'One day there is life . . . And then, suddenly, it happens there is death.' So begins Paul Auster's moving and personal meditation on fatherhood, The Invention of Solitude. The first section, 'Portra
Distributed in North America by The David Brown Book Co.--which consistently handles books of a high level of scholarship and execution--this sumptuous, oversized volume (8.5x12"), offers 15 essays by
Eyewitness Invention is the perfect introduction for children learning about objects and discoveries that have changed our world. What inventions fuelled the changes that lead to modern life? When was
The world's most trusted nonfiction series is now available with a CD of clip art and wall chart included with the hardcover edition which compliments these fact-filled titles that are loaded with spe
The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured—and transformed—the world’s imagination. The Walkman. Karaoke. Pikachu. Pac-Man. Akira. E
Knight, a registered US patent agent, draws on the registry of the Confederate States Patent Office and other primary sources in this history of the Confederacy's patent office, how it operated, and h
From the author of the acclaimed Heloise & Abelard comes?a new biography of Dante, following?his life through the turbulent world of late middle ages?The young Dante Alighieri was a love-sick poet
In How Invention Begins, Lienhard reconciles the ends of invention with the individual leaps upon which they are built, illuminating the vast web of individual inspirations that lie behind whole techn
This series offers comprehensive and cross-curricular information about a range of scientific inventions with fascinating histories. Each title in this series looks at one life-changing invention and
This series offers comprehensive and cross-curricular information about a range of scientific inventions with fascinating histories. Each title in this series looks at one life-changing invention and
Art/Invention/House is an authoritative presentation of forty new and recent houses that represent the creativity of some of the world's most gifted architects. Author Michael Webb has chosen project
Poetry. Four years after the release of his debut collection, Joshua Ware delivers his second and third books of poetry in a single, tête- bêche artifact. In UNWANTED INVENTION and VARGTIMMEN, respect
An astonishingly revisionist biography of Alexander Graham Bell, telling the trueand troublingstory of the inventor of the telephone.We think of Alexander Graham Bell as the inventor of the telephone,
