|
Showing 1 - 25 of
61 matches in All Departments
This book arises from a workshop organized by the American
Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists entitled "Optimizing the
Drug-Like Properties of Leads in Drug Discovery," which took place
in Parsippany, NJ in September 2004. The workshop focused on the
optimization of the drug-like properties of leads in drug
discovery. The volume outlines strategies and methodologies
designed to guide pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
through the drug discovery and development process.
Victorian churches were often of high quality, reflecting in
physical terms the intense theological debates of the time. This
highly-illustrated book by a leading authority describes many of
the finest examples. Many churches were built in England during the
reign of Queen Victoria: most were in various varieties of Gothic
Revival. Often exquisitely furnished, they were visible expressions
of the presence and importance of religion at the time. Their
architectural qualities reflected aspirations of clergy, laity, and
individual benefactors. The finest were the results of passionate
commitment to an architecture soundly based on scholarly studies
known as Ecclesiology. James Stevens Curl places English churches
of the period in their complex social and denominational settings,
giving comprehensive accounts of the religious atmosphere and
controversies of the times. He charts the progress and development
of the Gothic Revival, explains differences in the architecture of
various denominations, outlines the influences of the chief
protagonists involved, and describes the demands made on craftsmen
and industry to produce the materials, furnishings, and fittings
necessary in making some of the finest buildings ever created in
England. He reveals something of the individuals and events that
shaped the religious climate of the epoch, while specially
commissioned illustrations reveal the rich variety found in
Victorian churches.
|
Paul Bunyan (Hardcover)
James Stevens; Contributions by Mint Editions
|
R344
Discovery Miles 3 440
|
Ships in 12 - 17 working days
|
Paul Bunyan (1925) is a novel by James Stevens. Written from a
lifetime of experience as a logger and historian of the logging
industry, Paul Bunyan is a masterful take on one of the defining
legends of the Pacific Northwest. Combining his own stories with
those he heard at logging camps as a young boy, Stevens earned a
reputation as a leading folklorist of his time whose novels and
songs continue to resonate decades after his death. "He could whip
his weight in wildcats, could pull clouds out of the sky, or chew
up stones, or tell the whole world anything!" Larger than life,
Paul Bunyan is a logger whose legend began with the Papineau
Rebellion of 1837. As a defender of young Queen Victoria's right to
the forests of Canada, Bunyan fought fiercely against French
loggers alongside his comrades armed with mattocks, axes, and
hooks. Emerging victorious, he settles down to a life in nature,
building his logging camp and roaming the woods with his trusted
blue ox Babe. From his boyhood in the lumber camps of Idaho to his
time as a logger in Oregon, James Stevens collected the tales of
Bunyan from the more experienced men of the woods, eventually
becoming the foremost expert on one of the Pacific Northwest's
greatest heroes. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of James Stevens'
Paul Bunyan is a classic work of American literature reimagined for
modern readers.
|
Paul Bunyan (Paperback)
James Stevens; Contributions by Mint Editions
|
R180
Discovery Miles 1 800
|
Ships in 12 - 17 working days
|
Paul Bunyan (1925) is a novel by James Stevens. Written from a
lifetime of experience as a logger and historian of the logging
industry, Paul Bunyan is a masterful take on one of the defining
legends of the Pacific Northwest. Combining his own stories with
those he heard at logging camps as a young boy, Stevens earned a
reputation as a leading folklorist of his time whose novels and
songs continue to resonate decades after his death. "He could whip
his weight in wildcats, could pull clouds out of the sky, or chew
up stones, or tell the whole world anything!" Larger than life,
Paul Bunyan is a logger whose legend began with the Papineau
Rebellion of 1837. As a defender of young Queen Victoria's right to
the forests of Canada, Bunyan fought fiercely against French
loggers alongside his comrades armed with mattocks, axes, and
hooks. Emerging victorious, he settles down to a life in nature,
building his logging camp and roaming the woods with his trusted
blue ox Babe. From his boyhood in the lumber camps of Idaho to his
time as a logger in Oregon, James Stevens collected the tales of
Bunyan from the more experienced men of the woods, eventually
becoming the foremost expert on one of the Pacific Northwest's
greatest heroes. With a beautifully designed cover and
professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of James Stevens'
Paul Bunyan is a classic work of American literature reimagined for
modern readers.
In this beautifully illustrated and closely argued book, a
completely updated and much expanded third edition of his
magisterial survey, Curl describes in lively and stimulating prose
the numerous revivals of the Egyptian style from Antiquity to the
present day. Drawing on a wealth of sources, his pioneering and
definitive work analyzes the remarkable and persistent influence of
Ancient Egyptian culture on the West.
The author deftly develops his argument that the civilization of
Ancient Egypt is central, rather than peripheral, to the
development of much of Western architecture, art, design, and
religion. Curl examines:
- the persistence of Egyptian motifs in design from Graeco-Roman
Antiquity, through the Medieval, Baroque, and Neo-Classical
periods
- rise of Egyptology in the nineteenth and twentieth-century
manifestations of Egyptianisms prompted by the discovery of
Tutankhamun s tomb
- various aspects of Egyptianizing tendencies in the Art Deco
style and afterwards.
For students of art, architectural and ancient history, and
those interested in western European culture generally, this book
will be an inspiring and invaluable addition to the available
literature."
This beautifully illustrated, closely argued, pioneering, and
definitive magisterial survey spans over two thousand years and
analyzes the astonishing and persistent influence that Ancient
Egyptian culture has had on the West. Professor Stevens Curl
describes in lively and stimulating prose the numerous revivals of
the Egyptian style from Antiquity to the present day, drawing on a
wealth of sources.
The author deftly develops his argument that the civilization of
Ancient Egypt is central, rather than peripheral, to the
development of much of Western architecture, art, design, and
religion. He charts the remarkable persistence of Egyptian motifs
in design from Graeco-Roman Antiquity, through the Mediaeval,
Baroque, and Neo-Classical periods, and goes on to trace the rise
of Egyptology in the nineteenth century, twentieth-century
manifestations of Egyptianisms prompted by the discovery of
Tutankhamun's tomb, and various aspects of Egyptianising tendencies
in the Art Deco style and afterwards.
For students of art, architectural and ancient history, and those
interested in Western European culture generally, this book will be
an inspiring and invaluable addition to the available literature.
Digital Vernacular addresses the why and how of digital fabrication
in hundreds of step-by-step color images, illuminating a set of
working principles and techniques that join theory with practice.
Authors James Stevens and Ralph Nelson reconcile local traditions
and innovations with globally accessible methods and digital
toolsets. By combining ethics with hardware, the book will root you
in the origins of making, ensuring a lasting and relevant reference
for your studio practice. The book opens with the origins and
principles of the digital vernacular, then outlines digital
vernacular tools including computer numerically controlled (CNC)
mills, laser cutters, and 3D printers. You'll even learn to create
your own digital fabrication tools out of inexpensive materials.
The book concludes with the processes of the digital vernacular,
including techniques for removing, joining, forming, and adding. A
companion website at make-Lab.org hosts additional step-by-step
processes and project outcomes.
The study of architecture requires not only an understanding of the
history of buildings, but also knowledge of the correct terminology
that is used to describe them. The "Encyclopaedia of Architectural
Terms" provides a comprehensive, clearly written, practical guide
to the terminology used in the various aspects of architecture and
building. It contains over 3500 terms offering definitions of
styles, the components of buildings, materials, the various parts
of orders and architectural details.
This book arises from a workshop organized by the American
Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists entitled "Optimizing the
Drug-Like Properties of Leads in Drug Discovery," which took place
in Parsippany, NJ in September 2004. The workshop focused on the
optimization of the drug-like properties of leads in drug
discovery. The volume outlines strategies and methodologies
designed to guide pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies
through the drug discovery and development process.
In Making Dystopia, distinguished architectural historian James
Stevens Curl tells the story of the advent of architectural
Modernism in the aftermath of the First World War, its
protagonists, and its astonishing, almost global acceptance after
1945. He argues forcefully that the triumph of architectural
Modernism in the second half of the twentieth century led to
massive destruction, the creation of alien urban landscapes, and a
huge waste of resources. Moreover, the coming of Modernism was not
an inevitable, seamless evolution, as many have insisted, but a
massive, unparalled disruption that demanded a clean slate and the
elimination of all ornament, decoration, and choice. Tracing the
effects of the Modernist revolution in architecture to the present,
Stevens Curl argues that, with each passing year, so-called
'iconic' architecture by supposed 'star' architects has become more
and more bizarre, unsettling, and expensive, ignoring established
contexts and proving to be stratospherically remote from the
aspirations and needs of humanity. In the elite world of
contemporary architecture, form increasingly follows finance, and
in a society in which the 'haves' have more and more, and the
'have-nots' are ever more marginalized, he warns that contemporary
architecture continues to stack up huge potential problems for the
future, as housing costs spiral out of control, resources are
squandered on architectural bling, and society fractures. This
courageous, passionate, deeply researched, and profoundly argued
book should be read by everyone concerned with what is around us.
Its combative critique of the entire Modernist architectural
project and its apologists will be highly controversial to many.
But it contains salutary warnings that we ignore at our peril. And
it asks awkward questions to which answers are long overdue.
|
|