Explosion Green tells the twenty-year story of the global green building movement through the eyes of David Gottfried, the man who helped start it all. Explosion Green reveals the inner workings of the building industry as it comes to...
Art and architecture
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Author:Gottfried, David, Hawken, Paul, Fedrizzi, RickSummary: - Author:Atanassova, KaterinaSummary:
Frederick Horsman Varley was unique among the members of the Group of Seven. One of the greatest Canadian portraitists of the twentieth century, he is an intriguing example of an artist who, despite his fame as a portrait painter,...
- Author:Cummins, BryanSummary:
John J. Honigmann was an anthropologist of rare energy and talent. In addition to writing numerous books and dozens of articles, he is the only anthropologist whose research and field experience extend across the three northern culture...
- Author:Ribeiro, AileenSummary:
Throughout the history of the Western world, countless attempts have been made to define beauty in art and life, especially with regard to women's bodies and faces. Facing Beauty examines concepts of female beauty in terms of the...
- Author:Tunzelmann, Alex von.Summary:
In this timely and lively look at the act of toppling monuments, the popular historian and author of Blood and Sand explores the vital question of how a society remembers-and confronts-the past. In 2020, history came tumbling down. From...
- Author:Arnold, Lisa Smith, Egan, MarianneSummary:
The fast and easy way to learn the art of fashion drawing This fun guide gives you dozens of step-by-step diagrams that walk you through the process of preparing creative illustrations that you can later develop into dynamic...
- Author:Martin, Jill, Lehu, Pierre A.Summary:
Your full-color guide to building a fun, functional wardrobe Fashion For Dummies takes the guess out of dress, giving you the confidence and know-how you need to dress for every occasion. This full-color guide is packed with tips on...
- Author:Parsons, MarianSummary:
Discover how to achieve your dream home on an affordable budget using these inspiring pictures, practical tips, and easy-to-implement tutorials. Most of us don't live in a dream home that was custom built to suit our tastes. We have to...
- Author:Antoine, LucSummary:
Transformer son lieu de vie à deux est un moyen de transformer sa relation de couple ! Vous souhaitez construire ou aménager votre lieu de vie afin qu'il reflète l'harmonie de votre couple ? La clé se trouve entre vos...
- Author:Kennedy, David Daniel, Yun, Grandmaster LinSummary:
Take a look around you. What do you see? Whether or not you're aware of it, your environment profoundly affects your health, wealth, family life, relationship and, yes, even your destiny. Feng Shui (pronounced fung shway), which means...
- Author:Tan, CliffSummary:
The ancient practice of feng shui is uncovered in this simple and practical guide, revealing the tools that will lead to a healthier, happier home for every budget. How do you place a bed in an awkward room? How can your space help you...
- Author:Skinner, StephenSummary:
With over 200 photos this Asian design book showcases the feng shui techniques instrumental in some of the world's most spectacular structures. Feng Shui Style demonstrates clearly that ancient Chinese principles of feng shui are...
- Author:Okabayashi, KensukeSummary:
Figure Drawing For Dummies appeals to both new art students and veteran artists who find it difficult to proportionally draw the human form. The illustrations and examples in Figure Drawing For Dummies are designed to help readers...
- Author:Koestenbaum, WayneSummary:
Through a collection of intimate reflections (on art, punctuation, eyeglasses, color, dreams, celebrity, corpses, porn, and translation) and assignments that encourage pleasure, attentiveness, and acts of playful making, poet, artist,...
- Author:Coy, HelenSummary:
Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald, born in Winnipeg in 1890. A member of the Group of Seven; for several years he was a teacher at the Winnipeg School of Art.
- Author:Onley, ToniSummary:
Artist Toni Onley's serene and spectacular landscapes are known to millions, but the man behind the brush has remained an intriguing enigma - until now. Here, Onley paints a self-portrait in words, a sweeping canvas that stretches from...
- Author:Grierson, JoanSummary:
When Marjorie Hill graduated in 1920 as Canada’s "first girl architect," she was entering a profession that had been established in Canada just 30 years earlier. For the Record, the first history of women architects in Canada...
- Author:DeJonge, NicoSummary:
This beautiful book contains fascinating text and over 170 unique photographs of one of the most interesting but least well known cultures in the Indonesian Archipelago. The traditional art of Maluku Tenggara, the Southeast Moluccas, is...
- Author:Holroyd, Violet M.Summary:
The Ontario landscape is dotted with places of worship, from the simple log cabin to lofty cathedrals. Behind each lie personal stories of exceptional individuals and historical events, all of which have helped shape our lives.The...
- Author:Hobsbawm, EricSummary:
Eric Hobsbawm, who passed away in 2012, was one of the most brilliant and original historians of our age. Through his work, he observed the great twentieth-century confrontation between bourgeois fin de siEcle culture and myriad new...
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