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Detail in Contemporary Staircase Design provides a revealing insight into this most sculptural of architectural elements. Featuring many of the world's most highly acclaimed architects, as well as emerging practitioners, the book presents 40 recently completed staircase designs, found in homes, galleries, shops, hotels, public buildings, and offices across the world. In addition to the visual and descriptive presentation of this staircase collection, the book provides an overview of various national building regulations and structural requirements that must be observed when creating staircases, which will serve as a useful and lasting source of reference. These ingenious projects, ranging from the austerely minimal to the ornate and eclectic, are presented with a concise descriptive text, color photographs, and specially drawn scale plans, sections, and construction details.
A literary history of our most influential book of all time, by an Oxford scholar and Anglican priest In our culture, the Bible is monolithic: It is a collection of books that has been unchanged and unchallenged since the earliest days of the Christian church. The idea of the Bible as "Holy Scripture," a non-negotiable authority straight from God, has prevailed in Western society for some time. And while it provides a firm foundation for centuries of Christian teaching, it denies the depth, variety, and richness of this fascinating text. In A History of the Bible, John Barton argues that the Bible is not a prescription to a complete, fixed religious system, but rather a product of a long and...
This book shares a simple putting technique the author discovered that cured his putting yips and also offers some helpful tips for avid golfers and beginners on how to lower their scores and improve their game. The book is written to help two groups of golfers: 1. Golfers who suffer from the yips. 2. Avid golfers and beginners who want to improve their game. For you golfers who are currently suffering from some form of the yips, I hope my putting technique will be as effective for you as it has been for me. I discovered this technique in 2006 and I am still putting "yip-free" today and enjoying the game like never before. And for you avid golfers and beginners, the book offers some helpful tips on a variety of topics that include how to eliminate common swing faults and how you can become a better putter.
The history of racism from its very beginnings is thoroughly researched and presented in this fascinating and thought-provoking book. The book shows how racism began as a means to apply economic and cultural oppression through the use of religion and avarnaa or color-caste stratification in South Asia after one of the worldas great Black Indo-Negroid civilizations was infiltrated by nomadic barbarians from Eurasia. The book examines the history of ancient Egypt and how and why religion and religious dogma by Semitic people led to the establishment of another form of racism promoted by religious belief. The absence of racism against blacks during the Greek and Roman periods is discussed along...
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THE CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR The Sunday Times bestseller is 'brilliant, gripping, beautifully written, real,' says Jonathan Northcroft. So, you think you know Joey Barton. Think again. No Nonsense is the raw yet redemptive story of a man shaped by rejection and the consequences of his mistakes. He has represented England, and been a pivotal player for Manchester City, Newcastle United, Queens Park Rangers, Marseille, Burnley and Glasgow Rangers, but his career has featured recurring controversy. The low point of being sent to prison for assault in 2008 proved to be the catalyst for the re-evaluation of his life. Barton reveals the formative influences of a tough upb...
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The author of the stunning New York Times bestseller The Widow returns with a brand-new novel of twisting psychological suspense As an old house is demolished in a gentrifying section of London, a workman discovers a tiny skeleton, buried for years. For journalist Kate Waters, it’s a story that deserves attention. She cobbles together a piece for her newspaper, but at a loss for answers, she can only pose a question: Who is the Building Site Baby? As Kate investigates, she unearths connections to a crime that rocked the city decades earlier: A newborn baby was stolen from the maternity ward in a local hospital and was never found. Her heartbroken parents were left devastated by the loss. But there is more to the story, and Kate is drawn—house by house—into the pasts of the people who once lived in this neighborhood that has given up its greatest mystery. And she soon finds herself the keeper of unexpected secrets that erupt in the lives of three women—and torn between what she can and cannot tell…