A New History of Modern Architecture, Paperback - Colin Davies

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Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Paul E. CeruzziIllustration(s): 88 figuresNumber of pages: 536Collection: History of ComputingPublication date: ...

DescriptionThe words we use when we talk and write about architecture describe more than just bricks and mortar--they direct the ways we think of a...

New B-format paperback - Explore a highly illustrated and comprehensive look at the story of 400 years of Britain's railways.Illustrations: 32 Plat...

The individual volumes of Sir Anthony Kenny's acclaimed History of Western Philosophy have been hailed as "wonderfulauthoritativehugely rewarding" ...

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In this illuminating work of history, Shlaes follows the struggles of those now forgotten people, from a family of butchers in Brooklyn who dealt a...

A radical retelling of the most important event in English history - the Norman invasion of 1066.

Ever since the attacks of 11th September, western leaders have described a world engaged in 'a fight for civilization'. Sweeping in its scope and c...

From one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, an innovative and comprehensive account of religion in the ancient Roman and Mediterran...

Reducere. A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propel...

A global history of self-taught artists advocating for a nuanced understanding of modern and contemporary art often challenged by the establishment...

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Publisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Panikos PanayiIllustration(s): 32 b-w illus.Number of pages: 496Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 132 x ...

Presenting the history of Western philosophy, this book charts the story of philosophy from the founders of Christian and Islamic thought through t...

Reducere. "An audacious, entertaining page-turner. Dan Jones covers a thousand years of history with elegance and panache."--Dan Carlin, host of Hardcore His...

In November 1519, Hernando Cort�s walked along a causeway leading to the capital of the Aztec kingdom and came face to face with Moctezuma. That st...

The second volume of the leading military historian's account of the liberation of Europe across the final years of the war, from D-Day forward.

Now in paperback, Fire and Steam tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's first railway network, one of the most i...

Publisher: Fordham University PressAuthor(s): Kate HeslopIllustration(s): 10 color illustrationsNumber of pages: 288Collection: Fordham Series in M...

An illuminating new biography of one of Britain's biggest and most influential bands, written with the full input and cooperation of Simple Minds, ...

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): David WengrowNumber of pages: 720Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 197 x 36Cover type: Paperback / sof...

DescriptionSomewhere between 1910 and 1970, architecture changed. Now that modern architecture has become familiar (sometimes celebrated, sometimes...

Fifty of the world’s modern architectural masterpieces, constructed between 1950 and the present, are analysed through specially commissioned drawi...

'Helps re-centre how we look at the world and opens up new perspectives on how we can look at regions, peoples and places that have been left to on...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE FOR GLOBAL CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING AND LONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE 2021Publisher: Harper...

DescriptionA pathbreaking history of Sufism, from the earliest centuries of Islam to the presentAfter centuries as the most important ascetic-mysti...

This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meanings from medieval Europe to 20th-century America. It prov...

A pathbreaking history of Sufism, from the earliest centuries of Islam to the presentAfter centuries as the most important ascetic-mystical strand ...

Dan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be built.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor(s): Da...

Reducere. The best one-volume history of the United States ever written (Joseph J. Ellis), now updated to cover the Obama and Trump presidenciesIn America, E...

New B-format paperback - The definitive history of the virulent and fatal plague outbreaks that wiped out half of London's populations from the med...