Author : David Doran
Publisher : Random House
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 24,81 MB
Release : 2017-03-16
Category : Design
ISBN : 0753548194
Travel the globe with 32 typographic prints inspired by the world’s greatest cities, all the way from Amsterdam to Zurich, with stops in Paris, Rio and Tokyo along the way. Also features quirky trivia on each city.
Author : Charisma Panchapakesan
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,9 MB
Release : 2020-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781715976767
A rhyming children's book about the alphabet, animals, and architecture. The book is a collection of 26 poems about animals adventuring in urban cities, with illustrations originally done in graphite and ink.The Armadillo in Athens is the first piece and follows him to the Parthenon in Greece. From there the adventures continue to flow with a Bull in Barcelona, then a Cat in Cairo. The Monkey swings into Marrakech feeling swell and spends his first day at the Jardin Majorelle. The Ostrich goes to Oslo to ski in the breathtaking fjords between mountain and sea. The Zebra wraps it up in paradise, roaming Zanzibar's islands of cloves and allspice; as she sails on the ocean feeling sublime, she ends the collection on Swahili time.
Author : Nancy Carlson
Publisher : Sleeping Bear Press
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 11,82 MB
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1627531041
The Twin Cities region of Minnesota has long been recognized as a hub of history, culture, commerce, and education. Now in T is for Twin Cities: A Minneapolis/St. Paul Alphabet, readers can explore the many treasures the area has to offer. Visit the celebrated state capitol building in St. Paul, which was modeled after Saint Peter's Basilica in Rome. Meet cartoonist Charles Schulz of "Peanuts" fame and "Prairie Home Companion" radio personality Garrison Keillor, just a few of the famous Minnesotans profiled. And learn why Minneapolis is called the "City of Lakes" while enjoying the Twin Cities region's many outdoor recreational opportunities.
Author : Benedikt Gross
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 35,5 MB
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1101995823
Discover the alphabet from a bird's-eye view! Geographer and designer duo Benedikt Gross and Joey Lee have taken the alphabet to new heights—literally! Using satellite imagery and computer technology, the pair has discovered "accidental letters" all over the world: in roads, rivers, buildings, lakes, and more. Take a journey around the Earth in 26 letters with this special book. “A delightful anytime book with hours of entertainment”—Booklist
Author : China Miéville
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 20,76 MB
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0345515668
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, THE SEATTLE TIMES, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY. When a murdered woman is found in the city of Beszel, somewhere at the edge of Europe, it looks to be a routine case for Inspector Tyador Borlú of the Extreme Crime Squad. To investigate, Borlú must travel from the decaying Beszel to its equal, rival, and intimate neighbor, the vibrant city of Ul Qoma. But this is a border crossing like no other, a journey as psychic as it is physical, a seeing of the unseen. With Ul Qoman detective Qussim Dhatt, Borlú is enmeshed in a sordid underworld of nationalists intent on destroying their neighboring city, and unificationists who dream of dissolving the two into one. As the detectives uncover the dead woman’s secrets, they begin to suspect a truth that could cost them more than their lives. What stands against them are murderous powers in Beszel and in Ul Qoma: and, most terrifying of all, that which lies between these two cities. BONUS: This edition contains a The City & The City discussion guide and excerpts from China Miéville's Kraken and Embassytown.
Author : LaMoine F. DeVries
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 43,32 MB
Release : 2006-11-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1556351208
This text is designed to introduce students of the Bible to the archaeology, geography, and history of many of the important sites of the Old and New Testament worlds. Many of these sites were centers for trade, religion, defense, culture, industry, and government. DeVries details the development of significant sites from villages and towns to cities, based on how the site could meet the essential needs of the people. The availability of water or arable land, proximity to trade routes, and easily defensible terrain were prime factors in determining a city's prominence. This study concentrates on the cities in Mesopotamia, Aram/Syria and Phoenicia, Anatolia, Egypt, and Palestine during the Old Testament period, and Palestine and the provinces of the Roman world during the New Testament period. Special attention is given to the geographical setting of the city, the history of its development, its relevance to the Bible, its distinguishing features, and any significant archaeological discoveries made at the site.
Author : John Knechtel
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 43,60 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Hailed as one of the best avant-garde magazines available, ALPHABET CITY is now published in annual book form. The 1998 issue, OPEN CITY, is an investigation into the city--its nature, its possible future, and its emergence as one of the most contested economic, cultural, and political sites of our time.
Author : Susan Fletcher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,20 MB
Release : 2006-09
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0689850425
Mitra and her brother Babak are exiled royals living on the streets as orphaned beggars. Babak possesses a strange gift of being able to know someone's dreams, and soon they find themselves on the road to Bethlehem in this biblical epic.
Author : Maree Coote
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,84 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780975704790
An A-B-C reader for infants, this clever book complies a unique alphabet made from photographs of shapes in Melbourne's city architecture. "Look up, look down, look all around, The alphabet's all over town...". teach you little ones the A-B-C whilst instilling a sense of belonging and a sense of place. Great fro training visual literacy and observational skills.
Author : P.D. Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 11,50 MB
Release : 2012-06-19
Category : History
ISBN : 1608197069
For the first time in the history of the planet, more than half the population - 3.3 billion people - are now living in cities. Two hundred years ago only 3 per cent of the world's population were urbanites, a figure that had remained fairly stable (give or take the occasional plague) for about 1000 years. By 2030, 60 per cent of us will be urban dwellers. City is the ultimate handbook for the archetypal city and contains main sections on 'History', 'Customs and Language', 'Districts', 'Transport', 'Money', 'Work', 'Tourist Sites', 'Shops and markets', 'Nightlife', etc., and mini-essays on anything and everything from Babel, Tenochtitlán and Ellis Island to Beijing, Mumbai and New York, and from boulevards, suburbs, shanty towns and favelas, to skylines, urban legends and the sacred. Drawing on a wide range of examples from cities across the world and throughout history, it explores the reasons why people first built cities and why urban populations are growing larger every year. City is illustrated throughout with a range of photographs, maps and other illustrations.
