The Building of Renaissance Venice Patrons, Architects, and Builders

This book brings to life the story of the construction of some of the most outstanding early Renaissance buildings in Venice. Through a series of individual case studies, Richard J. Goy explores how and why great buildings came to be built during the year...

 Ove Arup Master Builder of the Twentieth Century

In 1946, Ove Arup, a leading engineer of the twentieth century, founded a firm of consulting engineers that brought to fruition such iconic structures as the Sydney Opera House, the Olympic Village in Beijing, London's Millennium Bridge, the Beaubourg Cen...

 The World's Banker A Story of Failed States, Financial Crises, and the Wealth and Poverty of Nations

REVIEWS: 'surprisingly engaging...It manages to be a book about economic development and a page-turner - no mean feat'. Stephanie Flanders - The Sunday Telegraph Looking at the role of the World Bank in its relief work as well as the controversies ...

 Writing for Science The most comprehensive writing guide available for science students and professional researchers

This exceptional book encompasses the entire range of writing skills that today's experimental scientist may need to employ. Detailed chapters cover every type of science writing, from routine forms, such as laboratory notes, abstracts, and memoranda, to ...

 Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future

From the swooping concrete vaults of the TWA Terminal at JFK Airport to the 630-foot-tall Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the iconic designs of Eero Saarinen (1910-1961) captured the aspirations and values of mid-twentieth-century America. Potent expressions o...