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The book offers a new conceptual and historical framework for the study of Lawrence Kocher's body of work that relocates it within the history of American modern architecture. Kocher's work as an independent designer has received very little critical...

How would you feel on waking at just past midnight to witness an enormous, illuminated cloud descending into your bedroom accompanied by an entourage of stars? At the same time, you are being bombarded with biblical manifestations and visions all...

Celebration of the classical architectural tradition, spanning 2500 years but widely practised today. Professionals, students and enthusiasts will benefit from the profuse illustrations, including detailed line drawings, demonstrating this rich tradition...

The Renaissance is one of the most studied and celebrated eras of history. Spanning the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of modernity, it has come to symbolise the transformative rebirth of knowledge, art, culture and political thought in Europe...

This book provides a critical assessment of conservation in the Anthropocene grounded in the personal, historical, and cultural development of human interaction with nature.This book argues that conservation can no longer be primarily about preserving...

These poppin' crosswords by top constructors are how we remind you all about the 2000s, with aughties pop culture references sure to include whatever you like. Crossword noob or just need a little help? Take a chill pill. Invite some peeps over and...

This book explores the role of religion in discussions about climate change, and particularly, the development of responses to climate change on global, state, institutional, and local levels. It considers examples of the ways that different religious...

Reading Oscar Wilde is a comprehensive interpretive guide designed for students and readers who come to Wilde's writings for the first time, delivering a fuller understanding of the works and the background from which the canon has emerged. This...

A multidisciplinary artist of the 20th century, Guy de Rougemont (1935-2021) flourished throughout his career in painting, sculpture, the decorative arts and ceramics, in a constant play on colour, line and form. The monumental wrapping of the columns at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780884025214Author Stephen DanielsFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & CollectionPublisher Dumbarton Oaks Research Library...

Whether you want to hit the beach in Cabo San Lucas, go shopping in San Jose del Cabo, or take a day trip to Todos Santos, the local Fodor's travel experts in Los Cabos are here to help! Fodor's Los Cabos guidebook is packed with maps, carefully curated...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636414690Author Don DickermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Charisma HousePublisher Charisma House

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398842946Author Dr Gareth MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

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Percy Bysshe Shelley, one of the major Romantic poets was actually a rebellious British aristocrat of the early ninety century, who wanted to live according to his values, but tragically died in 1822 at the age of 29 when his sailing boat sank off the...

A bold reimagining of Fernando Pessoa's poetry into a mixed dialect of Scots and English by an exciting next-generation, prize-winning Scottish poet.Book InformationISBN 9781800174641Author Fernando PessoaFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint Carcanet...

Jeremy Over's fourth Carcanet collection is an exuberant book of experimental poetry tracking the movements of a happily wandering mind.About the AuthorJeremy Over was born in Leeds in 1961. He now lives on a hill near Llanidloes in the middle of Wales...

This comprehensive text traces a cultural history of acting practice in Aotearoa / New Zealand, whose Indigenous Maori practitioners have made a significant impact on acting processes, principles and values in this post-colonial nation.Each chapter...

French-born Marie-Claude Deffarge (1924-1984) and Luxembourgian Gordian Troeller (1917-2003) collaborated as freelance journalists from the 1950s until Deffarange's premature death. Initially, they reported mainly from the Middle East, later from all...

Resistance and Support: Contact Improvisation @ 50 is a ground-breaking anthology that collects twenty original writings that elucidate critically important somatic and political perspectives on Contact Improvisation (CI). This form of partner dancing...

Dancing on the Fault Lines of History collects essential essays by Susan Manning, one of the founders of critical dance studies, recounting her career writing and rewriting the history of modern dance. Three sets of keywords-gender and sexuality,...

In 1959, Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel wrote and performed "Ne me quitte pas" [Don't Leave Me], a visceral and haunting plea for his lover to come back. As a teenager, Maya Angela Smith was so captivated by Nina Simone's powerful 1965 cover of...

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Lyric meditations on writing poetry in a time of ecological crisis and right wing populism_x000D_ _x000D_ During the time of an increasingly powerful alt-right which was also the time when species extinction was ever increasing, Juliana Spahr sat down...

First published in 1933, The Indian Theatre provides a comprehensive overview of the origin and the later developments of theatre in India under European influence with special reference to Western India. It discusses important themes such as the early...

Reimagining Music Theory: Contexts, Communities, Creativities invites instructors to rethink how we teach music theory, challenging the traditional, classical canon-based pedagogy and offering new and alternative approaches.The study and teaching of...

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Teaching Design for Sustainable Futures: Community Construction and Creativity explores how creativity can be integrated into sustainability education within the built environment.Through diverse international case studies, the book emphasizes the...

As political tensions propel the Inner Sea to the edge of continental war, the elf queen of Kyonin has asked you to represent the elven nation in an important diplomatic alliance. When an unexpected act of violence threatens to sabotage the alliance...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857253077Author Marco MeneguzzoFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint SkiraPublisher Skira

This third collection from award-winning poet Rebecca Watts is a vibrant, resonant exploration of childhood, desire, conflict and the animal nature of the self.About the AuthorRebecca Watts's debut poetry collection The Met Office Advises Caution (2016)...

The authoritative and wide-ranging visual essay on the aesthetics of Japan, a classic volume now back in print with a stunning new cover design 'Japan style' is an aesthetic recognizable to everyone: a beautifully displayed flower, an elegant piece of...

Building in existing fabric requires more than practical solutions and stylistic skills. The adaptive reuse of buildings, where changes in the structure go along with new programs and functions, poses the fundamental question of how the past should be...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781398846777Author Eric SaundersFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint ArcturusPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Where are you Robin, in the rain? Do you know that it is Solstice – That the light is coming? A profound collection that explores Nature and the magic of the in-between, Interlude considers how humans connect with their surrounding landscapes and the...

'Gorgeous ... a joyful reminder that there are still wonders to be found in Ireland wherever we give nature an inch to flourish' IRISH INDEPENDENT'From moss to moths, Anja Murray has conjured up an ebullient paean to our surrounding ecosystem - a...

Old Rags and Iron is a collection of narrative poems about the life experiences of working-class people with whom the author, R. F. McEwen, is not only acquainted but whose lives he has shared. McEwen supplemented his income as a teacher while working as...

Marine biota includes marine microbes, plants, and animals that constitute about 50% of the total world biodiversity, and they have the potential of being a rich source of bioactive compounds that can be beneficial in the prevention of cancer, heart...

Poems that ask an urgent question: how might a white friend write in protest of intimate Black death without becoming complicit in the commodification of Black trauma? Phantom Number listens for an absent voice. To survive and answer to her best friend...