The Mayans and Incas of South America were influential people in the region's culture and tradition. Learn about them through this attention-grabbing educational book. By using more pictures and only a few select texts, children are able to understand and absorb historical information better. This is a book your child needs to get better grades in history. Grab a copy today! ...
Ancient civilizations is one 4th grade subject that can be quite difficult to understand just be reading texts. The good news is history picture books exist and they are a joy to study. Pictures provide visual representations of the past. They're easy to remember compared to blocks of text that may not be as descriptive as photos. Order your copy today! ...
This vivid book is an inquiry into the stagnation between the development of architectural practice and the progress in urban modernization. It is about islands as territories of resistance. It is about dense places where multitudes dwell in perennial contestations with the city on every front. It is about the histories, tactics and spaces of everyday survival within the hegemonic sway of global capital and unstoppable development. It is preoccu ...
Learning about the Mayan Civilization can become quite boring when you're just reading about it. There is little interaction with texts compared to seeing pictures. That is why this educational book has carefully selected images to complement textbook learning. If you're having trouble explaining what life was during the Mayan Civilization, then it's best you get a copy of this book today! ...
Community, heritage, architecture—oh yes, and stiff pours: these are the hallmarks of San Francisco's Legacy Bars. <i>High Spirits</i> leads readers on a neighborhood-by-neighborhood pub crawl in search of the city's most remarkable nightspots. Atmospheric photographs accompany descriptions of each bar's colorful history, unique architectural features, idiosyncratic owners, and quirky clientele. As we dip int ...
Winner of the 2012 James D. Houston Award, Keenan Norris's first novel is a beautiful, gritty, coming-of-age tale about two young African Americans in the San Bernardino Valley—a story of exceptional power, lyricism, and depth. Erycha and Touissant live only a few miles apart in the city of Highland, but their worlds are starkly separated by the lines of class, violence, and history. In alternating chapters that touch and intertwi ...
Монография посвящена результатам авторских проектных разработок и исследований объектов духовной жизни человека в гармонии архитектуры и акустики храмовых, театральных, спортивных сооружений: от известного нам Кромлеха Стоунхенджа в английском графстве Солсбери (третье тысячелетие до н.э.), театральной площадки в Кноссе на острове Крит (XV век до н.э.), амфитеатров на холмах Афин (VI век до н.э.), театра в Пальмире (Сирия) до Государственной ака ...