Author : R. L. Worthy
Publisher : KornerStone Books
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 21,33 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0972762728
In his examination of the founding fathers' views on Christianity, Democracy, and Freemasonry, R.L. Worthy presents a provocative picture of America's foundations. "He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin, whether a state or anything else, will obtain the clearest view of them . . . "
Author : Michael S. Heiser
Publisher : Kirkdale Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 39,22 MB
Release : 2012-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1577995775
Sci-fi meets historical fact in this thrilling novel by ancient-language scholar Michael S. Heiser. Haunted by his parents' death and his career failures, Dr. Brian Scott has begun to settle for the life he's been given. Until he's kidnapped by military insiders known as The Group. Disappearances. Visitations. Murder. Brian and a team of world-class scholars are given a confidential mission: To prepare humanity for a new reality. They are here. But as the government's involvement with extraterrestrials is revealed, strange things begin to happen. Something isn't right. Unpeeling layer after layer of deception and counter-deception, Brian moves toward a shocking revelation that will forever alter how humanity sees itself. Every document cited in The Façade actually exists. Every ancient text discussed in The Façade is authentic. Every historical figure referred to or quoted in The Façade is real.
Author : Oscar Riera Ojeda
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,27 MB
Release : 2019-11-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 3791385178
This fascinating sourcebook presents the most remarkable, beautiful, and innovative building façades in contemporary architecture. A building's façade sets the aesthetic tone for its entire design while serving a variety of functions, from regulating light and protecting against the elements to providing insulation for temperature and sound. This absorbing book details hundreds of examples of interesting and progressive façades from around the world. Presented in colorful double-page spreads, each façade is photographed from different angles and includes engaging texts that describe their significance. Readers can learn how traditional mashrabiyas in Abu Dhabi are being engineered to respond to light and to regulate heat, how a hospital in Mexico City has been constructed with "smog-eating" tiles, and how a "bio-adaptive" façade in Germany uses algae to generate energy and provide shade. Informative and accessible, this compendium is a highly useful resource for architects, engineers, and designers.
Author : Alicia Butler Pierre
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 16,63 MB
Release : 2018-10-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781732739208
When businesses receive positive publicity, it's exciting! More customers means more cash. But too much growth, too soon can be catastrophic, especially if a business lacks the operations to support this influx of customers. Behind the Façade introduces business infrastructure as a way to manage fast growth for repeatable and lasting success.
Author : Carolyn Marino Malone
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 28,90 MB
Release : 2004-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9047405315
This interdisciplinary study interprets the façade of Wells Cathedral as an integral part of thirteenth-century Church liturgy and politics. The façade promoted the aims of the church of Wells, the Fourth Lateran Council, and the English Church and State following Magna Carta.
Author : Gharipour Mohammad Gharipour
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 21,79 MB
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 147446842X
This major reference work covers all aspects of architectural inscriptions in the Muslim world: the artists and their patrons, what inscriptions add to architectural design, what materials were used, what their purpose was and how they infuse buildings with meaning. From Spain to China, and from the Middle Ages to our own lifetime, Islamic architecture and calligraphy are inexorably intertwined. Mosques, dervish lodges, mausolea, libraries, even baths and market places bear masterpieces of calligraphy that rival the most refined of books and scrolls.
Author : Abbas Sundiata
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 19,84 MB
Release : 2006-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1597817562
Author : Glaire D. Anderson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 20,92 MB
Release : 2017-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9004356045
The first dynasty to mint gold dinars outside of the Abbasid heartlands, the Aghlabid (r. 800-909) reign in North Africa has largely been neglected in the scholarship of recent decades, despite the canonical status of its monuments and artworks in early Islamic art history. The Aghlabids and their Neighbors focuses new attention on this key dynasty. The essays in this volume, produced by an international group of specialists in history, art and architectural history, archaeology, and numismatics, illuminate the Aghlabid dynasty’s interactions with neighbors in the western Mediterranean and its rivals and allies elsewhere, providing a state of the question on early medieval North Africa and revealing the centrality of the dynasty and the region to global economic and political networks. Contributors: Lotfi Abdeljaouad, Glaire D. Anderson, Lucia Arcifa, Fabiola Ardizzone, Alessandra Bagnera, Jonathan M. Bloom, Lorenzo Bondioli, Chloé Capel, Patrice Cressier, Mounira Chapoutot-Remadi, Abdelaziz Daoulatli, Claire Déléry, Ahmed El Bahi, Kaoutar Elbaljan, Ahmed Ettahiri, Abdelhamid Fenina, Elizabeth Fentress, Abdallah Fili, Mohamed Ghodhbane, Caroline Goodson, Soundes Gragueb Chatti, Khadija Hamdi, Renata Holod, Jeremy Johns, Tarek Kahlaoui, Hugh Kennedy, Sihem Lamine, Faouzi Mahfoudh, David Mattingly, Irene Montilla, Annliese Nef, Elena Pezzini, Nadège Picotin, Cheryl Porter, Dwight Reynolds, Viva Sacco, Elena Salinas, Martin Sterry.
Author : Mic Patterson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 30,28 MB
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0470502436
A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO STRUCTURAL GLASS FACADES FOR ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, AND BUILDERS Once an experimental building form, structural glass facades have matured into a fully robust technology. Structural Glass Facades and Enclosures documents, defines, and categorizes the current state of the art in long-span glass facade design and construction, with a focus on structural systems, glass cladding options, and implementation strategies for innovative design. A comparative analysis of these various systems is included, along with designs and design practices for enhancing transparency; engineering issues; material, process, and fabrication considerations; installation means and methods; and project delivery strategies for implementing innovative building technology in today's construction marketplace. The reader will find information here that is not available together in any single resource, including: Structural system types and design options, with integrated glass system options and their application on each of the structural types An in-depth discussion of design, fabrication, and installation issues relative to each system type, accompanied by illustrations and photographs A discussion of the challenges of implementing innovative design and technology in the construction industry, and operational practices to improve the probability of success A series of in-depth case studies documenting representative samples of stunning built works that employ the technology and design principles identified in the book Structural Glass Facades and Enclosures provides expert content for putting cutting-edge technology into real-life practice, creating new potential for fresh applications embracing both aesthetic and performance solutions, and for the adoption of the technology by architects, builders, and facade practitioners.
Author : S. J. Davis
Publisher : Tate Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 35,32 MB
Release : 2008-03
Category : Conspiracies
ISBN : 1598868373
A high-level breech in National Security launches a covert Navy SEAL mission. And someone is cutting deals with the very men they've been sent to stop. In "The FaA ade," things aren't always as they seem. Enter the world of Travis Boden as he and Delta Team valiantly struggle to uphold their code amid accusations of political conspiracy and corruption. When one of Delta's own disappears and all seems lost, can the team persevere? A very special relationship tips precariously towards failure. Can strength of faith outweigh doubt? A fascinating inside look at the personal and professional life of a Navy SEAL, S.J. Davis's "The FaA ade "will have the reader cheering for the honor a brave heart keeps "
