This book discusses the main mechanical features of masonry buildings and the peculiarities that affect their structural behaviour. It also examines technical information regarding accidents that have occurred in recent years in the Metropolitan Region of Recife, along with the historical records of these events, followed by indications of the causes for the collapse.The book offers extensive experimental results that make it possible to identify the contribution of several mortar ...

This book presents a critical review of a criterion of risk, created to assess the flood risk to heritage buildings, and evaluates this criterion by applying it to the sample Portuguese heritage buildings. In a first approach, the total number of potential parameters is effectively reduced and the selected criteria are divided into two different groups: the monument’s location in relation to a waterway, and the behaviour of its construction material in contact with water.Above all,...

The main benefit of the book is that it explores available methodologies for both conducting in-situ measurements and adequately exploring the results, based on a case study that illustrates the benefits and difficulties of concurrent methodologies.The case study corresponds to a set of 25 social housing dwellings where an extensive in situ measurement campaign was conducted. The dwellings are located in the same quarter of a city. Measurements included indoor temperature and relat...

Like his National Book Award—winning United States, Gore Vidal’s scintillating ninth collection, The Last Empire*,* affirms his reputation as our most provocative critic and observer of the modern American scene. In the essays collected here, Vidal brings his keen intellect, experience, and razor-edged wit to bear on an astonishing range of subjects. From his celebrated profiles of Clare Boothe Luce and Charles Lindbergh and his controversial essay about the Bill ...

Read along with Disney! In this beautifully illustrated eBook, Sofia faces grave danger when she faces Princess Ivy, a once-exiled princess who is determined to take over Enchancia and turn the whole kingdom black and white. Follow along with word-for-word narration to find out if Sofia and Amber can work together to save their family and their kingdom!

Read along with Disney! Sofia visits her friend, Lucinda, one afternoon and is delighted to learn that she also has a pet bunny —a girl bunny at that. Sofia and Lucinda think their bunnies should be the best of friends, but sparks do not seem to be flying when Clover and Hexie meet. Lucinda decides to speed things up with a love potion, but the results aren't what Sofia expects at all! Join Sofia in this adorable storybook with word for word narration!

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Alphas don't have heats—except when I "switch" to omega at an all-male alpha academy.Alphas are taught to take what they want. Or at least that's the motto of the elite alpha academy where I work. My probation is around the corner, and the headmaster has already warned me I don't fit in. But I need this job to prove to my family and my ex that I'm more than just my past mistakes.Falling for my student is a dangerous complication. But Mattie is a burst of su...

What starts off as a lighthearted competition to live without modern technology for a year turns into a fight for survival in this unputdownable young adult thriller by New York Times bestselling author Jarrod Shusterman and debut author Sofía Lapuente.It was never meant to happen this way.Things were never supposed to get this out of hand.After a cyberbullying incident at her school goes viral, Luna Iglesias finds herself at the heart of a...

Rising Tide is the pulse-pounding new instalment in the DI Jamie Johansson series, and the terrifying follow-up to Angel Maker.DI Jamie Johansson is on loan to the Stockholm Polis when a chilling call for help comes in. The Bolstad B oil platform in the unforgiving Norwegian Sea is in total lockdown. The body of one of the crew was found brutally attacked and then hanged from a crane. And another is missing. But operations cannot stop. The fate of the drilling company hangs by a th...