![]() A principal prophet of the “modern” movement in architecture, and a near-legendary figure of the “International School,” he designed some of the twentieth century’s most memorable buildings: Chapel at Ronchamp Swiss dormitory at the Cité Universitaire, Paris Unité d’Habitation, Marseilles and many more. The present volume is an unabridged English translation of the 13th French edition of that historic manifesto, in which Le Corbusier expounded his technical and aesthetic theories, views on industry, economics, relation of form to function, the “mass-production spirit,” and much else. ![]() The first major exposition of his ideas appeared in Vers une Architecture (1923), a compilation of articles originally written by Le Corbusier for his own avant-garde magazine, L’Esprit Nouveau. For the Swiss-born architect and city planner Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, 1887–1965), architecture constituted a noble art, an exalted calling in which the architect combined plastic invention, intellectual speculation, and higher mathematics to go beyond mere utilitarian needs, beyond “style,” to achieve a pure creation of the spirit which established “emotional relationships by means of raw materials.” ![]()
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![]() You reap what you sow.Would my betrayals destroy everything I swore to protect?ValentinaOn our wedding day I made a vow to stand by Dante’s side. Above all else.Five times I chose a woman over the good of the Outfit. ![]() With my blood I made a vow to our cause, swore my life to it, promised to put the Outfit first. That’s what I am.Five times I betrayed the Outfit. You can read this before Bound by the Past (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #7) PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.ĭanteMy life is a tale of betrayal.I killed so many because they betrayed our cause, because they betrayed the Outfit.A hypocrite. Here is a quick description and cover image of book Bound by the Past (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #7) written by Cora Reilly which was published in May 20, 2020. ![]() ![]() Brief Summary of Book: Bound by the Past (Born in Blood Mafia Chronicles, #7) by Cora Reilly ![]() ![]() ![]() Her message to readers is clear: self-awareness and finding a soul mate don’t always come easily. ![]() In this new story from childrens book author and illustrator Amy Young. “She had to admit: sometimes he made her smile and sometimes he made her laugh,” writes Young ( Don’t Eat the Baby!), whose storytelling and watercolor cartooning are spot-on in their comic timing. In A Unicorn Named Sparkle, Lucy found out that the unicorn she thought she. Amy Young was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and though she trained and practiced as a lawyer, she has always wanted to be an artist. ![]() Clearly, Sparkle will never be the flashy showpiece Lucy dreamed of-but maybe Lucy isn’t the dainty princess type, either. Author and artist Amy Youngs A Unicorn Named Sparkle picture book series for young readers are beautifully illustrated stories of friendship and love. ![]() Come to think of it, he’s as stubborn as Lucy, with her relentless insistence that Sparkle is really a unicorn and therefore should wear a flower necklace and tutu (both of which prove edible). He also smells like a goat, eats like a goat, and is stubborn like a goat. A Unicorn Named Sparkle When Lucy sees an ad in the newspaper for a unicorn, she sends in her twenty-five cents and waits four to six long weeks for her. The specimen that shows up, however, looks a lot like a goat. After sending away for a mail-order unicorn (only 25 cents!), Young’s heroine, Lucy, fantasizes about naming him Sparkle, garlanding him with flowers, and riding over rainbows on his back. ![]() ![]() ![]() The first fish owl specimen was collected in 1883 in Japan, the first Russian nest discovered in 1971. (The owls hunt only rivers that don’t freeze over, and the region’s radon springs work perfectly for the purpose.) The dreadful enemy is usually the same in any tale recounting the quest to save a rare animal: humans in general, with our penchant for decapitating habitats. Slaght’s main mission is to formulate conservation guidelines that may save the uncommon species from loss: of the enormous, damaged but still standing trees it requires for nesting and of the highly particular waters that provide its food. ![]() From the first paragraph of this propulsive narrative, Slaght chronicles his years-long campaign in Primorye, Russia, where he studies the endangered Blakiston’s fish owl, a sixto ten-pound magisterial behemoth of a raptor that feeds solely on fish. JONATHAN SLAGHT, a modern-day knight-errant, adventures deep into the forests of the Russian Far East and returns with a magnetic account of conservation science wrapped in a literary thriller. ![]() ![]() New York Times Bestselling author Alina Adams draws on her own experiences as a Jewish refugee from Odessa, USSR as she provides readers a rare glimpse into the world's first Jewish Autonomous Region. ![]() Once there, Regina has to grapple with her preconceived notions of socialism and Judaism while asking herself the eternal question: What do we owe each other? How can we best help one another? While she contends with these queries and struggles to help Birobidzhan establish itself, love and war are on the horizon. ![]() ![]() Under cover of the night, she flees from her parents' communal apartment in 1930s Moscow to the 20th century's first Jewish state, Birobidzhan, on the border between Russia and China. With his dying breath, Lena’s father asks his family a cryptic question: “You couldn’t tell, could you?” After his passing, Lena stumbles upon the answer that changes her life forever.Īs her revolutionary neighbor mysteriously disappears during Josef Stalin's Great Terror purges, 18-year-old Regina suspects that she's the Kremlin’s next target. From New York Times Bestselling Author My Mother’s Secret A Novel of the Jewish Autonomous Region By Alina Adams ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A typical man is a man who takes a woman’s body immediately when you offer it to him. I wanted to create someone who was not typical. Midnight and his wife, Akemi Nakamura, who is Japanese, have strong defined cultures, wealthy influences and they both are foreigners.ĪFRO: I think Black women like myself love Midnight - there’s just something about him. Midnight has to go back to Japan to get his wife who has been kidnapped by her own father. This book is a global journey, deeply moving and a great adventure. Souljah: Really, I just wanted to create a love interest for Midnight where she would truly love him and strive to improve herself. We need so much positive energy, don’t you think?ĪFRO: We loved the “Coldest Winter Ever and Midnight: A Gangster Love Story.” What should we expect in “Midnight and the Meaning of Love?” ![]() Did you expect anything else?ĪFRO: The world is changing. Souljah took us on a political expedition with her debut of about Midnight, what’s missing in the Black community and the importance of maintaining cultural ties.ĪFRO: Hearing your voice is such a breath of fresh air. The unorthodox hip-hop generation activist, speaker and author has unleashed her critically acclaimed fourth literary work, Midnight and the Meaning of Love. No disrespect, but Sister Souljah is back. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Magicians is to Harry Potter as a shot of Irish whiskey is to a glass of weak tea. But the traditional magicians aren’t too thrilled to have the rule-breaking outcasts in their hallowed halls, and tempers flare as the student bodies clash to prove their superiority – not realizing a new danger has emerged to threaten them all. by Lev Grossman (Author) (5,429) The New York Times bestselling novel about a young man practicing magic in the real world, now an original series on SYFY. ![]() ![]() Long after Quentin and his friends have graduated from Brakebills, Dean Fogg welcomes a historic new group of students to the school – the first ever class of hedge magicians, rogue practitioners of unsanctioned magic, invited to enroll at Brakebills. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In Agamemnon, the city of Argos waits impatiently for King Agamemnon and his army to return, ten years to the day from when they left to wage war on Troy. The Oresteia details the breaking of the curse of the House of Atreus following the murder of King Agamemnon by his wife, Queen Clytaemnestra in Agamemnon the murder of Clytaemnestra at the hands of their son, Orestes in The Libation Bearers and the vindication of Orestes by trial and the pacification of the Furies in The Eumenides. Among the changes Aeschylus brought to tragedies were the innovation of trilogies of plays dealing with similar themes, the introduction of a second actor, and a more unified chorus. Aeschylus is credited by historians and philosophers such as Aristotle as being the father of tragedy, codifying many aspects of the genre seen in later plays by Sophocles and Euripides, the only other ancient Greek tragedians whose work remains intact. ![]() ![]() ![]() In my eyes, an author's merit lies not only in their sense of aesthetic beauty, but also in the scope and reach of their worldviews which must reflect in their craft.Īlice Walker's is the voice of one such African American writer that recounts a story which not only breaches the boundaries of an issue like emancipation of women but tries to detect a common pattern in problems plaguing civilizations across continents. I give this 5 stars to make up for the many 1/2/3 star ratings it may receive simply because of Alice Walker's forthright, honest portrayal of unpleasant truths that are often conveniently shoved under the carpet so as not to disturb the carefully preserved but brittle structure of dogma and century-old misconceptions.Īnd I award this 5 stars, symbolically on Banned Books Week as an apology for all the cowardly sentiments of the ones who misuse their power by banning books, thereby shutting out many powerful voices which demand and need to be heard. ![]() Naipauls of the world who think books written by women are irrelevant. I give this book 5 stars to spite the myopic David Gilmours and the V.S. ![]() ![]() His body is getting weaker by trying to fight off her powers, to kill everything she touches. So when he touches Juliette his body is stopping her powers, but after a while his body is getting used to her powers, so it does not see her powers as a threat even though they are. ![]() It is affecting his health because it turns out that Adam's power is to stop other people's abilities. I believe like the saying 'If you love something, let it go' deeply applied to Unravel Me because Juliette and Adam do not want to let go of their love for one another, but it is affecting Adam's health. ![]() I wish Juliette would have seen sooner that she and Adam cannot work out, she will eventually kill him. Unravel Me was a rather quick read for me, once I reached close to halfway because Adam is not as moody and Juliette has her priorities straight. Pages: 461 Release Date: February 5th 2013 Review: Compared to Shatter Me, Unravel Me included more character development, romance, emotion, and powers. Decisions that might involve choosing between Juliette has to make life-changing decisions between what she wants and In this exhilarating sequel to Shatter Me, Or from Warner, who wants Juliette more than she ever thought possible. With gifts-and it is also the headquarters of the rebel resistance.įinally free from The Reestablishment, free from their plan to use herĪs a weapon, and free to love Adam. ![]() |