The Art of Architectural Drawing Imagination and Technique
This stunning new book celebrates the power and utility of architectural drawing, not merely as a means to an end. but as emblematic of the larger process of creative thinking. The author thoughtfully presents and discusses architectural images which both derive from and inspire the act of building.
Clear instructions, clever projects, and colorful photography make this your go-to source for toys that are fun to make, lovely to give, and wonderful to receive.You'll find patterns for easy-to-crochet dolls and toy animals, complete with accessories and play clothes for them to wear, as well as a few unexpected surprises, like a plush mobile and soft alphabet blocks. Claire Garland shows you how to make basic shapes and forms and then encourages you to use your imagination to embellish them into fanciful playtime friends.
Cuba in the American Imagination: Metaphor and the Imperial Ethos
For more than two hundred often turbulent years, Americans have imagined and described Cuba and its relationship to the United States by conjuring up a variety of striking images—Cuba as a woman, a neighbor, a ripe fruit, a child learning to ride a bicycle. One of the foremost historians of Cuba, Louis A. Pérez Jr. offers a revealing history of these metaphorical and depictive motifs and discovers the powerful motives behind such characterizations of the island.
Imagination and Critique: Two Rival Versions of Historical Inquiry
This project is the result of a philosopher’s extended engagement with the literature and practice of political science and public policy formation. One finds in these fields, and in social science generally, two fundamentally opposed approaches to inquiry into the nature and cause of historical political events. These two approaches, which are sometimes employed simultaneously, are both powerful and persuasive. Yet, the two accounts are incompatible and comprehensive.
