“…Award-winning architectural critic and biographer Mark Lamsters THE MAN IN THE GLASS HOUSE lifts the veil on Johnsons controversial and endlessly contradictory life to tell the story of a charming yet deeply flawed man. …”

“…The End of the House of Alard (1922) documents the choices made by the final generation of the aristocratic Alard family and the ways in which they, both willingly and reluctantly, bring the long line of their ancestral blood to a complete and sudden end. …”

“…Koenig of New York University, and Chester A. Newland of the University of Southern California.A number of important administrative aspects of Truman’s presidency are touched upon as the participants review the years of their White House experience. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foxes Guarding Hen Houses -- 18. A Virtual Flu Epidemic -- 19. Retracing Life’s Footsteps…”

“…The increasing platformisation of urban life needs critical perspectives to examine changing everyday practices and power shifts brought about by the expansion of digital platforms mediating care-services, housing and mobility. …”

“…The Coombs Building at The Australian National University is a Canberra icon. Named after one of Australia’s greatest administrators and public intellectuals—‘Nugget’ Herbert Cole Coombs—for more than forty years the building has housed two of the University’s four foundational Schools: the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies and the Research School of Social Sciences. …”

“…Co-housing is often lauded as a more sustainable way of living. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…William Morris: a life in design / Pat Kirkham -- The firm: Morris & Company / Pat Kirkham -- Stained glass & church decoration / Diane Waggoner -- The decoration of houses / Diane Waggoner -- The art of the book / Diane Waggoner -- John Henry Dearle / Diane Waggoner -- The things that might be: British design after Morris / Gillian Naylor -- Two sides of the river: Morris & American arts and crafts / Edward R. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: short flights and quick returns -- Paying attention: the hours of our lives -- Birthing hour: time before time -- Daybreak: the hour of beginnings -- Prime time: our root system -- Active life: a slower pace in a faster world -- Noonday demon: our distractible selves -- Holy stillness: an interlude -- When shadows come: darkness comes early -- Lighting the lamps: the house with golden windows -- Grandfather time: when evening comes -- Epilogue: the journey home -- Appendix: observing the hours…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Hunter) / Secrets of the magus (Ricky Jay) / Isadora (Isadora Duncan) / The soloist (Mikhail Baryshnikov) / Time, fortune, life, Luce (Henry Robinson Luce) / Nobody better, better than nobody (Heloise) / The mountains of pi (the Chudnovsky brothers) / Covering the cops (Edna Buchanan) / Travels in Georgia (Carol Ruckdeschel) / The man who walks on air (Philippe Petit) / A house on Gramercy Park (Benjamin Sonnenberg) / How do you like it now, gentlemen? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Foreword; Acknowledgements; Table of Contents; Reader's guide; Overview; Introduction: in quest of better lives; Where do we come from: GDP and beyond; A framework for measuring well-being; Selecting indicators; Main findings of How's Life?…”

“…The White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) is the United States's regulatory overseer. …”

“…When Boston's Columbia Point housing project was built in the early 1950s on the isolated edge of Dorchester Bay, it was hailed as a noble government experiment to provide temporary housing for working-class families who had fallen on hard times. …”