Discover everything you need to know about Economics. What is Economics? Why do consumers borrow and save? How do economic systems work? Money and investing...
Have you ever asked yourself how the inventions, gadgets, and devices that surround us actually work? Discover the hidden workings of everyday technology with this...
Are men's and women's brains really different? Why are teenagers impulsive and rebellious? And will it soon be possible to link our brains together via...
An all-star cast of scholars and politicians from Europe and America propose and debate the creation of a new European parliament with substantial budgetary and...
As much shaped by storytelling as it is by tectonic activity, Iceland's literary heritage is one of Europe's richest - and most ancient. Its stories...
In Island Dreams, Gavin Francis examines our collective fascination with islands. He blends stories of his own travels with psychology, philosophy and great voyages from...
An overview of the life and work of much-loved children's illustrator and author Judith Kerr, creator of classics such as The Tiger Who Came to...
In today",s highly visual society the logo has become the embodiment of a commercial brand and identity of a business, generating immediate consumer recognition. The...
Lucas Cranach the Elder created around 500 works during his lifetime. With his portraits of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchton and as court painter to...
While almost everybody knows Ludwig Bemelmans' Madeline, the fact that the illustrator published over forty other titles remains a well-kept secret. The first title in...
The story of the most inspired comic book promotional campaign of all time, collected here for the first time In 1974, Marvel Comics publisher Stan...
From beneath the beach umbrella, all might seem idyllic - children playing, sunbathers relaxing, ice slowly melting in a cocktail glass. But look a little...
Dive into our planet's largest and least explored world in this stunning encyclopedia of whales, waves, wrecks, wind farms, and everything oceanic!Using 3D illustrations and...
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How ownership came to control us - and what we can do about itOur love affair with our possessions seems to be all-consuming, even as...
Victor Nizovtsev’s work, such as the painting reproduced here, encompasses both academic formalism and surrealism. Technically brilliant, it hearkens back to the golden age of...
In the course of a career spanning more than fifty years, Posy Simmonds has become one of Britain's best-known satirical cartoonists. She is also as...
Elizabeth Wurtzel's New York Times best-selling memoir, with a new afterword",Sparkling, luminescent prose . . . A powerful portrait of one girl's journey through the...
Focusing on 56 selected works from the 1970s to today, Pushing paper examines why drawing has endured as a method of making art, and explores...
Der erfolgreiche Getränkehändler und Barbesitzer Malte Dinger ist ein Glückspilz. Als er jedoch unverschuldet in die Fänge der Justiz gerät, steht plötzlich seine ganze Existenz...