Painful Beauty: Tlingit Women, Beadwork, and the Art of Resilience (Smetzer Megan A.)(Pevná vazba)

Painful Beauty: Tlingit Women, Beadwork, and the Art of Resilience (Smetzer Megan A.)(Pevná vazba)

For over 150 years, Tlingit women artists have beaded colorful, intricately beautiful designs on moccasins, dolls, octopus bags, tunics, and other garments. Painful Beauty suggests that at a time when Indigenous cultural practices were actively being repressed, beading supported cultural

Elegance: The Beauty of French Fashion (Hess Megan)(Pevná vazba)

Join internationally renowned fashion illustrator Megan Hess as she explores the timeless beauty and glamour of ten of France's best-loved designers in a stylish celebration of one of the world's favourite fashion destinations. From the courts of Versailles to the cobbled streets of Paris, French

The Beauty of Chemistry: Art, Wonder, and Science (Ball Philip)(Pevná vazba)

Images and text capture the astonishing beauty of the chemical processes that create snowflakes, bubbles, flames, and other wonders of nature. Chemistry is not just about microscopic atoms doing inscrutable things; it is the process that makes flowers and galaxies. We rely on it for bread-baking,

Atlas of Beauty - Women of the World in 500 Portraits (Noroc Mihaela)(Pevná vazba)

Around the World in 80 Birds - Mike Unwin

This book celebrates the astounding variety, beauty and resilience of 80 of our feathered companions around the world, and reveals the impact they have made upon our lives. This beautiful and inspiring book tells the stories of 80 birds around the world: from the Sociable Weaver Bird in Namibia

Heroes and Heroines: Tlingit-Haida Legend (Beck Mary Giraudo)(Pevná vazba)

'Mary Beck's collection of legends from Tlingit and Haida folklore provides an excellent look at not only the mythology but the value and culture of these Southeast Alaska Natives.' - Jan O'Meara Homer NewsOver uncounted generations the Tlingits and Haidas of Southeast Alaska developed a spoken

Tourism and Resilience (Butler Richard W.)(Pevná vazba)

Resilience relates to the ability of organisms, communities, ecosystems, and populations to absorb and withstand the impacts and effects of external forces while retaining their integrity and ability to continue functioning. The concept is particularly applicable to tourism destinations and

Radical Eroticism: Women, Art, and Sex in the 1960s (Middleman Rachel)(Pevná vazba)

In the 1960s, the fascination with erotic art generated a wave of exhibitions and critical discussion on sexual freedom, visual pleasure, and the nude in contemporary art. Radical Eroticism examines the importance of women's contributions in fundamentally reconfiguring representations of sexuality

The Art and Science of Ernst Haeckel (Willmann Rainer)(Pevná vazba)

Microbial marvels Ernst Haeckel, the 19th-century pioneer who captured the artistic beauty of the natural world Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919) was a German-born biologist, naturalist, evolutionist, artist, philosopher, and doctor, who spent his life researching flora and fauna from the highest

The Sociotechnical Constitution of Resilience: A New Perspective on Governing Risk and Disaster (Amir Sulfikar)(Pevná vazba)

Introduction: Resilience as Sociotechnical Construct.- PART 1 DISSECTING RESILIENCE.- What (Sociotechnical) Resilience is Made of: Personal Trajectories and Erathquake Risk Mitigation in the San Francisco Bay Area.- Sociotechnical Resilience-From Recovery to Adaptation and Beyond: the Journey So

The Art of Junji Ito: Twisted Visions (Ito Junji)(Pevná vazba)

Enter the world of Juni Ito's art--an abyss of horror and sublime beauty. A first-ever collection of Junji Ito's artworks, featuring over 130 images from his bestselling manga titles along with rare works. This sublime collection includes all of Ito's unforgettable illustrations in both

Women of Visionary Art (Brown David Jay)(Pevná vazba)

An exploration of the role that dreaming, psychedelic experiences, and mystical visions play in visionary art - Includes discussions with 18 well-known female artists, including Josephine Wall, Allyson Grey, Amanda Sage, Martina Hoffmann, Penny Slinger, and Carolyn Mary Kleefeld - Reveals how they

Madeleine (Cameron Euan)(Pevná vazba)

A young musician uncovers a painful family history and must confront the realities of collaboration and betrayal in Vichy

The Golden Ratio: The Divine Beauty of Mathematics (Meisner Gary B.)(Pevná vazba)

The Golden Ratio examines the presence of this divine number in art and architecture throughout history, as well as its ubiquity among plants, animals, and even the cosmos. This gorgeous book--with layflat dimensions that closely approximate the golden ratio--features clear, enlightening, and

Burlesque and the Art of the Teese/Fetish and the Art of the Teese (Von Teese Dita)(Pevná vazba)

On one side, Dita Von Teese shares the beauty of the burlesque world, with bubblegum dreams and show tunes to strip to. Flip over for fantasies in fetish with dramatic costumes and the allure of submission. Burlesque and the Art of the Teese'I advocate glamour. Every day. Every minute.' I'm a good

Daniel Ost: Floral Art and the Beauty of Impermanence (Geerts Paul)(Pevná vazba)

The most comprehensive monograph available on the internationally renowned Belgian floral artist and designer Daniel Ost.Daniel Ost's work in floral design gores far beyond table arrangements to bridge the gap between floral design and art. Using elements from the natural world - flowers, branches,

Math Art: Truth, Beauty, and Equations (Ornes Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

From geometry in motion to the possibilities of pi, this stunning volume reveals how art has been inspired by the beauty and poetry of mathematical principles. The worlds of visual art and mathematics come together in this spectacular volume by award-winning writer Stephen Ornes. He explores the

Security, Resilience and Planning: Planning's Role in Countering Terrorism (Coaffee Jon)(Pevná vazba)

Security, Resilience and Planning offers key concept and practical guidance about the role of planners in countering terrorist risk, using a range of international case

Heroes: Women in Snowboarding - Jérome Tanon

A tribute to the ‘independent and bad-ass women’ of snowboarding Featured snowboarders share their personal stories Illustrated with stunning snowboarding & mountain imagery “His images are a triumph of artistic photography and snowboard camaraderie that showcase all that is great about

Financial Regulation in the Eu: From Resilience to Growth (Douady Raphal)(Pevná vazba)

Offers state-of-the-art European Union financial regulation with future agendaExplores macroeconomic consequences of microeconomic incentivesDiscusses microeconomic constraints to macroeconomic policy-making

Multisystemic Resilience: Adaptation and Transformation in Contexts of Change (Ungar Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Multisystemic Resilience brings together for the first time in one volume a wide range of resilience scholars who have been wrestling with how to explain processes of recovery, adaptation, and transformation in contexts of change and adversity. With contributions from psychologists, epigeneticists,

Women of the Somali Diaspora - Refugees, Resilience and Rebuilding After Conflict (Lewis Joanna)(Paperback / softback)

The Art of Destiny (Bungie)(Pevná vazba)

Timed to the release year of the game, The Art of Destiny showcases the stunning art and design behind one of the most highly anticipated new franchises in gaming today. From the mysterious dunes of Mars to the jungles of Venus and the abandoned aerospace installations on the Moon, Destiny takes

Infinite Spaces - The Art and Wisdom of the Japanese Garden(Pevná vazba)