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  • Fiesco's Conspiracy at Genoa

    Series Book 2 - Open Book Classics
    Within two years of the success of his first play Die Räuber on the German stage in 1781, Schiller wrote a drama based on a rebellion in sixteenth century Italy, its title: The Conspiracy of Fiesco at Genoa. A Republican Tragedy. At the head of the conspiracy stood Gian Luigi de’ Fieschi (1524-1547), Schiller’s Count Fiesco, a clever, courageous and charismatic figure, an epicurean and unhesitant ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Anglo-German Dramatic and Poetic Encounters

    Perspectives on Exchange in the Sattelzeit

    Series series Studies in Text & Print Culture
    Focusing on particular cases of Anglo-German exchange in the period known as the Sattelzeit (1750-1850), this volume of essays explores how drama and poetry played a central role in the development of British and German literary cultures. With increased numbers of people studying foreign languages, engaging in translation work, and traveling between Britain and Germany, the eighteenth and ... Read more

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  • The Architect's Portable Handbook: First-Step Rules of Thumb for Building Design 4/e

    by John Guthrie ...
    The Essentials of Building Design--at Your Fingertips!Fully updated with the 2009 IBC International Building Code, this practical guide delivers the key data you need in every step of an architectural project--from initial planning and estimating through design and completion. The Architect's Portable Handbook, Fourth Edition, provides the latest code and cost information, along with a wealth of ... Read more

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    Solutions for High-Performance Design

    Passive House Details introduces the concepts, principles, and design processes of building ultralow-energy buildings. The objective of this book is to provide design goals, research, analysis, systems, details, and inspiring images of some of the most energy-efficient, carbon-neutral, healthy, and satisfying buildings currently built in the region. Other topics included: heat transfer, moisture ... Read more

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    Summarizes the main issues and strategies of the forceful and fast-paced green building movement.Many professions are increasingly producing tools to assist clients in breaking down and understanding the different elements that reside under the umbrella of the sustainability movement. For the design and construction professions, this unpacking often takes the form of green building guidelines and ... Read more

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  • Directions in Person-Environment Research and Practice (Routledge Revivals)

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1999, this book presents a fresh and diverse set of perspectives representing key directions of research and practice in the field of environmental design research. Leading researchers in various areas of person-environment research, such as privacy, children’s environment, post-occupancy evaluation, environmental cognition, environmental aesthetics, crime prevention, housing ... Read more

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  • Structural Fire Loads: Theory and Principles

    by Leo Razdolsky ...
    Tested techniques for designing fire-resistant structuresStructural Fire Loads bridges the gap between prescriptive and performance-based methods for the design of fire-resistant buildings. The book streamlines complex computer analyses so that an approximate analytical expression can be easily used in structural fire load analysis and design.Simplified versions of energy, mass, and momentum ... Read more

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    Four Radical New Plays

    Series series Oberon Modern Playwrights
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