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Reading for History in the Damascus Document - Paperback

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by Maxine L. Grossman (Author)Scholars tend to view the Damascus Document as a historical source, but a reading of the text in light of contemporary (audience-oriented) literary criticism finds its emphasis in the ideological construction of history and communal identity, rather than in the preservation of a historical record. An introduction to contemporary literary criticism is followed by a series of thematic readings, focusing on historical narrative, priestly imagery, and gender in the c...

The Making of the New Testament Documents - Paperback

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by E. Earle Ellis (Author)Do we "really" know who wrote the New Testament documents? Do we really know "when" they were written? Scholars have long debated these fundamental questions. This volume identifies and investigates literary traditions and their implications for the authorship and dating of the Gospels and the letters of the New Testament. Departing from past scholarship, E. Earle Ellis argues that the Gospels and the letters are products of the corporate authorship of four allied ap...

Philo of Alexandria, an Exegete for His Time - Paperback

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by Peder Borgen (Author) Number of Pages: 344 Dimensions: 0.77 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: November 01, 2005

The Beautiful Necessity, Seven Essays on Theosophy and Architecture - Paperback

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by Claude Fayette Bragdon (Author)More and more science is coming to recognize, what theosophy affirms, that the spiral vortex... both in its time and its space aspects is the universal archetype... -from "Changeless Change" First published in 1910 and updated in 1922-this is a reproduction of that second edition-this is architect and theosophist Claude Bragdon's exploration of art as an "expression of the cosmic life." And what a glorious exploration is it. The essay titles hint at the lyric...

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by Washington Irving (Author)The Alhambra, written by author Washington Irving, is a collection of tales and essays which he wrote during his residence in the Alhambra. The writings are based largely based on notes and observations made and care was taken to maintain local coloring to present a faithful and living picture of that microcosm which the world outside of the Alhambra has largely had an imperfect idea of. This is an excellent publication of writings by Washington Irving and had bee...

The Stones of Venice - Volume I: The Foundations - Paperback

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by John Ruskin (Author)"More than simply a survey of an ancient city's most significant buildings, The Stones of Venice first published in three volumes between 1851 and 1853 is an expression of a philosophy of art, nature, and morality that goes beyond art history, and has inspired such thinkers as Leo Tolstoy, Marcel Proust, and Mahatma Gandhi. Volume I, intended as the groundwork for the author's subsequent architectural teaching, provides a brief history of Venice and an analysis of archi...

The Stones of Venice - Volume II: The Sea Stories - Paperback

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by John Ruskin (Author)"More than simply a survey of an ancient city's most significant buildings, The Stones of Venice first published in three volumes between 1851 and 1853 is an expression of a philosophy of art, nature, and morality that goes beyond art history, and has inspired such thinkers as Leo Tolstoy, Marcel Proust, and Mahatma Gandhi. Volume II, examining the Byzantine era and the architectural developments of Venice s Gothic period, includes the oft-anthologized chapter The Natu...

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by Ion Grumeza (Author)""From the squeaky floors to the crumbling towers and from peeling paint to the falling ceiling, parishioners love to talk about any restoration work, as many have already had similar experiences with their own homes. But to move from talking to action is a long and costly road. Proper planning of any restoration work is a must to ensure good results. Such planning requires many groups of competent people."" --Ion Grumeza This Old Church is not a book about how to build...

LEED v4 BD&C EXAM GUIDE: A Must-Have for the LEED AP BD+C Exam: Study Materials, Sample Questions, Green Building Design and Construction, LEED - Paperback

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by Gang Chen (Author)Pass the LEED AP BD&C Exam, Get Your Building LEED Certified, Fight Global Warming and Save Money The USGBC released LEED v4 in GreenBuild International Conference and Expo in November, 2013. The GBCI started to include the new LEED v4 content for all LEED exams in late Spring 2014. We have incorporated the new LEED v4 content in this book. . Starting on December 1, 2011, GBCI began to draw LEED AP BD+C Exam questions from Green Building and LEED Core Concepts Guid...

Structural Elements for Architects and Builders: Design of Columns, Beams, and Tension Elements in Wood, Steel, and Reinforced Concrete, 2nd Edition - Paperback

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by Jonathan Ochshorn (Author)Concise but comprehensive, Jonathan Ochshorn's Structural Elements for Architects and Builders explains how to design and analyze columns, beams, tension members and their connections. The material is organized into a single, self-sufficient volume, including all necessary data for the preliminary design and analysis of these structural elements in wood, steel, and reinforced concrete. Every chapter contains insights developed by the author and generally not found...

The Psychogeography of Urban Architecture - Paperback

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by David Prescott-Steed (Author)This praxis-based book explores how an improvisational, creative and embodied practice such as the dérive works to defamiliarise our experience of the late modern built environment, fostering new insight into routinised cultural behaviours. In addition to detailing the key contexts of modernity, this book includes case studies on the work of Viktor Shklovsky, Craig Raine, Georges Perec, plus rare scholarly attention to the postcards of Jim Henson's Uncle Travel...

The New Zen Garden: Designing Quiet Spaces - Hardcover

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by Joseph Cali (Author)The New Zen Garden enlivens a tradition dating back 1500 years and introduces the contemplative Japanese space in all its varied forms. Author Joseph Cali guides you through the basics of theory, design, and construction, blending age-old techniques with modern innovation.Beginning with a brief history of the spiritual and cultural aspects of the Japanese garden, Cali reveals the underpinnings of the gardener's art. In simple and straightforward terms, Cali presents a b...

Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties: The Classic Guide to Building Wilderness Shelters (Dover Books on Architecture) - Paperback

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by D. C. Beard (Author)This one-of-a-kind manual compiled by a seminal Boy Scouts of America founder is full to the brim with detailed instructions and tips for constructing of a wide variety of wilderness shelters. Structures you'll learn to design and erect range from bark teepees and bog kens to log cabins and barrel shacks, with all manner of windows, latches, chimneys, bedding, and fireplaces. With nothing more than this book and an axe, you'll find there's no need for delicate carpentry...

Managing Church Building Projects: Perspectives from My 25 Years of Volunteer Work - Paperback

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by Chris Ekpekurede (Author)For twenty-five years I have been involved in extensive infrastructural projects for churches as a volunteer project manager. These were multi-million-dollar projects that delivered the wealth of experience set down in this book. They have opened my eyes to project strategies that work, and those that do not work. The book is a vital tool for church operators and organizational leaders alike. Church and communal projects do not only pose engineering challenges, but...

Handbook of Landscape Architecture: Volume III - Hardcover

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by Alex Vedder (Editor)Landscape architecture focuses on designing public spaces for varied purposes. This sort of method requires an inquiry into social, ecological, and geological circumstances and procedures in the landscape, and the design of the mediations that will lead to the desired result. The breadth of this includes urban design, location planning, urban planning, environmental rejuvenation, parks and recreation planning, visual resource management, green infrastructure planning an...

Places Made After Their Stories: Design and the Art of Choreotopography - Paperback

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by Paul Carter (Author)How is emotional meaning found in places? How can creating new urban spaces be a vehicle for less adversarial forms of political coexistence, as well as new customs of social innovation? Places Made After Their Stories shows how the emotional geographies we carry inside us and the ecstatic desire at the heart of democratic community-making can come together to inform contemporary landscape and urban design. Using Australian case studies of public space design from Alice...

Architecture. Mysticism and Myth - Paperback

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by William Richard Lethaby (Author)The history of architecture, as usually written, with its theory of utilitarian origins from the hut and the tumulus, and further developments in that way -the adjustment of forms to the conditions of local circumstance; the clay of Mesopotamia, the granite of Egypt, and marble of Greece-is rather the history of building: of 'Architecture' it may be, in the sense we so often use the word, but not the Architecture which is the synthesis of the fine arts, the ...

The Scandinavian Home: Interiors Inspired by Light - Hardcover

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by Niki Brantmark (Author)Discover classic and contemporary Scandinavian style with specially commissioned photography of homes in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Discover classic and contemporary Scandinavian style with specially commissioned photography of homes in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Scandinavia is famous for its distinctive style: homes are pared-back and simple, and form and function are combined to create aesthetically pleasing and practical interiors. Scandinavi...

Designing Things A Critical Introduction to the Culture of Objects - Paperback

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by Prasad Boradkar (Author)When and why did the turntable morph from playback device to musical instrument? Why have mobile phones evolved changeable skins? How many meanings can one attach to such mundane things as tennis balls? The answers to such questions illustrate this provocative book, which examines the cultural meanings of things and the role of designers in their design and production. Designing Things provides the reader with a map of the rapidly changing field of design studies, a...

The Art and Architecture of English Benedictine Monasteries - Paperback

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by Julian Luxford (Author)Analysis of the patronage of Benedictine monasteries has much to reveal about both monastic life and material culture of the time. The patronage of Benedictine art and architecture, and the circumstances that made it possible and desirable, reveal much about the ambitions, beliefs and allegiances of both the order and those who interacted with it; moreover, analysis of such patronage also improves our understanding of some of the most important and beautiful building...

Knights of the Cross: Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinople & Chronicle of the Crusade of St. Louis - Hardcover

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by Geoffrey de Villehardouin (Author), Jean De Joinville (Author)Rare insights into the chivalric age through the eyewitness accounts of two French knights Chronicle of the Fourth Crusade and The Conquest of Constantinopleby Geoffrey de Villehardouin Chronicle of the Crusade of St. Louisby Jean de Joinville Geoffrey de Villehardouin was an eminent French knight, who set out on the Fourth Crusade in 1199. Pivotally involved in events, including the routing the campaign via Constantinople, his ...

How to Build an Astronomical Telescope - Paperback

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by Rob Smith (Author)By Rob Smith ISBN: 978 1846930430 Published: 2007 Pages: 120 Description This book is based on a GCSE course, and is very popular The view through the eyepiece of a good Telescope is an experience which often marks the turning point from an interest in telescopes to an overwhelming urge to own one. However, a visit to a telescope supplier and a study of the prices, can deter all but the most passionate of Amateur Astronomers. However, the remedy is a simple one; almost a...

The Livery Halls of the City of London - Hardcover

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by Anya Lucas (Author), Henry Russell (Author), Andreas Von Einsiedel (Photographer)For more than 600 years the Livery Companies have played a leading role in commercial activities and social and political life in the City of London. These trade associations, each representing a particular craft or profession, were originally responsible for controlling, for example, wages and working conditions. As the Companies were established and incorporated by royal charter, largely in the 14th and 15th...

Housing Without Houses: Participation, Flexibility, Enablement - Paperback

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by Nabeel Hamdi (Author)Its methods are targeted to housing production in places where resources are scarce, demand is high, urgency is acute, and where change and uncertainty are a way of life. The book shows that, under these conditions, efficient practice depends on methods that promote rather than hinder local action. Number of Pages: 208 Dimensions: 0.5 x 9.2 x 7.5 IN Publication Date: December 15, 1995

Greek Architecture: Ad 14-70 - Paperback

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by Richard A. Tomlinson (Author), R. A. Tomlinson (Author)A clearly structured discussion of all the major buildings constructed by the Greeks, from houses to temples, theatres to council buildings. The book describes particular architectural styles and features and sets the buildings in their context, with an evaluation of their purpose, siting and planning.Author BiographyR.A. Tomlinson is Emeritus Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham; he was formerly...

Encyclopaedia of Architectural Terms - Paperback

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by James Curl (Author), John Sambrook (Author)The study of architecture requires not only an understanding of the history of buildings, but also knowledge of the correct terminology that is used to describe them. The "Encyclopaedia of Architectural Terms" provides a comprehensive, practical guide to the terminology used in the various aspects of architecture and building. It contains over 3500 terms offering definitions of styles, the components of buildings, materials, the various parts of o...

And Dreams of Home: En Passant Par La Demeure - Hardcover

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by Jean-Loup Daraux (Author), Mario Ciampi (Photographer), Jean-Michelle Wilmotte (Preface by)The words ""en passant"" express Jean-Loup Daraux's approach to interior design. He creates simple yet elegant spaces that generate the impression everything was designed and rendered in passing or, as he says, ""as if by magic."" ""And Dreams of Home"" is a vivid photographic tour of the noted French interior designer's country home located in the south of France.Following a path through the house a...

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by Keith Collie (Photographer), Jeremy Till (Contribution by)Park Hill, a huge concrete-framed modernist social-housing scheme, was completed in 1961 when Sheffield had near full employment and young architects - in this case Ivor Smith and Jack Lynn - were developing new ways to satisfy the need for affordable flats for rent. Since then the national housing scene has been transformed, a change embodied in the fate of Park Hill, stripped back to its frame and recast for, largely, private owne...

One Million Acres & No Zoning - Hardcover

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by Lars Lerup (Author)Routinely dismissed as 'mere sprawl', the suburban city is the black hole of recent urbanism, absorbing human energy and resources but seldom revealing the principles of its operation. For the past 20 years Lars Lerup has explored Houston as its prototype. In this book he broadly approaches this complex conurbation so as to develop a vocabulary to interpret its urban forms. Loved by its inhabitants, defined by huge potential and difficult problems, Lerup's Houston is a t...

Interior Tools Interior Tactics: Debates in Interiors Theory and Practice - Paperback

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by Edward Hollis (Editor), Andrew Milligan (Editor), Drew Plunkett (Editor)Collected essays on interior architecture and design. Number of Pages: 290 Dimensions: 0.65 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 01, 2011

New Hampshire Covered Bridges - Paperback

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by Harold Stiver (Author)New Hampshire's Covered Bridges**Color Edition** A Source book for Travelers, Photographers, Explorers** Descriptions to all of New Hampshire's 54 Remaining Historic Covered Bridges, as well as color photos of each one. **GPS Positions**Written Driving Directions**Instructions for Self-Guided Tours which include tours of Carroll County, Cheshire County, Coos County, Grafton County, Merrimack County and Sullivan County**Basic Info for each Site**Photo Tips for each Sit...

Secrets of the Serpent, in Search of the Sacred Past, Special Revised Edition Featuring Two New Appendices - Paperback

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by Philip Gardiner (Author), John Malloy (Illustrator)Secrets of the Serpent: In Search of the Sacred Past - Special Revised Edition, Featuring Two New Appendices by Philip Gardiner. Across time and across the world, an ancient serpent cult once dominated mankind. Then a great battle ensued and Christianity stamped it's authority on the face of the planet. Now, after years of research, the real religious history of the world can be told. In Secrets of the Serpent, Philip Gardiner for the firs...