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Modern Architecture in Mexico. Arquitectura Moderna En México - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby Max L. Cetto (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important eno...

A Communications Theory of Urban Growth - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Richard L. Meier (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important...

Essay On the Theory and History of Cohesive Construction: Applied Especially to the Timbrel Vault

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Report copyright infringementby Rafael Guastavino (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is import...

The Practical Guide to Man-powered Bullets: Experiments with Catapults, Musketballs, Stonebows, Blowpipes, Big Airguns and Bullet Bows

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Middleton (Author)This book explores in practical detail many of the ways, old and new, in which man can shoot missiles by means of his own force, without the aid of explosives.David slew Goliath with a stone from a sling, but it was a large stone and Man has long been shooting small stones and carefully rounded bullets of clay, glass - and latterly steel and lead - from a variety of weapons without recourse to gunpowder. The bow and arrow has been Man'...

Plain Truth Addressed to the Inhabitants of America, Containing Remarks on a Late Pamphlet, Intitled Common Sense: Wherein Are Shewn, That the Scheme

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Report copyright infringementby James 1727?-1806 Chalmers (Created by), Rationalis (Created by), William 1727-1803 Extract from Smith (Created by)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyr...

Fmr Franco Maria Ricci: A Labyrinth of Beauty

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Report copyright infringementby Antony Shugaar (Author), Laura Casalis (Introduction by)A brilliant anthology of the 40-plus year history of FMR, the Italian magazine that taught the world to see art, bound in silk and adorned with gold. "The most beautiful magazine in the world." --Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Founded by Franco Maria Ricci (FMR) in Italy in 1982, FMR is the ultimate art magazine, a treasure trove for art lovers and a touchstone in the formation of personal taste for the pas...

The Best Swiss Train Rides: 35 Unforgettable Trips in the Heart of Europe

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Report copyright infringementby Diccon Bewes (Author)All aboard! See the best of Switzerland on its legendary train networkThe Glacier Express, Jungfraujoch, Centovalli Railway, Bern to Geneva ... Switzerland has a lot to offer in terms of trains and natural beauty. With Switzerland expert and award-winning travel writer Diccon Bewes at your side, discover the rich history and impressive technological feats behind the Swiss rail network. Have him lead you to unforgettable locations, through g...

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel Birch (Author)A scholarly work on the history and archaeology of ancient pottery, covering the pottery of ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, and other civilizations. The book includes detailed illustrations and descriptions of many different types of pottery, and discusses the social and cultural context in which they were produced.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we kno...

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by Maggie O'Farrell (Author)NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER - NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The bestselling author of The Marriage Portrait delivers a luminous portrait of a marriage, a family ravaged by grief, and a boy whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays of all time. - "Of all the stories that argue and speculate about Shakespeare's life ... here is a novel ... so gorgeously written that it transports you." --The Boston Globe England, 1580: The Black Death creep...

Queens of the Conquest: England's Medieval Queens Book One - Paperback

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by Alison Weir (Author)In the first volume of an exciting new series, bestselling author Alison Weir brings the dramatic reigns of England's medieval queens to life. The lives of England's medieval queens were packed with incident--love, intrigue, betrayal, adultery, and warfare--but their stories have been largely obscured by centuries of myth and omission. Now esteemed biographer Alison Weir provides a fresh perspective and restores these women to their rightful place in history. Spanning...

A History of the World in 6 Glasses - Paperback

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by Tom Standage (Author)New York Times Bestseller * The inspiration for the TV series starring Dan Aykroyd "There aren't many books this entertaining that also provide a cogent crash course in ancient, classical and modern history." --Los Angeles Times Beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola: In Tom Standage's deft, innovative account of world history, these six beverages turn out to be much more than just ways to quench thirst. They also represent six eras that span the course of civ...

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by Rene Guenon (Author), Martin Lings (Translator), James Richard Wetmore (Editor)This book investigates differences between East and West in connection with the preservation of traditional principles, with a special view to envisioning how such differences affect the possibilities for the restitution of such principles in each domain. Special attention is given to various aberrant 'spiritualities' in the West, and how they might be overcome by reference to teachinigs still extant in the East...

Branch Rickey: Baseball's Ferocious Gentleman - Paperback

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by Lee Lowenfish (Author), Lee Lowenfish (Introduction by)He was not much of a player and not much more of a manager, but by the time Branch Rickey (1881-1965) finished with baseball, he had revolutionized the sport--not just once but three times. In this definitive biography of Rickey--the man sportswriters dubbed "The Brain," "The Mahatma," and, on occasion, "El Cheapo"--Lee Lowenfish tells the full and colorful story of a life that forever changed the face of America's game. As the masterm...

Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason - Paperback

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by Michel Foucault (Author)Michel Foucault examines the archeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 - from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered part of everyday life and fools and lunatics walked the streets freely, to the time when such people began to be considered a threat, asylums were first built, and walls were erected between the "insane" and the rest of humanity.Front JacketPerhaps the French philosopher's masterpiece, which is concerned with an extraordina...

The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography - Paperback

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by Simon Singh (Author)In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logisitical breakthrough that made Internet commerce secure, The Code Book tells th...

Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977 - Paperback

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by Michel Foucault (Author)Michel Foucault has become famous for a series of books that have permanently altered our understanding of many institutions of Western society. He analyzed mental institutions in the remarkable Madness and Civilization; hospitals in The Birth of the Clinic; prisons in Discipline and Punish; and schools and families in The History of Sexuality. But the general reader as well as the specialist is apt to miss the consistent purposes that lay behind these difficult ind...

The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation - Paperback

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by Elizabeth Letts (Author)#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The dramatic and inspiring story of a man and his horse, an unlikely duo whose rise to stardom in the sport of show jumping captivated the nation Harry de Leyer first saw the horse he would name Snowman on a truck bound for the slaughterhouse. The recent Dutch immigrant recognized the spark in the eye of the beaten-up nag and bought him for eighty dollars. On Harry's modest farm on Long Island, he ultimately taught Snowman how to fly....

Persian Fire: The First World Empire and the Battle for the West - Paperback

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by Tom Holland (Author)In the fifth century B.C., a global superpower was determined to bring truth and order to what it regarded as two terrorist states. The superpower was Persia, incomparably rich in ambition, gold, and men. The terrorist states were Athens and Sparta, eccentric cities in a poor and mountainous backwater: Greece. The story of how their citizens took on the Great King of Persia, and thereby saved not only themselves but Western civilization as well, is as heart-stopping and...

The Oxford History of the Biblical World - Paperback

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by Michael D. Coogan (Editor)In this impressive volume, leading scholars offer compelling glimpses into the biblical world, the world in which prophets, poets, sages, and historians created one of our most important texts--the Bible. For more than a century, archaeologists have been unearthing the tombs, temples, texts, and artifacts of the ancient Near East and the Mediterranean world. Using new approaches, contemporary scholars have begun to synthesize this material with the biblical tradit...

Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics - Paperback

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by H. W. Brands (Author)From bestselling historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist H.W. Brands, a revelatory history of the shocking emergence of vicious political division at the birth of the United States. To the framers of the Constitution, political parties were a fatal threat to republican virtues. They had suffered the consequences of partisan politics in Britain before the American Revolution, and they wanted nothing similar for America. Yet parties emerged even before the Constitution was...

The Great Genesee Road: Traveling Through Time on New York State's Historic Route 5 - Paperback

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by Richard Figiel (Author)Today we call most of it New York Route 5. Over the centuries it has been called the Iroquois Trail, Genesee Road, Mohawk and Seneca Turnpike, Buffalo Road. In The Great Genesee Road, author Richard Figiel takes readers on a historical journey tracing the first road to penetrate west into New York State, exploring the artifacts and stories of centuries along the way from the Hudson River to Lake Erie. Many centuries ago, it was a Native-American path binding the Five...

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by Jean Claude Gautrand (Author)As sensitive to human suffering as to the simple pleasures of life, Robert Doisneau is one of the most celebrated exponents of the Photographie humaniste that swept through the 1950s. Cherished in particular for his soulful portraits of Paris, Doisneau demonstrated a unique ability to find - and perfectly frame - charismatic characters, entertaining episodes, and fleeting moments of humor and affection.A summation of a spectacular career, this extensive Doisnea...

What to See in Palm Springs, Local Tour Guide Tells All: Sights, History & Stories - Paperback

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by John Stark (Author)This is the must-have guidebook for anyone visiting Palm Springs and for anyone living in or around this desert resort city. What to See in Palm Springs was written by writer, journalist, and historian John Stark, a full-time Palm Springs resident and tour guide. His descriptive words and high-end photographs of Palm Springs are meant to transform you from a casual sightseer to a knowledgeable, well-informed tourist. This beautiful book is at home in your car or on your ...

An Illustrated Guide to Samurai History and Culture: From the Age of Musashi to Contemporary Pop Culture - Hardcover

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by Gavin Blair (Author), Alexander Bennett (Foreword by)The ultimate visual guide to Samurai history and culture! The Samurai are continuously celebrated as the greatest warriors the world has ever seen. They ruled Japan for centuries, finally uniting the nation after a prolonged period of brutal war and bloodshed. Though famed for their loyalty, honor, and chivalry, they could also be treacherous, bloodthirsty, and merciless. This book tells the story of their rise and eventual demise throu...

History Smashers: The American Revolution - Paperback

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by Kate Messner (Author), Justin Greenwood (Illustrator)Myths! Lies! Secrets! Uncover the hidden truth behind the Revolutionary War with beloved educator/author Kate Messner. The fun mix of sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels make this perfect for fans of I Survived! and Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales. On April 18, 1775, Paul Revere rode through Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, shouting, "The British are coming!" to start the American Revolution.RIGHT? WRONG! Paul Revere m...

Aberration in the Heartland of the Real: The Secret Lives of Timothy McVeigh - Paperback

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by Wendy S. Painting (Author)Presenting startling new biographical details about Timothy McVeigh and exposing stark contradictions and errors contained in previous depictions of the "All-American Terrorist," this book traces McVeigh's life from childhood to the Army, throughout the plot to bomb the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and the period after his 1995 arrest until his 2001 execution. McVeigh's life, as Dr. Wendy Painting describes it, offers a backdrop for her discussion of not only...

Great Maps: The World's Masterpieces Explored and Explained - Hardcover

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by Jerry Brotton (Author)A superbly illustrated guide to 64 maps from all around the world! From examples of medieval Mappa Mundi and the first atlas to Google Earth and maps of the moon, this captivating maps book is a must-have for all history and geography enthusiasts and explorers! Embark on a visual tour of the world's finest maps! This fascinating world atlas book: - Analyses each map visually, with the help of pull-outs and graphic close-up details - Traces the history of maps chron...

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by Christy Jordan-Fenton (Author), Margaret Pokiak-Fenton (Author), Gabrielle Grimard (Illustrator)Bestselling memoir Fatty Legs for younger readers. Olemaun is eight and knows a lot of things. But she does not know how to read. Ignoring her father's warnings, she travels far from her Arctic home to the outsiders' school to learn. The nuns at the school call her Margaret. They cut off her long hair and force her to do menial chores, but she remains undaunted. Her tenacity draws the attention ...

Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison - Paperback

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by Ben MacIntyre (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The "entertaining yet objective and often-moving account" (The Wall Street Journal) of one of history's most notorious prisons--and the remarkable cast of POWs who tried relentlessly to escape their captors, from the author of The Spy and the Traitor"Macintyre so seamlessly fuses so many different accounts that their compilation creates something more profound than a simple escape yarn."―The Washington Post In this gripping narrative, Ben M...

The Apache Wars: The Hunt for Geronimo, the Apache Kid, and the Captive Boy Who Started the Longest War in American History - Paperback

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by Paul Andrew Hutton (Author)In the tradition of Empire of the Summer Moon, a stunningly vivid historical account of the manhunt for Geronimo and the 25-year Apache struggle for their homeland. They called him Mickey Free. His kidnapping started the longest war in American history, and both sides--the Apaches and the white invaders--blamed him for it. A mixed-blood warrior who moved uneasily between the worlds of the Apaches and the American soldiers, he was never trusted by either but despe...

Indian Mounds You Can Visit: 165 Aboriginal Sites on Florida's West Coast - Paperback

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by I. Mac Perry (Author)Imagine my surprise when I discovered my home sits on an ancient Indian mound. Imagine my surprise when I found that 100,000 Indians were living in Florida when the Europeans arrived in the 1500s, and that they had been here for 12,000 years... and today they are gone--extinct--no descendants. I had to know more! From the Everglades to the Suwannee River I searched Florida's west coast and discovered 165 aboriginal sites. From nomadic hunters of giant mastodons to arch...

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by Ernest Renan (Author)In this classic work, renowned rationalist and scholar of religion Ernest Renan is the first biographer of Jesus to present him as entirely human. Renan describes Jesus as a popular religious leader and self-proclaimed Messiah who increasingly advocated the overthrow of Roman rule and the establishment of a theocracy. To support his apocalyptic vision, Renan's Jesus was not above using trickery and deception, as in the raising of Lazarus. The impression left by Jesus o...