Presents case studies that describe how clients' promotion of innovative communities of practice has led to important collections of architectural works. Providing an assessment of the effectiveness of their approaches, this book looks at the goals of these projects. ...

Procyclicality of the financial system is a feature of any normally functioning economy. However, procyclicality can sometimes become 'excessive' leading to undesired effects on the real economy. The challenge that this volume addresses is to define 'excessive' & to identify policy actions that could produce superior outcomes. ...

Offers techniques for different prodding methods. This work describes other forms of three-dimensional rug hooking. It also offers instructions & templates to create realistic-shaped proddy flower petals. It provides a look at the origin of prodded rugs & gives instructions to achieve the look of realistic flowers & leaves. ...

Hong Kong martial arts action. Fong Sai-yuk (Meng Fei) is a mischievous young man who accidentally kills the apprentice of two martial arts instructors. In revenge, the two instructors break into Fong's home & kill his father, forcing Fong to seek his own revenge. After two humiliating defeats at the hands of his enemies, Fong is forced into hiding & begins an arduous apprenticeship under his mother's guidance to master the correct martial arts techniques. Finally, thinking himself ready, Fong challenges the two instructors to public combat. ...

A travel memoir that sings with immediacy, rewarding readers with a sense of an adventure they have lived. It is suitable for readers interested in Ukrainian-Canadian culture & the Greek Orthodox religion & history, as well as to fans of Kostash's bold creative non-fiction. ...

Florentyna Rosnovski, Abel's daughter, inherits all her father's drive, but none of his wealth. A woman gifted with beauty & spirit, but above all with indomitable will, she sets out in pursuit of an ambition that dwarfs both Kane & Abel, as she battles for the highest office of all... ...

Abandoned by his mother, & with his father in jail, 'LT' Menginie was raised by the Pagans & became inducted into a life of sex, violence, drugs, & dysfunction. When his father was released from jail
- helping to touch off Philadelphia's ' Biker War'
- LT had to decide where his loyalties lay.

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By the time he was 13, he already had attended 13 funerals. Abandoned by his mother, & with his father in jail, L T Menginie was raised inside the outlaw biker club & became inducted into a life of sex, violence, drugs, & dysfunction. This title presents his portrait. ...