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Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
About Architecture' is an engaging introduction to architecture, exploring the ways in which we construct our built environment, and why. Hugh Pearman guides us through the architecture that shapes our lives?from how our towns and cities are organized, to where we live, learn and work, and how we get around, interact with others, and relax. Organized by type?from civic spaces, to homes, offices, and museums?the clear and straightforward structure...
Author
Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Middle-schooler Ruby and her friend Scout join together to stop a real-estate mogul from tearing down their historied New York City apartment building, called Umbrella House. In a contest for a news network, Ruby and Scout use their creativity and video-editing skills to show the value of both their building and their East Village neighborhood. Once they discover the identity of the anonymous Midnight Muralist, Ruby convinces the famed East Village...
Author
Publisher
Cityfiles Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Lost in America chronicles the life and death of great American buildings. It's the first book that documents in words and pictures the destruction of more than 100 structures. A number were fought for. Some were mourned. Most slipped away unnoticed.
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This book presents the story of Amaza Lee Meredith (1895-1984), a little-known black woman architect, artist and educator born into the Jim Crow South. Her life and work bridge national boundaries to disrupt our understandings of the Great Migration, expand the reach of the well-documented Harlem Renaissance, and reveal the importance of architecture as a force in New Negro identity and Black middle-class self and group formation"--
Author
Publisher
Artemesia Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023].
Language
English
Description
"Two murders, a century apart, a pearl in a pack rat's nest, and rumors of a lost silver cross create modern problems for Millie Whitehall. Finding the body of a missing university professor in the root cellar halts Botanist Millie Whitehall's and Archaeologist Lydia Hamilton's inventory of an abandoned homestead. An autopsy shows the professor was murdered, stirring up rumors of a lost silver cross and memories best left forgotten. Another horrific...
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Language
English
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"Years after a breakdown and a diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder derailed her historical preservationist career, Kenetria Nash and her alters have been given a second chance they can't refuse: a position as resident caretaker of a historic home.Having been dormant for years, Ken has no idea what led them to this isolated Hudson River island, but she's determined not to ruin their opportunity. Then a surprise visit from the home's conservation...
11) Dressed to drill
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When a dead body halts her renovation of an old Victorian church, Shannon Hammer discovers the church is hiding a century of secrets and must figure out which one someone with a screw loose would kill to protect.
Author
Publisher
Union Square and Co
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Hannah Tate can hardly believe her sleep-deprived eyes when she finds an engagement ring hidden in the closet. Killian, her super responsible, incredibly attractive boyfriend -- and the father of her new baby, Bowie -- is finally going to propose. But a romantic night out goes horribly wrong when Killian reveals he's dumping Hannah, not proposing. Furious and heartbroken, Hannah takes Bowie and moves in with her mama and stepdaddy in the mountains...
Author
Publisher
Blackie Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Gilda teme a la muerte, lo normal. Solo que quizá la teme demasiado. Tanto que provoca accidentes, colapsa las urgencias hospitalarias, preocupa a sus seres queridos con presuntos infartos, tumores, enfermedades irreversibles. Sin embargo, tras perder su enésimo trabajo, lo más factible es que acabe muriendo de hambre. Cuando entra a trabajar de ayudante del párroco en la iglesia St. Rigobert tiene que esconder que es hipocondríaca, atea y lesbiana....
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Language
English
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"When Silvia and her mother finally land in a place called Island City, after being expelled from their ancestral home in a not-too-distant future, they end up living and working at The Morningside, a crumbling luxury tower where Silvia's aunt, Ena, has been serving as the superintendent. Silvia feels unmoored in her life because her mother has been so diligently secretive about the family's past. But in Ena there is an opening: a person willing to...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The four knitters of the Heavenly Hugs Prayer Shawl Ministry are stuck . . . in a stagnant church, a comfortable mold of ministry, and the points of pain that hold each of them back. Until, that is, Father Pete shakes them up by insisting that they meet not at church but in public at the local mall (for heaven's sake) where anything can happen-this while the Lady's Chapel where they normally meet is painted. The church needs more than a face-lift,...
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From sunset at Stonehenge to the steps of the Forbidden City, see the wonders of the world and the people who built and used them brought back to life in stunning detail. Discover humanity's greatest monuments restored to their former glory in this guide to the wonders of the world. Incredible History: Wonders of the World turns back time to reveal realistic reconstructions of the most incredible monuments humankind has ever constructed. Imagine...
Author
Series
Royal Street novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Crescent City, with its long and tangled history, its glorious architecture and subtropical allure, along with its inarguably dark past and requisite restless spirits, is a forgiving place. A city with accepting arms for society's lost and hungry souls, and a haven for people like me who'd stumbled and fallen yet managed to pull themselves back up. People who were brave enough to try again in a place known for its extremes, or simply too hardheaded...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
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Language
English
Description
"In this wacky true tale of American ingenuity, Annie Miller took to raising pigs in the yard after losing all but her mansion, but when the town wanted the pigs out, she removed the whole mansion instead--rolling it away slowly on logs"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
One month after the end of World War II, amid the jubilation in the streets of France, there are throngs of people stunned by the recovery work ahead. Every bridge, road, and rail line, every church and school and hospital, has been destroyed. Disparate factions--from Communists, to Resistance fighters, to federalists, to those who supported appeasement of the Nazis--must somehow unite and rebuild their devastated country. Asher lost his family during...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"This Christmas, Mia Broadhurst returns to the snow-covered seaside village of Winsted Cape. It's the magical place where Grandma Ruth ran the lighthouse on the edge of the coast, the place where Mia's fondest childhood memories lie. Forced to sell it after her grandmother passes away, Mia can't bear to part with the house she holds most dear. But with her life back in New York, and her mother and sister unable to afford the upkeep, she has no choice...
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