Container architecture has become an essential part of our twenty-first century surroundings, with it being used to create modular structures for pavilions, brand showrooms, retail premises, and even residential homes. Ten years after the first publication of Container Atlas, this eagerly anticipated follow-up charts how this movement has evolved into an essential part of today’s architectural...

An insightful new look at two renowned photographers, their interconnected legacies, and the vital documents of urban transformation that they created. In this comprehensive study, Kevin Moore examines the relationship between Eugène Atget (1857–1927) and Berenice Abbott (1898–1991) and the nuances of their individual photographic projects. Abbott and Atget met in Man Ray’s Paris studio in the...

Dziś Toruń uważany jest za jeden z najcenniejszych w kraju zespołów zabytkowych, liczba starych obiektów wielkiej wartości oceniana jest na ponad trzysta. Na ogół nie wpisuje się na listę pierników toruńskich, a przecież one - jak w Norymberdze czy Akwizgranie - odgrywały zawsze dużą rolę, wspominano o nich w kronikach, mówi się i teraz, bo pierniki produkuje się w dużej ilości, a w Toruniu...

Explore the world and satisfy your wanderlust in the most eco-friendly way. How can we lessen our impact on the world without giving up the things we love? This series of easy-to-follow guides show that positive change is possible without radical changes to your everyday life. Sustainable tourism doesn’t have to mean vowing to never take another flight or...

In Wild Grass, Pulitzer Prize-winning Ian Johnson describes a China caught between the desire for change percolating up from below and the ossified political structure above. He recounts the stories of three ordinary people who find themselves finding oppression and government corruption, risking imprisonment and even death. A young architecture student, a bereaved daughter, and a peasant...

Weegee documented better than any other photographer the crime, grit, and desperation of mid-century New York City. In Flash, we get a portrait not simply of the man (both deeply talented and flawed, whose masterful eye for capturing violence and sex intimated his own predilections) but also of the fascinating time and place that he occupied. From self-taught immigrant kid to celebrity...

Impresjonistyczna świadomość artystyczna w rosyjskiej i zachodnioeuropejskiej prozie początku XX wieku. Kiazimow, Azja środkowa w twórczości N.S. Tichonowa Lingwokognitywna i lingwokulturoznawcza interpretacja symbolu w tekście artystycznym. Popowa-Bondarienko, Hesse i Dostojewski: komunikacja "lustrzanego odbicia" K. Kropaczewski, Koncepcja sztuki Fiodora...

The importance of quality has been long recognized in the business environment in order to obtain or manufacture higher quality products. In manufacturing environment, quality improves reliability, increases productivity and customer satisfaction. In order to survive in a competitive market, improving quality and productivity of product or process is a must for any company. Quality Control...

While the F­105 Thunderchief was the USAF's principal strike weapon during the Rolling Thunder campaign, the US Navy relied on the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk for the majority of its strikes on North Vietnam. The Skyhawk entered service in 1956 and remained in continuous production for 26 years. Throughout Operation Rolling Thunder it was the US Navy's principal day­time light strike bomber,...

Sometime in the 1950s, Emiko Davies nonno-in-law began the tradition of ringing in the new year with tortellini al sugo. He served it along with spumante and a round of tombola, and sparked a trend; up until the 1970s, you could find tortellini at midnight on New Years Eve in the bars around the Tuscan town of Fucecchio. This is just one of the over 75 heirloom dishes in this collection, for...

The main purpose of the publication is to present the major achievements and challenges in the process of European integration and show what influence membership in the European Union has on Poland and Poles. The book, addressed to Asian readers, discusses Poland’s position and role in the European Union in a comprehensive manner. The book characterizes the adjustments Poland has gone...

Prace zawarte w niniejszym tomie badają rzeczy pewne i rzeczy niepewne w studiach literackich, to co określone i to co nieokreślone opcji interpretacyjnych, wzorce gatunkowe, związki zachodzące w tekście, jak również złożoność prezentacji. Przyjmując koncepcję struktury za wspólny czynnik określający i/lub punkt wyjścia, eseje badają mechanizmy, które stabilizują lub podważają jej status w...

Album Mazowsza w języku angielskim. 

"The Structure of Desire" by W.F. Lantry, is a wonderful book of poetry for all those who have loved someone. But it is infinitely more than just a book of love poems. The author places his reader at a privileged crossroad of his poetic landscape that reveals the sanctum sanctorum of the multi-faceted magic that results from loving another. In this case Miranda, who he describes as: "A...

Palamedes. A Journal of Ancient History to rocznik poświęcony historii starożytnej. W zamiarach redakcji ma to być forum prezentacji badań zarówno z zakresu historii starożytnego świata klasycznego, jak i innych terenów np. Bliskiego Wschodu

Album podzielony jest na 16 rozdziałów. Każdemu rozdziałowi przypisane jest 1 województwo. Kolorowa mapka i registry pozwalają łatwo znaleźć wybrane województwo. Album zachęca do podróży po Polsce. Jest praktycznym fotograficznym przewodnikiem dla dociekliwego podróżnika, chcącego poznawać nasz kraj, oraz pamiątką dla turysty, przypominającą miłe chwile spędzone w Polsce.

The Home Upgrade looks beyond big budget projects and explores homes where the seemingly impossible has been achieved. Against a backdrop of growing cities and a changing approach to how we live, there are many reasons to refurbish a home. Our buildings must continue to evolve along with us—and that takes a little imagination. Societal shifts continue to impact our homes. People live longer,...

A comprehensive presentation of Ai Weiwei’s recent Public Art Fund exhibition Good Fences Make Good Neighbors, a powerful reflection on the global refugee crisis Internationally renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei (b. 1957) transformed over 300 sites across New York City into a compelling, ambitious public art exhibition concerned with the global refugee and migration crises. Good...

The publication of Ambassador of the Middle Kingdom met with widespread interest in China and was described as the best monograph in the world about Michal Boym. It was recognized as containing the most extensive amount of material relating to Boym, and as justly evaluating his great services in spreading knowledge in Europe of the civilization of ancient China. The majority of Jesuit...

Hoinareala printre paginile cartii este o activitate placuta si educativa in familie, dezvoltand memoria si atentia capilului, imbogatindu-i vocabularul si stimulandu-i imaginatia. Copilul "citeste" indicand cu degetelele personajele, comentand asupra imaginilor, descoperind pas cu pas cate un element nou in fiecare povestire. Asemeni unei plimbari prin oras, cu imagini succesive in miscare,...