Toledo: A History in Architecture 1835-1890, Hardcover - William D. Speck

The last place most 19th-century settlers wanted to move was the swampy, fever-ridden Toledo area. However, with the assistance of Irish and German...

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Reducere. Stanley D. Anderson's standard of architecture has sustained the test of time. His designs for residences, commercial buildings, schools, and Gentl...

DescriptionAn unprecedented survey of the origins and evolution of Chinese architecture, from the last millennia BCE to todayThroughout history, Ch...

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Germany's role as a major military and imperial power, industrialiastion and the economy, the crucial effects of the war years and the disturbing e...

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Dieses Buch erzählt die vollständige Geschich-te der Yagyū, die durch eine Reihe von unverschuldeten Unglücken zuerst ihre Unabhängigkeit, dann ihr...

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Reducere. Violent mobs, racial unrest, attacks on the press--it's the fall of 1835 and the streets of Boston are filled with bankers, merchants and other gen...

St. Elizabeths has been a mental health hospital in Washington, D.C., since 1852, when it was established by the United States Congress as the Gove...

Born in Bear Valley, Wisconsin, raised in nearby Richland Center, then Massachusetts before settling in south central Wisconsin, Frank Lloyd Wright...

A description of the geography, geology, climate, productions of the country, and the numbers, manners, and customs of the natives.

The epic tale of the House of Orange-Nassau, from 1772 to 1890.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Jeroen van ZantenIllustration(s): 64 illustratio...

The tally of Texas lawmen killed during the state s first sixty-five years of organized law enforcement is truly staggering. From Texas Rangers the...

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The rich cultural and political life of Spain has emerged from its complex history, from the diversity of its peoples, and from continual contact w...

DescriptionShim-Sutcliffe's masterful work at Point William intertwines landscape and architecture with ancient rock and water reshaping and reimag...

There are some eighty buildings featured, more than forty of which receive in-depth attention in detailed photo essays. Pryce's accompanying texts ...