The Sea: Nature and Culture (Hamblyn Richard)(Paperback)

The Sea: Nature and Culture (Hamblyn Richard)(Paperback)

Sailing across time and geography, the imaginary and the real, The Sea chronicles the many physical and cultural meanings of the watery abyss. This book explores the sea and its meanings from ancient myths to contemporary geopolitics, from Atlantis to the Mediterranean migrant crisis. Richard

The Cloud Book (Hamblyn Richard)(Paperback)

The Cloud Book (Hamblyn Richard)(Pevná vazba)

A beautifully illustrated, but rugged and durable, pocket reference guide to clouds and cloud formations, helping the reader to identify every cloud type and to understand its implications for the

Christ and Culture (Niebuhr H. Richard)(Paperback)

The groundbreaking classic Christ and Culture still hits home the same way it did over fifty years ago, when author H. Richard Niebuhr first confronted the challenge of being true to Christ in a materialistic age. Informative and thought-provoking, Christ and Culture speaks to the battle for the

The Culture of the New Capitalism (Sennett Richard)(Paperback)

Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (Rorty Richard)(Paperback)

Nature Cure (Mabey Richard)(Paperback / softback)

'Britain's greatest living nature writer' The TimesRediscover the extraodinary power of nature and the British wilderness, from award-winning naturalist and author Richard MabeyIn the last year of the old millennium, Richard Mabey, Britain's foremost nature writer, fell into a severe

North Pole: Nature and Culture (Bravo Michael)(Paperback)

The North Pole has long held surprising importance for many of the world's cultures. Interweaving science and history, this book offers the first unified vision of how the North Pole has shaped everything from literature to the goals of political leaders--from Alexander the Great to neo-Hindu

Screen Culture: A Global History (Butsch Richard)(Paperback)

In this expansive historical synthesis, Richard Butsch integrates social, economic, and political history to offer a comprehensive and cohesive examination of screen media and screen culture globally - from film and television to computers and smart phones - as they have evolved through the

A Dictionary of Japanese Food: Ingredients and Culture (Hosking Richard)(Paperback)

Nominated for the Glenfiddich Food Book of the Year Award, this timeless volume is the first and only book of its kind on the subject. A Dictionary of Japanese Food helps food lovers around the world decipher the intricacies and nuances of Japanese cooking and its ingredients. Definitions in

The Secret Nature of Matter (Gordon Richard)(Paperback)

Richard Gordon maps out new territory in the rarely explored intersection of science and spirituality in this fascinating investigation of the profound relationship between matter and consciousness. Building on the Quantum-Touch technique he developed in previous books, Gordon explains how the

Framing Nature - Conservation and Culture (Rose Laurence)(Paperback / softback)

This book by conservationist Laurence Rose is about the complexity and vulnerability of nature, and the unexpected connections between people and

Chaos and Cyber Culture (Leary Timothy)(Paperback)

America's most dangerous man -- according to Richard Nixon -- and the Pied Piper of Youth is BACK This book is about designing Chaos and fashioning your personal disorder: On screens with cyber tools from counterculture perspectives with informational chemicals (Chaos drugs) while delighting in

Home And Exile (Achebe Chinua)(Paperback / softback)

Examines the political nature of culture and specifically literature. This title challenges the way the West has appropriated Africa with a particular emphasis on how 'imperialist' literature has been used to justify its dispossession and

The Dictionary of Dreams and Their Meanings: Interpretation and Insights Into the Therapeutic Nature of Our Dreams (Craze Richard)(Paperback)

Curating Biocultural Collections: A Handbook (Salick Jan)(Paperback)

Biocultural collections cross the boundary between nature and culture, documenting the remarkable richness and diversity of human engagement with the natural world. With materials ranging from blocks of wood to DNA, and from ancient books to new websites, they play a diverse role in research and

Roman Britain: Life at the Edge of Empire (Hobbs Richard)(Paperback)

An illustrated introduction to the history, society, culture and art of Britain when it was a province of the Roman Empire, this book presents Britain's Roman heritage together with new photography of recently-discovered

To Sea & Back: The Heroic Life of the Atlantic Salmon (Shelton Richard)(Paperback)

Combining exquisite natural history with beguiling autobiographical and historical narrative, a portrait of a fish whosestory is closely intertwined with our ownThe Atlantic salmon is an extraordinary and mysterious fish. Here, Richard Shelton combines memoir and deep scientific knowledge to

Indigenous Life Around the Great Lakes: War, Climate, and Culture (W. Edwards Richard)(Paperback)

Enormous changes affected the inhabitants of the Eastern Woodlands area during the eleventh through fifteenth centuries AD. At this time many groups across this area (known collectively to archaeologists as Oneota) were aggregating and adopting new forms of material culture and food technology

The Nature of Southeast Alaska: A Guide to Plants, Animals, and Habitats (Carstensen Richard)(Paperback)

'Unlike the standard nature guides that explain how to recognize common animals, Nature stresses the web of interrelationships that link the regional flora and fauna. This affectionate examination of some of North America's most spectacular surviving old-growth forests will delight backpackers and

Beyond the Sea: Navigating Bioshock (Parker Felan)(Paperback)

The Bioshock series looms large in the industry and culture of video games for its ambitious incorporation of high-minded philosophical questions and retro-futuristic aesthetics into the ultraviolent first-person shooter genre. Beyond the Sea marks ten years since the release of the original game

The Culture of Nature in the History of Design (Fallan Kjetil)(Paperback)

The Culture of Nature in the History of Design confronts the dilemma caused by design's pertinent yet precarious position in environmental discourse through interdisciplinary conversations about the design of nature and the nature of design. Demonstrating that the deep entanglements of design and

Snapshot Versions of Life (Chalfen Richard)(Paperback)

Snapshot Versions of Life is an important foray into the culture of photography and home life from an anthropologist's perspective. Examining what he calls 'Home Mode' photography, Richard Chalfen explores snapshots, slide shows, family albums, home movies, and home videos, uncovering what people

Consumer Culture (Lury Celia)(Paperback / softback)

* Second edition of a popular and lively introduction to the nature and role of consumption in modern societies. * Includes new chapters on branding and the rise of ethical consumption. * Reveals the central role consumer culture plays in providing new ways of creating social and political