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Windmill, wind machine, wind toy! They're all names for whirligigs - charming wind-driven, toy-like objects that have delighted observers for hundreds of years. This clearly written, amply illustrated guide provides...

This fascinating, newly revised edition offers an overview of game theory, plus lucid coverage of two-person zero-sum game with equilibrium points; general, two-person zero-sum game; utility theory; and other topics....

This handy pattern book by artist and stained glass designer Connie Eaton presents a remarkably rich collection of wildlife designs perfectly rendered for stained glass craft. Here are sixty designs...

Artists and crafters who want to add the magic of Celtic design to their next project will welcome this treasury of royalty-free motifs. Graphic designer Mallory Pearce has rendered 96...

A deadly curse in the form of a legendary ferocious beast continues to claim its victims from the Baskerville family until Holmes and Watson intervene. Often called the best detective...

At the behest of oil heiress Aline Barnsdall, the twentieth century's greatest architect created one of his most imaginative and controversial residential designs. Built in Hollywood in 1920 21, Hollyhock...

While there are many books on stars, there is only one Celestial Handbook. Now completely revised through 1977, this unique and necessary reference is available once again to guide amateur...

Complete instructions and examples help you create your own magnificent swirls, delicately shaded curves, harmoniously crisscrossing lines, from which birds, rabbits, deer, ribbons, and other objects gracefully emerge. "The law...

At thirty-one, Rachel Lehmann-Haupt thought she had everything: a great boyfriend, an exciting career, and the promise of marriage and children in her future. But the relationship ended and she...

A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER "If you're in any kind of leadership role-whether at a company, a non-profit, or somewhere else-there's a lot you can learn here."-Bill Gates, Gates Notes...

Jo Frost, a.k.a SUPERNANNY, is the answer to every stressed parent's dreams. In Channel 4's prime time series Jo works miracles on unruly children, by dispensing tough love, no-nonsense rules...

Every socialist in the land should happily greet the news that the whole story is to be told afresh in the new biography by Anne Perkins. She gave us a...

Presents evidence that human exposure to some toxic chemicals can have lifelong and even intergenerational effects on human reproduction and development. The result of a collaboration involving public health professionals,...

"The world is reaching the tipping point beyond which climate change may become irreversible. If this happens, we risk denying present and future generations the right to a healthy and...

This classic work is a general introduction to Indian philosophy that covers the Vedic and Epic periods, including expositions on the hymns of the Rig Veda, the Upanisads, Jainism, Buddhism...

How to love the skin you're in - an inspirational lifestyle book by the world's leading body acceptance activist and 2023 Australian of the Year. 'Your body is not an...

Making his way from the Polish border in the west, through the capital city and the heart of the 2014 revolution, to the eastern frontline near the Russian border, seasoned...

A hilarious novel in the bestselling tradition of Jill Mansell and Catherine Alliott Delphi, garden programme presenter extraordinaire, and Roo, TV producer and queen of the messy relationship, have been...

Lulu is the ultimate beauty icon for women - small in stature, but big in personality and attitude, she's renowned for looking fantastic for her age. How does she do...

Winner of the 1989 Whitbread Prize for Book of the Year, this is the first volume of Holmes's seminal two-part examination of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of Britain's greatest poets....

The author, wounded and taken prisoner in Calais in 1940 became a compulsive escaper and was the first of the very few to make a 'home-run' from Colditz Castle. Thereafter...

Since the 1989 fall of Communism in Eastern Europe, Romania, arguably the most regimented of states in the Soviet bloc, has struggled with the transition from totalitarian state to democratic...

"Alexie's prose startles and dazzles with unexpected, impossible-to-anticipate moves. These are cultural love stories, and we laugh on every page with a fist tight around our hearts."-- The Boston Globe...

At the age of twenty-eight, stuck in a dead-end job in London, and on the run from a broken heart, Bryce Corbett takes a job in Paris, home of l'amour...

When travellers Ben and Emma split up in Thailand, Ben falls for a local masseuse and experiences the darker side of tourism, where farmers' daughters sell their bodies in Bangkok...

Simply Scandinavian presents modern takes on traditional Scandinavian recipes, combining time-tested Finnish food preparation with twenty-first century taste. The recipes are organized by time of yearappetizers, main courses, and desserts...

In Creatives for Creativity Steve Brouwers (creative director at SBS) interviews 42 makers painters, photographers, graphic designers, conceptual artists, furniture designers, video artists, advertisers from all around the world. He...

Vegan cooking is more popular than ever. The challenge is to prepare meals that will be healthy and appealing for the whole family. This book features kid-tested recipes for families...

Shoes are a hot topic and are regularly discussed in various magazines and books. However, only few have access to the absolute top designers and initial founders of contemporary shoe...

"Just imagine: a beach in the middle of nowhere. You can see a camper with sea view. You can hear Portuguese music coming from the speakers. The canopy is out...

This book explores the oeuvre of Belgian photographer Willy Vanderperre. His editorial work appears in magazines such as AnOther Magazine, Dust, i-D, Perfect, Vogue and W Magazine. He also photographed...

Evil Rakshasa Kalanemi is back on Earth, this time appearing as Kansa, the tyrant king of Mathura. To vanquish him and his horde of evil monsters, Lord Vishnu comes to...

A stunningly illustrated edition of the timeless fairy tale. In a quiet village, at the edge of the woods, lived a girl that everyone called Little Red Riding Hood -...

Jules Verne's classic novel, Around the World in Eighty Days, is a true prototype for the adventure story. This new illustrated version captures Phileas Fogg's thrilling race around the globe...

A captivating collection of 30 architectural and interior design projects that harness and embrace the warm and timeless allure of wood to create environments that embrace natural beauty. Step into...

This book presents a selection of eco-houses and sustainable homes built according to what is feasible today in terms of sustainable architecture that respects the environment. It shows us what...

In our modern built-up world, we are constantly looking for a connection to nature through our gardens. Inspired design ideas reveal how to create exterior spaces in a variety of...

Iturbide revisits the predominantly Mexican American community of Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles, home of the legendary White Fence gang. Under the gaze of famed Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide,...

Life in the Folds makes use of an encrypted alphabet as a typographical and visual resource in approaching the project created by Carlos Amorales for the Mexican pavilion of the...

The prestigious architecture studio Romano presents its new book, a masterpiece dedicated to lovers of the world of decoration and architecture, lovers of contemporary lifestyle, and above all, of the...

A happy lion and a sad dog, a screaming face and a smiling face and a sun in all the colours of the rainbow. Explore language, imagination and the world...

Effective use of colour is important in floral arrangement design. This book illustrates how to make effective colour combinations in flower arrangement designs including wrapping paper or container. A first-of-its-kind...