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by Jon Krakauer
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Here is Jon Krakauer’s portrait of the iconoclastic architect Christopher Alexander, whose revolutionary human-centered approach has shaken the foundations of modern architecture. Krakauer delves into Alexander’s life and career, from his theories on a timeless “pattern language” that could...
The Pinecone
The Story of Sarah Losh, Forgotten Romantic Heroine--Antiquarian, Architect, and Visionary
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
In the village of Wreay, near Carlisle, stands the strangest and most magical Victorian church in England. This vivid, original book tells the story of its builder, Sarah Losh, strong-willed, passionate, and unusual in every way.
Sarah Losh is a lost Romantic genius—an antiquarian, an architect,...
A Rift in the Earth
Art, Memory, and the Fight for a Vietnam War Memorial
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
A Distinguished and Bestselling Historian and Army Veteran Revisits the Culture War that Raged around the Selection of Maya Lin's Design for the Vietnam Memorial
A Rift in the Earth tells the remarkable story of the ferocious “art war” that raged between 1979 and 1984 over what kind of memorial...
Global Economy
The Foundation for the Next Era of Growth
Language: French
Release Date: June 9, 2014
The International Economic Forum of the Americas / Conference of Montreal was first held 20 years ago with the beginning of a new economic globalization movement, which gained momentum with, among other things, the creation of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the integration of economic and...
The Plaza
The Secret Life of America's Most Famous Hotel
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
Journalist Julie Satow's thrilling, unforgettable history of how one illustrious hotel has defined our understanding of money and glamour, from the Gilded Age to the Go-Go Eighties to today's Billionaire Row.
From the moment in 1907 when New York millionaire Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt strode...
by Juliette Cezzar
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2018
What graphic design is, what designers need to know, and who becomes a designer have all evolved as the computer went from being a tool to also becoming our primary medium for communication. How jobs are advertised and how prospective candidates communicate with prospective employers have changed...
by Michael J. Trebilcock
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2015
This book presents an accessible yet nuanced introduction to the basic structure and principles of international trade law. It explores the development of the international trade law regime, principally GATT and WTO law, and through clear and concise discussion of the many developments that have arisen,...
by Cameron S. Foote
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2010
The go-to guide for graphic designers who want to run their own shop and improve their bottom line.
First published in 2001, The Creative Business Guide to Running a Graphic Design Business set long-needed standards as the first comprehensive management manual for the graphic design industry....
Microstock Money Shots
Turning Downloads into Dollars with Microstock Photography
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
Today’s online microstock agencies make it possible for anyone with a camera to sell their photographs. But the competition is daunting--one leading agency receives 14,000 uploads each day. How can you make your images stand out--and better yet, sell? In this guide, industry veteran Ellen Boughn...
by Motoko Jitsukawa, K. K. Cornucopia K. K.
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
This Japanese interior design and architecture book is filled with fresh ideas for restaurateurs and foodies alike.
The Japanese approach of introducing classical aesthetics to innovative and exciting dinning spaces expresses the fundamentals of Japanese architecture and design. With evocative...
by Michael Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
What are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works?
"The election happened," remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. "And then there was radio silence." Across all departments,...
by Paul Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2009
Paul Roberts, the best-selling author of The End of Oil, turns his attention to the modern food economy and finds that the system entrusted to meet our most basic need is failing.
In this carefully researched, vivid narrative, Roberts lays out the stark economic realities behind modern food...
by Joan Martí Estévez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Language: Spanish
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Un clúster de negocios es una agrupación que puede ser geográfica o temática de productores, y proveedores de determinados productos. La idea es que empresas competidoras de un mismo sector pueden unirse para obtener mayor negocio para todos en general.
España, y especialmente la comunidad catalana,...
Fight the Corpocracy, Take Back Democracy
A Mad As Hell Guide for the 99%
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Our American democracy has metastasized into a corpocracy, with large corporations dominating our government, our economy, much of our culture. This "mad as hell" guide urges the 99% to fight back, rein in big business and restore the corporation to its original, PUBLIC purpose. Includes a special...