A beautifully illustrated newly revised guide to the underwater world of the Earth's oceans. Introducing the most comprehensive, visual, and accessible ocean encyclopedia available on...
Power Up! Super Mario Bros. Encyclopedia: The Official Guide to the First 30 Years is jam-packed with content from all seventeen Super Mario games--from the...
For however smart your Roomba or Alexa might seem, historically, robots have been fairly dumb. They are only able to do their jobs when given...
Shortlisted for the Deutscher Memorial Prize 2023This book presents an encompassing, detailed and thorough overview and reconstruction of Lefebvre's theory of space and of the...
Through 70 stunning infographics and maps, this exciting and timely book looks at the borders that define our current world.There are borders that...
From the Chevrolet Bel Air to the Ferrari Testarossa, this stunning book showcases the most iconic and important classic cars from every decade since the...
The definitive guide to the development, form, function, and disorders of the human body. The most detailed popular reference book on human anatomy available, this...
Discover the origins, traditions, and use of the everyday foods served up on our plates, from salt to sushi and rice to ravioli. A true...
Immerse yourself in stories and pictures of these useful plants, from herb gardens to remote wildernesses. Herbs have been used by humans throughout history -...
From the acclaimed photographer and botanist Roger Phillips, Trees is the definitive arboreal handbook for all admirers of the natural world. This refreshed edition of...
A new exploration of our conception of reality, by one of the world’s most influential philosophersHow do we understand the world and our place in...
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The watery habitats of the world are home to a more varied and concentrated array of animal life than anywhere on dry land. This guide...
Exploring 250 milestone discoveries in medicine spanning more than 12,000 years, Pickover brings insight and acumen to the broad spectrum of medical studies....
In almost thirty interviews, Donatien Grau probes some of the world's most prominent thinkers and preeminent arts leaders on the past, present, and future of...
In 1931 Ludwig Wittgenstein wrote his famous Remarks on Frazer's ",Golden Bough,", published posthumously in 1967. At that time, anthropology and philosophy were in close...
This volume collects landmark research in a burgeoning field of visual analytics for linguistics, called LingVis. Combining linguistic data and linguistically oriented research questions with...
We are in the midst of a global mental health crisis, and mental illnesses are on the rise. But what causes mental illness? And why...
A classic encyclopedia of symbols by Catalan polymath Joan Cirlot that illuminates the symbolic underpinnings of myth, modern psychology, literature, and art. From the Egyptians...
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The definitive book on the rise of ",toxic achievement culture", overtaking our kids' and parents' lives, and...
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