A spellbinding new talent explores the dark side of creativity through the stories of thirteen tragic architects'What a sensible, intelligent and beautiful book' Stefan Hertmans,...
Looks at every aspect of the world of branding. The author analyzes the problems facing todays organizations, criticizes corporate misbehaviour where he finds it, praises...
You can get happier. And getting there will be the adventure of a lifetime.In Build the Life You Want, Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey...
A young ceramicist's journey from apprentice potter to celebrated craftsmanFlorian Gadsby has devoted his life to pottery, refining his technique towards the point of perfection...
Ever since Henry David Thoreau’s described his two years, two months, and two days of refuge existence at Walden Pond, Massachusetts, in Walden, or, Life...
American pioneer Alfred Stieglitz defined early 20th-century photography, creating the school of ",Photo Secessionism", and founding cult art, literature, and avant-garde photo journal Camera Work....
Can capital be seen? Cartographies of the Absolute surveys the disparate answers to this question offered by artists, film-makers, writers and theorists over the past...
In this path-breaking new history, Maja and Reuben Fowkes introduce outstanding artworks and major figures from across central and eastern Europe to reveal the movements,...
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At its heyday, the American circus was the largest showbiz industry the world had ever seen. From the mid-1800s to mid-1900s, traveling circuses performed for...
Winner of the Estoril Global Issues Distinguished Book Prize 2013 In 1412, Europe was a miserable backwater ravaged by plague, bad...
An enchanting hardback collection of fairy tales illustrated with stunning vintage artwork from the Golden Age of children’s book illustration. The perfect gift for any...
This book opens many questions. Can architectural research still be eros towards study, the deepening of its principles? Can a temporary, ephemeral, mutant building, a...
What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island? What happened to the architects of the crumbling Maya pyramids? Will...
A New York Times and Washington Post notable book, and one of the Financial Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Slate, Mother Jones, The Daily Beast, and...
A timely history of the interplay between politics and military operations, 'Command is the history of our time' (Guardian)Military command has been reconstructed and revolutionized...
A tap of the foot, a rush of emotion, the urge to dance, without instruction or training we all respond intuitively to music. Comparing Notes...
A comprehensive guide to authentic, regional dishes from the recognised authority on Asian cuisine....
First in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of 'Empire of the Sun', 'Crash' and 'Super-Cannes'. The new edition is...