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THE ELEMENTS OF CREATIVITY explored. Lovely, spare prose! Examples from nature, science, architecture, arts. A MINUS
THE STORM OF CREATIVITY
MIT Press
2015
Grade: A MINUS
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Architecture, Art History, Non-Fiction, Philosopy, Science, Visual Arts
URBAN EXPLORATION, FROM the catacombs of Paris to the bridges of New York, captured in an exciting memoir.
Grade: B PLUS
HIDDEN CITIES: TRAVELS TO THE SECRET CORNERS OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST METROPOLISES---A MEMOIR OF URBAN EXPLORATION
Penguin/Tarcher
2013
Tags: Architecture, B Plus Reviews, Brazil, History, London, New York City, Non-Fiction, Paris, Rome, Russia, Ukraine
ENGAGING BIOGRAPHY OF architect, artist, antiquarian Sarah Losh, whose 1840s church in Wreay still delights.
Grade: B PLUS
THE PINECONE: THE STORY OF SARAH LOSH, FORGOTTEN ROMANTIC HEROINE---ANTIQUARIAN, ARCHITECT, AND VISIONARY
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2013
Tags: Architecture, Art History, B Plus Reviews, Biography, England, History, Non-Fiction, Visual Arts, Women's Issues
THE HISTORY AND FUTURE of urban planning outlined with wit and grace in this informative, highly readable book.
Grade: A MINUS
MAKESHIFT METROPOLIS: IDEAS ABOUT CITIES
Simon and Schuster/Spotlight
2011
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Architecture, History, Non-Fiction, Urban Planning