As health becomes a central focus of political debate are architects urban designers & landscape architects seeking a new moral & political agenda to address these concerns? Imperfect Health looks at the complexity of todays health problems juxtaposed with a variety of proposed architectural & urban solutions. Essays by Margaret Campbell David Gissen Carla C. Keirns & Sarah Schrank deal with different aspects of the topic of health in the context of architecture such as: An Architectural Theory of Pollution" & " Strange Bedfellows: Tuberculosis & Modern Architecture
- How The Cure Influenced Modernist Architecture & Design.""
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272 AD The Roman Emperor Aurelian has defeated Queen Zenobia & crushed the Palmyran revolt. Fariduns Banner hallowed battle standard of the Persian Empire has fallen into Roman hands & is to be returned to the Persians as part of a historic peace treaty. But on the eve of the signing the banner goes missing. Recalled to Syria imperial agent Cassius Corbulo is charged with recovering the flag. Accompanied by his faithful servant Simo & ex-gladiator bodyguard Indavara Cassius must journey across the dangerous wastes of Syria to the equally perilous streets of Antioch. He & his companions face ruthless brigands mysterious cults merciless assassins & intrigue at every turn. ...

Clay is a successful screenwriter middle-aged & disaffected; hes in LA to cast his new movie. However this trip is anything other than professional & hes soon drifting through a louche & long-familiar circle -- a world largely populated by the band of infamous teenagers first introduced in Less Than Zero. But his debauched reverie is about to be interrupted by a violent plot for revenge & Clays seemingly endless proclivity for betrayal & exploitation looks set to land him somewhere darker & more ominous than ever before. A murder mystery -- a woozy paranoid hallucinatory version of LA noir Sunday Times Brilliantly written & coolly self-aware.. . Here as in Less Than Zero Ellis is plumbing the depths of human nature exposing it at its worst. Observer The novel is a kind of modern noir & as in Chandler the forms accepted master atmosphere is king. Paranoia prevails Independent on Sunday ...

The Imperial Japanese Navy was a pioneer in naval aviation having commissioned the worlds first built-from-the-keel-up carrier the Hosho. Throughout the 1920s & 1930s it experimented with its carriers perfecting their design & construction. As result by the time Japan entered World War 2 & attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor in 1941 it possessed a fantastically effective naval aviation force. Carriers would roam the Pacific with near impunity destroying their opponents at will. This book covers the design development & operation of IJN aircraft carriers built prior to & during World War 2. Pearl Harbor Midway & the first carrier vs carrier battle the battle of the Coral Sea are all discussed. ...

This volume will detail the history weapons & tactics of the Japanese destroyers built before the war. This

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When Tiro the confidential secretary of a Roman senator opens the door to a terrified stranger on a cold November morning he sets in motion a chain of events which will eventually propel his master into one of the most famous courtroom dramas in history. The stranger is a Sicilian a victim of the island's corrupt Roman governor Verres. The senator is Cicero a brilliant young lawyer & spellbinding orator determined to attain imperium
- supreme power in the state. This is the starting-point of Robert Harris' most accomplished novel to date. Compellingly written in Tiro's voice it takes us inside the violent treacherous world of Roman politics to describe how one man
- clever compassionate devious vulnerable
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This third volume in rail expert Jeffery Grayerss acclaimed series on closed railways features the county of Wiltshire. Forty years or more ago the idea of recording the demolition of a railway was something few considered. Images from the period are therefore both rare & sought after. Such views depict a time of transition; gone were the trains yet redevelopment was still some way in the future. Ironically it is also now a period many look back to with nostalgia in mind & they will not be disappointed in this new volume. Wiltshire is rich in its railway heritage & lines such as the MSWJ Calne Malmesbury & Devizes routes are featured as well as a glimpse at some former Southern lines that once crossed parts of the county. This enchanting new title

Includes:: a variety of fascinating full-color images required reading for every rail enthusiast & those interested in the beautiful county of Wiltshire.

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As with many other counties the railway network of Hampshire has diminished to a shadow of its former size over the last two generations. It was not simply the effects of the famous Beeching report that rendered the various routes extinct but also the actions of the operators themselves. They had already begun to take measures to reduce the number of lines operating with closures taking place in almost every decade from the 1910s through to the 1970s. As a result of these changes Hampshire now boasts an impressive network of closed lines most of which are covered within this book with stunning vistas capturing their final days as moribund railways. This new album takes readers on a lovely journey back to a time within living memory when the last vestiges of a larger network were still in existence. Compiled by well-known railway historian Jeffery Grayer this book will be essential reading for all enthusiasts. ...

Jeff Grayers previous books in the Impermanent Ways series have been widely welcomed & enjoyed by enthusiasts & the public alike. The latest volume in the series covers Somerset. The author has deliberately excluded the Somerset & Dorset line which is covered in detail elsewhere. Instead he has concentrated on the many closed lines from north of Yeovil across to Chard Langport Witham Cranmore Mells Shepton Mallett & of course the now preserved West Somerset route. Detailed historical notes relating to all the closed lines are provided in the informative captions which accompany the wealth of photographs all of which are in colour. Lots of other railway emphemera is also featured including extracts from old timetables notices & tickets. ...

A second volume for the spring of 2013 in the successful Impermanent Ways series sees Amyas Crump visit the far southwest of England as he examines the many closed lines of Cornwall & West Devon from Plymouth west towards Penzance & featuring such lamented favourites as Callington Fowey & Helston. The former Southern lines to Bude & Padstow are also included. The region was provided with a number of highly popular branch lines
- some of which survive but many of which are now long closed
- & the author explores many of these lines both passenger & freight only to provide the reader with a fascinating & nostalgic reminder of railway times past.

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