The Baltimore Rowhouse
The Baltimore Rowhouse

Author: Charles Belfoure

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2012-03-20

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1568989563

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Perhaps no other American city is so defined by an indigenous architectural style as Baltimore is by the rowhouse, whose brick facades march up and down the gentle hills of the city. Why did the rowhouse thrive in Baltimore? How did it escape destruction here, unlike in many other historic American cities? What were the forces that led to the citywide renovation of Baltimore's rowhouses? The Baltimore Rowhouse tells the fascinating 200-year story of this building type. It chronicles the evolution of the rowhouse from its origins as speculative housing for immigrants, through its reclamation and renovation by young urban pioneers thanks to local government sponsorship, to its current occupation by a new cadre of wealthy professionals.

Thematic Museums
Thematic Museums

Author: Arthur Gao

Publisher: Design Media Publishing (Uk) Limited

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789881545039

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This book takes the architecture and display features of museums as its content, displaying various thematic museum features in modeling and space design. From the use of materials to their cultural and regional embodiment, the book analyses the cultural and historical connotations of museum design systematically.

Dead Lies Dreaming
Dead Lies Dreaming

Author: Charles Stross

Publisher: Tor Books

Published: 2020-10-27

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1250267013

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When magic and superpowers emerge in the masses, Wendy Deere is contracted by the government to bag and snag supervillains in Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross' Dead Lies Dreaming: A Laundry Files Novel. As Wendy hunts down Imp—the cyberpunk head of a band calling themselves “The Lost Boys”— she is dragged into the schemes of louche billionaire Rupert de Montfort Bigge. Rupert has discovered that the sole surviving copy of the long-lost concordance to the one true Necronomicon is up for underground auction in London. He hires Imp’s sister, Eve, to procure it by any means necessary, and in the process, he encounters Wendy Deere. In a tale of corruption, assassination, thievery, and magic, Wendy Deere must navigate rotting mansions that lead to distant pasts, evil tycoons, corrupt government officials, lethal curses, and her own moral qualms in order to make it out of this chase alive. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Patapsco
Patapsco

Author: Alison Joanne Kahn

Publisher: Center for American Places

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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"This book is yet another expression of the careful social observations Walker Evans and James Agee offered in Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. Patapsco Valley, Maryland, thereby has joined the lucky company of Hale County, Alabama--both places that become, in the hands of an alert photographer and an attentive writer, something quite else: social texts that keep helping us find ourselves.... A valley's portrait becomes an aspect of a nation's ongoing story.... To Alison Kahn and Peggy Fox, then, for giving us Patapsco, we owe gratitude for a splendid, observing effort exceedingly well done, but also for the compelling summons they tender us; through meeting these Marylanders, we get a boost toward ourselves--our similar journey through time and space in America." -From the introduction, by Robert Coles The love of place shines through in this documentary effort about a historic valley that saw the birth of industry in Maryland, the nation's first railroad, and the nation's first cross-country highway. This compelling portrait of the region is viewed through the memories of its elders from all walks of life. Through their collective memory, we gain a true sense of the cultural legacy of Maryland's historic Patapsco RiverValley.

Ocean Acidification
Ocean Acidification

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2010-09-14

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 030916155X

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The ocean has absorbed a significant portion of all human-made carbon dioxide emissions. This benefits human society by moderating the rate of climate change, but also causes unprecedented changes to ocean chemistry. Carbon dioxide taken up by the ocean decreases the pH of the water and leads to a suite of chemical changes collectively known as ocean acidification. The long term consequences of ocean acidification are not known, but are expected to result in changes to many ecosystems and the services they provide to society. Ocean Acidification: A National Strategy to Meet the Challenges of a Changing Ocean reviews the current state of knowledge, explores gaps in understanding, and identifies several key findings. Like climate change, ocean acidification is a growing global problem that will intensify with continued CO2 emissions and has the potential to change marine ecosystems and affect benefits to society. The federal government has taken positive initial steps by developing a national ocean acidification program, but more information is needed to fully understand and address the threat that ocean acidification may pose to marine ecosystems and the services they provide. In addition, a global observation network of chemical and biological sensors is needed to monitor changes in ocean conditions attributable to acidification.

Puratattva (Vol. 34: 2003-04): Bulletin Of The Indian Archaeological Society
Puratattva (Vol. 34: 2003-04): Bulletin Of The Indian Archaeological Society

Author: S.P. Gupta

Publisher:

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9788124603260

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This, An Authorised Reprint Of An Annual Bulletin Of The Indian Archaeological Society, Has Been Offering Valuable Informations, Full With Rich Insights And Innovative Viewpoints, On The Indian Archaeology That Includes Excavations, Inscriptions, Temples, Mosques, Iconic Symbols, Paintings, Etc. This Yearly Bulletin Is Highly Recommended For Archaeologists, Epigraphists, Historians And Research Scholars Besides The General Readers Having Interest In Such Fields.

Torontonensis, 1958
Torontonensis, 1958

Author: University of Toronto Students' Admi

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9781013691904

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