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Holocaust Memorial Berlin: Eisenman Architects
Hanno Rauterberg Manufacturer: Lars Müller Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 3037780568 |
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Inescapably controversial, its very existence challenged by German intellectuals like Günter Grass, the Holocaust Memorial Berlin (or, as it's formally known, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe) is now finished, some 16 years after it was first proposed. Architect Peter Eisenman's design, which filled a four-football-field-size parcel of land in the middle of Berlin with more than 2,700 concrete slabs, or stelae, was itself hotly debated, with some complaining that its abstractness, Eisenman's trademark, made it a monument that evoked no memories. As the debates give way to accounts of the experience of the space, the readers of this book, produced with Eisenman's cooperation, will be able to compare how successfully the architect's conception matches the reality. The intent is that the visitor, who finds himself winding his way through the concrete forest of varying heights, will be struck by how distant the busy city center seems, and how quiet and reflective--but not graveyard-like--the atmosphere is. Since the monument does not have a specific entrance or exit, visitors will be able to choose their own way in and out of the complex. Passing through the rows of slabs that lean almost imperceptibly and stand on seemingly unstable ground, visitors may experience a sensation of insecurity, and while that is mitigated in much of the site where the whole area is in view, at the center the surrounding slabs are 15 feet high. In this, one can sense the work of Richard Serra, who initally collaborated on the project but left when changes were called for. This volume offers a full picture of the process from conceptual and architectural drawings and digital plans to photographs of construction. It holds the narrative of a difficult task, turning "the place of no meaning," as Eisenman once referred to the site in the hopes of dispelling fears that he was trying to symbolize the deaths that took place during the Holocaust, into a confrontation with the past. The enormity and scale of the horror of the Holocaust is such that any attempt to represent it by traditional means is inevitably inadequate . . . Our memorial attempts to present a new idea of memory as distinct from nostalgia . . . We can only know the past today through a manifestation in the present. Peter Eisenman Photographs by Hélène Binet. Essays by Peter Eisenman and Hanno Rauterberg. Clothbound, 8.5 x 11 in./160 pgs / 80 b&w.
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Beyond Berlin: Twelve German Cities Confront the Nazi Past (Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany)
Manufacturer: University of Michigan Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0472116118 |
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Das Holocaust-Mahnmal: Dokumentation einer Debatte (Pendo pocket)
Manufacturer: Pendo ProductGroup: Book Binding: Perfect Paperback ASIN: 3858425192 |
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Der Denkmalstreit--das Denkmal?: Die Debatte um das "Denkmal fur die ermordeten Juden Europas" : eine Dokumentation
Manufacturer: PHILO ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 3825700992 |
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Ein deutscher Denkmalstreit: Die Kontroverse um die Spiegelwand in Berlin-Steglitz (Schriften der Stiftung "Neue Synagoge Berlin-Centrum Judaicum")
Horst Seferens Manufacturer: Hentrich ProductGroup: Book Binding: Perfect Paperback ASIN: 3894681942 |
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Holocaust Monuments And National Memory Cultures In France And Germany Since 1989: The Origins And Political Function Of The Vel D'Hiv In Paris And The Holocuast Monument In Berlin
Peter Carrier Manufacturer: Berghahn Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1571819045 |
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Stumbling stones: Holocaust memorials, national identity, and democratic inclusion in Berlin.: An article from: German Politics and Society
Kirsten Harjes Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000BQJL44 Release Date: 2005-10-11 |
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The topographies of memory in Berlin: The Neue Wache and the Memorial for the Murdered Jews of Europe.: An article from: Canadian Journal of Urban Research
Elke Grenzer Manufacturer: Institute of Urban Studies ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B0008FG3H6 Release Date: 2005-07-30 |
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This digital document is an article from Canadian Journal of Urban Research, published by Institute of Urban Studies on June 22, 2002. The length of the article is 7164 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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War and Remembrance.(Letter from Berlin): An article from: American Scholar
Peter Filkins Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000C1X9P0 Release Date: 2005-11-07 |
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This digital document is an article from American Scholar, published by Thomson Gale on September 22, 2005. The length of the article is 3127 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Orte des Erinnerns (Reihe Deutsche Vergangenheit)
Manufacturer: Edition Hentrich ProductGroup: Book Binding: Turtleback ASIN: 3894681462 |
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Water-Colour Painting: Landscapes and Townscapes
James Fletcher-Watson Manufacturer: Trafalgar Square Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0713439793 |
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Townscapes in Watercolour
Richard S. Taylor Manufacturer: B T Batsford Ltd ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 0713468084 |
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Biopic: Iggy Pop (Biopic)
Gavin Evans Manufacturer: Canongate Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1841954454 |
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When Time Out commissioned renowned photographer Gavin Evans to snap Iggy Pop, he first met with Iggy's stylist, Judy Blame, and explained his ideas about a simple shoot focusing on the man himself. Judy replied instantly, "Sure, we'll just use a feather and a fishnet T-shirt." And that, quite literally, is what happened. The result is a collection of arresting and sometimes risque shots that are more powerful and less constrained, more beautiful and less deliberate than anything you will ever have viewed of Iggy previously. For the thousands of music fans across four generations who worship Iggy his music, face, body, and attitude this series of images, gathered in just ninety minutes, provides a startling revelation of the many moods and facets of the man who is Iggy Pop. It is far more revealing, in fact, than many painstakingly researched biographies, revealing the good of rock in all of his multifaceted, transgressive, and energetic splendor.Customer Reviews:
IggyPop+nearly nude photos of an old dude= Why?.......2004-12-02
Iggy kicks tushy even after all these yers!.......2004-02-17
Evans has taken pictures that are unforgiving and harsh and at the same time, show the subjects humor and rawness. Warnings for those who have never seen Iggy up close and personal, there are many shots of Iggy's "little man" and if you are not warned, it might be a shock.
I thoroughly enjoyed the artist and the photographer, and this book is proudly displayed on my coffee table!!
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World Resources 1994-95 Data Base on Diskette
World Resources Institute Manufacturer: Oxford Univ Pr (Sd) ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1569730040 |
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This is a software package containing all the statistics in WORLD RESOURCES 1994-95 for basic economic indicators, population and human development, land cover and settlements, food and agriculture, forest and rangeland, wildlife and habitat, energy and materials, fresh water, oceans, coasts, atmosphere and climate, with 483 variables for 176 countries and 13 regional and economic groupings. This software package can be used on any PC or compatible computer with a high-density floppy disk drive and 512k RAM.
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Theory of Interest
Stephen G. Kellison Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Irwin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0256091501 |
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The book is a thorough treatment of the mathematical theory and practical applications of compound interest, or mathematics of finance.Customer Reviews:
The very best there is for Exam FM.......2006-06-29
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Great book.......2005-11-07
Got me through exam 2, but book is not user-friendly.......2005-09-22
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Theory and Application of the Interest Rate:
Eli Schwartz Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0275936309 |
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This work provides an integration of the financial and economic aspects of the interest rate. It depicts how the interest rate operates in the macro-economy to set the supply and the allocation of capital and how it functions on the micro-economic level to optimize capital decision-making. It describes the function of the financial markets in setting the supply and cost-of-funds to various users, of estimating a reasonable cost of capital for operational purposes of business firms and public sector authorities, and the application of discounting and present-value methods to financial and investment decisions and strategies. This work is unique in presenting seamless coverage of the function of the interest rate across varying markets. It will be of interest to scholars and students in economics and finance.
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Fiscal, monetary policy and the conditional risk premium in short-term interest rate differentials: an application of Tobin's portfolio theory [An article ... Review of Economics and Finance]
T.J. Flavin , and M.G. Limosani Manufacturer: Elsevier ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000PC0BWU |
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This digital document is a journal article from International Review of Economics and Finance, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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The New Interest Rate Models : Recent Developments in the theory and Application of Yield Curve Dynamics
Manufacturer: Risk Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1899332979 |
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A comprehensive collection that looks at the development of interest-rate models from 1992 to present.*Covers interest-rate analysis in the light of increased computer power
*Investigates simulation processes, ie random walks and Monte Carlo simulation
*Details the development of three new interest-rate model types including the Markov decision process, extensions and generalisations to the Heath-Jarrow-Morton model and market models
*Makes accessible advanced models that enable modellers to "complete the market" more efficiently when calculating interest rate securities and options' portfolios
*Analysis of Heath-Jarrow-Morton extensions
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The term structure of interest rates: Theory, empirical evidence, and applications
Burton Gordon Malkiel Manufacturer: McCaleb-Seiler Pub. Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0006C2UBO |
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Theory and Application of the Interest Rate:
Eli Schwartz Manufacturer: Praeger Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OR4EQ0 |
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Employment and Unemployment in Economies in Transition: Conceptual and Measurement Issues
Tito Boeri , and P. Garonna Manufacturer: Organization for Economic ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9264139109 |
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Educacion Para Lasalud
Bertha Higashida Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9682522862 |
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Este texto, adaptado a los planes de estudio actuales, está escrito de una manera muy sencilla y, por lo tanto, fácil de comprender. Se pretende que el alumno adquiera a través de cuadros y figuras el conocimiento de su cuerpo y de su ambiente, lo que le permitirá conservar su salud y la de su comunidad.
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Las Cuatro Obsesiones De UN Ejecutivo : El Reto Del Nuevo Lider Pasa Por Una Excelente Claridad Organizacional / Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: ... Por Una Excelente Claridad Organizacional
Patrick Lencioni Manufacturer: Ediciones Urano ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 8495787210 |
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Rich O'Connor, fundador y Consejero Delegado de Telegraph Partners, tiene ante sí un reto que cuestiona su liderazgo y sus convicciones sobre la manera de dirigir una empresa. Sin embargo, la solución a sus problemas se encuentra en una hoja de papel que conserva sobre la mesa de su despacho...Los protagonistas de esta entretenida narración dirigen dos empresas competidoras que representan sendos modelos organizativos contrapuestos.
Lencioni nos ofrece una gran lección de sabiduría empresarial: resulta crucial para los directivos de cualquier empresa dedicar sus mayores esfuerzos a construir una organización saludable. Este objetivo suele ser relegado por muchos líderes porque requiere disciplina, coraje, una visión a largo plazo y resulta difícil de medir en términos cuantitativos.
Las cuatro obsesiones de un ejecutivo presenta las cuatro claves fundamentales para conseguir que una empresa cuente con una organización que goce de buena salud:
·Crear un equipo de liderazgo
·Crear claridad organizacional
·Comunicar esa claridad
·Reforzar la claridad organizacional mediante los sistemas humanos.
También proporciona las herramientas para aplicar esos principios de una manera clara y tremendamente práctica.
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