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Hopkins
This is an authoritative monograph on one of Britain's most internationally respected contemporary architects, Michael Hopkins. The book presents all Hopkins' major and new buildings and projects, with 3 key essays by well-known critics.
The Work of Michael Hopkins - Volume 2
The second volume on the award-winning architect and his firm.
The adventures of Fang, the wonder dog
Colin Hopkins, born in Saint Annes Hospital in Mount Lawley, Western Australia. Grew up and raised by loving Parents John and Marianne Hopkins and younger brother to Shane Hopkins. Forever through my younger I loved to draw and be creative with whatever I would do, My Nan Joyce Hopkins would take me to art galleries and luncheons with artists where I would perform and study all aspects of the arts during my high school years. I was accepted into a selected program called “The special Art School” at Kalamunda High School My parents separated when I was in my mid-teens, so my art career was put on hold. I then went on to do a trade as a Boilermaker/Welder and built boats and luxury ships. I started working on “The adventures of Fang, the wonder dog” in my early 20s with the assistance of my friends 4-year-old daughter name Kori. Kori would suggest what I should draw in the background of each picture and every day after she finished school we would work on it together.
Breaking Ranks
Some colleges will do anything to improve their national ranking. That can be bad for their students—and for higher education. Since U.S. News & World Report first published a college ranking in 1983, the rankings industry has become a self-appointed judge, declaring winners and losers among America's colleges and universities. In this revealing account, Colin Diver shows how popular rankings have induced college applicants to focus solely on pedigree and prestige, while tempting educators to sacrifice academic integrity for short-term competitive advantage. By forcing colleges into standardized "best-college" hierarchies, he argues, rankings have threatened the institutional diversity, in...
Harry Hopkins
One of the most controversial figures of the New Deal Era, Harry Hopkins elicited few neutral responses from his contemporaries. Millions admired him and believed the New Deal agencies he headed had rescued them from despair, but many of President Roosevelt’s enemies passionately hated him and derisively called him the “world’s greatest spender” or FDR’s “left-wing Rasputin.” Hopkins was a paradoxical man: a trained social worker who enjoyed the company of the “swells,” attending cocktail parties, and gambling at the track. Once the quintessential New Dealer, during World War II he single-mindedly devoted himself to aiding the allies, downplaying his previous commitment to ...
The Prefabricated Home
An account of prefabricated architecture around the world, from McDonalds drive-through restaurants to Ikea's flat-pack house.
Whatever Next! (The Hopkins Family Saga, Book 7)
Having taken early retirement, what will Billy get up to now? Whatever Next! is an enchanting episode in the fictionalised life of Billy Hopkins that describes his charming and humorous exploits after his retirement. Perfect for fans of Maureen Lee and Harry Bowling. Billy Hopkins is thrilled to be released from the trials and tribulations of teaching when he takes early retirement. He's just buzzing with ideas for filling his time and making a spare buck - whether it's investing in apparently fail-safe business enterprises, starting up himself as an entrepreneur specialising in doll's houses or writing up the story of his life. Only one of those is likely to have the desired result on the f...
