Another in Delaplaine’s series of Long Weekend Guides offering a personal view on the best things to do, places to eat, shops to visit and attractions to focus on during a Long Weekend in the place where everything stays, Las Vegas, certainly one of the unique cities of the world. Whether you love it or hate it, Vegas also provokes a strong reaction either way. “Had a super experience in Las Vegas thanks to the Delaplaine Guide. We came to gamble, yes, but we found unusual things to do in the Attractions section we hadn’t even thought about.” Vlad K., Moscow “Perfect descriptions of the exploding restaurant scene.” ---Cynthia T., Sumter, S.C. “I find the Delaplaine guides perfect when I travel. No fluff. Just basic information that cuts to the chase. And when he doesn’t like something, he says so bluntly.” –--Carolyn M., Dayton You'll save a lot of time using this concise guide. =LODGINGS (in several parts of town) variously priced =FINE & BUDGET RESTAURANTS, more than enough listings to give you a sense of the variety to be found. =PRINCIPAL ATTRACTIONS -- don't waste your precious time on the lesser ones. We've done all the work for you. =SHOPPING -- a handful of interesting selections

Another in Delaplaine’s series of Long Weekend Guides offering a personal view on the best things to do, places to eat, shops to visit and attractions to focus on during a Long Weekend in the place where everything stays, Las Vegas, certainly one of the unique cities of the world. Whether you love it or hate it, Vegas also provokes a strong reaction either way. “Had a super experience in Las Vegas thanks to the Delaplaine Guide. We came to gamble, yes, but we found unusual things to do in the Attractions section we hadn’t even thought about.” Vlad K., Moscow “Perfect descriptions of the exploding restaurant scene.” ---Cynthia T., Sumter, S.C. “I find the Delaplaine guides perfect when I travel. No fluff. Just basic information that cuts to the chase. And when he doesn’t like something, he says so bluntly.” –--Carolyn M., Dayton You'll save a lot of time using this concise guide. =LODGINGS (in several parts of town) variously priced =FINE & BUDGET RESTAURANTS, more than enough listings to give you a sense of the variety to be found. =PRINCIPAL ATTRACTIONS -- don't waste your precious time on the lesser ones. We've done all the work for you. =SHOPPING -- a handful of interesting selections

A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Cancún. Updated throughout the year, you'll save a lot of time using this concise guide. “So many wonderful things to do in the water here. This book opened up a whole new world for us.” –Horace G., Wichita “The Delaplaine guide books ‘cut to the chase.’ You get what you need and don’t get what you don’t.” –Wilma K., Seattle You'll save a lot of time using this concise guide. =LODGINGS (throughout the area) variously priced =FINE & BUDGET RESTAURANTS, more than enough listings to give you a sense of the variety to be found. =PRINCIPAL ATTRACTIONS -- don't waste your precious time on the lesser ones. We've done all the work for you. =SHOPPING: A handful of interesting shopping ideas.

A complete guide for everything you need to experience a great Long Weekend in Philadelphia. "There was so much to do in Philadelphia that we were a little overwhelmed. This book cut everything down to the point that we could digest it all, helping us to decide what we wanted to see out of so many different attractions, and where we wanted to eat." --Shelly D., Fort Lauderdale. "We are from London, and we were looking forward to our first trip to the place where Americans first proclaimed their liberty by revolting against us. This guide helped us to have an excellent visit." ---Wilfred G., London You'll save a lot of time using this concise guide. =Lodgings (throughout the area) variously priced =Fine & budget restaurants, more than enough listings to give you a sense of the variety to be found. =Principal attractions -- don't waste your precious time on the lesser ones. We've done all the work for you. =A handful of interesting shopping ideas.

An authorized collection of more than two hundred color photos showcases the sculptures, art, stories, and interviews from the annual celebration of artistic expression in Nevada's barren Black Rock Desert

Winner of the 2015 Abbott Lowell Cummings prize from the Vernacular Architecture Forum Winner of the 2015 Sprio Kostof Book Award from the Society of Architectural Historians Winner of the 2016 International Planning History Society Book Prize for European Planning History Honorable Mention: 2016 Wylie Prize in French Studies In the three decades following World War II, the French government engaged in one of the twentieth century’s greatest social and architectural experiments: transforming a mostly rural country into a modernized urban nation. Through the state-sanctioned construction of mass housing and development of towns on the outskirts of existing cities, a new world materialized where sixty years ago little more than cabbage and cottages existed. Known as the banlieue, the suburban landscapes that make up much of contemporary France are near-opposites of the historic cities they surround. Although these postwar environments of towers, slabs, and megastructures are often seen as a single utopian blueprint gone awry, Kenny Cupers demonstrates that their construction was instead driven by the intense aspirations and anxieties of a broad range of people. Narrating the complex interactions between architects, planners, policy makers, inhabitants, and social scientists, he shows how postwar dwelling was caught between the purview of the welfare state and the rise of mass consumerism. The Social Project unearths three decades of architectural and social experiments centered on the dwelling environment as it became an object of modernization, an everyday site of citizen participation, and a domain of social scientific expertise. Beyond state intervention, it was this new regime of knowledge production that made postwar modernism mainstream. The first comprehensive history of these wide-ranging urban projects, this book reveals how housing in postwar France shaped both contemporary urbanity and modern architecture.

At the intersection of environmental science and human biology, this book deals with dry ecosystems, the societies so affected, and the inventiveness of those living under such conditions. It also tries to answer the question of whether long-lasting development is possible in dry environments.