Modern Buildings in Britain. A Gazetteer, Hardback - Owen Hatherley

Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Owen HatherleyNumber of pages: 608Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 182 x 266 x 62Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

Reducere. When communism took power in Eastern Europe it remade cities in its own image, transforming everyday life and creating sweeping boulevards and vast...

How to make a fairer, more just city From the grandiose histories of monumental state building projects to the minutiae of street signs and corner ...

DescriptionOver the past 20 years European cities have become the envy of the world: a Kraftwerk Utopia of historic centers, supermodernist concert...

Should Britain form a new union with its old 'Dominions' in Canada, Australia andNew Zealand? Are they really our closest allies and relations? And...

A polemical history of municipal socialism in London - and an argument for turning this capitalist capital red again. A polemical history of munici...

An evocative historical journey in search of the landscapes that communism built, exploring the original ideas behind the region's immense boulevar...

Argues for a Modernism of everyday life, immersed in questions of socialism, sexual politics and technology. This work features chapters ranging fr...

The definitive guide to Art Deco buildings in Britain, written by leading architectural historian Elain Harwood.

A unique history of Christianity in the British Isles, told through its sacred buildings - from ancient, wooden churches to lofty cathedralsPublish...

This extraordinary retelling of Black British history will dazzle readers of all ages.

They are both symbols of the ways we have lived, and reminders of the political, financial and social forces that have shaped our modern landscape....

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...

Discover a fresh approach to Pearson Edexcel GCSE History, developed by bestselling author Ben Walsh while working with hundreds of students and te...

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Provides a catalogue of commonly encountered coins, dating from ancient times until the modern day, explaining their historical context, how they m...

1000 Things to Do in Britain. Time Out Guides

An unconventional and illuminating new history of British landscape art in the post-war period

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Publisher: Film & Video UmbrellaAuthor(s): Owen HatherleyIllustration(s): 16 film stillsNumber of pages: 80Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 177 x ...

British Gods is a comprehensive survey of the state of religious faith in contemporary Britain, analysing how the status and nature of the differen...

The Women Who Shaped Modern Art in Britain tells the stories of determined women like Helen Sutherland, Margaret Gardiner, Myfanwy Piper and others...

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Publisher: Penguin Books LtdAuthor(s): Hakim AdiNumber of pages: 688Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 241 x 165 x 47Cover type: HardbackRedescopera...

A detailed historical study of the buildings of Mayfair and St James's.Photographs accompanied by black-and-white pictures and period artIllustrati...

Reducere. The Romans have invaded Britain, but one village still holds out. Asterix and Obelix come to help, with a barrel of magic potion in hand. But to de...

A celebration of Britain's unique surviving industries and crafts, the people who practise them today, and the objects they create. Covers distilli...

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An authoritative and radical rethinking of the history of Ancient Britain and Ancient Ireland, based on remarkable new archaeological finds.British...

An exploration of what it means to be mixed race in the UK today.

An illustrated history of Britain s coal mines and the lives of the miners who worked in them, which will appeal to those interested in the Industr...

This is the first reference book that deals specifically with all types of sewing-thimble made from copper-alloy or silver, or either of these mate...

Publisher: Stenlake PublishingAuthor(s): R. W. KidnerIllustration(s): Ill.ch.M.Number of pages: 112Collection: Locomotion PapersPublication date: 1...

With rare and previously unpublished images showcasing the 1980s lorry scene throughout Great Britain.Publisher: Amberley PublishingAuthor(s): Carl...

The world's best buildings created from 1950 to the present, dissected and analysed through specially commissioned freehand drawings.Illustrations:...

In the decades after 1944 the four nations of Britain shared a common educational programme. By 2015, this programme had fragmented: the patterns o...