throughout eastern Europe by the Germans and their allies during the Second World War. There have been some studies of the largest ghettos - Warsaw and L0dz - and a few accounts of some of the smaller ones; but very little examination of the ghettos a a whole. This pioneering new history draws heavily on the testimonies of those who suffered in them, making use of a wide range of diaries and memoirs (and exploring the problems inherent in such sources). Other documentary sources - particularly German - are also used, but the intention is to look at the ghettos "from below," focusing on behavior, values, and suffering, as well as on the heroism and the passiveness of the Jewish communities. Never before has personal testimony been so extensively used and systematically evaluated to write a history of the East European ghettos.

Hitler's Ghettos: Voices from a Beleaguered Society 1939-1944 (Arnold Publication)

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Hitler's Ghettos: Voices from a Beleaguered Society 1939-1944 (Arnold Publication)
Nicola Rudge Iannelli Gustavo Corni
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000MUGR96

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easy guide.......2002-02-09

A great book for the novice who isn't able to identify birds according to family. The color sections are quick and easy, if not too comprehensive. All in all, a good book for the curious.

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