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This book documents the exemplary planning and implementation of renovation work led by Jaccaud + Associés in the Cité du Lignon, Vernier near Geneva between 2010 and 2024. The Cité, which was built between 1963 and 1971 by Georges Addor, Dominique...

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First Rain in Paradise is a book about falling. Gwyneth Lewis’s highly inventive poems trace an interior landscape carved from the trauma of childhood emotional abuse through subsequent chronic ill health and towards a hard-won resurrection. This work...

Leadership of Inclusive and Sustainable Cultural Organisations: A Practical Guide is the first book to provide guidance on how to lead cultural organisations that are inclusive, diverse and sustainable, and responsive to the public, their communities,...

This is the first book to investigate systematically the diverse aspects and compositional approaches of Greek musical modernism.The volume contributes to ongoing discussions about aesthetic modernism in general and the epistemological issues that...

This book investigates contemporary Shaolin Kung Fu, situated between tradition and modernity. Deeply rooted in the philosophical and religious traditions of Chan Buddhism, and concurrently evolving under the influence of globalization, this martial art...

Reframe your thinking to recognize that you are not the problem, but the world is the problem, and Jesus is the answer. An invitation for overwhelmed moms seeking peace, and a journey of understanding, connection, and hope. Momma, you are safely held by...

In a former shipyard of 8,000 square meters at the ultra-hip NDSM Wharf in Amsterdam, you will find Europe's largest street art museum: STRAAT. Yearly an impressive 200,000 visitors admire their collection of over 180 works by around 170 artists, many of...

The story of the birth of modern rhythm-and-blues, reborn in the White Rabbit Deep Cuts series

This book identifies and theorises mess in contemporary performance and argues that mess offers a site from which subjects might mobilise and find agency, even as the complexity (and indeed messiness) of everyday life conditions and contains.Using a...

This concise handbook provides evidence-based, practical horse nutrition, accessible to all readers. Standing out from very dense, theoretical and practical horse nutrition books, it arms equine students, veterinary students and horse owners with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399990011Author Jan Bay-PetersenFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Osmanthus PublishingPublisher Osmanthus Publishing

for SSATBB unaccompanied My soul is awakened sets words by Anne Brontë about the uplifting effect of nature on the human spirit. Ali's setting is also suitably uplifting, with a memorable and syncopated melody that ebbs and flows like the waters it...

For many Muslims, there is an inseparable connection between sound and meaning, particularly when it comes to Islamic verse and scripture. This provides fertile ground for a comparative study across traditions and forms. Timur Yuskaev offers a meditation...

Originally published in 1960, and the first of three volumes on the history of the Jews during the dispersal, this book covers briefly the period from the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans in the year 70 down to Hadrian’s suppression of Simeon’s...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852316436Author Redemptorist PublicationsFormat PaperbackImprint Redemptorist PublicationsPublisher Redemptorist Publications

This book, the first to look at Avison’s music in depth, examines the influences on Avison and the circumstances around the composition of his music. It draws heavily upon his important treatise, An Essay on Musical Expression, and other writings, to...

The founder and patron Reinhard Ernst planned a home for his unique collection; the city of Wiesbaden provided a site in the heart of the city and the Japanese star architect Fumihiko Maki delivered the plans. The result is the Museum Reinhard Ernst for...

This book analyses how three artists – Adrian Piper, Nancy Spero and Mary Kelly – worked with the visual dimensions of language in the 1960s and 1970s. These artists used text and images of writing to challenge female stereotypes, addressing viewers and...

The classic film musical Singin' in the Rain combines a streamlined 1920s storyline with vivid characters, memorable wisecracks and comedy, romance, riveting dancing, beautiful musical arrangements, gorgeous sets, props, and costumes, and virtuosic...

Maurice Hornocker is recognized worldwide as the first scientist to unravel the secrets of America's most enigmatic predator—the mountain lion. This is a gripping account of the never-before-told adventures, challenges, and controversies surrounding his...

Fifteen years ago, Eduardo Mencos (farmer, landscape designer and photographer) and Charles Quest-Ritson (historian, writer, journalist and editor) conceived the idea of going on a trip around the world, like Jules Verne, but with the olive tree playing...

This book is a richly detailed comparative analysis of endogenous, Muslim, and Christian religious thought and practice in sub-Saharan Africa. Organized thematically, the book presents a conceptual and analytical framework for the study of religious...

This enchanting collection captures the essence of the natural world, as seen through the eyes of Scotland's beloved bard. Each chapter delves into a different aspect of nature - from the wild, mossy mountains and glens to the murmuring streams, the...

This volume features new research on Russia’s historic relationship with Asia and the ways it was mediated and represented in the fine, decorative and performing arts and architecture from the mid-eighteenth century to the first two decades of Soviet...

Whether it is about the revitalisation of entire districts or the seasonal restructuring of individual sales spaces, the topics of reuse and “further development” of existing buildings are becoming increasingly relevant throughout the retail industry...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFor the past decade, Lemn Sissay has composed a short poem as dawn breaks each morning. Life-affirming, witty and full of wonder, these poems chronicle his own battle with the dark and are fuelled by resilience and...

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the writing and production strategies used in live-action fiction film and television produced for children and young audiences, in a period marked by remarkable change in screen consumption. Building on ideas...

The extraordinary design of the Braun company seen from a variety of angles: In twenty essays, collectors and design enthusiasts, art historians, Braun employees and curators write about their passion for collecting and repairing, about their everyday...

In this Oxford Guide to Film Musicals, renowned author Geoffrey Block introduces scholars, students, and general readers to the remarkable musical film, Love Me Tonight (1932) from a accessible musicological perspective, giving readers of all stripes new...

With the theme Design for Democracy. Atmospheres for a better life, Frankfurt RheinMain holds the title of World Design Capital® 2026. Design has the power to shape collective processes, develop inclusive solutions and bring about social change. Text in...

When was the last time you stopped to listen to the song of a robin?Or take a moment to pause and inhale the sweet scent of a flower?How often do you feel a profound emotional connection to nature's beauty?From ancient times, through to the Romantic...

Beyond the Happening uncovers the heterogeneous, uniquely interdisciplinary performance-based works that emerged in the aftermath of the early Happenings. By the mid-1960s Happenings were widely declared outmoded or even ‘dead’, but this book reveals how...

This puzzle collection comprises sets of six 5-by-5 mini crosswords that contain a puzzle within a puzzle. After all six mini crosswords are solved, select one answer from each of the first five grids, in order, to make a five-word clue. The answer...

This book charts the history of the last 20 years of animation festivals. From Annecy, the oldest animation festival in the world, to Beirut, or the founding of the festival in Peja, Kosovo, Nancy-Denney Phelps has recorded not just the films screened...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886742299Author Cale GlendeningFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Weldon Owen, IncorporatedPublisher Insight Editions

Create up to 12 adorable animal friends with this kid-friendly knitting loom kit! Just wrap the easy-to-use yarn around the loom, and then use the hook tool to weave it together. Add some stuffing and tie the ends together. In no time, you’ll have a...

Gamifying the Music Classroom: Digital Tools for Practical Application spotlights the application of digital game-based learning tools to enhance a General Music curriculum with a focus on grades K-8. Digital games, often referred to as video games, have...

The modern world faces religious, spiritual and existential quandaries, as new technologies redefine the beginnings and ends of life. Excruciating choices arise about when to turn off the machines - whether and when we should "play God." The COVID-19...

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