Subject(s): Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959 -- Criticism and interpretation | Church architecture Summary: "A comprehensive study of the sacred buildings built and designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, this book offers scholarly discussion with analytical drawings and photographs. These projects represent different periods of Wright's career (

Subject(s): Nutrition | Fatigue -- Prevention | Dietary supplements | Detoxification (Health) Summary: Presents advice on increasing personal energy, covering such topics as improving diet, fostering better sleep habits, increasing daily exercise, combating stress, taking supplements, organizing personal space, and enhancing mental concentratio

Subject(s): Europe -- Sources -- History -- 20th century | Europe -- History -- 20th century Summary: This reader uses primary sources to illuminate the intellectual, political, and cultural history of Europe from 1900 to the present. Each part, chapter, and section contains an introduction that explains the historical seeing and significance

Subject(s): Books -- History | Printing -- History Summary: From the early Sumerian clay tablet through to the emergence of the electronic text, this Companion provides a continuous and coherent account of the history of the book. --from publisher description. Contents: T.H. Howard-Hill -- David Greetham -- Alexis Weedon -- Stephen Colc

Subject(s): Middle-aged persons -- Health and hygiene | Aging Summary: "As children, our curiosity about what to expect as our bodies change is met with knowledge and patience. But when we're 50 or 60, our bodies undergo other dramatic (and often just as startling) changes--yet there's no one to prepare us, educate us, or provide gu

Subject(s): Portuguese -- Sources -- History -- Africa, West | Slave trade -- Sources -- History -- Africa, West | Africa, West -- Sources -- Discovery and exploration Portuguese | Africa, West -- Sources -- History -- To 1884 Summary: "The Portuguese in West Africa, 1415-1670 brings together a collection of documents - all in new English t

Subject(s): Social change -- China | Individualism -- China | China -- Social conditions -- 2000- Summary: There is a growing individualization of China with changing perceptions of the individual and rising expectations for individual freedom, choice and individuality. How this process evolves in a country lacking two of the defining character

Subject(s): Dollar, American | Financial crises -- United States | Economic history -- 21st century | United States -- Economic conditions -- 2009- Summary: "How to profit from the events leading up to the likely collapse of the U.S. dollar Society is at a crossroads. Here at home and around the world, we are living in a manner that is a

Subject(s): Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 259-210 B.C | Terra-cotta sculpture, Chinese -- Qin-Han dynasties, 221 B.C.-220 A.D | Excavations (Archaeology) -- China Shaanxi Sheng | China -- History -- Qin dynasty, 221-207 B.C | Shaanxi Sheng (China) -- Antiquities | China -- Kings and rulers | China -- History -- 221 B.C.-960 A.D | China -- Antiqu

Subject(s): Surveying | Surveys -- Plotting | Real property | Map reading Summary: "Land boundaries are the physical, technical, and legal entities that define the extent and limits of a particular parcel of land, whether a small acreage of private property or the delineation between sovereign nations. This book is intended to be a tutorial