A striking, sumptuous portfolio of catwalk and behind-the-scene images of John Galliano’s highly creative collections for his eponymous label John Galliano’s (b. 1960) ascent in the world
Velkom to Inklandt is a collection of poems in which Sophie Herxheimer brings vividly to life the voice of her German Jewish Grent Muzzer, Liesel, whose somewhat abrasive perspektiff she has never b
The history of Soviet strategic bombers after the Second World War is a fascinating one: from the reverse-engineering of interned American Boeing B-29 bombers into the first Soviet strategic bomber, t
Skirmishes by Neal B. Freeman, a major figure in the conservative movement for the last 50 years, is the story of modern conservatism from Barry Goldwater to Donald Trump. Part collection, part memoir
Postwar artists and architects have used photography, film, and other media to imagine and record the world as a wonder of collaborative entanglement -- to translate the world for the world. In this b
Bézier Vol.1 is an inspirational survey of today’s leading practicing vector illustrators. It offers a unique insight into the creative approaches and practices of artists at the forefront
DNA Repair Enzymes, Part B, Volume 592, is the latest volume in the Methods in Enzymology series and the first part of a thematic that focuses DNA Repair Enzymes.Includes contributions from leading au
Wellness expert Quentin Vennie shouldn’t be alive—he’s walked a path that many don’t live long enough to write about. Surrounded by dead ends and haunted by addiction, abandonment and violence, he’s b
In The Roots of Western Finance, Thomas K. Park and James B. Greenberg take an anthropological approach to origins of western finance and credit in ancient societies, covering a period of five thousan
Suits that pop with loud colors and dazzling patterns, complete with a nearly ubiquitous bowtie, define the style of the new “dandy.” Described as “high-styled rebels” by author Shantrelle P. Lewis, b
In 1914 the area around Ypres was a verdant landscape thick with vegetation, formed and transformed both by nature and human intervention. Before the First World War began, the landscape had already b
This publication provides an unparalleled comparative analysis of two "hot topics" in the field of antitrust and unfair competition law with regard to a number of key countries.The first part of the b
Aimee Crocker was an heiress to gold and railroad fortunes and a daughter of Judge Edwin B. Crocker (1818-1875), legal counsel for the Central Pacific Railroad, Justice of the California Supreme Court
In the first decade of the twenty-first century, France underwent a particularly turbulent period during which urban riots in 2005 and labor protests in 2006 galvanized people across the country and b
The essential five-volume resource on the painting and sculpture of one of the world’s foremost contemporary artistsFor more than 60 years, Jasper Johns (b. 1930) has remained a singular figure in con
New York Times-bestselling author Ron Powers offers a searching, richly researched narrative of the social history of mental illness in America paired with the deeply personal story of his two sons' b
At the same time former presidential advisor Daniel Ellsberg famously took the top secret Pentagon Papers, he also took with him a chilling cache of top secret documents related to America's nuclear b
The Women of the WISE Enquiries Agency are back.Henry Devereaux Twyst, eighteenth duke of Chellingworth, is terribly worried about the books in the lower library . . . so much so, he invites a local b
The book pulls together a series of articles by the authors that initiated the research areas of "optimal risk adjustment" and "optimal quality reporting." The papers present the b
In A Minor Apocalypse, Robert Blobaum explores the social and cultural history of Warsaw's "forgotten war" of 1914–1918. Beginning with the bank panic that accompanied the outbreak of the Great War, B
Media Laboratories explores a pivotal time for South American literature of the 1930s and ’40s. Cinema, radio, and the typewriter, once seen as promising catalysts for new kinds of writing, began to b
Good architecture results from a targeted lighting design. In order to work with light, one has to find out all about its character. The various contributions to this publication assist this process b
The murder of a college professor has its roots in the Cold War: the new Oxford Dogwalkers mystery from award-winning YA writer Annie Dalton.Shortly before Christmas, Professor James Lowell is found b
Ima Hogg (1882–1975) was a philanthropist who left her mark on Texas through dedicated support of the arts, education, and mental health. In this engaging biography, David B. Warren paints an intimate
This is the first book to focus explicitly on how China’s rise as a major economic and political actor has affected societies in Southeast Asia. It examines how Chinese investors, workers, tourists, b
This path-breaking book analyses young sporting women with physical disabilities and studies and explores their lived experience of a body which, on the one hand, is viewed as deviant - the disabled b
Thomas AdA‥s (b. 1971) is an established international figure, both as composer and performer, with both popular and critical acclaim. From being hailed as the a€?next Benjamin Brittena€? to his succe
This monograph aims at bringing out a comprehensive collection of information on bamboo varieties in South Asia. The main focus of this book is to address the ecological and economic significance of b
Feminist Film Theory and Pretty Woman offers a concise introduction to feminist film theory since the 1970s until the present day, illustrating how this theory can be used to interpret the Hollywood b
A rhyming winter-themed book full of delicious snowflakes!If snowflakes tasted like sugar plums . . .they’d be dancing in my head.If snowflakes tasted like oatmeal . . .they would get me out of b
On the eve of a presidential election that may determine the makeup of Supreme Court justices for decades to come, prominent attorney James B. Zirin argues that the Court has become increasingly parti
The brilliant new novel in Robert B. Parker’s New York Times–bestselling series featuring police chief Jesse Stone. All is quiet in Paradise, except for a spate of innocuous vandalism. Good thing
The RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants remains the ultimate plant guide for gardeners. The most definitive work of garden reference has been completely revised and refreshed for this 4th edition, b
In Rule-Formulation and Binding Precedent in the Madhhab-Law Tradition, Talal Al-Azem argues for the existence of a ‘madhhab-law tradition’ of jurisprudence, and examines how legal rules were forged b
Based on extensive, long-term fieldwork in the borderlands of Afghan and Tajik Badakhshan, this book explores the importance of local leaders and local identity groups for the stability of a state’s b
The Residue of Dreams is the first English-language publication of the classical-style poems of Jao Tsung-i (b. 1917), a prominent artist-calligrapher, scholar-poet, and polymath living in Hong Kong.
The murder of a college professor has its roots in the Cold War: the new Oxford Dogwalkers mystery from award-winning YA writer Annie Dalton.Shortly before Christmas, Professor James Lowell is found b
A beautiful hardback edition of Charlotte's Web by E. B. White. This lovely edition is part of the highly collectible Puffin 'cloth' Classics series - all the titles in the range have attractive 'clot
Recent political developments in post-Soviet countries have raised novel issues regarding the stability of the post-Cold War world order. A new direction in policy has been exemplified by the recent b
Human iPS cells have a great potential to be cell sources for regenerative medicine because of the promise of infinite self-renewal and the capability to differentiate into multiple cell types. This b
