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"The Moroccan city of Fez, founded in the ninth century CE, is one of the most precious urban jewels of Islamic civilization. For more than 40 years Titus Burckhardt worked to document and preserve the artistic and architectural heritage of Fez in particular and Morocco in general. These newly translated lectures, delivered while Burckhardt was living and working in Fez, explore how the historic city can be preserved without turning it from a living...
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A Beginner's Guide to Rockhounding, Gem Collecting, Gold Prospecting, and Fossil Hunting
Basic Rockhounding and Prospecting is aimed at anyone who is interested in learning the basics of collecting rocks and minerals. It's the perfect companion title to the more advanced Modern Rockhounding and Prospecting Handbook. Readers will learn how to identify common rocks and minerals, and where to look for them. Using labs, procedures, pictorials, and discussions...
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With rising food costs, the resurgence of at-home gardening, and the potential storing your own food presents, it is no wonder that freezing, drying, and canning are becoming more popular. This book will show anyone interested in storing food how to do so, optimizing the amount of money you can save and minimizing your risk of damaging food or spreading foodborne illnesses. You will learn how to grow for harvest and how to subsequently handle that...
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Here is a must-have book for all hunters and small-scale farmers who plan to process meat of any kind. Everything you need to know about how to dress and preserve meat is right here, from slaughtering to processing to methods of preservation, such as smoking and salting. Detailed step-by-step instructions and illustrations guide you through the entire process, from properly securing the animal to safely and humanely transforming the meat to a family...
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"In From Garden to Pickle, early fluent readers learn how a pickle is made, from a cucumber growing to it being cut, brined, and jarred. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about how this food gets to their tables. An infographic illustrates the cycle with real photos and descriptions. From Garden to Pickle also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary,...
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Over the last half century, historic preservation has been on the rise in American cities and towns, from urban renewal and gentrification projects to painstaking restoration of Victorian homes and architectural landmarks. In this book, Nancy R. Hiller brings together individuals with distinctive styles and perspectives, to talk about their passion for preservation. They consider the meaning of place and what motivates those who work to save and care...
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Description, history and restoration record of a restored quintessential early Cape house in Provincetown, MA. Featuring a history of seven generations of ownership by the Miller family with background on commerce and change in Provincetown. Also includes detailed description of the house and property.
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Extrait : "Écrire l'histoire d'une manière exacte n'est point une chose aussi aisée qu'on le pense, même lorsque les événements se sont passés sous nos yeux. Les faits qui paraissent le plus évidents sont parfois compliqués de circonstances particulières et ignorées qui les dénaturent complètement et donnent le change même à ceux qui en sont témoins."
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A large scale and much publicized expedition to Antarctica is about to take place. While excitement runs high in the scientific community over this expedition, one geologist tries his hardest to stop the trip from ever happening. This is because William Dyer has been to Antarctica on an expedition before, and knows of the unspeakable horrors that lie in its frigid terrain. Dyer goes into explaining that during his last trip, he and another small group...
10) Japanese Joinery; Guía de carpintería japonesa de nivel intermedio: El secreto para hacer juntas
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¿Eres un carpintero aficionado de fin de semana con una pasión por crear piezas de alta calidad, pero no cuentas con el presupuesto para el equipamiento necesario?
¿Te gustaría saber cómo crear juntas japonesas utilizando herramientas comunes?
La carpintería japonesa es una habilidad antigua que fue desarrollada en una época anterior a la producción masiva de muebles, cuando el ingenio y el carácter del diseño aún importaban. Ahora puedes...
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These 53 magnificent drawings by a distinguished architect recapture landmarks of colonial America. Originally published in 1922, Otto Reinhold Eggers' portfolio of pencil sketches depicts historic structures in New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Baltimore as well as those of smaller towns in Connecticut, Virginia, and elsewhere. Images of churches, municipal structures, homes, and other architectural gems range from the majesty of St. Paul's Chapel,...
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When disaster strikes, the first few hours are critical to saving art, artifacts and important objects. This ebook, written by highly regarded professional museum conservators, outlines procedures and techniques to help improve the chances of rescuing artworks, photographs, books, memorabilia, textiles, and furniture from catastrophic damage. Although not a manual on formal art conservation, this ebook will help you to organize materials, time and...
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El investigador nos comparte, a partir de una sólida documentación hemerobibliográfica, el registro de personajes protagónicos de esta preparatoria: sus fundadores, directores y cuerpo académico, incluso algunos salvados del olvido. Y a los que ya están en el registro de la historia nos los hace sentir vigentes, ¡vivos!.
A la calidad del texto hay que agregar lo artístico del material fotográfico y el valioso rescate de algunas imágenes...
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Adoptée à Paris en 1972, la Convention du patrimoine mondial s'intéresse par définition à tous les pays du monde. Généreuse dans sa mission de reconnaissance et de protection du patrimoine culturel et naturel, elle reste l'une des plus célèbres de l'Unesco par la diversité qu'elle embrasse.
Ce livre porte sur l'évolution de cette Convention de 1972 à 2000, son histoire et ses applications. Écrit par des spécialistes qui ont joué un...
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Con gran rigor y claridad, David Sánchez relata el devenir histórico de la tarea de la catalogación de las obras de arte. Advierte de los errores y desorden que, debidos a la inexperiencia, caracterizaron a los primeros intentos oficiales de catalogación, situación que podría resolverse con un uso correcto de las novedades técnicas, siempre que puedan ser diseñadas, implementadas y manejadas apropiadamente. El correcto trabajo de catalogación...
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A comprehensive guide to the architectural history of Jamestown, New York.
New York's small cities are little-known treasure troves of American history. Among them, Jamestown stands out with a memorable and engaging cityscape highlighted by steep hills, brick streets, a remarkably intact city center, and numerous buildings of historical and architectural interest.
Peter A. Lombardi's Jamestown, New York chronicles the development of this Southern...
17) From seed to jam
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"In From Seed to Jam, early fluent readers learn how jam is made, from strawberry plants growing, to cooking the fruit, to jarring the jam. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text will engage young readers as they learn about how this food gets to their tables. An infographic illustrates the cycle with real photos and descriptions. From Seed to Jam also features reading tips for teachers and parents, a table of contents, a glossary,...
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"Weekly, there are major threats, mass killings, terrorist attacks, and even weather-related disasters--the list goes on. And this increasingly dangerous world includes more violent and deadly threats that are specifically targeting everyday civilians ... [Via this safety bible], ... you can make educated predictions using the new key questions of who, why, where, when, and how from the attacker's point of view"--Amazon.com.
"This personal safety...
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This rare book invited homeowners of the Victorian era to eschew "white houses with green blinds" and join in the revolutionary trend towards colorful houses. They explain clearly how to mix primary and secondary colors to achieve such popular, mellow tones of the period as olive, russet, citrine, buff, plum, and sage. 20 color plates.
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