Skyscrapers(Updated) A History of the World's Most Extraordinary Buildings -- Revised and by Judith Dupre, AdrianSmith, AdrianSmithDr Hardcover, 176 Pages, Published 2013 by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers ISBN-13: 978-1-57912-942-2, ISBN: 1-57912-942-0
"Now, bigger than ever, this long-awaited revised edition of JudithDupre's best-selling "Skyscrapers" is a giant celebration of today's most significant superstructures. It features an all-new design with full-color photographs, 10 new buildings, and informative updates throughout. Unique in scale and design, "Skyscrapers" explores in-depth more than 60 buildings, including One World Trade Center, Burj Dubai, the Shanghai World Financial ..."
The Man Who Built the Swordfish The Life of Sir Richard Fairey, 1887-1956 by AdrianSmithDr Hardcover, 480 Pages, Published 2018 by I.B. Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-78831-336-0, ISBN: 1-78831-336-4
"Sir Richard Fairey was one of the great aviation innovators of the twentieth century. His career as a plane maker stretched from the Edwardian period to the jet age - he lived long enough to see one of his aircraft be the first to break the 1000mph barrier; and at least one of his designs, the Swordfish, holds iconic status. A qualified engineer, party to the design, development, and construction of the Royal Navy's state-of-the-art sea ..."
"Examining the regulation of technologies, this book explores how the drive to harmonize regulatory policies across the world is at odds with the increasingly diverse local settings in which they are implemented. The authors use a 'framings' approach that starts with the concerns and experiences of technology users and works 'upwards' in order to examine how best to improve regulation. The book centres around two in-depth case study to ..."
"Innovation is increasingly invoked by policy elites and business leaders as vital for tackling global challenges like sustainable development. Often overlooked, however, is the fact that networks of community groups, activists, and researchers have been innovating grassroots solutions for social justice and environmental sustainability for decades. Unencumbered by disciplinary boundaries, policy silos, or institutional logics, these ‘gr ..."
"The Great War and the Moving Image focuses upon the Allied war effort on the Western Front and in the Mediterranean. In doing so, the book addresses topics ranging from how carefully selected images projected a positive portrayal of ambulance trains, through film’s instructional role promoting self-sufficiency on the home front, to the vital role of makeshift YMCA cinemas both sides of the Channel. With editors and contributors who are ..."
Music and Time Psychology, Philosophy, Practice (Hardcover) by Michelle Phillips, Matthew Sergeant Hardcover, 218 Pages, Published 2022 by Boydell & Brewer Ltd, Woodbridge ISBN-13: 978-1-78327-708-7, ISBN: 1-78327-708-4
"Grassroots innovation involves movements and networks of academics, activists and practitioners who seek to experiment with alternative forms of knowledge creation and processes for innovation. These alternatives harness local ingenuity directed towards local development. Emerging economies such as India and in South America are currently and historically the sites for notable and internationally visible, though understudied, attempts a ..."
The Run to End All Runs (Paperback) by Adrian D. Smith Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2017 by Createspace Independent Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-5466-4396-8, ISBN: 1-5466-4396-6
"An emblem of spiritual resilience, this work brilliantly unfolds the essence of unwavering faith in divine providence amidst life’s uncertainties."
Bayesian Theory by José M. Bernardo 608 Pages, Published 2009 by John Wiley & Sons ISBN-13: 978-0-470-31771-6, ISBN: 0-470-31771-X
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