Visible City, Paperback

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the building written by participants *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of con...

Reducere. Edith, "The Lonely Doll, " is fascinated by the pendulum and gears visible within Mr. Bear's expensive new mantle clock. When she climbs up on a st...

Jimmy Noone walks from one side of a sprawling city to the other, looking for Betwa, a friend he found and lost on the city streets. Jimmy becomes ...

Elin and Charlie find themselves in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii before returning to the Fudget Fayre to discover that they may have unearthed...

Surprises await in Turin, Italy's first capital.Long before Turin hosted the Olympics, it marked important Italian milestones. In 1563, it became t...

Reducere. Who Rules El Paso? To answer this question, a reader might respond that the mayor and city council representatives rule the city of El Paso. On dee...

Reducere. Repackaged in the vein of Lost and Found Sisters, Instant Attraction will appeal to readers of both women's fiction and romance. New York Times bes...

How did you first learn about sex? If you grew up in the 1970s, it may have been from a gleefully lusty tour guide named Xaviera HollanderIn the la...

Reducere. "Chicago is a tale of two cities, " headlines declare. This narrative has been gaining steam alongside reports of growing economic divisions and di...

Reducere. A city set on a hill, inescapably visible. A lit lamp brilliantly illuminating the darkest room. With compelling metaphors, Jesus described the chu...

Reducere. Robert Freeman Wexler's potent blend of urban realism and fantasy-"North American Surrealism" is the term Jeff VanderMeer has coined for Wexler's w...

Reducere. In the fifty years since it was published, The Other America has been established as a seminal work of sociology. This anniversary edition includes...

Reducere. DescriptionAn "intimate and revelatory" (Tom Perrota) novel--based on true events--charting a single sweltering summer in Atlanta that left no one ...

Reducere. "If Italo Calvino decided to make one of his invisible cities visible, the result might look something like Pfeijffer's Genoa." -- Benjamin MoserAn...

Reducere. A must-have new edition of one of the great American novels--and one of America's most popular--featuring a new introduction by Min Jin Lee, the Ne...

Reducere. In the linked essays that make up her debut collection, This Is One Way to Dance, Sejal Shah explores culture, language, family, and place. Through...

Reducere. The 1992-1995 battle for Sarajevo was the longest siege in modern history. It was also the most internationalized, attracting a vast contingent of ...

Reducere. Mexican leaders eagerly anticipated the attention that hosting the world s most visible sporting event would bring, yet they could not have predict...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom ancient rock drawings, historic sites, and modern museums to eco- and cultural tourism, sports events and powwows, the Native Ameri...

Reducere. Black Liberation/Red Scare is a study of an African American Communist leader, Ben Davis, Jr. (1904-64). Though it examines the numerous grassroots...

DescriptionLondon is full of familiar landmarks. From the historic St. Paul's Cathedral to Tower Bridge to the modern-day architecture of the Shard...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: W. G. MillerAfter my mother deteriorated down to End Stage I realized the drugs were not providing any lasting improvement ...

Reducere. From planetary movements and the exploration of our solar system to black holes and dark matter, this comprehensive reference simplifies all aspect...

Reducere. In Atmospheric Noise, Marina Peterson traces entanglements of environmental noise, atmosphere, sense, and matter that cohere in and through encount...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Eve BorsookThis is a book to read before you go, to carry with you and to re-read on your return. SPECTATORA sure and illum...

DescriptionThe city of a thousand minarets is also the city of eclectic modern constructions, turn-of-the-century revivalism and romanticism, concr...

DescriptionThere are many holy cities in India, but Mumbai is not usually considered one of them. More popular images of the city capture the world...