Medium Design: Knowing How to Work on the World (Easterling Keller)(Pevná vazba)

Medium Design: Knowing How to Work on the World (Easterling Keller)(Pevná vazba)

How to design the world: looking for the connections between things What is the relationship between the housing crisis - the demand for building more, and the credit crunch - when the markets crashed as a result of overheated speculation in housing? Why does building more roads only lead to more

Extrastatecraft: The Power of Infrastructure Space (Easterling Keller)(Paperback)

Extrastatecraft is the operating system of the modern world: the skyline of Dubai, the subterranean pipes and cables sustaining urban life, free-trade zones, the standardized dimensions of credit cards, and hyper-consumerist shopping malls. It is all this and more. Infrastructure sets the invisible

Oceans Explored: Oceans at Work (Martin Claudia)(Pevná vazba)

Investigate the oceans of the world and how we interact with

The Reset: Ideas to Change How We Work and Live (Uviebinen Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

It's time to reset how we work - and

Every Good Endeavour - Connecting Your Work to God's Plan for the World (Keller Timothy)(Paperback / softback)

Do we work to live, or live to

The Work of Politics (Klein Steven)(Pevná vazba)

The Work of Politics advances a new understanding of how democratic social movements work with welfare institutions to challenge structures of domination. Klein develops a novel theory that depicts welfare institutions as 'worldly mediators,' or sites of democratic world-making fostering political

Light and Sound (Spilsbury Louise)(Pevná vazba)

We learn about the world by seeing and hearing, but how do light and sound actually work? This book explores the ways that light and sound travel, how we sense them, and how they affect our daily

Knowing Bodies, Passionate Souls: Sense Perceptions in Byzantium (Harvey Susan Ashbrook)(Pevná vazba)

How does sense perception contribute to human cognition? How did the Byzantines understand that contribution? Byzantine culture in all its domains showed deep appreciation for sensory awareness and sensory experience. The senses were reckoned as modes of knowledge--intersecting realms both human

Under Pressure: Cooking Sous Vide (Keller Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

A revolution in cooking Sous vide is the culinary innovation that has everyone in the food world talking. In this revolutionary new cookbook, Thomas Keller, America's most respected chef, explains why this foolproof technique, which involves cooking at precise temperatures below simmering, yields

GQ How to Win at Life - The expert guide to excelling at everything you do (Burton Charlie)(Pevná vazba)

Masterclasses from world authorities on food, style, work, sport, travel and much

How Do Smart Homes Work? (Biskup Agnieszka)(Pevná vazba)

Tito's Secret Empire - How the Maharaja of the Balkans Fooled the World (Klinger William)(Pevná vazba)

The Expanding Blaze: How the American Revolution Ignited the World, 1775-1848 (Israel Jonathan)(Pevná vazba)

Work Want Work: Labour and Desire at the End of Capitalism (Pfannebecker Mareile)(Pevná vazba)

Work Want Work considers in captivating detail how a logic of work has become integral to everything we do, even as the place of formal work has become increasingly precarious. With reference to sociological data, philosophy, political theory, legislation, the testimonies of workers and an eclectic

How Ships Work (Lonely Planet Kids)(Pevná vazba)

The latest in our How... series takes to the waves to reveal the wonders of ships, boats and ferries and answers the questions of how they do what they do, what they're used for and how they have changed over time. Featuring fantastic illustrations by James Gulliver Hancock and loads of flaps to

How Does Wi-Fi Work? (Weakland Mark)(Pevná vazba)

How Does Streaming Work? (Eboch M. M.)(Pevná vazba)

How Do Virtual Assistants Work? (Eboch M. M.)(Pevná vazba)

The World of the Crusades (Tyerman Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusaders Throughout the Middle Ages crusading was justified by religious ideology, but the resulting military campaigns were fueled by concrete objectives: land, resources, power,

How It Works: The Mum (Hazeley Jason)(Pevná vazba)

Helps grown-ups with the world about

Thomi Keller: A Life in Sport (Owen David)(Pevná vazba)

From the genteel backwater of rowing, Keller burst onto the global stage in 1973 and proceeded to battle for sport's soul in the face of Cold War politics and cold-hearted

How Do Bridges Work? (Belyaev Roman)(Pevná vazba)

Why were bridges invented? What did the first bridges look like? How do they stay up and why are there so many different designs? From architecture to engineering (and other STEM subjects ), scale new heights on an enchanting journey with the school children in this book to discover answers to

Architecture in Context: Contemporary Design Solutions Based on Environmental, Social and Cultural Identities (Plan The)(Pevná vazba)

Architecture in Context analyzes the work of contemporary international architects through the presentation of projects that exemplify their architectural vision and their connection with the spaces with which they work. It explains how the interaction between architecture and landscape is a

Grand Transitions: How the Modern World Was Made (Smil Vaclav)(Pevná vazba)

What makes the modern world work? The answer to this deceptively simple question lies in four 'grand transitions' of civilization-in populations, agriculture, energy, and economics-which have transformed the way we live.Societies that have undergone all four transitions emerge into an era of