Speck

Author : Peter Gordon Buchanan-Smith
Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2001-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 1568982976

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Speck by Peter Gordon Buchanan-Smith Pdf

In Speck, Peter Buchanan-Smith, Art Director of the New York Times Op-Ed page, asks artists, designers, lawyers, writers, collectors, and photographers to explore our obsessions with the small objects that loom large in our everyday lives.To wit: Maira Kalman empties people's pocketbooks; Nicholas Blechman and Jesse Gordon trace the history of the oldest piece of dust; David Horrowitz catalogs manhole covers; and Peter Buchanan-Smith unearths a 1966 high school yearbook and transcribes the inscriptions ("To a real sweet and cute guy with a great personality. Remember English III").Speck also shows how "ordinary" people can fascinate as much as "ordinary" objects: an interview with shoe shiner Harry Kitt, Manhattan's last practitioner of the dry-shine, photographs taken by a blind man on a sight-seeing tour, and a barber's extensive collection of earth, water, and air from around the world ask us to re-think our assumptions about the commonplace.

Author : Linda Urban
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780544419513

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Milo Speck, Accidental Agent by Linda Urban Pdf

When Milo Speck enters Ogregon, a land populated with hungry ogres, enormous turkeys, children needing rescue, and his own, ordinary, salesman-father, his top priority is to escape--but only after thwarting a plot to turn children everywhere into ogre snack food.

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-07T22:59:00Z
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9798822502369

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Summary of Jeff Speck's Walkable City by Everest Media, Pdf

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The obvious answer to how cities can attract creative talent is to provide the sort of environment that these people want. Surveys show how creative-class citizens, especially millennials, favor communities with street life. #2 The American landscape has changed since the seventies, when most teens could walk to school, to the store, and to the soccer field. Now, the majority of teenagers do not have driver’s licenses. #3 The millennials are the biggest population bubble in fifty years. Sixty-four percent of college-educated millennials choose first where they want to live, and only then do they look for a job. They plan to live in America’s urban cores. #4 The generation raised on Friends is not the only one looking for new places to live. Front-end boomers, who are citizens that cities want, are looking for walkability.

Author : Mac Flynn
Publisher : Crescent Moon Studios, Inc.
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Speck of Spice (Vampire Soul, Book Three) by Mac Flynn Pdf

The long, adventuring nights keep getting longer as Misty and Roland search out rumors of shadows and laughter. Added to her woes is a head cold of supernatural proportions larger than a trucker’s appetite. She shambles through her work and Roland’s play, a member of the undead in nose and crusty eyes. Their adventuring finds nothing but dust and a child’s laughter, but when she begins to experience vivid dreams of tooth-decaying fantasy parks and zombie apocalypses Misty wonders if something isn’t wrong. Roland comes to the rescue with only one choice to help her, but she’s not so sure she wants to trade in her humanity for a souped-up existence with strings attached. KEYWORDS: new adult, mystery, paranormal, supernatural, fantasy, folklore, folktale, folk tale, legend, legends, myth, myths, action adventure, action, adventure, second chances, comedy, humor, horror, free, freebie, free book, free books, book, books, free ebook, ebook, free novel, rich, quick read, read, short, serial, series, college, funny, female protagonist, novel, secret, suspense, thriller, alpha male, literature, story, stories, hero, fiction, box, box set, boxed, boxed set, romance, free romance, free romance ebook, free romance ebooks, free romance book, free romance books, billionaire, wealthy, millionaire, women's fiction, racy, legal, free romance novel, free romance books, billionaire romance, urban, contemporary, 21st century, current, historical, past, monster, creature, vampire, undead, immortal, revenant, demon, devil, werewolf, shifter, shapeshifter, transform, wolf, occult, secret, demon, devil, holiday, Halloween, sensual, ghost, spirit, undead, holiday, phantom, poltergeist, zombie, workplace, office, boss, work, death, magic, sorcery, witch, wizard

Author : Thomas Wright
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1042 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1852
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN : NYPL:33433081987665

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The Universal Pronouncing Dictionary, and General Expositor of the English Language by Thomas Wright Pdf

Author : Jeff Speck
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781429945967

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Walkable City by Jeff Speck Pdf

Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability. The very idea of a modern metropolis evokes visions of bustling sidewalks, vital mass transit, and a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly urban core. But in the typical American city, the car is still king, and downtown is a place that's easy to drive to but often not worth arriving at. Making walkability happen is relatively easy and cheap; seeing exactly what needs to be done is the trick. In this essential new book, Speck reveals the invisible workings of the city, how simple decisions have cascading effects, and how we can all make the right choices for our communities. Bursting with sharp observations and real-world examples, giving key insight into what urban planners actually do and how places can and do change, Walkable City lays out a practical, necessary, and eminently achievable vision of how to make our normal American cities great again.

Author : Donald H. Holly Jr.
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759120242

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History in the Making by Donald H. Holly Jr. Pdf

The Eastern Subarctic has long been portrayed as a place without history. Challenging this perspective, History in the Making: The Archaeology of the Eastern Subarctic charts the complex and dynamic history of this little known archaeological region of North America. Along the way, the book explores the social processes through which native peoples “made” history in the past and archaeologists and anthropologists later wrote about it. As such, the book offers both a critical history and historiography of the Eastern Subarctic.

Author : Michal Ephratt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108471671

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Silence as Language by Michal Ephratt Pdf

With examples from a variety of contexts, this book provides a linguistic analysis of the role of silence in language.

Author : Rob Shimko
Publisher : Samuel French, Inc.
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Diners (Restaurants)
ISBN : 0573626634

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Specks by Rob Shimko Pdf

Author : Jeff Speck
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781610918985

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Walkable City Rules by Jeff Speck Pdf

“Cities are the future of the human race, and Jeff Speck knows how to make them work.” —David Owen, staff writer at the New Yorker Nearly every US city would like to be more walkable—for reasons of health, wealth, and the environment—yet few are taking the proper steps to get there. The goals are often clear, but the path is seldom easy. Jeff Speck’s follow-up to his bestselling Walkable City is the resource that cities and citizens need to usher in an era of renewed street life. Walkable City Rules is a doer’s guide to making change in cities, and making it now. The 101 rules are practical yet engaging—worded for arguments at the planning commission, illustrated for clarity, and packed with specifications as well as data. For ease of use, the rules are grouped into 19 chapters that cover everything from selling walkability, to getting the parking right, escaping automobilism, making comfortable spaces and interesting places, and doing it now! Walkable City was written to inspire; Walkable City Rules was written to enable. It is the most comprehensive tool available for bringing the latest and most effective city-planning practices to bear in your community. The content and presentation make it a force multiplier for place-makers and change-makers everywhere.

Author : Dennis L. Breo,William J. Martin,Bill Kunkle
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-10
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9781510708877

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The Crime of the Century by Dennis L. Breo,William J. Martin,Bill Kunkle Pdf

The story behind the attack that shocked a nation and opened a new chapter in the history of American crime. On July 14th, 1966, Richard Franklin Speck swept through several student nurses’ townhouse like a summer tornado and changed the landscape of American crime. He broke in as his helpless victims slept, bound them one by one, and then stabbed, assaulted, and strangled all eight in a sadistic sexual frenzy. By morning, only one young nurse had miraculously survived. The killer was captured in seventy-two hours; he was successfully prosecuted in an error-free trial that stood up to appellate scrutiny; and the jury needed only forty-nine minutes to return a death verdict. Here is the story of Richard Speck by the prosecutor who put him in prison for life with a brand new introduction by Bill Kunkle, the prosecutor of the infamous John Wayne Gacy Jr. In The Crime of the Century, William J. Martin has teamed up with Dennis L. Breo to re-create the blood-soaked night that made American criminal history, offering fascinating behind-the-scenes descriptions of Speck, his innocent victims, the desperate manhunt and massive investigation, and the trial that led to Speck’s successful conviction.

Author : Otto W. Bynum,John L. Coker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : McCulloch County (Tex.)
ISBN : UCR:31210010439758

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Soil Survey of McCulloch County, Texas by Otto W. Bynum,John L. Coker Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1881
Category : Literature
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030033851611

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Appletons' Journal by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1470 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Geology
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030040962385

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Geological Survey Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : Caela Carter
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062672698

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One Speck of Truth by Caela Carter Pdf

A heartwarming and poignant story that explores the bonds of family and the importance of knowing your own history, from the critically acclaimed author of My Life with the Liars and the ALA Notable Book Forever, or a Long, Long Time Alma has everything she needs, except answers to her questions. Her mother won’t tell her why her beloved stepfather, Adam, is suddenly gone this summer. Or about life in Portugal, where her parents met. Not even about her father, who Alma cannot find, no matter how many graveyards she searches with her best friend, Julia. Then Alma’s mother shocks her by moving them both to Lisbon so Alma can fall in love with the vibrant city where her father grew up. There she discovers she has more family than she could have imagined. She hopes Portugal holds the answers she’s been desperately searching for, but it turns out finding the truth may be more complicated than she, or her mother, bargained for.