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Diese fesselnde Biografie beleuchtet den tragischen Konflikt zwischen politischer Realität und architektonischer Vision. Perfekt für lange Pendelstrecken oder entspannte Abende, entführt dich dieses packende Hörerlebnis direkt in das turbulente Bayern des 19. Jahrhunderts. Verliere dich in...

Plongez dans l'histoire politique française où un modeste relais de chasse devient l'arme suprême du pouvoir absolu. Idéale pour transformer vos trajets quotidiens en une épopée immersive, cette reconstitution minutieuse vous transporte directement au cœur du dix-septième siècle. Vivez...

Découvrez l'histoire de ce sanctuaire bouddhiste et transformez votre trajet en une véritable exploration spirituelle. Érigé au milieu des volcans d'Asie du Sud-Est, ce majestueux monument de pierre cache des récits fondateurs qui fascinent autant les archéologues que les pèlerins...

Plongez dans l'histoire d'une métropole ravagée par le feu, devenue le berceau mondial de l'architecture verticale. De ses premiers comptoirs commerciaux à son ascension industrielle vertigineuse, ce récit historique haletant transforme votre temps de trajet en une véritable exploration...

Dieses fesselnde historische Hörbuch beleuchtet den dramatischen Aufstieg und Fall von Europas faszinierendstem Palast. Perfekt für das tägliche Pendeln oder entspannte Abendstunden, entführt dich diese atmosphärische Zeitreise direkt in das maurische Spanien. Lausche den Echos von Macht...

Face à une urgence sanitaire funéraire, cette histoire urbaine révèle la création du plus vaste ossuaire souterrain. Idéale pour accompagner vos trajets quotidiens, cette immersion atmosphérique vous transporte directement sous les pavés de la capitale. Ressentez le poids de...

Begleite modernste Archäologie auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit hinter dem faszinierendsten Mysterium der Geschichte. Perfekt für das tägliche Pendeln, entführt dich diese atmosphärische Zeitreise direkt in die nebligen Hügel Südenglands. Erlebe hautnah, wie aus einem einfachen...

'Mind-shifting, heart-lifting' ISABELLA TREE 'Inspiring and essential' ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS 'As entertaining as it is enlightening' INDEPENDENT The majority of the world now lives in some form of urban environment. But as the human footprint of brick, concrete and metal expands, our proximity to...

Architect Laura Jane Clark, from the BBC and Netflix smash-hit series Your Home Made Perfect, has spent over 15 years designing, remodelling, and building homes with budgets that range from modest to enormous. The Handbook of Home Design distils Laura's wealth of experience and enthusiasm giving you an accessible yet detailed guide to design, empowering you with the tools and knowledge to shape your home how you want.

Historian Annie Gray takes us down the street and through the ages, from medieval marketplaces to the purpose-built concrete precincts of the 20th century. Peeping through the windows of tailors, tearooms and grocers, we explore everything from the toyshops of yesteryear - where curiosities were sold for adults, not children - to the birth of brands we shop at today.

Brought to you by Penguin. Philip Roth's debut novella and Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction Goodbye, Columbus is the story of Neil Klugman and pretty, spirited Brenda Patimkin, he of poor Newark, she of suburban Short Hills, who meet one summer and fall into an affair that is as...

Author Kurt C. Schlichting tells the story of the Manhattan waterfront as a struggle between public and private control of New York's priceless asset. Nature provided New York with a sheltered harbor but presented the city with a challenge: to find the necessary capital to build and expand the maritime infrastructure. From colonial times until after the Civil War, the city ceded control of the waterfront to private interests, excluding the public entirely and sparking a battle between shipping companies, the railroads, and ferries for access to the waterfront. 

Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. It is a comprehensive account, animated by Ackroyd's concern for the close relationship between the present and the past as well as by what he describes as the peculiar "echoic" quality of London whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens.

This guide transcends the traditional book format, serving as your comprehensive mentor through the elaborate and challenging terrains of the PMP exam. Imbued with a solid study strategy, it pledges to demystify complex concepts, assist in applying essential project management principles practically, and instill a confident, exam-ready mindset.

What would the city of the future look like if we tried to build a better life from the ground up? And would anyone want to live there? Here, Des Fitzgerald takes us on an urgent, unforgettable journey into the future of urban life, from shimmering edifices in the Arizona desert to forest-bathing in Japan, and from rats in mazes to neuroscientific studies of the effects of our surroundings. Along the way, he reveals the deep-lying and often problematic roots of today's green city movement, and offers an argument for celebrating our cities as they are.

Great castles are invaluable historical artifacts, that give us an incredible window into the medieval world. Castles were part of the very fabric of medieval society, and profoundly influenced the political, economic, demographic, and social evolution of Europe. In the 24 compelling lectures of Great Castles of Europe, Professor Victoria L. McAlister, of Towson University guides you through the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance, highlighting outstanding and historically significant castles of these extraordinary times.

Psychogeography. In recent years this term has been used to illustrate a bewildering array of ideas from ley lines and the occult, to urban walking and political radicalism. But where does it come from and what exactly does it mean? This book examines the origins of psychogeography in the Paris of the 1950s, exploring the theoretical background and its political application in the work of Guy Debord and the Situationists.

A self-professed "comprehensive anticipatory design scientist", the inventor Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) was undoubtedly a visionary. Fuller's creations often bordered on the realm of science fiction, ranging from the freestanding geodesic dome to the three-wheel Dymaxion car to a bathroom requiring neither plumbing nor sewage. Yet in spite of his brilliant mind and lifelong devotion to serving mankind, Fuller's expansive ideas were often dismissed, and have faded from public memory since his death.

Feminist City: A Field Guide combines memoir, feminist theory, pop culture, and geography to expose what is hidden in plain sight: the social inequalities built right into our cities, homes, and neighbourhoods. Focusing on gendered experiences of the city, the books grapples with the challenge of claiming urban space amongst barriers designed to keep women “in their place”. From the geography of rape culture to the politics of snow removal, the city is an ongoing site of gendered struggle. Yet the city is perhaps also our best hope for shaping new social relations....

We are living in a new urban age and its most tangible expression is the "supertall": megastructures that are dramatically bigger, higher, and more ambitious than any in history. In Supertall, TED Resident Stefan Al—himself an experienced architect who has worked on some of the largest buildings in the world—reveals the advancements in engineering, design, and data science that have led to this worldwide boom.