Bøger af Michael Dennis

There are no books that focus on the unique artistic characteristics of the Venetian facade and its potential relevance to contemporary architectural and urban issues, as this book intends. This book is about architecture. It is not about history, although a bit of history is necessary to set the context. It is not about theory, although, again, a bit is necessary to connect the facade with urbanism. It is also not about structure and technology. And, most definitely, it is not about the plan. All of these topics are well-covered elsewhere. This book is about the facade. It explores the art and typology of the Venetian facade, not only as a high point of architectural literacy and achievement, but as a potentially useful contemporary stimulant.

This book is everything a parent needs to know to help their children growing up to be successful in school and life. This is advice from a teacher of 30 years to parents about their children that they need to know. The advice is realistic and practical and easy to use. This book will give parents information about how to prepare their children for today's schools as well as how to get alone with others students. As well as which students to stay away from. The book is written in English and Spanish and shows the common experiences both the African American and Latino cultures share. The lessons taught, shared and learned are for the benefit of all parents and their children

"Real Talk" for mothers tells every mother what they need to know about the way their sons are growing up in the neighborhoods in which they live. The books tells of the pitfalls their sons face and how to help their sons steer clear of them. This book literally place in the hands of mothers a 'how to" guide they can help to save their sons' lives.

"Real Talk" is the real deal. Find out what's really going on from some who has "walked the walk" and not from those who have just "talked the talked". From the streets of Chicago to the streets of Compton, the rules are all the same. "Don't start none, won't be none." In the hood what you don't know could cost you your life. The knowledge in this book comes from those "real ones" out there. Its a survival guide. Don't get caught slippin'.

"Love Poems to Celebrate the Beauty of Black Women" is a masterpiece befitting all "women of color" For far to long these amazing women have been overlooked and under-appreciated for their beauty and kindness. This wonderfully written book has changed that. Both romantic and spiritual. The words of this book capture the true essence of the deep connection and relationship between these women and the men who love them. Additionally, the book includes "The 10 Secrets to Winning the heart of the Black Man". But these are time-tested secrets that can win the heart of any man. And these amazing love poems are for all those who still believe in "the miracle and magic" called love.

Poetry. LOW CENTRE OF GRAVITY finds Michael Dennis in familiar territory. You'll laugh. You'll cry. Dennis' poems continue to be the narratives of movies you'd like to someday see. These poems ask the questions you'd really like answered, sauntering into the room and staking claim. The story-telling continues, the good, the bad and the sadly tragic. With LOW CENTRE OF GRAVITY Dennis remains direct, curious, pissed off and honest.

Want to know what guys to stay away from, and why? Want to know how to know if a guy is really a good guy? Want to know who your true friends really are? Want to know how to survive the pitfalls of life? Then "Real Talk for Girls - A Life Guide" is the book for you. Read "the secrets" given from the heart of a loving father to save the daughter he loves. These secrets are guaranteed to to save you from the pain and heartache caused by bad relationships, friendships and choices. Why waste your time with drama you can avoid. Why waste your feelings on guys who don't deserve your love. Why waste time listening to "so - called" friends who behind your back are trying to hurt you or come between you and your guy. Why frustrate yourself by trying to "learn life the hard way". "Real Talk" will give you the answers. Above all..."Real Talk" can save your life (for real). There are dangers out there you need to know about, and avoid. There are "creepy guys" out there you should never let in your life. These "creeps" will place your life in danger. There are "situations" you should never let yourself get in. These "situations" (if not handled properly) can destroy your future. There are things you need to know, because not knowing isn't an option if you want to live a happy successful life. "Real Talk for Girls" will give you the answers. Hear the loving advice from a father to his daughter. Advice only a loving father will give to his "princess". "Boys" won't tell you the truth, but "Dads" will. Trust me. This book is honest, straight-forward and "real". Written in love to empower you to live a happy love filled life.

Animals in the swampland invite friends to a party.

This book traces the historic evolution of urban form, principles, and design; it serves as a compendium, or reference, of city design; and is a polemic about the necessity for the recovery of the city and a contemporary urban architecture. It begins with the planned cities of Greece and the Roman Empire from about 500 BC, through the late-medieval Bastides, the Ideal Renaissance cities, and Baroque new towns, to the urban planning strategies of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It covers anti-urban modernist architecture and the resulting disintegration of the city. It concludes with late-twentieth-century efforts to recover the city, a contemporary urban architecture, and urbanism's potential contribution to the contemporary ecological crisis. The book is project oriented and extensively illustrated. It may be read graphically, textually, or both. As such, it falls into the long tradition of illustrated treatises in which theory is embedded in the projects, with only occasional assistance or clarification from the text. Architecture and urban design are physical arts, not verbal arts, and they are best understood from graphic representations.

How progressivism transformed higher education in the New South by focusing on practical, utilitarian education, creating a vast educational bureaucracy, and making the universities into instruments of the state.

The neon waves crash over me, pummelling this body of mine into the earth that has mocked me for the lifetime I have been begrudgingly granted. Within this destructive water are stories that feature people like me, lost, lonely and afraid of what lies ahead. "I was 27 when I first told the woman of my dreams that I loved her. It was the one regret that has haunted me for so long..." The voice the water channels is of someone much like me, love-struck. Love broke me; leaving me to wonder why I can never be loved in the same way that I loved. Does this change the feelings I hold for her? No... It just makes me realise what I knew all along. As much as I want to save them from ruin, I finally understand that's not my purpose... They'll have to save themselves.

A play about joy and heartbreak, quarries and transmat beams - a love-letter to British sci-fi television.

"It's Gonna Be OK" takes the reader on a journey. It explores the author's experiences as a spunky little girl, through turbulent teenage years, and finally emerging as a maturing young woman while living on the Seminole and Saint Louis, Oklahoma and Texas oil leases during the 1930's and '40's. Laugh and cry with the family as they move from boomshack to boomshack and finally "Toots" is sure Mama and Daddy are rich. Their latest boomshack has an inside bathroom! Share the adventures of "Toots" and all those gritty people who became "family" while living in the camps. This red-dirt experience molded their beings, and for many, will never leave their hearts.