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Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
A highly original history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it represents. Little else made by human hands seems as stable as a building--yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless. Outliving their original contexts and purposes, buildings are forced to adapt to each succeeding age. To survive, they must become shape-shifters. In a refashioning of architectural history, Edward Hollis recounts more than...
21609) Russian Revolution, The
Author
Pub. Date
1991
Language
English
Description
Narrative of a movement whose purpose was to overthrow the world.
21614) The Old West--Master Index
Author
Pub. Date
19xx
Language
English
Description
Gift: Helen Walsh Memorial - Rebound 10/96
21617) Children's book of art
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Including all of the important art movements from Renaissance to Rococo as well as the great artists from these eras, this book takes readers on an international tour of the world's greatest art form.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"The author of the best-selling The Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of Jefferson's, Madison's, and Adams's views to some of the most divisive issues in American politics and society today. The story of history is a ceaseless conversation between past and present, and in American Dialogue, Joseph Ellis uses the perspective of the present to shed light on the views of the Founding Fathers....
21619) Energy: a human history
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning author Richard Rhodes reveals the fascinating history behind energy transitions over time—wood to coal to oil to electricity and beyond.
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