Behind the Facade

Behind the Facade
Author: Alicia Butler Pierre
Publisher:
Total Pages: 316
Release: 2018-10-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781732739208

When businesses receive positive publicity, it's exciting! More customers means more cash. But too much growth, too soon can be catastrophic, especially if a business lacks the operations to support this influx of customers. Behind the Façade introduces business infrastructure as a way to manage fast growth for repeatable and lasting success.

Behind the Postmodern Facade

Behind the Postmodern Facade
Author: Magali Sarfatti Larson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 342
Release: 1995-01-01
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9780520201613

Magali Larson's comprehensive study explores how architecture "happens" and what has become of the profession in the postmodern era. Drawing from extensive interviews with pivotal architects--from Philip Johnson, who was among the first to introduce European modernism to America, to Peter Eisenman, identified with a new "deconstructionist" style--she analyzes the complex tensions that exist between economic interest, professional status, and architectural product. She investigates the symbolic awards and recognition accorded by prestigious journals and panels, exposing the inner workings of a profession in a precarious social position. Larson captures the struggles around status, place, and power as architects seek to redefine their very purpose in contemporary America. The author's novel approach in synthesizing sociological research and theory proposes nothing less than a new cultural history of architecture. This is a ground-breaking contribution to the study of culture and the sociology of knowledge, as well as to architectural and urban history. Magali Larson's comprehensive study explores how architecture "happens" and what has become of the profession in the postmodern era. Drawing from extensive interviews with pivotal architects--from Philip Johnson, who was among the first to introduce European modernism to America, to Peter Eisenman, identified with a new "deconstructionist" style--she analyzes the complex tensions that exist between economic interest, professional status, and architectural product. She investigates the symbolic awards and recognition accorded by prestigious journals and panels, exposing the inner workings of a profession in a precarious social position. Larson captures the struggles around status, place, and power as architects seek to redefine their very purpose in contemporary America. The author's novel approach in synthesizing sociological research and theory proposes nothing less than a new cultural history of architecture. This is a ground-breaking contribution to the study of culture and the sociology of knowledge, as well as to architectural and urban history.

Behind the Facade

Behind the Facade
Author: Lee Morgenbesser
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2016-09-07
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1438462891

Behind the Façade examines the question of why authoritarian regimes in Southeast Asia bother holding elections. Using comprehensive case studies of Cambodia, Myanmar, and Singapore, Lee Morgenbesser argues that elections allow authoritarian regimes to collect information, pursue legitimacy, manage political elites, and sustain neopatrimonial domination. He demonstrates how these functions are employed to manage the complex strategic interaction that occurs between dictators, political elites, and citizens. Far from being mere window dressing or even a precursor to democracy, flawed elections, Morgenbesser concludes, are paramount to the maintenance of authoritarian rule.

Behind the Facade of Stalin's Command Economy

Behind the Facade of Stalin's Command Economy
Author: Paul Gregory
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0817928162

The "red files" revealed. Examining the period from the early 1930s through Stalin's death in 1953—the height of the Stalinist regime—this enlightening book reveals what we have learned from the archives, what has surprised us, and what has confirmed what we already knew. Most of the authors have worked with these archives since they were opened.

Facade

Facade
Author: Nyrae Dawn
Publisher: Forever
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2013-07-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1455576301

In this steamy romance from a New York Times bestseller, dark secrets threaten the passion and joy of a couple’s connection as the truth of their pasts slowly creeps up on them. "Phen-om-enal! Nyrae Dawn paints with words in a way that made me drink Facade down in one big gulp. This is one of those books you can read again and again." -- New York Times bestselling author, Courtney Cole on Facade. From bestselling author, Nyrae Dawn, comes Book 2 in her New Adult, Games Series! Can love save them? After her father commits a crime that shatters her family, eighteen-year-old Delaney Cross is tired of pretending everything is alright. Packing up her car, she sets out to find the people her father hurt. Her search leads her to places she's never been--and into the arms of Adrian Westfall. To the outside world, Adrian is a sexy, charming ladies man. But his playboy persona is just an act. Secretly his soul is tortured by a memory too painful to share. Only Delaney seems to see through his favßade to the real man underneath. And for the first time in his life, Adrian feels he can begin to open up about his past. Together, Adrian and Delaney share a passionate, carefree love they never expected to find. Yet both still harbor their own secrets. When the dark truth is finally revealed, will it bring them closer together, or tear them apart forever?

The Façade

The Façade
Author: Michael S. Heiser
Publisher: Kirkdale Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2012-11-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1577995775

Sci-fi meets historical fact in this thrilling novel by ancient-language scholar Michael S. Heiser. Haunted by his parents' death and his career failures, Dr. Brian Scott has begun to settle for the life he's been given. Until he's kidnapped by military insiders known as The Group. Disappearances. Visitations. Murder. Brian and a team of world-class scholars are given a confidential mission: To prepare humanity for a new reality. They are here. But as the government's involvement with extraterrestrials is revealed, strange things begin to happen. Something isn't right. Unpeeling layer after layer of deception and counter-deception, Brian moves toward a shocking revelation that will forever alter how humanity sees itself. Every document cited in The Façade actually exists. Every ancient text discussed in The Façade is authentic. Every historical figure referred to or quoted in The Façade is real.

The Shattered Façade

The Shattered Façade
Author: Rebekah Mowbray
Publisher:
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2021-07-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780645212006

The Shattered Façade is a memoir of a woman who has refused to be destroyed by the storms of life. Rising after abuse, rising through addictions, Rebekah has become an award-winning actress, musician and author despite the odds. It's time to go into the tornado of chaos and step into clarity. My life has been a constant litany of storms. Abused as a child and riddled by addictions, I hid behind a 'composed veneer.' Bound by shame, I ran. From backpacking through South America, road-tripping solo across Australia, to droving cattle in the outback, I avoided pain at all costs. It did nothing. There was no relief in running. There was no relief in hiding. There was only release in facing my pain, head-on. The Shattered Façade is not only my tale of truth, but it is my fight from victim to victor. This is my tale of unashamedly shattering my façade.

Behind the Facade

Behind the Facade
Author: Stephen Games
Publisher: Universe Publishing(NY)
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1986
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: