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Honore de Balzac; born Honore Balzac 20 May 1799 - 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comedie humaine, which presents a panorama of...

Public relations spin, religion, environmental disaster and offshore outsourcing are entrenching globalisation worldwide. Three power brokers, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Moses Halligan, and Ted Earnstie are all fighting for greater...

Polar bears, penguins, Arctic foxes, seals, and many more polar animals withstand the extreme weather conditions in the Arctic Circle and Antarctica. Turn the wheel so penguins can dive into...

TURN DOWN YOUR LIGHTS, GET READY FOR FRIGHTS When the clock strikes midnight and the moon's full and bright, it's time for dread and fear. For Mr Midnight is here....

The Dutch architect Willem Jan Neutelings (co-founder of Neutelings Riedijk Architects) is known as the architect of, among other things, the MAS in Antwerp and the Gare Maritime in Brussels'...

PEPIN Marker Colouring Books contain 16 sheets of superior acid-free bleedproof paper, printed with exciting and intricate designs. The printing is done in very light lines, so that the printed...

Dinosaur skeletons, eggs, bones, and fossils have become increasingly coveted objects for collectors. Dinosaurs are Collectible explores the reasons for their popularity and tells the stories behind the many illustrious...

This book is for all human beings. Drawn with a smile for the fearless and with an aching heart for all those living with anxiety speed bumps or overwhelming mountains...

Home is where the glam is. A sexy interior design book with glamorous, cinematic houses from the seventies, eighties, nineties and nillies. Houses with an erotic tension that make you...

Instagram is more popular than ever before. Over 80 million new photos are posted daily on this social networking site. How to pick the very best of them? We have...

For a long time Belgian artist Karin Hanssen has been a well kept secret among the inner art crowd; now she is on the verge of a breakthrough. Her work...

Neil had many questions related to his life. Having suffered a total eclipse of the heart, dumped by Arya, he had nowhere to go. He was completely shattered. Till one...

"This book allows readers to take refuge from the mundane, everyday life and transports them to a surreal world of strength and positivism. With gripping activities and fascinating information about...

This is an important and timely collection in which recent research and interpretations are reported and debated. The papers provide a scholarly analysis of a range of significant issues, complexities...

In the past before the era of photography flowers were reproduced in paintings or drawings. In Flowers in History some of the most appealing illustrations that depict nature's colourful splendour...

The myth of the Universal Museum, a place where cultures and the arts would be documented and preserved for future generations, inspired by the tradition of the Museum and the...

This title discusses women's artistic productions within established historical and geographical frameworks, also provides a survey of women professionally active as painters, engravers and sculptors in 16th and 17th century...

Anthologin is the product of a fortuitous encounter that brought together Samuele Ambrosi, an internationally renowned, multi-award-winning barman with a stellar resume, Maurizio Maestrelli, esteemed journalist and author of several...

Containing 20 detachable postcards of beautiful drawings from the The Wandering City. Immerse yourself in the white and black inky outlines of the Wandering City and fill them with colour.

Famous and beloved classics are reinterpreted to capture the attention of young audiences in this engaging book series. This magnificently illustrated edition Herman Melville's Moby Dick brings new life to...

"Why are T-Rex's arms so short?" "What happened to the dinosaurs?" Answers to 200 of the most-asked dinosaur-related questions can be found in the pages of this amazing and engaging...

November 19, 1479: a dynastic alliance, two noble scions, a regal wedding, short-lived and with an unhappy ending. These pages reconstruct the story of the magnificent bas relief in the...

Estridentismo (Stridentism), a vanguard cultural movement (c. 1921) which united artists and writers in a quest for artistic innovation and social reform, became embodied in an ideal but incomplete place...

The great mystery of colour finally revealed in a book that involves every field of knowledge, from history to science, from art to psychology. Why does the colour catch our...

In this updated edition featuring new projects, the renowned studio Garrofe showcases its most versatile and outstanding packaging-design projects. The book comes with links to copyright free vector-based templates and...

'The Art of Folding V1' presented a wide range of creators who are inspired by origami and whose work with various materials draws on traditional techniques. Drawing on examples from...

Charlie es una nia rubia, de ojos azules, educada y cariosa. Pero tambin es piroquintica. S, puede encender fuego a distancia, desde inofensivas fogatas hasta hogueras capaces de arrasar amplias...

Big things really do come in small packages! It is no exaggeration to say that today one cannot discuss Japanese manga techniques without touching on figure stylization methods. This book...

1,500 kilometers.500,000 years of history.One crazy family. Three hundred thousand people complete the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage every year, but not many of them attempt both the French and Spanish...

Beginning with early Alpine pioneers through to the development of modern skiing, author and ski aficionado Gabriella Le Breton presents the evolution of this much-loved mountain sport and all the...

Although the singular brutality of the Nazi dictatorship gruesomely symbolises human ruthlessness beyond all boundaries, one meanwhile often searches in vain for its visible traces - the "Fuhrerbunker", Gestapo headquarters,...

Whiskey is one of the most fascinating liquors in the world. This book provides lovers of this special beverage with everything they might want to know about its history, manufacture,...

Islam, the second largest and the youngest of the major world religions, has changed the world and left its mark on human history since the appearance of the prophet Mohammed...

This series depicts worldwide events of the twentieth century in a novel way. Fascinating black-and-white photographs from the Getty Images collection put images of the power of an event or...

The Musee d'Orsay, with its famous collection of artistic masterpieces from the Impressionist period, ranks as one of the most visited sights in Paris. This book offers concise information and...

Contemporary art, continued...Unless you regularly trawl the Chelsea galleries, hang out at the Tate Modern, peruse the Pompidou, attend every Biennale, and religiously read Artforum, you could probably use a...

In terms of celebrity icons, few attained the highest levels of fame and controversy as rapidly as Mae West. Labeled a "pornographer" by censorship boards, she was also one of...