Author: A. M. Hamilton File Type: pdf In 1928, Archibald Hamilton traveled to Iraqi Kurdistan, having been commissioned to build a road that would stretch from Northern Iraq, through the mountains and gorges of Kurdistan and on to the Iranian border. Now called the Hamilton Road, this was, even by todays standards, a considerable feat of engineering and remains one of the most strategically important roads in the region. In this colorful and engaging account, Hamilton describes the four years he spent overcoming immense obstacles--disease, ferocious brigands, warring tribes and bureaucratic officials--to carve a path through some of the most beautiful but inhospitable landscape in the world. Road Through Kurdistan is a classic of travel writing and an invaluable portrayal of the Iraqi Kurds themselves, and of the Kurdish regions of Northern Iraq. **

Author: Henry Plummer File Type: epub A thought-provoking consideration of how architecture, from a doorknob to a city plan, can influence human behaviorHow does the experience of turning a door handle, opening a door from one space into another, affect us? It is no wonder that the door, one of the most elemental architectural forms, has such metaphorical richness. But even on a purely physical human level, the cold touch of a brass handle or the swish of a sliding screen gives rise to an emotional reaction, sometimes modest, occasionally profound.This book aims to understand how these everyday acts are influenced by architectural form, a concept that is vital for all architects to grasp. It considers how specifically built elements and volumes, taken from a wide array of buildings and settings around the world, can affect our powers of decision. From hand-carved stairs in Greek villages to free-floating catwalks, from the elegant processional steps of Renaissance Italy to Frank Lloyd Wrights masterly manipulation of form, all provide very different experiences of stepping from one level to the next, and all affect our experience of that space.Seamlessly integrating text and image, each chapter focuses on a different aspect of our daily interactions with architecture, looking at stairs, floors and paths, moving interior spaces, perception and perspective, transparency and the relationship between a building and its setting. This book is not just for architects and designers engaged in the production of space, but for all those who seek a richer understanding of their place in the built world.**About the Author Henry Plummer is Professor Emeritus of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his M.Arch from MIT, studied light-art with Gyorgy Kepes, and was a photographic apprentice to Minor White. He is the author of numerous books on the art of light in architecture, including The Architecture of Natural Light and Nordic Light.

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Author: Adrian Holovaty File Type: pdf This latest edition of The Definitive Guide to Django is updated for Django 1.1, and, with the forwardcompatibility guarantee that Django now provides, should serve as the ultimate tutorial and reference for this popular framework for years to come. Django, the Pythonbased equivalent to Rubys Rails web development framework, is one of the hottest topics in web development today. Lead developer Jacob KaplanMoss and Django creator Adrian Holovaty show you how they use this framework to create awardwinning web sites by guiding you through the creation of a web application reminiscent of www.chicagocrime.org.Django Web Development Done Right is broken into three parts, with the first introducing Django fundamentals such as installation and configuration, and creating the components that together power a Djangodriven web site. The second part delves into the more sophisticated features of Django, including outputting nonHTML content such as RSS feeds and PDFs, caching, and user management. The appendixes serve as a detailed reference to Djangos many configuration options and commands. What youll learnull The first half of this book explains in depth how to build web applications using Django including the basics of dynamic web pages, the Django templating system interacting with databases, and web forms. l l The second half of this book discusses higher-level concepts such as caching, security, and how to deploy Django. l l The appendixes form a reference for the commands and configurations available in Django. lulWho this book is forAnyone who wants to use the powerful Django framework to build dynamic web sites quickly and easily Table of Contentsoll Introduction to Django l l Getting Started l l Views and URLconfs l l Templates l l Models l l The Django Admin Site l l Forms l l Advanced Views and URLconfs l l Advanced Templates l l Advanced Models l l Generic Views l l Deploying Django l l Generating Non-HTML Content l l Sessions, Users, and Registration l l Caching l l django.contrib l l Middleware l l Integrating with Legacy Databases and Applications l l Internationalization l l Security lolAbout the AuthorAdrian Holovaty, a web developerjournalist, is one of the creators and core developers of Django. He works at washingtonpost.com, where he builds database web applications and does journalism as computer programming. Previously, he was lead developer for World Online in Lawrence, Kansas, where Django was created. When not working on Django improvements, Adrian hacks on side projects for the public good, such as chicagocrime.org, which won the 2005 Batten Award for Innovations in Journalism. He lives in Chicago and maintains a weblog at www.Holovaty.com.Jacob Kaplan-Moss is one of the lead developers of Django. At his day job, hes the lead developer for the Lawrence Journal-World, a locally owned newspaper in Lawrence, Kansas, where Django was developed. At the Journal-World, Jacob hacks on a number of sites including lawrence.com, LJWorld.com, and KUsports.com, and he is continually embarrassed by the multitude of media awards those sites win. In his spare timewhat little of it there ishe fancies himself a chef.