Working Girls: An American Brothel, Circa 1892 / The Private Photographs of William Goldman (Johnson Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Working Girls: An American Brothel, Circa 1892 / The Private Photographs of William Goldman (Johnson Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Working Girls chronicles the unique and artful private photographs of commercial photographer William Goldman, whose collection of work captures the deep appreciation and understanding of the group of women who lived and worked at a brothel in Reading, Pennsylvania, circa 1892. Taken two decades

Robert Motherwell - The Making of an American Giant (Jacobson Bernard)(Pevná vazba)

In Robert Motherwell: The Making of an American Giant, published to coincide with Motherwell's centenary, author Bernard Jacobson examines Motherwell's art in the context of 20th-century American culture. America's music and literature were indigenous triumphs, while its art was slowly learning to

Human Comedy (Saroyan William)(Pevná vazba)

A novel of an American family in

The Private Life of William Shakespeare (Cowen Orlin Lena)(Pevná vazba)

A new biography of William Shakespeare that explores his private life in Stratford-upon-Avon, his personal aspirations, his self-determination, and his relations with the members of his family and his neighbours. The Private Life of William Shakespeare tells the story of Shakespeare in Stratford as

American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds (Shaw Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Private Capital Investing: The Handbook of Private Debt and Private Equity (Ippolito Roberto)(Pevná vazba)

A step-by-step, comprehensive approach to private equity and private debt Private Capital Investing: The Handbook of Private Debt and Private Equity is a practical manual on investing in the two of the most common alternative asset classes (private equity and private debt) and provides a unique

American Originals: Creative Interiors (Abranowicz William)(Pevná vazba)

Who are the American Originals? They are photographer William Abranowicz's pantheon of extraordinary subjects--painters, poets, rock stars, designers, tastemakers, politicians, performers--for whom the home represents the ultimate canvas of self-expression. In every one of the more than 250

Rise and Decline of the American Century (Walker William O.)(Pevná vazba)

In 1941 the magazine publishing titan Henry R. Luce urged the nation's leaders to create an American Century. But in the post-World-War-II era proponents of the American Century faced a daunting task. Even so, Luce had articulated an animating idea that, as William O. Walker III skillfully shows in

1000 Pin-Up Girls (Taschen)(Pevná vazba)

“Girls, Gags & Giggles,” ran publisher Robert Harrison’s recipe for dishing up Pin-up to the American male. Men loved his tasty dishes, a mixture of strippers and starlets dressed in outfits so fetishistic no one noticed they were never nude. While other magazines delivered the girl next

Adventures in the Screen Trade (Goldman William)(Pevná vazba)

Now available as an ebook for the first time! No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter and the bestselling author of Marathon Man, Tinsel, Boys and Girls Together, and other novels, Goldman now takes you into Hollywood's

Robert Doisneau: Music (Doisneau Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Previously unpublished photographs and iconic portraits of musicians from the 1950s through the 1980s offer a new perspective on Doisneau's remarkable talent. Master photographer Robert Doisneau's passion for the joyful energy inherent in the music world comes alive in images that cover the musical

The Stakes: 2020 and the Survival of American Democracy (Kuttner Robert)(Pevná vazba)

Paradise: One Town's Struggle to Survive an American Wildfire (Johnson Lizzie)(Pevná vazba)

The definitive firsthand account of California's Camp Fire--the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century--and a riveting examination of what went wrong and how to avert future tragedies as the climate crisis unfolds 'A reportorial tour de force.'--Erik Larson, author of The Splendid and the Vile

Samuel Johnson: Selected Works (Johnson Samuel)(Pevná vazba)

An anthology of the essential and enduring works of Samuel Johnson Samuel Johnson was eighteenth-century Britain's preeminent man of letters--moral and literary critic, biographer, lexicographer, and poet--and his influence endures to this day. This anthology, designed to make Johnson's essential

Robert Mapplethorpe: The Photographs (Martineau Paul)(Pevná vazba)

The legacy of Robert Mapplethorpe (1946 -1989) is rich and complicated, triggering controversy, polarizing critics, and providing inspiration for many artists who followed him. Mapplethorpe, one of the most influential figures of his time, today stands as an example to emerging photographers who

American Gods + Anansi Boys - Neil Gaiman

Destined to be a treasure for the millions of fans who made American Gods an internationally bestselling phenomenon, this beautifully designed and illustrated collectible edition of Neil Gaiman's revered masterpiece features enlightening and incisive notes throughout by award-winning annotator and

Robert Frank: Peru (Frank Robert)(Pevná vazba)

The weathered faces and dusty roads of Peru, compiled and sequenced by the master of the American photo-essayIn March 1949, Robert Frank mailed a birthday gift to his mother in Switzerland: A maquette of a series of photographs he had made during a visit to Peru between June and December of the

George Dureau, the Photographs (Dureau George)(Pevná vazba)

George Dureau: The Photographs is an album of the great photographic portraits made throughout the 40 years of Dureau's artistic career--a New Orleans romance between the photographer and his subjects. All of Dureau's exquisite photographs, many of them nudes of black and disabled men, were made in

Up Jumped the Devil - The Real Life of Robert Johnson(Pevná vazba)

Up Jumped the Devil will astonish blues fans who thought they knew something about Robert

Vivian Maier: The Color Work (Westerbeck Colin)(Pevná vazba)

The first definitive monograph of color photographs by American street photographer Vivian Maier. Photographer Vivian Maier's allure endures even though many details of her life continue to remain a

Still Not Safe: Patient Safety and the Middle-Managing of American Medicine (Wears Robert)(Pevná vazba)

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (Caro Robert A.)(Pevná vazba)

PULITZER PRIZE WINNER - A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man's incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shaping (and mis-shaping) of twentieth-century New York. One of the Modern Library's hundred greatest

Walker Evans: American Photographs (Evans Walker)(Pevná vazba)

A 75th-anniversary facsimile edition of one of the most significant photobooks ever publishedMore than any other artist, Walker Evans invented the images of essential America that we have long since accepted as fact, and his work has influenced not only modern photography but also literature, film

Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon (Laurie Greg)(Pevná vazba)

Join Greg Laurie, pastor and bestselling author of Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon, as he takes you on a personal journey into the life and legend of Johnny Cash. At the peak of his career, Cash had done it all--living the ultimate rags-to-riches story of growing up on a cotton