I’m hoping that our community can uncover more books of interest at Lulu.com, as these book deserve extra coverage.
Here’s a sample of what I recently found.
Book 1: Open Field Production: A Reverse Archaeology. by Alastair Parvin. Lulu.com, 2008
URL = http://www.lulu.com/content/3244105
“Open Field Production is a project produced by Alastair Parvin at the University of Sheffield School of Architecture, under the studio brief Softpraxis; an opportunity to re-evaluate the role of the architect in society. ”’It interprets the rise of the amateur as a fundamental challenge to the embedded design values of systems and cities, and proposes an alternative to the ‘creative clusters’ planning model currently favoured by policy makers in the development of a UK ‘knowledge economy’”’. Using Sheffield as a case study, it anticipates the re-emergence of commons as a primary space of production, speculating with “absurd logic” upon how such a type might manifest itself in design terms. By proposing only minor distortions of existing sites, existing systems and existing hardware, it steps beyond the conventional limitations placed upon what architecture might do; abandoning the preoccupation with form in order to apply design-thinking to the continuous processes of formation.”
Book 2: Open Source Wicca. by Leo Ruickbie. Lulu, 2007
URL = http://www.lulu.com/content/1373598
“Released under a Creative Commons licence, Open Source Wicca, is a revolutionary approach to one of the fastest growing religions today. Now the original foundation documents of Wicca are available to everyone as never before. Open Source Wicca is about putting you back in control of spirituality.”
Book 3: RECENT ADVANCE IN P2P TECHNOLOGY. by Raymond Gao. Lulu, 2005
URL = http://www.lulu.com/content/112301
“This book is a combined volume of the first seven issues of P2P Journal published starting from July 2003 to January 2005. All topics are contributed by worldwide professors, IT specialists and scholars with first hand experiences and bright thoughts. Their knowledge repesent the current advancement in peer-to-peer technology. Those excellent papers are crystals of their hard working which may provide useful tools or theoretical basis for P2P new-comers in developing novel projects. This volume may also be used as an important reference book for academic teachers who are giving educational courses to college students for deeper understanding what is P2P technology and its direction in the near future.”
Book 4: An Architecture of Resistance. By Michael Lewis. Lulu.com, 2007
URL = http://www.lulu.com/content/846717
“Viewing architecture as narrative, commentary, event, and service, I am investigating an architecture of resistance which stands in opposition to the pervasive cultural forces of thoughtless consumption and the over branding of human life that have eroded experience of the physical world. I aim to expand the discourse of architecture through a critique of the profession in its current state and by employing the spirit and tactics of the culture jamming movement. Ultimately, my physical interventions will focus on the reclaiming of public space to promote a shift in consciousness through direct and participatory engagement and focus architecture on the act of service.”