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Prague: Adult Coloring Book, Volume 1: City Sketch Coloring Book - Paperback

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by Hector Farr (Author)Prague: Adult Coloring Book Vol.1 City Sketches for Coloring Book This Coloring Book is a part of Wonderful Cities In Europe Series (Volume 6) This collection of beautiful places around Prague, the Capital of Czech Republic, will captivate and excite all adult Colorists. This Book Contains: - Over 35 Sketches of Famous Sightseeing places for coloring - Designed Both in Portrait and Landscape pages - Printed on the front of Pages only for easy coloring and displaying. Yo...

Prague: Adult Coloring Book, Volume 2: City Sketch Coloring Book - Paperback

$9.38

by Hector Farr (Author)Prague: Adult Coloring Book Vol.2 City Sketches for Coloring Book This Coloring Book is a part of Wonderful Cities In Europe Series (Volume 7) This collection of beautiful places around Prague, the Capital of Czech Republic, will captivate and excite all adult Colorists. This Book Contains: - Over 35 Sketches of Famous Sightseeing places for coloring - Designed Both in Portrait and Landscape pages - Printed on the front of Pages only for easy coloring and displaying. Yo...

How to Build Shipping Container Homes With Plans - Paperback

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by Mendon Cottage Books (Editor), John Davidson (Author)TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION TO SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES: ADVANTAGES OF SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES: DISADVANTAGES OF SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES: CONTAINER SIZES AND SPECIFICATIONS: NEW OR USED CONTAINER: PERMITS AND REGULATIONS: CHAPTER TWO FOUNDATION FOR SHIPPING CONTAINER HOMES: SITE CONDITIONS: CLIMATE: MARKET FACTORS: BUILDING DESIGN: EXCAVATION AND FOOTINGS: TYPES OF MATERIALS USED FOR FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTION: CHAPTER THRE...

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by Horacio Sanchez (Author)Architecture for Kids is a book dedicated to children interested in architecture or design. It provides a visual learning style that helps to develop a design in thinking mentality and a photographic memory. In other words, kids will learn to see things in a different way, with more detail, focused on the design and space of elements.In this book, the author will show you how architects develop ideas from single forms like squares, rectangles, circles, or even trian...

Guidebook Selected French Gothic Cathedrals and Churches - Paperback

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by Richard Moore (Author), Sawon Hong (Author)This substantive yet easy-to-use guide to selected French gothic churches and cathedrals provides profiles of fourteen important religious buildings. They are located in different parts of France, were constructed at different times and in different styles, and include both well-known and less well-known churches and cathedrals. They range from the tiny church of Saint Maclou in Rouen--perhaps the best example of flamboyant design--to the world's ...

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by Gertrude Jekyll (Author)"Colour in the flower garden" is a vintage book on gardening that focuses on the use and variety of colourful flowers. It offers guidance for which flowers are best for each season, providing detailed descriptions, simple instructions, and expert tips to help the reader create a beautiful flower garden of their own. Contents include: "Introduction", "A March Study And The Border Of Early Bulbs", "The Wood", "The Spring Garden", "Between Spring And Summer", "The June...

The Modern Bricklayer - A Practical Work on Bricklaying in all its Branches - Volume III: With Special Selections on Tiling and Slating, Specification - Paperback

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by William Frost (Author)Brickwork is a form of masonry that utilises bricks and mortar. Rows of bricks-or, 'courses'-are placed on top of each other in order to create a structure such as a wall. This is volume I of William Frost's "The Modern Bricklayer", a detailed guide to all aspects of bricklaying, including slating, tiling, planning, materials, tools, and more. Contents include: "House Drains", "Egg-Shaped and Circular Sewers", "Sand Courses", "Retaining Walls", "Reinforced Brickwork",...

Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt - For the Use of Students and Travellers - Paperback

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by G. Maspero (Author), S. Agnes Johns (Author)"Manual of Egyptian Archaeology" is a detailed guide to the study of Ancient Egypt, with reference to significant discoveries, history, notable archaeologists, and much more. This fascinating volume is perfect for those studying the subject or even travellers and others with an interest in Egypt. Sir Gaston Camille Charles Maspero (1846 - 1916) was a French Egyptologist famous for popularising the term "Sea Peoples" in an 1881 paper. Contents inc...

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by Reginald Blomfield (Author)First published in 1935, this volume contains a fascinating exploration of the work of five world-famous architects, including Andrea Palladio, Lorenzo Bernini, Indigo Jones, Ange Jaques Gabriel, and Christopher Wren. The material was originally based on a a series of lectures delivered at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth between 1934-35. Sir Reginald Theodore Blomfield RA (1856 - 1942) was a famous British garden designer, architect, and author durin...

Architectural Drawing and Draughtsmen - Paperback

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by Reginald Blomfield (Author)First published in 1912, this volume contains a detailed account of the history of architectural drawing and draughtsmen in Europe. It aims to trace its development in the past and review the work of certain great masters of the art. This vintage book will be of special utility to those with an interest in the history and development of architecture, and it is not to be missed by collectors of allied literature. Contents include: "The Nature and Purpose of Archit...

Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book, Volume 1: Cathedral Sketches for Coloring - Paperback

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by Alicia Lasley (Author)Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book Vol.1 Cathedral Sketches for Coloring This Coloring Book is a part of Wonderful Cathedrals and Churches Around The World Series This collection of Beautiful Cathedrals and Churches around the world will captivate and excite all adult Colorists. This Book Contains: - Over 40 Sketches of Famous Cathedrals and Churches for coloring - Designed Both in Portrait and Landscape pages - Printed on the front of Pages only for easy co...

Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book, Volume 4: Cathedral Sketches for Coloring - Paperback

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by Alicia Lasley (Author)Cathedrals and Churches: Adult Coloring Book Vol.4 Cathedral Sketches for Coloring This Coloring Book is a part of Wonderful Cathedrals and Churches Around The World Series This collection of Beautiful Cathedrals and Churches around the world will captivate and excite all adult Colorists. This Book Contains: - Over 40 Sketches of Famous Cathedrals and Churches for coloring - Designed Both in Portrait and Landscape pages - Printed on the front of Pages only for easy co...

The British Empire through buildings: Structure, function and meaning - Hardcover

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by John M. MacKenzie (Author)Imperialism is strikingly represented in its buildings. This work illuminates the dispersal of colonial culture and religious forms, social classes, and racial divisions over two centuries, from the establishment of colonial rule to a post-colonial world. It will be a vital reading for all students of imperial history and global material culture.Front JacketThe history of the British Empire is greatly illuminated by this innovative examination of its built environ...

The Archisutra: The handbook's final chapter - Paperback

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by Miguel Bolivar (Author)The Archisutra is a design manual giving you the necessary data for a selection of sex positions, using annotated scale drawings and informative descriptions. The perfect gift for an architect or designer.Swiss architect Le Corbusier coined the phrase 'machines for living', within his book, 'Towards an Architecture' in 1923. Sex plays a large role in society and everyday life. So, why is it so often overlooked when an architect designs a building?The Archisutra raise...

The Victorian House: Architectural Coloring Book: A Stress Management Coloring Book For Adults - Paperback

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by Coloring Book (Author), Link Coloring Book (Author)Architectural coloring - Victorian House Coloring Book A Stress Management Coloring Book For Adults Explore architectural examples from The Victorian House in this large book filled with buildings, houses 40 beautifully detailed images of varying degrees of difficulty have been hand-curated to provide a first-class coloring experience for anyone that loves to color man-made structures. Number of Pages: 84 Dimensions: 0.17 x 11 x 8.5 IN P...

Carpentry Made Easy - The Science and Art of Framing - With Specific Instructions for Building Balloon Frames, Barn Frames, Mill Frames, Warehouses, C - Paperback

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by William E. Bell (Author)Framing is an element of construction that refers to the fitting together of pieces of wood or metal to give a structure support and shape. This vintage book contains a complete introductory guide to the subject, offering instructions and information pertaining to the construction and installation of frames for barns, mills, warehouses, church spires, etc. This volume is highly recommended for woodworkers with an interest in framing, as well as others involved in th...

Gardens for Small Country Houses - Paperback

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by Gertrude Jekyll (Author), Lawrence Weaver (Author)"Gardens for Small Country Houses" is a wonderful guide to English country gardens by Gertrude Jekyll and Lawrence Weaver. It offers useful information and guidance on designing and creating beautiful country gardens with reference to real examples, complete with descriptions, photographs, ground plans, and diagrams. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in traditional English country gardening, and it would make for a fantastic...

Lighthouse Coloring Book: 20 Lighthouse Designs in a Variety of Styles from Zentangle Designs to Realistic Sketches - Paperback

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by Adult Coloring World (Author)Get fantastic value for money with this Lighthouse Coloring Book The 20 expertly illustrated nautical lighthouse designs in this coloring book for adults will provide hours of entertainment Features of this Swear Word Coloring Book: Single sided coloring pages allow for the pages to be removed Suitable for markers, felt tips, gel pens, coloring pencils and more due to single sided, removable pages Professional quality designs from start to finish 2 Color te...

Kitchen Designer Mini Guides 2016 - Paperback

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by Brian Rider (Author)Welcome to our New Mini Guides series. The purpose of these guides is to provide a simple training guide in a variety of KBB and Interior Designer or even Exterior Designer titles which extract the highly focussed information from our giant tomes that ran about 1000 pages and which would cost a lot more than you would wish to pay or we would wish to charge, With our compact mini guides you can acquire any of the titles at an extremely modest targeted sum.This is our sev...

Savannah College of Art and Design: Restoration of an Architectural Heritage - Hardcover

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by Connie Capozzola Pinkerton (Author), Connie Capozzola Pinkerton (Author), Maureen Burke Ph. D. (Author)In 1979, a small art college with 71 students opened its doors in a renovated 19th-century building in the urban heart of colonial Savannah, Georgia. One of the most historic cities on the eastern seaboard, Savannah is noted for its architectural treasures, urban forest and verdant squares, and for the unique 1733 city plan designed by General Oglethorpe. The campus fabric of the Savannah...

Bedroom Design - Closets and EnSuites Design: Mini Guides 2016 - Paperback

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Nashville Interiors: 1866 to 1920 - Hardcover

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by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (Author), Amelia Whitsitt Edwards (Author)Few places in the country can boast the extraordinary historic architecture possessed by Nashville, a remarkable hybrid city integrating both New South commerce with Old South charm and traditions. During the nineteenth century and the early twentieth century, many affluent families, including governors, statesmen, and presidents, built luxurious homes in many different revival styles of architecture such as Gothic Reviv...

Catholic Churches of Detroit - Hardcover

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by Roman Godzak (Author)Detroit was once known as the City of Churches. From a primitive log chapel on the banks of the Detroit River three centuries ago to the contemporary structures in the far-flung suburbs, the Catholic churches that grace southeastern Michigan pique the interest and admiration of designers, artists, and scholars. Detroit's Catholic churches have embraced many roles during their existence, serving as historical landmarks, centers for political activities, community charit...

Toledo: A History in Architecture 1835-1890 - Hardcover

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by William D. Speck (Author)The last place most 19th-century settlers wanted to move was the swampy, fever-ridden Toledo area. However, with the assistance of Irish and German immigrants, among others, Toledo was transformed from a village into a thriving city within 50 years. Captured here is the growth and expansion of the area through the indelible contributions of Toledo's architects. In 1850, Toledo had only 3,800 residents, but the introduction of canals and railroads quadrupled the pop...

Toledo: A History in Architecture, 1890-1914 - Hardcover

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by William D. Speck (Author)In half a century Toledo was transformed from a fever-ridden swamp into a prosperous town with all the amenities of a major Midwestern city. The 1890s signaled the beginning of Toledo's greatest architectural era, with new-fangled skyscrapers being constructed up and down Madison Avenue (without any power tools), grand theaters, a new luxury hotel, and the most lavish mansions in the Old West End. New inventions gave Toledoans more time to visit Walbridge Park, sho...

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by George J. Holmes (Author), Allen M. Hornblum (Author)At the crossroads of Center City, Philadelphia, stands city hall, an architectural and sculptural masterpiece whose size and beauty rival the grand structures found in the capitals of Europe. Shortly after the Civil War, city hall embraced the community's need for a new municipal building while filling the visionary desire of its designers to underscore Philadelphia's reputation as "the Athens of America." Thirty years later stood a monu...

Shipping Container Homes: Steps and tips on How You Can Build a Shipping Container Home Quickly and Save Money - Paperback

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by Kevin Klein (Author)Shipping Container Homes: Steps and tips on How You Can Build a Shipping Container Home Quickly and Save Money A gorgeous, custom-built, eco-friendly home for a fraction of the price-It sounds too good to be true but when it comes to building with shipping containers, that dream can quickly and affordably become a reality Thousands are joining the shipping container home movement and learning about the amazing benefits of these strong, secure, cost-effective and beauti...

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by Robert Reed (Author)Once there were hundreds of 19th-century and very early 20th-century covered bridges in Indiana--so many in fact, that the state ranked third in the nation in the number of structures still standing. By the early 1930s and 1940s, a movement was afoot to preserve those magnificent structures that had not already disappeared due to desertion and deterioration. Some were saved, but many were not. What was saved and cherished, however, was an abundance of vintage black and ...

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by John Graf (Author)Chicago is known throughout the world for its architecture. Although many people are familiar with the city's skyscrapers and public buildings, they often overlook or are unaware of Chicago's mansions that are located throughout the city. These mansions represent Chicago's past and its future, and it can even be said that they are the very embodiment of Chicago and its architecture. These fashionable residences were built to make a statement, and what better way to have d...

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by Irwin J. Cohen (Author)Redland Field opened in 1912 and hosted its first World Series seven years later. It was renamed Crosley Field in 1934 and the club made history that year by becoming the first major league team to use an airplane to travel (from Cincinnati to Chicago). The first night game in major league history was played in Crosley Field on May 24, 1935, and it was three days later that Babe Ruth played under the shadows of the light towers on his last road trip as an active play...

Chicago's Classical Architecture: The Legacy of the White City - Hardcover

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by David Stone (Author), Carroll William Westfall (Introduction by)Chicago's architecture has been called the most important in the United States by the American Institute of Architects, and perhaps no other type of architecture has had as significant of an impact on the city's look, feel, and character as classical architecture. Chicago's connection to classical architecture dates back to the famed 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, with it's gleaming "White City" of ornate Beaux-Arts buildi...

Riverfront Stadium: Home of the Big Red Machine - Hardcover

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by Mike Shannon (Author)Riverfront Stadium, which opened in 1970, hosted the greatest team in Cincinnati Reds baseball history. In fact, the Big Red Machine was one of the greatest teams in all of Major League baseball history. Johnny Bench, Joe Morgan, Pete Rose and company won two World Series championships, four National League pennants, and made six post-season appearances in a single decade. Riverfront Stadium: Home of the Big Red Machine captures all of the glory of the 1970s, as well a...