Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg (Darling Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg (Darling Michael)(Pevná vazba)

The first major U.S. monograph in ten years on Murakami is the definitive survey of the paintings of one of today's most influential artists. Takashi Murakami (b. 1962), one of contemporary art's most widely recognized exponents, receives a long-awaited critical consideration in this important

Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentrics: A Collaboration with Nobuo Tsuji and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Murakami Takashi)(Pevná vazba)

Murakami: Ego (Murakami Takashi)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive volume--overseen by the artist himself--on one of the most renowned living artists today, Takashi Murakami. Takashi Murakami is celebrated the world over for his deft blurring of high and low art. In this volume, accompanying a major exhibition of his work and the first in the

The Darling Dahlias and the Poinsettia Puzzle (Albert Susan Wittig)(Pevná vazba)

It's Christmas, 1934, and the citizens of Darling, Alabama, are unwrapping a big package of Christmas puzzles. Mildred Kilgore and Earlynne Biddle are planning to open a bakery on the square--if they can come up with the right recipes. Charlie Dickens faces two of the biggest puzzles of his career

Magnum Artists: Great Photographers Meet Great Artists (Magnum Photos Ltd)(Pevná vazba)

Matisse and Picasso by Robert Capa, Takashi Murakami by Olivia Arthur, Warhol and de Kooning by Thomas Hoepker, Bonnard by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Sonia Delaunay by Herbert List, Kiki Smith by Susan Meiselas, and many more. For the first time, Magnum Artists brings together a collection of over 200

Hungry Planet - What the World Eats (Menzel Peter)(Pevná vazba)

Obsessive About Octopuses (Davey Owen)(Pevná vazba)

Did you know that an octopus has three hearts? And that they are particularly intelligent, with some being known to use

The Sabbatical (O'Brien Michael D.)(Pevná vazba)

Dr. Owen Whitfield is the elderly Oxford professor of history who first appeared in Michael O''Brien''s novel The Father''s Tale. In the events of The Sabbatical, which occur sometime later, Dr. Whitfield is looking forward to a sabbatical year of peace and quiet, gardening in his backyard, and

Smart About Sharks (Davey Owen)(Pevná vazba)

It's time to learn about the sea's most feared (and most misunderstood) residents: sharks Owen Davey returns to nonfiction to explain the mysteries of those denizens of the deep. Some deadly, some not-so-deadly, and almost all just generally misunderstood. Exciting and detailed illustrations fill

Chicano Eats: Recipes from My Mexican-American Kitchen (Castillo Esteban)(Pevná vazba)

The creator of the popular Chicano Eats blog and winner of the Saveur Best New Voice People's Choice Award takes us on a delicious tour through the diverse flavors and foods of Chicano cuisine--Mexican food with an immigrant sensibility that weaves seamlessly between Mexican and American genres and

Octopus: The Ocean's Intelligent Invertebrate (Mather Jennifer A.)(Pevná vazba)

The visually arresting and often misunderstood octopus has long captured popular imagination. With an alien appearance and an uncanny intellect, this exceptional sea creature has inspired fear in famous lore and legends--from the giant octopus attack in 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to Ursula the

The Endangereds: Melting Point (Cousteau Philippe)(Pevná vazba)

It's time for animals to take fate into their own paws! The Endangereds: The Melting Point is the second book in a thrilling new adventure series by world-renowned environmentalist and Emmy-nominated host of Xploration Awesome Planet Philippe Cousteau and award-winning TURBO Racers author Austin

Little Veggie Eats - Easy Weaning Recipes for All the Family to Enjoy (Boyett Rachel)(Pevná vazba)

Michael Gove - A Man in a Hurry (Bennett Owen)(Pevná vazba)

Michael Gove: A Man in a Hurry reveals what helped turn the adopted son of an Aberdeen fishing family into one of the key political figures of the past ten

Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami

A beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki Murakami's mesmerizingly surreal classic, now with a new introduction by the authorKafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a

Japan Eats!: An Explorer's Guide to Japanese Food (Reynolds Betty)(Pevná vazba)

For first-time visitors and seasoned gourmets alike, Japan Eats! is an entertaining guide to the pleasures and pitfalls of dining in Japan--with hilarious insights and tips not found in other books. Whether it's the proper technique for holding chopsticks or the etiquette of slurping soup, author

If I Had an Octopus (Dawnay Gabby)(Pevná vazba)

Have you ever thought about what the best aquatic pet would be? It's an octopus, of course When a little girl fantasizes about having a crazy smart octopus pet, she pictures jumping rope with its tentacles, practicing different ball games simultaneously, and playing hide-and-seek with her

Cartoon Animator (Rauf Don)(Pevná vazba)

By creating their own virtual day on the job, students can find out firsthand what it's like to have many exciting

The Christian Moses: From Philo to the Qur'an (Rousseau Philip)(Pevná vazba)

As it developed an increasingly distinctive character of its own during the first six centuries of the common era, Christianity was constantly forced to reassess and adapt its relationship with the Jewish tradition. The process involved a number of preoccupations and challenges: the status of

Library (Dumontier Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Two of Canada's most famous visual artists take on the book medium in their own hilarious wayLibrary is a collection of paintings by two of Canada's most influential contemporary artists, Michael Dumontier and Neil Farber. From the simple premise of the book title comes a series of images that are

The Illustrated Dust Jacket, 1920-1970 (Salisbury Martin)(Pevná vazba)

In the modern era, the 'beautiful book,' an art object in its own right, has become the key to the ongoing attraction of print publishing as physical books continue to distinguish themselves from the screen.Author Martin Salisbury traces the evolution of the book jacket from its functional origins

100 Contemporary Houses (Bibliotheca Universalis) - Philip Jodidio, S. Peter Dance

Designing private residences has its own very special challenges and nuances for the architect. The scale may be more modest than public projects, the technical fittings less complex than an industrial site, but the preferences, requirements and vision of particular personalities becomes priority

Wee Free Men - Gift Edition (Pratchett Terry)(Pevná vazba)

EVERY LAND NEEDS ITS OWN WITCH. There's a monster in the river, a headless horsemen in the drive. And now Granny Aching has gone, there's only young Tiffany Aching left to guard the boundaries. It's her land. Her duty. But it's amazing how useful a horde of unruly pictsies can be

Zen Ghosts (a Stillwater Book) (Muth Jon J.)(Pevná vazba)

Stillwater, the beloved Zen panda, now in his own Apple TV+ original series It's Halloween. The trees are ablaze in fiery reds. Excited children don colorful costumes. And there's mystery and fun around every corner When Addy, Michael, and Karl finish trick-or-treating, their bags are brimming with