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Book Swid Powell Product Inventory

Download or read book Swid Powell Product Inventory written by Swid Powell (Firm) and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Swid Powell

Download or read book Swid Powell written by Annette Tapert and published by Rizzoli International Publications. This book was released on 1990 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full range of architect-designed objects for use in the home by the most celebrated, international architects.

Book Why Forests  Why Now

Download or read book Why Forests Why Now written by Frances Seymour and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tropical forests are an undervalued asset in meeting the greatest global challenges of our time—averting climate change and promoting development. Despite their importance, tropical forests and their ecosystems are being destroyed at a high and even increasing rate in most forest-rich countries. The good news is that the science, economics, and politics are aligned to support a major international effort over the next five years to reverse tropical deforestation. Why Forests? Why Now? synthesizes the latest evidence on the importance of tropical forests in a way that is accessible to anyone interested in climate change and development and to readers already familiar with the problem of deforestation. It makes the case to decisionmakers in rich countries that rewarding developing countries for protecting their forests is urgent, affordable, and achievable.

Book A Companion to the Anthropology of American Indians

Download or read book A Companion to the Anthropology of American Indians written by Thomas Biolsi and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-03-10 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Companion is comprised of 27 original contributions by leading scholars in the field and summarizes the state of anthropological knowledge of Indian peoples, as well as the history that got us to this point. Surveys the full range of American Indian anthropology: from ecological and political-economic questions to topics concerning religion, language, and expressive culture Each chapter provides definitive coverage of its topic, as well as situating ethnographic and ethnohistorical data into larger frameworks Explores anthropology’s contribution to knowledge, its historic and ongoing complicities with colonialism, and its political and ethical obligations toward the people 'studied'

Book Design Quarterly

Download or read book Design Quarterly written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Tropical Splendor

Download or read book Tropical Splendor written by Hap Hatton and published by Alfred A. Knopf. This book was released on 1987 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Ethnobotany of Mexico

    Book Details:
  • Author : Rafael Lira
  • Publisher : Springer
  • Release : 2016-04-23
  • ISBN : 1461466695
  • Pages : 562 pages

Download or read book Ethnobotany of Mexico written by Rafael Lira and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-23 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews the history, current state of knowledge, and different research approaches and techniques of studies on interactions between humans and plants in an important area of agriculture and ongoing plant domestication: Mesoamerica. Leading scholars and key research groups in Mexico discuss essential topics as well as contributions from international research groups that have conducted studies on ethnobotany and domestication of plants in the region. Such a convocation will produce an interesting discussion about future investigation and conservation of regional human cultures, genetic resources, and cultural and ecological processes that are critical for global sustainability.

Book The Aztec Empire

    Book Details:
  • Author : Felipe Solis Olguin
  • Publisher : Guggenheim Museum
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN : 9780892073160
  • Pages : 400 pages

Download or read book The Aztec Empire written by Felipe Solis Olguin and published by Guggenheim Museum. This book was released on 2004 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate exploration of early 16th century Aztec culture features over 500 archaeological objects and works from Mexico and the United States, including jewelry, works of precious metals, and household and ceremonial artifactsQmany of which have never been exhibited before in the U.S. 0-89207-316-0$85.00 / DAP / Distributed Arts Publishers

Book Islands of Rainforest

Download or read book Islands of Rainforest written by Edvard Hviding and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000: An original and thought-provoking analysis of modern initiatives in the tropical rain forest. While issues such as logging, eco-timber, eco-tourism have been widely analyzed from an outsider’s perspective, this book considers them from the local people’s viewpoint, in terms of a long history of the rainforest uses. The authors demonstrate that the relationship of indigenous people to the tropical forest is not essentially timeless, nor is it primarily spiritual or mystical. It is in fact firmly connected to modern realities, while still being rooted in historical beliefs and practices. Standing at the intersection of anthropology, historical geography and rainforest ecology, and also at the interface of the local and the global, this ethnographically grounded study dispels a number of commonly held assumptions. It reveals how processes of ’impact’ are actually two-way interactions, as local communities in Melanesia incorporate industries like logging into rapidly evolving post-colonial society and economy.

Book Maintenance Architecture

Download or read book Maintenance Architecture written by Hilary Sample and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2016-12-09 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inventive examination of a crucial but neglected aspect of architecture, by an architect writing to architects. Maintenance plays a crucial role in the production and endurance of architecture, yet architects for the most part treat maintenance with indifference. The discipline of architecture values the image of the new over the lived-in, the photogenic empty and stark building over a messy and labored one. But the fact is: homes need to be cleaned and buildings and cities need to be maintained, and architecture no matter its form cannot escape from such realities. In Maintenance Architecture, Hilary Sample offers an inventive examination of the architectural significance of maintenance through a series of short texts and images about specific buildings, materials, and projects. Although architects have seldom choose to represent maintenance—imagining their work only from conception to realization—artists have long explored subjects of endurance and permanence in iconic architecture. Sample explores a range of art projects—by artists including Gordon Matta-Clark, Jeff Wall, and Mierle Laderman Ukeles—to recast the problem of maintenance for architecture. How might architectural design and discourse change as a building cycle expands to include “post-occupancy”? Sample looks particularly at the private home, exhibition pavilion, and high-rise urban building, giving special attention to buildings constructed with novel and developing materials, technologies, and precise detailing in relation to endurance. These include Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House (1929), the Lever House (1952), the U.S. Steel Building (1971), and the O-14 (2010). She considers the iconography of skyscrapers; maintenance workforces, both public and private; labor-saving technology and devices; and contemporary architectural projects and preservation techniques that encompass the afterlife of buildings. A selection of artworks make the usually invisible aspects of maintenance visible, from Martha Rosler's Cleaning the Drapes to Inigo Manglano-Ovalle's The Kiss.

Book Vegetarian

Download or read book Vegetarian written by Linda Fraser and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vegetarian * Over 200 recipes, illustrated step-by-step - each dish beautifully photographed to guarantee perfect results every time * Includes well-loved vegetarian favorites, such as Vegetable Moussaka, Wholewheat Pasta Salad and Baked Vegetable Lasagne, as well as meat-free classics from the world's great cuisines, including Buckwheat Blinis with Mushroom Caviar, Broiled Vegetable Terrine, and Gado Gado * Seven easy-to-use sections range from satisfying savory snacks to mouthwatering meals, and features Soups, Appetizers, Salads, Side Dishes, Light Lunches, Suppers, and Special Occasions * Includes a comprehensive introduction with ideas for stocking the pantry and advice on buying and storing dry goods and fresh produce.

Book A Man with a Dream

Download or read book A Man with a Dream written by Sande Smith and published by Smithmark Publishers. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the influential civil rights leader who won a Nobel Peace Prize for his work.

Book Postmodernism

    Book Details:
  • Author : Glenn Adamson
  • Publisher : Victoria & Albert Museum
  • Release : 2011-09-01
  • ISBN : 9781851776597
  • Pages : 320 pages

Download or read book Postmodernism written by Glenn Adamson and published by Victoria & Albert Museum. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the movement as not merely an aesthetic vocabulary, but also as a subversive attitude - a new way of looking at the world.

Book Balancing Acts

Download or read book Balancing Acts written by Owen James Lynch and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study presents proposals to curb forest degradation and improve community-based forest management initiatives. The authors identify obstacles to successful practices in Asia and the Pacific region and recommend ways of overcoming them.

Book Dictionary of Abbreviations

Download or read book Dictionary of Abbreviations written by Walter Thomas Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book FDA Investigations Operations Manual

Download or read book FDA Investigations Operations Manual written by Food and Drug Administration and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Available now to FDA-regulated organizations, this manual allows facility managers to look at their operation's regulatory compliance through the eyes of the government. Because this is the primary reference manual used by FDA personnel to conduct field investigation activities, you can feel confident you are preparing appropriate planning or action. This manual includes revised instructions regarding the release of information and covers FDA's policies and expectations on a comprehensive range of topics: FDA's authority to enter and inspect, inspection notification, detailed inspection procedures, recall monitoring, inspecting import procedures, computerized data requests, federal/state inspection relationships, discussions with management regarding privileged information, seizure and prosecution, HACCP, bioengineered food, dietary supplements, cosmetics, bioterrorism, and product disposition. The manual also includes a directory of Office of Regulatory Affairs offices and divisions.

Book Thomas Register of American Manufacturers and Thomas Register Catalog File

Download or read book Thomas Register of American Manufacturers and Thomas Register Catalog File written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 2220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1970-71 includes manufacturers catalogs.