Author: Stephen BrewerPublisher: Penguin Group
ISBN: 9780140199314
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
New York Magazine
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ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
The Cumulative Book Index
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Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2262
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
Blue Nippon
Author: E. Taylor AtkinsPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822327219
Category : Jazz
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
Paperbound Books in Print
Author: The Man Who Changed the Way We Eat
Author: Thomas McNameePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451698445
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
Originally published in hardcover in 2012.
New Serial Titles
Author: Jack Kerouac's On the Road
Author: Harold BloomPublisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0791075818
Category : AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL FICTION, AMERICAN--HISTORY AND CRITICISM
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
Presents ten critical essays published between 1973 and 2001 on Jack Kerouac's "On the Road," and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by Harold Bloom.
Understanding Architecture
Author: Hazel ConwayPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134360533
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A comprehensive introduction to architecture and architectural history and exceptional in its approach, this book explores architecture as a current practice in relation to history and in relation to the wider context of cultures, conservation and the environment. This new edition brings in the new emphasis on sustainability, urbanism, urban regeneration and cultural identity, in order to take a holistic approach to the subject of architecture. Highly illustrated, this book enables the reader to make sense of the experience of architecture and the built environment by understanding more about the form, construction, meaning and history of the subject.
Red Scared!
Author: Michael BarsonPublisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9780811828871
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
"Red Scared! offers valuable lessons from the vault on how to identify Communists, media reports on the jolly side of Stalin, guidelines for bomb shelter chic, and much more. As they did in their other lively pop-culture histories, Teenage Confidential and Wedding Bell Blues, Michael Barson and Steven Heller once again bring the nearly forgotten details of American culture into full relief with Red Scared!"--BOOK JACKET.
Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Manners and Customs
Author: Howard VosPublisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1418585696
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Discover how the people of the Bible really lived. Imagine being able to walk the streets of Abraham’s hometown, adjust to life in Babylonian captivity, or travel the roads of Palestine amid the latest buzz about Jesus from Nazareth. Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Manners & Customs paints an accurate and descriptive picture of ancient civilization throughout the ages. In twenty historical segments, Howard F. Vos tells the story of God’s people from Abraham to the end of the New Testament in biblical order. Unlike other books about Bible lands and cultures, this volume distinguishes the ways life differed from period to period and place to place. The following topics are covered in each segment: Geography and climate Government, religion, and warfare Housing, family, and dress Diet and agriculture Education and work Travel and commerce Complete with over 400 photographs, extensive bibliographies, and easy-to-understand language, Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Manners & Customs is the go-to guide for studying the customs, manners, and lives of the people of the Bible.