Postcards from Africa: Photographers of the Colonial Era (Geary Christraud)(Pevná vazba)

Postcards from Africa: Photographers of the Colonial Era (Geary Christraud)(Pevná vazba)

The complex history of imaging Africa, as seen in its postcard industryDuring the global postcard craze that peaked around 1900 and continued for several decades thereafter, photographers in Africa grasped the opportunity to serve a lucrative market for images of the continent, both locally and

Brutal Bloc Postcards: Soviet Era Postcards from the Eastern Bloc (Murray Damon)(Pevná vazba)

Brutalist hotels, avant-garde monuments and futurist TV towers: rare and previously unpublished vintage postcards from the Eastern BlocBrutal concrete hotels, futurist TV towers, heroic statues of workers--this collection of Soviet-era postcards documents the uncompromising landscape of the Eastern

Africa State of Mind: Contemporary Photography Reimagines a Continent (Eshun Ekow)(Pevná vazba)

A mesmerizing, continent-spanning survey of the most dynamic scenes in contemporary African photography, and an introduction to the creative figures who are making it happen.Africa State of Mind gathers together the work of an emergent generation of photographers from across Africa, including both

In Hinde Sight: Postcards from Ireland Past (Kelly Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Despite the famously uncooperative Irish weather, John Hinde's postcards of Ireland featured bright sunshine and blue skies, a country seemingly peopled entirely with redheads, with donkeys carrying turf, and charming cottages that appeared to grow upward from the earth itself. Cars and sweaters

Distant Shores: Colonial Encounters on China's Maritime Frontier (MacAuley Melissa)(Pevná vazba)

A pioneering history that transforms our understanding of the colonial era and China's place in it China has conventionally been considered a land empire whose lack of maritime and colonial reach contributed to its economic decline after the mid-eighteenth century. Distant Shores challenges this

Latin America in Colonial Times (Restall Matthew)(Paperback)

Latin America in Colonial Times is a concise history of Latin America from the era of the Aztecs and Incas to the age of Napoleon and Bolivar, written in a lively style in order to sustain the interest of students and general readers in the main themes and events of colonial Latin American

Ethiopia - Recipes and traditions from the horn of Africa (Gebreyesus Yohanis)(Pevná vazba)

Duffy (Duffy Chris)(Pevná vazba)

Celebrates the career of one of the top British fashion photographers from the '60s and '70s. New expanded edition includes striking new snaps, including a dedicated new section on David

Urban Geometry (Albajar Andre's Gallardo)(Pevná vazba)

- From Stockholm to Seoul: a photographer's celebration of the world's urban geometry Spanish photographer Andre's Gallardo Albajar has traveled the globe to capture the mesmerizing silhouettes, colorful juxtapositions and angular forms of the world's most exciting buildings. Symmetry, line, shadow

The Essential Guide to Airsoft Gear(Pevná vazba)

An essential guide to the world of airsoft gear, from the Rangers and Fallschirmj ger of World War II through to the Seals and SAS operators of the present day.Airsoft International Magazine is the world's best-selling airsoft magazine and in conjunction with Osprey they are creating an essential

Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 10 (Waite Charlie)(Pevná vazba)

This collection features photographs from some of the best amateur and professional photographers working in the UK today, with every image captioned by the photographer's own account of the inspiration behind the picture. Along with outstanding images of the British landscape, it includes a

Andre Kertesz: Postcards from Paris (Siegel Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

This elegant book unites all of the known carte postale prints by the photographer Andr Kert sz (1894-1985), including portraits, views of Paris, careful studio scenes, and exquisitely simple still lifes. Essays shed new light on the artist's most acclaimed images; themes of materiality, exile,

Citizens of the Sea: Wondrous Creatures from the Census of Marine Life (Knowlton Nancy)(Pevná vazba)

National Geographic underwater photographers and the Census of Marine Life capture the astonishing diversity and the most intriguing organisms in the ocean in this riveting book, by marine scientist Nancy Knowlton. As you read lively vignettes about sea creatures' names, defenses, migration,

Vogue: Postcards from Home: Creativity in a Time of Crisis (The Editors of Vogue)(Pevná vazba)

Vogue gathers a stylish collection of at-home, intimate portraits photographed by today's fashion icons, designers, models, and artists, each documenting their creative lives under lockdown. Postcards from Home: Creativity in a Time of Crisis is a beautiful and unforgettable collection of

Postcards from the Cinema (Daney Serge)(Paperback)

Postcards from the Cinema is the book Serge Daney, one of the greatest of film critics, never wrote. It is based around an interview that was to be the starting point for a book, a project cut short by Daney's death. Postcards turns a history of cinema into a profound meditation on the art and

A History of Biology (Morange Michel)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive history of the biological sciences from antiquity to the modern era This book presents a global history of the biological sciences from ancient times to today, providing needed perspective on the development of biological thought while shedding light on the field's upheavals and key

Top Gear: Dream Cars: The Hot 100 (Philip Sam)(Pevná vazba)

A globe-spanning tour of the very pinnacle of automotive design from the experts at 'Top Gear,' including 3D photography (and the requisite snazzy specs) Whether it s through raw power, elegant curves, or just an eye-watering price tag, there are a small number of cars that mark the pinnacle of

Erotic Postcards of the Early Twentieth Century (Sadler Nigel)(Paperback)

At the dawn of photography photographers had no limits. Using the traditional styles employed by past masters in their paintings of the naked human form, the postcards demonstrate that early twentieth-century photographers appreciated and respected the female form, offering more than just mere

Aristotle: From Antiquity to the Modern Era (Scalvini Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

Soviet & Russian Military A/C Africa (Gordon Yefim)(Pevná vazba)

From the outset, the export of revolution and Communist ideology had been one of the cornerstones of Soviet Russia's (and later the Soviet Union's) foreign policy and by the mid-1950s the export of Soviet arms expanded into Africa with Algeria being amongst the first African countries to receive

Teaching Nabokov's Lolita in the #MeToo Era (Rakhimova-Sommers Elena)(Pevná vazba)

Teaching Nabokov's Lolita in the #MeToo Era seeks to critique the novel from the standpoint of its teachability to undergraduate and graduate students in the twenty-first century. The time has come to ask: in the #MeToo era and beyond, how do we approach Nabokov's inflammatory masterpiece, Lolita?

Postcards from Utopia: The Art of Political Propaganda (Roberts Andrew)(Pevná vazba)

Politicians are famous for making extravagant campaign promises. But there are few promises as powerful--or as idealistically utopian--as those put forth by state-sponsored propaganda. Collected here are colorful images of political ideology created and disseminated by the political regimes of

I Am A Girl From Africa (Nyamayaro Elizabeth)(Pevná vazba)

A moving and inspiring memoir of growing up in rural, Zimbabwe written by the Global Head of the UN's HeForShe gender equality

Digital Photographer's Handbook - 7th Edition of the Best-Selling Photography Manual (Ang Tom)(Pevná vazba)