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‘I remember with incredible clarity the question that rang through his words and hung in the air between us, the query that hurt my head and heart as his baggy eyes held mine: where does someone like me fit, now?’ Jennifer Rayner knows a thing or two about blue-collar blokes: her brother,...

Philadelphia: Historic Exteriors and Interiors is a celebration of the city's architectural legacy. Vintage postcards document both the interiors and exteriors of some of Philadelphia's oldest and most well-known structures, including grandiose department stores, elegant restaurants, and the original...

From the author of the Pulitzer Prize–winning Arab and Jew, an intimate portrait unfolds of working American families struggling against insurmountable odds to escape poverty. As David K. Shipler makes clear in this powerful, humane study, the invisible poor are engaged in the activity most...

In Someplace Like America, writer Dale Maharidge and photographer Michael S. Williamson take us to the working-class heart of America, bringing to life—through shoe leather reporting, memoir, vivid stories, stunning photographs, and thoughtful analysis—the deepening crises of poverty and homelessness....

Talking Safety summarises in a short user-friendly read the key element of safety leadership - the management and supervisor 'walk and talk'. Safety standards are set by a combination of three things: first, the basic systems: risk assessments, procedures, training, inductions and maintenance; second,...

Written by the author who helped crystalize the field of technology management and the management of innovation with the first two editions of Managing Technological Innovation, this Third Edition brings the subject in line with current business strategy. It also presents information in a newer organized...

That's the promise, and peril, of the third digital revolution, where anyone will be able to make (almost) anything Two digital revolutions--computing and communication--have radically transformed our economy and lives. A third digital revolution is here: fabrication. Today's 3D printers are...

Management 25 Strategies to Manage Teams, Lead Effectively, and Build Trust In Your Teams Team management is not as easy as it may seem, but it could easily become. Some people say that you are either born as a leader or as a follower, but we say that anyone can be a great leader and learn how to...

Hi, I’m Luigi Rapagina. You may remember me from such automated information kiosks as “The Colosseo Quadrato” or “Piazza di Spagna”. This time I’m going to guide you through the secrets and magic of the Trevi Fountain, the most famous and beautiful fountain in the whole world.Before we start,...

Built after Giuseppe Marinoni’s design had won an international competition, the Learning Centre FLA (Lombardy Foundation for the Environment) at Seveso looks on the outside like a primary volume, divided up by vertical fissures and sectioned by the glass front: a wing of the square and proscenium...

Architect Ferriss influenced generations of builders with his moody, distinctive draftsmanship. His peerless style is highlighted in this illustrated journey through three decades of American architecture. Informative text accompanies 60 extraordinary drawings of such landmarks as the Johnson Wax Building, Taliesin West, Lever House, Rockefeller Center, and the Empire State Building.

The Golden Gate Bridge links the urbanity of San Francisco with the wild headlands of Marin County, as if to suggest the paradox of California and America itself-the place that Fitzgerald saw as the last spot commensurate with the human capacity for wonder. The bridge, completed in 1937, also announced...

It is the house where the American President lives, and a symbol of the American Nation. But how much do you know about this famous building? Who chose the site for the original White House? What was the original name for the White House? Who actually built the White House? How many times has...

Some of the most beloved characters in film and television inhabit two-dimensional worlds that spring from the fertile imaginations of talented animators. The movements, characterizations, and settings in the best animated films are as vivid as any live action film, and sometimes seem more alive than...