Author: John B. Ward-Perkins
Publisher: Phaidon Press / Electa
Keywords: architecture, world, history, roman
Number of Pages: 220
Published: 2004-04-01
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 1904313191
ISBN-13: 9781904313199

The first part of the book examines the developments that originated in central Italy. It then goes on to discuss the majestic complexes of the Republican era, and the Augustan buildings that culminated in the planning of the Roman Forum. The book explains how the Romans successfully developed and exploited a revolutionary building material called opus caementicium, a composite of stone and mortar. This material made it possible for them to effectively develop new forms of structures, such as amphitheatres, public bath-houses, villas, basilicas, and markets, which were to become essential feat

Author: J. B. Ward-Perkins
Publisher: Yale University Press
Keywords: pelican, history, art, press, university, imperial, architecture, yale, roman
Number of Pages: 532
Published: 1992-11-25
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 0300052928
ISBN-13: 9780300052923

This history of Roman Imperial architecture looks at the interaction of two dominant themes - in Rome itself the emergence of a new architecture based on the use of Roman concrete, and in the provinces the development of interrelated but distinctive Romano-provincial schools.

Authors:Averil Cameron, Bryan Ward-Perkins, Michael Whitby
Publisher: Cambridge University Pre
Keywords: empire, successors, antiquity, volume, ancient, history, cambridge
Number of Pages: 1186
Published: 2001-04-16
List price: $275.00
ISBN-10: 0521325919
ISBN-13: 9780521325912

With Volume 14 The Cambridge Ancient History concludes its story. This latest volume embraces the wide range of approaches and scholarship which have in recent decades transformed our view of Late Antiquity. In particular, traditional political and social history has been enormously enhanced by integrating the rich evidence of Christian writing, and the constantly expanding results of archaeological research. A picture emerges of a period of considerable military and political disruption, but also of vibrant intellectual and cultural activity. The volume begins with a series of narrative chapt

Author: John Perkins
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Keywords: man, economic, confessions
Number of Pages: 250
Published: 2004-11-09
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 1576753018
ISBN-13: 9781576753019

Confessions of an Economic Hit Man reveals a game that, according to John Perkins, is "as old as Empire" but has taken on new and terrifying dimensions in an era of globalization. And Perkins should know. For many years he worked for an international consulting firm where his main job was to convince LDCs (less developed countries) around the world to accept multibillion-dollar loans for infrastructure projects and to see to it that most of this money ended up at Halliburton, Bechtel, Brown and Root, and other United States engineering and construction companies. This book, which many people w

Author: John Perkins
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Keywords: jackals, truth, global, corruption, men, economic, history, american, empire, secret
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2007-06-05
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 052595015X
ISBN-13: 9780525950158

A riveting exposé of international corruption—and what we can do about it, from the author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, which spent over a year on the New York Times bestseller list. In his stunning memoir, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, John Perkins detailed his former role as an "economic hit man" in the international corporate skullduggery of a de facto American Empire. This riveting, behind-the-scenes exposé unfolded like a cinematic blockbuster told through the eyes of a man who once helped shape that empire. Now, in The Secret History of the American Empi

Author: John H. Perkins
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: cold, war, genes, wheat, revolution, geopolitics
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 1997-12-14
List price: $90.00
ISBN-10: 0195110137
ISBN-13: 9780195110135

Authors:Fred Ward, Charlotte Ward, Lolly Ward,
Publisher: Gem Book Publishers
Keywords: book, series, gem, fred, gems, ward, phenomenal
Number of Pages: 64
Published: 2008-01-30
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 1887651128
ISBN-13: 9781887651127

Phenomenal Gems is the latest Fred Ward gem book in his 8-book series, which covers the world of gemstones. Phenomenal Gems include stars, cat’s-eyes, color-change, and iridescence. We call these rare and unusual gems that everyone wants to see "the gems that do tricks." By shimmering, changing colors, and fluorescing in daylight, these dazzling collectibles amaze everyone with spectacular colors and surprising light effects.