Divided into more than three hundred categories, the hundreds of entries presented here relate odd facts an unusual information, revealing such little-known facts as that fish don't dream and that the safety pin was invented in 1849

Curious Facts

JOHN MAY

Secker Warburg

The Greenpeace Book of Nuclear Age

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Gollancz

The book of beasts

Michael Marten

Littlehampton Book Services Ltd.

Describes and illustrates some of the most obscure, underrated, weird, scary, overlooked, and controversial members of the animal kingdom and explains their places in nature and links with humans

The Book of Beasts

John Chesterman

Science & Math

Penguin??Books

A decent copy with no markings - but, has some light damage to the endapapers and dust jacket.

Commemorative Pottery, 1780-1900: A Guide for Collectors

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Jennifer May

Crafts & Hobbies

Scribner

Log 40 assembles a wide-ranging collection of thoughtful essays on some of the most urgent questions and debates in architecture today, bringing them into dialogue with those of architecture s recent past. The legacy and current status of architectural images are considered from radically different vantages, in Brett Steele s anecdotal discourse on Zaha Hadid s 1983 painting The World (89 Degrees), John May s exacting dissection of architecture after imaging, and Hana Gründler s exploration of the ethical implications of drawing borderlines. The issue features commentary by two contemporary architects on contemporary buildings: V. Mitch McEwen on David Adjaye s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, DC, and Elisabetta Terragni on OMA s Fondazione Prada in Milan. Other highlights include an excerpt from Noah s Ark, the new collection of Hubert Damisch s singular writings on architecture; a lively response by Mark Foster Gage to Michael Meredith s recent Log essay on indifference; and a sampling of new domestic objects designed by architects. In this issue: Trisha Brown travels toward a wall, David Buege remembers Christopher Risher Jr., Hubert Damisch floats a theory of architecture, Cynthia Davidson reads Keith Krumwiede s Atlas, Cynthia Deng &amp; Elif Erez chase a tin can through Mexico City, Mark Foster Gage raises an objection to indifference, Hana Gründler limns the borders of ethics, Pablo Martínez Capdevila arbitrates the Radicals vs. Tendenza, John May processes images in real time, V. Mitch McEwen visits David Adjaye s NMAAHC, Matthew Soules appraises transhumanist vacancy, Brett Steele steps into Zaha Hadid s World, and Elisabetta Terragni reflects on the Fondazione Prada. Plus: Alfini, Besler &amp; Sons, Ania Jaworska, Jimenez Lai/Bureau Spectacular, MOS, Norman Kelley, Sam Jacob Studio, Thing Thing, and their wares. And observations on public art and preservation in Brooklyn . . .

Log 40

Trisha Brown

Hubert Damisch

Brett Steele

Norman Kelley

Jimenez Lai

Mark Foster Gage

Sam Jacob

V. Mitch McEwen

David Buege

Hana Gründler

Elisabetta Terragni

Ania Jaworska

Matthew Soules

Pablo Martínez Capdevila

Anyone Corporation

If you want to get a front row seat into the internal workings of more than a dozen top angel organizations, this is the book for you. It provides insight, history and perspective to the U.S. angel industry. Each chapter in the book is authored by a member of a leading angel organization in the U.S. These groups were selected for their unique contribution to angel investing. Interested in niche investing? Norm Sokoloff tells about the formation of the Tenex Medical Investors. William Payne, of the San Diego Tech Coast Angels, writes about the formation of alliances of angel networks, so the potential grows from 75 investors to a pool of more than 250. The late Hans Severiens shares on the oldest of angel organizations, the Band of Angels, and how his group pioneered many of today's standards. Sue Preston provides insights on the formation of a women's angel organization, the Seraph Capital Forum. George Lipper discusses the nuances of forming a public-private partnership in angel investing. Woody Tasch, of the Investors' Circle, talks about focusing an organization on "socially responsible" investing. Each chapter provides details on how meetings are conducted, how deal screenings are handled, what ideas have worked with the group, and what attempts did not succeed. For instance, Carol Sands of the Angels' Forum, released her group's "Ten Commandments of Investing," which has provided a solid guideline for their practices. James Geshwiler, of the CommonAngels, lists his group's best practices, and discusses the strategies of other groups in the New England area. Several writers tell how their organizations have formed key partnerships with venture capital funds, or started their own co-investing fund, in order to boost their capabilities. The book combines current data and research with refreshing openness about group cultures, structures, successes/failures, and practices. Any angel organization could benefit from this work.

State of the Art: An Executive Briefing on Cutting-Edge Practices in American Angel Investing

Elizabeth O'Haloran

The Darden School Batten Insti

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