Real and Imagined
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During the Heian period (794-1185), the sacred mountain Kinpusen, literally the "Peak of Gold," came...
The Social History of Agriculture: From the Origins to the Current Crisis
Christopher M. Isett and Stephen Miller
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This innovative text provides a compelling narrative world history through the lens of food and...
Value Added Partnering and Innovation in a Changing World
Marina van Geenhuizen, Dariusz Trzmielak, David V. Gibson and Maciej Urbaniak
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This volume addresses the challenges faced by value-added networking and innovation both for firms'...
Bridges: Spanning the World
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Building bridges across rivers, canyons, straits and sea represents one of man's greatest...
Introducing Architectural Tectonics: Exploring the Intersection of Design and Construction
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Introducing Architectural Tectonics is an exploration of the poetics of construction. Tectonic...
Twenty-Five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand: Twenty Buildings Every Architect Should Understand
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Twenty-Five Buildings Every Architect Should Understand is an essential companion to Simon Unwin's...
Early Modern Merchants as Collectors
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Early Modern Merchants as Collectors encourages the rethinking of collecting not as an elite, often...
Photographers A-Z
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Masters and monographs: An encyclopedia of 20th century photographers and their finest publications...
The Social Life of Inkstones: Artisans and Scholars in Early Qing China
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An inkstone, a piece of polished stone no bigger than an outstretched hand, is an instrument for...
Absolute Pandemonium: My Louder Than Life Story
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There is no one quite like Brian Blessed. He's an actor, film star, trained undertaker, unlikely...