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Weird Science: A Conflatation of Art and Science

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hofmann, Irene / Grabner, Michelle / Wittkopp, Gregory, PUBLISHER: Cranbrook Art Museum, Art meets science -- ong>andong> engages the recent controversies of science studies -- in work by contemporary artists Mark Dion, Gregory Green, Margaret Honda, ong>andong> ong>Andong>rea Zittel. Using scientific language, strategies ong>andong> protocols, each of these projects focuses on a different area of exploration (natural science, nuclear physics, zoology, ong>andong> genetic engineering), ong>andong> investigates the influence, authority, ong>andong> effects of science. David Wilson, Director of the Museum of Jurassic Technology, writes on the 17th century scholar, inventor, curator, ong>andong> early progenitor of 'weird science', Athanasius Kircher; exhibition curator Irene Hofmann places these works into the context of each artist's career.

Remarks on the Book of Daniel...

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Irah Chase, PUBLISHER: BiblioLife LLC, NA

American and European Decorative and Art Glass Price Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Husfloen, Kyle / Rau, Bob, PUBLISHER: Antique Trader Books, Exquisite ong>andong> rare decorative glassware from the United States ong>andong> around the world are highlighted in this abundantly illustrated price guide. Features Amberina, Satin, Burmese, Webb, ong>andong> Venini with detailed descriptions, accurate prices, ong>andong> sketches of company marks. Features a special feature on art glass by Bob Rau.

Kickboxing: The Modern Martial Art

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sipe, Daniel, PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, "Action Sports" takes children up in an airplane to free-fall through a cloudless sky. Wind surfing over an ocean wave. Shooting the rapids on a swift-flowing river. If it's fast-paced ong>andong> exciting in the field of personal sports, this series covers it Material covered includes the basic equipment ong>andong> how to buy it, beginner's techniques, advanced skill levels, elements of competition, background on people who pioneered ong>andong> excel in the sport, plus conditioning tips ong>andong> how to reach top ong>formong>. Lively full-color photographs capture the thrill ong>andong> magic of these unusual ong>andong> popular sports. Each book contains an index, bibliography, glossary.

Interior Spaces of the USA: A Pictorial Review of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Images, PUBLISHER: Books Nippan, Photographs of outstong>andong>ing contemporary interior architecture ong>andong> design, accompanied by comprehensive captions ong>andong> biographical inong>formong>ation on participating firms. Includes commercial spaces ong>andong> atria; hospitality spaces ong>andong> restaurants; leisure ong>andong> arts centers; public ong>andong> special purpose spaces; ong>andong> retail spaces ong>andong> showrooms

Garden Features and Furniture

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stephens, David, PUBLISHER: Conrad Octopus, As the title implies, Garden Features ong>andong> Furniture focuses on the furnishings of garden spaces. Using his seemingly sixth-sense of garden design, Stephens offers countless ideas for improving the aesthetics of the garden. Stunning photographs have become a hallmark of Stephens's garden design books ong>andong> Garden Features ong>andong> Furniture is no exception. The beautiful photos dovetail smartly with detailed inong>formong>ation on how you can make your garden more attractive ong>andong> exciting.

Wdm Optical Networks: Concepts, Design, and Algorithms

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Murthy, C. Siva RAM / Gurusamy, Mohan, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall PTR, The complete, example-based guide to advanced WDM networks. -- The first optical network book focused entirely on WDM technology. -- WDM network design, architecture, protocols, routing, provisioning, ong>andong> survivability. -- Includes a detailed preview of next-generation IP-over-WDM networks. Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) ong>andong> wavelength routing are rapidly becoming the technologies of choice in network infrastructure that must accommodate unprecedented, accelerating demong>andong> for bong>andong>width. WDM Optical Networks: Concepts, Design, ong>andong> Algorithms is a systematic, up-to-date introduction to the fundamental concepts, challenges, ong>andong> state-of-the-art developments in WDM optical networks. The authors rely extensively on real-world examples, ong>andong> draw on the latest research to cover optical network design ong>andong> provisioning in far greater depth than any other book. The authors begin by reviewing the compelling advantages of WDM technology, including increased usable bong>andong>width, reduced processing cost, protocol transparency, ong>andong> more efficient failure hong>andong>ling. They present detailed, example-driven coverage of WDM network architecture; wavelength routing ong>andong> rerouting algorithms; ong>andong> virtual topology design ong>andong> reconfiguration. The book offers advanced design ong>andong> provisioning techniques for ensuring network survivability; ong>andong> presents detailed introductions to advanced optical multicast routing, as well as next-generation IP-over-WDM optical Internets.

STORIA DELL'ARTE Windows on art

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Space

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Court, Rob, PUBLISHER: Child's World, "Both books utilize clear pictures of the natural world, art objects, ong>andong> reproductions." School Library Journal, April review of ong>Formong> ong>andong> Lines

George Nelson: Compact Design Portfolio

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Webb, Michael / Bartolucci, Marisa / Cabra, Raul, PUBLISHER: Chronicle Books (CA), Continuing to put great classic ong>andong> contemporary design within everyone s grasp, Chronicle Books proudly delivers the next four installments of the popular Compact Design Portfolio. Written by top design critics, these books cover modern masters whose work ranges from the cozily domestic to the aggressively avant-garde: Eva Zeisel, whose elegantly democratic housewares span a 70-year career; Ingo Maurer, who raises lamp ong>andong> lighting design to a high art ong>formong>; Gaetano Pesce, whose rejection of traditional good taste brought about revolutionary furniture design; ong>andong> George Nelson, the impresario behind the Marshmallow sofa ong>andong> other Herman Miller classics. Follow-ing the introductory essay, a visual gallery exhibits selections of the designers best work in photographs ong>andong> sketches. Presented in an irresistible small ong>formong>at, this series encapsulates the life, work, ong>andong> influence of the great designers of our time.

Glorious Grasses: The Grains

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hughes, Meredith Sayles, PUBLISHER: Lerner Publications, *Spotlighted in Booklist as an "established series that continue s] to turn out titles of high quality ong>andong> appeal." This lively science series serves up a cornucopia of inong>formong>ation on a variety of edible plants. Explore topics ranging from where the plants originated; how they were first cultivated; how they're currently grown, processed, ong>andong> sold; to how they're eaten around the world ong>andong> what their scientific applications are. Each book includes cross-sectional diagrams of the focus plants, literary quotes, nutritional inong>formong>ation, sidebars, recipes, ong>andong> activities. Supports the national science education stong>andong>ards Unifying Concepts ong>andong> Processes: Systems, Order, ong>andong> Organization; Unifying Concepts ong>andong> Processes: Evolution ong>andong> Equilibrium; Unifying Concepts ong>andong> Processes: ong>Formong> ong>andong> ong>Functionong>; ong>andong> Life Science as outlined by the National Academics of Science ong>andong> endorsed by the National Science Teachers Association.

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The Art of the Islamic Garden

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Clark, Emma, PUBLISHER: Crowood Press (UK), Now in paperback, this lavish guide explains the design ong>andong> symbolism of Islamic gardens while giving practical guidance to replicating the component parts The Islamic garden is regarded as one of the highest ong>formong>s of visual art in the civilization of Islam, ong>andong> this guide explains these gardens' history ong>andong> symbolism, ong>andong> their connections to the Quran. The principal elements are water ong>andong> shade; they are also characterized by the chahar-bagh: a four-fold pattern, constructed around a central pool or fountain, with four streams flowing toward the four corners of the earth. This design is aesthetically striking; however, a true appreciation of an Islamic garden is only complete with an understong>andong>ing of the spiritual symbolism manifested in its design ong>andong> planting. The significance of the gardens' layout ong>andong> design are explored, as well as the geometry, hard long>andong>scaping, ong>andong> architectural elements, allowing a deeper understong>andong>ing of the gardens' beauty. Practical instructions include recommendations for suitable trees, shrubs, ong>andong> flowers, ong>andong> advice on creating an Islamic garden in cooler climates.

IP Network Design

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Long, Cormac S., PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Companies, With numerous case studies ong>andong> an 8-page blueprint section for additional visual guidance, this book offers you the most complete ong>andong> authoritative coverage on IP network design available. It covers all the important new areas in IP design--including IP over ATM ong>andong> Voice over IP--ong>andong> shows you everything you need to know to build a scalable ong>andong> secure network.

How to Form a California Professional Corporation [With

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mancuso, Anthony, PUBLISHER: NOLO, Healthcare professionals, lawyers, accountants ong>andong> members of certain other professions must fulfill special requirements when ong>formong>ing a professional corporation -- but they have many reason to do so, including tax-deductible corporate fringe benefits. How to ong>Formong> a California Professional Corporation contains everything readers need -- instructions, inong>formong>ation ong>andong> all the legal ong>formong>s necessary as tear-outs ong>andong> on CD-ROM.

Envisioning Cyberspace: Designing 3D Electronic Spaces

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: ong>Andong>ers, Peter, PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing, Free of the constraints of physical ong>formong> ong>andong> limited only by imagination, new environments spring to life daily in a fantastic realm called cyberspace. The creators of this new virtual world may be programmers, designers, architects, even children. In this invigorating exploration of the juncture between cyberspace ong>andong> the physical world, architect Peter ong>Andong>ers brings together leading-edge cyberspace art ong>andong> architecture... inspiring new techniques ong>andong> technologies... unexpected unions of reality ong>andong> virtuality... ong>andong> visions of challenges ong>andong> opportunities as yet unexplored. More than an invitation to tour fantastic realms ong>andong> examine powerful tools, this book is a hard-eyed look at cyberspace's impact on physical, cultural, ong>andong> social reality, ong>andong> the human-centered principles of its design. This is a book that will set designers ong>andong> architects thinkingNong>andong> a work of importance to anyone fascinated with the fast-closing space between the real ong>andong> the virtual.

The Short Story: The Reality of Artifice

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: May, Charles E., PUBLISHER: Routledge, The short story is one of the most difficult types of prose to write ong>andong> one of the most pleasurable to read. From Boccaccio's Decameron to The Collected Stories of Reynolds Price, Charles May gives us an understong>andong>ing of the history ong>andong> structure of this demong>andong>ing ong>formong> of fiction. Beginning with a general history of the genre, he moves on to focus on the nineteenth-century when the modern short story began to come into focus. From there he moves on to later nineteenth-century realism ong>andong> early twentieth-century ong>formong>alism ong>andong> finally to the modern renaissance of the ong>formong> that shows no signs of abating. A chronology of significant events, works ong>andong> figures from the genre's history, notes ong>andong> references ong>andong> an extensive bibliographic essay with recommended reading round out the volume.

The Search Press Book of Traditional Papercrafts

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wilson, Janet, PUBLISHER: Search Press(UK), Janet Wilson revives the delicate art of paper pricking, featuring a range of elegant pictures ong>andong> border designs inspired by the Victorian era, ong>andong> shows how to create beautiful medieval ong>andong> art nouveau parchment craft cards. There is a whole section on quilling, the fifteenth century craft of decorative items with rolled up strips of paper, ong>andong> further sections on embossing ong>andong> paper lace. This bumper book offers inspiration to all those interested in papercrafts.

Snowboard santa cruz twinza j fish 159

Ottima, lamine nuove. eccezionale anche in powder! nuovo 279 euro... The Twinza, named after a twin finned ‘fish' type surfboard, provides a similar ong>functionong> on snow. The Twinza's spoon like nose ong>andong> tapered tail shape helps you quickly plane to the top ong>andong> float through even the deepest pow! That's right, the Twinza's design keeps you from using all of your energy leaning way back to keep the nose up ong>andong> wearing yourself out. The bigger nose, setback stance ong>andong> sidecut allow you to stong>andong> more equally on your board ong>andong> keep you from digging the nose. No more over the bars! A 159 Twinza rides like a 164, floats better ong>andong> gives the ability to make the tightest turns in the trees. Because of the tapered shape, this board is quicker edge to edge ong>andong> works great for cranking turns on groomers!

Structural Concrete Structural Concrete: Theory and Design

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hassoun, Nadim M. / Hassoun, M. Nadim, PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall, Revised to adhere to the latest American Concrete Institute (ACI) Code requirements for the design of structural concrete. Presenting the analysis ong>andong> design of both reinforced ong>andong> prestressed concrete elements, Structural Concrete is exceptionally logical ong>andong> easy to read. Accuracy of calculations (Section 1.11) helps readers understong>andong> the accuracy of calculations in engineering design. Additional examples elaborate on the behavior of reinforced concrete beams at failure ong>andong> combine structural analysis with concrete design. Section on Coulomb theory for soil pressure provides an alternative approach to calculate the soil pressure considering the friction of soil on retaining walls. Section on partially prestressed concrete explains the range of partial prestressing between a lower limit of reinforced concrete ong>andong> an upper limit of full prestressing. In-depth treatment of the ultimate strength concept of reinforced concrete explains the concept of concrete beams behavior up to failure with mathematical analysis of forces developed in concrete ong>andong> steel. Discusses the design of different types of stairs ong>andong> the design of curved beams.

Knowledge Management and Virtual Organizations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Malhotra, Yogesh, PUBLISHER: Idea Group Publishing, Based on the completion of the latest knowledge, research ong>andong> practices, Knowledge Management ong>andong> Virtual Organizations synthesizes the latest thinking in knowledge management with the design of inong>formong>ation technology ong>andong> the Internet-enabled new organization ong>formong>s. The major emphasis of this exciting book is on knowledge management, virtual organizations ong>andong> teams, ong>andong> success factors for knowledge management ong>andong> virtual organizations.

Benin

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Plankensteiner, Barbara, PUBLISHER: 5 Continents, The Benin kingdom of the Edo people flourished in West Africa between the 15th ong>andong> 19th centuries. The latest volume in the highly regarded "Visions of Africa "series explores the remarkable court art of this powerful empire. Their unique bronzes ong>andong> stunning ivory ong>andong> wood carvings enjoyed a place in the royal palace grounds of Benin City until , when the empire succumbed to British rule ong>andong> the works were scattered around the globe. These works were essential elements in court rituals ong>andong> representation, ong>andong> are reassembled here for the first time. In this beautifully illustrated study of a fascinating chapter in African art history, a leading scholar introduces the complex history, iconography, ong>andong> ong>functionong> of Benin royal art ong>andong> discusses various approaches to its interpretation ong>andong> stylistic development.

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Remarks on Shakespeare, His Birth-Place, Etc Suggested by a

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Charles Roach Smith, PUBLISHER: BiblioLife LLC, NA

Remarks on Dr Gale's Letter to J W Esq;

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Eliphalet Dyer, PUBLISHER: BiblioLife LLC, NA

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