pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
pickabook books with huge discounts for everyone
Visit our new collection website www.collectionsforschool.co.uk
     
Email: Subscribe to news & offers:
Need assistance? Log In/Register


Item Details
Title: IN A WINDOW OF PRESTES MAIA 911 BUILDING
By: Julio Bittencourt, Tim Smith
Format: Hardback

List price: £19.99


We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for further information.

ISBN 10: 1904587674
ISBN 13: 9781904587675
Publisher: DEWI LEWIS PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 6 November, 2008
Pages: 80
Synopsis:

Winner of the Leica Oskar Barnack Award

In March 2006 the residents of 911 Prestes Maia, a twenty-two story ramshackle tower block in the center of sprawling Sao Paulo, Brazil, learned that they were to be evicted. The building, neglected by its landlord, had been empty for over a decade. In 2003 the "Movement of the Homeless" had moved in hundreds of families. The new residents created homes and a thriving community from squalor and neglect, complete with a library, workshops, and other educational activities. In this collection Julio Bittencourt records the tower's residents as they appear in weathered window frames. It is powerful and thought provoking.

Illustrations: 100 colour photos
Publication: UK
Imprint: Dewi Lewis Publishing
Returns: Returnable
Some other items by this author:
1ST REPORT [SESSION 1995-96] (PB)
A FIGHTING LIFE (HB)
ANGLER'S JOURNAL AND ALMANAC (PB)
ASIANS IN BRITAIN (HB)
AUSTRALIAN HUSKY ACTIVITIES AUSTRALIAN HUSKY TRICKS, GAMES & AGILITY INCLUDES
BARBARA LOVE SMITH (PB)
BRADFORD IN FOCUS (PB)
BUCK WILDER'S SMALL TWIG HIKING AND CAMPING GUIDE (PB)
BUCK WILDERS SMALL FRY FISHING GUIDE (PB)
BUSHCRAFT EDUCATION: RIFFS AND REFLECTIONS ON TEACHING AND LEARNING OUTDOORS
CAPE COD STORIES (PB)
CATCH AND RELEASE
COAL, FRANKINCENSE AND MYRRH (HB)
COUNCIL TAX HANDBOOK
COUNCIL TAX HANDBOOK
COUNCIL TAX HANDBOOK
COUNCIL TAX HANDBOOK (PB)
EAST LOTHIAN CYCLE MAP 2014 (MAP)
EVIDENCE-BASED CLINICAL PRACTICE IN OTOLARYNGOLOGY, AN ISSUE OF OTOLARYNGOLOGIC CLINICS (HB)
FIDUCIARY DUTY AND THE ATMOSPHERIC TRUST
FIDUCIARY DUTY AND THE ATMOSPHERIC TRUST
FIDUCIARY DUTY AND THE ATMOSPHERIC TRUST
FIDUCIARY DUTY AND THE ATMOSPHERIC TRUST
FIDUCIARY DUTY AND THE ATMOSPHERIC TRUST
FIDUCIARY DUTY AND THE ATMOSPHERIC TRUST (HB)
FIDUCIARY DUTY AND THE ATMOSPHERIC TRUST (PB)
FIRST PERSON ECOLOGY: LEARNING THE NATURE AROUND US
FUNDAMENTALS OF ANAESTHESIA (HB)
FUNDAMENTALS OF ANAESTHESIA (PB)
FUNDAMENTALS OF ANAESTHESIA (PB)
FUNDAMENTALS OF ANAESTHESIA (PB)
FUNDAMENTALS OF ANAESTHESIA (PB)
GLASGOW CYCLE MAP (MAP)
HAMPTON (HB)
HARDY BOYS ADVENTURES GN (PB)
HARDY BOYS ADVENTURES VOLUME 3 (PB)
INDIA'S GATEWAY: GUJARAT, MUMBAI & BRITAIN (HB)
IRON AND STEEL INTERNATIONAL (HB)
JACK MOUNTAIN BUSHCRAFT STUDENT HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO BUSHCRAFT, NATURE, AND GUID TRAINING STUDIES
JOLIET'S GERLACH BARKLOW CALENDAR COMPANY (HB)
LAME (HB)
LONDON INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY MISCELLANY (PB)
LYRICAL WHIMSY AND THINGS TO THINK ABOUT (PB)
MAKING ARTISAN CHEESE (PB)
MIDLOTHIAN CYCLE MAP (MAP)
MIDLOTHIAN CYCLE MAP (MAP)
MIDLOTHIAN CYCLE MAP (PB)
MY FINANCIAL GUIDE TO SUCCESS (HB)
MY FINANCIAL GUIDE TO SUCCESS (PB)
NICK SEVEN COLLECTION 1
NOT YOUR AVERAGE JOE
ON THE TRAIL: CANOE AND SNOWSHOE TRIP JOURNALS
PLAINFIELD (HB)
PLANTS AND IDEAS FOR YOUR GARDEN (PB)
POEMS AND GARDENS (PB)
PRICING STRATEGY (HB)
PRICING STRATEGY (PB)
SAN FRANCISCO THRILLERS (PB)
SENSIBLE STRENGTH TRAINING: A GUIDE FOR YOUNG ATHLETES & PARENTS (PB)
STRUIK (HB)
TAX ANSWERS AT A GLANCE (PB)
TEXTILE VOICES (HB)
THE BLUE FOREST (HB)
THE GRAND TRUNK ROAD (HB)
THE HARDY BOYS ADVENTURES #2 (PB)
THE JACK MOUNTAIN BUSHCRAFT SCHOOL CANOE HANDBOOK
THE MANUAL FOR MOVING ON - PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER AND TAKE CONTROL OF YOUR LIFE
THE MISSING GOSPEL (PB)
THE SEVEN CRIES OF TODAY'S TEENS (PB)
THE SIMPLE LITTLE SOURDOUGH AND OUTDOOR BAKING BOOK
THOREAU'S WALDEN (HB)
TO HELL AND BACK
TO HELL AND BACK (HB)
VIC FALLON COLLECTION 1
WAR ON FLESH (PB)
WEST LOTHIAN CYCLE MAP (MAP)

TOP SELLERS IN THIS CATEGORY
Saul Leiter (Hardback)
By: Margit Erb
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Our Price : £43.80
more details
Kate Moss (Paperback)
By: Mario Testino
Taschen GmbH
Our Price : £29.20
more details
Forever Saul Leiter (Paperback / softback)
By: Saul Leiter
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Our Price : £14.59
more details
Daido Moriyama (Paperback)
By: Gabriel Bauret, Daido Moriyama
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Our Price : £9.48
more details
Nan Goldin: the Ballad of Sexual Dependency (Hardback)
By: Nan Goldin, Marvin Heiferman
Aperture
Our Price : £33.00
more details
BROWSE FOR BOOKS IN RELATED CATEGORIES
 THE ARTS
 photography & photographs
 individual photographers


Information provided by www.pickabook.co.uk
SHOPPING BASKET
  
Your basket is empty
  Total Items: 0
 

NEW
Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr
By: SARA KHAN
A celebratory, inclusive and educational exploration of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr for both children that celebrate and children who want to understand and appreciate their peers who do.
add to basket

Learning
That''s My Story!: Drama for Confidence, Communication and C...
By: ADAM POWER-ANNAND
The ability to communicate is an essential life skill for all children, underpinning their confidence, personal and social wellbeing, and sense of self.
add to basket