Architecture That Speaks: S. C. P. Vosper and Ten Remarkable Buildings at Texas A&m, Hardcover

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Reducere. The Lazy S Ranch, one of the last major ranches to be established in Texas, came into being at a time when most of the other great ranches were dis...

With a laugh, Laura Lewis says of her art, "I am uncomfortable painting mountains, because they get in the way of the view." The challenge for this...

Reducere. An Inspiring, Powerful True Story of Messages from the AfterlifeWhen Irene, one of three close friends, dies unexpectedly, the trio's lives intert...

Reducere. The rich, multicultural heritage of San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country provide the backdrop for this first comprehensive guide to the culturall...

The Book of Aggie Lists brings together in one volume a vast amount of information that will be welcomed by current and former students of Texas A&...

Publisher: Edition Axel MengesAuthor(s): Friedrich AchleitnerIllustration(s): 200 b/w & colour photosNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2008Dime...

Reducere. Ferdinand Jacob Lindheimer is known as the "father of Texas botany." While he was not the first botanist to collect plants for scientific examinati...

Description". . . an excellent resource as well as a useful classroom text." -- Journal of Wildlife Management"Guthery has written a tour de force ...

Reducere. During the first quarter of the 20th century, the major naval powers of the world built hundreds of Dreadnought-style battleships. Today there is o...

When people think of legendary Texas cattle ranches the images that first come to mind are iconic, open-range operations like King Ranch of South T...

In 1970, the small nation of Cambodia was sucked into the vortex of Cold War geopolitics, a war whose denouement led to one of the worst bloodbaths...

Three centuries after the French explorer La Salle was murdered in the Texas wilds, this volume presents translations of three obscure documents th...

Reducere. In Wild Focus, Earl Nottingham, chief photographer for the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department and its magazine, provides a unique perspective on Tex...

At 102 years of age, Louise Tobin is one of the last surviving musicians of the Swing Era. Born in Aubrey, Texas, in 1918, she grew up in a large f...

Nature and architecture have never been more intertwined. As more of the earth's surface is swallowed up by the built environment, architects are i...

This unique volume showcases the best illustrated architecture books ever published. The author, John Hill, is the founder of the hugely influentia...

Reducere. She was a friend, lover, and confidante of charismatic Spanish American independence hero Simon Bolivar and, after her death, a nationalist icon in...

This important new study examines the intricately linked phenomena of interwoven population growth, economic power, quality education, business lea...

The definitive architecture travel guide that lets you visit 1, 000 of today's most must-see contemporary buildings - whether at home or on the roa...

Sebastian St. Cyr investigates the mysterious life and death of a nobleman convicted of murder in this enthralling new historical mystery from the ...

Reducere. In 1542 members of the thriving Caddo Indian culture came face to face with Luis de Moscoso, successor to Hernando de Soto as leader of a Spanish e...

Reducere. DescriptionLike many Texans, Michael H. Marvins has been making regular pilgrimages to the Hill Country for much of his life. Traveling the back ro...

Reducere. Battleship Texas, visited by thousands of tourists each year at its berth at San Jacinto, is the lone survivor of the first generation of dreadnoug...

Reducere. Texas Range Plants offers a handy and attractive identification guide for the soil conservationist, range ecologist, amateur botanist, land apprais...

Reducere. MVRDV is a Rotterdam-based architecture and urban design practice founded in 1993 (its name is an acronym for founding members Winy Maas, Jacob van...

Reducere. Visiting all the lighthouses on Michigan's Upper Peninsula was not Sam and Becky's idea of an exciting summer--until they met a ghost who had been ...

DescriptionThe words we use when we talk and write about architecture describe more than just bricks and mortar--they direct the ways we think of a...

Contributor(s): Author: Etta KanerIllustrator: Carl WiensFrom cactuses to birds' wings, termite towers to honeycombs, this book celebrates more tha...

It's hard to imagine, but as late as the 1950s, athletes could get kicked off a team if they were caught lifting weights. Coaches had long believed...

Reducere. DescriptionA compelling survey of Texas houses that draw both on the heritage of pioneer ranches and on the twentieth-century design principles of ...

1. If I Ever Lost My Faith in You (Prologue) 2. Love Is Stronger Than Justice (The Munificent Seven) 3. Fields of Gold 4. Heavy Cloud No Rain 5. Sh...

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Recipient of three National Endowment for the Arts grants and with works exhibited at the prestigious Biennale de Paris, New York's Whitney Museum,...