Publication date: 1992-10
Dewey code: 720.92
Price: $80.00
Review Lebbeus Woods: Anarchitecture Architecture Is a Political Act (Architectural Monographs, No. 22) / John Wiley & Sons:The visionary architecture of Lebbeus Woods is concerned with the cultural regeneration of society, directly confronting urban landscapes and social and political conditions presently undergoing radical transformations. His projects, including the recent Berlin-Free-Zone, Zagreb-Free-Zone and Double Landscape, Vienna, propose architecture as an instrument of social transformation. For him it is an instrument of both individuality and community and in this contradiction, he finds an energy for change at once ironical and affirmative. Freedom for the individual and therefore society means not just the lack of stylistic constraints but a questioning of the constraints imposed by function and structure, the breaking down of barriers and the evolution of new types of space and structures - the free Space Structures visualized in his graphic work.
Publication date: 2001-12-01
Price: $35.00
Review Kenneth Howard/Von Dutch / St. John Design Studio:The standard edition is hand bound in cloth. There are some very limited editions of this hand crafted book on Von Dutch. Some are covered in leather and cloth with "cord embossing" and a slip case. Others are in full leather. Available from the publisher on special order.
Publication date: 1992-02
Dewey code: 711.4092
Price: $99.00
Review Raymond Unwin: Garden Cities and Town Planning / Leicester Univ Pr:
Edition: 1
Publication date: 1999-01-07
Dewey code: 823.8
List Price: $1,440.00
Price: $1,428.96
Review Thomas Hardy: Family History (Rtp Family Histories Series) / Routledge:These original sources include important writings and interviews on Hardy by family and friends, and cover his life and relationships, his intellectual and musical background, his family life and their homes and haunts.
Publication date: 1983-02
Dewey code: 940.531503924047718
Price: $10.00
Review I Am the Only Survivor of Krasnostav / Shengold Pub:
Creator: Bociurkiw Michael
Publication date: 2003-10-10
Review Mahathir: 22 Years, 22 Voices / Melewar Apex Sdn Bhd& JF Publishing Sdn Bhd:
Publication date: 2003-04-01
Dewey code: 978.02092
Price: $59.95
Review Wyatt Earp: The Biography / Talei Publishers:
Publication date: 1998
Review Dictionary of Canadian Biography : Complete 2006 Shelf Set (16 volumes) / University of Toronto Press:
Publication date: 1988
Review James Humbert Craig R.H.A., 1877-1944 / The Arches Art Gallery:
Authors
- Benjamin (1706-1790) Franklin
Review Benjamin Franklin : his autobiography : with a narrative of his public life and services / by H. Hastings Weld ; with numerous designs by J.G. Chapman / New York : Harper & Brothers:
Publication date: 1966-02
Review Montague Summers / Cecil Woolf:
Publication date: 1867
Review The war with the South: A history of the great American rebellion : with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc / Virtue & Yorston:
Publication date: 1954-06
Price: $65.00
Review The George Eliot Letters (Yale Edition of the George Eliot Letters) / Yale Univ Pr:
Creator: Roy Prentice Basler
Publication date: 1990-05
Dewey code: 973.7092
Price: $50.00
Review The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln/First Supplement 1832-1865 (Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 1st Supplement) / Rutgers University Press:
Edition: 3rd Edition
Publication date: 1778
Review Plutarch's Lives - Translated From the Original Greek with Notes Critical and Historical 1778 (Plutarch's Lives - Translated From the Original Greek with Notes Critical and Historical, Volume V) / Edward and Charles Dilly, London:Beautiful original leather design with ornate binding with gold detail and label. A beautiful frontispiece and a great classic read, text written in old English "f" instead of "s" and printed on handmade paper!!!.
Edition: 1st
Publication date: 1994
Review Snaps / Little, Brown and Company:
Publication date: 1976-06
Dewey code: 428
List Price: $42.50
Price: $889.67
Review Portraits of Linguists / Greenwood Pub Group:This set is a standard biographical work in the history and theory of linguistics and an essential resource for all scholars of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and early twentieth-century Western linguistics. Containing articles by eminent scholars in English, French, and German, this hard-to-find text offers 91 biographies, a mass of information on major figures encompassing both biographical detail and remarks on the subjects' work.
Authors
- Mark Philp
- Martin Fitzpatrick
- William Godwin
- Pamela Clemit
Dewey code: 320
List Price: $925.00
Price: $924.99
Review The Political and Philosophical Writings of William Godwin (Pickering Masters) / Pickering & Chatto Ltd:Contains all the major political, philosophical and educational writings of William Godwin, one of the foremost philosophers of his age. His work on government and individual freedom, "Political Justice", made him the chief exponent of English radicalism, and a major influence on Thomas Holcroft, William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and others in the radical movement of the 1790s and later. Godwin was an influential historian and educationalist. His works include historical pamphlets, polemical journalism, philosophical and educational treatises, novels and literary works. "Political Justice" is printed in its original edition, with variants to the manuscript and first three editions. It also includes manuscript material never before published.
Authors
- Hans Werner Holzwarth
- Roberto Ohrt
- Klaus Kertess
Publication date: 2009-04-01
Dewey code: 709
List Price: $1,000.00
Price: $903.28
Review Albert Oehlen Albert Oehlen / Taschen:This is the definitive monograph of Oehlen's work to date. This XL retrospective explores Albert Oehlen's entire career chronologically and examines his creative process via in-depth texts. Limited to 1,000 copies, each numbered and signed by the artist. Albert Oehlen seeks the limits of painting in his work, challenging viewers to abandon their instinctive expectations. His early work in the late 1970s - when painting was decidedly out of fashion - was associated with a so-called 'bad painting' movement, in that it aimed at challenging ideas about what makes a painting 'good' or 'bad'; a recent exhibition in London was, somewhat ironically, entitled 'I Will Always Champion Good Painting'. With an approach he describes as 'post-non-representational', Oehlen uses painting not only as a way to convey meaning, but also as a means of exploring the function a painting can serve - often a painting's title itself gives the work an entirely new dimension. Never without a touch of tongue-in-cheek humor, his work seems to be winking at us as it dares us to change the way we look at art. Combining subtlety and sophistication with chaos and brutality, Oehlen has left an indelible mark on contemporary painting. This XL monograph explores all groups of Oehlen's work chronologically via genre-oriented approach, such as mud-colored paintings, mirror paintings, computer paintings, and so forth. Like a series of interlocking episodes, the chapters of the book draw the reader into a complex drama of constantly evolving themes. [+]In-depth texts get to the root of Oehlen's creative process, and an exhaustive bibliography and biography round out this comprehensive study. While Oehlen fans will rejoice at the publication of this breathtaking book, no one with an interest in contemporary art can afford pass up this unique opportunity to discover Oehlen's work. And to anyone who says painting is obsolete: we beg to differ. This book is also available in an Art Edition, limited to 100 copies and with an original artwork by Albert Oehlen.
Authors
- James Lees-Milne
- Michael Bloch
Dewey code: 720.92
Price: $45.00
Review Beneath a Waning Moon: Diaries, 1985-1987 / John Murray Publishers:Those who know him already will be prepared for the unexpected, and they will not be disappointed. Those new to him may be surprised to find - along with his honesty and delicious perceptiveness - the almost surreal oddness of some of his anecdotes. The thoughts, pleasures and regrets of those who appear in these pages are similarly fascinating. The Prince of Wales feels that the mantle of John Betjeman has fallen on his own shoulders, Diana Mosley explains why Macmillan rather than Ribbentrop should have been hanged after the war, Mick Jagger displays an extensive knowledge of Shakespeare, and Alan Clark admits he is bored stiff by his life in politics. JLM unites a sensibility uniquely his own with inconsistencies and prejudices of a kind we all share. He combines wit, acerbity and compassion, and is as delightful a companion in print as in life.
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Lebbeus Woods: Anarchitecture Architecture Is a Political Act (Architectural Monographs, No. 22), Kenneth Howard/Von Dutch, Raymond Unwin: Garden Cities and Town Planning, Thomas Hardy: Family History (Rtp Family Histories Series), I Am the Only Survivor of Krasnostav, Mahathir: 22 Years, 22 Voices, Wyatt Earp: The Biography, Dictionary of Canadian Biography : Complete 2006 Shelf Set (16 volumes), James Humbert Craig R.H.A., 1877-1944, Benjamin Franklin : his autobiography : with a narrative of his public life and services / by H. Hastings Weld ; with numerous designs by J.G. Chapman, Montague Summers, The war with the South: A history of the great American rebellion : with biographical sketches of leading statesmen and distinguished naval and military commanders, etc, The George Eliot Letters (Yale Edition of the George Eliot Letters), The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln/First Supplement 1832-1865 (Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln, 1st Supplement), Plutarch's Lives - Translated From the Original Greek with Notes Critical and Historical 1778 (Plutarch's Lives - Translated From the Original Greek with Notes Critical and Historical, Volume V), Snaps, Portraits of Linguists, The Political and Philosophical Writings of William Godwin (Pickering Masters), Albert Oehlen Albert Oehlen, Beneath a Waning Moon: Diaries, 1985-1987Top headlines: 6,500-year-old village found in Greece: Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of a 6,500-year-old farming settlement in an antiquities-rich area of central Greece. ›16:49 20 Nov, Thu Vegas doctor convicted of using Botox knockoff: A doctor and his wife have been convicted of treating patients with a Botox knockoff at their Las Vegas clinic. ›00:28 Witherspoon not so sure about marriage: Reese Witherspoon may be happily involved with Jake Gyllenhaal, the "Four Christmases" star isnt so sure how she feels about marriage. ›20:55 20 Nov, Thu Dr Pepper to deliver on its free-soda promise: Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N' Roses' long-delayed album, "Chinese Democracy," is a reality. ›23:48 20 Nov, Thu Quiz: Who blindsided Charlie on 'Survivor'?: Test your red-carpet savvy with our weekly quiz ›13:52 22 Oct, Wed 2007 Tokyo Motor Show: Cars Makers Should Greenlight: The concept cars that we think should become production models. ›07:00 31 Oct, Wed Cool Cars We Miss: Gone but not forgotten—a shortlist of cars we loved and still miss. ›07:00 18 Oct, Thu Oil rises from 3-year low as stocks rebound: rebound in world stock markets supported oil prices Friday, with crude creeping off a 3-year low to trade above $50 a barrel. ›13:15 Video: View from the war zone: Nov. 20: NBC's Richard Engel offers a first-hand account of what American troops are facing in Afghanistan.(Nightly News) ›00:00 A traveler's guide for a stress-free holiday trip: With the economy in a tizzy, everyone is cutting back on just about everything, including travel. 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