Ln this large, Iandscape-format book, Dominique Ehrhard pays tribute to his love of architecture, with miniature paper models showcasing five of the most important houses of the twentieth century. A biography of each of the architects accompanies the models and transforms the book into a perfect small-scale museum.

Edward Ford's forty years of practicing and teaching architecture have focused on one area: the architectural detail. Yet, despite two hugely influential books (The Details of Modern Architecture, volumes 1 and 2), numerous articles, and lectures given from Vancouver to Vienna, there are two questions Ford has, remarkably, never answered: "What is a detail?" and more importantly, "What is a good detail?" Ford is an architect as well as a writer, so it is not surprising that rather than answering these questions in a third book, he spent six years on the design and construction of a house. Building it was not an exercise in the application of ideas about detail; it was, rather, a mechanism for answering those two simple questions.

A description of the elephants and other wildlife in the Luangwa River Valley, Zambia. The animals are protected from molestation by man, but, the elephant is a threatened species due to shortage of food.

This book ‘Planets and their Aspects in Different Houses for Leo Ascendant’ is the 5th Volume of ‘All Ascendants’ series. In the Vedic astrology every birth chart is recognized by its ascendant house. Therefore ascendant of a chart plays a very important role in the whole life of a native. To analysis a particular ascendant birth chart we all require detailed study about the effects of all the planets in different houses. Because In a particular ascendant, all planets placed in different houses have their own significance and they give different results accordingly. To get the conclude results of a chart we first have to know about each and every aspect of a particular planet's position in that chart. Therefore this book series will make you capable to read and analyze a particular ascendant chart as Leo Ascendant in this book. Because uniqueness of this book is that it will enhance the detailed study of each and every planet in all the twelve houses in a particular ascendant which will include all the good, bad, or neutral effects of planets, their different aspects, do’s and don’ts, remedies, gems stone recommendations, etc. This book will also help the researchers and astrologers to know some more deep aspects of the different results of all the planets in the different houses. Particularly This edition is for the Leo ascendant chart which will describe the effects and results of all the planets one by one in different houses of a Leo ascendant. This book will also highlight the different aspects of all the planets in different houses of Leo ascendant. With the help of this book, a Leo ascendant native can be able to study his own birth chart very easily.

The first book of The Twelve Houses, Mystic & Rider, was hailed as “spellbinding” (Publishers Weekly), and introduced readers to the troubled land of Gillengaria. Now, national bestselling and award-winning author Sharon Shinn continues her epic tale, as a beautiful shapeshifter finds that intrigue and danger can be found even in the safest of havens… After joining an unlikely band of soldiers and sorcerers to rescue the regent Romar Brendan from a cabal of rebellious minor lords, the shiftling Kirra returns to her home of Danalustrous—and learns that her half-sister, Casserah, has been proclaimed heir to the land. Though Casserah is obligated to attend a circuit of social events held by the great Houses of Gillengaria, she obstinately refuses to go. So Kirra shapeshifts into her sister’s form and makes the rounds for her. In the royal city of Ghosenhall, she unexpectedly joins up with her steadfast compatriots from her previous adventures, and together they embark on a tour of the Twelve Houses acting as guardians for the enigmatic queen of Gillengaria and her alluring daughter. The motley group of mystics and warriors faces many dangers in their travels. But Kirra places herself willingly in peril when she falls in love with the irresistible—but already married—Lord Romar. Revealing her true identity to him, Kirra begins a tempestuous affair that places them both in mortal danger, and leads them both into the stronghold of the devious lords of the Thirteenth House…

For all its emphasis on the direct experience of insight without reliance on the products of the intellect, the Zen tradition has created a huge body of writings. Of this cast literature, the writings associated with the so-called Five Houses of Zen are widely considered to be preeminent. These Five Houses—which arose in China during the ninth and tenth centuries, often referred to as the Golden Age of Zen—were not schools or sects but styles of Zen teaching represented by some of the most outstanding masters in Zen history. The writings of these great Zen teachers are presented here, many translated for the first time. These include: • The sayings of Pai-chang, famous for his Zen dictum "A day without work, a day without food" • Selections from Kuei-shan’s collection of Zen admonitions, considered essential reading by numerous Buddhist teachers • Sun-chi’s unique discussion of the inner meaning of the circular symbol in Zen teaching • Sayings of Huang-po from The Essential Method of Transmission of Mind • Excerpts from The Record of Lin-chi, a great classical text of Zen literature • Ts’ao-shan’s presentation of the famous teaching device known as the Five Ranks • Selections of poetry from the Cascade Collection by Hsueh-tou, renowned for his poetic commentaries on the classic Blue Cliff Record • Yung-ming’s teachings on how to balance the two basic aspects of meditation: concentration and insight

Profiles seventeen small buildings, some used as permanent housing, some as temporary accommodations, and some as workplaces, including Thoreau's cabin and an ice fishing shanty, and provides structural diagrams and plans.