D.O - Art & Architecture 10

A look at the dark side of life, Victorian-style, when nothing was quite as it seemed and a public execution could be an entertaining family day out. Murderers, poachers, thieves, pickpockets and va……続きを見る

In the space of just 200 years Hebburn has been transformed from a small fishing hamlet into a modern town of 20,000 inhabitants. The driving force in this expansion was of course the development of……続きを見る

York, founded by the Romans as Eboracum, the capital of Britannia Inferior, is considered one of Europe's best-loved cities. It boasts a wealth of ancient buildings and historic associations. But al……続きを見る

London's pubs and other drinking places, just like its people, its history, traditions and institutions, are fascinating and extraordinarily diverse. This book provides a readable introduction to as……続きを見る

Edinburgh is now and indeed has for long been a city of stark juxtapositions and piquant contrasts. Historically it is a place of outstanding learning and culture, and yet it has on occasions witnes……続きを見る

Of all the counties, Durham is perhaps the most surprising. Its heavily populated cities and towns give way to apparently deserted expanses of moorland, romantic clifftop vistas and wooded ravines a……続きを見る

Cramond is situated in the north-west of Edinburgh, on the east bank of the River Almond where it flows into the Firth of Forth. Here, at the close of the last ice age, hunter-gatherers frequented t……続きを見る

Pickering Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of the country. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of Pickering, its well-known streets a……続きを見る

At 220 miles in length, the Severn is Britain's longest river. The author has followed the Severn's final 100 miles course to the sea, revisiting the locations of the older scenes, and taking an equ……続きを見る

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, punishment was intended to be a short, sharp shock, often administered in public to discourage others from committing similar crimes. There were more than……続きを見る

Writing a book, a successful one, it´s the product of mixed feelings and extreme emotions that only a committed writer can understand and transform into magnetic stories. There are authors who consi……続きを見る

This is a photo guide to the Petra world heritage site in Jordan. This World Wonder Photo Guide, one of a series, provides priceless information for photo travelers, casual tourists, and anyone who ……続きを見る

Parte de la concepción general de esta colección de libros es ofrecer una mirada fresca y atípica al viajero saliéndose de los marcos habituales de una guía o panfleto turístico. Una Odisea en Manha……続きを見る

Manhattan Odyssey is a long collection of books dedicated to New York City. Through an imaginary travel with a group of tourists the reader will discover the city in a very particular way. Nothing a……続きを見る

No trip to Ocean City, Maryland, is complete without a visit to Trimper�s Rides. The unforgettable bright lights, carousel music, and elated screams from riders on the Tidal Wave are cherished memor……続きを見る

Kunstvoll gestaltete, mit bunter Ölfarbe bemalte Holztüren sind ein weithin bekanntes Wahrzeichen der beliebten Urlaubsregion Fischland-Darß-Zingst.Aber die Türen wären nichts ohne die Häuser, die s……続きを見る

Described as a nature photographer's paradise, Washington State presents amateur and professional photographers with an endless array of subjects, and there are no better guides to photographing her……続きを見る

This is a photo guide to the Sepilok area, Borneo, Malaysia. This World Wonder Photo Guide, one of a series, provides priceless information for photo travelers, casual tourists, and anyone who visit……続きを見る

Em agosto de 1933, jovens artistas organizaram, no Recife, um salão particular de pintura. Essa ação coletiva representou, sobretudo, uma ruptura com a arte tradicional, inclusive um alerta à recém-……続きを見る

This is a photo guide to the Bolaven Plateau, Laos. This World Wonder Photo Guide, one of a series, provides priceless information for photo travelers, casual tourists, and anyone who visits this ar……続きを見る

Solar Energy in Buildings presents solar radiation fundamentals and their applications in buildings, supported by theoretical analysis and results of original simulation studies in solar energy avai……続きを見る

In this challenging book, first published in 1987, Michelene Wandor looks at the best-known plays in the thirty years prior to publication, from Look Back in Anger onwards. Wandor investigates the r……続きを見る

First published in 1895. According to the Preface: "Notwithstanding the immense number of books, dissertations, and papers which have been written on pictorial and decorative art, I venture to add o……続きを見る

This book examines in detail both historical and current legal concepts of ‘religious cultural heritage’ within the context of the European continent. The latter group is primarily based on the vari……続きを見る

The third tittle of Manhattan's Odyssey has many new interesting addition. First we will start using a new camera in our travels, a NIKON and we will keep info about the previous Canon one used. Sec……続きを見る

Gustave Dore's magnificent engravings for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner are among the later works of the great French illustrator. The intensely evocative poem provided Doré with the long-awaited ……続きを見る

The problem of the comical is one of the most interesting issues in aesthetics. Its significance extends well beyond the sphere of aesthetic studies and has at tracted the attention of the scholars ……続きを見る

Example in this ebook The excellence of the following Treatise is so well known to all in any tolerable degree conversant with the Art of Painting, that it would be almost superfluous to say any thi……続きを見る

A dazzling array of invention, insight and observation from perhaps the greatest genius of Western civilisation. Towering across time as the painter of the Mona Lisa, forever famous as a sculptor an……続きを見る

In this book Arturo Almandoz places the major episodes of Latin America’s twentieth and early twenty-first century urban history within the changing relationship between industrialization and urbani……続きを見る