Download or read book The Cloud Pavilion written by Laura Joh Rowland and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2009-10-27 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publishers Weekly calls Laura Joh Rowland's The Cloud Pavilion "One of the best mysteries of the year." In this next installment of the enthralling series, samurai hero Sano Ichiro must mend old family fissures, and bring a culprit who has disgraced his cousin to justice. Japan, 1701. A woman is brutally attacked within a bamboo prison as clouds swirl around her head. Meanwhile, at Edo Castle, samurai detective turned chamberlain Sano Ichiro is suspicious of his old rival, Yanagisawa, who has been oddly cooperative since returning from exile. But just as Yanagisawa's true motives begin to emerge, Sano's estranged uncle comes to him for help: His daughter has disappeared, and he begs Sano and his wife—who once suffered through the kidnapping of their own son—to find her before it is too late.

Download or read book The Pavilion in the Clouds written by Alexander McCall Smith and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “This is one of the most enjoyable of his many enjoyable novels” –The Scotsman It is 1938 and the final days of the British Empire. In a bungalow high up in the green hills above the plains of Ceylon, under a vast blue sky, live the Ferguson family: Bella, a precocious eight-year-old; her father, Henry, owner of a tea plantation; and her mother, Virginia, a woman out of step in her community. The story centers around their home, affectionately called “The Pavilion in the Clouds,” set in the idyllic grounds carved out of the wilderness. But all is not as serene as it seems. Bella is suspicious of the intentions of her governess, Miss White. Her suspicion ignites her mother’s imagination, causing an unfortunate series of eventsthat reverberate throughout the years.

Download or read book The Cloud Pavilion written by Laura Joh Rowland and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2010-06-24 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fortress in the sky... Japan, 1701. A woman is brutally attacked within a bamboo prison as clouds swirl around her head. Meanwhile, at Edo Castle, samurai detective turned chamberlain Sano Ichiro is suspicious of his old rival, Yanagisawa, who has been oddly cooperative since his return from exile. But just as Yanagisawa's true motives begin to emerge, Sano's estranged uncle comes to him for help: his daughter has disappeared, and he begs Sano and his wife - who once suffered through the kidnapping of their own son - to find her before it is too late.

Download or read book Sou Fujimoto written by Sōsuke Fujimoto and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Gallery website: The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2013 is designed by multi award-winning Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto. He is the thirteenth and, at 41, youngest architect to accept the invitation to design a temporary structure for the Serpentine Gallery. The most ambitious architectural programme of its kind worldwide, the Serpentine's annual Pavilion commission is one of the most anticipated events on the cultural calendar. Past Pavilions have included designs by Herzog & de Meuron and Ai Weiwei (2012), Frank Gehry (2008), the late Oscar Niemeyer (2003) and Zaha Hadid, who designed the inaugural structure in 2000. We are thrilled to be working with one of the most fascinating architects in the world today. A visionary, who has conceived an extraordinary response to our invitation to design the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion, Sou Fujimoto has designed a structure that will enthral everyone that encounters it throughout the summer. --Julia Peyton-Jones, Director, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, Co-Director, Serpentine Gallery

Download or read book House Tour written by Adam Jasper and published by Park Publishing (WI). This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 240 cm is the standard distance between floor and ceiling in residential buildings: the height of the void we inhabit. In its precision, and its emptiness, the number reflects contemporary interior architecture's condition. In a series of essays, 'House Tour' explores an interior that is both familiar and seemingly uninhabited, critically celebrating a peculiar genre of representation, the architectural photography of an unfurnished interior. The authors - including anthropologists, architecture theorists and art historians - consider the ubiquitous contemporary apartment from an eye-level view, foregrounding the appearance and material presence of the architectural shell. They start out from photographs of unfurnished interiors found on the websites of leading Swiss architecture firms. They have a blank, labyrinthine appearance, with walls intersecting at oblique angles and exits seemingly leading nowhere, and show featureless rooms with seamless trans.

Download or read book My Beautiful Secretary written by Da Shu and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-10-06 with total page 957 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The secretary, Gu Yuwei, unexpectedly got to know the top figure of the Jiangyou Group, Zhao Muchen. Zhao Mu Chen was handsome and wise, which made Gu Yu Wei fall in love with him. He fell in love with her from then on. Amidst the entanglement and reality attacks of the secular world, she wanted to retreat time and time again, but each time she fell deeper into the abyss ... Could their love reach the end?

Download or read book The Cherished Life written by Luo YeWuHen26 and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 687 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There were always too many grievances in the world that could not be explained or explained.It would be better to ignore all sorts of matters and face life and death.The road beneath his feet, the fog in front of him, his life, and his enlightenment.Sword in hand in the chaotic world, free and easy, everything, but the heart.

Download or read book Junya Ishigami written by Amira Gad and published by . This book was released on 2019-10-25 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ishigami's design takes inspiration from roofs, the most common architectural feature used around the world.The design of the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion is made by arranging slates to create a single canopy roof that appears to emerge from the ground of the surrounding park.Within, the interior of the Pavilion is an enclosed cave-like space, a refuge for contemplation.For Ishigami, the Pavilion articulates his 'free space' philosophy in which he seeks harmony between man-made structures and those that already exist in nature.Serpentine Pavilion - 21 Jun 2019 to 6 Oct 2019

Download or read book Story of a Pretty Teacher written by Dong RiNuanYang and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-08-07 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to leave the village, the village teacher, Gu Liqing, had abandoned her boyfriend of six years and had quickly married a rich second generation. However, on their wedding night, they discovered that he couldn't do it at all, and what was even worse, a month later, she discovered that she was pregnant ...

Download or read book Unparalled Sovereign written by Dao Tu and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was a talented youth, but he had been schemed to lose all of his strength. In the God of Heaven Continent, where strength reigned supreme, just how could he ever step foot onto the peak again? How could he kill his enemy? Was he just drinking his hatred or rising up to fight? I used my blood to purify the righteous energy of the world; I used my anger and rage to burn away the evil winds of the Buddha! QQ Bookmates: 327629138 

Download or read book Kingdom Prologue written by Meredith G. Kline and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2006-02-01 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As intimated by the subtitle, 'Genesis Foundations for a Covenantal Worldview', the immediate literary focus of this study is the book of Genesis and its account of the formative ages in the eschatological movement of the kingdom of God from creation to consummation. As also indicated by the subtitle, our biblical-theological commentary on Genesis is designed to uncover the foundations of God's covenantally administered kingdom with its major historical developments and its institutional structures and functions. In this way 'Kingdom Prologue' seeks to provide an introductory sketch of the overall shape of the biblical worldview and the character of biblical religion.

Download or read book Beautiful Magic Doctor Allures The King written by Xue Xue and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-10-12 with total page 2149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A car accident had caused her to become a wisp of a green soul, but it had actually attached itself to the body of a young lady of an official. "Since I'm here, I might as well settle down." Fang Zijun consoled himself. She received a piece of news that caused her to be stunned with her eyes wide open. One month later, they would be entering the palace for the talent show? With her title of doctor returning to the country, it shouldn't be too arduous for her to stay in the palace for three years! It was a pity that his luck had made a fool of him and offended someone he shouldn't have. "Woman, if you can't cure This King's illness, don't even think of leaving!" The man's sinister gaze, taking advantage of his pale face, trembled with fear! "Woman, you can only be This King's woman in your life!" The man lightly smiled. With a crafty gaze, he was extremely proud. "Woman, even if you have already gone to the underworld, This King will still find you and bring you back!" It was a bit domineering, with a heart piercing regret that made him wish he was dead, but there was nothing more he could do. Last night, the westerly wind withered the jade-green trees. Alone on the tall building, looking at the road, several entanglement, things are different. Once the lead flower was washed away, one would be standing on top of the imperial court, scheming to rule the world! On the palace wall, the faint smile from yesterday could be heard. After a few peach blossoms had drifted down, it was as if he was in the afterlife.

Download or read book Proceedings of the 2019 DigitalFUTURES written by Philip F. Yuan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-07-04 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “2019 DigitalFUTURES — The 1st International Conference on Computational Design and Robotic Fabrication (CDRF 2019)” provides an international platform for advanced scientific research papers on the digital technology of architectural design and construction. The themes of the papers include, but are not limited to, architectural theories, tools, methods and procedures in material intelligence, data intelligence; computational intelligence, and robotic intelligence.

Download or read book Multidisciplinary Aspects of Design written by Francesca Zanella and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-30 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book gathers the contributions from the Design! OPEN International Conference, held in Parma, Italy in May 2022. The conference explored the multidisciplinary aspects of design starting from its dimensions: objects (design as focused on the object, on its functional and symbolic dimension, and at the same time on the object as a tool for representing cultures), processes (the designer’s self-reflective moment which is focused on the analysis and on the definition of processes in various contexts, spanning innovation, social engagement, reflection on emergencies or forecasting), experiences (design as a theoretical and practical strategy aimed at facilitating experiential interactions among people, people and objects or environments), and narratives (making history, representing through different media, archiving, narrating, and exhibiting design). The contributions, which were selected by means of a rigorous international peer-review process, highlight numerous exciting ideas that will spur novel research directions and foster multidisciplinary collaboration among different specialists.

Download or read book Little Foodie Get Pregnant And Wealthy written by Tan Yue and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-04-10 with total page 695 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not only did Shen Zhu cross over, he even became pregnant! What? The people in this family don't even have enough to eat, and they even have some close relatives? Fortunately, the man at his side accompanied him all the way here to protect him. But who would have thought that the man would suddenly change and become the most important person in the imperial court? In this stormy era, Shen Zhu felt that it was better to stay alive. Nanny wants to give her man a concubine to consolidate his strength? Or was it the person who was betrothed to him back then? Shen Zhu: "Well, I think it's still not appropriate to be together. "We should still do it..." Friend. The man's gloomy expression changed. "My wife, what are you doing?" "..." Eh, why is it so hard to say the word friend?

Download or read book Roaming Soul written by Xi Yu and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page 1285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ups and downs were like a dream or illusion. Three hundred years ago, she doted on her as much as she could. She was the daughter of heaven. Three hundred years later, she would drink every single drop of blood and live a life worse than death. Her power came from her bloodline, finally her bloodline. Mufei's affair had been exposed, and she had lost everything almost overnight. A secret decree had been made. She had been stripped of her divine records, stripped of her divine bones, and exiled into the desolate mountains. In hell, she was the bane of eating human flesh. Three hundred years later, when she returned to the ten thousand dynasties, she turned back into the noble Wang Ji. The winner is the king and the loser is the thief

Download or read book Darling Don t Try to Escape written by Mei Nanbushengshou and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2020-01-16 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jingjing made a wish by kneeling. Her wish had come true, but she had lost the gift that she had been yearning for for a long time ... In the past, she was just an ordinary Girl who came to an unfamiliar world. She was ordinary as always, but for some reason, she had been drawn into a wave of darkness. Moon Burying Valley, Heavenly Cloud Pavilion, Send Howl Villa ... Ten years ago on a certain day and ten years later today... What kind of entanglement, what kind of fate was this? Floating in this surreal and illusory world, the moment she lifted her eyes, all she saw were his sharp eyes. From then on, it was no longer peaceful around her. How could she recover her normal life in this chaotic world, how could she see the road in front of her at the other end of the sky? How could she continue her encounter with them and with them?