Meet Me at the Fair: A World's Fair Reader

Meet Me at the Fair: A World's Fair Reader

Author: Celia Pearce

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 1312115874

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Together with the Olympics, world's fairs are one of the few regular international events of sufficient scale to showcase a spectrum of sights, wonders, learning opportunities, technological advances, and new (or renewed) urban districts, and to present them all to a mass audience. Meet Me at the Fair: A World's Fair Reader breaks new ground in scholarship on world's fairs by incorporating a number of short new texts that investigate world's fairs in their multiple aspects: political, urban/architectural, anthropological/ sociological, technological, commercial, popular, and representational. Contributors come from eight different countries and represent affiliations in academia, museums and libraries, professional and architectural firms, non-profit organizations, and government regulatory agencies. In taking the measure of both the material artifacts and the larger cultural production of world's fairs, the volume presents its own phantasmagoria of disciplinary perspectives, historical periods, geographical locales, media, and messages, mirroring the microcosmic form of the world's fair itself.


Spot a Dog

Spot a Dog

Author: Lucy Micklethwait

Publisher: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780789401458

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Introduces thirteen famous paintings by asking the reader to find the dog in each one.


The Soft Atlas of Amsterdam

The Soft Atlas of Amsterdam

Author: Jan Rothuizen

Publisher:

Published: 2015-02-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789046816394

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This book features famous places in Amsterdam, as well as less familiar corners of the city: houseboat, the city's most expensive hotel room and a coffee shop. The Soft Atlas of Amsterdam is a uniquely original and charming guide to a thoroughly diversi city.


The World of Zines

The World of Zines

Author: Mike Gunderloy

Publisher: Penguin Mass Market

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13:

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Such modern technology as desktop publishing allows people with diverse passions to share their views through small magazines--or "zines". This handy guide to "zines" includes a 400-entry directory, a history of zine publishing, and more. The ultimate creative resource for both readers and publishers alike.


On the Farm

On the Farm

Author: Philip Ardagh

Publisher:

Published: 2003-04

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781931983051

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See farm machinery like tractors, trucks, and trailers as they harvest the field and sow the next crop, and the tanker as it collects the cows' milk.


Premises

Premises

Author: Bernard Blistène

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 543

ISBN-13: 9780810969155

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Focusing on 40 years of French innovation, this book explores conceptions of space in a wide range of artistic disciplines including painting, film, architecture, and design. It offers an understanding of the issues and theories that weave together nearly a half-century of artistic production.


Simple Cooking

Simple Cooking

Author: John Thorne

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 1996-11-16

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 0865475040

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John Thorne's classic first collection is filled with straightforward eating, home cooking, vigorous opinions, and the gracefully intelligent writing that makes him a cult favorite of people who like to think about food. "Incisive, hilarious and occasionally nostalgic, this volume will delight many readers, reminding them why they enjoy the pleasures of food and cooking."--Publishers Weekly


One Man Caravan

One Man Caravan

Author: Robert Edison Fulton

Publisher: Motorbooks

Published: 2016-10-01

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 0760353301

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This adventurous work records Robert Edison Fulton's solo round-the-world tour on a two-cylinder Douglas motorcycle between July, 1932 and December, 1933. First published in 1937.


Hand to Earth

Hand to Earth

Author: Terry Friedman

Publisher:

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 9780500284971

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This beautifully produced, highly praised and readable retrospective survey of Andy Goldsworthy's early work covers the fourteen years between 1976 and 1990. It embraces not only photographs of his ephemeral works, but also his earliest permanent sculptures constructed of stone and earth, as well as drawings for monumental sculpture projects in the landscape. The combination of superlative illustrations and incisive texts makes it the most authoritative and comprehensive publication available on the artist's early work.