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|  | Yona Friedman by Helene Fentener Van Vlissingen, Sabine Lebesque
Since the 1950s, Hungarian-French architect, painter, writer, and decorator Yona Friedman (b, 1923) has worked on conceptual plans for urban housing alternatives and third world building development. He came to prominence in 1958 for his manifesto, l`Architecture Mobile, and later for his Ville Spatiale (Spatial Town) -- a housing system built off the ground based on a three-dimensional grid. His integrated socio-economic conception of architecture addressed both housing solutions for existing metropolitan areas and also for urbanizing third world cities. Friedman was also commissioned by UNESCO to design visual instructions for unskilled laborers to build structures solidly and efficiently with simple materials and techniques. This is the first monograph on his work. AUTHOR: Helene Fentener Van Vlissingen, Sabine Lebesque
PUBLISHER: NAi Uitgevers/Publishers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | The Idiot by Alan Myers, Constance Garnett, David Fishelson, David Magarshack, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Dostoyevsky wanted to create a portrait of a good man in Prince Myshkin, a Christlike figure who is the heir to a large fortune and whose simple goodness has a profound impact on those around him. Myshkin's saintly impulses occasionally backfire, as when the prostitute Natasha, believing he loves her, is devastated to learn his love is only pity; she runs away with the evil Rogozhin, who murders her. At times the plot reads like a thriller, though throughout the novel Dostoyevsky probes the meaning of human suffering and the nature of true compassion. In spite of the fact that he felt he didn't achieve his stated goal, THE IDIOT was Dostoyevsky's favorite among his novels. AUTHOR: Alan Myers, Constance Garnett, David Fishelson, David Magarshack, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Improvisation for the Theater by Paul Sills, Viola Spolin
This reprint of the popular technical guide offers Spolin's valuable insights on the art of improvisation as she developed its in the heyday of Chicago theater in the 1920s and after. Two hundred exercises edited since the last edition are joined by 30 new exercises with introductions. AUTHOR: Paul Sills, Viola Spolin
PUBLISHER: Northwestern University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Pablo Picasso by John Beardsley
Description not available.Examines the life and work of Picasso, discussing how and why his art looks the way it does and how it relates to the artist AUTHOR: John Beardsley
PUBLISHER: Abrams, Harry N. Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Puppet Theatre Handbook by Marjorie H. Batchelder
Description not available.In the sequel to The Lily and the Sword, Lady Rose, mistress of Somerford, reluctantly hires Viking warrior Gunnar Olafson and his mercenaries to protect her undefended lands, unaware that the dashing soldier is out to expose her for plotting against his own liege lord. Original. AUTHOR: Marjorie H. Batchelder
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Barry Moser, Donald McKay, Garrick Hagon, Joanne Gise, Joe Bobby
Boyhood memories in the river town of Hannibal, Missouri. Many of the story's characters & episodes are constructed from the author's early adventures & Tom Sawyer is probably Mark Twain in mufti AUTHOR: Barry Moser, Donald McKay, Garrick Hagon, Joanne Gise, Joe Bobby
PUBLISHER: Audio Partners Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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