Clear & accessible Analysing Architecture" opens a fresh way to understanding architecture. It offers a unique notebook of architectural strategies to present an engaging introduction to elements & concepts in architectural design. Beautifully illustrated throughout with the authors original drawings examples are drawn from across the world & many periods of architectural history (from prehistoric times to the recent past) to illustrate analytical themes & to show how drawing can be used to study architecture. Since its first edition appeared in 1997 " Analysing Architecture" has established itself internationally as one of the key texts in architectural education. This third edition

Includes:: a new section discussing the ways analyzing examples cultivates a capacity for design. Original chapters have been expanded new case studies added & the format rearranged for additional clarity. The bibliography of recommended supplementary reading has also been extended. In " Analysing Architecture" Simon Unwin clearly identifies the key elements of architecture & conceptual themes apparent in buildings & relevant to other works of architecture such as gardens & cities. He describes ideas for use in the active process of design. Breaking down the grammar of architecture into themes & moves Unwin exposes its underlying patterns to reveal the organizational strategies that lie beneath the superficial appearances of buildings. Exploring buildings as results of the interaction of people with the world around them " Analysing Architecture" offers a definition of architecture as identification of place & provides a greater understanding of architecture as a creative discipline. This book presents a powerful impetus for readers to develop their own capacities for architectural design. It will also be of use to all those with an interest in the human occupation of & involvement with space
- anthropologists archaeologists film-makers installation artists planners urban designers politicians. A companion website will be available."


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Analysis for Marketing Planning 7/e" by Lehmann & Winer focuses on the analysis needed for sound Marketing decisions & is structured around the core marketing document
- the Marketing Plan. Whether studying Marketing strategy or Product/ Brand Management decisions students need to be able to make decisions based from sound analysis. This book does not attempt to cover all aspects of the marketing plan; rather it focuses on the analysis pertaining to a products environment customers & competitors."
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There have been many expositions of psychoanalysis but none so deeply rooted in clinical practice
- both as it affects the patient
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When St Patrick came to Ireland in the 5th century AD he encountered the Celtic people & a flourishing spiritual tradition that had already existed for thousands of years. He also discovered that where the Christians worshipped one God the Celts had many & found divinity all around them: in the rivers hills sea & sky. The ancient Celtic reverence for the spirit in all things survives today
- a vibrant legacy of mystical wisdom that is unique in the Western world. Now in this exquisite book Irish poet & schollar John O' Donohue shares with us the secrets of this ancient world. Using authentic Irish prayers & blessings he reveals the treasures that lie hidden within your own soul & the 'secret divinity' in your relationships. As he traces the cycles of life & nature he draws from the holy waters of Ireland's spiritual heritage to lead you to a place where your heart can be healed & nourished. It is a place wher you will disocer your own anam cara your true 'soul friend'.
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Poor Anancy & rich Mr Dry-Bone both want to marry Miss Louise but she wants to marry the man who can make her laugh. She does not laugh at Mr Dry-Bones conjuring tricks & acrobatics so Anancy decides to ask the animals for help in winning her over. A delightful story based on characters from traditional Caribbean & West African folk-tales with vibrant illustrations. ...

Bursting with the imaginative power of Neil Gaiman this story blends fantasy with humour & drama. Fat Charlie Nancy is not actually fat. He was fat once but he is definitely not fat now. No right now Fat Charlie Nancy is angry confused & more than a little scared
- right now his life is spinning out of control & it is all his dads fault. If his rotter of an estranged father hadnt dropped dead at a karaoke night Charlie would still be blissfully unaware that his dad was Anansi the spider god. He would have no idea that he has a brother called Spider who is also a god. & there would be no chance that said brother would be trying to take over his life flat & fiancee or to make matters worse be doing a much better job of it than him. Desperate to reclaim his life Charlie enlists the help of four more-than-slightly eccentric old ladies & their unique brand of voodoo
- & between them they unleash a bitter & twisted force to get rid of Spider. But as darkness descends & badness begins is Fat Charlie Nancy going to get his life back in one piece or is he about to enter a whole netherworld of pain?

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Sent on leave after his last brutal case Max Camara returns to his home town in La Mancha famous for producing the finest saffron in the world. There the past keeps pulling at him. The town is exhuming a mass grave from the Civil War but why is his grandfather behaving so strangely? His old friend Yago is investigating a particularly nasty murder which sets off memories Max has been trying to bury for years. & then there are Yago's whisperings about a saffron mafia... Max finds himself plunged into the thick of a complex & intensely personal case that will put him in severe danger & have him questioning his past
- & his future in the police.
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I am everything no longer forgotten. I banish forgetting. My seed has grown & become prophecy. Truth walks the world above. Magic is risen to the world once more. In Cornwall they have seen it rise: in an angel of death & endless unseasonal snow. Across the ocean on a remote Canadian island the blood & offerings & smoke of England seem nothing more than distant rumours of hysteria. Until the girl disappears. & the whale comes. & The Plague spreads. & nothing is as it was before. ...

When a blind retired dentist is run down by a logging truck as he crosses the road to post a letter Dr Siri Paiboun official & only coroner of Laos finds himself faced with his most explosive case yet. The dentist's mortal remains aren't nearly as intriguing as the letter in his pocket. Written in invisible ink & encrypted the letter presents Dr Siri with an irresistible challenge. Enlisting the help of his old friend Civilai now a senior member of the Laos politburo; Nurse Dtui (' Fatty'); Phosy a police officer; & Aunt Bpoo a transvestite fortune-teller Dr Siri soon finds himself on the trail of an international plot to overthrow the government of Laos. ...

In December 1976 a coach drove off down a London street. On board were the Sex Pistols The Clash The Heartbreakers & their respective management while The Damned who were also on the bill were travelling separately. The Anarchy in the UK Tour should have been just another rock n roll tour & surely would have been had it not been for the Sex Pistols anarchic antics on the Today show two days earlier. What should have been an inconsequential three-minute interview to hopefully plug the new single & the accompanying promotional tour descended into farce when the shows host Bill Grundy goaded the Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones into saying something outrageous? Author Mick O Shea has interviewed members of the bands involved managers roadies & audience members to tell the story of why this was such an important tour. Explains why many local councils banned the tour resulting in only seven out of a scheduled twenty gigs taking place. One London councilor stated: Most of these groups would be vastly enhanced by sudden death" The book is also an examination of punk rocks impact on the nation in the Seventies. Illustrated throughout with rare photographs & memorabilia." ...