Into the Universe of Technical Images (Flusser Vilm)(Paperback)

Into the Universe of Technical Images (Flusser Vilm)(Paperback)

Poised between hope and despair for a humanity facing an urgent communication crisis, this work by Vil m Flusser forecasts either the first truly human, infinitely creative society in history or a society of unbearable, oppressive sameness, locked in a pattern it cannot change. First published in

Towards a Philosophy of Photography (Flusser Vilm)(Paperback)

Media philosopher Vilem Flusser proposed a revolutionary new way of thinking about photography. An analysis of the medium in terms of aesthetics, science and politics provided him with new ways of understanding both the cultural crises of the past and the new social forms nascent within them

Shape of Things: A Philosophy of Design (Flusser Vilm)(Paperback)

This book presents for the first time in English an array of essays on design by the seminal media critic and philosopher Vilem Flusser. It puts forward the view that our future depends on design. In a series of insightful essays on such ordinary 'things' as wheels, carpets, pots, umbrellas and

The Mandala Book: Patterns of the Universe (Cunningham Lori Bailey)(Paperback)

Stunning images of mandalas as they appear in our universe illustrate the story of unity, making this book an uplifting visual treat that reveals our connection to the world and to one another. The mandala is an archetypal symbol of wholeness that is replicated on a cosmic scale, not only in art,

Post-History (Flusser Vilm)(Paperback)

Is there any room left for freedom in a programmed world? This is the essential question that Vilem Flusser asks in Post-History. Written as a series of lectures to be delivered at universities in Brazil, Israel, and France, it was subsequently developed as a book and published for the first time

Stars and Planets: Understanding the Universe (Sparrow Giles)(Paperback)

Following the 'Big Bang', it took the universe billions of years to evolve into the unique system of stars and planets that we know of today. Scientists have studied the planets of our solar system for centuries, and are beginning to understand the billions of stars and other bodies that make up

Gestures (Flusser Vilem)(Paperback / softback)

Throughout his career, the influential new media theorist Vilem Flusser kept the idea of gesture in mind: that people express their being in the world through a sweeping range of movements. He reconsiders familiar actions--from speaking and painting to smoking and telephoning--in terms of

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Mirror Universe Collection (Tipton Scott)(Paperback)

Go into the alternate 'Mirror, Mirror' universe to meet the cold-blooded crew of the I.S.S. Enterprise and their captain, the ruthless Jean-Luc Picard, in this collection of three graphic novels! Space... The final frontier. These are the voyages of the I.S.S. Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to

Saltburn-by-the-Sea Revisited (Lynn Tony)(Paperback / softback)

A collection of images providing an insight into the history of

Water Sound Images - The Creative Music of the Universe (Lauterwasser Alexander)(Pevná vazba)

Into The Silent Land (Broks Paul)(Paperback / softback)

The eagerly awaited paperback by the new star of psychological writing: 'Rich with disturbing images, eerie characters and wistful philosophical reflection... in terms of sheer prose ability he is a modern master.' Andrew Marr,

Come Into Me (Thompson Zac)(Paperback)

From the critically acclaimed writers of THE DREGS and the artist of Image Comics' SEX comes a new horror series about body image, social media, and memory. When an entrepreneur with a god complex creates a technology that allows two minds to share one body, he doesn't anticipate the degenerative

Does Writing Have a Future? (Flusser Vilm)(Paperback)

In Does Writing Have a Future?, a remarkably perceptive work first published in German in 1987, Vil m Flusser asks what will happen to thought and communication as written communication gives way, inevitably, to digital expression. In his introduction, Flusser proposes that writing does not, in

War Of Nerves (Shephard Ben)(Paperback / softback)

I cannot imagine what has got into the central nervous system of the men.'A War of Nerves is a history of military psychiatry in the twentieth century - an authoritative, accessible account drawing on a vast range of diaries, interviews, medical papers and official

The Convoluted Universe, Book Three (Cannon Dolores)(Paperback)

Features a voyage through time and space into the world of the strange and unusual and unfathomable. This book explores worlds and dimensions where dreams become reality and reality is only a

Delta Green: Observer Effect (Detwiller Dennis)(Paperback)

THE UNIVERSE LIVES-AND HUNGERSIf we look too deeply into the roiling chaos of reality, chaos may look back. The Olympian Holobeam Array, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy, was built to delve into a fringe theory of physics. It uses highly classified technology that its parent company

Soul Riders, 1: Jorvik Calling (Dahlgren Helena)(Paperback)

Step into the universe of the massively popular online MMORPG game Star Stable, and follow four friends who discover their magic powers and learn that every girl can be a hero in this fantasy trilogy. Soul Riders tells the heroic tale of four young girls who have been chosen by destiny to save the

Expanding Universe. The Hubble Space Telescope - Owen Edwards, Charles F. Bolden, John Mace Grunsfeld, Zoltan Levay

Come face to face with the most breathtaking images from the Hubble Telescope, one of the greatest tools in the history of science. Updated with 30 new images to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the telescope’s launch, these epic pictures have answered some of the most compelling questions of

Maternal Bodies in the Visual Arts (Betterton Rosemary)(Paperback)

Maternal bodies in the visual arts brings images of the maternal and pregnant body into the centre of art-historical enquiry. By exploring religious, secular and scientific traditions as well as contemporary art practices, it shows the power of visual imagery in framing our understanding of

Spacecraft: A Smithsonian Coloring Book (Smithsonian Institution)(Paperback)

Launch into a universe of creativity -- ready for you to color The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum presents a galaxy-spanning new coloring book that provides a crisp, informative look at the history of space exploration. With this expertly crafted coloring book, fire your imagination

Threads of Song (Hesketh Phoebe)(Paperback)

'Poetry is a painting in the mind -Without palette and brushit mixes words into images.'PHOEBE HESKETHThis commemorative collection of poems by Phoebe Hesketh has been selected by her son, Martin Hesketh. The collection includes poems from the twelve volumes and collections of her poetry that were

Signal. Image. Architecture. (May John)(Paperback)

Architecture is immersed in an immense cultural experiment called imaging. ​Yet the technical status and nature of that imaging must be reevaluated. What happens to the architectural mind when it stops pretending that electronic images of drawings made by computers are drawings? When it finally

Style and the Man (Flusser Alan)(Pevná vazba)

'If you dispense income on clothes, this book is indispensable.' -- GQ 'Alan Flusser is one of the most knowledgeable experts on men's fashion, and has created the ultimate reference for everything you need to know about good taste, great style, and where to find it throughout the world.' -- Ralph

On the Nature of the Universe Bk1 (Lucretius)(Paperback)

Lucretius' On the Nature of the Universe Bk 1 was written around 55BCE, towards the end of the Roman Republic. Lucretius was unusual, though not alone, in his startlingly modern world view which encompassed Epicurean philosophy, a knowledge of physics and a belief that religion was intrinsically