Japan and the West: An Architectural Dialogue, Hardcover - Neil Jackson

DescriptionThis book discusses the architectural influence that Japan and the West have had on each other during the last 150 years. While the rece...

DescriptionIn this remarkable and gorgeously illustrated book, Neil Jackson presents a vibrant profile of the Los Angeles architect Pierre Koenig, ...

The West, the largest region in the United States, encompasses varied landscapes. It stretches across arid deserts, the Alaskan tundra, and the tro...

This is the first introductory survey of western twentieth-century music to address popular music, art music and jazz on equal terms. It highlights...

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Between French Modernism and the New York School: The idiosyncratic art of the pioneer of American Pop Art. The American painter, musician, and fil...

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Publisher: Princeton Architectural PressAuthor(s): Zach ManganNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 154 x 203 x 20Cover type: Paper...

Architects imagine the planet: fifty speculative world-scale projects from Patrick Geddes, Alison and Peter Smithson, Kiyonori Kikutake, Juan Navar...

Stunning recipes for patisserie, desserts and savories with a contemporary Japanese twist. This elegant collection is aimed at the confident home-c...

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A boldexercise in inter-cultural reading of religious texts.Publisher: James Clarke & Co LtdPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 149 x 228 x 16Cover t...

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DescriptionPalm Beach houses and gardens resplendent with old grandeur yet wonderfully alive for today are the subject of this elegant volume. With...

Learn Japanese with Ease This book is for those who want an easy-to-follow guide that will make learning the Japanese language both fun and simple....

Reducere. Japanese castles cast a spell on all those who set their eyes on them. They are the product of a people whose history might be steeped in blood and...

Reducere. In 1959 journalist John Roderick joined the Tokyo bureau of the Associated Press. There, he befriended a Japanese family, the Takishitas. After mus...

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DescriptionThis is the first book to catalog comparative maps and tableaux that visualize the heights and lengths of the world's mountains and rive...

Orange Is an Apricot, Green Is a Tree Frog inspires young learners' curiosity in nature and language through the simple joy of connecting words and...

Publisher: Stenlake PublishingAuthor(s): Neil BurgessIllustration(s): 50 black & white photographsNumber of pages: 48Publication date: 2014Dimensio...

Put simply, practice is the most effective method of mastering written Japanese. The large, open format of Writing Japanese Hiragana invites the st...

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Utilizing an innovative framework as an international, interdisciplinary dialogue, the volume provides an inventory of contemporary thought about t...

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Reducere. " A]n excellent book..." --The Economist Financial Times Asia editor David Pilling presents a fresh vision of Japan, drawing on his own deep experi...

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Publisher: Merrell Publishers LtdNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 176 x 226 x 19Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescopera fa...

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Japan and the Shackles of the Past offers a penetrating overview of Japan, from a historical, social, political, economic, and cultural perspective.

Joseph Gandy dreams of being a great architect were frustrated, and his fame rests on the imaginative power of his unrealized projects, on his supe...