This highly original and sophisticated look at architecture helps us to understand the cultural significance of the buildings that surround us. It avoids the traditional style-spotting approach in favour of giving an idea of what it is about buildings that moves us, and what it is that makes them important artistically and culturally. The book begins by looking at how architecture acquires meaning through tradition, and concludes with the exoticism of the recentavant garde.

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In addition to its thorough coverage of DSP design and programming techniques, Smith also covers the operation and usage of DSP chips. He uses Analog Devices' popular DSP chip family as design examples.

ANNA -dancing in my mindFor those who knew her, Anna van der Heide had become a household word.Her name stood for love, warmth, humanity and kindness. She was for one and all a large loving mother’s heart. Anna, the wife of psychic and hypnotherapist Jan C. van der Heide, has passed away.Jan wrote this book about his dearly beloved Anna. ‘The flower of his heart’, the woman he owes so unprecedented much to. While reading, we can bask in her unlimited love, and in her deep warmth and spirit...