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|  | Richard Rogers Complete Works by Kenneth Powell
Richard Rogers is one of the most influential and respected contemporary architects. Well known as an exponent of good architecture in his built work, he is equally famous for promoting architectural quality and campaigning for the revival of the modern city. This first volume, covering the period 1961-86, features all of Rogers's early work, including projects from Yale, with Norman Foster and Team 4, his partnerships with Su Rogers and Renzo Piano, through to the ethos and philosophy of his present practice, the Richard Rogers Partnership. The author's interviews with key figures build up a portrait of the teamwork involved in producing the buildings of Rogers's expansive career. Each project, from Creek Vean in Cornwall of 1966, through the Rogers/Piano collaboration at the Pompidou Centre, Paris of 1971-7, to Lloyd's of London of 1978-86, is examined in detail and presented vividly with much new visual material from the practice's archives. A complete list of works is included, together with a timeline spanning Rogers's career, which details key formative events and allows interesting insights into both his thinking and that of the public. AUTHOR: Kenneth Powell
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests 
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 | Superheroes by Joe Kubert
Learn the fascinating history of comics and discover how to create some dynamic superheroes (and superadventures) of your own. Color illustrations throughout. AUTHOR: Joe Kubert
PUBLISHER: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Humor
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 | It's Not the End of the Earth, But You Can See It from Here by Roger Welsch
Roger Welch did what many Americans only dream of doing. While still in his professional prime, the folklorist and humorist quit a tenured professorship and headed toward the hinterland. Resettled in the open heart of Nebraska with his wife, Welsch proceeded to learn how to live. It's Not the End of the Earth, but You Can See It from Here is, in his own words, a celebration of his rural education. These twenty-eight tales of the Great Plains convey in familiar Welschian style the importance, charm, beauty, and value of the typical. They describe the wisdom that Welsch's newfound teachers share with him. From everyday country people, he learns the fine arts of relaxing, using his noggin, trusting his instincts, and laughing a lot more, while Omaha Indian friends teach him the most profound lessons of all. AUTHOR: Roger Welsch
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Humor
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 | Photographing People by John Hedgecoe
Description not available.Provides practical tips for enhancing the quality of photographs by improving the picture-taking technique, including how to adjust for lighting and how to convey mood and style in the photographs. AUTHOR: John Hedgecoe
PUBLISHER: Collins & Brown
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Hobbies & Interests
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 | Maison Ikkoku by Rumiko Takahashi
In this ninth graphic novel from the creator of the popular RANMA 1/2 comes the story of a boy, a girl, and the drunks who live to interfere, where, like anywhere, domestic disputes can be the most dangerous of all. AUTHOR: Rumiko Takahashi
PUBLISHER: Viz Communications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Humor
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 | Camelback Falls by Jon Talton
Description not available.Unable to keep away when his sheriff friend is nearly killed by a sniper, historian-turned-deputy David Mapstone discovers a cryptic note written by his friend that forces him to confront his own personal history. By the author of Concrete Desert. AUTHOR: Jon Talton
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Mystery & Thrillers
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