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Treading Lightly: The hidden wisdom of the world's oldest people
We are consuming more than our earth can provide. In Australia, cities and towns struggle to maintain a reliable water supply, climate change triggers droughts which devastate farmland, and fish...
Little Book of Seoul Style: The Fashion Story of the Iconic City
Fashion rules supreme in Korea with Seoul fast gaining its reputation as East Asia's leading style capital. From hanbok to hallyu, understated to experimental, and streetwear to high-end couture, Little...
The Little Book of London Style: The fashion story of the iconic city
From street style to high fashion, London has been a hub of fashion creativity and innovation for centuries. Mary Quant. Vivienne Westwood. Alexander McQueen. Martine Rose. The list of designers...
Little Book of New York Style: The Fashion History of the Iconic City
From Carrie Bradshaw to Grace Jones, and from Nicki Minaj to Blair Waldorf, New York is the fashion 'it girl' capital of the world.Home of both laid-back street style and...
Hats
Over 350 color photographs depict a magnificent array of fashion hats from the early 19th century to present day, including the earliest known American straw bonnet. The hats are presented...
Bizarre & Outlandish Gadgets & Doohickeys: Used in Everyday Life-1851
Hundreds of 19th- and 20th-century curiosities and contraptions are catalogued in this amusing assembly of more than 1,000 images. The days from the first Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851 to...
The Other Russian Dolls: Antique Bisque to 1980s Plastic
As interest in Russia increases, increased value and attention are focused on its history-rich ethnic dolls, and this is the only comprehensive resource available. For those who collect, deal in,...
Resilience: Why Things Bounce Back
RESILIENCE is a book about how the world works. It covers business, economic, geographic and social systems in a thrillingly readable narrative. A wealth of absorbing examples are covered, from...
The Long Walk with Little Amal: The Official Companion book to 'The
From July to November 2021, Little Amal, a 3.5m-high puppet created by Handspring Puppet Company ('War Horse') will walk 8,000km from the Syria-Turkey border along the established refugee route through...
Secrets in the Dark: THE glamorous blockbuster and the escapist treat
The ultimate glamorous, escapist blockbuster - perfect for fans of Melanie Blake, Jackie Collins and Shirley Conran's Lace. 'Just the kind of glamorous escapism we all desperately need...
Bizarre & Outlandish Gadgets & Doohickeys: Used in Everyday Life-1851
Hundreds of 19th- and 20th-century curiosities and contraptions are catalogued in this amusing assembly of more than 1,000 images. The days from the first Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851 to...
Sex, Sense and Nonsense: Felicity Green on the 60's Fashion Scene
The 'Swinging 60s' up close - 60s' style captured in a unique combination of words and pictures from award-winning journalist Felicity Green of the Daily Mirror, the biggest-selling newspaper of...
Big Ick Energy: A Selection of the World's Weirdest Turn-Offs
Do you cringe when you hear someone giving a ridiculously overcomplicated coffee order? Do you shudder when someone sits the wrong way round on a chair? Do you die inside...
The Power of Women: A doctor's journey of hope and healing
"Dr Mukwege, you are a warrior for peace" - Oprah Winfrey Nobel laureate, world-renowned doctor and human rights activist, Dr Mukwege has dedicated his life to caring for victims of...
Untangling the Web
The World Wide Web is the most revolutionary innovation of our time. In the last decade, it has utterly transformed our lives. But what real effects is it having on...
Drag: Mini: The Complete Story with new foreword by Fenton Bailey
Drag is transformation, communication, and, above all, exaggeration, where gender non-conformity is the plat du jour. This fearless book observes this increasingly complex world by exploring drag's journey - from...
Harry Potter: Hedwig Pop-Up Advent Calendar
Celebrate Christmas and discover 25 hidden surprises with Hedwig the owl, in this beautiful advent calendar and pop-up book inspired by the Harry Potter films!This must-have collectible designed by renowned...
Spinning Plates: SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR talks Music, Men and Motherhood
AS HEARD ON HIT FILM SALTBURN.'She's an honest and a very warm writer... it's a really warm read this. It might just touch a lot of readers.' - MAGIC RADIO'Honest...
Radio Free Afghanistan: A Twenty-Year Odyssey for an Independent Voice (SIGNED)
An FT Best Book of the Year'Saad Mohseni is one of the most remarkable figures in modern Afghanistan - brave, entrepreneurial, with a knack for imagining the impossible - he...
The Handover: How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States (SIGNED)
'The Singularity' is what Silicon Valley calls the idea that, eventually, we will be overrun by machines that are able to take decisions and act for themselves. What no one...
Broken News: Why the Media Rage Machine Divides America and How to
"One of America's most experienced and exemplary journalists has written an unsparing analysis of the dreadful consequences -- for journalism and the nation -- of 'how the news lost a...
Conspiracy: A History of Boll*cks Theories, and How Not to Fall for
'Uproarious . . . [Phillips and Elledge] pair the abundant good humour of this book with a warning about the corrosive effects of conspiracy theories' The Times From the Satanic...
Keanu Reeves: Most Triumphant: The Movies and Meaning of an
There can be no doubt: Keanu Reeves is a phenomenon. He's at once a badass action star, a hunky dreamboat who People magazine has called "the Internet's boyfriend," a vintage...
Too Famous: The Rich, The Powerful, The Wishful, The Damned, The
TOO FAMOUS collects pieces Michael Wolff has written as a columnist for New York, Vanity Fair, The Guardian, GQ and The Hollywood Reporter, and adds several new ones. Written over...
Behind the Gloss: Disco, divas and dressing up. Welcome to the wild
Dressing up. Partying all night. This is the world of 1970s fashion, and this book is your backstage pass.Featuring over 25 exclusive interviews with the movers and shakers of the...
On Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation
An exploration of the power of belonging in an age of social isolation, drawing on lessons from innovative leaders, individuals, and organizations to show how we can create lives and...
For The Swifties: A Puzzle Book Inspired by Taylor Swift (Unofficial
Taylor Swift needs no introduction. The global superstar is one of the greatest singer-songwriters of her generation with a fanbase that covers the globe. Now it's the fandom's time to...
Naked in the Rideshare: Stories of Gross Miscalculations
From Rebecca Shaw and Ben Kronengold, the youngest comedy writers ever for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and masterminds behind the viral 2018 Yale graduation speech, comes a hilarious...
Horror Unmasked: A History of Terror from Nosferatu to Nope
Horror Unmasked offers a general introduction to the popular film genre, serves as a guidebook to its film highlights, and celebrates its practitioners, trends, and stories.The horror film's pop-culture importance...
Family Unfriendly: How Our Culture Made Raising Kids Much Harder Than
The bestselling author of Alienated America traveled the country asking families and experts the same two questions: Why is parenting so hard now And why are the results so badOur...
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient
'A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter' New York Times'An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and...
Heartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop
You know the songs by heart. You've traded the friendship bracelets. You've worn the cowboy boots and the bejewelled bodysuits.Now, get the inside track on this generation's biggest super star...
Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A lasting work of social history' THE TIMES'A genuinely new history of our nation' DAN JONES'This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history' SPECTATOR...
Welcome To The O.C.: The Oral History
"A fascinating peek behind the making of a megahit, and a delightful bit of nostalgia for those of us who remember life before streaming TV." -Town & CountryWelcome to the...
Paris: The Memoir
PARIS: A MILLION MEANINGS IN A SINGLE NAMEHeiress. Party girl. Problem child. Selfie taker. Model. Reality star. Self-created. The labels attached to Paris Hilton.Founder. Entrepreneur. Pop Culture Maker. Innovator. Survivor....
Just Friends: On the joy, influence and power of friendship
Voice memos, care packages, hours-long phone conversations, treasured traditions that go back decades, glasses held aloft during wedding toasts, hands held at funerals, first cuddles with newborns, lunches with work...
Heartbreak is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop
You know the songs by heart. You've traded the friendship bracelets. You've worn the cowboy boots and the bejewelled bodysuits.Now, get the inside track on this generation's biggest super star...
The Elton John Activity Book: An Unofficial Lovefest
Recognising one of the most-honoured performers of all time, The Elton John Activity Book is a celebration of a musical great. Perfect for the long-standing superfan or for those wanting...
After Fellini: National Cinema in the Postmodern Age
During the last two decades of the 20th century, the perception of Italian cinema's prominence within the film industry waned. This decline, in part due to the loss of its...
Frege: A Philosophical Biography
Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) is one of the founding figures of analytic philosophy, whose contributions to logic, philosophical semantics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mathematics set the agenda for future...
Masters of Traditional Arts [2 volumes]: A Biographical Dictionary
Every year the US National Endowment for the Arts presents its National Heritage Fellowship to America's best practitioners of time-honoured crafts and arts. The volumes celebrate the lives and achievements...
The Elton John Activity Book: An Unofficial Lovefest
Recognising one of the most-honoured performers of all time, The Elton John Activity Book is a celebration of a musical great. Perfect for the long-standing superfan or for those wanting...
The Hills of Rome: Signature of an Eternal City
Rome is 'the city of seven hills'. This book examines the need for the 'seven hills' cliche, its origins, development, impact and borrowing. It explores how the cliche relates to...
As If Silent and Absent: Bonds of Enslavement in the Islamic Middle
This groundbreaking book reconceptualizes slavery through the voices of enslaved persons themselves, voices that have remained silent in the narratives of conventional history. Focusing in particular on the Islamic Middle...
Edwardian Ladies' Hat Fashions: Where Did You Get that Hat?
Based upon the author's large personal collection of beautiful fashion postcards from Edwardian times, this book takes the reader on a journey through that era covering the hat fashions and...
Crocodile Undone: The Domestication of Australia's Fauna
Across the world, animals are being domesticated at an unprecedented rate and scale. But what exactly is domestication, and what does it tell us about ourselves? In this book, Marcus...
Knowing the Past: Victorian Literature and Culture
To what extent is it possible to know the past or to know other cultures? Can one describe the past without imposing one's own cultural, political, social, or personal preconceptions?...
The Culture of the Book in Tibet
The history of the book in Tibet involves more than literary trends and trade routes. Functioning as material, intellectual, and symbolic object, the book has been an instrumental tool in...