Objects

A treasure trove of human creativity from around the world. History of the World in 1000 Objects takes a fresh look at world history, viewing cultu...

Prevention and fight against the criminality on national and international cultural patrimony objects in the online environment - Loredana Florea

Reducere. Award NameMinnesota Book AwardAward categoryNonfictionAmerican Indian cultural objects, like most objects, deteriorate over time. Precious and irre...

This book explores a series of powerful artifacts associated with King Solomon via legendary or extracanonical textual sources. Tracing their cultu...

Reducere. Could "UFOs" and "Aliens" simply be us from the future?This provocative new book cautiously examines the premise that extraterrestrials may instead...

Master conservator Douglas R. Armstrong imparts his many years of first-hand, practical experience in the field of marine artifact conservation wit...

Reducere. Literary Nonfiction. The genre-defying genius of SATURATION PROJECT brings memoir and essay to the land of myth. Here, the wildness of what we expe...

Publisher: ArnoldscheNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 296 x 216 x 20Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Angelika NollertRedescopera...

What makes an object queer? This collection considers the question in relation to lesbian, gay and transgender communities across time, cultures an...

Peter Zumthor's passion is the creation of buildings with architectural atmosphere. But how can one actually set out to achieve it? In nine short, ...

Hunt for ghosts, ghouls, and more delightfully spooky ogres in this adorable Halloween-themed Look & Find book. Loaded with illustrations, it provi...

Pursuing the discursive or material effects of relational queerness, this book reflects on how objects can illuminate, affect, and animate queer mo...

The Cambridge Atlas of Herschel Objects - James Mullaney FRAS, Wil Tirion

Reducere. It's Girl Interrupted meets Miranda July--with a touch of Joan Didion--in this captivating collection of original essays revolving around a young A...

Publisher: Reaktion BooksIllustration(s): 74 color plates, 46 halftonesNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 181 x 228 x 30Cover ty...

Reducere. FROM THE #1 "NEW YORK TIMES" BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF "GONE GIRL"Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, reporter Camille Preaker faces a troubli...

DescriptionBookworms derive great pleasure from the simple act of reading. But what happens when a book is old or damaged and no longer in a fit st...

Reducere. When investigating the mysteries of Chicago's past, it's helpful to examine the physical evidence. From a fiddle played by a Chicago pioneer and a ...

A profile of 30 historically and culturally important objects from the renowned Gardiner Museum, Toronto, which has one of the greatest collections...

Explores contemporary issues around the metaphysics of ordinary objects, a field that has been the subject of renewed interest in recent years. The...

Reducere. When investigating the mysteries of Chicago's past, it's helpful to examine the physical evidence. From a fiddle played by a Chicago pioneer and a ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The worlds we occupy ourselves with are not real. The Russians in the ring are not Russian; their pal, mincing around with his silk scarves and boa...

Eleven stories of sly and disarming power, about womanhood and families - an astonishing debut by a young New Yorker editor and bold new literary v...

When two girls are abducted and killed in Missouri, journalist Camille Preaker is sent back to her home town to report on the crimes. Long-haunted ...

From Man Ray to Toshimasa Kikuchi, in an encounter between art and mathematics around the collection of models at the Institut Henri Poincare, Pari...

The Belgian artist David Huycke is one of the most important silversmiths working today. This first monograph shows the meticulous granulation of t...

Eleven stories of sly and disarming power, about womanhood and families - an astonishing debut by a young New Yorker editor and bold new literary v...

Publisher: Kehrer VerlagAuthor(s): Thomas RuffIllustration(s): 1 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 144Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 28...

Reducere. Challenging the astrological status quo, this book discusses the fascinating astrological significance of no less than 85 Centaurs and Centaur rela...

On a November evening in 1989, Laura Levitt was raped in her own bed. Her landlord heard the assault taking place and called 911, but the police ar...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Brice LaurentIllustration(s): 2 figuresNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 23Cover...

From the bestselling author of Matchmaking for Beginners comes a feel-good story about becoming who you were meant to be all along.Phronsie Linnell...

This Element is a survey of central topics in the metaphysics of material objects. The topics are grouped into four problem spaces.Publisher: Cambr...

Publisher: Candy Jar BooksAuthor(s): Philip BatesNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 197 x 129 x 31Cover type: Paperback / softba...

'Count to three, ' her mother told her, the last words she would ever speak.Publisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Simon ToyneNumber of page...

This first volume of Through Objects showcases a selection of 24 design objects ranging from furniture and lighting to textiles and home accessorie...

Reducere. With more than 300 bright and colorful stickers, this engaging, interactive sticker-activity book invites creative young artists to transform every...

Reducere. Featuring more than 300 bright and colorful stickers, this engaging, interactive sticker-activity book invites creative young artists to transform ...

Basics Interior Architecture 04: Elements/Objects explores the manner in which an interior space can be manipulated through the precise placement o...

Winterson's own passionate vision of art is presented here, provocatively and personally, in pieces on Modernism, autobiography, style, painting, t...

Published to explore in more depth some of the stories featured in the BBC six-part series Secrets of the Museum. In this intriguing insight into t...

The Safety of Objects, A.M. Homes' first collection of short stories, displays the flair for the hilarious, the perverse and the extraordinary that...

DescriptionShakespeare's Pictures is the first full-length study of visual objects in Shakespearean drama. In several plays (Hamlet, The Merchant o...

A young woman contemplates the end of her life as she's known it as tragedy after tragedy accumulates around her, threaded with her relationship to...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionIn this book, the founder of object-oriented ontology develops his view that aesthetics is the central discipline of philosophy. Whereas...

Showcases the architecture and background of the Schaudepot, as well as one of the most important design collections in the world.

The movement of designed objects is not just something purely functional but also triggers a wide range of sensations. A curtain swaying gently in ...

Publisher: Valley PressAuthor(s): Mark LambNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 130 x 199 x 30Cover type: Paperback / softbackRede...

How to create iconic objects such as the Polaroid (R) camera, the Nintendo (R) Gameboy or the Rubik's cube out of LEGO (R) bricksIllustrations: 100...

A moving anthology of stories from various contributors inspired by objects from the First World War, illustrated by Jim Kay. Authors include: Mich...

Reducere. DescriptionHave you ever wondered why objects drop to the ground or what keeps the Moon from crashing into the Earth? Isaac Newton wondered why. Do...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

From the survey beforehand to the foundations, the core, and eventually the ruins, this book explores the majesty of the Wall through the objects i...

Kim Buck uses well-known jewellery motifs such as hearts, daisies, and crosses as a point of departure, but the materials can be anything from prec...

Children of all ages can let their imaginations run wild when they transform everyday objects into magical mermaids! Use the stickers to transform ...

Reducere. Prophecy foretells the Dark Lord's rise, sparking a desperate quest for magical relics.A ruthless wizard lord conquers a neighboring wizardom, incr...

An updated catalog of the smaller-scale works created by installation art's most iconic duoThough born on the same day in 1935, artists Christo Vla...

Eleven stories that lay bare the beauties and ironies of contemporary life--a debut of sly and disarming power that announces an extraordinary new ...

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Graham HarmanIllustration(s): 15 b&w illustrationsNumber of pages: 208Publication date: 2022Dime...

This book shows how art therapists can use found objects - an affordable, imaginative medium - when working with clients. With a wide variety of co...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Yegor BugayenkoTL;DR There are 23 practical recommendations for object-oriented programmers. Most of them are completely ag...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Yegor BugayenkoTL;DR Compound variable names, validators, private static literals, configurable objects, inheritance, annot...

Aspiring photographer Dunya Noor discovers early on that her curious spirit, rebellious nature, and very curly hair are a recipe for disaster in 19...

A unique collection of 100 items associated with Napoleon that explore a great variety of the events that influenced him, to try to dispassionately...

The story of ocean liners brought to life by objects and ephemera, revealing life on board, luxury and magnificence, and peril and disasterIllustra...

DescriptionFrom Galileo's telescope to the International Space Station--a photo-filled tour through the milestones of space exploration This eclect...

DescriptionCo-published with the Royal Mint Museum. War has shaped currencies, creating, abolishing and moulding them. By providing the means throu...