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Fall down the rabbit hole again and again with the master of paper engineering. With stunning pop-ups and elaborative interactive details, this is a gift that will be treasured by generations.Robert Sabuda?s dazzling adaptation of Alice?s Adventures in Wonderland makes the whimsy and fantastical burst out of the page. With a jaw-dropping number of three-dimensional pop-ups on every page, follow the White Rabbit through the forest, dine with the Mad Hatter, and play croquette ...

Swoop into the dangerous and exciting world of Neverland with the master of paper engineering. With stunning pop-ups and elaborative interactive details, this is a gift that will be treasured by generations. Robert Sabuda brings new life to J M Barrie’s beloved story with his stunning and intricate pop-ups. With a jaw-dropping number of pop-ups on every page, take to the skies with Peter Pan, cower in fear of Captain Hook’s mighty ship, and explore the forests the Lost Boys c...

‘Joyful, exuberant, and crackling with adventure.' STUART TURTON‘A clever and beautiful novel about the power of books.’ SUNYI DEAN‘Full of magic, wonder and heart.’ ANITA FRANK‘A magical, mesmerising adventure from the very first page.’ A. J. WEST ----------------------------------Because some doors should never be opened.New York bookseller Cassie Andrews is not sure what she’s doing with her life. She lives quietly, sharing an apartment with her best friend, Izzy. Then a f...

“The Tower is also present to the entire world... a universal symbol of Paris... from the Midwest to Australia, there is no journey to France which isn’t made, somehow, in the Tower’s name.” — Roland Barthes When Gustave Eiffel completed his wrought iron tower on Paris’s Champ de Mars for the World’s Fair in 1889, he laid claim to the tallest structure in the world.Though the Chrysler Building would, 41 years later, scrape an even higher sky, the Eiffel Tower lost none of its...

Since the dawn of modernism, visual and music production have had a particularly intimate relationship. From Luigi Russolo’s 1913 Futurist manifesto L’Arte dei Rumori (The Art of Noise) to Marcel Duchamp’s 1925 double-sided discs Rotoreliefs, the 20th century saw ever more fertile exchange between sounds and shapes, marks and melodies, and different fields of composition and performance. In Francesco Spampinato’s unique anthology of artists’ record covers, we discover the rhy...

With his instantly recognizable decorative style, Czech artist and Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha (1860–1939) defined the look of the fin-de-siècle. In evocative shades of peach, gold, ochre, and olive, his seductive compositions of patterns, flowers, and beautiful women became paradigms of the Belle Époque years. Mucha’s work permeated illustration, posters, postcards, and the advertising designs of his day.His striking posters of star actress Sarah Bernhardt were particu...

Mario Testino is recognized as the ultimate fashion photographer of his generation but his pictures of Kate Moss transcend fashion. The result of two decades of extraordinary friendship, and phenomenal glamour, this iconic collaboration is an intimate insight into the lives and minds of two of the world’s definitive style leaders. This book follows the journey of this exceptional fashion partnership, from early days backstage at the shows to behind-the-scenes glimpses of the ...

Over the course of his artistic career, Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) transformed not only his own style, but the course of art history. From early figurative and landscape painting, he went on to pioneer a spiritual, emotive, rhythmic use of color and line and is today credited with creating the first purely abstract work. As much a teacher and theorist as he was a practicing artist, Kandinsky’s interests in music, theater, poetry, philosophy, ethnology, myth, and the occult...

Post-9/11, America’s sense of invincibility was shaken. The dotcom bubble had burst, there was war with Iraq, and eco-angst was becoming mainstream, as evidenced by impressive sales of the Toyota Prius. For escapism, self-expression, and even romantic connection, America turned to tech.Geeks were the new superheroes, and the iPod and iPhone reigned supreme, both commercially and creatively. Social media began its unstoppable rise, with MySpace and Facebook pushing brands to g...

From a couture Dior gown and a rose-adorned Barbie to ancient mosaics and Victorian Valentine’s cards, this curated collection of more than 200 stunning images celebrates the world’s most iconic flower. Discover the extraordinary ways the universally beloved bloom has been depicted through time and culture, both within and beyond the garden.

Three-year-old girl disappears without a trace from her wealthy parents’ summer house. The alarm was on all night long and the windows and doors were locked. Investigators do not find any evidence of an abduction and fear the worst. Experienced lawyer, Joanna Chylka, and her novice protégé, Kordian Orynski, are tasked with defending a married couple charged with murder by the prosecutor’s office. The trial is circumstantial in nature, but everything seems to point to the par...

Featuring everything you need to know about being an effective leader, The Leadership Skills Handbook will help you develop signature strengths and accelerate leadership success. The Leadership Skills Handbook gives you the 100 essential tools you need to be an outstanding leader. Taking you beyond just theory, it shows you what works in real life, in a concise, easy-to-follow format. Based on research from over a thousand leaders around the world, from the public, private...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A Public Books Best Book of the Year "A profound and optimistic call to action and reflection. For Piketty, the arc of history is long, but it does bend toward equality. There is nothing automatic about it, however: as citizens, we must be ready to fight for it, and constantly (re)invent the myriad of institutions that will bring it about. This book is here to help." -Esther Duflo "A sustained argument for why we should be optimist...

The inspirational new business book from the star of Dragons' Den, teaching you the lessons, habits and strategies needed to start, run and grow a business in just six minutes each week.‘Sara cuts through the noise to show that just six minutes is enough, if you have the drive, passion and consistency to achieve your dream’ Steven BartlettHave you ever wanted to start or grow your own business, but found that life keeps getting in the way?Sara Davies, founder of the global cr...

THE ALL NEW NOVEL FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR**WITH EXCLUSIVE BONUS CHAPTER ANNOTATED BY LUCY AND GORGEOUS INSIDE COVER PRINTING!**A GILMORE GIRLS MEETS SCHITT'S CREEK REDEMPTION ROMCOMHazel Hart was a successful romance novelist until a breakup drives her straight into writer's block. Having failed (and failed some more) to deliver her new manuscript, she's hiding from the world behind a wall of old takeout containers until her pu...

In this groundbreaking book, the outspoken and radical Israeli historian Ilan Pappe examines the most contested ideas concerning the origins and identity of the contemporary state of Israel. This has been updated with a new afterword on the 2023 invasion of Gaza. 1. Palestine was an Empty Land 2. The Jews were a people with out a land 3. Zionism is Judaism 4. Zionism is not Colonialism 5. The Palestinians Voluntarily Left their Homelands in 1948 6. The June 1967 War was a war...

Stanisław Wyspiański is widely regarded as Poland's greatest artist and as the founder of modern Polish drama.Stanisław Wyspiański (1869 1907), is widely regarded as Poland's greatest artist whose work is just beginning to be appreciated outside of Central Europe. Best known as the founder of modern Polish drama, he was also an artist and applied arts designer. During his short career he made a number of striking portraits in pastel of his family and and contemporary Cracovia...

Italy is formed of 20 regions, each with its own distinctive history, culture, landscape, and recipes. Organized geographically, The Regional Italian Cookbook: Recipes from The Silver Spoon celebrates the astonishing diversity of Italy’s cuisine, showcasing the culinary identity of each region through its most famous ingredients, dishes, and food traditions. Known throughout the world as the authoritative voice on Italian home cooking, The Silver Spoon Kitchen takes readers o...

FERRANDI Paris, the French School of Culinary Arts dubbed the "Harvard of gastronomy" by Le Monde newspaper provides the ultimate reference on preparing and cooking meat.This book offers a complete course in cooking all types of meat: beef, veal, pork, lamb, poultry, and game. From trussing a chicken to tying a pork loin to dressing a rack of lamb, readers will gain all the fundamentals for preparing meat, along with more advanced techniques such as preparing sweetbread or de...

Trace the genesis of Jackson Pollock's work in this intimate portrait of the radical twentieth-century artist from his childhood in the American West through the diverse cultural influences that charted his artistic evolution.Jackson Pollock's "drip technique" paintings are among the most readily recognizable works of modern art, and they launched his career in 1947. Yet less is known of his earlier works, which are seldom presented together as a focus of study in their own r...

A career retrospective on one of the all-time great photographers of both music and black culture, Dennis Morris.When we think of the trailblazing photographer Dennis Morris's work, music is right there. Morris's adventures in the 1970s reggae and punk scene laid the groundwork for a six-decade career.It all began with Bob Marley: Morris doorstepped Marley in his early teens while skipping school and went on to capture much of Marley's tour, which launched his career as a mus...

Loosen up with a smile on your face...Marion Deuchars has practiced yoga for many years, and well knows the benefits it brings. Now she shares that passion with her illustrated character Bob the Bird, whose expressive poses will charm you into a reviving session of yoga breathing, stretching, posing, and mindfulness.Yoga for Stiff Birds rejects the clich s of studio photography in favour of a more immediate, inviting, look. With a few brush strokes Marion helps Bob into every...

An indispensable guide to the international history of illustrated images, from 1750 to the present day.Illustration: A Concise History is a dynamic visual journey through the landscape of illustration that maps the evolution of the discipline from the industrial revolution to the post-digital age and showcases over 180 of its most iconic practitioners, including Laura Knight, Antonio Lopez, K the Kollwitz and Hayao Miyazaki. By contextualizing the subject within a framework ...