Author: Carol Spier
Publisher: Hearst
Keywords: beautiful, house, room, details, touch, finishing
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2009-04-07
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1588167011
ISBN-13: 9781588167019

Details bring a room to life—and House Beautiful shows how to make every room special by accentuating exquisite finishing touches. Packaged in the same appealing format as House Beautiful The Apartment Book, this gorgeous compendium showcases the magazine’s favorite looks and explains exactly why they work. Each chapter covers a different room, focusing on such eye-catching features as colorful crockery on open kitchen shelves, elaborate glass chandeliers shimmering with light in the dining room, scenic wall treatments, and crystal beads sparkling on pillows. From glamorous to minimalist,

Author: Carol Spier
Publisher: Hearst
Keywords: beautiful, home, own, creating, book, house
Number of Pages: 464
Published: 2008-11-04
List price: $39.95
ISBN-10: 1588166031
ISBN-13: 9781588166036

With 464 information-packed pages and more than 500 gorgeous color photos, The Home Book is sure to become the homeowner’s bible on interior design. A beautiful object in itself, this book will grace every (perfectly chosen) coffee table...but only after this hardworking guide has been pored through and turned to again and again for practical, usable design insights.  The volume begins by taking a hard look at the bones of the house: its site, light, and layout. Armed with those basics, you’ll know which elements you can improve, and how to work around those that can’t be changed. From

Author: John Spier
Publisher: Taunton Press
Keywords: pros, lumber, engineered, building
Number of Pages: 119
Published: 2006-03-23
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1561586978
ISBN-13: 9781561586974

Framing is bread-and-butter work for builders. Builders who want to stay on top of their business and meet customer demands for quality materials and excellent workmanship need to know about engineered lumber-how it affects home design, and how different types of engineered lumber are ordered, stored, handled, cut and installed. "Building with Engineered Lumber" delivers this information clearly, comprehensively, and in well-organized chapters that builders can put to work right away.

Author: Fred Spier
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: humanity, future, history
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2010-04-05
List price: $119.95
ISBN-10: 1444334212
ISBN-13: 9781444334210

Big History and the Future of Humanity presents an original theoretical approach that makes "big history" – the placing of the human past within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe -- accessible to general readers while revealing insights into what the future may hold for humanity. Provides an accessible and original overview of the entire sweep of history that places human history within the history of life, the Earth, and the Universe Features an original theory of "big history" which explains all of history and opens up an entirely new interdisciplinary resea

Authors:Steven Spier, Martin Tschanz,
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Keywords: made, swiss
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2003-10
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 1568984251
ISBN-13: 9781568984254

When it comes to architecture, Switzerland wields an international influence that belies its small geographic size. Such prominent figures as Herzog & de Meuron and Peter Zumthor lead a chorus of innovative new voices emanating from this mountainous nation where craftsmanship, simple beauty, and environmental sensitivity have always been prized values. Swiss Made presents the work of the celebrated studios and architects at the forefront of Swiss design, much of which has never been seen before in the United States. In his introduction, historian Steven Spier provides an overview of Swis

Authors:Jesse Vincent, Robert Spier, Dave Rolsky, Darren Cham
Publisher: O’Reilly Media
Keywords: essentials
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2005-08-18
List price: $34.95
ISBN-10: 0596006683
ISBN-13: 9780596006686

In a typical organization, there’s always plenty that to do such as: pay vendors, invoice customers, answer customer inquiries, and fix bugs in hardware or software. You need to know who wants what and keep track of what is left to do. This is where a ticketing system comes in. A ticketing system allows you to check the status of various tasks: when they were requested, who requested them and why, when they were completed, and more. RT is a high-level, open source ticketing system efficiently enabling a group of people to manage tasks, issues, and requests submitted by a community of u

Authors:Jeffrey Spier, Prof. Herbert L Kessler, Prof. Steven
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: art, kimbell, museum, christian, bible, earliest, picturing
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2007-12-13
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 0300116837
ISBN-13: 9780300116830

Picturing the Bible explores the vast tradition of Christian art at its very beginnings in the third century A.D., just as Christianity was emerging from its outlawed, clandestine status to become the state religion of the Roman Empire. What images did these Christians use to express their faith openly? Were they the first believers to part with Mosaic law by creating “graven images”? What Jewish and pagan sources, if any, did they look to for inspiration? When did they begin to depict the life of Jesus? This beautifully illustrated book takes up such questions, revealing the story of how C