Subject(s): Brain -- Popular works | Memory | Mental health Content advice: "We all understand the importance of daily exercise in keeping physically fit. But mental exercise is just as essential to our health and well-being--especially when it comes to defending against forgetfulness, memory loss, and even dementia. These and other age-as

Subject(s): Muslims -- United States | Citizenship -- United States Summary: "Since 2001, there has been a tremendous backlash against the very idea that it is possible to be both American and Muslim --the controversy over the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque" and the attempts to ban shari'a law are examples. Even within the Muslim

Subject(s): Cooking -- History | Food habits -- History | Food -- Social aspects Summary: Here the author tells the remarkable story of the rise and fall of the world's great cuisines from the mastery of grain cooking some twenty thousand years ago, to the present. Probing beneath the apparent confusion of dozens of cuisines to reveal the u

Subject(s): Beirut (Lebanon) -- History Summary: Beirut is a tour de force that takes the reader from the ancient to the modern world, offering a dazzling panorama of the city's Seleucid, Roman, Arab, Ottoman, and French incarnations. Kassir vividly describes Beirut's spectacular growth in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, concent

Subject(s): Architecture, Modern -- 20th century Summary: For nearly three decades, Eric Owen Moss Architects has been at work transforming the former industrial area of the Hayden Tract in Culver City, California into one of the most highly concentrated centres of architectural experimentation in the world. 'Eric Owen Moss Architects/3585&

Subject(s): Stapati (Firm) -- Pictorial works | Resort architecture -- Pictorial works -- India Summary: Timeless Resorts is the first major monograph of the multi-disciplinary design practice Stapati, established by Ar.Tony Joseph. This book examines the evolutions of 11 captivating hospitality projects, where Stapati's philosophy of creat

Subject(s): Architectural drawing -- Technique | Drawing -- Technique Summary: "Sketching for Architecture + Interior Design is an indispensable and practical guide for students wishing to master the art of looking and sketching. Forty-five step-by-step exercises take the student from the simple three-dimensional forms of furniture, through

Subject(s): Angels -- Juvenile fiction | Death -- Juvenile fiction | Demonology -- Juvenile fiction | Cape Cod (Mass.) -- Juvenile fiction Summary: When a car crash ends Ivy's life, her great love Tristan, who died and became an angel, breathes life back into her with a passionate kiss, but love may not be enough to save her. Holdi

Subject(s): Cities and towns -- History | City and town life -- History | Urbanization -- History Summary: "In 2008 for the first time the majority of the planet's inhabitants lived in cities and towns. Becoming globally urban has been one of mankind's greatest collective achievements over time and raises many questions. How did glo

Subject(s): Islam and politics | Middle East -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Middle East -- Politics and government -- 21st century | Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 21st century Summary: "From the founding of Islam in the seventh century, there had always