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Der Reichsgerichtsbau In Leipzig Der Reichsgerichtsbau In Leipzig Thomas G. Dorsch Claim and reality of a state's architecture The relationship between the judiciary and the public in the 19th century can be deduced from the history of the “Gerichtsöffentlichkeit”; the reason th… OL10085367W
A month in the country A month in the country James Lloyd Carr According to blogger/reviewer Moira Redmond, "This is famously a book where nothing happens." Birkin, a young war veteran arrives at a small country church to restore a recently-discovered 14th ce… OL112983W
Report of the mission hill triangle study committee on the potential designation of mission hill tr… Report of the mission hill triangle study committee on the potential designation of mission hill tr… Boston Landmarks Commission (Boston, Mass.) ...describes an area of Boston's Roxbury neighborhood known as the Mission Hill Triangle; includes photographs of architecturally significant buildings and recommends that the area be designated an A… OL13787216W
The dream comes true The dream comes true Barbara Delinsky Nina Stone, real estate agent, knows there's no limit to what she can do for the secluded complex with her aggressive sales tactics. No limit, that is, except one -- John Sawyer. An investor in Cross… OL152333W
How To Restore & Repair Practictically Everything How To Restore & Repair Practictically Everything Lorraine Johnson How To Restore & Repair Practically Everything by antique restoration expert Lorraine Johnson is a how-to book that expertly instructs the reader with explicit instructions and step-by-step diagrams … OL15301330W
Stamped out Stamped out Terri Thayer "Back in Aldenville, Pennsylvania, with a failed marriage and a sabotaged career in her wake, April Buchert is ready for a fresh start. Working alongside her father on the restoration of the town's f… OL15519408W
A face at the window A face at the window Sarah Graves Back in the day, Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree turned profits managing the fortunes of Manhattan's most fortunate. Then she fled the rat race for a stately old fixer-upper in easygoing Eastport, Maine. But … OL15842704W
The dead end The dead end Mimi McCoy "Casey Slater can't believe her bad luck. Instead of the perfect summer vacation she'd planned, Casey is in a remote country town, where her parents are restoring an old, creaky, creepy house. Wors… OL15981557W
Pelourinho, centro histórico de Salvador, Bahia Pelourinho, centro histórico de Salvador, Bahia Jorge Amado,Bruno Furrer,Nelson Cerqueira "The Pelourinho (pillory) is the heart of the largest historic district in Brazil. This neighborhood has the largest concentration of baroque churches and secular buildings in the New World. In the … OL16063711W
What is our heritage? What is our heritage? Department of the Environment xii, 135 p. : 21 cm OL1641693W
Saving Haiti's heritage Saving Haiti's heritage Richard Kurin "The aim of the Haiti Cultural Recovery Project was to rescue, recover, safeguard, and help restore Haitian cultural materials damaged and endangered by the January 12, 2010 earthquake and its afterm… OL16494868W
The good fail The good fail Richard Keith Latman "An inside look at how companies and executives rise and fall, with important lessons for all aspiring entrepreneursThe Good Fail is part business story, part guilty pleasure, exploring Richard Keith… OL16509801W
Cultural emergency in conflict and disaster Cultural emergency in conflict and disaster Berma Klein Goldewijk,Els van der Plas,Georg Frerks The guiding principle of "Cultural emergency in conflict and disaster" is that culture is a basic need. International heritage specialists, relief workers and politicians discuss the importance of pr… OL16565519W
International heritage and historic building conservation International heritage and historic building conservation Zeynep Aygen "The majority of books in English on historic building conservation and heritage preservation training are often restricted to Western architecture and its origins. Consequently, the history of build… OL16637341W
Seagulls don't eat pickles Seagulls don't eat pickles Erica Farber Fish Finelli and his friends set out to find Captain Kidd's treasure, rumored to be buried on nearby Lyons Island, but it seems like the local library director is looking for it as well--and finding … OL16714986W
Wood Science for Conservation of Cultural Heritage - Florence 2007 Wood Science for Conservation of Cultural Heritage - Florence 2007 Luca Uzielli COST Action IE0601 "Wood Science for Conservation of Cultural Heritage" (www.woodculther.org) aims to improve the conservation (including study, preventive conservation and restoration) of European W… OL16984149W
Angkor Wat and cultural ties with India Angkor Wat and cultural ties with India K. M. Srivastava Includes a project report for the conservation and restoration of the monuments of Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom, Kampuchea. OL3214672W
Schloss Wörlitz Schloss Wörlitz Kristina Schlansky,Annette Scholtka,Heinz Frässdorf,Uwe Quilitzsch,Wolfgang Heinrich Savelsberg,Ingo Pfeifer Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Erdmannsdorff (1736?1800) ist der Begründer der klassizistischen Baukunst in Deutschland. Unter dem Eindruck von Reisen durch Italien und England an der Seite seines Fü… OL32771147W
Sissinghurst Sissinghurst Adam Nicolson "The story of this piece of land, an estate in the Weald of Kent, is told here for the first time from the very beginning. Adam Nicolson, who now lives there, has uncovered remarkable new findings ab… OL3380909W
The lost squadron The lost squadron David Hayes From Publishers Weekly In 1942 a squadron of new U.S. warplanes (two B-17 Flying Fortresses and six P-38 Lightnings) were forced by foul weather to land on Greenland's vast glacier. The stranded air… OL3469929W
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