Eileen Gray: Her Life and Work (Adam Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Eileen Gray: Her Life and Work (Adam Peter)(Pevná vazba)

In this illustrated biography, we learn the origins of designer Eileen Gray and the details of her groundbreaking career. Gray began as a creator of opulent lacquer furniture and transformed into a pioneer of modernist design. Staying firmly independent, she developed a distinctive take on

Eileen Gray: A House Under the Sun (Dzierzawska Zosia)(Pevná vazba)

Meet Eileen Gray, the female architect behind the world-renowned E-1027 house and a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture. In 1924, work began in earnest on a small villa by the sea in the south of France. Nearly a century later, this structure is a design milestone. Like so many gifted

How Things Work: The Inner Life of Everyday Machines (Gray Theodore)(Pevná vazba)

Million-copy bestselling author of The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions Theodore Gray applies his trademark mix of engaging stories, real-time experiments, and stunning photography to the inner workings of machines, big and small, revealing the extraordinary science, beauty, and rich history of

Life and Work of George Studdy, Bonzo (Babb Paul)(Pevná vazba)

'I Wonder': The Life and Work of Ken Inglis (Browne Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Ken Inglis was one of Australia's most creative, wide-ranging, and admired historians. During a scholarly career spanning nearly seven decades, his humane, questioning approach won him a large and appreciative audience. Whether he was writing about religion, the media, nationalism, the 'civil

Peter Gray's West Country Railways (Gray Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Buried - Life, Death and Revolution in Egypt (Hessler Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Lgbtq at Work: Your Personal and Working Life (Albright-Jenkins Melissa)(Pevná vazba)

A Frame for Life: The Designs of Studioilse (Crawford Ilse)(Pevná vazba)

The renowned designer and style guru Ilse Crawford showcases her body of influential, holistic work for the first time, articulating her groundbreaking philosophies for design and living. Studioilse, the award-winning design studio founded by Ilse Crawford, bridges the worlds of interior design,

Nefertiti, Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt: Her Life and Afterlife (Dodson Aidan)(Pevná vazba)

Anderswo / Elsewhere (Barth Petra)(Pevná vazba)

Petra Barth grew up in a rural village. She, her parents and her sisters lived on a small piece of land where nature was untamed. She climbed trees, floated on tires in big puddles of rainwater, picked wild blueberries in a nearby forest, and wandered along the giant furrows of a massive potato

Eileen Gray, Designer and Architect (Pitiot Cloe)(Paperback)

Beautifully designed and illustrated, this book reexamines the work of one of the most accomplished and few women to practice as a designer and architect before the Second World

Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why: Essays (Petri Alexandra)(Pevná vazba)

In Nothing Is Wrong and Here Is Why, acclaimed Washington Post satirist Alexandra Petri offers perfectly logical, reassuring reasons for everything that has happened in recent American politics that will in no way unsettle your worldview.In essays both new and adapted from her viral Washington Post

Fathers, Childcare and Work: Cultures, Practices and Policies (Musumeci Rosy)(Pevná vazba)

The work-life balance of fathers has increasingly come under scrutiny in political and academic debates and this collection brings together qualitative and quantitative analyses to explore their approaches to reconciling paid work and care

Don't Make Me Turn This Life Around (Pagn Camille)(Pevná vazba)

A witty and unexpected novel about a woman trying to keep her family vacation--and yes, her life--from going south by the Amazon Charts bestselling author of Life and Other Near-Death Experiences.It's been thirteen years since doctors declared Libby Ross-Velasquez a goner. Yet here she is--cancer

The Handbook of Social Work and Social Development in Africa (Gray Mel)(Pevná vazba)

All recent books on international social work mention Africa only briefly and few engage with the broader field of development studies. This book focuses solely on the unique African context engaging with issues relating to social work and development more broadly thus enabling a deeper examination

Richard Estes: Phaidon Focus (Chase Linda)(Pevná vazba)

The perfect introduction to the life and work of Richard

Hammer and Beyond: The British Horror Film (Hutchings Peter)(Pevná vazba)

The second edition of Peter Hutchings's landmark work on British horror cinema, featuring later writings by Hutchings and a new introduction by film historian Johnny

I Had a Brother Once: A Poem, a Memoir (Mansbach Adam)(Pevná vazba)

A brilliant, genre-defying work--both memoir and epic poem--about the struggle for wisdom, grace, and ritual in the face of unspeakable loss'A bruised and brave love letter from a brother right here to a brother now gone . . . a soaring, unblinking gaze into the meaning of life itself.'--Marlon

Miriam's Song (Smith Jill Eileen)(Paperback)

'Smith does an excellent job of bringing her characters to life . . . A memorable and noteworthy rendering of the atmosphere and figures of the scriptures.'--Booklist starred reviewIn her eventful lifetime, Miriam was many things to many people: protective older sister, song leader, prophetess,

Maxfield Parrish (Ludwig Coy)(Pevná vazba)

We are pleased to bring this classic work back into print. A compendium of the life and work of Maxfield Parrish, it is an essential part of a Parrish library. For the collector, the publisher has included a value guide to some of the products that bear Parrish images. Examples of Parrish's most

Peter Pan (Sabuda Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Robert Sabuda brings story of Peter Pan, Wendy, Captain Hook, and Neverland to life with his innovative and inventive

Amy Winehouse (Solomon Kate)(Pevná vazba)

In her intense, brief life, Amy Winehouse's music spoke directly to millions. And since her death, her fans have only increased. Amy Winehouse is one of those pop stars that comes along so rarely we're not sure we knew what we had when we had her. Her story speaks to us not because the relentless

Becoming (Crawford Cindy)(Pevná vazba)

International supermodel Cindy Crawford chronicles her life and career, sharing stories and lessons learned, and featuring her most memorable images in this New York Times bestseller. Cindy Crawford was the cornerstone of the golden age of the supermodel in the 1990s. She blazed a trail during