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Download or read book Urban Gnome written by Tom R. Lupara and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Small, quick, and clever, gnomes are one of the few creatures to have survived to modern times. To this very day they remain living in the forests and in the mountains all around us, ever watchful, revealing no more of themselves than the rustle of underbrush and the patter of small feet. But everything will change for a little gnome named One when a neighborhood is built in the mountains he calls home. Frightened and alone, One will have to brave a strange new world by himself, one filled with countless dangers each more terrifying than the last—the worst of all being humans.
Book Synopsis Garden gnomes urban tales by : Christian Courvoisier
Download or read book Garden gnomes urban tales written by Christian Courvoisier and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Ecology of Cities and Towns by : Mark J. McDonnell
Download or read book Ecology of Cities and Towns written by Mark J. McDonnell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-25 with total page 747 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Assesses the current status, and future challenges and opportunities, of the ecological study, design and management of cities and towns.
Book Synopsis The Zombie Gnome Defense Guide by : Shaenon K. Garrity
Download or read book The Zombie Gnome Defense Guide written by Shaenon K. Garrity and published by Running Press Adult. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled from the notes of three zombie gnome experts (among them a Van Helsing-like zombie gnome hunter, a horticulture student, and a gardening columnist), this guide includes a detailed study of zombie gnome habits, hiding places, and offensive tactics, as well as an intimate history of the zombie gnome rise and eventual war with humanity. Empty-eyed, shambling, and hungry for human ankles, the zombie gnome population is on the rise, infesting the backyards of suburbia and attacking innocent lawn ornaments everywhere. While chances of human survival are minimal, readers can arm themselves with The Zombie Gnome Defense Guide to combat their tiny, undead enemies. Offering strategies for defense against a zombie gnome invasion, the book provides an extensive list of essential weapons and DIY home-fortification tips. Rare illustrations of zombie gnomes in their natural habitat and a priceless collection of never-before-seen photos (housed in an envelope in the back of the book) make this the go-to guide for survivalists in a zombie gnome-infested world.
Book Synopsis Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement by : Zhongjie Lin
Download or read book Kenzo Tange and the Metabolist Movement written by Zhongjie Lin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-31 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amid Japan’s political turbulence in 1960, seven architects and designers founded Metabolism to propagate radical ideas of urbanism. Kenzō Tange’s Plan for Tokyo 1960 further celebrated urban expansion as organic processes and pushed city design to an unprecedented scale. Metabolists’ visionary schemes of the city gave birth to revolutionary design paradigms, which reinvented the discourse of modern Japanese architecture and propelled it through the years of Economic Miracle to a global prominence. Their utopian concepts, which often envisaged the sea and the sky as human habitats of the future, reflected fundamental issues of cultural transformation and addressed environmental crises of the postindustrial society. This new edition expands Zhongjie Lin’s pathbreaking account on Tange and Metabolism centered at the intersection of urbanism and utopianism. The thorough historical survey, from Metabolism’s inauguration at the 1960 World Design Conference to the apex of the movement at Expo ’70 and further to the recent demolition of Nakagin Capsule Tower, leads to a definition of three Metabolist urban paradigms – megastructure, group form, and ruins – which continue to inspire experiments in architecture, city design, and conservation. Kenzō Tange and the Metabolist Movement is a key book for architectural and urban historians, architects, and all those interested in avant-garde design, Japanese architecture, and contemporary urbanism.
Book Synopsis City Shenanigans: A Contemporary Urban Sports, Cinderella Retelling Suspense Romance by : Shelley Munro
Download or read book City Shenanigans: A Contemporary Urban Sports, Cinderella Retelling Suspense Romance written by Shelley Munro and published by Shelley Munro. This book was released on with total page 1266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three alpha heroes. Triple the trouble. A city is a playground of dreams and opportunities, a place where the imagination can soar, and love is the drumbeat of life. Meet our single city dwellers. Not all search for romance, but it stalks them, and they cannot escape the call when shenanigans ensue. City Shenanigans includes: One Night of Misbehavior: a Cinderella retelling Charlotte Dixon ignores her stepmother’s edict and, in an act of disobedience, attends one of the year’s social events—a masquerade costume ball. Charlotte’s naughtiness escalates when she dances and smooches with a sexy mystery man. The night of anonymous passion that follows makes her yearn for a different life, but the next day, she’s back to her dull routine of household management… Playing to Win: a sports romance suspense Professional rugby player Lane Gerrard is used to women throwing themselves at him, but a scurrilous tabloid article naming him as the father of a child sends his temper soaring. The woman he confronts doesn’t fit the blackmailer profile. Kate Alexander is attractive, with an enchanting innocence. A total stranger. Her feistiness draws his unwilling admiration, but the child is the image of Lane… Reunited Lovers: a married couple’s struggle to reconciliation Julia Maxwell is a seize-the-moment party girl until the night she spends with up-and-coming rocker Ryan Callander. From that moment, she becomes a one-man woman. Pity he hasn’t kept with the program. Ryan’s long European tour had more than its share of hard knocks—one of which landed on his head during a mugging. Divorce papers waiting for him at home are a shock that fills in some holes in his sketchy memory. But it could be too late to salvage his marriage… You’ll love this city-themed romance collection set in Auckland, New Zealand, because it contains sassy women who know what they want and strong, alpha men who will protect them to the end. Oh, and a little humor, a few juicy secrets, and danger and suspense to keep things interesting.
Book Synopsis Cold Feet at Christmas by : Debbie Johnson
Download or read book Cold Feet at Christmas written by Debbie Johnson and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-11-06 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Fun, sexy and fabulously festive’ Jane Costello Running out on your wedding shouldn’t be this much fun!
Download or read book Dear Los Angeles written by David Kipen and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich mosaic of diary entries and letters from Marilyn Monroe, Cesar Chavez, Susan Sontag, Albert Einstein, and many more, this is the story of Los Angeles as told by locals, transplants, and some just passing through. “Los Angeles is refracted in all its irreducible, unexplainable glory.”—Los Angeles Times The City of Angels has played a distinct role in the hearts, minds, and imaginations of millions of people, who see it as the ultimate symbol of the American Dream. David Kipen, a cultural historian and avid scholar of Los Angeles, has scoured libraries, archives, and private estates to assemble a kaleidoscopic view of a truly unique city. From the Spanish missionary expeditions in the early 1500s to the Golden Age of Hollywood to the strange new world of social media, this collection is a slice of life in L.A. through the years. The pieces are arranged by date—January 1st to December 31st—featuring selections from different decades and centuries. What emerges is a vivid tapestry of insights, personal discoveries, and wry observations that together distill the essence of the city. As sprawling and magical as the city itself, Dear Los Angeles is a fascinating, must-have collection for everyone in, from, or touched by Southern California. With excerpts from the writing of Ray Bradbury • Edgar Rice Burroughs • Octavia E. Butler • Italo Calvino • Winston Churchill • Noël Coward • Simone De Beauvoir • James Dean • T. S. Eliot • William Faulkner • Lawrence Ferlinghetti • Richard Feynman • F. Scott Fitzgerald • Allen Ginsberg • Dashiell Hammett • Charlton Heston • Zora Neale Hurston • Christopher Isherwood • John Lennon • H. L. Mencken • Anaïs Nin • Sylvia Plath • Ronald Reagan • Joan Rivers • James Thurber • Dalton Trumbo • Evelyn Waugh • Tennessee Williams • P. G. Wodehouse • and many more Advance praise for Dear Los Angeles “This book’s a brilliant constellation, spread out over a few centuries and five thousand square miles. Each tiny entry pins the reality of the great unreal city of Angels to a moment in human time—moments enthralled, appalled, jubilant, suffering, gossiping or bragging—and it turns out, there’s no better way to paint a picture of the place.”—Jonathan Lethem “[A] scintillating collection of letters and diary entries . . . an engrossing trove of colorful, witty insights.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Download or read book Urban Legends written by Gillian Bennett and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2007-04-30 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the basic stories behind urban myths and legends from around the world, along with examples of each, and groups them by theme, which includes city life, horror, accidents, disease, animals, sex, merchandise, murder, and the supernatural.
Book Synopsis The Gnome Project: One Woman's Wild and Woolly Adventure by : Jessica Peill-Meininghaus
Download or read book The Gnome Project: One Woman's Wild and Woolly Adventure written by Jessica Peill-Meininghaus and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2015-05-04 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do you do when life is too chaotic? How about felting a gnome? Or 365 of them, one for each day of the year. Artist and wool crafter Jessica Peill-Meininghaus decided that she needed a project to teach herself follow-through in life. She settled on making one of her popular felted-wool gnomes every day for a year. With pipe cleaners and wool roving, amidst the chaos of raising four children and moving cross-country, Peill-Meininghaus felted her way through hundreds of charming, pointy-hatted, often bearded characters. Lavishly decorated with photos of each charming creation, The Gnome Project is the surprising and magical story of what happens when we commit to something small. (Hint: It's something very big, as in making life more meaningful.) Here is her inspirational tale, complete with gnome-making instructions.
Book Synopsis Cultural Commons and Urban Dynamics by : Emanuela Macrì
Download or read book Cultural Commons and Urban Dynamics written by Emanuela Macrì and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, cities are being intensively reshaped by unexpected dynamics. The rise and growth of the digital economy have fundamentally changed the relationship between the urban fabric and its resident community, overcoming the conventional hierarchy based on production priorities. Moreover, contemporary society discovers new labour conditions and ways of satisfying needs and desires by developing new synergies and links. This book examines cultural and urban commons from a multidisciplinary perspective. Economists, architects, urban planners, sociologists, designers, political scientists, and artists explore the impact and implications of cultural commons on urban change. The contributions discuss both cases of successful urban participation and cases of strong social conflict, while also addressing a host of institutional contradictions and dilemmas. The first part of the book examines urban commons in response to institutional constraints from a theoretical point of view. The second and third parts apply the theories to case studies and discuss various practices of sustainable planning and re-appropriation in the urban context. In closing, the fourth part develops a new urban agenda as artists imagine it. This book will appeal to scholars interested in the social, economic and institutional implications of cultural and urban commons, and provide useful insights and tools to help local governments and policymakers manage social, cultural and economic change.
Book Synopsis Well-being, Sustainability and Social Development by : Harry Lintsen
Download or read book Well-being, Sustainability and Social Development written by Harry Lintsen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-06-14 with total page 586 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book examines more than two centuries of societal development using novel historical and statistical approaches. It applies the well-being monitor developed by Statistics Netherlands that has been endorsed by a significant part of the international, statistical community. It features The Netherlands as a case study, which is an especially interesting example; although it was one of the world’s richest countries around 1850, extreme poverty and inequality were significant problems of well-being at the time. Monitors of 1850, 1910, 1970 and 2015 depict the changes in three dimensions of well-being: the quality of life 'here and now', 'later' and 'elsewhere'. The analysis of two centuries shows the solutions to the extreme poverty problem and the appearance of new sustainability problems, especially in domestic and foreign ecological systems. The study also reveals the importance of natural capital: soil, air, water and subsoil resources, showing their relation with the social structure of the ‘here and now ́. Treatment and trade of natural resources also impacted on the quality of life ‘later’ and ‘elsewhere.’ Further, the book illustrates the role of natural capital by dividing the capital into three types of raw materials and concomitant material flows: bio-raw materials, mineral and fossil subsoil resources. Additionally, the analysis of the institutional context identifies the key roles of social groups in well-being development. The book ends with an assessment of the solutions and barriers offered by the historical anchoring of the well-being and sustainability issues. This unique analysis of well-being and sustainability and its institutional analysis appeals to historians, statisticians and policy makers.
Book Synopsis Outcastia Campaign Setting Book II: Player's Guidebook by : Nitehawk Interactive Games
Download or read book Outcastia Campaign Setting Book II: Player's Guidebook written by Nitehawk Interactive Games and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-07-18 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've journeyed through the land in Book I and learned what you need to about the realm, now dive head first into the meat of this Campaign Setting with newly designed gaming elements that will help you to make your mark in the "Land of Dragons". This book includes: Races both unique and familiar. Eight races to choose from with subraces for most for a total of 28 choices to add to your arsenal of races we've already given you in the AHB, classes to delight both the power player and the new gamer alike with 9 to choose from and even a new NPC class for your CM, three new magic domains for the spellcaster inside of you with loads of new spells, as well as new skills, feats, and equipment. With this book you will have everything you need to play in the realm of Outcastia (and beyond). Even CMs will have most everything they will need...for now. So what are you waiting for? Grab some paper and pencils. Bring out that dice. Rev up your imagination and travel to a land of magic and mayhem. Your journey awaits.
Book Synopsis The Effects of Air Attack on Japanese Urban Economy by : United States Strategic Bombing Survey
Download or read book The Effects of Air Attack on Japanese Urban Economy written by United States Strategic Bombing Survey and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Just faith written by Stephan de Beer and published by AOSIS. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this scholarly book is to expand the body of knowledge available on urban theology. It introduces readers to the concept of planetary urbanisation, with the view of deepening an understanding of urbanisation and its all-pervasive impact on the planet, people and places from a theological perspective. A critical theological reading of ‘the urban’ is also provided, deliberating on bridging the divide between voices from the Global South and the Global North. In doing so, this book simultaneously seeks out robust and dynamic faith constructs, expressed in various forms and embodiments of justice. The methodology chosen transcended narrow disciplinary boundaries, situating reflections between and across disciplines, in the interface between scholarly reflection and an activist faith, as well as between local rootedness and global connectedness. This was facilitated by the collected gathering of authors, spanning all continents, various Christian faith traditions and multiple disciplines, as well as a range of methodological approaches. The book endeavours to contribute to knowledge production in a number of ways. Firstly, it suggests the inadequacy of most dominant faith expressions in the face of all-pervasive forces of urbanisation, and it also provides clues as to the possibility of fostering potent alternative imaginaries. Secondly, it explores a decolonial faith that is expressed in various forms of justice. It is an attempt to offer concrete embodiments of what such a faith could look like in the context of planetary urbanisation. Thirdly, the book does not focus on one specific urban challenge or mode of ministry but rather introduces the concept of planetary urbanisation and then offers critical lenses with which to interrogate its consequences and challenges. It considers concrete and liberating faith constructs in areas ranging from gender, race, economic inequality, a solidarity economics and housing to urban violence, indigeneity and urbanisation, the interface between economic and environmental sustainability, and grass-roots theological education.
Book Synopsis The Daily Book of Photography by : Simon Alexander
Download or read book The Daily Book of Photography written by Simon Alexander and published by Walter Foster. This book was released on 2010-09 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "365 readings that teach, inspire & entertain"--Cover.
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Book Synopsis Housing Legislation of 1967, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs of ..., 90:1- .... by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency
Download or read book Housing Legislation of 1967, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affairs of ..., 90:1- .... written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 1722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
