Eiffel

La Tour De 300 Metres: Facsimile Edition

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A must for construction engineers
Fantastic Book!

La Tour De 300 Metres: Facsimile Edition
Gustave Eiffel , and Bernard Lemonine
Manufacturer: Taschen
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 382284148X

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La tour magnifique: The construction of the Eiffel Tower in drawings and photographs in XXL-format!

When it was completed in 1889, the Eiffel Tower was the highest structure in the world, measuring 300 meters (984 feet). Built for the World's Fair, it was initially granted a 20-year permit; this permit was thankfully extended and now the Eiffel Tower is one of the world's most famous structures, having become practically synonymous with Paris itself and receiving more than six million visitors annually.

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A must for construction engineers.......2007-02-09

What can you say? You got all the original drawings, the explanations, and also the calculations.
It is amazing the way they did things in the past.
Also if you like history, the book is full of it.
The book is a complete review of all the facts of the Eiffel Tower.
You don't need to be an engineer to enjoy the book, but if you are, I bet you'll enjoy it even more.
The pictures are excellent.

Fantastic Book!.......2007-01-21

This is a wonderful reproduction of Gustav Eiffel's original design. Every detail of the Eiffel Tower is represented here. The book is HUGE, though, so make sure you have room for it.

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If you love The Eiffel Tower - this is a must!

The Eiffel Tower
Lucien Herve
Manufacturer: Princeton Architectural Press
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 1568983727

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When it opened in 1889, just a few months before the Exposition Universelle for which it was commissioned, Parisians-from Dumas to de Maupassant-were appalled by the "useless and monstrous" tower Gustave Eiffel had planted in the heart of their beloved city. That enmity, however, was short-lived, and today the Eiffel Tower stands magnificently as one of our most beloved architectural landmarks, a testament to the artistry of 19th-century engineering, and the visual signature of the City of Light.

The Eiffel Tower is a pictorial study of the great structure by acclaimed architectural photographer Lucienne Hervé, who began photographing the tower in his youth in the 1930s, and continued shooting it until he retired from photography in the 1990s. His ethereal images manage to convey the delicate balance between the tower's elegant ironwork and its sheer physical force. Ranging from pictorial studies of the tower in the Paris landscape to abstract compositions of iron and glass, his photographs are modern masterworks themselves. Architectural historian Barry Bergdoll, one of the preeminent scholars of 19th-century architecture, provides an introduction describing the controversial history of the tower.

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If you love The Eiffel Tower - this is a must!.......2005-08-29

I love The Eiffel Tower. I'm amazed that iron can be so beautiful. This is a must have book for anyone that feels the way I do. No stone is left unturned in this book. I now know everything about the Eiffel Tower and love it even more. Beautiful photographs. Excellent information. I love this book.

Around and About Paris, Volume 1: From the Dawn of Time to the Eiffel Tower (Arrondissements 1 - 7)

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A Historian's Dream
A Personal Guide Showing You Paris
Exquisite and 100% perfect
Dense, difficult, and informative
Absolutely the most fun and interesting historical account!

Around and About Paris, Volume 1: From the Dawn of Time to the Eiffel Tower (Arrondissements 1 - 7)
Thirza Vallois
Manufacturer: Illiad Press
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 095253780X

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A Historian's Dream.......2005-12-19

If you like to roam around Paris on your own and get a feel for the history of the most beautiful and exciting city in the world, then this and its sister companions (Vols II and III) are for you. Thirza Vallois (for the sake of transparency,I have meet the author and have visited with her several times) has covered every street in the city and gives a fascinating view of the evolution of the city. The first volume is a must read, both the introductions and the tours are vibrant and illuminating. Don't miss the Hotel Carondelet.

A Personal Guide Showing You Paris.......2004-04-26

How would you like to have a personal guide as your companion when visiting Paris? A guide that will not only give you a brief history of each and every "Arrondissement" from the first to the twentieth, but as the author states, "a journey into the depths of Paris" and "an invitation to scratch beneath its surface of dazzling vistas and imposing monuments and to probe into the souls and lives of the restless people." Author Thirza Vallois's three volumes entitled AROUND AND ABOUT PARIS accomplishes all of the above and more.

Most other guidebooks pertaining to Paris are merely directories that list where to stay and eat with a little history and antidotes thrown in. Vallois's tomes do not contain any listings of hotels, restaurants, phone numbers or web sites. They are, however, similar to information contained in college textbooks and would probably be suggested readings if a course were to be given entitled "Paris 101." Not only are they invaluable tools for the traveller to Paris but also for those of us who are so called "arm chair" travellers and who never intend to leave home.

Each chapter is devoted to a distinct Arrondissement describing their unique history and character. These introductions are followed by comprehensive descriptions of the walks you must pursue. After all Paris is made for walking!

Very often when visiting Paris we are too much concerned with the usual tourist attractions such as the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower and various other well known sites. Consequently, we tend to loose sight of the history and background information concerning the area where we may be lodging or the areas where we are taking our promenades. We are also ignorant of the many "nooks and crannies" that make Paris a city of romance, drama, triumph, tragedy, crime and passion.

Vallois has lived in Paris for over thirty years. For eight of those years before writing these guides she "journeyed into the depths of Paris, walking its every street, reading in libraries whatever came my way" as she mentioned in an article appearing in Paris Kiosque No wonder the guides are so comprehensive and detailed.

To appreciate Paris is to understand its history and culture. Thanks to authors such as Thirza Vallois we can explore Paris with a greater understanding and enlightenment.

Please note that their are three books: Volume 1-concerns the 1st to 7th arrondissements: Volume 2- 8th to 12th, Volume3- 13th-20th

Norm Goldman Editor Bookpleasures.com

Exquisite and 100% perfect.......2002-02-16

After reading every travel guide I could get my hands on concerning Paris, France, finally I've found one that actually quenches my thirst and feeds my hunger! This is the Bible of Paris. The little details are so fascinating and exquisite, you can read this book over and over again. If I were stuck on a deserted island, as far from Paris as possible, I'd still want this to be one of the top five books I took with me. It would keep me going for a long, long time. Don't go to Paris without it. In fact, don't go to the doctor's office without it-- perfect to take everywhere.

Dense, difficult, and informative.......2001-04-10

Around and About Paris, Volume 1, reads pretty much like a medium-quality textbook; it's dense (*tiny* print and very small amounts of white space), it's informative (*filled* with trivia and fascinating - as well as not-so-fascinating - facts), and it's obtuse in places. The book does provide lots of information and some very nice Paris walks, but you'll have to sieve through a lot of junk to get to the meat of it.

The book's most serious problem, at least for me, is the writing. I suspect, though I don't know, that the author's English was a second language. The sentences are at times torturously constructed. Often, subjects and verbs are in places where a native English speaker probably wouldn't put them; sometimes one or the other is even missing - when you parse the sentence, you realize it's actually just a very long fragment, with lots of clauses that confuse the issue. Sometimes, too, it isn't clear what a modifier is supposed to be modifying, or which noun a pronoun refers to. In the worst cases, the meaning of a sentence cannot be divined at all because an error has been made at a crucial point. Some careful, detailed editing could've made this book a lot easier to read and use - and more informative, too.

However, there is still a lot of information in Around and About, even if you do have to work to get at it. The maps aren't the clearest in the world, but they're good enough, especially since prominent landmarks are marked. And the walks themselves provide an interesting take on Paris; the idea of walking through history is a great one. Parents with older children could probably use this as a resource for some very educational traveling, though I would recommend that the adults do the reading and then condense and prune somewhat for the kids.

All in all, despite the book's flaws, it's a nice supplementary resource for people visiting Paris - or those studying French history. You will, however, also want more conventional guidebooks or textbooks unless Paris and its history is already very familiar ground indeed.

Absolutely the most fun and interesting historical account!.......1998-07-18

I have never been able to appreciate history until Around and About Paris! Ms. Vallois has brought centuries of Paris history to life in the fun and interesting way she tells its stories. I highly recommend it to anyone who wants to know more about Paris than what's housed in the Louvre.

Eiffel: The Genius Who Reinvented Himself

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engineer of dreams
It's the perfect pick for a general-interest lending library collection.

Eiffel: The Genius Who Reinvented Himself
David I. Harvie
Manufacturer: Sutton Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0750933097

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Gustave Eiffel is the inventor of one of the most famous tall buildings in the world. Yet the Eiffel tower was not his only achievement. He helped with the design of the Statue of Liberty and with construction of locks for the ill-fated Panama Canal. Dogged by controversy and tarred by scandal, his dramatic story is revealed in this book.

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engineer of dreams.......2007-05-15

We owe Eiffel a great debt just for his Paris tower, but who has heard of his stupendous viaduct at Garabit? His works should be more widely know and this new biography goes some way down that path. It is a well researched book, and exposes much about him as a methodical and systematic engineer who created structures of outstanding beauty and integrity. And he cared about the workers who actually built his designs, a rarity in Victorian times. The book can be criticised for being too brief about his achievements, especially the engineering principles which guided him through his career. And the illustrations are frustratingly sparse and unimaginative for his creations. Some of the early works, for example, are the dramatic viaducts on the Gannat railway, and surely deserve modern pictures (they are still standing and still carrying trains). The book deserves a wide readership, but the defintive bio of Eiffel has yet to be written.

It's the perfect pick for a general-interest lending library collection........2006-12-12

Eiffel: The Genius Who Reinvented Himself isn't just for history buffs: it's an excellent survey of an architect's unique challenges producing a tower which combined the needs of art and industry alike, and as such will appeal beyond history audiences into the arts. Those who know little about Eiffel other than his associations with his famous tower will be fascinated to learn of his collaboration on the Statue of Liberty and the locks for the French Panama Canal, as well as other endeavors. It's the perfect pick for a general-interest lending library collection.

Diane C. Donovan
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The Mystery at the Eiffel Tower: Paris, France (Carole Marsh Mysteries/Around the World in 80 Mysteries)

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The Mystery at the Eiffel Tower: Paris, France (Carole Marsh Mysteries/Around the World in 80 Mysteries)
Carole Marsh
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The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies
Roland Barthes
Manufacturer: University of California Press
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In this appealing and luminous collection of essays, Roland Barthes examines the mundane and exposes hidden texts, causing the reader to look afresh at the famous landmark and symbol of Paris, and also at the Tour de France, the visit to Paris of Billy Graham, the flooding of the Seine--and other shared events and aspects of everyday experience.

Object-Oriented Software Engineering with Eiffel (Addison-Wesley Eiffel in Practice Series)

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A good introduction to the Eiffel language and environments.

Object-Oriented Software Engineering with Eiffel (Addison-Wesley Eiffel in Practice Series)
Jean-Marc Jezequel
Manufacturer: Addison-Wesley Professional
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ASIN: 0201633817

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A good introduction to the Eiffel language and environments........1998-08-05

The author provides a good introduction to Eiffel from a real-world and academic-software-engineering point of view.

Eiffel is presented, from a simple "Hello, world!" example through advanced language elements like exception handling, repeated inheritance, typing issues, and (strangely) parallel implementations. The author also provides a general introduction to object-oriented concepts, for those new to objects. A discussion of the primary Eiffel environments and libraries is included, for those interested in an objective view of the competing products in the area.

To fulfill the software engineering aspect of the text, a discussion of object analysis and modeling with an Eiffel twist is included. This section is somewhat out-of-date, given that it does not even mention the Unified Modeling Language, choosing instead to focus on one of its precursors, OMT.

The author went the extra mile, to his credit, with a discussion ! of verification and validation in an Eiffel context and a full Eiffel case study, a parallel linear algebra library.

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Paris 1888. Armand and Odilon are young apprentice draughtsmen in the offices of Gustave Eiffel, working on what will be the engineer's greatest invention and the city's most famous landmark. The Eiffel Tower is the symbol of a new age, but in the exotic gas-lit streets of Paris, strange beliefs, dark desires and mysterious forces are loose. Soon Armand and Odilon find themselves involved with a spiritualist society who hold seances in the Paris Morgue, a card-reading clairvoyant, a female ventriloquist with a shady secret and a spirited young actress. Behind them all are the scheming machinations of Gordon Hole, an ambitious American architect who has vowed to destroy the Eiffel Tower before it can even be completed.

Maya's World: Renee Marie of France (Pictureback(R))

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Maya's World: Renee Marie of France (Pictureback(R))
Maya Angelou
Manufacturer: Random House Books for Young Readers
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Binding: Library Binding

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ASIN: 0375928340
Release Date: 2004-09-14

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A TALL GIRL who is afraid of heights? When Renée Marie's class takes a trip to the Eiffel Tower, she would much rather stay with her feet on the ground than go up to the top!

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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