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Revelation 6:3-43. When the Lamb opened the second seal, John heard the second living creature saying, "Come and see." Another horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to take peace from the earth, and there was given to him a great sword.

A gold medal wrestler, Reza's inspiring life celebrates honor, family and freedom. After he leads bloody battles in the 1979 Iranian Revolution and serves in the Air Force, Reza desires a fate beyond the suffocating suppression of Ayatollah Khomeini's Iran. On the last night of the 1982 Military World Wrestling Championships, he grips his gold medal, knowing American wrestlers wait minutes away to help him defect.

This audiobook is a comprehensive guide that will help you to move into your own tiny house. Because tiny living has a way of keeping you focused on what really matters to you, your life becomes richer, fuller, and more meaningful. While you may own fewer possessions, your relationships, and quality of life improve dramatically. One of the results of tiny house living is the emergence of a group of people succeeding in life because they are having fun doing what they love to do.

Turn your dream of living in a tiny house into reality. This audiobook is your definitive guide to realizing the dream of one day moving into your own tiny house. With the recent global downturn in the real estate market and the desire for minimalism, tiny home culture has grown exponentially and become a tangible alternative for those living on a budget or choosing to keep material possessions to a minimum.

I wrote this book because I want you to have a great experience building your new home or remodeling your existing home. It is possible. You don't have to listen to your friends who say, "Oh, remodeling is a nightmare," or "Building a house is a dreadful experience. I'll never do it." I don't want you to be in that category.

Out of all the possible building materials available for homes, the last thing you might expect to hear about is shipping containers - yes, the same steel, rectangular containers seen on trucks and ships going across the world to deliver goods. While it might seem like a new trend, the truth is, shipping containers have been used for nearly two decades and have been transformed into various multi-purpose living and working spaces.

This audiobook contains everything you need to know to turn your dream of living in a home constructed from shipping containers into a reality. Chances are you've seen them on the road or on a freighter pulling into the port--but did you ever imagine that one of those shipping containers would one day make a home for someone? Whether you live in European countries such as Poland, Norway or Spain, or even across the globe shipping container homes are cropping up in a number of housing developments.

Professional tips on planning and design of a beautiful yard that is low-maintenance, water efficient, cost-effective, and functional. I earned my bachelor of landscape architecture from Texas A&M in 2005 and have been working professionally in the industry for over 10 years. I have been involved in managing and designing a plethora of projects large and small, including commercial retail, street-scapes, and residential.

In What Is Landscape? John R. Stilgoe maps the discovery of landscape by putting words to things, zeroing in on landscape's essence but also leading sideways expeditions through such sources as children's picture books, folklore, deeds, antique terminology, out-of-print dictionaries, and conversations with locals. He offers a highly original, cogent, compact, gracefully written narrative lexicon of landscape as word, concept, and path to discoveries.

Shipping container houses are contemporary and eco-friendly. They are a fantastic alternative to traditional home construction and can save you money and time. Homes constructed from shipping containers are a trend that has exploded in recent years and only continues to grow in popularity. This book contains everything you need to know to turn your dream of living in a home constructed from shipping containers into a reality.

In Saving Our Cities, William W. Goldsmith shows how cities can be places of opportunity rather than places with problems. With strongly revived cities and suburbs, working as places that serve all their residents, metropolitan areas will thrive, thus making the national economy more productive, the environment better protected, the citizenry better educated, and the society more reflective, sensitive, and humane.

Turn your dream of living in a shipping container home into reality. Did you know that there are over 50 million surplus containers in the US? Yes, that is correct, and what that means for you is that there are more than enough containers available for you to build a home. Not only that, you will be able to build a home for a lower price than if you were to go with a traditional home.

La prima guida in audio ai grandi temi e alle opere dei protagonisti dell'architettura e del design. Da Maurizio Corrado, architetto, saggista e docente di Storia del Design all'Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna ed Ecodesign a quella di Verona. Da anni si occupa di design e architettura ecologici, è curatore del blog "L'architetto nella foresta" per "La Repubblica". La serie Audioarchitettura ti fa scoprire il mondo dell'architettura e del design; la storia, gli stili e i protagonisti.

La prima guida in audio ai grandi temi e alle opere dei protagonisti dell'architettura e del design. Da Maurizio Corrado, architetto, saggista e docente di Storia del Design all'Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna ed Ecodesign a quella di Verona. Da anni si occupa di design e architettura ecologici, è curatore del blog "L'architetto nella foresta" per "La Repubblica". La serie "Audioarchitettura" ti fa scoprire il mondo dell’architettura e del design; la storia, gli stili e i protagonisti.

La prima guida in audio ai grandi temi e alle opere dei protagonisti dell'architettura e del design. Da Maurizio Corrado, architetto, saggista e docente di Storia del Design all'Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna ed Ecodesign a quella di Verona. Da anni si occupa di design e architettura ecologici, è curatore del blog "L'architetto nella foresta" per "La Repubblica". La serie "Audioarchitettura" ti fa scoprire il mondo dell'architettura e del design: la storia, gli stili e i protagonisti.

Street Farm is the inspirational account of residents in the notorious Low Track in Vancouver, British Columbia, one of the worst urban slums in North America, who joined together to create an urban farm as a means of addressing the chronic problems in their neighborhood. It is a story of recovery, of land and food, of people, and of the power of farming and nourishing others as a way to heal our world and ourselves.

Transformation is the key to personal growth and fulfillment. Intellectually, physically, and spiritually, transformation is how we advance, achieve, and inspire others. Transformation is how we improve and reach new, higher levels in life. Transformation is healthy and stimulates learning, growth, and development.

Wondering what the Tiny House movement is all about? Perhaps you already know and have seen the shows. Yet, you want to know more. Is living tiny really something you can do? Can you face the challenges? Is it as affordable as it sounds?

Olivier Mignon is a graduate of the "École du Louvre" and the "Institut d'Art". He is currently a guide and lecturer at the "Caisse des Monuments Historiques". Translation: Patrick Lesieur, assisted by Ursula Smith. Chapters: 1) History of the bay, 2) History of the village, 3) History of the sanctuary, 4) History of the sanctuary (suite), 5) Monks and pilgrims, 6) Architectural evolution of the sanctuary, 7) Local legend of "Saint Michael and the devil", as written by Guy de Maupassant.

From the bestselling author of Skyscrapers, the behind-the-scenes story of the most extraordinary building in the world: One World Trade Center. The new World Trade Center represents one of the most complex collaborations in human history. Nearly every state in the nation, a dozen countries...