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"Symbolic Essence" and Other Writings on Modern Architecture and American Culture William H. Jordy
 Book Description Historian and architectural critic William H. Jordy (1917–1997) significantly shaped the way we understand the character and meaning of modern architecture and American culture. This collection of his thought-provoking essays encompasses Jordy’s entire career and includes his signature essay, “The Symbolic Essence of Modern Architecture of the Twenties and Its Continuing Influence.” The collection also contains critical writings on works by Ludwig Mies van derRohe, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, and Robert Venturi as well as significant but less-well-known pieces and one previously unpublished text. Generously illustrated, the book demonstrates the range and depth of Jordy’s thinking. He leads his readers to discover important connections of architecture with art, literature, intellectual history, symbolic structures, social purpose, and community. Mardges Bacon’s insightful introduction to the volume situates......
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Amelia Earhart Free in the Skies (American Heroes) Robert Burleigh
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Halliwell's Top 1000 (Halliwell's Top 1000) John Walker
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The Great Adventure : The University of California Southern Africa Expedition of 1947-1948 Thomas J Larson
 Book Description The Great Adventure In 1947, after four years with the Navy in the South Pacific, Tom Larson returned to the University of California at Berkeley just in time to become a member of the University's Africa Expedition. He wasto collect mammal and reptile specimens for The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology of the University. With Professor Charles Camp, the paleontologist leader of the expedition, they explored Doris Crater in the remote Kaokoveld of Nambia. Then Tom joined Professor Edwin Loeb in Ovamboland where he filmed 115 Kung Bushmen. From there he traveled alone, hunting for specimens at Finkenstein Farm and Omataka Flats in Nambia. He then joined the Camps and Dr. Frank Peabody at the Transvaal caves at Gladysvale, and Bolt Farm. Then it was off to Northern Transvaal, and into Mozambique to collect more specimens. With Dr. Peabody they made excavations for early man at Wunderwek cave in Bechuanaland. Everyday was a great adventure for......
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Doug Pratt's DVD: Movies, Television, Music, Art, Adult, and More! (2 vol) Douglas Pratt
 Book DescriptionWith over 7,000 reviews, and spanning 2 volumes (over 1,300 pages), Doug Pratt's DVD is the one collection of DVD reviews you need to own, written by one of the most prolific and wide-ranging media critics working today. Doug Pratt is uniquely qualified to write this book. As the editor and publisher of The DVD-Laser Disc Newsletter - the insider's guide to the medium - he has been reviewing laserdiscs and DVDs for over twenty years. He has established a reputation as the premier critic of films, videos, and other presentations on disc. His wealth of knowledge about the medium is unsurpassed. After checking out Doug Pratt?s DVD you'll know instantly whether a disc is worth purchasing, or which version ofa film to rent. Doug covers much more than just feature films: the books include trenchant commentary on music videos, operas, documentaries, video art, historic television - even erotic DVDs. From A.I. to Zulu you?ll find the......
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