Author: Alan Powers
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Keywords: history, architectures, modern, books, reaktion, britain
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2007-05-15
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1861892810
ISBN-13: 9781861892812

The story of modernism in architecture is international, yet each country adopted the movement in its own unique way, inspired by individual artists and schools and in response to specific social needs and political pressures. Britain explores the British approach to modern architecture, and, with due regard for the separate identities of England, Scotland, and Wales, discusses British modernism from its beginnings to the present day. Alan Powers gives equal weight to the technical and aesthetic aspects of modernism, as well as its often controversial reception within Britain and around the w

Author: Alan Powers
Publisher: Sterling
Keywords: books, living
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2006-08-28
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1402742126
ISBN-13: 9781402742125

Everyone has books—but most people simply put them on a shelf, neglecting more creative ways to make their treasures an integral part of the interior design. Alan Powers’ witty, elegant guide to showcasing your precious volumes will change all that. Going room to room, from kitchens to hallways, he reveals inspirational ways that books can create character in the home. Stunningly photographed images from around the world display large-scale libraries, as well as such ingenious space-saving devices as enclosed book lofts; shelves cleverly tucked into stairways; and narrow wall-mounted board

Author: W. L. Powers
Publisher: Tobey Press
Keywords: drainage, land
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2007-10-26
List price: $29.45
ISBN-10: 1408608634
ISBN-13: 9781408608630

LAND DRAINAGE - 1922 - CONTENTS - - PART I. - FIELD DRAINAGE CHAPTER I DEVELOPMENT, IMPORTANCE AND -E OF DRAINAGE PAGE Drainage in Europe. Notable European project. Drainage in the United States. Extent and importance of drainage. Ad- vantages of drainage reclamation. Federal and State aid. Drainage organizations and institutions. Questions. Refer- ences .................................................... l CHAPTER I1 Removes excess water. Increases the capillary supply of moisture. Improves the soil-structure. Increases the roobpasturage. Affords better air circulation. Makes soil warmer. Le

Author: Rod Powers
Publisher: Barron’s Educational Series
Keywords: test, school, candidate, officer, barron
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 2006-10-06
List price: $18.99
ISBN-10: 0764128930
ISBN-13: 9780764128936

In addition to military academies and Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC), the United States military services draw a significant number of officer trainees from the military enlisted ranks and from civilian college graduates, commissioning them as second lieutenants or ensigns after completing Officer Candidate School (OCS) or Officer Training School (OTS) programs. This brand-new manual prepares candidates to pass the acceptance tests for those schools. It presents in-depth reviews of all test topics, which include math knowledge and reasoning, word knowledge and reading comprehension, and

Author: Mrs S. D. Powers
Publisher: BiblioLife
Keywords: etiquette, children, papers, behaving
Number of Pages: 150
Published: 2009-05-13
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 1110110626
ISBN-13: 9781110110629

Author: Tim Powers
Publisher: Harper
Keywords: days, three
Number of Pages: 416
Published: 2007-12-01
List price: $7.99
ISBN-10: 0380798379
ISBN-13: 9780380798377

Albert Einstein’s groundbreaking scientific discoveries made possible the creation of the most terrible weapon the world had ever known. But he made another discovery that he chose to reveal to no one—to keep from human hands a power that dwarfed the atomic bomb. When twelve-year-old Daphne Marrity takes a videotape labeled Pee-wee’s Big Adventure from her recently deceased grandmother’s house, neither she nor her college-professor father, Frank, realize what they now have in their possession. In an instant they are thrust into the center of a world-altering conspiracy

Author: Tim Powers
Publisher: William Morrow
Keywords: novel, declare
Number of Pages: 528
Published: 2001-01-01
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 0380976528
ISBN-13: 9780380976522

There are histories beneath history. Tim Powers, one of the most brilliant and audacious talents in contemporary fiction, casts an eerie light on the terrible events that made the twentieth century and reveals what the Cold War was really about.DeclareAfter a ten-year hiatus, British academic Andrew Hale is abruptly called back into the Great Game by a terse, cryptic telephone message. Born to "the trade" and recruited at the age of seven by a most secret Secret Service, Hale, in 1963, is forced to confront again the nightmare that has haunted his adult life: a lethal unfinished operation code