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The Three Little Pirates (Book & CD)

1 review
Georgie Adams

Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2007

Good fun
My kids both love all the Georgie Adams stories, particularly the audio versions that they can read along to. Not too short, not too long, beautiful, engaging illustrations and good storytelling.

The Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-1933

5 reviews
Emily Thompson

The MIT Press, 2004

Sounding the History of Acoustics
Those invited to read an academic book on acoustics might well decline because of a headache, or an urgent need to wash the cat, or the constant press of quality daytime television. It would be hard to convince them that such a book could be exciting, or even interesting, especially if it weighs in with the heft of a textbook. But a remarkable work by historian Emily Thompson, _The Soundscape ...

Grover Takes Care of Baby (A Little Golden Book)

2 reviews
Emily Thompson

Western Publishing Company, 1987

Grover Takes Care of Baby
I liked this book personally because it had to do with babies. It made you understand how a little kid would take care of a baby. In the beginning Grover was playing ball and it rolled under a baby carriage. He noticed it was his friend Marsha and her little brother Max. So he asked her what she was doing and she said she was taking care of Max while her mom and dad went away. So, Grover said ...

Ernie Gets Lost ~ Just Like Ernie ~ Bert and the Broken Teapot (Sesame Street Growing-Up Books)
Emily Thompson

Golden Press/Western Publishing Co., 1988

Parents trust Sesame Street to help guide their children through important learning experiences. With understanding, reassurance, and humor, Sesame Street Growing-Up Books present stories about the challenges children face in growing up. Hardcover books by Golden Press have large colorful illustrations of all the Sesame Street Muppets and their adventures.

The Architecture of Science

The MIT Press, 1999

How do the spaces in which science is done shape the identity of the scientist and the self-conception of scientific fields? How do the sciences structure the identity of the architect and the practice of architecture in a specific period? And how does the design of spaces such as laboratories, hospitals, and museums affect how the public perceives and interacts with the world of science? The Architecture of Science offers a dazzling set of ...

Before It's Too Late - Don't Leave Your Loved Ones Unprepared

13 reviews
Emily Oishi, Sue Thompson

Oishi/Thompson, 2008

Before It's Too Late
It is everything I could possible want to inform my family and friends of my intentions upon my death. I also ordered one for my son and daughter, and my two sisters and brother. They were equally impressed with the product.

Sense of the City: An Alternate Approach to Urbanism

Lars Müller Publishers, 2005

Challenging the dominance of the visual in the urban environment, the exhibition catalogue Sense of the City proposes a re-thinking and re-presenting of the city, and offers a more complex analysis of the qualities, comforts, communication systems, and sensory dimensions of urban life. From darkness and night to urban soundscapes, to the urban air and climate, this book presents a new, "sensorial" approach to urbanism. In defense of public ...

Just Like Ernie (Sesame Street Growing Up Books)
Emily Thompson

Goldencraft, 1988

Friends Ernie and Bert, two very different personalities, learn to appreciate their individuality.