The curious and intrepid editor of Edinburgh`s Review of Applied Ethics returns, this time to ponder the philosophical implications of love. In this third outing for Isabel Dalhousie in the Sunday Philosophy Club...
This volume features the work of the international landscape architecture and planning firm, Sasaki Associates . Through the use of illustrations and text the work of the firm with urban spaces, college campuses and...
Small Scale: Creative Solutions for Better City Living
Think big, design small. This is the rallying cry of a new generation of architects and artists who aim to improve the lives of city-dwellers through small-scale public design projects. Using the city as an...
Inspired by the similarities between human existence and the seasons, Ram, n del Valle-Incln created four modernist stories known as the "Sonatas tetralogy." From that highly regarded series comes this 1904 tale of...
The finest collection of art by one of the greatest English book illustrators. A stunning full-colour treasury of the finest illustrations by the famed English artist. Rackham`s subjects ranged from fairy tales and...
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Things have never been easy for Oscar. A ghetto nerd living with his Dominican family in New Jersey, he`s sweet but disastrously overweight. He dreams of becoming the next Tolkien and he keeps falling hopelessly in...
The Mathematics of Magic was probably the greatest discovery of the ages at least Professor Harold Shea thought so. With the proper equations, he could instantly transport himself back in time to all the wondrous...
The White Castle, Orhan Pamuk`s celebrated first novel, is the tale of a young Italian scholar captured by pirates and put up for auction at the Istanbul slave market. Acquired by a brilliant Turkish inventor, he is...
Theres a Word for It: Explosion of American Language (HB)
Word geeks (1984), rejoice! Crack open these covers and immerse yourself in a mind-expanding (1963) compendium of the new words (or new meanings of words) that have sprung from American life to ignite the most vital,...
Thinking with type: A Critical Guide for Designers, Writers, Editors, & Students (Revised, Expanded)
"Thinking with Type" is the definitive guide to using typography in visual communication, from the printed page to the computer screen. This edition includes 48 pages of new content and the online companion has been...
American architect Morris Lapidus is best known as the designer of glamorous postwar resort hotels in Florida, such as the Fontainebleau (1954) and the Eden Roc (1955) in Miami Beach, and the Americana in Bal Harbour...
