Atlas of Imagined Places: From Lilliput to Gotham City (Brown Matt)(Pevná vazba)

Atlas of Imagined Places: From Lilliput to Gotham City (Brown Matt)(Pevná vazba)

WINNER, Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2022: Illustrated Travel Book of the Year. HIGHLY COMMENDED, British Cartographic Society Awards 2022. From Stephen King's Salem's Lot to the superhero land of Wakanda, from Lilliput of Gulliver's Travels to Springfield in The Simpsons, this is a

A City Imagined: Belfast Soulscapes (Dawe Gerald)(Pevná vazba)

A City Imagined is a paean to the city of Belfast and its writers. Written in his highly regarded wry and lyrical style, Dawe's memoir sketches the outlines of his life as he starts to understand the city in which he was born, before embracing some of the local writers whose early work had such an

Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919 (Wallace Mike)(Pevná vazba)

In this utterly immersive volume, Mike Wallace captures the swings of prosperity and downturn, from the 1898 skyscraper-driven boom to the Bankers' Panic of 1907, the labor upheaval, and violent repression during and after the First World War. Here is New York on a whole new scale, moving from

Archipelago: An Atlas of Imagined Islands (Lewis-Jones Huw)(Pevná vazba)

‘Think of this atlas as the beginning of a journey and a kind of island guidebook, a rough guide to far-flung places, a Baedeker of make-believe, and a new page waiting to be filled. The cycle of Crusoes continues’ Huw Lewis-Jones Islomania is a recognized affliction. But what is it about

The Times Reference Atlas of the World (Times Atlases)(Pevná vazba)

Eighth edition of this popular atlas from the prestigious and authoritative Times Atlas range. Latest satellite images and fascinating historical maps. This world atlas contains the breadth, scale and detail to make it an ideal reference resource for school, home and business. The atlas has been

Atlas of Poetic Zoology (Pouydebat Emmanuelle)(Pevná vazba)

A catalog of wonders, from walking fish to self-medicating chimpanzees.This Atlas of Poetic Zoology leads readers into a world of wonders where turtles fly under the sea, lizards walk on water, insects impersonate flowers, birds don't fly, frogs come back from the dead, and virgin sharks give

Infinite City: A San Francisco Atlas (Solnit Rebecca)(Paperback)

What makes a place? Infinite City, Rebecca Solnit's brilliant reinvention of the traditional atlas, searches out the answer by examining the many layers of meaning in one place, the San Francisco Bay Area. Aided by artists, writers, cartographers, and twenty-two gorgeous color maps, each of which

Luck of the Titanic (Lee Stacey)(Pevná vazba)

From the critically-acclaimed author of The Downstairs Girl comes the richly imagined story of Valora and Jamie Luck, twin British-Chinese acrobats traveling aboard the Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage. Valora Luck has two things: a ticket for the biggest and most luxurious ocean liner in the

Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918 (Brown Don)(Pevná vazba)

From the Sibert Honor-winning creator behind The Unwanted and Drowned City comes a graphic novel of one of the darkest episodes in American history: the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918. New Year's Day, 1918. America has declared war on Germany and is gathering troops to fight. But there's

Diaries: From Blair to Brown, 2005 - 2007 (Campbell Alastair)(Pevná vazba)

From Blair to Brown is the second of four new volumes of diaries from Alastair Campbell, Tony Blair's former chief press secretary and director of communications and

Lisboeta - Recipes from Portugal's City of Light (Mendes Nuno)(Pevná vazba)

Everything You Know about Space Is Wrong (Brown Matt)(Pevná vazba)

Matt Brown goes where no one has gone before to bring us an entertaining compendium of amazing facts about our planet, the universe, and everything in between! Think that the vacuum of space would make your blood boil and your head explode? (It won't.) Or that astronauts float in space because of

National Geographic Atlas of the National Parks (Waterman Jon)(Pevná vazba)

The first book of its kind, this stunning atlas showcases America's spectacular park system from coast to coast, richly illustrated with an inspiring and informative collection of maps, graphics, and photographs. From the white sand beaches of Dry Tortugas to the snowy peaks of Denali, this

Children's Picture Atlas (Brocklehurst Ruth)(Pevná vazba)

This picture atlas takes young readers on a visual journey around the world, from the hot plains of Africa, to the frozen tundra of the Artic. Detailed pictorial maps reveal the richness and diversity of human and animal life around the

Joker/Harley: Criminal Sanity (Garcia Kami)(Pevná vazba)

Murder is his art. Catching killers is hers. In Gotham City, heinous acts of violence are a daily occurrence. Harley Quinn, forensic psychiatrist and profiler, consults with the GCPD ontheir worst cases. But she is fixated on an unsolved murder that haunts her--the night she discovered her

Batman: Earth One Vol. 3 (Johns Geoff)(Pevná vazba)

Harvey Dent is dead. Or is he? A gang of thieves thrusts Gotham City into a state of fear when they are mysteriously well-armed with military-grade weapons: flamethrowers, grenade launchers, and even tanks. And this gang claims it is funded by none other than former district attorney Harvey Dent

The History of Surfing (Warshaw Matt)(Pevná vazba)

From respected surfing authority Matt Warshaw, The History of Surfing presents a breathtaking and complete look at the history and culture of the sport. 'Meticulously researched, smartly written, beautifully laid out ... required reading.'--Outside Magazine Matt Warshaw knows more about surfing

World Atlas of Street Food (Quinn Sue)(Pevná vazba)

An informative and sumptuously illustrated guide to the best places to buy mouthwatering fast foods and drinks from hawkers and vendors in the major cities of the

Everything You Know about England Is Wrong (Brown Matt)(Pevná vazba)

Think you know all about England? Think again! Matt Brown, the Editor-at-Large of Londonist.com, is about to set you straight. What evokes England to you? Winston Churchill's wartime speeches? Keeping a stiff upper lip? Morris dancing? Guess what? Those speeches were delivered by an actor; that

Always a Guest: Speaking of Faith Far from Home (Brown Taylor Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

From beloved writer and renowned preacher Barbara Brown Taylor comes a new collection of stories and sermons of faith, grace, and hope. Taylor, author of the best-selling books Holy Envy and An Altar in the World, among others, finds that when you are the invited guest speaking of faith to people

Atlas of Heroes (Lawrence Sandra)(Pevná vazba)

Atlas of Stress-strain Curves(Pevná vazba)

Presents more than 1400 stress-strain curves from authoritative sources. The presentation of the curves is normalized to aid making comparisons among materialsThis second edition contains over 1400 curves. All diagrams include metric (SI) units, and many also include U.S. customary

Places of Poetry - Mapping the Nation in Verse(Pevná vazba)

We are delighted to present the best poems from the nationwide Places of Poetry project, selected from over 7,500 entries Poetry lives in the veins of Britain, its farms and moors, its motorways and waterways, highlands and beaches. This anthology brings together time-honoured classics with some of

Inspired by Place (Ewald Chase Reynolds)(Pevná vazba)

The philosophy of CLB, Inspired by Place, permeates all the firm's design work, from public projects to bespoke homes. Their portfolio projects -- timeless, thoughtful, distinct, and beautiful -- are examples of how to tread softly on the land in some of the world's most iconic landscapes. They