Memento Mori takes the reader on a ghoulish but beautiful tour of some of the world's more unusual sacred sites and traditions, in which human remains are displayed for the benefit of the living.
The visual arts enrich our lives in many ways: bringing innovative ideas and the pleasures of beauty and emotion, but they can also confound. How To Understand Art sets out to enhance the viewer's experience by breaking down the elements of art and sculpture to provide a firm basis for simple enjoyment as well as further investigation.
A fresh edition of the sustainable design pioneer Victor Papanek's classic and ever-relevant book.
Work allows us to pay the bills. The practical and conceptual divide between work and leisure profoundly shapes our lives. Work is where many of us derive our status and our sense of purpose.Work is so much part of our lives and our culture that we have internalized beliefs about its value and have built our economies and lives around those beliefs.
In a brand-new approach, this book presents photography in all its principal forms of experience, to portray the unique characteristics of this accessible and universally appealing medium.
Gain new perspective on the vibrant and innovative world of contemporary African fashion design, bursting with fresh creativity and free from reductive stereotypes.
From the daguerreotype to the digital age, Face Time is an accessible introduction to one of photography's most popular subjects: ourselves.
American Geography is the visual record of Magnum photographer Matt Black's five-year, 100,000-mile road trip across 46 states of the United States, plus Puerto Rico. It examines the conditions of powerlessness, prejudice and pragmatism among America's poor.
The Big Book of Belonging is for all the children who like to climb trees, run barefoot, splash in paddles, search for bugs, sing with the birds, taste snowflakes and count the stars. By placing children at the heart of the natural world, the book celebrates our connection with planet Earth and reveals the often surprising similarities between humans, animals and plants.
A Scene In Between sets out to excavate the sartorial treasures of the UK's 1980s guitar scenes.
The incomparable play of light and color in Paul Cezanne's work was the foundation of his reputation as a forerunner of modernism. From the start he went his own way, and his paintings initially evoked a lack of understanding in art critics of the time, as well as ridicule.
As we face a world that is undergoing unparalleled change, no area is more dynamic than business. To help us understand, navigate and succeed in this new world, the team at Monocle brings together its unique knowledge of culture, politics, economics, and business.
This attractively designed edition of the classic novel set in the Roaring Twenties is bound in genuine bonded leather, with gilt-edged pages and a ribbon marker.
This collection of Christmas tales includes Dickens' classic, 'A Christmas Carol'. Short stories and poems by various authors are also featured.
THE ONE WITH THE HOME IMPROVEMENTSThe fourteenth laugh-out-loud, fully-illustrated Diary of a Wimpy Kid book from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney! A global phenomenon with 250 million copies of the series sold worldwide!This paperback edition features EPIC fluorescent sprayed edges!!Big changes are in store for Greg Heffley and his family. They are making home improvements!
Gay Talese’s crystalline portrait of Frank Sinatra combined faithful fact with vivid storytelling in a triumph of New Journalism. It is now published alongside notes and correspondence from the author’s archives and photographs from Phil Stern—the only photographer granted access to Sinatra over an extraordinary four decade period.
SHARPE IS BACK.This September, global bestseller Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.If any man can do the impossible it's Richard Sharpe . . .Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling, he joined the army twenty-one years ago, and it's been his home ever since.
Pre-order today. The brand new novel from million-copy bestselling author Cecelia Ahern. Five people.Five chances.One woman's search for happiness.Allegra Bird's arms are scattered with freckles, a gift from her beloved father.But despite her nickname, Freckles has never been able to join all the dots.
