The fourth in a series that documents architectural conservation in different parts of the world, Architectural Conservation in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands: National Experiences and Practice addresses cultural heritage protection in a region which comprises one third of the Earth’s surface.In response to local needs, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands have developed some of the most important and influential techniques, legislation, doctrine ...

In "Loughton, Essex: A Brief Account of the Manor and Parish," William Chapman Waller meticulously presents a historical overview of Loughton, exploring the rich tapestry of its manorial and parochial development. Through a blend of scholarly research and engaging narrative, Waller delineates the social and economic transformations that have defined the area from medieval times to the modern era. Employing a descriptive prose style that is both accessible and informative, Waller contextual...

Bavaria, 1945. Recovering from a German bullet in the Ardennes, an American captain is visited by a lieutenant carrying a report from a newly discovered concentration camp: starving prisoners, bodies stacked behind a shed, rooms filled with shoes and hair. With Soviet forces closing in on Berlin, Allied command intends to keep the advance moving and leave only minimal forces behind.The captain sees the next catastrophe taking shape. Without food, medicine, and security, survivors w...

What's in a shadow? Menace, seduction, or salvation? Immaterial but profound, shadows lurk everywhere in literature and the visual arts, signifying everything from the treachery of appearances to the unfathomable power of God. From Plato to Picasso, from Rembrandt to Welles and Warhol, from Lord of the Rings to the latest video game, shadows act as central players in the drama of Western culture. Yet because they work silently, artistic shadows often slip unnoticed past audiences ...

Engineering Modeling and Design is a comprehensive systems engineering text that focuses on systematic principles for designing systems. Concurrent engineering, which requires that from the very start of a project all players (e.g., engineering, maintenance, marketing, customers) are involved as all facets of the system life cycle are considered, is skillfully illustrated through the use of two major case studies. The text describes how a product design proceeds parallel to the process des...

This latest addition to the North Country Books field guide series will be welcomed by avid fans of the Adirondacks. Descriptions of over 200 species of birds highlight the informative text. For ease of identification the birds are categorized into the eight basic groups. Special sections of feeding, attracting and photographing are included. There is also a checklist and room for field notes.

This comprehensive archive offers authentically detailed, copyright-free illustrations of hundreds of plants and flowers from around the world. Ideal for graphic artists, designers, and others in the arts and crafts, it will also serve both serious and casual botanists as a convenient reference and key to identification of a broad range of botanical species.Each illustration has been carefully selected from botanical archives for its scientific accuracy, artistic style, and suitabil...

Step into a world where artistry and adventure collide in William Kemp's Nine Days' Wonder, a new edition of the picaresque tale that chronicles the extraordinary journey of William Kemp, a celebrated actor, comedian and colleague of Shakespeare in the Elizabethan era. Known for his physical comedy and vibrant jigs, Kemp embarks on an unprecedented 110-mile morris dance from London to Norwich, an endeavour that not only challenges his endurance but also showcases his flair for wha...

Literacy is arguably the most important goal of schooling as, to a large extent, it determines young children’s educational and life chances and is fundamental in achieving social justice. New Zealand’s literacy education programme has long been regarded as one of the world’s most successful approaches to teaching literacy skills to young children. Excellence and Equity in Literacy Education questions this widely held assumption. In the late 1990s the New Zealand government develo...

Seventeen-year-old schoolboy Kim is an idle drifter at one of Britain's most extraordinary institutions, Eton College—crammed with over a thousand boys and not a girl in sight. His head is full of the Falklands War and a possible army career—until the day he hears his new piano teacher, the beautiful but pained India, playing Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier. Kim's life is destined never to be the same again. An intensely passionate affair develops, and he wallows in the wild and unaccustomed ...

Nobody’s safe when a killer has you in their sights.True crime podcaster Ella Tate is shaken to her core by the horrific assault and murder of Josie Wheatly, a teacher she has never met … because not only had Josie moved into Ella’s vacated apartment three months earlier, but her Facebook photos reveal a striking resemblance between the two women.Within days, two people close to Ella are harmed, and she fears that she’s become the target of twisted revenge from her...

In "Kepler," Walter William Bryant presents a meticulously crafted exploration of the life and work of the renowned astronomer Johannes Kepler, renowned for his laws of planetary motion. Bryant's literary style is characterized by a blend of rich narrative detail and scientific rigor, capturing both the intellectual climate of the early 17th century and the profound impact of Kepler's discoveries on modern astronomy. This work deftly navigates the intricacies of celestial mechanics while o...