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"Prepare a site for excavation; evaluate soil conditions; lay out footings and foundation walls; use site-made and manufactured forms; install proper reinforcement in footings, walls, and flat work; estimate and order ready-mix concrete; test and evaluate concrete quality before the pour; build walkways, patios, steps, and slabs from start to finish" - Back cover.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
A guide to choosing, building, and maintaining masonry surfaces and structures. This book includes landscape designs that coordinate building materials with the natural surroundings, bringing the pro's touch to your outdoor building projects, with step-by-step instructions for all the essential masonry skills. A comprehensive look at working with concrete includes basic and advanced techniques, creating decorative effects, and resurfacing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"Foundation work is the down-and-dirty side of homebuilding. But those in the know understand that it is also the work upon which all other construction rests, making a good foundation critical to every home. Completely updated, [this book] is the definitive guide to laying a foundation that will not fail to support the home above it. This latest edition of this best-selling title surveys the basics of working with concrete, from forming an dpouring...
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
Strong, versatile, inexpensive, and easy to work with, concrete is ideal for outdoor art and long-lasting, practical garden projects. A celebrated teacher has gathered the tried-and-true techniques used by sculptors and folk artists, and tailored them for low-tech surroundings. Work with molds; form over armatures; model or carve with concrete; and treat concrete surfaces with mosaics, embedded objects, incising, and coloring. For dazzling outdoors...
6) Masonry
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
"Masonry provides clear, accessible instructions that readers can use to do popular masonry projects the right way themselves. This book shows how to design, build and repair masonry like an expert, with the latest techniques and materials, step-by-step directions, safety advice, and hundreds of color illustrations. It is a must for anyone who wants to learn how to work successfully with concrete, brick, block, tile, or stone. Readers will learn the...
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Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"From a lowly mixture of stone, sand, water, and cement have sprung sidewalks, streets, and skyscrapers, . . . lighthouses and . . . palaces, long bridges and massive dams. In ancient building practices, in modern engineering, and in the architecture of the future, humble concrete plays a mighty role in the creation of the human-made world. With facts and . . . running narrative in the form of repartee-filled speech bubbles, [this book] is . . . informative...
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Pub. Date
2024.
Description
"A bold, essential account of how a fear of gender is fueling reactionary politics around the world"--
Judith Butler, the groundbreaking thinker whose iconic book Gender Trouble redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on “gender” that have become central to right-wing movements today. Global networks have formed “anti-gender ideology movements” that are dedicated to circulating a fantasy that gender is a dangerous,...
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This volume presents a survey of modern art. This term is usually associated with art in which the traditions of the past have been thrown aside in a spirit of experimentation. Modern artists experiment with new ways of seeing and with fresh ideas about the nature of materials and functions of art. A tendency toward abstraction is characteristic of much modern art. This text traces the development of trends and influences in painting, sculpture, photography...
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